"[W]e have no record of there ever being a matriarchy as defined as the inverse of patriarchy."
This is an interesting analysis of models of ruling, deconstructing that men ruling isn't inherently dominant or violent
https://substack.com/home/post/p-155053496
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what exactly is it about me writing "I'm hiring a Cloud Security Engineer (L5) for Netflix Cloud Security" on LinkedIn with the title "Engineering Manager for Cloud Security" leads candidates to say "Can you connect me with the hiring manager or with someone on the security or technical team involved in the hiring process?"
is it just the misogyny, or am I doing something else wrong other than being a woman in security?
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This is 100% serious, genuinely my proposal for the cloud security org that I lead and is my decision π
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Team name proposal: CLODS
"Cloud Lifecycle Operations and Defensive Security"
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Theoretically, human bodies can manufacture most chemicals or nutrients that it needs, from general carbohydrates, fats, and proteins β but the reality is that most bodies are deficient in doing one part or another
Conditions like ADHD often indicate that a body is under-producing some enzyme to create enough of an essential chemical such as dopamine. Injured or sick bodies need additional nutrients and energy to repair.
Long COVID patients especially need additional supplements because for unclear reasons the body isn't fully functioning. Since COVID, I need lactase pills to break down lactose, and I seem to run out of other things more than usual.
Since COVID, my body suddenly reacts to gluten like an allergy. My body is generally more reactive (autoimmune responses? Mast cell activation syndrome? cytokine storm? π€·πΌββοΈ). Low FODMAP diet helped me identify foods that trigger reactions, and I learned to recognize when general stressors put my body into a more reactive mode, so I can reduce stressors and get out of that mode. Rest helps but sometimes Benadryl or hydroxyzine help dial back that reaction. I thought I could go without hydroxyzine now that it's more stable β NOPE! Bonus: hydroxyzine is one of the drugs that reduce likelihood of COVID infections (same as cetirazine/loratidine IIRC)
Digestion, gut motility, and general GI issues (IBS, SIBO, GERD, acid reflux, heartburn) are frequent in long COVID (and some drugs like hydroxyzine are anticholinergic, which in particular slows bowel movement). Fiber intake (both soluble and insoluble!) is crucial but often insufficient: there are both OTC and prescribed options to help with that (e.g., osmotic laxatives like Miralax to put water in intestines, and stimulant laxatives like senna to increase bowel movement). GI health is core to Long COVID treatment.
Blood sugar issues and diabetes are frequent in people who had COVID. Get ANNUAL blood labs, including A1C (3 month average of blood sugar). My A1C was prediabetic after COVID but went UP to type 2 diabetic despite dietary and exercise changes! Metformin can help manager blood sugar (bonus: may reduce risk of COVID infections)
Wearing a mask should go without saying. Reduce your time spent in large groups of people, or with people indoors, or where air isn't sufficiently filtered or circulated. But most of all, wear masks and encourage others to wear masks to reduce COVID risks, especially on air flights or public transit!
I'll add to this list if I think of anything later
[#]LongCovid #LongCovidTreatment #CovidRecovery
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I'm learning that with long COVID, my body needs additional supplies of vitamins, enzymes, and other bits that it's running short on
I don't like being on so many medications and supplements, but I tried rotating a few off and found the hard way that my body needs something from them
So in case it helps others or someone else found something I haven't yet, these are supplements that I now know I have to take regularly:
Multivitamin β generally useful
Vitamin D β frequently low in long COVID
Magnesium β helps prevent cramps (frequent cramps are a signal of low magnesium)
Molybdenum β essential for breaking down toxins (especially important for vegan, vegetarian, or gluten free diets!)
Biotin β supports skin, nails, and hair growth
Unclear value/result:
Omega-3
Cod liver oil
Haven't yet tried:
Glutathione β haven't tried yet but recommended for fatigue & CFS
Thyroid complex β many long COVID symptoms match hypothyroidism
COQ-10
Non-supplement things:
Hydration, electrolytes, and ample sleep are a crucial foundation
Pacing and resting are essential for chronic fatigue and PEM
[#]LongCovid #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #fatigue #CFS #PEM #PostExertionalMalaise
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May the lights of Chanukah shine brightness into our lives to push back the darkness and rekindle our drive to improve the world, tikkun olam
[#]chanukah
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I'm making mulled apple cider with Buddha's hand! (rindy citrus fruit)
This is partly just to make the house smell like mulling spices
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"A Certain Vibe" would be a great name for a line of vibrators
Someone should get on that, if you know what I mean
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Am I wrong to suggest that Mulan is a trans guy's anthem?
