Liam was taken from Columbia Heights, the town just south of my high school in Fridley and just north of the Arts district in NE Minneapolis. I spent a lot of time with friends there after extracurriculars. News of his abduction completely broke my heart. I’m glad he’s home. #Comics4Liam

A smiling Shiba with his tongue out, lying over a pizza-shaped chew toy.

What sweethearts! I'm a pathologist with just one Shiba at the moment, but thinking of expanding the pack at some point.

[guy who can’t fully remember that Gramsci quote] it’s Monster Time

scrooge boopin' a little muppet mouse on the nose while souls text reads "MEESES CHEESED"

i had to drop what i was doing to make this

No, AZT Didn't Kill More People than AIDS Some statements are wrong enough to make your head explode.

“AZT killed more people than AIDS” is false.

I was a medical resident in the late 1980s. AZT wasn’t perfect, but it saved lives and was the first step on the way to modern HIV therapy.

Evidence, history, and context here. paulsaxmd.substack.com/p/no-azt-did...

horrible visage of RFK Jr. and “Autism Announcement”

I once figured out where every spice in my spice cabinet fit in the plant evolutionary tree

Proposals to Make Diagnostic Criteria truly Usable and Useful to Pathologists Worldwide

Proposals to Make Diagnostic Criteria truly Usable and Useful to Pathologists Worldwide

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Cancer of the Ovary - Cancer Stat Facts Ovarian Cancer statistics

That number strikes me as a bit high, at least for people without other risk factors. As per the NCI, the lifetime risk of developing ovarian cancer is 1.1%. I would expect the Canadian numbers to be similar. But definitely important nonetheless!

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Fours different hands pull a golden crown apart, surrounded by the words "Many hands make light work."

No kings

Stopping The Genocide of Palestinians Will Stop Attacks Like Colorado The return of 9/11 politics post-10/7 means the return of refusing to do what it actually takes to stop the cascade of violence. PLUS: The U.S. military now wargames with AI.

I have a One Simple Trick. We'll see if they go for it.

If only the New Yorker had read @albertburneko.bsky.social six months ago it could have avoided wearing the clownshoes today defector.com/what-the-fuc...

CIA Interrogator Said Infamous Black Site Looked “Like A Nazi Concentration Camp" New disclosures from the military commissions underscore the depravity of the post-9/11 program—through the eyes of its practitioners, not just its victims.

Some grim Memorial Day reading: a recent ruling in the 9/11 military commission reveals descriptions of one of the CIA’s most sadistic black sites — like, well,

This is the fundamental point of agreement between the American gentry class (car dealers, fast food franchise owners) and the Silicon Valley tech elite: Workers should have less power, the economy can be worse overall, but I myself should have more power to decide what happens.

we gotta end the War on Terror one of these days man

A red Shiba Inu wearing a teal harness and leash and sushi bandana, damp from a swim. He's trying to look tough, but he loves to meet new people, even crypto morons.

Even in the before times, people would sometimes stop to talk to me about crypto while I was out walking my shiba. I hate them so much.

Advice for U.S. Government Scientists: Lessons Learned From the ‘Muzzling’ of Their Canadian Counterparts • The Revelator The next four years will be awful for the science and conservation community. By learning from past experiences, we can minimize the damage.

What can government scientists do now to minimize the damage that’s coming over the next four years, and what can we do to help them? I spoke to several experts to write this story for The Revelator

Please share widely. 🧪🌎

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Guideline-Discordant Care Among Direct-to-Consumer Testosterone Therapy Platforms This cross-sectional study examines whether direct-to-consumer platforms provide guideline-concordant care regarding testosterone therapy.

The answer will not surprise you jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

COVID-19 origins: plain speaking is overdue SARS-CoV-2 is a natural virus that found its way into humans through mundane contact with infected wildlife that went on to cause the most consequential pandemic for over a century. While it is schola...

"To be frank, the fanciful ideas put forward by self-described free thinkers are more in keeping with popular movies than the realities of working with pathogens." Clear, powerful editorial by The Lancet Microbe on the origins of COVID "through mundane contact with infected wildlife" 🧪

Two Bad Neighbors | Defector “You know what I want?” Martha-Ann Alito asked a stranger who had briefly flattered her at a dinner for the Supreme Court Historical Society last week. “I want a Sacred Heart of Jesus flag, because I ...

I wrote about some of our Most American Americans (derogatory) and their ongoing public coming-out as themselves. defector.com/two-bad-neig...

Mad Enough to Blog It™ indignity.substack.com/p/what-did-t...

Henry Kissinger, War Criminal Beloved by America’s Ruling Class, Finally Dies Henry Kissinger has died at age 100, his consulting firm said in a statement on Wednesday.

Honored to write the Rolling Stone obituary for the worst American of the post-World War II era. Rot in piss

At the time of writing, our staff are witnessing people being shot at as they attempt to flee the Al-Shifa hospital.

MSF urgently reiterates its calls to stop the attacks against hospitals, for an immediate ceasefire and for the protection of medical facilities, medical staff and patients.