They're here. Oregon Health Authority discovered the presence of the Aedes aegypti mosquito – in July, but waited until now to release the information. It was found in southern Oregon in the town of Talent. This mosquito is usually just a problem in the southeastern U.S. and south of the border. It is a vector for yellow fever, dengue, chikungunya, and Zika viruses. They tend to be out in the evening, so watch out.
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Crap. Tina Kotek appointed two new members to OHSU's board of directors: a womens issues social justice activist and the treasurer for the AFSCME Local 328 chapter. This is typical Kotek. OHSU is going to go farther afield of being a center of medical research excellence, and will just be a mouthpiece for progressive issues. I think OHSU's board should just be composed of key doctors and researchers and select community leaders. That's it. But that vision has long been abandoned, and here we are.
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Is democracy mathematically impossible? This is a nice review of different voting systems, and why Ranked Choice Voting can lead to outcomes completely opposite of what should be the expected outcome. Take a look:
Semaglutide and other GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs could slow down aging. And this is in people, unlike metformin, which showed longevity effects in mice, nematodes and fruit flies.
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Is deliberate practice all you need to become an expert? Like what Malcolm Gladwell said in hias book, Outliers? Sadly no. You need to be intrinsically talented, too.
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Longstanding gap filled! Scientists can now make tiny yellow, orange and green lasers, now. Compact ones, too.
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