Everything you would want to know about the history of the screw worm is here: https://youtu.be/lL8GnFtKliU

Looks like my Spakle! She is even on the same cat tree!

It absolutely is. Soft, warm, and apparently now part of the treatment plan.

We haven’t named it yet, but now I feel like we should. I will suggest it to her! My first pick would Milo ;)

The blanket is elite-tier comfort. Definitely carried most of the workload that day. She fell asleep with it. I snapped the picture while she was snoozing.

Thank you. We appreciate it!

Thank you. I was honestly in shock for the first few hours after we got the diagnosis. The first time I cried wasn’t when I heard the word cancer, it was when I thought about her losing her hair. It’s been one of the hardest parts for her to come to terms with.

Since then she’s been trying on different scarves, wraps, and styles, and I think that’s helped her regain some sense of control over something that felt inevitable. She’s feeling much better about it now than she was a few weeks ago.

This is only week one, though, so we’re still very much at the beginning of the journey and haven’t experienced most of what treatment will bring yet.

Thank you for sharing your experience and for the encouragement. Hearing from people who’ve already walked this road means a lot right now.

Thank you, and congratulations on the remission. It’s my wife who is in the chair. She was diagnosed with Stage IIB triple-negative breast cancer. The plan is chemo and Keytruda first, then surgery and radiation. Her pet scan cleared the lymphnodes and no signs of spread so we are VERY hopeful.

Wishing the best for your mom! And yes, fuck cancer!

I don’t blame you. The waiting is brutal and was one of the worst parts of this experience so far. Hoping you had good news!

Thank you Velma. My wife is tough as nails and ready for the fight.

That’s the plan. Cancer picked the wrong woman. My wife has handled everything way better than I have.

Thank you. We’re fortunate that her cancer was caught early and her scans have been clear so far. Hoping your friend gets more time and better news than expected.

They even mentioned E.coli!

https://youtu.be/8DnoOOgYxck

If fast-food workers began earning wages comparable to electricians, I wouldn’t necessarily expect electricians to become poorer. I’d expect employers who depend on skilled labor to increase compensation to remain competitive. The question then becomes whether those higher labor costs come from reduced profits, increased prices, greater productivity, or some combination of all three.

Anyway, it is better for all workers.

Authoritarian tendencies are not confined by national borders. They can emerge through institutions, political movements, and social attitudes that concentrate power, discourage dissent, or weaken accountability. Because such tendencies can become more difficult to address once entrenched, they should be recognized and challenged early through lawful, democratic means.

Public officials who abuse their authority should face timely accountability through transparent processes that respect due process and the rule of law.

Organizations should also be cautious of developing insular “good old boy” networks or cultures where loyalty is valued above fairness, competence, or transparency. Such environments can foster groupthink, favoritism, and an unhealthy us-versus-them mentality.

Healthy institutions depend on accountability, openness to criticism, and a willingness to apply the same standards to allies and opponents alike.

These memes and their funny numbers. Saving that long only gets you about 300 billion.

Musk has 3x that.

I respect her contributions and philanthropy. I just don’t think essential social support should depend on the generosity of billionaires instead of stable public systems.

Trump probably thinks he’s above the rules, so of course he’d want to keep the solid gold microphone Xi gave him with the plaque that says “The Greatest Speeches Ever.”

He probably thinks it would look great on his desk.

I have no idea how niche I am, but I wouldn’t want to date anyone who is ok spending $200 on a date. Lets walk in the park and talk for hours. That’s my kinda date.