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#girldad, retired EE, enjoys Disney theme parks, fantasy baseball, cycling and coffee. Married to the smartest woman I know. 72.6% chance I will follow a fellow Jim.
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In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine had no signs of relapse after three years. Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.

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‘Venture capital is killing more value than it creates,' author and tech activist Catherine Bracy argues in a new book, World Eaters. Silicon Valley needs to focus more on solving real-world problems and less on fast profit, she says.

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Life imitates art…

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I’ve got a new book coming out Tuesday and you should order it! My last book won the AAAS/Subaru Award for excellence in science books and was an answer on JEOPARDY!, so I feel pretty confident you’re going to love the new stories in When the Earth Was Green. 🌱 🧪

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Very happy that we can search all a particular user’s posts here! I loved the search functions on Twitter

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“Out of work fbi agents with mortgages getting hit up on LinkedIn by a security firm in Dubai!” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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When even the New York Post has to publish this, you know you fucked up.

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Good article on pig butchering scams. They suggest: “To fight the scammers, the authorities must create networks of their own.” I disagree. We need digital inoculation and to address “Our human frailties: fear, loneliness, greed, grief and boredom” @economist.com www.economist.com/leaders/2025...

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Since I’ve been getting this a lot - if you feel like supporting me by buying a jersey or something, I would rather you make a donation to Trans Lifeline or The Trevor Project www.thetrevorproject.org

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A Brief History of Kids Today Have Too Much Freedom 🧵

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I want to say again to academics who are interested in public writing. Look locally. Sure national outlets are good and I do that too, but this kind of visibility in your community can have a real impact.

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The kids are ok

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Measles are contagious. Measles cause 1 in 4 people to be hospitalized. Measles can be deadly especially in children. Measles can cause blindness & deafness. Measles can cause brain damage yrs later. Measles can cause "immune amnesia". Measles are preventable with MMR vaccine. #medsky #IDsky 🛟 😷🧪

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CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80…

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I want Matt Gaetz to be locked in a room with Alan Ritchson for an hour.

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One of the plot devices I found too derivative to enjoy in the Marvel story lines was the idea of Hydra and a persistent Nazi-like aspirational government because that was SO DONE and good grief am I saddened to have been so wrong.

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I look forward to Jeff Bezos series of movies where James Bond is the bad guy for going after crazy, rich guys who simply want to rule the world.

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