john d.

Sentient (?) bioform on a tiny planet soaring in infinite space. How is it possible, he asks?

Love thy planet as thyself.

I rarely post, but who knows...

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@BiggestComeback Still climbing 14er peaks in Colorado at age 75...must be something to this low-carb stuff.

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@simonmaechling Keep the faith! Many of us know enough about a subject to be absolutely certain that we don't know anything about that subject.

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@tymboyszn 9531

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@markkaplan20 You're really bringing an "A" game of solid science and great teaching to this field. Amazing work.

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@ScottAppliedSci @Gearoidmuar institutionalizing kids eating sugar as an "ok" food is likely root cause for a ton of health, fitness & performance issues. Todays advent calendar is tomorrows halloween stash, xmas candycanes, chocolate easter eggs, sugar cereal, fruit roll-ups, pop-tarts, on and on and on.

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@TheK_Nox But...who cares what strangers on twitter whom you will never meet think about you one way or the other?

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@tymboyszn 1597

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@mariashriver Let's man a picket line around it 24/7. Let's make some noise!

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@nicknorwitz T
What is troubling is that doc thought he was doing the right thing. Sadly, there is no definitive "source of truth" in medicine. You absolutely, positively have to own your health. That is why AI in medicine and med research might be quite transformative.

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@seizuresalad I went to the 2 big venues downtown. Going to the Weston hotel tomorrow, that is apparently where the high end museum-grade fossil and geode vendors are. Supposed to be here for work, too....

[Barbara F Walter @bfwalter]

I have an update on my gardener who was taken by ICE.

Three big things have happened since then.

1. The neighbors have all come together to help.

We hired a good immigration lawyer for him. We also found someone willing to serve as his financial sponsor. That matters because one of the things the government will consider is whether he’s likely to show up for future hearings. Having someone willing to vouch for him, and having deep ties to his family and community, can help.

2. We’ve raised enough money to post a bond if he’s granted one.

We think he has a strong case for being released from detention while his case proceeds.

He has lived in the United States since he was 16. (He is now 44.) He runs his own business. He has a wife and two young children. He owns his home. And he has many, many people willing to write letters saying that he’s an important part of this community and is not going anywhere.

We’ll have to wait to see if it’s granted. Fingers crossed.

3. His lawyer is asking to postpone his court date, which is currently scheduled for next week.

This is really important. The Trump administration is trying to move people through the immigration system quickly so it can deport them as fast as possible. His lawyer wants time to gather evidence and build the best possible case for letting him stay. Again, fingers crossed.

But this is what really broke my heart.

My gardener was finally able to get a call through to his wife two days ago. This strong, confident, capable man was terrified. He didn’t know what to do.

Then his wife told him what everyone was doing behind the scenes.

He sobbed.

I don't know if we are going to get him home. I wish I could tell you that we will.

But I do know that we are seeing both the best and worst of American in real time.

The worst is a system that can take a man away from his wife and kids and leave him sitting in detention, terrified.

The best is a group of people who heard what happened and immediately asked: What can we do? And then they did it.

I’m betting on that America.

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@ChefGruel Trump is disgusting in every way a human can be disgusting.

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@tymboyszn 951

[Narwhaler (Modding Madness) @NarwhalerN]

Sixty fucking percent. SIXTY

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@seizuresalad not to be some rando twitter-stalker but I just got this poem after Wendell Berry's death yesterday and thought of you and your current situation.

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@seizuresalad Up route 36 towards Boulder, but I guess the Westin is technically in Westminster......
https://t.co/72CuRtLoJ5

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Niall is truly a bodhisattva, a living saint.

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

It hard to believe it is starting to take shape so quickly.

We are very nearly at the half way stage for the build!

A hosptial for street dogs. ❤️🎾

[Mark Kaplan @markkaplan20]

I want you to stare at this chart until it sinks in.

It is the most shocking chart showing the results on cholesterol lowering medications having almost 0 benefit and in some cases you die earlier.

60 cholesterol-lowering drug trials. 323,950 people. Statins. PCSK9 inhibitors. Ezetimibe. Every drug class. Every dose.

The x-axis is how much they lowered LDL. Up to 80 percent.

The y-axis is how many lives were saved.

Look at where the dots sit. Flat on the zero line. Some below it. Below zero means more people died.

Mortality is the only endpoint that matters. Did the person live or die.

60 trials. 323,950 people. It made no difference.

(Forrrest et al. 60 cholesterol-lowering trials. 323,950 patients. All drug classes.)