Rick Cowhig

Wow.

Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”

Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.

Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.

What To Do If You Get Pepper Sprayed YouTube video by Dr. Glaucomflecken

FYI - advice from an actual eye doctor

👉 don’t rub eyes

👉 rinse with water mixed with baby shampoo

👉 if wearing contacts, rinse BEFORE attempting to remove them. Remove. Keep rinsing.

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

Fantastic. Chef’s kiss.

Governor Walz Addresses Ongoing Federal Presence in Minnesota YouTube video by Office of the Governor of Minnesota

Yesterday's address by Minnesota Governor Walz is worth watching in full.

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Good morning! Today is my cystic fibrosis (CF) annual review, a series of tests to make sure all’s as it should be.

I’ll be posting more about CF and the day in this thread to raise awareness - please RT to help spread the word :) 🙏

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I’ve heard there is a focus group for people who have had cancer treatment (patients) happening at UCL in London on 3 Dec. It’s to discuss a potential new therapy. Check out the link via the QR. I can vouch for the people running the group.

You’re so right about unusual film choices on planes! My fave unexpected discovery is ‘Marcel The shell with shoes on’. Watched that returning from a US business trip. Gorgeous movie. Wept like a baby.

Bravo. This amused me a great deal.

Dutch late night TV has its take

Prevalence of Iron Deficiency and Iron-Deficiency Anemia in US Females Aged 12-21 Years, 2003-2020 This study examines prevalence of iron deficiency among females aged 12 to 21 years to inform future screening strategies for iron deficiency and iron-deficiency anemia.

If you’re a menstruating person & your health insurance is in peril, get your ferritin checked now!

Iron deficiency is super common & causes symptoms ranging from fatigue to hair loss to cognitive dysfunction.

Ferritin should be 30+ in adults (50+ even better)

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Wrote to my MP (whom I admire and voted for) @stephenmorganmp.bsky.social this morning about this. Hopefully he and other Labour MPs will show moral courage where their leaders do not. I hope he votes to stop this bill. I will be checking.

Haha. Ditto thought.

DenseBreast-info, Inc. | Dense Breast Tissue Information Resource The world's leading medically-sourced website on dense breasts developed for patients and providers and cited as "the most up-to-date and comprehensive."

Hiya. My wife @clarecowhig.bsky.social is a campaigner on this issue and had bilateral breast cancer which was missed on mammogram. Have a look here for info. densebreast-info.org

Why Even Try if You Have A.I.? As A.I. grows more powerful, we may be more and more tempted to give up in advance and let it figure out things for us. What will we lose as a result?

What are we losing by offloading our thinking to A.I.?

Physicists at the Large Hadron Collider turned lead into gold – by accident The ancient dream of turning lead into gold is now a reality – but it’s not quite what the alchemists might have hoped for.

RIP Issac Newton (aka the last alchemist), you would have loved watching the physicists get annoyed because they accidentally turned lead into gold
theconversation.com/physicists-a...

Some good news in dark times for science and medicine.

The Expanding Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis Armamentarium - PubMed The complex pathophysiology of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitides (AAV) is reflected in the heterogeneity of the presenting clinical syndromes caused by these diseases ...

3/ 🥊 Fibrosis regulation: targeting claudin-1 and macrophage-driven ECM secretion

🤔Big Question: Can precise targeting of neutrophil-driven NETosis and fibrosis halt disease progression more effectively than broad immunosuppression?

Interesting review👇
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39969779/

I highly recommend it. If I’m working from home, me and my wife @clarecowhig.bsky.social often hit the arcade at lunch hour to have a sandwich, play the two p tipping games and throw ping pong balls into cups. It’s the best mid-workday palate cleanser for the brain I know. :)

What a fascinating topic to delve into. We live a minute’s walk from the pier in Southsea. Ken Russell’s crew set fire to it in the early 70s while filming Tommy. It’s great for fishing, coffee shop and arcade. As for the politics, Jim Davidson is a regular performer, read into that what you will

Downloaded. Really enjoy Ologies podcast and am a sucker for reality TV!

Last night we watched Ukrainian Opera & Ballet Theatre Kyiv perform La Traviata on tour in Portsmouth UK. A wonderful performance. At the end they sang the Ukrainian National Anthem - a full opera cast with orchestra. The audience all on their feet. Spine tingling. Slava Ukraini

You will love it. Judge Keith Brymer Jones frequently weeps with genuine empathy and emotion when somebody makes a lovely pot. It’s very very wholesome. Enjoy.

Hmm, Canada has treason laws I assume for its citizens?

Just a reminder that the HPV vaccine literally PREVENTS CANCER and the series can be started as early as 9 years of age.

I’m another Sony Alpha series user - started with an A350 and upgraded to an A77. Macro shoots of everyday objects in the house are some of the most fun - finding beauty, texture and fascination in the ordinary.

I’m just a couple of chapters of in to ‘in my father’s house’. Excited to finish it and I didn’t know there was another in the series to look forward to as well :)