MEDSTUFF: Avoiding Dextromethorphan?

siderea posted an alert the other day about dextromethorphan, a substance found in a lot of over-the-counter cough/cold-related symptom-relief stuff. Apparently, the source they were looking at had, in Siderea's opinion, "buried the lede" about dangerous side-effects on people already coping with COVID-19 in amidst what may be other useful information on possible methods of dealing with the disease.

Well, if that's confirmed, that's me setting aside stuff I've been using for decades to be safer.

Some additional deep background published in Pediatrics by the American Academy of Pediatricians:

https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/114/1/e85

DESIGN: DeviantArt Questions # 2 & 3

How many of my friendlisters here on DW also have accounts at DeviantArt right now and are willing to say so?

Of such friendlisters, I ask one more nosy question: what should I watch out for if I sign up?

ASTRONOMY/TREK/MAPS: The Achernar Sectors and a Bit of Rambling Therein

Kevin Jardine just posted a progress report on his 50 Parsec Map Project today on Twitter. In the course of that report, he notes the proximity of HD 10180 - currently known to host at least six planets and suspected to host as many as three more - to Achernar/alpha Eridani.

Now, where does it get interesting for Star Trek fans?

Here, per a Memory Alpha entry caused by a reference in dialogue in the Original Series episode "Wolf in the Fold", written by Robert Bloch. (Yes, that Robert Bloch. The Psycho scriptwriter. And yes, that episode - adapted by Bloch from his 1943 Jack the Ripper-inspired short story is one of many that we can now see as Problematic in ways that were not clear to the eyes of the dominant factions of American society in the late 1960's.)

Anyway, Star Charts and Stellar Cartography put Achernar inside Romulan-held territories from 2161 - the end of the Earth-Romulan War - to at least 2387, and the destruction of Romulus and Remus that year. HD 10180 would be close enough - 15 light-years distant, per the planetarium-'ware Celestia - to be considered another Romulan holding.