Novo Halves Ozempic Price to $499 a Month for Those Paying Cash Novo Nordisk A/S is slashing the cost of Ozempic for cash-paying patients after the diabetes shot became the poster child for high US drug prices.

Novo Nordisk’s move to cut the price of Ozempic to $499 for the uninsured is a modest step forward, but let’s not forget.

Ozempic costs just $59 in Germany while it costs less than $5 to make.

The U.S. must no longer pay the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs.

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.

The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.

Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.

The list goes on and on.

Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.

Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:

—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.

Read it.
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YouTube video by UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs UBC Phil Lind Initiative 2025: Heather Cox Richardson

The great @hcrichardson.bsky.social starts by talking about the great cowboy myth and it only gets better from there.
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Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops.

I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.

Remind you of anyone?

CANADA IS UKRAINE TRUMP IS A TWO-BIT PUTIN

CANADA IS UKRAINE
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Or an independent bookseller near you! Directory of the Canadian Independent Booksellers Association:

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Or check booksellers in your favourite online map.

Opinion: Donald Trump is trying to destroy Canada The U.S.’s tariffs are meant to break us. The only thing that they’ve certainly broken is the trust between historically close neighbours - maybe forever

My latest: The president of the United States is trying to destroy Canada

Please repost if you think there should be a worldwide ban on trophy hunting. 😡

Scott Van Zyl posted this brag photo on a South African trophy hunting forum. He lived from the deaths of lions, leopards, zebras, elephant, wildebeests😡

#BanTrophyHunting #AnimalCruelty #bigcat #nature #photography

Ten reasons for modest optimism Friends,

Ten reasons for modest optimism
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Yes!!!

Right-Wing Crusade Against USAID Has Been Fueled by Falsehoods As the Trump administration works to dismantle the aid agency, right-wing influencers have flooded the internet with falsehoods about its work.

Millions will starve, but misinformation is harmless, right? All this is done to save 1% of the federal budget.

"Right-Wing Crusade Against USAID Has Been Fueled by Falsehoods." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/b...

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I want you to know that I couldn’t be more serious about strengthening our economy, and protecting Canadians.

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An important idea for dealing with Trump, from north of the border Friends,

An important idea for dealing with Trump, from north of the border
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