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Honestly, I wasn't expecting mythology to be linked to this discovery. But you did it very nicely.

This article is a response to this Sunday NYT article on education, which has been shared very widely: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/magazine/ny-public-school...

The two authors had opposite experiences in some ways, one in New York City and one in Washington DC, and this second article goes into some of the education policies that seem to be working in DC.

It looks like the signal they found is intermittent aldosterone surges (especially during sleep). A single daytime blood test would miss this pattern.

He has done a lot for affordability with Cost Plus Drugs.

Also good for time-based deals (for example, happy hour specials) where businesses really do want to get more customers in the door at certain times.

Broader awareness of mental health was good. But pathologizing every struggle weakens our capacity to confront hardship, grow, and flourish. I have to believe there's some better middle ground here.

For what it's worth, there's a separate Medicare program that caps out-of-pocket drug costs. Just launched this year. So I read this change as re-allocating budget rather than giving up on drug pricing.

True enough, but there are Alzheimer's drugs in development: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/07/260711010118.h...

Interesting that they're starting with a screen less device. Is this because it's the right form factor, or just because it's easier to ship compared something that has a display, touch screen, etc?