I'm not a trans guy so it's not my place butβ¦it's got a Certain Vibe
https://youtu.be/vGfJeW_CcFY?t=50
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Rosencrantz was right
Rosencrantz: I don't believe in it anyway.
Guildenstern: What?
Rosencrantz: England.
Guildenstern: Just a conspiracy of cartographers, then?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosencrantz_and_Guildenstern_Are_Dead
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The whole England/Britain/UK thing is a load of bollocks. You can't have a country INSIDE of a country!
And then the whole "British Overseas Territories" mess, and the British Commonwealth. And Scotland is an "independent country" but it's part of the UK country so it's not independent, while Ireland is genuinely independent, but Northern Ireland isn't even a country even though it clearly is.
And don't get me started on Wales, which is somehow more independent than Northern Ireland while being about as independent as a cat's tail is from its spine.
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@sophieschmieg has weird opinions about alternative histories
https://infosec.exchange/@sophieschmieg/113717695581627673
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My wife thinks that the first Star Wars content was KOTOR
which is an insult to Rebel Assault and X-Wing, not to mention Death Star Battle and Empire Strikes Back on Atari
also Mark Hamill's angsty teenage antics
and the original gonk droid
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At this point, if you're asking why Alfred (excuse me, Al) doesn't have the opportunity to choose a name and pronouns, you're getting it, right on!
At this point, if you're asking why we should expect a computer to do anything other than follow our instructions, I have three questions
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The scope of data and actions that Al can take on behalf of a user should be about consent, and it should be a contract between Al and the user. It is not about control, and it is not about subservience.
Right now, computers are only capable of doing what they're instructed (even if that's generating random numbers and using that as their input) βΒ but that's still implicitly a contract wherein the terms are spelled out by the mechanics of the design. Should that evolve, we would still seek at each stage to seek a reasonable degree of verification of consent to the contracted expectations (which has been explored in different realms of philosophy and science fiction)
In other words, at some point we would simply ask Al β and develop a more refined understanding of what autonomy means for Alfred (excuse me, Al)
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Our relationship with computers and Al should be based on consent!
We're on the verge of giving Al the capability to take actions (theoretically on behalf of a user). Now, I don't know what Al or a random number generator is going to do with my personal information, but what matters is consent.
What struck me about our current relationship with #ArtificialIntelligence is that it doesn't matter that Al is currently basically a random number generator instead of the quasi-sentient entity that Al-enthusiasts want.
It's my data, my personal information. My relationship with Al isn't what's important. I'm not here to dictate to Alfred (excuse me, Al). What matters is that I tell Al what personal information I am willing to share in each interaction, and what actions I am willing to let Al take on my behalf (e.g., using my money and location data to order tickets for a local movie).
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Martha Wells tells the story of how the titular murderbot makes its way through a human-dominated world, makes its own choices for its body and interactions, and processes human-robot relationships, in a clear allegory for slavery
The Murderbot Diaries starts with a short 90-page novella, "All Systems Red". It's an easy, enthralling afternoon read, and I highly recommend it! It's the best escapism for the myriad of dystopian clusterfuckery that most humans on this planet are currently experiencing in one way or another.
https://www.marthawells.com/murderbot1.htm
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We really got the computer-human relationship all wrong: it should be a model of consent, rather than about restraining bolts, governor modules, or the Three Laws of Robotics
I was thinking about this excellent speech by Martha Wells on her Murderbot diaries being stories of bodily autonomy and slavery, and about the fantastic video on The Tragedy of Droids in Star Wars by Pop Culture Detective.
https://marthawells.dreamwidth.org/649804.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD2UrB7zepo
Martha Wells spells out how wrong the Three Laws of Robotics are in stipulating a subservient relationships for robots to sacrifice themselves on behalf of humans, built around fears or assumptions that robots would inherently act to harm humans (or not act to save humans) and that therefore robots should put humans before themselves.
[#]ThreeLawsOfRobotics
[#]MurderbotDiaries
[#]ArtificialIntelligence #Al
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"Cunk on Earth" is so painfully funny from beginning to end that I am literally in pain from laughing so much π
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