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Remember when Donald Trump said there would be people standing in bread lines trying to get food if Kamala Harris won? People are standing in line for food in Cleveland because of Donald Trump. Itโ€™s always pure projection.
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In memory of all the journalists k!lled in GAZA GEN0CIDE ๐Ÿ’”
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How it started: Donโ€™t be evil How itโ€™s going: theintercept.com/2025/11/04/โ€ฆ
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YouTube deleted all my coverage of Israeli soldiers shooting civilians, including children targeted on a live stream, along with my entire account. No community guidelines violated & 3 separate excuses given to me. Then Google deleted my email & wonโ€™t respond to appeals.
How it started: Donโ€™t be evil How itโ€™s going: theintercept.com/2025/11/04/โ€ฆ
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Femme that canโ€™t keep her hands off me #Manifesting
Cuando buscas ropa de bebรฉ pero solo encuentras sex shops. Serรก una seรฑal? ๐Ÿค”
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In a stunning medical breakthrough, scientists in China have successfully reversed Type 1 diabetes in a female patient by using her own stem cells. For the first time since her diagnosis, her body began producing insulin naturally, eliminating the need for daily injections. This achievement could change the future of diabetes treatment forever. The innovative procedure began by collecting the womanโ€™s own cells and reprogramming them into stem cells. Researchers then guided these stem cells to become insulin-producing beta cells. Once developed, the lab-grown cells were implanted into her abdomen. These newly introduced cells began secreting insulin, effectively regulating her blood sugar levels from within. The clinical study included three patients with Type 1 diabetes, but the woman was the first to show full insulin independence. This marks a significant step forward in regenerative medicine and offers a potential pathway toward long-term relief from this chronic autoimmune condition. Type 1 diabetes affects millions worldwide, and current treatment relies heavily on lifelong insulin therapy. This stem cell method not only reduces that dependency but also opens the door to a personalised, cell-based cure. While the research is still in early stages and requires further validation, the success of this procedure shines a hopeful light on what the future of diabetes care may look like.
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This is what Israel calls a ceasefire.
A new video shows the Israeli army using advanced missiles in eastern Gaza, with explosions resembling miniature nuclear bombs that obliterate what remains of the city.
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๐Ÿงฉ What if luck isnโ€™t just random โ€” but follows patterns hidden in the quantum fabric of reality? Quantum physics shows the universe isnโ€™t pure chaos. Beneath every coin flip or twist of fate lie probabilities, wave functions, and entanglements โ€” subtle rules shaping what seems like chance. Scientists are exploring how these hidden patterns influence everything from particle behavior to cosmic order. Maybe โ€œluckโ€ is our human glimpse of deeper laws we donโ€™t yet fully understand. Source: โ€œQuantum Mechanics and the Determinism of the Universeโ€, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Quantum physics shows the universe isnโ€™t pure chaos. Quantum mechanics is probabilistic but not chaotic. Every event follows the Schrรถdinger equation, which determines probabilities of outcomes โ€” not random chaos.
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๐Ÿงฌ A New Way to Think About Cancer: Reprogramming Cells Instead of Destroying Them Scientists are exploring a bold new idea โ€” what if, instead of killing cancer cells, we could teach them to be normal again? Recent studies in cell biology and genetics show that it might be possible to โ€œreprogramโ€ diseased cells by switching certain genes on or off, restoring the signals that tell a cell how to behave. This is the same science behind stem cell technology, where ordinary cells are turned back into stem-like ones that can grow into healthy tissue. In lab experiments, researchers have managed to partially reverse cancer-like behavior in some cell types โ€” making them grow more slowly or behave more like normal cells. Itโ€™s early-stage work, but it suggests that cancer may not always need to be destroyed; sometimes, it could be guided back to health. This research is still in its infancy โ€” not a cure yet, and not ready for patients. But it opens a fascinating new direction in medicine: healing by restoring balance inside our own cells, rather than attacking them from the outside. The message is powerful: the key to defeating disease might already be written within our DNA.
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The gutโ€“brainโ€“circadian axis in anxiety and depression: a critical review frontiersin.org/journals/psyโ€ฆ
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A recent study (shared below) reminded me that ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ ๐š ๐๐ก๐ƒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง. Over the years, I have supervised 53 PhD students, and I can say with conviction that ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜€๐˜๐˜†๐—น๐—ฒ that works for all. Each student is different, and every PhD journey has its ups and downs. With some students, I spent a disproportionate amount of time helping them gain confidence. With stronger ones, my role was to ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ-๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป. ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€. Unless a student gets genuinely interested in what he or she is doing, great work rarely happens. A good ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€. I never restricted my students from seeking advice from other faculty. In fact, I always encouraged it and built a network they could freely approach. I also followed an ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป-๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜† - any student could walk into my office anytime for advice. I never had a lab of my own in any institution I worked at. Instead, I built common labs, shared by all, to promote collaboration and collective ownership. I have always believed that the ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. I have always taken ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—— ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฏ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป. Since most of them worked on industry-supported projects, this was never a problem. Nearly 90% of my PhD students wrote their first peer-reviewed paper with me. Unlike in the US, where professors often get students with prior research experience, ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€. Faculty in Indian institutions (at least in the institutions where I worked so far - IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi and BITS Pilani) often put in far more time and effort per student than many of our counterparts abroad. The ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€. That makes everything worthwhile.
