โdolly called me and said she wants to rest in a beautiful bed of plush cotton, because after a life wearing heavy rhinestones, she finally deserves to be comfortable and have some restโ ๐ฅบ
Dolly Parton was the kind of human every person who claims to be Christian should strive to be and the world is a little less beautiful without her in it.
I have to say, when Merck called me last night with the mRNA cancer vaccine news (embargoed, of course), I literally yelped in reaction.
Consider this: Between this spring's Revolution Medicines success with a KRAS-targeted drug and now Merck and Moderna's success with an mRNA neoantigen vaccine, 2026 will go down as one of the most consequential years in cancer treatment, ever.
Incredible.
@LukeEpplin From the bottom of my heart, please tell Jane thank you. I appreciate her hard work and dedication. This is a huge breakthrough that melanoma survivors are celebrating! ๐ ๐
My favorite part this morning was the kid in the counselorโs office talking to a girl for 15 min about what a capitalist hell we live in, how we are all becoming poor, and how psychotic it is for kids in this state to have babies at 20. The kids are alright
I had to go into the school with her this morning to adjust her schedule. I held it together until I walked her to class, hugged her, then started sobbing walking down the hallway full of kids with โmemoriesโ by maroon 5 playing on the speakers. Stabbed right in the heart ๐