Sam Uretsky
@samphire2.bsky.social
Occasional writer, occasional guitar player, occasional cook and occasional reader (Byron, Kipling, Ogden Nash) Elderly, retired pharmacist, and still trying to learn how to post a picture. Two adult children (at least they're adult chronologically)
This is hardly new -- check the history of medicine and there's a long history of xenotransplants from goats and other species.
July 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This is hardly new -- check the history of medicine and there's a long history of xenotransplants from goats and other species.
The penny has long been accepted as something of minimal value, but now it has been supplanted by the Trumpcoin.
May 23, 2025 at 1:10 AM
The penny has long been accepted as something of minimal value, but now it has been supplanted by the Trumpcoin.
The penny has been the standard for something of minimal value, but now it has been supplanted by the Trumpcoin.
May 23, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The penny has been the standard for something of minimal value, but now it has been supplanted by the Trumpcoin.
Forgive my ignorance but is this intended to be satire? Dr. Jill Biden has an EdD degree, Doctor of Education. There is no stage 5 level in cancer. Stage 4 means that the cancer has spread from the original organ to other organs. I have to admit I took this seriously.
May 19, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Forgive my ignorance but is this intended to be satire? Dr. Jill Biden has an EdD degree, Doctor of Education. There is no stage 5 level in cancer. Stage 4 means that the cancer has spread from the original organ to other organs. I have to admit I took this seriously.
Go to an AI (I used Gemini, but I think any one can do) and ask for the safety record of the Boeing 747.
May 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Go to an AI (I used Gemini, but I think any one can do) and ask for the safety record of the Boeing 747.
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Posting every day as a reminder to y’all.
May 12, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Posting every day as a reminder to y’all.
Not this one either (former SP5 -- just curious, but who remembers what SP5 stood for?)
May 3, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Not this one either (former SP5 -- just curious, but who remembers what SP5 stood for?)
Serious? Who reliably called dead soldiers "Losers" and "suckers"? (Trump denies this but but Former Trump chief of staff John Kelly publicly confirmed that the reporting was accurate. )
May 3, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Serious? Who reliably called dead soldiers "Losers" and "suckers"? (Trump denies this but but Former Trump chief of staff John Kelly publicly confirmed that the reporting was accurate. )
Yes but -- which way is the money going? Is the celebrity being paid for the endorsement or is celebrity supporting the candidate and also contributing to the campaign?
April 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Yes but -- which way is the money going? Is the celebrity being paid for the endorsement or is celebrity supporting the candidate and also contributing to the campaign?
When I was in pharmacy school we were told that 85% of the graduates would open their own stores -- but that was when the chains were taking over the market -- Walgreens, CVS, Duane Reed. Of course these chains are faced with Amazon and Wal-Mart, and changing shopping habits.
March 7, 2025 at 3:01 AM
When I was in pharmacy school we were told that 85% of the graduates would open their own stores -- but that was when the chains were taking over the market -- Walgreens, CVS, Duane Reed. Of course these chains are faced with Amazon and Wal-Mart, and changing shopping habits.
Once it took four years for Donald Trump to qualify as the worst president in American history, but with practice he's managed to achieve that rating in only a month,
February 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Once it took four years for Donald Trump to qualify as the worst president in American history, but with practice he's managed to achieve that rating in only a month,
I just got a Platinum 3776 Century Laurel Green ultra XF that I've been waiting for. I suppose I'm of an age where fountain tens were still the standard, and there were dip pens in school and our teachers poured ink into the inkwell. Of course ball points came along and most of us switched,
February 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I just got a Platinum 3776 Century Laurel Green ultra XF that I've been waiting for. I suppose I'm of an age where fountain tens were still the standard, and there were dip pens in school and our teachers poured ink into the inkwell. Of course ball points came along and most of us switched,
Hi Daisy -- My typing today has been abysmal, but I'm in a mood, and reading The World of the Crusades, which is sort of a sequel to God's War -- all of which is irrelevant, but what are you reading today?
February 18, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Hi Daisy -- My typing today has been abysmal, but I'm in a mood, and reading The World of the Crusades, which is sort of a sequel to God's War -- all of which is irrelevant, but what are you reading today?
If you were at risk of becoming pregnant it would be important -- and really it should have been.
February 18, 2025 at 1:51 AM
If you were at risk of becoming pregnant it would be important -- and really it should have been.
I've got a decade or two more moments than you have, but I'm in full agreement.
February 18, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I've got a decade or two more moments than you have, but I'm in full agreement.
What happened to truth, justice, and the American way?
February 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
What happened to truth, justice, and the American way?
President Biden was competent and modest, and his choice for the president to follow him was his equal in all respects. Sadly, the uninformed voters chose the worst possible candidate. I wish we could go back to being a democracy.
February 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
President Biden was competent and modest, and his choice for the president to follow him was his equal in all respects. Sadly, the uninformed voters chose the worst possible candidate. I wish we could go back to being a democracy.
Somewhat related question: I cancelled the WaPo over the failure to endorse Harris. I cancelled the NYT because Krugman quit. I read a lot of stuff, but is there one paper (Guardian? USA Today?) that covers everything, even if it doesn't do it well?
February 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Somewhat related question: I cancelled the WaPo over the failure to endorse Harris. I cancelled the NYT because Krugman quit. I read a lot of stuff, but is there one paper (Guardian? USA Today?) that covers everything, even if it doesn't do it well?