Publishers & bookshops profit from hate. We can all see it. I was just reading reviews of a certain Scottish book the other day, I was struck by the glowing enthusiasm for the bravery of these vile hate filled people and their absolutely fucking sickening anti-trans opinions. The book was on promo.
Bought Horizon Forbidden West recently and it was a task and a half getting it to work properly on my ROG Ally. Annoying that it doesn’t just work right out of the gate.
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a vaccine against the bacterium Clostridioides difficile (C.diff), that in preclinical studies, protected against succumbing from infection AND prevented recurring cases. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️
BREAKING: A possible cluster of bird-flu infections in Missouri has grown to include eight people, in what may be the first examples of person-to-person transmission in the United States. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/27/h...
Seven people in contact with a patient hospitalized with bird flu also developed symptoms, the C.D.C. reported. Some are undergoing further tests.
"This is not the first time in recent history an HIV prevention wonder drug has been tested in young African women but remains unavailable for most of them." www.statnews.com/2024/09/18/l...
The process for translating clinical trial results into action for young women in Africa has been left to our imaginations, write Mark Siedner and Rochelle Walensky.
Nothing but respect for whatever neighbor had to have broken out a ladder to add the googly eyes to this tree, which went from being a little sad and creepy to having impeccable muppet vibes.
"[Scotland] has detected no cases of cervical cancer in women born between 1988-1996 who were fully vaccinated against HPV between the ages of 12 and 13." That's honestly so amazing.
In a large Scottish study, no cases of cervical cancer were found among women who received HPV vaccines before they turned 14.
Again, please do not feel guilty for not recycling your plastic, you've been lied to and most of it ends up incinerated or landfilled anyway. The problem that needs solved is bigger than end-user behavior, and there's been a sustained and concerted effort to blame consumers for plastic pollution
ExxonMobil Accused of “Deceptively” Promoting Chemical Recycling as a Solution for the Plastics Crisis The CA attorney general’s lawsuit, which cites ProPublica reporting, alleges that products made with Exxon’s process contain only a small fraction of the recycled plastic that they claim to have.
The California attorney general’s lawsuit, which cites ProPublica reporting, alleges that products made with Exxon’s process contain only a small fraction of the recycled plastic that they claim to ha...