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Opinion | Dietary fat was a scapegoat. Now MAHA is naming a new one. Targeting ultra-processed food repeats America’s missteps on nutrition.

Excellent explainer, from a highly qualified expert, regarding why the current crusades against "ultra-processed" foods is simple-minded (and in fact dangerous) nonsense, no matter whether it is being spewed by magats *or* hippies.

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Opinion | What it looks like in the world’s data center capital Among cemeteries, baseball fields and homes, these Northern Virginia buildings power the internet.

It's appalling how we allow the tech bros to build huge, noisy, water-swilling, power-gobbling "data centers" (AKA "cat video AI slop factories") right up against residences and neighborhoods, and to build them w/ no concern for size, number, or need. They're coming for you next. wapo.st/46VhHs3

Portland never stops being Portland.

A great explainer.

But what about whale cancer? /s

it’s really good when “technology of the future” treats you leaving as if you were leaving a cult

I'm shocked, SHOCKED to learn that the economy is beginning to crater like it's being steered by a senile shitgibbon.

E11 Bio is excited to unveil PRISM technology for mapping brain wiring with simple light microscopes. Today, brain mapping in humans and other mammals is bottlenecked by accurate neuron tracing. PRISM uses molecular ID codes and AI to help neurons trace themselves.

Read more: e11.bio/blog/prism

Home hospital programs in 'terror' as they grind to halt ahead of government shutdown Hundreds of hospital at home programs are shutting down as Medicare’s pandemic-era waiver nears expiration, straining ERs and patient care nationwide.

Trump regime to tens of thousands of Medicare patients: "just die in the dark, ya worthless grunts." www.statnews.com/2025/09/30/h... via @statnews.com

If you think that's incredible wait till you see one of the cookbooks it was stolen from.

What's wrong with this picture? As you may be aware from my twelve prior stories on the subject, 27 Democrats have stepped up and run in the reddest districts in Virginia. Why? To pump up the vote totals for Governor et al. in the r...

“…27 Democrats have stepped up and run in the reddest districts in Virginia. Why? To pump up the vote totals for Governor…., force the GOP to reallocate resources…, and establish the seeds of Democratic presence in…rural areas of the state…”
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Every time I'm in a public washroom and I watch some guy leave without washing his hands, I'm reminded of why homo sapiens are doomed to extinction.

Thank you Va. (D) candidates running in the 27 most (R) leaning Va. HDs. 🙏

When @charlesgaba.com created this ActBlue page to offer you some support, our great hope was that each of you might receive $1k or $2k dollars. But, Democratic donors have shocked us.
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WHO says 31 of 38 Ebola cases in Congo have resulted in deaths The WHO said Thursday that 31 of 38 confirmed Ebola cases have resulted in deaths in southern Congo, where authorities are battling a new outbreak of the deadly virus.

What's the over/under on the number of US ebola cases we'll see by winter? Because the sociopathic *rump/kennedy regime never met a deadly virus it didn't welcome to our shores with open arms.
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I threw up in my mouth a little bit listening to that puke.

RFK Jr.’s CDC may limit COVID shots to 75 and up, claim they killed kids A battle is brewing over mRNA vaccines, which could intensify backlash against Kennedy.

Shit-for-brains RFK Jr's antivaxxer-stacked CDC ACIP committee threatens to raise eligiblity age for covid vax to 75+, per sources.
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On Sowell Pond. A mirror-still tree-lined pond disturbed by a single radiating ring of ripples in the foreground. At the far end of the pond the treetops are shrouded in fog and the sky is grey.

Continuum. Side view of a dead grey tree trunk in the explosively green forest. From its sharply angular cut end a riot of bright yellow mushrooms erupt.

A good walk this morning.

That was then, this is now. Walgreens site says "prescription required in patient's state"

Costco's pharmacy in Durham told me they could only give me a vaccination with a prescription.

Good idea. Done!

Frickin doc in a box magat

Just had an *sshole telehealth doc decline to provide me (a 73-year-old ex-smoker w/ reduced lung capacity) a prescription for a COVID vaccination because "the risks of the vaccine outweigh the risk posed by COVID for someone in good health such as yourself."

Fucking MAHA doc.

I am a bio scientist/business person deeply involved in (among other things) the provision of ground-truth pharmacology data to train and test experimental biomedical AIs, and I'm here to tell you that no, no we can't. This will kill innocents.

We are so deeply fucked.

So it turns out North Carolina Costcos are not administering COVID vaccines without a doctor's prescription, even to over-65s. But their web site will happily give you an appointment for a COVID vax without telling you that. Surprisingly funky, #Costco.

Text of a Starlink customer service trouble ticket reading "Hi. I cancelled this account years ago because I don't do business with fucking Nazis, but you little shits reactivated it without my permission. This is to inform you that I demand you immediately and PERMANENTLY deactivate this account, and that I will not be responsible for any charges you apply without my express permission. Eat shit and die."

Starlink trouble ticket I just created regarding the company reactivating my account, without my permission, two years after I cancelled my service.

Screenshot of a Starlink invoice showing I have an unasked-for free month of service coming on my long-ago cancelled account.

Q: How desperate is Leon Mush's #Starlink to show growth in its subscriber base?

A: So desperate that they just signed me up, without my permission, for a free month of service on an account I cancelled two years ago.

FTS.

HOME - English Shepherd Club English Shepherds are working dogs, valued for their versatility, loyalty, and intelligence. They make wonderful active companions and working partners in homes where their intelligence, spirit, and d...

Can recommend English Shepherds. Ours are instant death to chicken-hunting varmints. Plus they're big-hearted, hard-working, love people, and not-crazy. But they do need jobs to do and to have some land to patrol. englishshepherd.org

Why it’s the toughest time to be searching for work in America in years Tariff uncertainty, stubbornly high inflation and rising AI adoption are giving rise to labor market gridlock.

Bankruptcies, layoffs, store closures and hiring freezes, all due to *rump's erratic mismanagement of the economy, his on-again-off-again tariffs, and his kidnapping of hard-working immigrants, are soaring. A major recession is near certain at this point. #MagaDidThat
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hands off chicago