Well now the makers of Tylenol are worried about its effects on autism. Turns out they had concerns for years but did not make it known, so that a lot of people were taken by surprise and were skeptical at first. I'm still not convinced that this is the main cause of ASD, but the impact of acetaminophen shouldn't be discounted as was initially done by the uninformed. Now that I learned that acetaminophen acts directly on the brain to relieve pain, I am more hesitant to use it. I don't think we really know everything there is to know about this drug.
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The bad actors from Russia, Pakistan, and Eastern Europe used the American health care system like their "personal piggy bank," the Department of Justice's Acting Criminal Division leader, Matthew Galeotti, said. He said that "this was a staggering breach of trust" and they "will prosecute these criminals as aggressively as we would any drug dealer because that's exactly what they are."
DOGE uncovered this. And to think that many people think that converting our entire healthcare system into one run by the federal government is going to solve all its problems. The federal government should not be running healthcare insurance – I stand by that. There is no incentive to lower cost, save on expenses, or to provide quality service. All these people see it as is an unlimited source of money to lower insurance premiums. There are better ways to do this, but the public is so uninformed on so many things.
Relevant to this is that the Dems want more money allocated to keep Obamacare running. Obamacare is a clear example that government-run healthcare will be doomed to bankruptcy. It's a money-sink. Let it die, like all the other Obama policies.
This would be cool. Shoplifters might be pursued by drones. This would help in getting them identified and apprehended. Make it so!
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Simon Willison posted a discussion about how AI agents, coupled with the potential for prompt injection, connections to untrusted content and access to people's confidential information could lead to a disaster. Because LLMs obey commands, and can't always tell who is issuing them, and whether it's forbidden by guardrails or not. It's too easy for a malcontent or rogue government to prompt-inject surreptitiously and cause an AI agent to disclose something it shouldn't have. Even The Economist picked up on it, good for them.
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I'm confused. I read this yesterday about the 2026 Porsche Cayenne EV SUV having wireless charging. Now I read the Porsche is giving up EVs for gas-powered vehicles again. The news cycle – it's so fast.
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All those jobs! Seattle and Portland are going to see a major reduction in Starbucks stores. Yes, Starbucks has had enough of their cafés always being the target whenever there's a street protest. Yep, Portland and Seattle cannot have nice things anymore. CEO Niccol wants to bring back the French café atmosphere that Howard Schulz loved.
Niccol said a review of the company’s North American coffee shop portfolio identified stores that were “unable to create the physical environment our customers and partners expect, or where we don’t see a path to financial performance.”
Yeah, you can't do that in downtown Portland or Seattle. It's a sad fact that modern Blue cities don't deserve Parisian cafés or other fruits of civilized life.
Brian Dahlgren finds that 40% of the homeless are transplants from somewhere else. And Keith Wilson is going to force the City to pay for their homes. Portland is providing social services for other states' homeless, basically. No wonder they are out of money.
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Here's a revealing map of Oregon's historic wave of job cuts and layoffs. And all the city and state leaders are steadfast in maintaining their policies which will drive the state into economic and social ruin. This isn't leadership.
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Kotek freezes all state travel … except her $200K Asia trip. What's the purpose of this trip? Why bring your spouse?
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Portlanders are finding that rents are increasing faster than wage growth. Is it time for another labor union strike?
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But they said it was safe now. Ice Cube’s tour bus catches fire in downtown Portland. It just "caught fire". All by itself? Welcome to Portland, Ice Cube.
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First you read this: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Says OpenAI Will Be the Next ‘Multi-Trillion-Dollar’ Company.
Then you read this: OpenAI Needs A Trillion Dollars In The Next Four Years.
I, too, could be worth several trillion dollars if someone gave me a trillion dollars first.
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How do you live long?. Good genes and good bacteria. Here's the multiomics profile of a 117 year old woman. She had a lot of Bifidobacteria in her gut.
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