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Cake day: July 26th, 2023

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  • During covid I settled on 3M p2 respirators. They’re certified PPE but are disposable. The only BIFL options are things that use a positive pressure mask with a pump and replaceable filter and masks with a replaceable filter or two in the front

    Both of the replaceable filter styles use filters that mass more than the disposable respirators, but last longer between replacement

    Regular usage is much lighter than industrial, all filters last longer filtering town air than they do in a factory

    During covid I used one p2 respirator for weeks before it became unable to seal, actually I used three to give them a chance to dry completely between uses

    The masks with external filters make you look like you’re expecting a gas attack; the disposable masks look like you have a cold you don’t want to share






  • I went to the year 12 graduation +30 years one as the first, mostly to see if anyone I knew was there

    The main party organiser from class of 1995 was also in my house in high school and college (yr 11 and 12) and recognised me and everyone else and since then I met up with the group of people they get to attend events

    It turns out most of them are on the wrong side of politics and don’t know anything about the internet. AI for them is a tool to make the peak of comedy - altering photos to have big noses or two of the men holding hands



  • Wine being healthy was from epidemiology - the sort of study that sends out tens of thousands of food frequency questionnaires asking people to detail what categories of food each participant ate over the prior 5 years.

    All it really said is the kind of person who says they have 1 glass of wine each day is healthier than the kind of person who says they have none

    An earlier similar study was done that said people who claimed to consume eggs had worse heart health. This one was tested later by a controlled trial where people were told to eat or not eat eggs. That study found eggs were protective against heart disease.