I got suspended multiple times because my partner and daughter were also in our city's sub, and sometimes one of them would upvote my comments without realizing it was me. It got really fucking annoying, and of course there's no way to talk to a real person at reddit to prove we're different people. I'd appeal every time and they'd deny it every time. How reddit could have gotten so huge without realizing that multiple people can live in the same household is beyond me. In the end they both just stopped upvoting anything in the sub because it was too risky (for me).
My mom will be 89 in a couple of months and it's so hard to watch her get so frail when her mind is still so sharp. I recently started recording her stories, like how she became a Univac programmer in the 60's. I cherish every minute because I hear the clock ticking and it's SO loud and never goes away. I'm going to miss my mom so much. It's like my heart's already breaking under the weight of losing her.
I'm a mom whose kids are all grown, and I still feel it to this day. 😂
If anything, they'll blame it on the launch of Threads and not their own bad decisions.
There's a short story by Ray Bradbury about an automated house that survives a nuclear blast. The shadows of the children throwing a ball are on the house outside, and inside the robots continue to service a family that's no longer there. That's what it reminds me of.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_Will_Come_Soft_Rains_(short_story)
It's mind-boggling. It's like a trend with some of the billionaires right now, some are imploding in submarines and some of them are doing it on land.
It was great for following breaking news and not much else.
I might be enjoying all of this a little too much.
AlienBlue still works 😂 You can download it from your purchase history in the App store, you just can't log in.
Testing suggests viruses found in cats in Poland are related to those found in the country's poultry and wild birds.
An initial analysis today from Poland's National Veterinary Institute of nine viruses from cats infected with H5N1 avian influenza suggests they are related to viruses found in the country's poultry and wild birds, according to a statement translated and posted by Avian Flu Diary, an infectious disease news blog. The sicknesses and deaths in cats have been reported from a wide geographic area, with some noted in indoor cats, making the source of the virus unclear.
The report said the viruses belong to the same genotype and are most closely related to a sample collected in June from a white stork. The genotype was seen during the peak of the 2022-23 season and was detected mainly in poultry in Wielkopolska province and in wild birds in multiple parts of Poland.
The report didn't note any mutations that may make the virus more adapted to mammals. Scientists noted that the feline H5N1 viruses they have examined so far came from a single unidentified source and that more detailed genetic analysis is under way to better gauge the zoonotic potential.
CDC updates H5N1 technical report In other avian flu developments, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently updated its technical information on H5N1, which covers the latest sporadic infections in humans and outbreaks in wild birds, poultry, and other animals. (The document, dated June 30, doesn't include information on the H5N1 detections in Polish cats.)
The CDC said the H5N1 viruses currently circulating in wild birds and poultry don't have the ability to easily bind to human upper-airway tract receptors. Though outbreaks in US poultry flocks have declined substantially over spring and summer, the H5N1 strain continues to circulate in wild birds, posing an ongoing transmission threat that requires close monitoring.
Regarding H5N1 in mammals, the CDC said data suggest the virus may evolve to replicate more efficiently in the respiratory tract, but so far the changes haven't been linked to increased transmissibility in humans.
Infections with Avian Influenza A(H5N1) virus in cats in Poland
OFFLU is closely monitoring information from Poland regarding unusual deaths in domestic cats in multiple households throughout the country. These cases have been reported widely in the press during the past week.
Felidae, both wild and domestic, are known to be susceptible to Influenza A(H5N1) viruses with most cases appearing to be the result of ingestion of infected carcasses of wild birds (Chen et al 2016, Frymus et al 2021).
A report from the Polish Chief Veterinary Officer issued on 26 June indicated that nine of 11 affected cats subjected to testing were found to be infected with Influenza A(H5N1) virus. The severe and rapid course of the infection is also consistent with reports of this disease in Felidae. Felidae infected with Influenza A(H5N1) viruses can show a range of clinical signs including listlessness, loss of appetite, severe depression, fever, neurological disease, respiratory and enteric signs, jaundice, and death. Clinical signs would be expected to develop within a few days of exposure to the virus. Other fatal cases of infection in cats with Influenza A(H5N1) have been reported from Europe and North America during the current clade 2.3.4.4b panzootic including a fatal case of Influenza A(H5N1) reported from a cat in France with dyspnea and nervous signs (Briand et al 2023). Exposure to infected wild birds or poultry were considered the most likely modes of infection.
It has been shown that Influenza A(H5N1) viruses in the goose/Guangdong/1/96-lineage can invade the body via the intestine in experimentally infected cats and cause extensive damage to endothelial cells lining blood vessels throughout the body. This resulted in damage to multiple organs including the intestine, liver, lung, kidney and brain with multifocal necrosis detected in some organs (Reperent et al 2012).
Investigations are required to better understand this cluster of cases to assess links between suspected cases and possible routes of exposure, additional testing of sick and dead cats to establish that the virus is present in other cats and the cause of the disease being seen, and rapid genotypic and phenotypic characterisation of detected viruses for evidence of changes likely to indicate capacity to spread between mammals. Investigations are being undertaken at present by Polish authorities.
Early reports indicated that not all suspect cases had outdoor access suggesting that a direct role from infected wild birds is unlikely as a common source. The wide geographical distribution of suspected cases suggests that the primary mode of spread in these cases is not cat-to-cat transmission. It is likely that infected cats would shed virus via the gut and respiratory tract so any suspected cases should be isolated from other pets, and those handling them should wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE). Earlier scientific advice from Europe on preventing influenza A(H5N1) in cats should be considered (Thiry et al 2009).
OFFLU will continue to monitor this outbreak and provide updated information when available.
(Additional note by me: info is very slow so far, but a little more came out this morning https://twitter.com/k_pyrc/status/1675777629822017538?s=46&t=cHNB1hq6Rvo76m9WMTo1tA)
My account was suspended 3 times for "vote manipulation" because my partner, my daughter, and I were all on the same sub for our city and they'd upvote my comments sometimes without noticing it was me. It was never their accounts, always mine, and trying to contact reddit was useless. They had to basically stop upvoting anything in that sub because if they did, I might get suspended again or even banned.
How it can be 2023 and reddit can't figure out that people live together is beyond me.
There's a subject I follow in a sub on reddit and there's no equivalent community here on Lemmy, but no way am I going to start it because I don't want to moderate it. :/