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  1. A quotation from Carlyle

       The last quality, perseverance, I particularly respect: it is the very hinge of all virtues. — On looking over the world, the cause of nine parts in ten of the lamentable failures which occur in men’s undertakings & darken and degrade so much of their history, lies not in the want of talents or the will to use them, but in the vacillating and desultory mode of using them — in flying from object to object, in starting away at each little disgust, and thus applying the force which might conquer any one difficulty to a series of difficulties so large that no human force can conquer them.
       The smallest brook on earth, by continual running, has hollowed out for itself a considerable valley to flow in: the wildest tempest, by its occasional raging, over-turns a few cottages, uproots a few trees, and leaves after a short space no mark behind it. Commend me therefore to the Dutch virtue of perseverance! Without it all the rest are little better than fairy gold, which glitters in your purse, but when taken to the market proves to be — slate or cinders.

    Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
    Letter (1822-03-15) to John Carlyle

    More about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/29920…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #carlyle #thomascarlyle #virtues #commitment #dedication #determination #doggedness #failure #flighty #longgame #longhaul #longterm #overcome #patience #perseverance #resolve #slowandsteady #steadfastness #sticktoit #tenacity #whittle

  2. A quotation from Carlyle

       The last quality, perseverance, I particularly respect: it is the very hinge of all virtues. — On looking over the world, the cause of nine parts in ten of the lamentable failures which occur in men’s undertakings & darken and degrade so much of their history, lies not in the want of talents or the will to use them, but in the vacillating and desultory mode of using them — in flying from object to object, in starting away at each little disgust, and thus applying the force which might conquer any one difficulty to a series of difficulties so large that no human force can conquer them.
       The smallest brook on earth, by continual running, has hollowed out for itself a considerable valley to flow in: the wildest tempest, by its occasional raging, over-turns a few cottages, uproots a few trees, and leaves after a short space no mark behind it. Commend me therefore to the Dutch virtue of perseverance! Without it all the rest are little better than fairy gold, which glitters in your purse, but when taken to the market proves to be — slate or cinders.

    Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
    Letter (1822-03-15) to John Carlyle

    More about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/29920…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #carlyle #thomascarlyle #virtues #commitment #dedication #determination #doggedness #failure #flighty #longgame #longhaul #longterm #overcome #patience #perseverance #resolve #slowandsteady #steadfastness #sticktoit #tenacity #whittle

  3. Fibre-Optic Curiosity Poll: people who deploy single-mode point-to-point fibre links (any distance beyond inside a datacenter), do you use two-strand optics, or single-strand with two colours? Please #boost!

    I very much lean on Bi-Di optics since I figure there's half the amount of OSP cable to go wrong, and swapping failed optics is MUCH easier than splicing a bad strand in an inaccessible flooded underground vault that's on fire.

    Let me know in the comments what you do, and why.

    [Note top-of-rack/intra-rack and in-datacenter is NOT what I'm asking about that. That's the realm of MMF and DACs.]

    Additionally I'm wondering about NNIs and medium-haul 100G+ links, since bidi there is LESS common, but is beginning to happen. LR4 -> LR2 <- LR1???

    #SMF #MMF #FibreOptic #FiberOptic #LongHaul #TransportNetworks #Networking #Networks #PleaseBoost

  4. Fibre-Optic Curiosity Poll: people who deploy single-mode point-to-point fibre links (any distance beyond inside a datacenter), do you use two-strand optics, or single-strand with two colours? Please #boost!

    I very much lean on Bi-Di optics since I figure there's half the amount of OSP cable to go wrong, and swapping failed optics is MUCH easier than splicing a bad strand in an inaccessible flooded underground vault that's on fire.

    Let me know in the comments what you do, and why.

    [Note top-of-rack/intra-rack and in-datacenter is NOT what I'm asking about that. That's the realm of MMF and DACs.]

    Additionally I'm wondering about NNIs and medium-haul 100G+ links, since bidi there is LESS common, but is beginning to happen. LR4 -> LR2 <- LR1???

