10 May 2025

Living next to a golf course might increase your risk of getting Parkinson's Disease. Chlorpyrifos and maneb may be to blame.

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Chinese research is taken as seriously as research done elsewhere.  Gee, wonder why?

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If you admit to using AI, people don't think as highly of you. Unless the other people are AI users themselves.
When evaluating descriptions of employees, participants consistently rated those receiving AI help as lazier, less competent, less diligent, less independent, and less self-assured than those receiving similar help from non-AI sources or no help at all.

...the study showed that evaluators' own experience with AI significantly influenced their judgments. In the study, those who used AI frequently were less likely to perceive an AI-using candidate as lazy.
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Prompt engineering is no longer a job. AI companies expect everyone to know how to write good prompts. How are your skills?

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Safe and effective. COVID-19 mRNA Shots Destroy Over 60% of Women’s Non-Renewable Egg Supply. I recall when authoritative doctors would appear on TV saying that the COVID vax was absolutely safe for pregnant women to take. No problems. This news item will get no press. I don't know if anyone in the Trump administration will look into this. It seems like those who were vocal in favor of investigating the mRNA vax and at least pausing it on the market, now are silent once appointed.

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Frequency of papal names. Which name is the most common? Which is the least common?

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Materials that are harder than diamonds. The hardest on the list is graphene. I would not have guessed.

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Portland's TriMet ridership drops $30 million each year.  I didn't realize it was in that range. No one wants to venture into Portland and no one wants to sit down on those filthy chairs or risk something happening with other criddlers riding TriMet. It seems like TriMet's main function is to bring the criddlers out to the suburbs, where flying a sign might be more successful.

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Legacy's unionized doctors are here with their demands now.  Interesting that the pediatric group saw 40% attrition and they blame it all on poor working conditions. Maybe it has to do with working in Portland, especially in the unsafe area around Randall Childrens.  What are you going to do when Legacy is just unable to meet your needs?  Quit?

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The amount of lithium in southern Oregon and northern Nevada is estimated to be $1.5 trillion.  Well, that probably settles it. Environmental concerns will be second or third tier. There's money to be made!

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