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Lilian Mar
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👩🏻‍🎨 creative + writer | posts my own
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Covid-19 vaccines, credited with saving millions of lives during the pandemic, set off a powerful alarm that rallies the human immune system against cancer and nearly doubles the median survival length of patients, according to a new retrospective study.
Study finds mRNA coronavirus vaccines prolonged life of cancer patients
A study found that covid-19 vaccines appeared to awaken the immune system in lung and skin cancer patients, helping them live longer than those not vaccinated.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains. n.pr/3L5exuu
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
n.pr
October 25, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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Some phrases are so well-known, you don't need to say the whole thing to be understood.

E.g., you can say "birds of a feather" without saying "flock together."

-“When life hands you lemons…”
-“Great minds…”
-“When in Rome…”

Such partial phrases are called 'anapodotons.'
September 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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No brush, no pencil. Just a typewriter.

Artist James, using a 1930s Smith Premier typewriter, typed out this painting.

#art #printer #unique #typewriter #illustration
August 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Big win in medical science: scientists can now genetically edit mosquitoes so they and their future generations can’t transmit malaria! 🦟🧬

Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#science #medicine #news
Driving a protective allele of the mosquito FREP1 gene to combat malaria - Nature
Coupling of a FREP1 variant to a gene-drive system allows the spread of a host malaria resistance allele through the mosquito population.
www.nature.com
July 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
With all this AI talk, I’ve had the desire to tackle math problems the old-fashioned way with pencil and paper. Something a bit more engaging than Sudoku to stimulate my mind. Call it analog intelligence 🧠 Does anyone else have the same thoughts? #ai #math
May 22, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Who wanna rock with Jennie? 😉 As seen in her latest Coachella Instagram post, Jennie rocked the Margot Square-Toe Mary-Jane in ruby red from Vivaia, a sustainable Chinese footwear brand 👠 I’ve got a few pairs myself—they’re my go-to for the office! #fashion #kpop #blackpink
April 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM
#health thoughts: The rise of colon cancer among Gen Z and millennials is incredibly alarming — affecting young adults in their 20s to 40s. I’ve also read that more Asian American women are developing lung cancer despite never smoking.

www.ajmc.com/view/contrib...

www.ajmc.com/view/digging...
Digging Into the Increasing Lung Cancer Rate for Female, Asian, Never Smokers: Dr Jeffrey Velotta
Jeffrey Velotta, MD, FACS, attendee and presenter of CHEST Annual Meeting 2023, talks about the phenomenon of an increase in female, Asian, nonsmokers developing lung cancer, and what is being done to...
www.ajmc.com
March 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Reposted by Lilian Mar
hey friends, there's been a significant increase in colon cancer in younger people in the last 5 years.

please, if you're 30-45 and can convince your doctor of it, get a colonoscopy. if not, ask them to give you at least a FIT test.

take care of you!

kthxbye
January 22, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Postcard from Portland 🌲

A Pacific Northwest getaway with a walk through the misty Portland Japanese Garden 🌱

@skylight.social #portland #pdx #japanesegarden #garden #zen #vlog #travel
January 20, 2025 at 4:22 AM
⛑️ If you don’t have an emergency go bag or survival kit already, the American Red Cross has good resources, guides, and kits: tinyurl.com/Red-Cross-Bu...
#beprepared #disasterpreparedness #emergencykit #gobag #survivalkit
Survival Kit Supplies
Learn what to include in a survival kit should an emergency or disaster occur. The Red Cross lists what you should have at a minimum as well as other additions.
tinyurl.com
January 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I've been trying to fill my creative cup and life with tactile experiences, so l started painting with a Paint by Numbers Northern Lights kit from Michael's 🎨 🌌 #painting #auroraborealis #northernlights
December 10, 2024 at 8:06 PM
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Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed.

(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
November 24, 2024 at 10:47 AM
“The Scream” by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch on display at The National Museum in Oslo depicts anxiety of the human condition 😱 #art #thescream #edvardmunch
November 13, 2024 at 3:40 AM
“Water Lilies” by French Impressionist painter Claude Monet on display at the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco 🪷 #art
November 12, 2024 at 4:37 PM
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Seeing so many people say that they want to use their public libraries more (and we should), so I wanted to share Library Extension: www.libraryextension.com

This browser extension really makes it easy to check your local library's collection in Amazon, etc. 💙📚
Library Extension (for web browsers)
Library Extension lets you instantly see book and eBook availability from your local library
www.libraryextension.com
November 12, 2024 at 12:31 AM
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Spent the late afternoon doing paintings that turned out horribly, but it was still better than scrolling.

Highly recommend putting some studio hours in your calendar. Make something. Learn a new skill. Get off the screen and get messy.
November 11, 2024 at 11:48 PM
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Do yourself a favor and get a public library card‼️
Then sign up for an app called Libby where you can borrow thousands of audiobooks!

Your library card supports your local community, while it gives you access to resources and tools to get educated 📖💡
November 11, 2024 at 4:08 PM
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pls go re-read all the books you hated in school. i swear once the frontal lobe has developed its a whole new story w/ a wildly different perspective.

you owe it to yourself. go re-read animal farm, 1984, gatsby, night, mockingbird

theyre great literaty works for a reason

pls 💙📚
November 10, 2024 at 4:43 AM