Dr. Laura J. Snyder
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@LauraJSnyder
Writing #OliverSacks #biography @AAKnopf Philosophical Breakfast Club. Eye of the Beholder. NEH Public Scholar, Sloan/Leon Levy Fellow. Proud mom @UChicago ’26
Dr. Oliver Sacks would have loved this. This man with Parkinsons discovered his dyskenisia disappeared by inducing a tone with 128hz frequency in his chest.
Consider that Joe Biden allowed approximately 20 million illegal aliens into our country. This placed extraordinary burdens on our country--our schools, hospitals, housing, and other essential services were overwhelmed. On top of that, many of these illegal aliens committed violent crimes, or facilitated fentanyl and sex trafficking. That is the situation we inherited. The American people elected the Trump administration to solve this problem. The President has successfully stopped the inflow of illegal aliens, and now we must deport the people who came here illegally. To say the administration must observe "due process" is to beg the question: what process is due is a function of our resources, the public interest, the status of the accused, the proposed punishment, and so many other factors. To put it in concrete terms, imposing the death penalty on an American citizen requires more legal process than deporting an illegal alien to their country of origin. When the media and the far left obsess over an MS-13 gang member and demand that he be returned to the United States for a *third* deportation hearing, what they're really saying is they want the vast majority of illegal aliens to stay here permanently. Here's a useful test: ask the people weeping over the lack of due process what precisely they propose for dealing with Biden's millions and millions of illegals. And with reasonable resource and administrative judge constraints, does their solution allow us to deport at least a few million people per year? If the answer is no, they've given their game away. They don't want border security. They don't want us to deport the people who've come into our country illegally. They want to accomplish through fake legal process what they failed to accomplish politically: The ratification of Biden's illegal migrant invasion. President Trump and I will not stand fori t.
In this interview, I was asked a question I’d never thought of: which Victorian technology would you most want to quantize? I’m not sure I responded optimally (although I managed to plug an excellent book by @LauraJSnyder!). How would you have answered? smilepolitely.com/culture/celebr…
Love the Look Studios sent me some updated fabric covers for 3M Aura N95 respirators. The updated pattern worked very well for me when I tested it out at a wedding, covering the mask extremely well and staying out of my eyes. I wore it over a 3M 9210+ which has white braided elastic straps. The 3M Aura is a very breathable mask to begin with, and not much affected by the cloth cover. There is still a little bit of exhaled air that is redirected back towards my eyes from under the cover rather than going through the cover fabric. So, the 3M Aura is still a bit more comfortable to wear without the cover, but I'm willing to take the trade off for special occasions. I have tested the earlier, almost identical, design with a PortaCount mask fit testing machine and a pressure meter. In my case, the fabric covered did not affect fit or filtration much and I still passed a fit test. Breathability was reduced a little bit, by about 12% or so. So there is a trade-off. However, many n95s are much less breathable on their own than this combination of a 3M Aura and these covers. YMMV since mask fit is very individual. Here's a link to the original testing I did with the earlier version of these same fabric covers: youtu.be/Y5oCmZUir2w The covers can be found here: etsy.com/listing/176575…
