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Katie Scofield@ktscofield.bsky.social |
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Teach Texas and Federal Government at a CC. Living with Chronic Lyme. Love to spoil my Schnauzers.
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Katie Scofield
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Also just to clarify I started at 300 mg Gabapentin and added about 300 a week because that is a high dose. Then coming off of it had to do the same.
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Katie Scofield
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Only thing that worked for me was a combo of melatonin plus LDN plus 1800 mg of gabapentin. I was put on this combo by my Lyme doctor and did it for about a year until I recovered significantly.
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Katie Scofield
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I mean HEB has a whole disaster prep team that is better than the one for the TX gov.
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
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Katie Scofield
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Right? This just feels like it demonstrates a profound lack of judgement regarding other pp, which is kind of important for someone running for a position that appoints judges and the leaders of all the federal agencies.
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Katie Scofield
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I know I am late to the party, but I am going to need more Jonathan Groff and Ncuti Gatwa together. Could be in season 2 of Dr. Who. Could be in the real Bridgerton (they certainly had the chemistry for it). Could be on stage in something. I'm not picky.
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Katie Scofield
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My favorite is Hilary said basket of deplorables one time and it was a whole thing. How many times has Trump literally said that liberals kill babies after birth? And that's like oh whatever.
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Kevin M. Kruse
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“I’m just a simple umpire, calling balls and strikes as I see them, and every now and then rewriting basic rules of the game with no reason”
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Katie Scofield
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I have huge problems with a lot of Biden's policies so I hate being in the position of defending him. However I can't think of a single crisis that has been caused by Biden's age in the last 3.5 years. This record should count for something.
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Katie Scofield
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If you have used Perusall in your courses, have you had trouble with students buying books discounted somewhere and not being able to access the readings, or have most gotten books from Perusall or the book store?
Trying to decide if I want to use it next semester.
#AcademicSky #Polisky
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Katie Scofield
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As of July 1 my health insurance from the University (in a college town) will no longer be considered in-network at the large medical corporation that controls the vast majority of doctors in said college town. I feel like I am living in a parody of America at this point.
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Katie Scofield
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I hate those days. I always have sweet potatoes in the pantry. On bad days I throw one in the oven (or microwave) and then put some cinnamon on it.
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Katie Scofield
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I have only used the cane stool a few times, but even if I didn't use it, it allowed me to do more things because it made me less anxious about leaving the house.
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Katie Scofield
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For my Grandma's 90th we couldn't do much, but on our way over to her place we got several of those individual nothing bunt cakes in different flavors. She had a small slice of each and thought it was the greatest thing ever 🤷
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Katie Scofield
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When I was in grad school the University shut off AC a few hours every day to save $ one summer. It was miserable. Finally a bunch of Business school students complained so for a week we got the AC back. Then after that someone got "smart" and only the B-school and law school had AC all day.
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Katie Scofield
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I have a therapist who has a chronic illness. And I don't wish this on anyone. But it's amazing not to have to explain this stuff.
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Katie Scofield
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This is like a villain in a comic book. Lex Luther maybe?
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C.H. Romatowski
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God this is satisfying
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Katie Scofield
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They had zero understanding of how much work he was doing, until it took 3 people to cover him.
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Katie Scofield
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My grandma lives close to my Dad so he is the one who does pretty much all the care work. She had to go to the hospital and my dad had COVID so he had to stay home. My uncle came into town to help, then called his sister for back up bc it was so much work.Then they ended up calling a cousin to help.
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Katie Scofield
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That was an interesting article especially about the lack of attention bc of lack of property damage. After the bs with Abbott last summer Texas 100% needs federal standards for workers.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023...
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Katie Scofield
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This is like when pp on X were asking why we can't just have more non-political shows like the Expanse. The 1st episode asks who is entitled to water in a resource scarce environment. And there is a whole season about whether a guy fighting 2 colonial powers is a freedom fighter or a terrorist.
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Katie Scofield
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He thinks he doesn't like it. But he has vinegarett salad dressing all the time (you think the name would clue him in). And he loves bruschetta, but doesn't realize it has balsamic vinegar. This is why he isn't allowed to see how things are made. 🤣
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Katie Scofield
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My husband is pretty good about this in general but he isn't allowed in the kitchen when I am cooking anymore, because he will see me add an ingredient (like vinegar) that he doesn't like by itself and starts getting irritated/critical. And I am like dude you don't cook go away. 🤣
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Katie Scofield
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Ugh! Article conflates pp who had #lyme & rash (were treated immediately) with pp who were left untreated for years. 2 very different patient pop. and you can't necessarily apply findings across populations.
