Sid Olufs

UBCO study debunks the idea that the universe is a computer simulation - UBC's Okanagan News New study uses logic and physics to definitively answer one of science's biggest questions

No, the universe is not a simulation.
news.ok.ubc.ca/2025/10/30/u...

We have a new contestant for the trophy
*Most Lamebrain Senator*

I very much enjoy the internet. But….
It allows for massive sharing of nonsense.
Nonsense used to be more local.

Expanding the Arsenal of Lipid-Lowering Therapies More than 4 decades ago, the advent of statins ushered in a transformative era in lipid-lowering therapy. Since then, a robust and extensive body of clinical evidence has consistently validated the ef...

Some significant trials going on for nonstatin therapies for LDL. A lot of people have unpleasant reactions to statins.
Yay Science.
(JAMA has a page for all the science panels @ Am. Heart Ass’n meeting)
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Did you venture out in Public with that getup???

A nation of innovators

Caffeinated Coffee Consumption or Abstinence to Reduce Atrial Fibrillation This clinical trial compares the effect of caffeinated coffee consumption vs abstinence from coffee and caffeine on recurrent atrial fibrillation.

Afib and coffee: Some great news.
Just don’t overdo it.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Maternal paracetamol (acetaminophen) use during pregnancy and risk of autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in offspring: umbrella review of systematic reviews Objective To assess the quality, biases, and validity of evidence on maternal paracetamol (acetaminophen) use during pregnancy and the risk of autism spectrum disorder (referred to as autism) and atte...

Message to RFK Jr:
Big new study.
No link between tylenol and autism.
None.
Zip.
www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Trump’s dollar delusion: how trade war risks ending the US’s ‘exorbitant privilege’ Trump’s team flirts with weakening the dollar, threatening US influence, low borrowing costs and global stability

The Don doesn’t understand how it works, at all. Neither does his sycophant cabinet, either.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

YouTube video by Hollow Bastion Marc Maron - Tom Petty

www.youtube.com/watch?v=roPs...

funny. I lift a cup in your direction

That was Big Orange’s story, too. Gave him an extra decade of life. Formerly feral kitties are Smart, they observe us closely. And really enjoy the bennies.

Trump’s swift demolition of East Wing may have launched asbestos plumes There is no confirmation that the Trump admin. followed abatement processes.

This is why we have regulations. But, the Don doesn’t like them.
So….
Be the asbestos, you fools who voted for him.
Breathe the asbestos….
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...

remarkably similar to the Portland Trailblazers thing. looks like the AI detective works.

got to see it for the first time in April, and I’m mid-70s. No description prepares you for it. Very cool.

Welcome to the club!

a lot of those people bought the t car before they knew Elon was such an odious person.

making sense of a dementia patient’s rants is a fool’s errand

if his mouth is moving and there’s not meat in it, he’s lying.

thanks

Our two party system was not part of any constitutional considerations. And our institutions are utterly incapable of dealing with an authoritarian party.
Now we know.

That is the right thing to do.
Yet consider the tough love approach.
Reps, do your worst.
Let the Worst happen.
See them defend it at the next elections.
Meanwhile, stock up on the Costco Kirkland brand Canadian Whiskey, half the price of what it copies. And probably is.
No, dumb idea.

TRT World - 'No surrender': Hamas blames Israel for clashes in Gaza's Rafah The group urged mediators to ensure the ceasefire holds and block Israeli efforts to exploit it, as it plans to return the remains of Israeli soldier Hadar Goldin, captured in 2014.

Interesting episode in the Gaza maelstrom. Check how it is covered by AlJazeera, The New Arab, Times of Israel, JPost, Haaretz, WSJ, etc. This is from a Turkish source in English. Some have details of negotiations, most do not. This thing is far from over.
www.trtworld.com/article/4e3f...

yeah, saw that, smh

that’s a pretty good scam

More Trouble for the Comey Indictment? Public documents may undermine a core premise underlying the charges against James Comey.

The case against Comey is even weaker than revealed earlier. The judge told the prosecutors to abandon it’s indict first, investigate later approach. And the key claim about the alleged lie is based on a falsehood from the prosecutors.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/more...

This barely mentions Rosalind Franklin, although it does suggest anyone else could have come up with the double helix had they seen her x-rays. Still, Watson could have insisted she share in the glory, but he did not.

One of my sons just locks their kid in the bedroom….

Understaffed FAA Recommends Pilots Just Go With Their Gut WASHINGTON—As fewer air traffic controllers show up for work amid a government shutdown that has halted their pay, the Federal Aviation Administration issued a recommendation Friday advising commercia...

This is being passed around as real, it’s not. Putting a fox news screen shot on it doesn’t add credibility to a pretty good Onion story, from America’s Finest News Source.
theonion.com/understaffed...

If you set the alarm for 5:15 7 days a week, you get used to it. Sort of like moving a few time zones.