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I’m not Christian but this looks like a good book. I might give this one a read.
i love that bishop baddie’s book is on being brave. #church @mariannedgarbudde.store
January 25, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Bilingualism is associated with a bigger brain. Similar to other cognitively demanding skills, it leads to dynamic subcortical structural adaptations which can be nonlinear, in line with expansion-renormalisation models of experience-dependent neuroplasticity. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dynamic effects of bilingualism on brain structure map onto general principles of experience-based neuroplasticity - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Dynamic effects of bilingualism on brain structure map onto general principles of experience-based neuroplasticity
www.nature.com
January 24, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**

* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect
Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.
www.kcur.org
January 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Other benefits of automatic alt text:

1. You can search your own images by keyword

2. If others have muted words that are included in your alt text, they also will be shielded from an image they didn’t want to see

3. It makes you awesome
Turn this on in the Accessibility settings and you’ll never forget alt text again!
January 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.

Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
January 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Oogenesis in humans typically starts 8-20 weeks post implantation. Spermatogenesis in humans typically starts at puberty.

So, technically, that Executive Order defines us all as asexual neuter.

Hope that helps.
January 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Cat tax
January 22, 2025 at 2:53 AM