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I love giant magnets.
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My opinions are trash and fully my own.
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My opinions are trash and fully my own.
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February 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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And the new NCI Director moves to piss away his scientific credibility.
First, killing cancer cells is a very low bar; many compounds kill cancer cells and are not the least bit useful for treating cancer.
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First, killing cancer cells is a very low bar; many compounds kill cancer cells and are not the least bit useful for treating cancer.
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The National Cancer Institute will begin studying ivermectin's ability to kill cancer cells, @rachanadpradhan.bsky.social reports
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National Cancer Institute studying ivermectin’s ‘ability to kill cancer cells,’ alarming career scientists
The National Cancer Institute is studying ivermectin as a potential cancer treatment, according to its top official, alarming career scientists.
www.statnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:01 PM
And the new NCI Director moves to piss away his scientific credibility.
First, killing cancer cells is a very low bar; many compounds kill cancer cells and are not the least bit useful for treating cancer.
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First, killing cancer cells is a very low bar; many compounds kill cancer cells and are not the least bit useful for treating cancer.
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Appreciate that Jess Djukanovic is speaking out about what she went through trying to get an abortion with a non-viable pregnancy in Iowa:
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‘I almost died trying to get an abortion in Iowa’—a mother of 4 speaks out
This Iowa mother of four was heartbroken when her fetus received a fatal diagnosis. Then the pregnancy threatened her life, too.
iowastartingline.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Appreciate that Jess Djukanovic is speaking out about what she went through trying to get an abortion with a non-viable pregnancy in Iowa:
iowastartingline.com/2026/02/04/i...
iowastartingline.com/2026/02/04/i...
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The 12yo has declared Porcelain Crab Awareness Day!
I’m especially fond of the red and white polka dotted ones. Are they crabs if they have crab in their name? Nope. These are decapod crustaceans evolving ever crab-wards!
I’m especially fond of the red and white polka dotted ones. Are they crabs if they have crab in their name? Nope. These are decapod crustaceans evolving ever crab-wards!
Porcelain crab - Wikipedia
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February 10, 2026 at 1:44 PM
The 12yo has declared Porcelain Crab Awareness Day!
I’m especially fond of the red and white polka dotted ones. Are they crabs if they have crab in their name? Nope. These are decapod crustaceans evolving ever crab-wards!
I’m especially fond of the red and white polka dotted ones. Are they crabs if they have crab in their name? Nope. These are decapod crustaceans evolving ever crab-wards!
Not according to the FB Karen arguing with me about how "we can't deport people efficiently if we give them due process."
February 10, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Not according to the FB Karen arguing with me about how "we can't deport people efficiently if we give them due process."
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NEW: The AMA and a leading public health research group focused on vaccines are teaming up to create a parallel system to review vaccine safety and effectiveness.
The CDC’s vaccine review process has “effectively collapsed” under RFKJr. My story.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
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AMA joins effort to launch vaccine science review amid CDC turmoil
The American Medical Association and a partner group are taking on a new role in reviewing vaccine safety and effectiveness as the CDC’s review process faces criticism.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:15 PM
NEW: The AMA and a leading public health research group focused on vaccines are teaming up to create a parallel system to review vaccine safety and effectiveness.
The CDC’s vaccine review process has “effectively collapsed” under RFKJr. My story.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
I used to be a huge EB fan, they had decent quality stuff that fit people of my stature. Their options (and quality) tanked a few years ago and I've rarely shopped there since.
February 10, 2026 at 2:10 PM
I used to be a huge EB fan, they had decent quality stuff that fit people of my stature. Their options (and quality) tanked a few years ago and I've rarely shopped there since.
the people who are poo-pooing it, like i'm sorry, I did not pretend to do a Sharks vs Jets dance battle/fight using my clarinet as a faux weapon in 10th grade only to dismiss my CULTURAL HERITAGE* 29 years later
*my cultural heritage = making West Side Story my entire personality for a year
*my cultural heritage = making West Side Story my entire personality for a year
February 9, 2026 at 8:58 PM
the people who are poo-pooing it, like i'm sorry, I did not pretend to do a Sharks vs Jets dance battle/fight using my clarinet as a faux weapon in 10th grade only to dismiss my CULTURAL HERITAGE* 29 years later
*my cultural heritage = making West Side Story my entire personality for a year
*my cultural heritage = making West Side Story my entire personality for a year
There is a bocce league in Des Moines tho!! Tumea & Sons has an actual court. www.tumeaandsons.net/bocce-ball
Bocce Ball | Italian Cuisine | Des Moines, IA
Tumea & Sons Restaurant in Des Moines, IA offers bocce ball leagues. In-house food. Weekend specials. Call us to book a reservation.
