Nobody expects Canada to be the jack-arse neighbor who burns his garbage and stinks it up for everyone, but here we are. It’s not healthy. I got a sinus infection when I walked down to get the mail.
Sparky and I are going to play it save. Maybe watch some cartoons and cook up a Detroit Style pizza from Costco.
Lettuce or Salad Greens Linked to ‘Explosive’ Diarrhea Outbreak Hitting Thousands Across U.S.
The uninformed answer to that rhetorical question seems like it should be Sparky, but he usually dumps in considerate and unlikely places like down rabbit holes, on a stump or in a patch of poison ivy. He isn’t the problem.
As a food, lettuce brings nothing to the table. Only eat salads that start with some other food, like tuna, chicken, ham, potato, macaroni or fruit. In an unfamiliar restaurant, it’s probably safe to order a salad named after a place, like Waldorf, Russian or Caprese.
This explosive diarrhea fad comes from people taking an expedient shit in a farm field. When it’s time to wipey-wipey, what are they supposed to use? If lettuce is available, nobody is going to choose acorns, coconuts, sea shells or corncobs. They just aren’t.
WaPo: Ozempic may be reshaping the brain
Ozempic and other GLP-1 drugs were initially understood as a metabolism breakthrough: medicines that act like hormones to control hunger, blood sugar and weight. But as researchers probe deeper into how the drugs work, early evidence suggests that GLP-1s may also be reshaping parts of the brain.
This, along with President Trump’s recent executive order to encourage testing of psychedelic drugs, means many people are going to get their brains re-jiggered.
That’s good, a lot of brains seem to be malfunctioning. Maybe the brains get fixed or they start malfunctioning in new ways.
“We didn’t expect to see this effect, and we really don’t know what it means,” Shapiro said.
That’s fine. It’s astounding how much of science is useful, but not fully understood.
Student dies from self-inflicted gunshot in Valley Forge High School cafeteria
A friend teaches at Valley Forge. He called me a couple of hours later to tell me what happened and about the student. That’s not my story to tell, and the inside scoop is probably all over social media.
CNN: Trump accelerates research on psychedelic treatments
President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an executive order aimed at encouraging expanded research into psychedelic drugs, part of a broader push to explore emerging mental health treatments.
This may be the Trumpiest news ever.
Tarsus Kicks Off Phase 2 Trial of Oral TP‑05 for Lyme Disease Prevention
Calliope will evaluate the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of oral TP‑05 in adults at risk for Lyme, with a design informed by the earlier Carpo Phase 2a proof‑of‑concept study.
TP-05 is lotilaner, which goes by the brand name, Credelio, and is what Sparky takes every month to kill ticks.
This is all I wanted. There are a half-dozen methods to protect dogs from ticks, but nothing for humans except fraught news reports about Lyme disease and tick-borne maladies. There is also a bunch of stupid stuff about cutting your grass and tucking your pants into your socks.
I have a patch of land and a super-cute brush piglet. Sparky likes to crawl through brush looking for rabbits and he likes to hop up on my lap. Ticks are going to get through.
7-ton asteroid lights up Northeast Ohio skies, fragments above Medina County
The boom was loud, deep and short. A crash or bang from the highway wouldn’t be such a deep bass sound. With the recent wind, trees have been falling over, but that would be cracking noise that would last longer.
Scientists Reveal the Simplest Rule for Building Strength
I’m glad we aren’t screwing up our workouts too much.
Last time I visited my doctor, he was telling me that they don’t eat meat one day per week. He thought I could give that a try. One day per week, I make a brisket, and would not be joining his cult.
HHS has my back, and my doctor is on the wrong side of history.
JAMA: Coffee and Tea Intake, Dementia Risk, and Cognitive Function
Findings In this prospective cohort study of 131 821 individuals from 2 cohorts with up to 43 years of follow-up, 11 033 dementia cases were documented. Higher caffeinated coffee intake was significantly associated with lower risk of dementia. Decaffeinated coffee intake was not significantly associated with dementia risk.
Drinking 2 or 3 cups of coffee resulted in half as many people getting dementia. You can read the entire study, or stop being a pussy and have a cuppa joe.
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