The Crazy Years

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Will prenatal voting be next? Even pre-abortion??

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Interesting. But what is the evidence of anyone losing?

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Canadians lol :joy:

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Aborted fetuses will be able to vote

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A 12-year-old girl with a peanut allergy was thrown off a flight at Gatwick Airport with her family after the captain refused to ask passengers not to eat nuts for her safety.

Euphemism alert. As a practical matter the captain refused to agree to use force to prevent passengers from eating nuts.

I was just on a flight where the flight attendant announced that no nuts would be served because of one passenger. Then all service was cut off due to mild turbulence.

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Here is an interesting Reddit discussion, suggesting that if the family spent a little more time in preparation, they would not have to go through all the trouble. Apparently, other people find ways to live and travel with allergies. They could start by consulting with their doctor.

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I’ve used masks before the pandemic for allergies while flying. In the pre-pandemic days for me it was a Vogmask which was sufficient and was also recommended by the center where my kid gets food allergy treatments, but now I find N95s and KF94s to be much more convenient and breathable. An N95 or an elastomeric respirator was suggested for a friend with anaphylactic pet dander allergies while flying or in other enclosed environments and The Allergy Chef wears an elastomeric in public for her airborne anaphylactic allergies.

If you wear the N95, you would want to make sure your mask seals tightly to your face with no gaps for air to get in or out from the sides. You would also want to wear some form of eye protection, be it Stoggles or other eyewear so you don’t get the allergen introduced through the eye.

“NIOSH-approved N95 masks or respirators capture 95% of tiny (0.3 micron) particles in the air. They are very effective at blocking most types of air pollution.” Iirc, peanut particles are anywhere between 2 to 11 microns, which would be much larger than what the N95 is capable of blocking, but still small enough to become airborne like ragweed pollen (15-25 microns) or grass pollen grains (approx 20 microns.) Typically this is what people are reacting to when they have airborne allergies - actual particles of peanut protein flying through the air.

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Supreme Court Will Hear San Francisco’s Challenge to EPA Rule

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I guess it’s politically incorrect to say Oakland vs the neutral Bay Area

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