Checking in: I've been having a much too interesting time the last few weeks, with a total of 17 days in hospital since August 18. I had a right hemicolectomy, which seemed to go well, but I ended up with the complication of an abscess the size of a golf ball which put me back in hospital for 12 days. I just got home a couple of hours ago.

The surgery was due to numerous strange growths that were not cancerous - yet. Considering that my mother died from bowel cancer and so did one of her brothers the surgeon strongly urged taking preventive action before things took a turn for the worse. I don't regret that, but wow, the abscess was a complication I wouldn't wish on anyone. Oh well, I think I'm over the worst of it ... and I'm giving thanks that Canada doesn't do copays!

I've lost a lot of strength, and will have much work to do to rebuild.

Wish me luck!

My advice to anyone with similar concerns: get your SEO and other optimizations in the best order you know how, then turn your energies to other promotions.

Re profitability of social traffic ... in my experience it makes a big difference whether it comes from your own efforts to gin up social traffic or comes from users sharing your products with their friends. The latter has much higher value.

Make it easy for users to share your stuff.

Help me understand: What would be the mechanism(s) by which AI might kill us so quickly?

Rogue microbe design comes to mind - anything else?

As someone who lives in Kola, Manitoba that headline sure caught my attention!

Close to total, visible in the western hemisphere:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-see-the-2026-blood-moon-eclipse-this-week/

Man builds supersonic trebuchet in his backyard

https://www.popsci.com/technology/supersonic-trebuchet-video/

I heard that Trump is going to rename it "Biden's Fault".

Highly, highly recommended reading:

http://www.theearthquakebook.com

I read an earlier edition, not the latest update, but it was one of the finest pieces of technical writing I've ever across.

>> less stuff

I buy fewer things, but better quality. Total spend is comparable.

>> dietary compounds that manage the cellular environment—specifically by reducing systemic neuroinflammation and oxidative stress—which allows your brain's natural genetic machinery to express Sox9 optimally

That's a much closer answer for what I was wondering.

Thanks, RC!

My question asked what foods would support Sox9 in my brain, which isn't quite the same as asking what foods or supplements contain it.

When the body makes Sox9, it's not conjured up from thin air, it's made from building blocks within our systems. I'm curious to know if we can do anything to optimize that.

Okay, so what foods would support Sox9 in my brain?

Preview how an URL will look when shared on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Find missing meta tags and fix your social previews.

https://ogpix-pi.vercel.app/checker

I removed Chrome from my Mac a couple of weeks ago. This article makes me glad that I did.

Martha Stewart went to prison for a lot less.