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The fun thing about having hyperactive is that your apple watch gives you credit for standing even when you've been sitting for an hour.

covid, hacking, +++ 

Jailbreaking a CPAP machine to turn it into a ventilator.

twitter.com/KimZetter/status/1

I can see the company saying "no, can't be done, because liability and testing and blah blah blah."

And the hackers just... nope! whack whack whack done.

Betting company will err on the side of "no."

Announcing airbreak, a toolkit to jailbreak inexpensive CPAP machines to turn them into emergency ventilators by unlocking all operational modes and allowing custom software extensions. airbreak.dev/

HOME SEWERS: if you want a guide + patterns for home-made cloth masks to use and pass around, here is a vetted document from the folks supplying hospitals in NYC with DIY PPE. These are appropriate for everyday people and are approved for donating (to NYC hospitals, check with your own local hospitals for their needs if you want to donate to your local hospitals). Boosts appreciated. docs.google.com/document/d/1Za

Fun fact: the USS Enterprise-D requires 1,014 crew... five people to run the ship, and 1,009 A/V technicians to make the viewscreeen work.

My absolutely amazing hackerspace friends in NYC are part of this effort that is successfully supplying hospital staff with needed PPE. In this link you can both send donations and gets schematics for making equipment for the hospitals around you: charity.gofundme.com/o/en/camp

I'm sorry, NL, but you have a dreadful food guide (De Schijf van Vijf). It's too complex to be useful, while also promoting commodities over health. Here is an actually useful guide (the one I used to use with my patients) translated into Dutch: hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsour

This is pretty fun for language learning.. fill in the blanks in lyrics as you follow along with music videos: lyricstraining.com/

Today I learned that Siri will tell you knock knock jokes.

How to escape your house for a bit: gather a crew and fly the Enterprise

It's hard to do fun workouts when stuck inside without a gym and I need to have a GOAL right now for motivation. So, .. handstands? I know an amazing coach who has years of experience teaching women how to do handstands, and she has an online program. Random tips from her instagram have been incredibly helpful for me, so I trust her full program would be great. Anyone want to join me for her building blocks class? Full details here: garagegymgirl.com/online-cours

Things Covid has proven:

1. The job you were told couldn't be done remotely can be done remotely

2. Many disabled workers could have been working from home, but corporations just didn't want them to.

3. Internet is a utility, not a luxury.

4. Universal healthcare is a necessity.

I have finally offers to help #iD (the #OpenStreetMap main web editor) support a nice & better tagging scheme for #GenderNeutral/#unisex toilets. It's an important topic, and tagging preset support can really boost the mapping of that thing.
github.com/openstreetmap/iD/is
#OSM

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