Saturday, April 6, 2024

Quick takes

From Kip - Wondrous Eclipse

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Rural Rage a myth?

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Malachi Flynn scores fifty!

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The line between life and death

"In the moments after Patient One was taken off oxygen, there was a surge of activity in her dying brain. Areas that had been nearly silent while she was on life support suddenly thrummed with high-frequency electrical signals called gamma waves. In particular, the parts of the brain that scientists consider a “hot zone” for consciousness became dramatically alive. In one section, the signals remained detectable for more than six minutes. In another, they were 11 to 12 times higher than they had been before Patient One’s ventilator was removed.

“As she died, Patient One’s brain was functioning in a kind of hyperdrive,” Borjigin told me. For about two minutes after her oxygen was cut off, there was an intense synchronisation of her brain waves, a state associated with many cognitive functions, including heightened attention and memory. The synchronisation dampened for about 18 seconds, then intensified again for more than four minutes. It faded for a minute, then came back for a third time."

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Poop bombing cetaceans.

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The story of Cream's Disraeli Gears.

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So what if the abandoned critter is actually a pom pom?

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Jean Maria Arrigo, who exposed psychologists’ links to torture, dies at 79

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Saudi Suffragettes get screwed.

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Cook's Journal - Arroz con pollo

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Kill Jews, the cocktail. How could that be racist? Reminds me of the stink eyes Leslie and I received in the synagogue in Toledo.

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Dragon Man

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Sea Nomads

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How all in the family explains today's political dynamic.

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Trump’s Second-Term Blueprint Would Take A Wrecking Ball To Public Lands

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