The Precise Nature of the Catastrophe
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Greg Abbott is building a wall between Texas and New Mexico.
October 19, 2023 at 1:47 PM
Greg Abbott is building a wall between Texas and New Mexico.
I have Arc, but seldom use it. I think I may need to revisit it.
Update: The best browser
A year later, I still prefer Arc to Chrome 👨🏻💻
wondertools.substack.com
October 19, 2023 at 1:06 PM
I have Arc, but seldom use it. I think I may need to revisit it.
“All of this raises the question of what value we are getting from X and possibly other social platforms. If we were to stop posting content, would anyone notice?”
Worth the Time? A Critical Look at the Value of Twitter for Journals - The Scholarly Kitchen
As Twitter/X stumbles once again, it is time to critically analyze what value X brings to journals and whether the effort is justified
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
October 19, 2023 at 1:05 PM
“All of this raises the question of what value we are getting from X and possibly other social platforms. If we were to stop posting content, would anyone notice?”
I know. It’s something new every day. But who are these “new users” on what appears to be a dying platform?
X, formerly Twitter, tests charging new users $1 per year in select markets | TechCrunch
X announced today that is starting a new experiment to charge a $1 per year fee for "new unverified" users to interact with posts.
techcrunch.com
October 18, 2023 at 6:35 PM
I know. It’s something new every day. But who are these “new users” on what appears to be a dying platform?
Good news about DoxyPEP. I got my doctor to give it to me because I’m charming. Now there’s a CDC guideline!
US health officials propose using a cheap antibiotic as a 'morning-after pill' against STDs
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials plan to endorse a common antibiotic as a morning-after pill that gay and bisexual men can use to try to avoid some increasingly common sexually transmitted dise...
www.ajc.com
October 11, 2023 at 1:39 PM
Good news about DoxyPEP. I got my doctor to give it to me because I’m charming. Now there’s a CDC guideline!
Don’t forget! Today is the day that the Feds turn everyone with a COVID vaccine into a Marburg virus zombie (because Marburg has always causes zombification)! Turn off your phones, and, more importantly, voting machines cause zombification as well, so avoid polling places!
October 4, 2023 at 6:07 PM
Don’t forget! Today is the day that the Feds turn everyone with a COVID vaccine into a Marburg virus zombie (because Marburg has always causes zombification)! Turn off your phones, and, more importantly, voting machines cause zombification as well, so avoid polling places!
Bluesky won’t let me post without saying anything, but the headline says it all, really.
Women pay billions more out of pocket for health care: analysis
The so-called “pink tax” on consumer products may extend to women’s health coverage, report’s authors argue.
www.axios.com
October 2, 2023 at 3:32 PM
Bluesky won’t let me post without saying anything, but the headline says it all, really.
Here's the full list of Fierce 50 honorees, leaders, advocates, and companies at the “forefront of driving critical change across healthcare and life sciences.”
Fierce 50 Reports
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www.fiercepharma.com
October 2, 2023 at 1:45 PM
Here's the full list of Fierce 50 honorees, leaders, advocates, and companies at the “forefront of driving critical change across healthcare and life sciences.”
Not sure how I feel about this list. Not entirely comfortable with including anyone from Kaiser Permanente, since, let’s be honest: managed care is about limiting care. I’m also not entirely psyched about Mark Cuban. There are no good billionaires.
Fierce 50: Health Equity honorees
Explore More Fierce 50 Categories
www.fiercepharma.com
October 2, 2023 at 1:43 PM
Not sure how I feel about this list. Not entirely comfortable with including anyone from Kaiser Permanente, since, let’s be honest: managed care is about limiting care. I’m also not entirely psyched about Mark Cuban. There are no good billionaires.
Listen to any classic rock station (or, for that matter, alternative stations), and you'll see that both are a retreat from women and people of color, so Wenner is just emblematic of rock music.
Rolling Stone cofounder removed from Hall of Fame board after racist and sexist remarks | Boing Boin...
Asked by The New York Times this weekend why his book of famous interviews included only interviews with white men, Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner said the reason women weren’t there wa…
boingboing.net
September 18, 2023 at 2:31 PM
Listen to any classic rock station (or, for that matter, alternative stations), and you'll see that both are a retreat from women and people of color, so Wenner is just emblematic of rock music.
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Researchers at the University of Chicago have developed an “inverse vaccine” that can reverse autoimmune diseases as multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes.
