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Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
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February 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
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Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.
February 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.
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I love the people who claimed they couldn't afford eggs whining about the thousands of dollars they wasted on airfare and hotels to attend the cancelled outdoor inauguration.
January 18, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I love the people who claimed they couldn't afford eggs whining about the thousands of dollars they wasted on airfare and hotels to attend the cancelled outdoor inauguration.
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I kept this screenshot assuming someday we might be asked to forget.
January 24, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I kept this screenshot assuming someday we might be asked to forget.
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Stephen Miller and Homan’s goal is to shock and awe blue cities to terrify whole communities. They’ll deliberately targeting businesses, schools, hospitals churches and other places of worship. They want Americans to be afraid. Mayors and governors must stand up to them. Lawyers get on standby.
January 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Stephen Miller and Homan’s goal is to shock and awe blue cities to terrify whole communities. They’ll deliberately targeting businesses, schools, hospitals churches and other places of worship. They want Americans to be afraid. Mayors and governors must stand up to them. Lawyers get on standby.
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These executive orders on banning federally funded entities from recognizing trans people or disallowing them from using the bathroom are not self-executing or immediately enforceable. They require formal rule making at a minimum. They are a scare tactic. Ignore and do not comply in advance.
January 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
These executive orders on banning federally funded entities from recognizing trans people or disallowing them from using the bathroom are not self-executing or immediately enforceable. They require formal rule making at a minimum. They are a scare tactic. Ignore and do not comply in advance.
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Fixed it.
January 21, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Fixed it.
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Re-upping my piece about how emerging tech is transforming power in 3 big ways: dynamics between countries; dynamics within US (private sector's unprecedented global natsec role); and sources of national power (rise of intangibles like knowledge, data). www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The Crumbling Foundations of American Strength
Knowledge is power—and the United States is losing it.
www.foreignaffairs.com
January 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Re-upping my piece about how emerging tech is transforming power in 3 big ways: dynamics between countries; dynamics within US (private sector's unprecedented global natsec role); and sources of national power (rise of intangibles like knowledge, data). www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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shorturl.at/ETeJh. Stay cool, be humble, don't do policy, and remember that tradecraft is your superpower. Wise advice from former CIA Acting Director John McLaughlin to intel agency folks.
The New Administration Meets the Intelligence Community: What Should We Expect?
A former head of the CIA speaks to members of the intelligence community preparing for the incoming Trump administration.
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January 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
shorturl.at/ETeJh. Stay cool, be humble, don't do policy, and remember that tradecraft is your superpower. Wise advice from former CIA Acting Director John McLaughlin to intel agency folks.