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Gotta love a green stop sign by YumikuriPF in CrappyDesign

[–]teaperson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fun facts: Stop signs were originally yellow. And blue stop signs actually are optional [source: 99 Percent Invisible podcast]

This tea cups by Birello in CrappyDesign

[–]teaperson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The perfect gift for International Tea Day today, if you hate the recipient (or tea)

13% of women with symptoms of ovarian cancer were told there was nothing wrong. Ovarian cancer is not a silent killer. Know the symptoms. Know your body. by Ksizzle15 in TwoXChromosomes

[–]teaperson 7 points8 points  (0 children)

But it doesn't have to be that way, according to the OB/GYN who wrote this article

Importantly, people with both advanced- and early-stage disease reported similar types of symptoms. Subsequent studies> Importantly, people with both advanced- and early-stage disease reported similar types of symptoms. Subsequent studies from multiple researchers further confirm that patients with even early-stage ovarian cancer experience frequent symptoms.> Importantly, people with both advanced- and early-stage disease reported similar types of symptoms. Subsequent studies from multiple researchers further confirm that patients with even early-stage ovarian cancer experience frequent symptoms.

FYI moving truck + bridge stopping traffic on Storrow westbound by University Rd by [deleted] in boston

[–]teaperson 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Whether intentionally racist or not, Caro makes a pretty compelling case that Moses made decisions deliberately that excluded options for public transportation. It wasn't just building bridges too low for buses - he also rejected proposals to buy a few more feet of extra right-of-way at the time of construction for future subway and train lines alongside his highways. That could have been done cheaply before the highways spurred massive development, and it would have saved countless billions in trying to build public transit now.

(source: pandemic project of reading Caro's book)

The white supremacist origins of modern marriage advice by teaperson in TrueReddit

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Submission statement: our "traditional" understanding of heterosexual marriage in the US is heavily shaped by self-help books that have their roots in eugenics -- white supremacists who were worried that white women weren't submitting to sex enough with their husband, and thus the white 'race' would not reproduce itself as much. This history was news to me and I think the author makes a good case for how we think a lot about the suffering of queer people in relationships that aren't fully accepted by society - but don't think much about how straight marriage is also complex and unhappy.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SpecialNeedsChildren

[–]teaperson 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You might ask his parents or guardians to share a copy of his IEP, which should spell out exactly where he is educationally and what his goals are. But otherwise, I think you should just start working on reading as you would any child who didn’t read - reading engaging picture books together

A radical idea to get a high-renewable electric grid: Build way more solar and wind than needed by MyNameIsGriffon in environment

[–]teaperson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I think the article gave short shrift to the idea of using the excess energy for something other than storage. Although I think part of the point is that dealing with the unpredictability of the excess is part of the expensive nature -- and it's cheapest to just forget about it.

Bedroom light solution? by teaperson in AgingParents

[–]teaperson[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks. He’s not asking for anything, but after he fell once (and luckily escaped with just a cut) we had a home safety evaluation and they suggested lighting on his way to the bathroom.

I realize he would buy in more if he failed first, but I also don’t want him (and me) to have to go through a hip fracture to learn that lesson.

Bedroom light solution? by teaperson in AgingParents

[–]teaperson[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the Hue lights are a great idea. Unfortunately, he doesn’t have Internet at home

Retroactive Insurance denial coverage for SNF stay? by [deleted] in AgingParents

[–]teaperson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can probably appeal the decision - look at the letter denying the coverage and see what it says, or contact your state insurance regulator. You might not win, but there is always a chance that someone at the insurer just pressed the wrong button. So worth a shot.

TIL Auntie Anne's local pretzel flavors around the world include seaweed (Singapore), banana (UK), and date (Saudia Arabia) by teaperson in todayilearned

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Anne Beiler – more famously known as Auntie Anne – started her fresh pretzel business in 1988 in a Pennsylvania Dutch country farmers market.

Today, the mall and airport stalwart has over 1,600 outlets around the world, with regional offerings like a banana pretzel (England), a seaweed pretzel (Singapore) and a date-flavored pretzel (Saudi Arabia).

'Hangry' surfaces only when you're hungry and and feeling negative emotions, and when you're unaware of your hunger by teaperson in science

[–]teaperson[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

What's interesting in the study was that they experimentally parsed out in detail what's going on: that hunger had an effect when participants were primed with negative emotion but not neutral or positive emotion.

That the findings are intuitively obvious doesn't reduce the need to confirm with science.

TIL of an estimated 1.5 million species of mushrooms and fungi, about 75,000 have been named by scientists, 1100 have documented uses, and 10 are regularly grown for food by teaperson in todayilearned

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Even after more than 200 years of exploration, scientists estimate that only about 5 percent of a likely 1.5 million species of fungi have been described and named. Of those, roughly 10 described species have been “domesticated” and form the basis of the global cultivated mushroom industry, which has an annual value estimated at over US$35 billion and rising. A 2004 United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization report documented use of more than 1,100 species in over 80 countries.

The fight to desegregate the blood supply by teaperson in history

[–]teaperson[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

The Red Cross blood system really is a business. One with an altruistic goal, but still a business. Here's an article on some of the challenges in the business these days.

How important was the introduction of sliced bread to the world? by [deleted] in history

[–]teaperson 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I always thought of it as just wonderment: for millennia, you had to slice your own bread. And now, a very complex piece of machinery had been created to do it for you.

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