My Virtual Reading Room

Collected over the last month; hope you find something to interest or amuse you :)
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Today in Find the Cat:

https://twitter.com/katehinds/status/1269697161329082370/photo/1

(I must confess that I was not able to find the cat! See if you can ;))

My 17 Illustrations To Reflect On Our Lives During The COVID-19 Pandemic, from TYH Tang Yau Hoon, on Bored Panda

Two articles about Iago's motives in "Othello":

http://leavingcertenglish.net/2014/02/iagos-motivation/

Iago's motives: A Horneyan analysis
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The Nobel Disease: when intelligence fails to protect against irrationality, from The Skeptical Inquirer

The real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months, from The Guardian

Tales from the Annals of Medical Quackery, from CBS News

Different types of mask wearers: an illustrated guide, from the talented LB Lee on Dreamwidth

Happy 25th Birthday, Medscape, from Our Founder, from Medscape

A rare blue bee rediscovered in Central Florida, from Florida Insider

A retired Ukrainian general who gave a Skype interview in 2016 and got up while the camera was still on..., from Gordon UA News

Top 25 Oddball Interview Questions in 2014, from Glassdoor

Top Weird Interview Questions, from The Balance Careers

...if there is nothing else one learns in this profession in general, and in this specialty in particular--it is this:

One must be grateful

for every year
every week
every day
every moment
every unassisted breath

(and no, I don't always remember that, either...)

(and 'assist-control', in case you wondered, is the most common mode used on the ventilators)

Some of the theory I hadn't known before, and some of the tips are pretty good (and I took this course while working a night shift, some weeks ago...:P)

So, I thought perhaps some people here might find it of interest (browngirl, for example :))
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Training for Nurses on Shift Work and Long Shift Hours (IIRC, it's not really nursing-specific, actually)

Happy Monday!

Thought some people might find this of interest; it's rather different from other articles I've read, with specific advice about networking.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/10/headhunter-pbs-newshour-ask-the.html