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(1) I know someone who got this food allergy from a tick bite. It sounded so unlikely as a phenomenon, but apparently it’s quite real: The ticks can pick up the Alpha-gal carbohydrate from a previous mammalian host and transfer … Continue reading →
Open thread 4/18/22
Maxwell doesn’t get enough respect:
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Have a wonderful holiday!
Continue reading →Open thread 4/16/22
Open thread 4/15/22
A man who doesn’t shy away from Big questions:
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(1) Here’s a good summary of the Michigan “kidnapping” case and the FBI’s involvement. Perhaps we should rename it the FBE: Federal Bureau of Entrapment. Here are some interesting things that I hadn’t remembered. The first is that – if … Continue reading →
Open thread 4/14/22
He has every right to crow:
Continue reading →Open thread 4/13/22
I strongly suggest muting the music while you watch this:
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(1) Hunter Biden’s “Big Guy.” (2) Post-lockdown college students feel aimless and disconnected: In 20 years of teaching at Doane University, Kate Marley has never seen anything like it. As many as 30 percent of her students do not show … Continue reading →
Open thread 4/12/22
I’ve long wondered about this:
Continue reading →Open thread 4/11/22
Two of my favorites – Fil and Robin Gibb. If you’ve ever wondered what made Robin Gibb’s vibrato so unique, Fil will show you beginning at 16:37: His vibrato was unusually fast and unusually narrow in pitch variation.
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