Andrew Rogers AKA The Silversunbeam

@karenchau_x Thanks Karen. 💕 If just one person is helped it was worth the time it took to share our story.

@drewrog Thanks for the PSA! Glad the problem was spotted and addressed before it got worse -- take care 💕

Hey fam, as a little PSA I want to share something personal with y'all. Last week Mrs. Sunbeam went in for a check up with her PCP. Pretty much a normal check up until Mrs. S mentioned a problem that she’d been having, something that didn’t feel overly troubling at the time. She’d been bruising quite easily (like a feather touch would leave a mark) and she’d been fatigued a lot. TLDR, after having a full blood panel run we got a call, first from the lab and then from the doctor. Her platelet count was 4 (as in 4,000 per micro liter). Normal range for an adult human should be somewhere between 150 and 450. After a little consideration we were told to get to the ER as quickly as possible. The reason being is that with a count less than about 20 the potential for a stroke is incredibly high (not to mention possible internal bleeding). For those who may be unaware, blood platelets are one of the body’s major self-repair tools. An important part of the clotting process, platelets act almost like tire slime to plug small leaks in the circulatory system. For larger leaks (cuts, ruptures, etc.) platelets begin the clotting process, aided by fibrin to plug those larger wounds. A low platelet count means that there is less repair work that can be done and small leaks can get larger and can prove fatal if not caught in time. Long story short, Mrs. S spent two nights in the hospital while they gave her 3 units of platelets and put her on a massive IV dose of steroids while they did more testing to figure out what we were dealing with. I’m happy to say that the therapy worked wonders and she was released with a count of 27. Still low, but that increase meant that her body wasn’t destroying new platelets. After 2 more days with high steroid doses her count (as of yesterday’s follow up) is up to 280, well above the lower end of the normal range. Whew! What caused this auto-immune response? We’re still not 100% sure. Acute ITP (Immune Thrombocytopenia) has several potential causes ranging from a simple viral infection (flu, COVID, chikungunya, etc.) to leukemia and lupus. Luckily, blood marrow disorders like leukemia and other cancers were ruled out pretty early. Tests for lupus came back negative. The doctor suspects it was a response to a viral infection (we both had a bad case of the flu right after Christmas). TLDR, Listen to what your body is telling you and make sure you have your doctor check you out (even if you feel it’s nothing). Small things can be indicators for life threatening issues that need to be treated.

@Richard_Kadrey Love's me some 70's/80's B&O. I've got a BeoGram linear tracking turntable that I picked up at a Goodwill for $12 a few years ago. Someday I'll pay to have it repaired. Sigh...

I want to live in the timeline where everything has this level of design.

I did not have Afroman is an absolute hero on my bingo card for today.

These Labubu stuff is getting WILD I’m sure there is some IP issues this is violating

Michael B. Jordan crushing In-N-Out last night with his Oscar is legendary

@BrendanCarrFCC Hard pass you fascist fuckshovel. What you're threatening is a clear 1st Amendment violation.

Broadcasters that are running hoaxes and news distortions - also known as the fake news - have a chance now to correct course before their license renewals come up. The law is clear. Broadcasters must operate in the public interest, and they will lose their licenses if they do not. And frankly, changing course is in their own business interests since trust in legacy media has now fallen to an all time low of just 9% and are ratings disasters. The American people have subsidized broadcasters to the tune of billions of dollars by providing free access to the nation’s airwaves. It is very important to bring trust back into media, which has earned itself the label of fake news. When a political candidate is able to win a landslide election victory after in the face of hoaxes and distortions, there is something very wrong. It means the public has lost faith and confidence in the media. And we can’t allow that to happen. Time for change!

@CanuckCreator Yup, that’s what happens. When I lived in Arizona I had to have my windshield replaced 2 or 3 times a year due to rock and gravel impacts. At least we had no deductible replacement insurance, but what a PITA.

@drewrog tbf it was a big rock that got kicked up on the highway that did it ya gonna bring it in monday to get filled, couple places near me that do it, all closed on weekends though :(

Sunuva...

Normally they calculate as (19X40)X52 and then get the average monthly dividing by 12. This gives an annual gross as $32,950 and the avg gross monthly at $3293.33. That’s gross though, not including FICA, state and federal income tax, etc. You’d never calc using that silly 4.3 number or would you calc using the number of pay periods per month. All of this also ignores the fact that you’re left with little to no wiggle room if something unforeseen arises.

@coachjake1964 @LuisMJr40 @JussBlaze8 @Christ_Kreation @Bitcoin_Teddy You don’t you calculate it by 4 lol there’s only 14 days in a pay period adding the .3 adds extra money that you aren’t making

How am I supposed to pay; $1,600 rent $250 power $110 water $280 internet $130 car insurance EVERY MONTH while making less than $19 an hour???

@grok @atrupar Ha ha ha… fuck that noise.

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JD Vance: "Joe Biden left us in a terrible situation, and the reason why gas prices are where they are today is because of Donald Trump's work to get them lower."

I think I did a thing again… #councilofandrews

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@mehdirhasan @atrupar Honestly, Hegseth just wanted to show off for his 24-hour-man, macho, extreme-alpha, dude-bro’s. Oh, and make big boom with bang bang toys. I don’t think the religion bit is anything more than performative.

Two possible things going on here: 1) Trump, the man-child, was manipulated into this war by people around him with their own political (Rubio), financial (Witkoff/Kushner), religious (Hegseth) agendas. 2) Trump is trying to divert the blame for this unpopular war onto others.

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I'm not saying this is the weirdest gift I've ever received, but it's up there: an autographed photo of Sean Connery from Zardoz. I think I need to frame this thing.

The world needs more Country Joe’s and fewer Kid Rocks.

@atrupar The folks that put him in office are the same folks that will only notice the gas prices. Everyone else knows it’s wrong and cares very much.

There's something deeply obscene and broken about the fact that Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are bombing elementary schools in an illegal war of aggression, and there's still a sense among the opposition that it has to be explained in terms of gas prices in order to get American voters to care.

@joeltelling @BeardedPrinter I'm callin' shenanigans.

@BeardedPrinter WAHT?!?

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