There are many things which are relevant (or even astounding in nature), but few that are salient and critical path to prosecution of the argument at hand.
Even more scarce is the mind which can discern the difference, and why it is important.
Folleagues are finding ECDO obsequient monuments now...
Thanks, Lago - and thanks for your book order!
The Hardships That People Mask https://brownstone.org/articles/the-hardships-that-people-mask/ via @brownstoneinst
souverän ist wer über den ausnahmezustand entscheidet
In their 2025 Year in Review Editorial, JAMA editors reflect on a year of rapid change in medicine and public health, highlighting a continued commitment to rigorous evidence, global engagement, timely publication, and advancing scientific integrity to inform patient care.
https://ja.ma/3QBk9iL
A new Double Take video discusses the importance and benefits of a comprehensive patient-centered approach to treating older patients, and how such efforts can provide high-value care and improve the quality of life for this patient population. 📺 https://youtu.be/GXUr5NtzanU
In patients with symptomatic, severe tricuspid regurgitation treated in routine US practice, transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement resulted in high implant success, significant symptom relief, and health status gains.
https://ja.ma/4mnNBES
Untersuchung zu Southport-Morden: Eltern trugen Mitschuld https://www.nzz.ch/panorama/untersuchung-eltern-tragen-mitschuld-an-southport-morden-ld.1933449?utm_campaign=mrf-twitter-NZZ&mrfcid=2026041369da700176eb411b91297559
📢 There’s still time to register!
Join Ali Landman and her editorial team for a Lancet Webinar exploring our new journal – The Lancet Medical Imaging & Theranostics.
👉 Register: https://hubs.li/Q04byF3Y0
📆 Apr 30, 2026
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This is exactly the kind of hype and misrepresentation that has defined cancer research and oncology for decades.
After 40+ years of work and well over $100B in taxpayer funding, what’s being presented as a revolution is a survival improvement of about 6–7 months.
Patients don’t even get an additional birthday.
This is now being hyped by the biotech industry and amplified by academic scientists as if it represents some fundamental breakthrough. It doesn’t.
What’s even more concerning is that almost no one is calling this out. The same narrative gets repeated, the same approaches get reinforced, and the same cycle continues.
Billions of taxpayer dollars will continue to fund this. Venture capital will continue to flow into biotech companies built around these claims. Pharma will continue to allocate time and resources here. Healthcare expenses for the public will continue to be greater than ever.
Meanwhile, entire areas of cancer research and oncology practice—particularly early detection and prevention—remain neglected.
Another mystery bites the dust under ECDO Theory.
Shane Warne's son blames 'forced' Covid vaccine for death of cricket icon
https://www.gbnews.com/sport/shane-warnes-son-blames-forced-covid-vaccine-for-death-of-cricket-icon
Es ist beeindruckend, wie Merz wirklich jede Aussage als Oppositionsführer auf die Füße fällt. Schwätzer.
Were you harmed by the COVID vaccine?
In 2025 we tested 102 samples of honey for hidden sweeteners. Most honey passed the test—but even a small amount of fraud matters.
We’re staying vigilant to protect the integrity of your food.
https://www.fda.gov/food/hfp-constituent-updates/fda-releases-fy25-sampling-results-economically-motivated-adulteration-honey
After @ProfNFenton finally got his hacked account back recently they locked him out a week later and, despite him having a blue tick account with 2-factor authentication they keep saying they cannot verify his account.
Presented at #SIR26TOR:
Among patients with moderate or severe PTS, the addition of endovascular therapy to standard care resulted in less severe PTS and better quality of life at 6 months than standard care alone but with a higher risk of bleeding. Full phase 3 C-TRACT trial results: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2519001
Editorial: Stenting for Post-Thrombotic Syndrome — A Step Forward https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2603048
@SIRspecialists
"Eine SPD-Politikerin aus Hannover hat mehr als eine Million Euro Steuergeld für einen Verein eingeworben, der wohl weitgehend in der Hand von Familienmitgliedern war. Jetzt ist er insolvent."
