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  • Back and forth to the USA

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    Miami airport

    I have had a few intense days again, and I would have liked to write, but it takes a little extra focus to formulate reasonable sentences. I have spent hours in airports, and there is also always an extra hour of waiting time because I like to be on time.

    It is good for me. I cannot do anything but wait. Maybe think about how to travel from the next airport. Or make plans next week. Maybe listen to foreign languages ​​that I do not recognize. Possibly, I can at least guess.

    The best feeling is when I have not spoken or listened to Swedish for several days. Like when I traveled back to Sweden from Miami a few days ago. That special feeling when I suddenly hear someone speak Swedish that feels so foreign – yet is so familiar.

    I remember the time when I flew from Beijing to Kuala Lumpur, and I was the only passenger from Europe. In addition, almost no other women on the flight. As if I do not exist because no one recognizes me or can speak Swedish to me. Can there be more Jean-Paul Sartre?

    Now I’m thinking about how I can handle the trip this fall from Nepal to India. If that is possible in this world of trouble. Do I really have to bring antibiotics with me if I get a bad infection? Well, well.

    In the USA, I finally got to meet my American family. I really did have breakfast with Tiffany! A few intense American days. Wonderful with fresh exotic fruit for breakfast. The trip back went well, and it is actually an advantage to be petite sometimes. The man next to me was so tall that he almost doubled in the seat. We switched seats, and I got the window seat.

  • A night at Heathrow

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    I have been so busy lately that I haven’t had time to write anything here. Last night I slept at Heathrow – the home of British Airways. It is so amazingly warm, almost 30 °C. I would have loved to travel in a dress, but unfortunately, it’s more practical to wear trousers. Heathrow is an intense, wonderful, international airport. The whole world meets here.

    I was a little nervous before I got on the plane, but that was mostly because I needed both an ETA and an ESTA to get into the USA. There are tensions in the world due to a lack of jet fuel and, above all, the general Trump chaos. Putin chaos, too, for that matter. Just because they cannot get along doesn’t mean I don’t like the USA. You have to distinguish between things—the land of freedom in the 19th century for many Swedes.

    There is a weight loss revolution in the world, and that must be the reason there was a needle box in the ladies’ room. Now I have a few minutes left before I’m on the plane to Miami.

    Stay safe 🐾

  • Gutenberg editing

    Finally, after some work, I have landed in a new, updated diary. I have a new web hotel, and you will surely notice that it is much faster than the last one. Last fall, I started looking for a new web hotel, and after Christmas, I found out that Telia’s web hotel would stop. How lucky I was. A big thank you to Peter and Michael, who have guided and helped me with data support in this data jungle.

    Now I have a lot of new things to learn about WordPress Gutenberg. In my regular job at Apoteket, I get a lot of use out of my humanistic skills. Knowledge of various languages simplifies, but sometimes body language is enough, which is to some extent universal.

    Generative AI as a co-pilot of various kinds is starting to progress. Data technology is dressed in various human characteristics, and for me, this is still revolutionary. I do not write prompts because I get suggestions of grammatical changes that I do not agree with.

    I am curious and follow the development. Today, AI cannot read our thoughts. Yet!

  • Signs of spring

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    Finally, the arrival of spring has been celebrated. Over 20°Celsius. Sun protection factor on and sunglasses on. It felt like a long time since I saw spring flowers, so I went for a dog walk. They were there; blue anemone, coltsfoot, wood anemone and spring onions.

    Welcome spring!

  • Hi webhotel!

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    This is so refreshing. I have been writing this diary for 13 years. Nice to change. I remember lots of travelling that I have tried to catch by photos and writing – so happy for this change, and also for the opportunity to learn.

    This autumn I will go to Nepal and Kathmandu. I am staying in touch with Professor Trilok Pati Thapa. I just learnt that Kathmandu was very popular in the 1960´s as the Hippie trail. Well, I must admit that I also search for some answers. I have so much to read, and my Professor sends me literature.

    I am now concidering of traveling from East Asia to reach Nepal, India and Sri Lanka. The world is fragile, as Sting points out.

  • Fast AI and bye webhotel

    It will be a while before I write again. Next time it will be on the new webhotel. There is so much happening in IT, and I am happy to follow along and learn. Thank you for such great assistance.

    There are unusually many conflicts that involve war in the world right now. I live in my training bubble and follow the news a few times a day. A Russian submarine in the Kattegat that doesn’t even try to hide from NATO.

    I am happy about little things like having a good everyday life. And I hope that you, dear readers, do too. Today, Bruce Springsteen gets to help summarize the world situation 🇺🇸

  • Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus)

    There has been an outbreak of meningococcal disease in Canterbury, Kent, England. Students have been affected, and deaths have occurred (please see Canterbury Meningococcus). You can be a carrier (about 10% of the population) of these bacteria without it leading to sepsis and/or meningitis. A so-called natural immunity – an asymptomatic carrier.

    If you do get infected, the course of the disease is very rapid, and intensive care is required. A little bacteria that is not visible and in the worst case can be fatal.

    Since there are at least 12 different serogroups, you can still get infected because you do not carry all the varieties asymptomatically. As early as 1805, epidemic meningitis was described. Transmission occurs through direct contact, close contact, such as university accommodation, military installations, or large gatherings such as the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. Interestingly, vaccination is mandatory before certain pilgrimages. Not all. Right now, England is looking into whether students may have shared vapes.

    The last major international outbreak was a scout camp in Japan in 2015, where 1,500 Swedish scouts were given antibiotics (ciprofloxacin) to prevent infection. Once the bacterial strain has been genotyped, perhaps vaccination can be expected to be effective. In Sweden, the Canterbury strain of meningococcus is rare, which is why, as far as I understand, it is not considered necessary to vaccinate. This is Canterbury, not Salisbury, where the Russian spy and his daughter were poisoned in 2018.

    I will vaccinate myself against TBE soon. It is time again. Unfortunately, there are hospitalizations with meningitis (meningitis) or encephalitis (brain inflammation). After all, it is cozy tto go for a walk with a dog.