    #SMF #MMF #FibreOptic #FiberOptic #LongHaul #TransportNetworks #Networking #Networks #PleaseBoost

  5. CW: re: US pol, some thoughts on why people aren't rising up, thread

    (2/?) So, why are people in the US too tired to protest the hostile takover of our government by a manbaby billionaire?

    I'd like to state the obvious and point out that #covid19 is still a pandemic. Most people in the US have, on average, had about 3-4 #covid infections at this point. Covid can leave people with debilitating fatigue for months or even years after the initial infection. It can leave people with brain fog, chronic coughs, depression, autoimmune disorders, and a host of other maladies. Even if some people don't realize they have #LongCovid or don't have symptoms serious enough to warrant a #longhaul diagnosis, those infections add up. People are getting sick more frequently and the effects of these illnesses are adding up. People are physically tired.

    I don't think that's the only explanation, but it's the backdrop under which everything else is happening.

    #CovidIsNotOver #USPol #USPolitics #Fascism #Coup #MovementBuilding

  6. CW: re: US pol, some thoughts on why people aren't rising up, thread

    (2/?) So, why are people in the US too tired to protest the hostile takover of our government by a manbaby billionaire?

    I'd like to state the obvious and point out that #covid19 is still a pandemic. Most people in the US have, on average, had about 3-4 #covid infections at this point. Covid can leave people with debilitating fatigue for months or even years after the initial infection. It can leave people with brain fog, chronic coughs, depression, autoimmune disorders, and a host of other maladies. Even if some people don't realize they have #LongCovid or don't have symptoms serious enough to warrant a #longhaul diagnosis, those infections add up. People are getting sick more frequently and the effects of these illnesses are adding up. People are physically tired.

    I don't think that's the only explanation, but it's the backdrop under which everything else is happening.

    #CovidIsNotOver #USPol #USPolitics #Fascism #Coup #MovementBuilding

  7. Tourism leads the pack in growing carbon emissions

    "The most net emissions were reported in aviation, utilities and private vehicle use for travel. Australia ranked in the top 20 countries that together contributed three quarters of the total tourism carbon footprint in 2019.">>
    uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/11

    Drivers of global tourism carbon emissions
    "National tourism decarbonisation strategies will require demand volume thresholds to be defined to align global tourism with the Paris Agreement." >>
    nature.com/articles/s41467-024

    "The study found air travel and private vehicle use were the two biggest contributors to tourism's carbon footprint. Australians, meanwhile, are travelling overseas in record numbers..." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2024-12-11/tou
    #ClimateBreakdown #FossilFuel #mobility #pollution #ParisAgreement #MobilityDesign #cars #PrivateVehicles #TheDrive #tourists #LongHaul #AirTravel #travel #tourism #harm #CarbonFootprint #electric #vehicles #GHG

  8. Tourism leads the pack in growing carbon emissions

    "The most net emissions were reported in aviation, utilities and private vehicle use for travel. Australia ranked in the top 20 countries that together contributed three quarters of the total tourism carbon footprint in 2019.">>
    uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/11

    Drivers of global tourism carbon emissions
    "National tourism decarbonisation strategies will require demand volume thresholds to be defined to align global tourism with the Paris Agreement." >>
    nature.com/articles/s41467-024

    "The study found air travel and private vehicle use were the two biggest contributors to tourism's carbon footprint. Australians, meanwhile, are travelling overseas in record numbers..." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2024-12-11/tou
    #ClimateBreakdown #FossilFuel #mobility #pollution #ParisAgreement #MobilityDesign #cars #PrivateVehicles #TheDrive #tourists #LongHaul #AirTravel #travel #tourism #harm #CarbonFootprint #electric #vehicles #GHG

  9. Two of my coworkers took #Amtrak's new (temporary) service for its inaugural run all the way from Chicago to Miami a few days ago.

    All 48+ hours of it.

    In coach, because public media isn't exactly flush with cash.

    Here's what they saw and experienced along the way:
    chicago.suntimes.com/transport

    (Or find it in print in this Sunday's Sun-Times, including a larger version of the route map by yours truly!)