www.tumeaandsons.net
February 9, 2026 at 7:22 PM
There is a bocce league in Des Moines tho!! Tumea & Sons has an actual court. www.tumeaandsons.net/bocce-ball
mm yes this is what we call beer-in-hand backyard bocce
February 9, 2026 at 7:21 PM
mm yes this is what we call beer-in-hand backyard bocce
In curling, the goal is the fixed "button" (bullseye) and you have to get the stones as close to that as possible. In both games you can knock your opponents stones/balls out of the way to ruin their day/get yours closer.
February 9, 2026 at 7:19 PM
In curling, the goal is the fixed "button" (bullseye) and you have to get the stones as close to that as possible. In both games you can knock your opponents stones/balls out of the way to ruin their day/get yours closer.
oh lol. Well I mean usually I am playing bocce with a beer in hand on a summer day so I don't think we are necessarily by the book. But after glancing at the rules, it's basically that. In bocce you have the "jack" (small white ball) that gets thrown out first and then you try to get close to that
February 9, 2026 at 7:19 PM
oh lol. Well I mean usually I am playing bocce with a beer in hand on a summer day so I don't think we are necessarily by the book. But after glancing at the rules, it's basically that. In bocce you have the "jack" (small white ball) that gets thrown out first and then you try to get close to that
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i mean it's like ice bocce yeah? get the rock close to the middle, knock other people's rocks out, different circles different scores
February 9, 2026 at 7:08 PM
i mean it's like ice bocce yeah? get the rock close to the middle, knock other people's rocks out, different circles different scores
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February 9, 2026 at 6:59 PM
oh yeah absolutely physics magicians there, plus i can't imagine the forearm strength plus propelling yourself slowly down an icy surface and maintaining balance
February 9, 2026 at 7:01 PM
oh yeah absolutely physics magicians there, plus i can't imagine the forearm strength plus propelling yourself slowly down an icy surface and maintaining balance
oh well that is friction/less friction so i DO understand that as a physical chemist but still, hip flexors explodey
February 9, 2026 at 6:57 PM
oh well that is friction/less friction so i DO understand that as a physical chemist but still, hip flexors explodey
absolutely my hip flexors would explode
February 9, 2026 at 6:55 PM
absolutely my hip flexors would explode
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Speedy healing!!
February 9, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Speedy healing!!
don't forget nonwhite Disney Princesses
February 9, 2026 at 5:43 PM
don't forget nonwhite Disney Princesses
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$1.65M per day in DC alone. That’s approximately two NIH R01 Grant *years* burned per day. Ninety *five year* R01s projects burned in the last seven months with no end in sight.
Instead of lasting scientific advance we get….what?
Civil rights violations and authoritarian replacement of democracy.
Instead of lasting scientific advance we get….what?
Civil rights violations and authoritarian replacement of democracy.
A new report from Democratic members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee finds that the deployment of the National Guard in D.C. is costing $1.65 million a day, and over seven months has hit $332 million. The report is here: hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/upl…
February 9, 2026 at 5:32 PM
$1.65M per day in DC alone. That’s approximately two NIH R01 Grant *years* burned per day. Ninety *five year* R01s projects burned in the last seven months with no end in sight.
Instead of lasting scientific advance we get….what?
Civil rights violations and authoritarian replacement of democracy.
Instead of lasting scientific advance we get….what?
Civil rights violations and authoritarian replacement of democracy.
My mom had a Pfaff sewing machine that was my first (probably similar era, early 1970s). It was heavy AF and she had it built into an old Singer cabinet. The floor pedal was as sensitive as a ticklish foot, and it had two speeds: fast and mach 1
February 9, 2026 at 5:22 PM
My mom had a Pfaff sewing machine that was my first (probably similar era, early 1970s). It was heavy AF and she had it built into an old Singer cabinet. The floor pedal was as sensitive as a ticklish foot, and it had two speeds: fast and mach 1
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Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
The end of DOE’s grid work in Puerto Rico
The Trump administration has canceled all eight of the remaining awards devoted to distributed energy on the island.
www.latitudemedia.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...