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cg805on Frog-derived gut bacterium eradicates tumors in mice

It's like ozempic all over again! God bless the reptiles

Strategic competence and playing to your strengths is ok to me. Avoiding lots of bad decisions can sometimes be just as good as making some really good decisions.

cg805on L.A. Fires: We Can't Let Insurance Companies Exploit the Disaster

The article you linked is correct. Insurance companies can't price risk fairly here in CA because they need state regulator approval to increase rates. This is due to good old prop 103.

We should all be able to agree that the actuarial math backing their rates is good. What they do after when it comes to fighting policy payouts is another story

cg805on MDMA reopens child-like “critical periods” in the brain

> That doesn't sound stupid at all, our only biological purpose is reproduction.

Almost. Our second biological purpose is to stay alive, in order to have more babies.