Thank you for this, and for all your posts. I always learn so much!

You’ve all heard of biopsy. But what happens after?

Biomedical Scientist Yolly takes us inside a lab, where science turns cells into answers.

Together for health. #StandWithScience

I used to live in walking distance to the route. It was always so exciting to watch!

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People should be able to understand content the first time they read or hear it. No one should need a legal background or a Latin dictionary to understand a website. Users should be able to absorb content and instructions without needing to make sense of stuffy, stilted language.

I also prefer print books, as I've never found an e-reader to be easy on my eyes. The latter sure are convenient though!

A friend of mine said that if he lived in the area, he'd hold off on filing his taxes each year just so he could go to the party!

I don't know if this is still the case, but many years ago, a local post office had a big party the night of every April 14th, with food, drinks, and volunteer tax preparers. It was quite festive, from what I heard! But it ended promptly at midnight.

Have you used AI tools for health advice?

To clarify - the speaker is not my nephew; they just have the same name. 😊

I’m definitely looking forward to this presentation, but also smiling because my nephew’s name is Matt Mason. 😊

Local news archives have been incredibly helpful for my family history research.

Still trying to find coverage of my ancestor who was arrested for swearing though.

I don’t know about this podcast before. Looking forward to checking it out!

“Your clients aren’t just hiring a set of skills. They’re trusting you with work that matters to them.”

Excellent post for understanding content marketing for your own freelance business.

Three library books are stacked with their spines showing. The books are: A History of the World in Six Plagues by Edna Bonhomme The Masters of Medicine by Andrew Lam, MD Women in White Coats by Olivia Campbell

It's #NationalPublicHealthWeek, and I had this in mind when choosing library books yesterday:

A History of the World in Six Plagues by Edna Bonhomme
The Masters of Medicine by Andrew Lam, MD
Women in White Coats by Olivia Campbell

What are you reading these days?

Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real Bixonimania doesn’t exist except in a clutch of obviously bogus academic papers. So why did AI chatbots warn people about this fictional illness?

"Within weeks ... major artificial-intelligence systems began repeating the invented condition ... The fake papers were then cited in peer-reviewed literature. Osmanovic Thunström says this suggests that some researchers are relying on AI-generated references without reading the underlying papers."

The Campanile in Springfield, MA. It is a tall stone clock tower with two balconies and a bell tower on top. It is shown in March 2026 against a vivid blue sky.

The Campanile in Springfield, Massachusetts, is one of my favorite buildings. On Saturday, I was pleased to gather nearby with other No Kings folks. It's the same place my Mom and her family joined with neighbors to celebrate the end of World War II.

Let's ideate on this and circle back.

It amuses me that "bullshit" has an academic definition and that there's such a thing as the Corporate Bullshit Receptivity Scale. And a "corporate bullshit generator."

I'm so, so sorry.

For screen readers to recognize headings, heading text can't just be body text or normal text that's been made to look bigger and bolder. It must be formatted as a heading. In Microsoft Word and Google Docs, this can be done in the styles box. In HTML, use the tags h1 through h6.

My brother and nephew were in the Stoddard parade a few times as well. My family had a summer cottage there, and my brother relocated to the town as an adult. So I was a regular Old Home Days visitor well into my 30s. Stoddard was a second home to me, close to my heart. I've been to Hollis, too.

When I was a kid, I went to Old Home Days in Stoddard, NH every year — a small parade, a chicken barbeque & raffle to benefit the fire department, tag sales, a library book sale, puppet shows for kids, a band concert & other events. I'm not sure if they still do it. Really enjoyed it then!

The Jerk - I'm Picking Out a Thermos for You YouTube video by James Anderson

I saw the word "thermos" in a puzzle this morning, so this is kind of mandatory. 🎵 I'm picking out a thermos for you / not an ordinary thermos for you 🎵

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Yes, it seems to be part of a series called "Teach Yourself." In the preface, John Cresswell dedicates the second edition to the memory of co-author John Hartley, who passed away in 1962. There's a stamp inside that's probably from the library: June 2, 1975.

Cover of the 1968 book Esperanto by John Cresswell & John Hartley. It is mostly orange with a blue strip at the top with the words "Teach Yourself Books." At the bottom is "A complete course for beginners and students." The book is quite worn and held together with tape.

Looking at it again, I think I should clarify. It has a copyright date of 1968, and the second edition is listed as 1968, but there is a note that says the 4th impression (printing, perhaps?) was in 1973.

Still quite an artifact though!

It's called Esperanto, and the authors are John Cresswell and John Hartley. It is the 2nd edition, published in 1968. And it looks like it was discarded by their city library, so perhaps they picked it up at a book sale. I don't recall them ever studying languages, though.

I still have an Esperanto book I found in my grandparents' attic. 😊

In elementary school, I tried creating a code so a friend and I could send secret messages. But I got enthusiastic about linguistics when I started learning Spanish and conjugating verbs. I loved that there were patterns in languages, and it helped me understand English patterns more.

I realized that I have one clock (more decorative than useful) that I never bothered to change in the fall. And it'll probably take me a month to change the clock in my car. 😂