Nobody has ever told either of these men, “Your kindness and compassion helped me survive,” and honestly it shows.

I’m so glad you’ve had good pathologists in your life!We’re a delightfully weird bunch! Always happy to chatter about lesions with a fellow appreciator, whether or not they are a pathologist themself.
…honestly, we’re excited to go on about lesions with anyone who doesn’t run away fast enough. 😂

Indeed, to say nothing of the decapitation 😂

For any confused folks wondering, this is a classic gross pathology diagnosis: ovine nasal adenocarcinoma. It’s a virus-induced cancer caused by a retrovirus.
This family of retroviruses causes a bunch of breathing issues, most notably nasal tumors, lung tumors, and progressive pneumonia.

I want to believe they are intense in the way that PHILLY IS THE BEST Philadelphians or the GO BIRDS sportsfans, but I want to think that they also shovel their sidewalks and vaccinate their kids.
Face paint and screaming and hailing the rodent-prophesied winter? ✅
Afraid of fluoridated water? 🚫

This makes me snort every time I read it.
Thank you. My day needed that.

Ok, but are they mostly harmless? Because if they’re just obsessed with a large rodent and credulous about its predictive powers, I can let that slide.
Reality’s a terrifying place. A little harmless nonsense keeps the brain squelchy.
…they still vaccinate, though, right?

I’m not an archeologist, but I’d call that a crop top (short, midriff-baring), not a halter top (sleeveless, would hook behind neck).
Still a very cool outfit!

Your visual cortex was just seeing one possible future! I bet this chicken-of-the-woods would have been EXCELLENT on pizza. 🍕 🍄‍🟫

I’m extremely confident we have better counter-terrorism folks in our intelligence orgs and military. Who out there is like, “I am worried about terrorist action at the Olympics in Italy, better call the youngest and least-trained of the available agencies whose purview is almost entirely domestic”?

There are incels out there convinced they need to look like a Greek god and drive a supercar to have a woman like them.
Meanwhile, absolutely every man-attracted chick out there reads and instantly ovulates imagining this good soul and his functional vehicle helping neighbors for fun. Peak dude!

I’m so excited for you! Huzzah for re-discovery of low-tech joys!
The fact that you got a library card is a wonderful step too, and helps your local library show how important they are.
Woo! You are rocking 2026! 📖 📚

Heck yeah! Sold!

I gotchu!
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. Near future speculative, queer characters, and a great sequel. Author loves audio, so it’s written to be read aloud.

The Darkness Outside Us. Tense sci-fi. Great characters. Don’t want to say more for fear of spoilers.

Braiding Sweetgrass.

CD44 was first identified decades ago and has been known as an immune cell marker and cellular interaction receptor/mediator for nearly as long. The discovery is how it’s targeted by this virus.

Ooooooh, I know what factoid I’m bringing to zoo ophtho-pathology rounds next week!!!!
This is so neat!

It was hepatitis vaccines, I believe, but the effect on public health efforts for polio, hepatitis, and measles is measurable and so real I want to beat several of these deciders bloody with my bare hands.
People are dying of these preventable diseases, many of them kids, bc we wanted this “win”. 🤬

Just out of curiosity, has the pain and distress experienced by pregnant folks who don’t get pain relievers been shown to be ok? Because it seems like that might be a risk factor they’re just glossing over when telling people (for bad reasons) to avoid acetaminophen.

So handy, right?! Having a spirit level on-hand makes so many things less painful on my brain. (Though I hear there’s an app for that now.)
The fun thing is this is the same toolbox I got as a dorm-preparedness gift when I left for college. And, lo, it’s exactly the thing you want in your office.