It would halt the autoimmune response where the immune system wrongly attacks healthy tissues.
🧪💉
scitechdaily.com/new-vaccine-...
Researchers at the University of Chicago have developed an “inverse vaccine” that can reverse autoimmune diseases as multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes.
It would halt the autoimmune response where the immune system wrongly attacks healthy tissues.
🧪💉
scitechdaily.com/new-vaccine-...
New Vaccine Can Completely Reverse Autoimmune Diseases Like Multiple Sclerosis, Type 1 Diabetes, and...
Researchers from Pritzker Molecular Engineering, under the guidance of Prof. Jeffrey Hubbell, demonstrated that their compound can eliminate the autoimmune response linked to multiple sclerosis. Resea...
scitechdaily.com
September 15, 2023 at 5:53 PM
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Researchers at the University of Chicago have developed an “inverse vaccine” that can reverse autoimmune diseases as multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes.
It would halt the autoimmune response where the immune system wrongly attacks healthy tissues.
🧪💉
scitechdaily.com/new-vaccine-...
Researchers at the University of Chicago have developed an “inverse vaccine” that can reverse autoimmune diseases as multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes.
It would halt the autoimmune response where the immune system wrongly attacks healthy tissues.
🧪💉
scitechdaily.com/new-vaccine-...
Yay! The Motels’ albums have returned to streaming!
September 16, 2023 at 1:57 PM
Yay! The Motels’ albums have returned to streaming!
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One cool thing about the world's-most-expensive American healthcare system is how even "nonprofits" can be incredibly lucrative for some people.
CHOP paid its CEO a record $7.7 million in 2021, more than the hospital spent on charity care in thr...
With a $5.6 million bonus, Madeline Bell likely received the largest payday ever for a local health system CEO, an Inquirer analysis found.
www.inquirer.com
September 14, 2023 at 11:04 AM
One cool thing about the world's-most-expensive American healthcare system is how even "nonprofits" can be incredibly lucrative for some people.
TL;DR: Antidepressants are a legitimate way to deal with a problem. Obesity drugs are, as well, legit ways to deal with a problem. Stop being judgy.
Opinion | What Obesity Drugs and Antidepressants Have in Common
The more misunderstood the health condition, the more we moralize its treatment.
www.nytimes.com
September 13, 2023 at 12:31 PM
TL;DR: Antidepressants are a legitimate way to deal with a problem. Obesity drugs are, as well, legit ways to deal with a problem. Stop being judgy.
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Looking for friends. My hobbies include:
-putting snakes in my neighbor's mailbox to help him overcome his fear of finding a snake in his mailbox.
-learning Russian so I can write authentic Crime and Punishment fanfic.
-editing Matt Damon's Wikipedia page to state that Matt Damon prevented Y2K.
-putting snakes in my neighbor's mailbox to help him overcome his fear of finding a snake in his mailbox.
-learning Russian so I can write authentic Crime and Punishment fanfic.
-editing Matt Damon's Wikipedia page to state that Matt Damon prevented Y2K.
September 6, 2023 at 10:10 PM
Looking for friends. My hobbies include:
-putting snakes in my neighbor's mailbox to help him overcome his fear of finding a snake in his mailbox.
-learning Russian so I can write authentic Crime and Punishment fanfic.
-editing Matt Damon's Wikipedia page to state that Matt Damon prevented Y2K.
-putting snakes in my neighbor's mailbox to help him overcome his fear of finding a snake in his mailbox.
-learning Russian so I can write authentic Crime and Punishment fanfic.
-editing Matt Damon's Wikipedia page to state that Matt Damon prevented Y2K.
Gift article. Should be readable.
Opinion | Not Everything We Call Cancer Should Be Called Cancer
Calling something cancer can lead to aggressive treatment even if the cancer in question is unlikely to cause problems.
www.nytimes.com
August 30, 2023 at 12:21 PM
Gift article. Should be readable.
Every other AITA involves a wedding. And it’s always the ones getting married who ATH. I realize that this isn’t statistically meaningful, but I’m delighted not to be going to weddings and can’t understand what others agree to.
August 26, 2023 at 9:46 PM
Every other AITA involves a wedding. And it’s always the ones getting married who ATH. I realize that this isn’t statistically meaningful, but I’m delighted not to be going to weddings and can’t understand what others agree to.
What is DeSantis doing about the herpes monkeys?
August 25, 2023 at 4:19 PM
What is DeSantis doing about the herpes monkeys?