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Scripps Research scientists launch new digital clinical trial to test repurposed drug for long COVID symptom relief

We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word
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Image is classic universal wolfman and Frankenstein. Wolfman: knock knock Frankenstein: who's there? Wolfman: ahhh! Frankenstein: ahh who? Wolfman: WEREWOLVES OF LONDON

I’m giving out candy so my nephew and niece in law can escort their kids around. All of the kids who’ve come by have been so nice and polite! There’ve been some great costumes, too!

Maldives becomes the first country to achieve ‘triple elimination’ of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B In a landmark public health achievement, WHO has validated the Maldives for eliminating mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of hepatitis B, while maintaining its earlier validation (in 2019) for…

Maldives eliminates mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B. No babies were born with HIV or syphilis in 2022–23, and hepatitis B has vanished among children. The WHO is calling it a “triple elimination,” the world’s first of its kind. buff.ly/lH7h3BW
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it's a population graph (filled area type) where year is the x axis and population in millions is the Y axis. It shows a steep decline from 1520 to 1545m and by 1576, the population has bottomed out. "Collapse of population in Mexico during the 16th century, attributed in part to repeated cocoliztli epidemics" "Figure 1. The 16th-century population collapse in Mexico, based on estimates of Cook and Simpson (1). The 1545 and 1576 cocoliztli epidemics appear to have been hemorrhagic fevers caused by an indigenous viral agent and aggravated by unusual climatic conditions. The Mexican population did not recover to pre-Hispanic levels until the 20th century."

In 1519, the year Spaniards arrived in Mexico, the population there was between 15 - 30 million.

By 1600, that dwindled to 2 million.

For lots of reasons, but as much as 70% of those deaths were the result of an UNKNOWN hemorrhagic fever.

Let's talk about the mystery of the COCOLIZTLI epidemics.

pls watch this and share it with everyone you know

A grey blue washed image of a bearded young ish white guy looking into the mirror all serious with his palm pressed against it. A serif font title reads: DID I JUST ARGUE WITH A JOKE? A semi opaque navy snoot near the bottom bears the bluesky logo and the text PART OF A BLUESKY EDUCATIONAL SERIES

Anyone who doesn’t run on this is missing a trick.

this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.

Quick cultural lecture time, from Sigrid Ellis:

As we are in Spooky Season, why do so many horror movies of the 80s and early 90s feature extremely creepy homeless people?

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Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text: Episcopalians on Facebook Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h • Exodus 8:2-6 "But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs... The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Donate to Help Big Daddy Recover from being Shot, organized by Carrie Sykes There's a colony of lovely cats living in a rural neighborhood in Goldston, NC. Fr… Carrie Sykes needs your support for Help Big Daddy Recover from being Shot

So my buddy Carlota, who is taking over Dogskull Patch, has a group of feral cats to deal. She’s been trapping and neutering as possible, but one sweetheart named Big Daddy showed up on the porch limping. Some asshole shot him. She’s raising money for his amputation and care. gofund.me/3b6cf293e

Hot off the presses! If you need a bigger size to print your stickers let me know!

The reclaiming/reframing of frogs as Antifascist after enduring years of the execrable Pepe is glorious and I am here for every scrap of new heroic frog art

Dolly Parton could’ve written Das Kapital, but Karl Marx couldn’t have written 9 to 5 and it shows

Don't you dare, 2025

Oh, also, Hormel corned beef hash. Dad used to make it when mom was working late or otherwise not cooking. Salty, greasy yum.

Braunschweiger. But I just love it for one slice, and then I don’t want it again for a year. Which is a shame, because that leaves 7/8s of a package and no one else I know likes it.

This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It. You may have the right to get a denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here’s how experts suggest you do it.

NEW: When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider.

Here are six steps experts suggest to help you through the external appeal process.

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

Greta Thunberg On Her Detention: I'm "Not The Story" — It's Israel Violating International Humanitarian Law “I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story.”

Greta Thunberg, deported to Greece, says the targeting of the Sumud Flotilla is "not the story" @teenvogue.com — instead, she says:

"Israel once again violated international humanitarian law by preventing aid from getting into Gaza while people are being starved.”

The state goons are powerless before the awesome might of someone in an inflatable frog costume, and you seriously expect me to believe the situation is hopeless?

Bring back art nouveau you cowards

all mammals share an instinct to destroy their ancient enemy, the loathsome gourd

an illustration that shows a caterpillar, then a moth, then The Mothman text: GIVE YOURSELF TIMEA

Be the Mothman you wish to see in the world

every republican president of my lifetime has completely destroyed the economy

Self-Generation Incentive Program The Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) helps qualified LADWP residential customers install solar and battery storage systems by providing financial incentives. This program supports clean energy...

This is amazing: @ladwp.com, the Los Angeles utility, has launched a program that will install solar+battery systems on qualifying low-to-moderate-income households, *for free*.

Yes: free.

If you know someone eligible, tell them to apply!

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Wow! Brilliant for writers!

It's pretty wild to me that investigators have uncovered that anti-trans campaigns are largely funded by the fossil fuel industry, and that the presumed motivations are pretty directly to redirect the public conversation away from climate change... and that this isn't bigger news.