@RBingener, @faznet
https://www.faz.net/aktuell/spd-in-hannover-vorwuerfe-gegen-huelya-iri-200719619.html
Powerful openness. Hardships That People Mask https://brownstone.org/articles/the-hardships-that-people-mask/ via @brownstoneinst
Psychologen untersuchen das «Kindheitstrauma» von Chatbots, und Firmen schreiben ihren KI-Modellen Verfassungen. Doch hinter KI steckt keine Seele, sondern Statistik. Sie braucht keine Erziehung, sondern Kontrolle. https://www.nzz.ch/meinung/das-maerchen-vom-maschinenwesen-warum-wir-aufhoeren-muessen-von-chatbots-zu-reden-als-waeren-sie-persoenlichkeiten-ld.1926785?utm_campaign=mrf-twitter-NZZ&mrfcid=2026041369da700176eb411b91297558
The best of Megyn Kelly’s flip-flops, hypocrisy, and expert-level grifting.
Great comment from reader:
“Rural life in the United States is a more complex thing than the stories that people tell to feel a certain way about themselves. There are large swaths of half decayed towns that have barely managed to scratch out an existence for decades now. They would be the full-on ghost towns but for the substantial state and federal transfer payments, of which there are now a thousand different varieties.
Also, people don't scratch and claw through as competitive a process of education and credentialing as exists in the world to sit in, say, Clayton, New Mexico waiting for the few cardiac events that will statistically occur per year to the otherwise unserved population within a 90-minute drive. You literally cannot make that lifestyle worth the while of anyone but an imaginary eccentric cardiologist-cum-antelope hunter who drove hard through a couple of decades of advanced training to reach personal Nirvana at precisely the right time to sit quietly on the high plains for 90+% of his or her time waiting for that cardiac event that requires all that training, equipment, support staff and facilities. Advanced cardiology is an amazing miracle of technology and human capital that is limited by more than just cost. The vast geography of the American West doesn't have an analog in the developed world, and you can't "fix" it with funding or punditry. Some people see living that lifestyle as worth it, with full knowledge of the trade-offs. Others see any trade-off as an excuse to invoke the political hobgoblins that keep them in power. Here we are...”
Die Reisebüros haben einen schwarzen März erlebt. Jetzt nutzen sie den Waffenstillstand, um günstige Angebote für das östliche Mittelmeer vorzubereiten. https://www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/wer-nach-spanien-in-die-ferien-will-sollte-jetzt-buchen-wegen-des-iran-kriegs-wird-die-planung-der-sommerferien-zur-knobelaufgabe-ld.1933120?utm_campaign=mrf-twitter-NZZ&mrfcid=2026041369da700176eb411b91297557
BREAKING: The S&P 500 erases all losses and turns green on the day as the US begins its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
I'm joined by @jburnmurdoch to discuss AI's impact on the economy, the widening ideological divide, declining birth rates, and the affordability crisis that's creating some of the most extreme demographic distributions of wealth & opportunity in history.
https://hiddenforces.io/podcasts/who-wins-and-who-loses-in-the-ai-economy-john-burn-murdoch/
That image is what happens when Paula White is your personal pastor and people around you are continually comparing you to Christ. Trump desperately needs to understand the bad news that precedes the Good News: you are a helpless sinner in desperate need of a Savior, as we all once were.
Among low-income patients with hypertension, a multifaceted, team-based strategy resulted in a greater reduction in systolic blood pressure than enhanced usual care. Full IMPACTS-BP trial results and Research Summary: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2504068
💬 Viewpoint: Judicial decisions narrowing the “skinny label” pathway for generics threaten affordable medicines and reduce timely competition for multi-indication drugs.
https://ja.ma/4cFKtks
This Teachable Moment describes how traditional titration protocols for patients with #fentanyl use disorder may be inadequate for patients with frequent, high-dose, or high-potency #opioid use.
https://ja.ma/4mqvwWN
Diese Information zur Corona-Enquetekommission wurde bisher 52 Millionen mal aufgerufen, ein großer Erfolg. Das Thema Impftote wird uns noch lange beschäftigen.
Die Regierung will die Bürger entlasten, indem sie die #Energiesteuer senkt. Tatsächlich setzt sie damit nur einen kleinen Teil der Abgaben aus, die der Staat ständig erhöht – und erzählt uns zugleich Märchen von gierigen Mineralölkonzernen. #Benzinpreise https://www.cicero.de/wirtschaft/spritpreisbremse-der-17-cent-trick-der-bundesregierung
🚨🇬🇧 They’re not documenting London’s “decline.” They’re manufacturing it.
