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New NERDS paper on COVID genome sequencing over whole Denmark in 2021, co-authored by @…
https://nerds.itu.dk/2024/09/16/new-ne

Interesting report on an old #archival preservation technique and its challenge for #digitization.
A literal 'Spürnase' is helpful: "a faint scent of vanilla is present, a sign that the paper itself has begun to break down" 👃

Digital Collections Spotlight #52: Digitization for Preservation: PEC Letter Books « Moravian Archives

Yeah, from what I've seen, this checks out. Brain fog is real & seems permanent.
COVID-19, even once, can be hugely detrimental & maybe unrecoverable.
"Mounting research shows that COVID-19 leaves its mark on the brain, including significant drops in IQ scores"

Mounting research shows that COVID-19 leaves its mark on the brain, including significant drops in IQ scores
Two new high-profile studies add to the increasingly worrisome picture of how even mild cases of COVID-19 can have detrimental effects on brain health.

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Bernd: "In dieser Asia-Suppe waren drei Päckchen Zutaten, aber sie ist dennoch total geschmacklos."
Mela: *wackelt mit der Nase* "Vielleicht haben sie alles in den Geruch gesteckt?"
Bernd: "Du meinst, ich habe keinen Geschmack mehr?"
Mela: "Uh … Du hast nicht etwa Covid? Iss mal ein Stück Covid-Testschokolade."
Bernd: "???"
Mela: "Hat doch Lars mehrfach drüber geschrieben. Fast so gut wie ein Schnelltest. Aber wi…

Series B, Episode 11 - Gambit
AVON: Play, Vila.
VILA: What?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/211/471 B7B4

If MAGA fascist types have a weird biological fear of contracting diseases, that would kind of make sense in an uneducated, ill-informed logic sort of way.
It doesn't explain why so many got the heebie jeebies around wearing masks during COVID-19 but maybe these weirdos just hate the association they mentally have with masks & disease...?
"Hate body odour? You're more likely to have rightwing views" | Psychology | The Guardian

Warum gibt es solche Blumenkübel nicht in der #Johannisstraße in #Osnabrück?
https://osna.social/@maze/11298…