death tribble Posted February 29 Report Share Posted February 29 This is one for the Brits. Hairy Bikers star Dave Myers dies aged 66 He had been diagnosed with cancer two years ago. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68433675 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted February 29 Report Share Posted February 29 A major fire in Bangladesh kills 43 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-68442375 Cygnia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 How the late Bob's Red Mill founder avoided selling out to a food giant and instead transferred ownership to his 700 employees Cygnia, Pariah and Old Man 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 My Dad has celiac disease and buys quite a bit of Bob's Red Mill gluten-free products. I've had them, and they taste like actual food—not always the case with gluten-free stuff. RIP, Bob. Bazza 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 One reason I posted it, is that I’ve been reading on Distributism and this story entails, in part, what it is about: to distribute means of production (and capital) to the many, not the few. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShomshak Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 Does anyone, anywhere, still take seriously the rule about not ending a sentence with a preposition? Merriam-Webster officially declares it to be bunk. https://www.npr.org/2024/03/01/1235354975/prepositions-are-permissible-now-will-english-language-be-ok Plus, the wit of Winston Churchill, and host Ari Shapiro speed-recites all the English prepositions in alphabetical order. Dean Shomshak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted March 3 Report Share Posted March 3 Alzheimer's Might Not Actually Be a Brain Disease, Expert Reveals Quote For years, scientists have been focused on trying to come up with new treatments for Alzheimer's by preventing the formation of brain-damaging clumps of this mysterious protein called beta-amyloid. In fact, we scientists have arguably got ourselves into a bit of an intellectual rut concentrating almost exclusively on this approach, often neglecting or even ignoring other possible explanations. Regrettably, this dedication to studying the abnormal protein clumps has not translated into a useful drug or therapy. The need for a new "out-of-the-clump" way of thinking about Alzheimer's is emerging as a top priority in brain science. My laboratory at the Krembil Brain Institute, part of the University Health Network in Toronto, is devising a new theory of Alzheimer's disease. Based on our past 30 years of research, we no longer think of Alzheimer's as primarily a disease of the brain. Rather, we believe that Alzheimer's is principally a disorder of the immune system within the brain. The immune system, found in every organ in the body, is a collection of cells and molecules that work in harmony to help repair injuries and protect from foreign invaders. When a person trips and falls, the immune system helps to mend the damaged tissues. When someone experiences a viral or bacterial infection, the immune system helps in the fight against these microbial invaders. The exact same processes are present in the brain. When there is head trauma, the brain's immune system kicks into gear to help repair. When bacteria are present in the brain, the immune system is there to fight back. We believe that beta-amyloid is not an abnormally produced protein, but rather is a normally occurring molecule that is part of the brain's immune system. It is supposed to be there. When brain trauma occurs or when bacteria are present in the brain, beta-amyloid is a key contributor to the brain's comprehensive immune response. And this is where the problem begins. Because of striking similarities between the fat molecules that make up both the membranes of bacteria and the membranes of brain cells, beta-amyloid cannot tell the difference between invading bacteria and host brain cells, and mistakenly attacks the very brain cells it is supposed to be protecting. This leads to a chronic, progressive loss of brain cell function, which ultimately culminates in dementia – all because our body's immune system cannot differentiate between bacteria and brain cells. When regarded as a misdirected attack by the brain's immune system on the very organ it is supposed to be defending, Alzheimer's disease emerges as an autoimmune disease. Old Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 4 Report Share Posted March 4 Mass jailbreak in Haiti as 3,700 prisoners escape in co-ordinated attacks on two prisons. Curfew in place in the capital https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-68462851 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted March 4 Report Share Posted March 4 ‘Tumblemageddon’: thousands of tumbleweeds roll into Utah towns Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted March 6 Report Share Posted March 6 Family uses Oreo cookies to help lure 450-pound pig named Kevin Bacon back to his home Starlord and Tom Cowan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted March 6 Report Share Posted March 6 1 minute ago, Cygnia said: Family uses Oreo cookies to help lure 450-pound pig named Kevin Bacon back to his home Oreo cookies bring home the Bacon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoloOfEarth Posted March 6 Report Share Posted March 6 Oreo cookies > Sweets > Munchies > Pigging out > Pig > Bacon > Kevin Bacon. There's your seven degrees of separation. Ranxerox, Starlord and Pariah 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted March 7 Report Share Posted March 7 (edited) Tony Bennett, Jazzy Crooner of the American Songbook, Is Dead at 96 ETA: OK, this happened last year -- for some reason, we thought it happened yesterday... Edited March 7 by Cygnia Cancer and Old Man 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 7 Report Share Posted March 7 I have been caught out like that before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 7 Report Share Posted March 7 Still too soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 The Razzies have been announced. Megan Fox and Stallone won awards but the biggest winner was a film re-imagining Winnie the Pooh and Piglet as serial killers. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68510904 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 (edited) I could definitely see Piglet as a serial killer. Pooh Bear no way, but it would take just a little nudge in the right direction to turn Piglet to the dark side. Edited March 9 by Starlord Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 Back in ancient times (late 90's in college), there was a bit called "Pooh Goes Ape[BLEEP]" making the early internet rounds... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 Sweden joins NATO https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68509301 Cygnia and tkdguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 Hey dudes. DShomshak, Old Man and tkdguy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 11 Report Share Posted March 11 Why they joined Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 11 Report Share Posted March 11 It feels like it is Tom Cruise’s Oscars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 11 Report Share Posted March 11 Here are the Oscar results. Oppenheimer wins big. Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Director https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68530809 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted March 11 Report Share Posted March 11 “Disgraceful”: Messy ToS update allegedly locks Roku devices until users give in unclevlad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted March 11 Report Share Posted March 11 I had a Roku TV...for a very short time. Didn't like it; the app was, IIRC, very poor. Then I think the power supply failed. Not worth replacing. Then this? Yeah, this is getting reported by many tech media outlets. It's all but blackmail...changing the fundamental terms after the fact, and making my device unusable unless I accept them? Feh! Forget it. Roku, you're out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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