Participants self-reported depressive, anxiety symptoms, suicidal ideation, and milk tea addiction symptoms including milk tea consumption, dependence, guilty feelings, withdrawal, tolerance, unable to stop, craving, and intention to stop. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165032723010820?via%3Dihub

Kamala’s Coconut Jubilee is coconut flavored, layered with caramel and topped with red, white and blue star sprinkles.

https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2024/09/13/ben---jerry-s-kamala-harris-ice-cream-flavor

A new educational video game called “Mooving Cows,” which gives dairy workers and anyone interested the opportunity to practice cow handling skills, is now publicly available to download and play. https://news.cals.wisc.edu/2024/01/25/mooving-cows-video-game-teaches-proper-cow-handling-skills/

TSMC’s first Arizona chips are now in production, and Apple is ready to be the first cab off the rank with mobile processors made using the foundry’s 5nm process. https://timculpan.substack.com/p/apple-mobile-processors-are-now-made

The Getty Vocabularies, published by the Getty Research Institute, “contain structured terminology for art, architecture, decorative arts, archival materials, visual surrogates, art conservation, and bibliographic materials.” https://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/index.html

Before he conceived of Peter Pan, J. M. Barrie decided it was time to grow up and quit smoking. He justifies this decision in My Lady Nicotine: A Study in Smoke (originally published in 1890), which begins with a common trio of arguments against substance addiction. https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/my-lady-nicotine/

The 20 tech companies that have cut the most jobs this year so far. Spoiler: The top three are Dell, Intel, and Tesla. https://www.bestbrokers.com/stock-brokers/2024-tech-layoffs-over-200000-jobs-slashed-globally-since-january/

"In a study of six users, the earring outperformed a smartwatch at sensing skin temperature during periods of rest. It also showed promise for monitoring signs of stress, eating, exercise and ovulation." https://www.washington.edu/news/2024/02/07/smart-earrings-can-monitor-temperature/

perfection.

Surf the web like it's 1999 https://billsworld.neocities.org/

Two cannibals are eating a clown.
One turns to the other and says, "Does this taste funny to you?"

> Biden shared his thoughts and reflections on these subjects and more in a wide-ranging sit-down interview with the Washington Blade on Sept. 12 in the Oval Office, which marked the first time in which an LGBTQ newspaper has conducted an exclusive interview with a sitting U.S. president.

Regarding book bans: “These guys want to erase history instead of make history.”

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/09/16/the-washington-blade-interviews-president-joe-biden/

First-ever mRNA vaccine halts pancreatic cancer in its tracks

"Importantly, these patients demonstrated delayed recurrence of their pancreatic cancers, providing tantalizing evidence that the T cells activated by the vaccines may be effectively holding the cancer at bay."
https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/first-ever-mrna-vaccine-halts-pancreatic-cancer-in-its-tracks/

I lost my thesaurus the other day. I couldn't find the words to describe how I felt.

A tee-hee of the afternoon...
I was visiting my daughter and son-in-law last night when I asked if I could borrow a newspaper.

This is the 21st century, she sniffed. We don't waste money on newspapers. Here, you can borrow my iPad.

I can tell you, that bloody fly never knew what hit him.....

"Fiber optic cables that line ocean floors could provide a less expensive, more comprehensive alternative to the current buoys that act as early warning systems for tsunamis, says a University of Michigan researcher." https://news.umich.edu/fiber-optic-cables-effective-way-to-detect-tsunamis/

9 Unforgettable Breakup Letters From History
https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/best-breakup-letters-history

This is hard reading, but it helps to understand what's going on. Sort of.

"I started going to rallies this year because I wanted to talk with people face-to-face in hopes of understanding their points of view. I have discovered how unique of a phenomenon Trump rallies are — and what you see on TV isn’t even close to the full story."
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-rallies-mainstream-media_n_66e07063e4b0f6ea72e2b59c

"We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the Complete Works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true."--Robert Wilensky, University of California

Within a few years, the fleet will have expanded to 60,000, most of them electric models, serving as the Postal Service’s primary delivery truck from Maine to Hawaii. https://apnews.com/article/postal-service-next-generation-delivery-vehicle-a2ebbfc7afec0eea2e036eef93bee4d9