Inflamed Procrastibaker

@drtwillett.medsky.social

Lapsed Peds MD,Immunology PhD. Knowledge magpie. Pro-vaccine, pro-bodily autonomy. Pro LGBTQA. Use Alt text! Singing with my mental jukebox in the food lab. Weird to my cuore (PAPVR, SpA). Cali Childless jobless 🐈 she/her. Opinions are MINE-I licked them.

Why no prints? It costs about $350 for scanning & colour correction at this size. Plus the cost of the prints themselves. The last 5 paintings I've had scanned have sold a total of 12 of all of them. For a loss of around $1500 and while I still have the prints, I have about 450 in stock prints

fuck this country. if you're uninsured, a goodrx coupon will bring the flu shot down to about $30 to $40. (you'll have to match the coupon to the particular flu vaccine that pharmacy has). many pharmacies will not proactively offer to look for a coupon for you, some will. 🧵

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GOOD NEWS! A personalized mRNA vaccine has SUCCEEDED in keeping melanoma, a deadly skin cancer, from returning. Phase III trial results in MORE THAN 1,100 patients shows the vaccine SIGNIFICANTLY extended the time patients lived without their melanoma returning AND reduced the risk of metastasis.

Moderna and Merck say mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in late-stage melanoma trial

A personalized mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in a late-stage melanoma study, results that could herald a new, powerful approach in oncology.

statnews.com

A woman spends her nights bent over a book of mathematics , her hand resting on a seven-month pregnant belly. She is convinced she will die in childbirth, and she hurries to finish. She is right. She has only a few weeks left. 30 years earlier, she is a young aristocrat

Portrait of  Émilie du Châtelet

Anyway Ash just cost me $1,200 so not to be manipulative or anything but it would be a great day to buy a book! Already have one? Get one for a friend! Have no money? Beat someone up and take their wallet (j/k please order from your library).

s. e. smith@sesmith.lol · 2mo ago

ALL MY DEAD CATS AND OTHER LOSSES, my book about grief; who is allowed to mourn and how; and why people want to pathologize the experiences that make us human, is available now in print, ebook, and audiobook formats, wherever fine books are sold (or loaned, shoutout to libraries).

Did you know? Every year, the Supreme Court’s nine justices fill out a form that discloses their financial connections to companies and people. Our database allows you to search for organizations and people that have paid them, reimbursed them for travel and given them gifts.

Supreme Connections: Search Supreme Court Disclosures — ProPublica

Search Supreme Court financial disclosures for organizations and people that have paid justices, reimbursed them for travel, given them gifts and more.

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Hang on why the fuck is anybody selling any kind of sprouts and anybody buying them?? In my wretched youth you could get alfalfa sprouts (they're delicious) and then a massive salmonella outbreak happened and it turns out there's no safe way to grow microgreens on an industrial scale and no more.

The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com · yesterday

Broccoli sprouts grown by a company in Idaho are being recalled after they were linked to a salmonella outbreak, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration.

Calcite has some fun optical properties, like Iceland Spar which can create a double image and was used by the Vikings for navigation. Shameless plug, I’ve got a lot of this in small pieces. $1 each plus shipping.

Bunch of little pieces of clear calcite
Mineral Cup & Ore Cup@mineralcup.bsky.social · yesterday

#MinCup26 Round 1 Match 11 It's a pair of minerals that pull off near-magical tricks with their properties as ubiquitous #Calcite is up against rarity #Julienite. VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...

A new meta-analysis (of 22 studies) has found that “Toilet flushing can propel aerosols into bathroom air at adult breathing height,” which is yet another reason to put the lid down, and which is yet another reason to keep wearing a mask.