Monday, August 8, 2022
Neo Japan 2022 figures designed by cyberpunk artist Johnson Ting
"Dire" shortage of dentists in the UK
According to a survey by the British Dental Association and the BBC, 91% of NHS practices across England were not accepting new adult patients, with this figure rising to 97% in the east midlands, and 98% in the south-west, north-west and Yorkshire and the Humber.
Across Northern Ireland, 90% of NHS practices were not accepting new adult patients, while the figure stood at 82% in Scotland, and 93% in Wales.
The survey also found that of the practices that were not taking on new adults in England, only 23% had an open waiting list, and 16% said the waiting time was at least a year, or were unable to give an estimate as to how long it would be.
"Due to the success of MAVERICK, Paramount Pictures has decided to temporarily withdraw TOP GUN prints from circulation, thus canceling our screenings"
In other 70mm news, due to the success of MAVERICK, Paramount Pictures has decided to temporarily withdraw TOP GUN prints from circulation, thus canceling our screenings. Ticket holders should email visitorservices@movingimage.us for refunds or to exchange for another screening. pic.twitter.com/LSfaQok8lh
— Museum of the Moving Image (@MovingImageNYC) August 8, 2022
How to turn off Twitter's sound effects
twitter > settings > accessibility, display and languages > display and sound > sound effects > you’re very welcome
— Daniel Benneworth-Gray (@gray) August 8, 2022
Today's funny posts
there's a japanese hashtag meme going round that's something like "give a famous movie a bad japanese title."
— Chris Mackenzie (@RaiderDrJones) August 6, 2022
in this case, robocop becomes: "That Time I Thought I Was Dead, But I Still Had To Go To Work" https://t.co/6w1SoEwZBh
Sunday, August 7, 2022
Last month's heatwave crashed the computers at two of the UK’s leading hospitals
He was speaking nine days after the hospitals’ computers crashed, on 19 July, as a direct result of the record-breaking heat.
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Without access to electronic records, doctors have not been able to tell how patients were reacting to their treatments. “We were flying blind,” said one senior doctor at St Thomas’. “Getting results back from the labs was an absolute nightmare and involved porters carrying bits of paper to and from the lab.
“However, people often did not specify where a patient was in the hospital. So there were groups of porters and lab staff wandering around the hospital looking blindly
Fun, imaginative idea for LARPing with an infant
I signed up for a LARP at #gencon so I reached out to the GM to say I was bringing a 6mo baby and could they incorporate that into my character?
— Leah Libresco Sargeant (@LeahLibresco) August 6, 2022
I got a character sheet saying I was a minor noblewoman who had recently had a baby… or so it appeared to others. 1/3
But my character was really a sorcery-using spy for a rival kingdom, and the baby was really my cat familiar in disguise. They even wrote some custom abilities so that when I *appeared* to pause play to nurse or change a diaper, I was really receiving secret information. 2/3 pic.twitter.com/cWobaeM8vd
— Leah Libresco Sargeant (@LeahLibresco) August 6, 2022
I had her in a Level 1 Human onesie... which was her disguise.
— Leah Libresco Sargeant (@LeahLibresco) August 7, 2022