    #Railfan #Travel #TravelPhotography #Chicago #Miami #Trains #LongHaul

  10. Two of my coworkers took #Amtrak's new (temporary) service for its inaugural run all the way from Chicago to Miami a few days ago.

    All 48+ hours of it.

    In coach, because public media isn't exactly flush with cash.

    Here's what they saw and experienced along the way:
    chicago.suntimes.com/transport

    (Or find it in print in this Sunday's Sun-Times, including a larger version of the route map by yours truly!)

    #Railfan #Travel #TravelPhotography #Chicago #Miami #Trains #LongHaul

  11. How a Group of Butterflies Managed to Fly 4,200 Kilometers Without Stopping - When butterflies not native to South America appeared on a beach in French Guiana, entomo... - wired.com/story/butterflies-fl #longhaul #science

  12. How a Group of Butterflies Managed to Fly 4,200 Kilometers Without Stopping - When butterflies not native to South America appeared on a beach in French Guiana, entomo... - wired.com/story/butterflies-fl #longhaul #science

  13. Why on "god's" green earth are #Breeders allowed to travel on #LongHaul #flights with #screaming #spawn?
    And who in their right mind - with the developed world hurtling towards #fascism - would bring another life into this hell?

  14. #LongHaul #FrankFigliuzzi
    Long-haul trucking is the number one profession of serial killers. Terrifying new book 'Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers' is out now.

    ‘They’re a mystery’: inside the deadly world of serial killer truckers | Books | The Guardian

    "A shocking new book sheds light on the many long-hauler killers in the US who operate close to many Americans yet remain dangerously undetected."
    theguardian.com/books/article/

  15. #AirAsia has converted 36 of its #A321neo (new engine option) orders to #A321LR (long-range) as it aims to merge its #shorthaul and #longhaul divisions into one global network

    The decision to change aircraft type is so that AirAsia could have more flying range to connect the #SoutheastAsia region to Africa, Europe and America

    Read more: nst.com.my/business/corporate/

    #aircraft #aircrafts #airline #airlines #airplane #airplanes #aeroplane #aeroplanes #aerocraft #aerocrafts #flights #flight #Malaysia

  16. #AirAsia has converted 36 of its #A321neo (new engine option) orders to #A321LR (long-range) as it aims to merge its #shorthaul and #longhaul divisions into one global network

    The decision to change aircraft type is so that AirAsia could have more flying range to connect the #SoutheastAsia region to Africa, Europe and America

    Read more: nst.com.my/business/corporate/

    #aircraft #aircrafts #airline #airlines #airplane #airplanes #aeroplane #aeroplanes #aerocraft #aerocrafts #flights #flight #Malaysia

  17. "Zombie" #COVID19 fragments linger for some, causing severe disease outcomes, new research reveals

    A new finding could be the reason why some people have long COVID or die from SARS-CoV-2

    By Nicole Karlis
    Published February 2, 2024 3:02PM (EST)

    "This suggested that more serious COVID-19 outcomes are a result of these leftover fragments that are essentially overstimulating the immune system."

    salon.com/2024/02/02/zombie-19

    #LongHaul #LongHaulCovid #LongCovid #HyperInflammation #CovidIsntOver

  18. "Zombie" #COVID19 fragments linger for some, causing severe disease outcomes, new research reveals

    A new finding could be the reason why some people have long COVID or die from SARS-CoV-2

    By Nicole Karlis
    Published February 2, 2024 3:02PM (EST)

    "This suggested that more serious COVID-19 outcomes are a result of these leftover fragments that are essentially overstimulating the immune system."

    salon.com/2024/02/02/zombie-19

    #LongHaul #LongHaulCovid #LongCovid #HyperInflammation #CovidIsntOver

  19. Um, yes!

    Is It Dangerous to Keep Getting COVID-19?

    Story by Alice Park
    January 10, 2024

    "[#Covid] reinfections aren't harmless. As cases continue to rise and more variants arrive on the scene, infectious-disease experts are warning that repeat infections could have cumulative, lasting effects.

