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Colon cancer now leading cause of cancer deaths under 50 in US Experts warn younger people not to dismiss symptoms such as rectal bleeding as diagnoses rise for those under 50

I’m quoted in this important Guardian article by @whatsitlike.me about colon cancer. I got the bad news today that chemo didn’t do the trick after 24 treatments. I start immunotherapy next week. Get tested folks; don’t ignore your health.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

You know it

People aren’t getting this

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Leader of Columbia Brain Institute Quits Over Friendship With Epstein The Nobel laureate Richard Axel is not accused of wrongdoing but called his association with Jeffrey Epstein a “serious error in judgment.”

Breaking News: The Nobel laureate Richard Axel said he was resigning as co-director of a Columbia brain institute over his friendship with Jeffery Epstein.

This is what you think about me though

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Prince Andrew's Arrest Across the pond in Britain, justice and accountability is a serious matter

Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647.
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...

Leaked Email Suggests Ring Plans to Expand ‘Search Party’ Surveillance Beyond Dogs Ring's CEO told staff the feature is “first for finding dogs,” indicating a plan to expand.

Scoop: Ring's CEO told staff Search Party is not going to be just for dogs, according to a leaked email I obtained. Said it is "first for finding dogs" before suggesting it would be expanded to be used for crime:

www.404media.co/leaked-email...

Largest leucovorin-autism trial retracted A reanalysis of the data revealed errors and failed to replicate the results.

A journal has retracted the largest leucovorin trial in people with autism—one of just five randomized clinical trials assessing this treatment in autistic people.

By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social

www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/lar...

Who The Hell Was This? | Defector It was a bonnie morning 410 million years ago in what are now the Rhynie chert fossil beds in Scotland. The mists had begun to lift and swirl over the landscape, where hot springs burbled, lichen pape...

I wrote about an extremely strange fellow from 410 million years ago
defector.com/who-the-hell...

Oh wow this is exactly what I have been wanting to read!!!!!

Why did you not ask me this personally

Nice job moderator @franciscorr25.bsky.social !

Norell’s fit is so good in this

Wow lots of great stuff in here

lmao this is some good stuff

You said this about me when I got a masters after a PhD

Just got back from CES, and on a related note I want to live off-grid now

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Kennedy Scales Back the Number of Vaccines Recommended for Children

BREAKING: Federal health officials on Monday announced dramatic revisions to the slate of vaccines recommended for American children, reducing the number of diseases prevented by routine shots to 11 from 17.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/h...

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Psychedelics research in rodents has a behavior problem Simple behavioral assays—originally validated as drug-screening tools—fall short in studies that aim to unpack the psychedelic mechanism of action, so some behavioral neuroscientists are developing…

Neuroscientists are working to solve a behavior problem in preclinical psychedelics research: Instead of identifying a simple test yielding a universal result, they are designing more nuanced tasks that better reflect human behavior.

By @callimcflurry.bsky.social

#neuroskyence

bit.ly/4jc24lW

What was she thinking

One of the funniest things I ever did was quit academia because I thought finding a job in journalism would be easier

Thank you for saying that! 💙

Can You Design Your Dream Pillow? It’s Worth a Try. This custom pillow aims to take the guesswork out of shopping. Our sleep team put it to the test.

I know my work is kind of silly now but we all do need a pillow. Should you get a custom pillow?

www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...

I’m going to CES next month! Anyone else?