Thx for the prayers — Turns out cutting out chunks of yer liver is no joke, man.
Good news, bad news, and next steps…
Good: big liver surgery last week successfully cleared out a bunch o cancer. (Pretty darn great — considering 9 mons ago, when told I had 3-4 months to live, surgery wasn't even an option.)
Bad: Tests on the tumors show they were more advanced than we thought — meaning always-mutating tumors have developed some resistance tricks to our former treatment protocol.
Bummer but that's life, and was eventually expected.
Next:
We're gunna change up treatment to carpet-bomb-chemo as much of the rest of the cancer as we can for a bit.
Send chemo tips -- do NOT send more Nickelback promotional materials (am painfully aware they’ll be performing at the Hondo Rodeo Fest in Febr).
Grateful to God for this extra time — both time w/ fam and time to fight. Can't say enough good things about…
- daraxonrasib
- MD Anderson’s incredible team of docs, nurses, techs, & researchers
- my wife: Melissa rocks. She’s laughing-crying-fighting-prayin with me every day. Best human I know.
- Corrie, Alex, and Breck are beyond awesome.
Hello @BenSasse — it’s great to see your writing in the WSJ.
What is the best way to connect with you on a feature in Omaha Magazine? We would love to include your perspective in the next edition of @omahamagazine. My email is [email protected] thank you!
Thanks to my thesis committee at the @UNOmaha Department of Sociology and Anthropology for their help getting across the stage yesterday. I could not have done it without my advisor Dr. Beth Ritter + Drs. Brady DeSanti & Alecia Anderson to round out my committee dream team.
I knew this was coming. We are so f*cked - fake and real now look the same.
We desperately need tools to show journals and researchers that data is real, not AI-generated.
We're excited to announce that our Senior Editor, Natalie Veloso, is a finalist in the 2026 National City and Regional Magazine Awards! Her story “Targeted for Removal” is one of five finalists in the Feature Story category. Learn more here!
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SABEW extends its deepest condolences to the IRE community over the death of Diana “Dee Dee” Fuentes, its executive director. The journalism community has lost a pioneer and a beloved colleague.
https://t.co/2L2pa4p9nq
Thank you to the directing team! From planning through execution of the big night, the 20th OEAAs would not have been possible without co-directors Hughston Walkinshaw, Lori Lynn Ahrends and Julian Adair.
Long before the Epstein Files Act, decades before the Pizzagate conspiracy theories, there was the Franklin Credit Union scandal out of Omaha, Nebraska.
Read more on how Franklin links up with justice for Epstein’s victims in the forthcoming March/April issue of @omahamagazine
When Alisha Owen heard a survivor describe her experience with Epstein on television, it pulled her back into the Franklin scandal. Now, Owen once again finds herself inside the story, working in familiar territory with others affected by the Epstein case.
https://t.co/aZfXTvLL47
Hotpot is more than a meal; it’s a cozy ritual, complete with conversation and the occasional competition over who cooked their meat just right.
Whether you’re new to the hotpot game or a seasoned hotpot master, here are a few spots to explore:
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Huge congrats to @internetarchive (w/ co-applicants @IRE_NICAR & @Poynter).
These organizations will be collaborating to develop a national program that preserves vital local online news content that often goes offline when a publication ceases to exist.
https://t.co/Cl9fvcrk0N