    “'There is some early evidence starting to show that if you had COVID-19, there can be all sorts of problems after getting infected' and reinfected, says Dr. Robert Murphy, professor of medicine and executive director of the Havey Institute for Global Health at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine. 'We are just at the beginning of learning about them.'"

    msn.com/en-us/health/other/is-

    #Covid19 #CovidIsntOver #MaskUp #LongHaul #LongHaulCovid

  20. Um, yes!

    Is It Dangerous to Keep Getting COVID-19?

    Story by Alice Park
    January 10, 2024

    "[#Covid] reinfections aren't harmless. As cases continue to rise and more variants arrive on the scene, infectious-disease experts are warning that repeat infections could have cumulative, lasting effects.

    “'There is some early evidence starting to show that if you had COVID-19, there can be all sorts of problems after getting infected' and reinfected, says Dr. Robert Murphy, professor of medicine and executive director of the Havey Institute for Global Health at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine. 'We are just at the beginning of learning about them.'"

    msn.com/en-us/health/other/is-

    #Covid19 #CovidIsntOver #MaskUp #LongHaul #LongHaulCovid

  21. ‘Finally we’re believed’: #LongCovid sufferers hail new research saying they should avoid intense exercise

    Maira Butt
    Thu, January 4, 2024

    "Oonagh Cousins had just been pre-selected for the Tokyo Olympics when she was hit with Covid in March 2020.

    "A new virus which would go on to have far-reaching consequences for the whole world was something that initially just felt like a mild cold to her.

    It was only when the now-28-year-old was unable to take part in vigorous training exercises with her rowing team that the reality of her long Covid symptoms dawned on her.

    "'I realised then, I was in it for the long haul,' she tells The Independent.

    "Nearly four years on and long Covid has forced Oonagh, from Brentford, to completely retire from rowing because of the crippling symptoms."

    Read more:
    news.yahoo.com/finally-believe

    #LongHaul #COVID19 #LongHaulCovid #Covid #CovidIsntOver

  22. ‘Finally we’re believed’: #LongCovid sufferers hail new research saying they should avoid intense exercise

    Maira Butt
    Thu, January 4, 2024

    "Oonagh Cousins had just been pre-selected for the Tokyo Olympics when she was hit with Covid in March 2020.

    "A new virus which would go on to have far-reaching consequences for the whole world was something that initially just felt like a mild cold to her.

    It was only when the now-28-year-old was unable to take part in vigorous training exercises with her rowing team that the reality of her long Covid symptoms dawned on her.

    "'I realised then, I was in it for the long haul,' she tells The Independent.

    "Nearly four years on and long Covid has forced Oonagh, from Brentford, to completely retire from rowing because of the crippling symptoms."

    Read more:
    news.yahoo.com/finally-believe

    #LongHaul #COVID19 #LongHaulCovid #Covid #CovidIsntOver

  23. 2/2

    Norfolk #LongCovid sufferer feels a 'changed person' after taking new #probiotic treatment

    April 19, 2022

    "In the first study Prof Thomas showed treating the gut to a blend of five different friendly bacteria called #lactobacillus #probiotics, combined with a chicory-rich ingredient known as an #inulin, helped with symptoms.

    "In a second study, he found that a capsule containing a mix of other natural substances known as phytochemicals can significantly help further.

    "He said: 'In our research group we designed a study looking at whether we could concentrate certain foods which would help some of the symptoms of #Covid.

    "'The reason we used a capsule is we are able to concentrate foods in a much greater degree than you'd be able to eat.

    "'Also you can take them in the morning, at lunchtime and have the foods that you wouldn't normally in a British diet take at those times. So things like chamomile, pomegranate, #turmeric, citrus bioflavonoids which come from #berries and things.'"

    itv.com/news/anglia/2022-04-19
    #LongHaulCovid #LongHaul #Seratonin

  24. 2/2

    Norfolk #LongCovid sufferer feels a 'changed person' after taking new #probiotic treatment

    April 19, 2022

    "In the first study Prof Thomas showed treating the gut to a blend of five different friendly bacteria called #lactobacillus #probiotics, combined with a chicory-rich ingredient known as an #inulin, helped with symptoms.