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๐Ÿงฌ Universal Cancer Vaccine Edge: mRNA Trial Aims to Target All Tumors Researchers have entered human trials with an mRNA-based cancer vaccine designed to work off the shelf, meaning no personalization for each patientโ€™s tumor is required. Unlike most cancer vaccines that must be tailored to a personโ€™s individual tumor mutations, this new approach aims to trigger a broad immune response capable of going after many types of solid tumors. In pre-clinical studies, it showed striking effects in mouse models of melanoma, brain cancers and bone cancers โ€” especially when combined with immune-checkpoint therapies โ€” by boosting the bodyโ€™s production of type-I interferons, potent immune signals that help identify and destroy tumor cells. Now, phase 1 (and early phase) human trials are underway. For example, the UK trial of the candidate vaccine coded mRNA-4359 is being tested in patients with advanced solid tumours, including melanoma and lung cancer. While still early and not yet proven to work across all cancers, this development gives hope that one day we might have a โ€œuniversalโ€ cancer vaccine that doesnโ€™t require custom-making for each patientโ€™s unique tumor.
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โ€œethical billionairesโ€
the category is ethical billionaires
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๐Ÿง  Scientists Say Alzheimerโ€™s May Be an Autoimmune Disease โ€” Not a Brain Disease A bold new theory is reshaping our understanding of Alzheimerโ€™s disease: rather than being driven by degenerating brain cells, it may stem from the brainโ€™s own immune system turning against itself. Dr. Donald Weaver at the Krembil Brain Institute proposes that the infamous protein betaโ€‘amyloid isnโ€™t just a harmful byproductโ€”but a normal immune molecule designed to protect the brain. Under his model, beta-amyloid responds to threats like infection or injury, but because neurons and bacteria share similar fatty membranes, the immune system may begin mistaking brain cells for invaders. Over time this misfiring immune response could become chronic, triggering the cognitive decline and memory loss we associate with Alzheimerโ€™s. This insight offers a potential explanation for why decades of anti-beta-amyloid drugs have repeatedly failed: theyโ€™re treating the symptom, not the root cause. Weaver and colleagues argue that what we need are therapies aimed at calming the brainโ€™s immune system, not simply removing plaque. Itโ€™s a shift that could redefine how we approach prevention and treatmentโ€”and may explain how Alzheimerโ€™s is, at its core, a kind of autoimmune disorder where the brain wages war on itself.
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The Grammys will announce nominations next week. Following Beyoncรฉโ€™s historic win as the first Black woman to win Best Country Album, the category has been retired and split into two: Best Contemporary Country Album (Black dominated) and Best Traditional Country Album (white dominated).
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The Grammys will announce nominations next week. Following Beyoncรฉโ€™s historic win as the first Black woman to win Best Country Album, the category has been retired and split into two: Best Contemporary Country Album (Black dominated) and Best Traditional Country Album (white dominated).
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When I saw this video, it brought tears to my eyes Seeing how these young people are risking their lives for the benefit of multinational tech companies. What if we told you that the Apple store was at the bottom of this pit,would you be willing to go and pick up your iPhone 17 .
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๐Ÿ’ช๐ŸผORGULLO MEXICANO ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ El Virus del Papiloma Humano es una enfermedad sumamente contagiosa. Existen mรกs de 200 tipos de este, aunque no todos son peligrosos. En promedio, cualquier persona que haya iniciado su vida sexual se contagiarรก de un tipo de VPH en algรบn momento de su vida. Eva Ramรณn Gallegos es una cientรญfica originaria de San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec, Oaxaca. Y ha hecho historia al ser la primera en erradicar al 100% el VPH en 29 mujeres. Es especialista en nanobiotecnologรญa y ciencias biomรฉdicas, lo que la ayudรณ a descubrir una posible soluciรณn contra el virus del papiloma humano.๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿคฏ Entre sus estudios, descubriรณ que algunas mujeres producen en mayor medida un compuesto orgรกnico, lo que ayuda al tratamiento.
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Just out - our major review piece @ImmunityCP , summarizing couple of decades of the research on human immune aging and providing highlights of the latest advances in the field. Led by Marina Terekhova, truly encyclopedic depth (327 references) sciencedirect.com/science/arโ€ฆ