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Chagas disease, long considered only a threat abroad, is established in California and the Southern U.S.

“The disease is definitely underdiagnosed,” said Hernandez, the Kaiser cardiologist.
“If we screened for it and caught it early, most patients could be cured.

The problem is we don’t, and people end up dying or requiring terrifically expensive care,” including organ transplants and surgery.

latimes.com/science/story/2025…

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@Chuck Darwin
The Kissing Bug isn't the only Assassin Bug type to beware of because their bites are as painful as bee stings. They have a similar body build, so learn to identify them when you see them. Kissing Bug, Assassin Bug, Wheel Bug etc.
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Thank you for reminding/informing us about Chagas disease, Chuck!

To learn more, there's a good article by the World Health Organization:
who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/…
It's a nice summary, and available without the LA Times firewall.

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p.s. It's interesting that a possible explanation of your namesake's persistent health problems after his explorations in Argentina was a Trypanosoma cruzi infection (Chagas disease). I bet you knew that, but maybe it's interesting news for some.


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if you don't walk in there and say "IT'S TIME TO SHRED" you're doing it wrong
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Why is an Oklahoma representative who resigned over domestic abuse still in office?
koco.com/article/law-allows-st…

#Oklahoma

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Climate scientists find errors in a new DOE climate report : NPR

More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science. — Read on www.npr.org/2025/09/02/nx-s1-5521384/energy-report-scientists-climate-change

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Climate scientists find errors in a new DOE climate report : NPR


More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.
— Read on www.npr.org/2025/09/02/nx-s1-5521384/energy-report-scientists-climate-change

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Good one and there’s a couple of hurricanes brewing out there right now.

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The federal judge let Google off the hook in the antitrust case that the company supposedly lost. He said no to any serious remedy. And he indirectly killed Mozilla (Firefox and Thunderbird).

A good day for Google, and a terrible day for what's left of the open web.

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0…

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This total bullshit where monopolies are permitted is a big part of why everything is terrible.
Exploiting people, whether consumers or workers, is unethical and wrong.

There are too many mediocre men on judicial benches and seats of power.

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how is this bad for Firefox/Thunderbird? I don’t see that elaborated in the article.

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Israel says that, as imperial Britain did not specify political rights for Palestinians, only Jews have a right to sovereignty over Palestine from the river to the sea.

That's the century-long argument stemming from the Balfour declaration of 1917.

And the EU's Josep Borrell agreed.

archive.is/x7aeR

#USPol #DisplacementReplacement #UKPol #Europol #Palestine #Balfour #Zionism #Imperialism #Racism #BDS @palestine .

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Idk that that's the point. I thought the poster might be alluding to Jewish powerbrokers. I was trying to point out that power and money is not confined to one group.

The letter was addressed to Rothschild, and the British started bringing Eastern European Jews to Palestine after ww1 finished. They had long planned it.

British & American Christian Zionists were very influential.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfou…

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@DrALJONES
The British public was outraged at the time it was issued, though, and whatever the UK did in that regard was on the QT. Britain was operating under the League of Nations' -issued Palestine Mandate but that was the extent of it at the time.

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You may want to organize to have your city, town, or county adopt the sort of position that Worcester, MA has, prohibiting municipal cooperation with ICE. Here is a link to the Worcester executive order, opendata.worcesterma.gov/docum… and here is the policy directive that implements the executive order, opendata.worcesterma.gov/docum…. These documents can be templates for your municipality.
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Thanks for this. My local community has something of a "non-assistance without a warrant" policy (I think) and is limited to emergency or safety assistance.

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"The proposed 211-mile industrial road over pristine land would allow a mining company to reach a copper deposit. Critics say it would destroy a fragile environment."

House Votes to Advance Ambler Access Road in Alaska - The New York Times

nytimes.com/2025/09/03/climate…

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Western U.S. states have formed a health alliance. It would be great if #NewMexico, #Colorado and other states joined in. This is blue state power and efficacy.
thehill.com/policy/healthcare/…

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Could you please issue visas for those of us in Idaho?

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Thinking lots today.
The weather is dreary.
I feel the relationships of people I care about starting to fray from the constant assault on their well being. Frustrations are not always hidden well.
The thing is we should remember we are stronger and more able to weather the weather together.
Being the elder I find myself in a good place to deliver the reminder.
I am not shy about bringing up the fact the Wailaki part of our family has been surviving against all odds for a really long time. Not a small achievement.
I love my family dearly.
Flowers from my daughter's front yard taken before we left to go protest together.

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Sometimes letting frustrations be acknowledged and expressed is good, provided they are not at anotother's expense.
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@ted_duffield
I think it was clear at our family lunch the other day that the young people in our family struggle to feel optimistic about their future. I am trying to keep the conversation going so they don't feel like their feelings are unwarranted or unheard.

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“Your wind-up racist Grandfather”

A favourite quote from an aboriginal twitter mate. 👣🪃 I 🤣 when ever I see the former PM in the news, then 😢realise the damage done by his type in power. #Straya

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europesays.com/2382771/ Bay Area woman used AI to successfully appeal health insurance claim denial #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #HealthCare

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Do you need a subscription to see these, or do you just need to have the skills to know what you are doing?
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@EugestShirley
For now, go to nhc.noaa.gov/ pick your ocean and then you can click on your hurricane of interest.

The page made possible because of our tax dollars funding the national weather service. So Trump & Project 2025 have already tried to destroy it.

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#TranslatedFromTheRepublican

"Koch Network & Heritage Foundation are strategizing a rapid response malign influence campaign for hurricane denial & wildfire denial.