    "In a second study, he found that a capsule containing a mix of other natural substances known as phytochemicals can significantly help further.

    "He said: 'In our research group we designed a study looking at whether we could concentrate certain foods which would help some of the symptoms of #Covid.

    "'The reason we used a capsule is we are able to concentrate foods in a much greater degree than you'd be able to eat.

    "'Also you can take them in the morning, at lunchtime and have the foods that you wouldn't normally in a British diet take at those times. So things like chamomile, pomegranate, #turmeric, citrus bioflavonoids which come from #berries and things.'"

    itv.com/news/anglia/2022-04-19
    #LongHaulCovid #LongHaul #Seratonin

  25. 1/2 - So, I've been treating my own #LongCovid with #TurmericMilk, #VitaminD3, and #probiotics from various food sources (some with #VitaminK2), and consumed with #fiber-rich #prebiotics. I noticed that in addition to an improvement in my symptoms, I noticed an improvement with my anxiety and depression. It seems science is catching up with what I surmised -- that Covid messes with one's microbiome, which in turn affects our brains and other systems!

    A new possible explanation for long COVID could lead to a simple treatment for some patients

    By Erin Prater, October 16, 2023

    "While it might seem logical that neurologic long COVID symptoms like brain fog, memory loss, and depression are caused by the presence of virus in the brain, researchers in Pennsylvania propose a different theory: that virus lingering in the gut causes such symptoms in a round-about way.

    It works like this: SARS-CoV-2 lingering in the gut causes persistent inflammation, which leads to reduced production of serotonin—a chemical that sends messages between the brain and other parts of the body. It also plays a key role in regulating sleep, mood, digestion, and blood clotting, among other bodily functions.

    A lack of serotonin, in turn, disrupts connectivity between the peripheral nervous system and the brain, causing neurologic symptoms."

    msn.com/en-us/health/medical/a

    #LongHaulCovid #LongHaul #Seratonin

  26. 1/2 - So, I've been treating my own #LongCovid with #TurmericMilk, #VitaminD3, and #probiotics from various food sources (some with #VitaminK2), and consumed with #fiber-rich #prebiotics. I noticed that in addition to an improvement in my symptoms, I noticed an improvement with my anxiety and depression. It seems science is catching up with what I surmised -- that Covid messes with one's microbiome, which in turn affects our brains and other systems!

    A new possible explanation for long COVID could lead to a simple treatment for some patients

    By Erin Prater, October 16, 2023

    "While it might seem logical that neurologic long COVID symptoms like brain fog, memory loss, and depression are caused by the presence of virus in the brain, researchers in Pennsylvania propose a different theory: that virus lingering in the gut causes such symptoms in a round-about way.

    It works like this: SARS-CoV-2 lingering in the gut causes persistent inflammation, which leads to reduced production of serotonin—a chemical that sends messages between the brain and other parts of the body. It also plays a key role in regulating sleep, mood, digestion, and blood clotting, among other bodily functions.

    A lack of serotonin, in turn, disrupts connectivity between the peripheral nervous system and the brain, causing neurologic symptoms."

    msn.com/en-us/health/medical/a

    #LongHaulCovid #LongHaul #Seratonin

  27. Long COVID is debilitating children. Doctors worry there aren’t enough centers to treat them
    Story by Elizabeth Hlavinka, August 29, 2023

    "When 11-year-old Jack Coviello contracted COVID-19 in January 2022, his worst symptom was a sore throat that kept him out of school for a week. A couple of days later, graver symptoms started to appear: gastrointestinal issues, tachycardia, panic attacks, and extreme fatigue that kept him sleeping 20 hours a day.

    "It would be a full month of running tests in which doctors continued to say Jack was 'fine,' until his pediatrician diagnosed him with post-COVID syndrome, also known as long COVID, and referred him to a specialized clinic, said his mother, Kelli Coviello, who is a principal's assistant at an elementary school in Massachusetts.

