Timothy Erick, PhD
@drtimothyerick.bsky.social
Senior Science Writer, Breast Oncology Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
My real move is to bring an iced coffee and set it on the table exactly halfway between us, so they spend the whole interview wondering whether I brought it for them or for myself, and if they’re being horribly rude by not drinking it or about to embarrass themselves by drinking my drink.
Just what everyone in a small town loves, wealthy people coming in and buying all the houses.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo agoHassett: "Data centers are very good for towns bc they create so many jobs & bring people in with high incomes that can buy houses & stuff like that. So if you take a sleepy town that hasn't seen much in the last 30 years & put a data center there, there are gonna be a bunch of happy residents."
Ken Burns Wants You To Watch America: Birth Of A Nation Watch now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cTi_vTwwmU&t=599s
"Several people who work for clinics or businesses selling peptides are on the [FDA advisory] panel." Seems like a pretty glaring conflict of interest, but those are quaint these days, aren't they? www.bbc.com/news/article...
FDA panel votes to loosen restrictions for controversial peptides
The vote marks a win for Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy who has said he's a big fan of the drugs, which haven't been well studied for human use.
bbc.com
"Breakin' 3: Electric Boogalee" "Breakin' 4: Electric Boogalore" "Breakin' 5: Elect-"
On the bright side, health authorities shouldn't have too much difficulty convincing Americans to avoid fruits and vegetables for a while.
Yesterday, the @fda.gov approved the antibody-drug conjugate sacituzumab govitecan for first-line treatment of metastatic triple-negative breast cancer. This action is based on results from the ASCENT-03 & -04 global clinical trials, which @stolaney1.bsky.social helped to lead. ➡️ bit.ly/4uZoDP0
the way it works is that if i say, "i'm a black american," sam alito thinks that is "dividing people up by race." but if someone says, "get that jigaboo out of my country," alito thinks, "looks like nothing to me"
Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie@audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 6mo agoAlito authoring opinion saying fixing a racial gerrymander is also racist and then musing, 2 hours later, during oral argument about Trump's racist effort to end humanitarian protections against deportation for Haitians, about how he doesn't like dividing up people by race I loathe this man so much
I can hear my cat snoring somewhere in the house, but I have no idea where she is.
Oh, right, the USA gutted $500 million of support for mRNA vaccines like this one
Funny how after every SCOTUS ruling striking down some protection from government abuse, the officials those protections restrained — cops, prosecutors, Republican state electeds — immediately start acting in the precise manner SCOTUS assured us they no longer do.
Red states can cancel elections and redraw the maps to cut out Black representation without any voter input, and no one stops them. Blue state asks the voters if they wanna redistrict, the voters say yes, and the court strikes it down.
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You can't blame everything on his dementia-riddled brain. He is, at his core, a sociopath and wants to kill and harm as many people as possible.
Every week I see a post like “well, Silicon Valley has built a dick-breaking machine. No matter how you feel about getting your dick broken, it’s our responsibility to integrate mechanical dick-breaking into our schools.”
Me to Outlook: "Open the Fuckin’ attachment, you crazy bastard, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah."
20% of world chili supply cut off with closure of Strait of Hormel
These AI techbros have such a deeply inhumane, sociopathic, and nihilistic view of humanity and civilization. It's disturbing. And honestly, just so, so facile.
It's not a new observation, but I'm always struck listening to Trump cry and whine about how he's the victim, bitch and moan about how mean and unfair everyone is to him, brag endlessly about how great he is and how unfair it all is, to remember that his cult thinks he's the Peak Alpha Male
Each day brings a new fresh Hell. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/18/n...
NIH director will reportedly temporarily run CDC in leadership shake-up - The Boston Globe
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya will serve until President Trump appoints a permanent director — a position that now requires confirmation by the Senate.
bostonglobe.com
Honestly, I'm just surprised the Florida Department of Health is keeping track. www.cidrap.umn.edu/campylobacte...
Raw milk linked to 21 E coli, Campylobacter infections in Florida
Seven people have been hospitalized, and severe complications have been reported for at least two cases.
cidrap.umn.edu
I remember reading an article in Forbes where a bunch of hedge fund managers and tech CEOs predicted which jobs would be replaced by AI. They predicted that all jobs would be replaced except CEOs.
Legally Blonde 3: Back in Blonde Legally Blonde 4: Blonde to the Bone Legally Blonde 5: Blonded by the Light
At least they'll be able to generate AI likenesses of us after we all die of preventable diseases. www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Under Former Chemical Industry Insiders, Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Amount of Formaldehyde Considered Safe to Inhale
Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or...
propublica.org
I am an Alpha Male, the living embodiment of the red-blooded American masculine ideal. I was prompted to "Press 1 for English" today. I don't think I shall ever recover.
@sheologian.bsky.social In your region of North Carolina, is it normal for a few motorists to lose control every time it rains? I lived in Conover for 2 years and commuted to Charlotte and back every weekday. During those big summer rains, I would always see 2-3 cars in a ditch alongside Highway 16.