It goes with the covid denial, climate denial, election denial, Epstein abuse denial, religious abuse denial, & vaccine denial.

It's not easy convincing folks to deny the evidence of their own eyes."

goodreads.com/quotes/8205321-t…

npr.org/sections/health-shots/…

blog.ucs.org/elliott-negin/its…

theguardian.com/environment/20…

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales: Home schooling almost triples since Covid.

"A total of 7,176 children in Wales were home schooled last year, the highest number on record, compared with 2,517 in 2018-19, although this is less than 2% of children in Wales."

Source: archive.md/o8yTr

@auscovid19

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Super excited to see my first Monarch chrysalis up close, hanging right next to the completely munched-up butterfly weed. That golden thread is just gorgeous, but this photo doesn't do it justice. Hoping to catch another photo when it starts to emerge.
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From my subdivision. A couple of people seem to have an unspoken competition. I find it amazing. They are really into it, counting males/females.
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The commenters who said the chrysalis looked like it had a parasite were probably right: That thing never grew any more after that and doesn't look much different or bigger now.
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that sucks. i have like A MILKWEED in my backyard that attracts them. i kind of want to encourage some to grow somewhere that wouldn't end up causing a problem. i am not a yard person and my landscaper is great she's used to me asking questions like "where should we put some weeds"

it looks like a wasp got her to me. the spots are probably exit wounds.

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The chrysalis doesn't get bigger. Over the next 10-15 days it will become more and more transparent, you will be able go see the squished up Monarch inside.

Source: My mom and sister search milkweed plants for eggs and caterpillars, keep them safe until the become butterflies.




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Oklahoma State Board of Education meets without Superintendent Ryan Walters. This is the first time the Board has met since Walters appeared on an official Zoom call while a porn movie played on a screen behind him. 👀
#oklahoma
#ryanwalters koco.com/article/oklahoma-boar…

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As Trump appealed to his SCOTUS pals, an #Epstein survivor tried to appeal to Trump for help in an interview with Lawrence O’Donnell. She voted for Trump.

“Trump appeals to the Supreme Court to preserve his sweeping tariffs” nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-c…

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I cannot agree with her vote, but her abuse experience is not to be judged by her voting record.

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europesays.com/2382721/ Pipeline Safety: Know What’s Below #GasPrice #LiquefiedNaturalGas #lng #LNGPrice #NaturalGas

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CSU professor charged with assaulting U.S. agents with their own tear gas
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-09-03/csu-professor-charged-with-throwing-tear-gas-at-federal-agents-during-pot-farm-raid?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into California @california-LATimes

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Ambulance carrying a crash victim crashes in L.A., drawing a crash investigator — who also crashes
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-09-03/lafd-ambulance-crashes-in-la-drawing-crash-investigator-who-also-crashes?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into California @california-LATimes

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@cobalt123
Fankoos 🫶🏻 yeah my friends, especially him, loved Arwen so much! 💜 It will be weird to open "the bag" to get some of her ashes out to put in the heart. But it also feels like a small part of her would love to be with them. So it also feels like the right thing. Even if it sounds a bit weird... 😔


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Home prices grow at slowest pace in two years, reflecting ‘extraordinarily weak’ demand, per MW

#news #finance #economics #stocks #options

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In June, U.S. home prices logged their weakest growth since 2023, rising at a slower pace than inflation and signaling a cooling housing market.

Read more: t.co/moTheFRVYA

#news #finance #economics #stocks #options

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f(x,y) = ((~((y | y) - (y / 9))) | (((y + x) / (-y)) - ((~x) / (x / x)))) % 7

Extent: 256x256 (scaled x2)

"Onebit" colouring scheme.

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I guess Sept 2nd is as close to an anniversary we have for Monkey Island. I made the gold master on the 2nd but it probably didn't appear in stores until Oct. There was no "release date" back them. It annoys we when people say Monkey Island "released" today.

grumpygamer.com/monkey25/

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Are these the disks for the Amiga version, or for the Atari version? Or is it the same source, with `#ifdef`s, to distinguish the platforms?
in reply to 𝓒𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓯 𝓓𝓸𝓷𝓪𝓽

@cdonat Always amusing to hear this. The game was made for the PC and later ported to the Amiga and ST. During the entire production of MI I never used a Amiga or ST.
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i have such great memories at this game! Played it when I was young from floppies!

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Important poll!

Which of our famous foods should Chicagoans throw at the Texas National Guard that is, allegedly, being sent here to restore law and order?

  • Beef sandwich (7%, 19 votes)
  • Deep dish pizza slice (28%, 69 votes)
  • Chicago style hot dog (35%, 84 votes)
  • Maxwell Street Polish, extra onions (18%, 44 votes)
  • Jibarito (2%, 5 votes)
  • Other (suggest in comments) (7%, 18 votes)
239 voters. Poll end: 6 days ago

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Hey chat.

Looks like I didn't post my usual good morning greeting. Apologies for that. The last 2 days I've been doing errands and helping out my Father.

How are you?

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LGBTQ+ history in schools: Don Romesburg built the curriculum. Now it’s being rapidly dismantled.

archive.ph/gxUeN

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@Axios
Trump's name likely was mentioned, but in the loo amongst a titter of chuckles.

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Ugh: “Trump’s DOJ seeks voting equipment in Missouri ahead of 2026 election” electionlawblog.org/?p=151915

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SIROCCO 2026 Call for Papers
sirocco2026.webspace.durham.ac…

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