Evidence COVID Began in Raccoon Dog; Migraine Drug Recall; FDA Mum on Spring Booster
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A new analysis of genetic samples from China appears to link the origin of COVID-19 to raccoon dogs. (The Atlantic)
What's a raccoon dog, anyhow? (Wikipedia)
After a 2-year pandemic... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - March 17, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Penetrating orbitocranial injury by shoji frame: a rare indoor accident in a Japanese style house - Ueno H, Tsutsumi S, Akasaki Y, Yoshida K, Sugiyama N, Ishii H.
[SafetyLit note: A sh ōji frame supports a door or room divider used in traditional Japanese architecture, consisting of translucent (or transparent) sheets on a lattice frame. -Wikipedia]
BACKGROUND: To the best of our knowledge, there are no reports o... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Old Man Yells at Mush-Mouth Verbiage
“All that is solid melts into air.” –Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto “Gentlemen, I as leader will use power like a drum and leadership like a violin.” –Firesign Theatre, Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him There’s some verbiage I keep hearing that makes my back…#karlmarx #friedrichengels #communist #electrician #influencer #ursulavonder #leyen #kimilsung #wikipedia #paulvonhindenburg (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
EU tells Elon Musk to hire more staff to moderate Twitter
Elon Musk and the EU are in a dispute over the Twitter owner’s plan to use more volunteers and artificial intelligence to help moderate the social media platform, as the company responds to strict new rules designed to police online content. According to four people familiar with talks between…#twitter #meta #facebookandinstagram #thierrybreton #digitalservicesact #dsa #wikipedia #nonenglish #adamhadley #europeancommission (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
DOJ seeks to narrow Sam Bankman-Fried ’s bail terms, use only flip phones
The United States Department of Justice has proposed new bail conditions for former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), a court filing on March 3 shows. According to the proposal submitted to Lewis Kaplan, the U.S. district judge serving on the United States District Court for the Southern District…#ftx #sambankmanfried #sbf #lewiskaplan #southerndistrict #bankmanfried #damianwilliams #alamedaresearch #wikipedia #etherscan (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
DOJ seeks to narrow Sam Bankman-Fried's bail terms, use only flip phones
The United States Department of Justice has proposed new bail conditions for former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), court filings made late March 3 show. According to the proposal submitted to District Judge Lewis Kaplan of the Southern District of New York, Bankman-Fried should be prohibited…#ftx #sambankmanfried #sbf #lewiskaplan #southerndistrict #bankmanfried #damianwilliams #alamedaresearch #wikipedia #etherscan (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The 25 Most Popular Books by Dr. Seuss
Born in 1904, Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, became one of the best-known and beloved children’s book authors, and his work still enchants readers. Both a writer and an illustrator, Dr. Seuss published more than 60 books in his lifetime, most with rhyming (or tongue-twisting)…#theodorseussgeisel #drseuss #mulberrystreet #catinhat #hortonhearsawho #lorax #wikipedia #coldwarera #butterbattlebook #african (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Former Mumford & Sons Guitarist Details How Antifa Tried to ‘Destroy’ His Life in Fox Interview: ‘They Swarm You Like Hornets’
Former Mumford & Sons guitarist Winston Marshall joined Tucker Carlson this week to discuss attempts by “Antifa” to “destroy” his life for having the wrong views on 2020 Black Lives Matters protests. Marshall announced he was leaving the band he co-founded in 2021 after facing pushback for…#mumfordsons #winstonmarshall #tuckercarlson #andyngo #farleft #farright #speakingtocarlsonfor #ngo #antifa #wikipedia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Secret Power and the Persecution of Julian Assange
have managed to disappear Julian Assange just as effectively as Gitmo detainees. Yet those terror suspects, who overwhelmingly were low level individuals who happened to be in the wrong place in the wrong time, were kept successfully in a legal limbo. Here Assange, who hasn’t been found guilty, is…#julianassange #gitmo #assange #hanniballechter #taliabaroncelli #stefaniamaurizi #wikileaks #belmarshprison #nilsmelzer #iraq (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A Matter of Facts — July 2022
dtarnowskiMarch 3, 2023ISSUE HIGHLIGHTSResponding to the SCOTUS ruling • Studying abortion in places that restrict it • Medication abortion legislation • Webinar: Defending reproductive freedom • Improv hip-hop comedy takes on sex edFrom Our President I ’m excited to introduce our new quarterly newsletter,A Matter of Facts, where we ’ll share our latest thoughts on the sexual and reproductive health and rights issues of the day—and insight into how we here at Guttmacher do our work.This is an uncertain, and pivotal, moment for our mission. The recent US Supreme Court decision to revoke the constit...
Source: The Guttmacher Institute - March 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: dtarnowski Source Type: news
You can poison AI datasets for just $60, a new study shows
But the pursuit of knowledge could be susceptible to bad actors who wish to poison the well, according to a new paper in online repository arXiv by a collection of researchers—and it wouldn’t take much money to do so. In fact, just $60 of investment could help sway 0.01% of two key databases—the…#floriantramèr #ethzurich #switzerland #leaningtowerofpisa #eiffeltower #wikipedia #juliantogelius #newyorkuniversity (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Inside equestrian show jumping, the elite sport beloved by famous kids like Grace Wahlberg, Jennifer Gates and Eve Jobs
For the lucky few who compete in it, show jumping is well worth the risks. Dan Mullan / Stringer / Getty Images The niche sport of equestrian show jumping has caught the eye of some of the wealthiest people in the world. For those who can afford to take part in competitions, show jumping offers…#billgates #stevejobs #michaelbloomberg #brucespringsteen #equestrian #wikimediacommons #pippafunnell #greatbritain #sandman7 #scotland (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Meta unveils a new large language model that can run on a single GPU
On Friday, Meta announced a new AI-powered large language model (LLM) called LLaMA-13B that it claims can outperform OpenAI's GPT-3 model despite being "10x smaller." Smaller-sized AI models could lead to running ChatGPT-style language assistants locally on devices such as PCs and smartphones.…#meta #gpt3 #llama #openai #commoncrawl #wikipedia #chinchilla #palm #guillaumelample #deepmind (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dish execs: Viewers who want network shows, football are finding them " in other places "
A Dish Network satellite dish. (Photo by Cody Logan via Wikimedia Commons, Graphic by The Desk) Dish Network says less than 10 million customers are paying for its flagship satellite service and streaming product Sling TV, a sign that the company’s satellite erosion isn’t being offset by gains in…#dishnetwork #codylogan #slingtv #desk #waltdisneycompany #tegna #foxcorporation #nexstar #disney #abc (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
U.S. Supreme Court snubs Wikipedia bid to challenge NSA surveillance
[1/2] A man is silhouetted near logos of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) and Wikipedia in this photo illustration taken in Sarajevo March 11, 2015. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic WASHINGTON, Feb 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a bid by the operator of the popular…#nsa #wikipedia #sarajevo #dadoruvic #ussupremecourt #wikimediafoundation #defensedepartment #edwardsnowden #russian #vladimirputin (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
