2 February 2024

Seems to me that the sentiment of Providence in Washington is so different from the sentiment in Oregon. Almost seems like two different operations. Here in Oregon, Providence is viewed as basically benign (unless you are a private medical group). But in Washington, it seems people have no love for Providence. Look here and here and here. Does the Oregon part have a better PR division?

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Biogen is discontinuing Aduhelm for Alzheimer's disease, admitting that it isn't working. Lecanimab (Leqembi) is favored instead, but even that drug disturbingly causes brain shrikage. Do we really know what we are doing? Is amyloid-β the right target?

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"All kinds of crime are down in Portland". Does it seem that way to you? I agree with commenters – crime is just not reported as much anymore, because people don't feel that it will do anything. But if you look at X/Twitter reports of ongoing incidents, it seems that the city is on fire everywhere, and many folks downtown are stuporous walking zombies, passing out before they can pull the trigger.

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Mental health treatment is hard to come by in Seattle. That's not good when so many folks up there are mentally ill.

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Scientists keep discovering new things about the body. There are a network of lymphatics in the posterior nasopharynx that are critical for CSF drainage. Circulatory patterns for CSF flow had not been fully known.

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NTP TImelord passed away. Salute to David Mills, who made so much possible in coordinating time synchronization around the world.

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4Chan has created DignifAi, which take photos of girls who have covered themselves with tattoos or who are wearing revealing clothes, and remove the crappy tattoos and de-slut their wardrobes, so that they look more respectable. The results are amazing.
For the girls with the tattoos that can't be removed, they can see for themselves, the life they left behind. They can imagine the girl that men are finding more attractive these days.

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