New GLA research found that:
🔺“London in decline” narratives have surged by 150–200% in just two years.
🔺Migration-related content is up 350%.
And this isn’t happening organically. The push is being driven by coordinated networks:
🔺UK far-right ‘patriot’ accounts
🔺Russian and Chinese state-aligned bot operations
🔺MAGA-adjacent outrage merchants like Tommy Robinson and Adam Brooks
One Vietnamese network reportedly used AI-generated imagery and fake local news branding to build an audience of more than a million followers.
Meanwhile, London’s homicide rate is at its lowest level on record.
So no, this is not fearless truth-telling or “citizen journalism.”
It’s narrative engineering, disinformation dressed up as reporting.
[SOURCE: GLA/BBC, April 2026]
Im moralischen Überbietungswettbewerb unserer Tage beruft man sich gern auf seine Haltung, als wäre diese etwas in Stein Gemeisseltes. Was immer auch Haltung ist, sie muss sich stetig im Spannungsfeld zwischen Standhaftigkeit und Selbstkorrektur bewähren. https://www.nzz.ch/meinung/das-prinzip-verantwortung-haltung-darf-nicht-zum-dogmatismus-werden-ld.1927460?utm_campaign=mrf-twitter-NZZ&mrfcid=2026041369da700176eb411b91297556
Eine Hackergruppe hat das Fernheizwerk Neukölln attackiert. Dabei wurden Daten erbeutet und nun erste Dokumente im Darknet veröffentlicht – darunter Geheimhaltungsvereinbarungen, Compliance-Fälle und Zielvereinbarungen. Es könnte noch schlimmer kommen. https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/plus69dcbd15246b3860d5024f4e/nach-cyberattacke-hacker-veroeffentlichen-sensible-daten-von-berliner-heizkraftwerk-im-darknet.html
Erst scheinmutig auftreten, dann zurückrudern: Was man anfangs noch als Ausrutscher ansehen konnte, hat sich inzwischen als Handlungsmuster von Friedrich #Merz entpuppt. Innenpolitisch ist das lähmend, außenpolitisch brandgefährlich.
Artikel lesen: https://shortlink.uk/1nnMc
Eric Swalwell is now facing an expulsion vote in the House because of the sexual misconduct accusations against him. There have been 268 settlements for workplace disputes, including for sexual misconduct,
totaling $17 million in taxpayer money. In March 2026, the House voted to cover up the names of members paying to settle sexual misconduct claims. Why are the names of those members being covered up?
Man kann so eine Steuer-Ermäßigung auf zwei Arten machen.
Wenn man politisches Talent hat, wie zB. Meloni - Klar die Notwendigkeit und das Bedüfnis der Bevölkerung erkennen und handeln. Aura.
Wenn man politisch kein Talent hat, wie zB. Merz, dann zerredet man es, prüft, lehnt ab, zaudert, streitet macht es dann doch. Dann hat man im Endeffekt die gleiche Steuersenkung, aber Minus -1000 Aura.
Ganz schön doof.
Viktor Orban hat die Wahlen in Ungarn verloren. Die Niederlage straft all diejenigen Lügen, die behauptet hatten, das Land sei gar keine Demokratie mehr. In Magyars überzeugendem Sieg liegt aber auch die Gefahr eines Trugschlusses. https://www.nzz.ch/meinung/ungarn-erfolg-der-opposition-gegen-orban-ist-ein-sieg-ueber-die-angst-ld.1933372?utm_campaign=mrf-twitter-NZZ&mrfcid=2026041369da700176eb411b91297555
"Ich habe den Eindruck, dass viele, die als Demokratie-Schützer auftreten, staatlich oder selbsternannt im zivilgesellschaftlichen Bereich, ein Demokratieverständnis haben, das nicht mit dem des Grundgesetzes übereinstimmt."
Prof. Hans-Jürgen Papier, @welt👇
I was disciplined by my barristers chamber for sending a tweet that while the authorities cared only about the narrative, I cared about the little girls
They ruined my holiday with my child to do it, forcing me out, losing the career I had fought so hard for
I feel vindicated