    "'It's been a challenge of them not really, truly understanding,' Coviello told Salon in a phone interview. "They think it's just school avoidance, and he doesn't want to come in or maybe it's just anxiety, and all this other stuff. … But he's an 11-year-old boy, who is looking at you saying, 'Am I dying? What's happening to me?'"

    "Jack is one of thousands of children that has been diagnosed with long COVID. Last month, the National Institutes of Health updated its considerations for long COVID to say the burden of the condition in children "may be quite large." Studies estimating its prevalence in pediatric populations are limited and conflicting, estimating up to 25% of children infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus could go on to develop long COVID, though it's more likely between 2% and 10%. Older children with existing chronic diseases or who had a more severe COVID-19 infection have an increased risk.

    "As COVID cases rise again and new variants emerge, coupled with school starting up again, previous waves indicate that long COVID cases could spike along with hospitalizations and deaths. Though kids generally have milder infections, they aren't always spared from the worst outcomes of infection.

    "However, evidence suggests long COVID is underestimated in adults, and the same is likely true for children. Plus, some providers still don't know much about long COVID, which may delay diagnoses, said Dr. Alexandra Yonts, a pediatric infectious disease physician at the Pediatric Post-COVID program at Children's National Hospital.

    "'I've heard from a lot of our families that they had to go to multiple different doctors to even find someone that believed what their child was experiencing was true,' Yonts told Salon in a phone interview."

    Read more:
    msn.com/en-us/health/medical/l

    #LongCovid #MedicalGaslighting #Covid #LongHaul #Covid19 #CovidIsntOver

  28. Long COVID is debilitating children. Doctors worry there aren’t enough centers to treat them
    Story by Elizabeth Hlavinka, August 29, 2023

    "When 11-year-old Jack Coviello contracted COVID-19 in January 2022, his worst symptom was a sore throat that kept him out of school for a week. A couple of days later, graver symptoms started to appear: gastrointestinal issues, tachycardia, panic attacks, and extreme fatigue that kept him sleeping 20 hours a day.

    "It would be a full month of running tests in which doctors continued to say Jack was 'fine,' until his pediatrician diagnosed him with post-COVID syndrome, also known as long COVID, and referred him to a specialized clinic, said his mother, Kelli Coviello, who is a principal's assistant at an elementary school in Massachusetts.

    "'It's been a challenge of them not really, truly understanding,' Coviello told Salon in a phone interview. "They think it's just school avoidance, and he doesn't want to come in or maybe it's just anxiety, and all this other stuff. … But he's an 11-year-old boy, who is looking at you saying, 'Am I dying? What's happening to me?'"

    "Jack is one of thousands of children that has been diagnosed with long COVID. Last month, the National Institutes of Health updated its considerations for long COVID to say the burden of the condition in children "may be quite large." Studies estimating its prevalence in pediatric populations are limited and conflicting, estimating up to 25% of children infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus could go on to develop long COVID, though it's more likely between 2% and 10%. Older children with existing chronic diseases or who had a more severe COVID-19 infection have an increased risk.

    "As COVID cases rise again and new variants emerge, coupled with school starting up again, previous waves indicate that long COVID cases could spike along with hospitalizations and deaths. Though kids generally have milder infections, they aren't always spared from the worst outcomes of infection.

    "However, evidence suggests long COVID is underestimated in adults, and the same is likely true for children. Plus, some providers still don't know much about long COVID, which may delay diagnoses, said Dr. Alexandra Yonts, a pediatric infectious disease physician at the Pediatric Post-COVID program at Children's National Hospital.

    "'I've heard from a lot of our families that they had to go to multiple different doctors to even find someone that believed what their child was experiencing was true,' Yonts told Salon in a phone interview."

    Read more:
    msn.com/en-us/health/medical/l

    #LongCovid #MedicalGaslighting #Covid #LongHaul #Covid19 #CovidIsntOver

  29. Oldy but a goody (old by less then two years)...

    Organizing for the Long Haul

    The major question facing DSA in the next few years is whether the organization can build deeper roots in the working class, particularly the labor movement.

    dissentmagazine.org/online_art #RankAndFile #Labor #LongHaul #DSA #DemSocialists #dissent