Why is the reporting on this still so sloppy?
www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...
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Jeff Lazarus
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Whatever a university is doing that you don't like, it's not the professors' fault. We have very little control over anything that happens outside of our classrooms. Blame a dean, provost, or president.
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Katie Scofield
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yes! iota-carageenan, and yes it's more of a prophylaxis. My Lyme doctor recommended black seed oil pills for exposure ( but you have to do that every). There isn't much evidence on how it affects COVID but it is a proven anti-viral and anti-inflammatory so probably doing some good regardless 🤷
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Katie Scofield
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I started using this because I read one of the ingredients decreased transmission in a clinical trial with doctors exposed to covid. Of course I do not remember the name of the study or the ingredient. 🤦
BETADINE Cold Defence Nasal Spray 20ml New Improved Formula (Packaging May Vary) a.co/d/7zxMYfx
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Katie Scofield
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I saw Back to the Future in London after seeing Les Miserables, Cabaret, and Rigoletto. Because after that list I just wanted to see something silly and fun.And it was pretty cute and had some good stage magic. I was pleasantly surprised. You do have to be in the mood for silly.
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Katie Scofield
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I was tempted to do this when they first moved to those clear plastic purses at all of the stadiums.
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Katie Scofield
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And given how many good land grant schools are now in the hands of Republicans, many of the big University Presidents are NOT liberal.
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Katie Scofield
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Thanks! I kept seeing those Liquid IV pouches as COSTCO and wondered if they were any good.
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Katie Scofield
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The line that got me was when she said the child didn't understand that they were giving her a better life. Even after the whole experience there was zero self-awareness that if the child is that traumatized maybe it's not a better life.
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Katie Scofield
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This happened to me last week, and I feel like I should have immediately gone out and bought a lottery ticket 🤣
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Katie Scofield
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Not to mention that things get tricky when you can't get a diagnosis or have a contested diagnosis.
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Katie Scofield
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Yep. We got 2 new congressional seats because of growth in BIPOC population but somehow have one less majority-minority district than 2010 map. 🤔
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Christopher Federico
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great thread on the history of academic freedom in the West ->
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Katie Scofield
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Or 4 different numbers if some of your doctors are out of network, and you have the separate out of network deductible and out of pocket max.
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Katie Scofield
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Interesting read on the legality of super PACs, post-Trump.
lessig.medium.com/professor-do...
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Katie Scofield
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My friend's 3 year old was indignant when he learned that the girls in his class don't have weewees. (He loves using public restrooms so he can pee in the urinal). He decided that the only fair thing would be for the teachers to hand out weewees to any one in the class who didn't have one.
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Katie Scofield
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I have an academic friend who buys a cute stuffed animal for her office whenever she gets a paper reject. The students get a kick out of seeing them all too.
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Katie Scofield
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ugh so sorry. One of the cruelest things about chronic illness is that you can't afford the energy it takes to properly be sad, and you can't afford the energy it takes to do the activities that used to make you feel better.
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Katie Scofield
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Oh yeah I got sticker shock when I moved from Texas to Indiana, on things like home repair/landscaping etc. Whenever I hear home owners in Texas complaining about immigrants, I am like y'all have no idea how much you are benefiting in this equation.
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N.R. Lines⁷ (she/her)
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I need someone to put this on a sticker or embroider it or something because it basically sums up living in my body: My body is not a wonderland, it's a fucking haunted house
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Katie Scofield
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We had DARE but then we also had like an officer friendly type thing. Then they gave a bunch of officers these trading cards, and if you saw one of them around town, you could stop and ask them for their trading card.
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Katie Scofield
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I get so tired of the narrative that prosecuting former heads of state is totally unprecedented.
theconversation.com/trumps-prose...
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Katie Scofield
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I always think about Gary Gulman's joke about finding a lost $20 and what that would mean to Bill Gates 🤣 youtu.be/kigCJccCnU0?...
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Katie Scofield
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Yeah, TX voters would have to approve this as a constitutional amendment. I live in a pretty conservative part of the state, and I don't see it going over well even here.
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Katie Scofield
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Yep! Also associate it with the science fair boards.
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Katie Scofield
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If he didn't want to be president again he should have just stepped aside after his first term.
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