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#30801 Azath Vitr (D'ivers

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Posted Yesterday, 12:21 PM

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Experts warn that a fatal "zombie deer" disease could soon jump to humans.

[...] chronic wasting disease (CWD), which is typically fatal to every animal it infects [...] confusion, weakness, drooling, and neurological issues.

[...] since the infected pigs might have caught the disease by eating infected meat, this raises concerns about our own meat consumption—especially since the proteins causing the disease only become more concentrated when cooked.

Experts Warn 'Zombie Deer' Disease Could Jump to Humans

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NATURE: "Neurological post-COVID syndrome is associated with substantial impairment of verbal short-term and working memory"

Neuroscientist Danielle Beckman @ DaniBeckman:

"These numbers are crazy. A generation of young people with dementia waits for us in the near future, and we are not prepared for that."

"Given the recent data showing vaccination helps against severe Covid, but not against its neurological consequences,

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Paper:

https://www.nature.c...598-025-85919-x

https://x.com/DaniBeckman

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About 5.3% of American adults reported having current long Covid symptoms when the CDC last conducted a survey from August to September, and 17.9% reported ever having long Covid.

"Preventing this disease in anybody, no matter how healthy you are, is a really good thing," [...] "It's not just a matter of feeling ill. It's doing bad things to you that we can't fully understand."

[...] "The Covid pandemic is still ongoing. It's still dangerous,"

Covid surges across US after holidays amid low booster uptake

... and of course almost no one else around here is wearing a mask (much less one that's likely to be highly effective), even in crowded indoor spaces.

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#30802 QuickTidal

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Posted Yesterday, 06:56 PM

David Lynch and Bob Ueker both died.

Both related to their lifelong smoking. But Ueker made it to 90, Lynch was only 78.

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#30803 worry

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Posted Yesterday, 07:12 PM

Gosh dang. I mostly know Uecker from comedy, not sports, but he was a really funny guy.
Lynch -- dunno what to say. He was a master. TP: The Return is straight up one of the best things I've ever seen, so to go out on that note is as good as one could ask for. I went to college in L.A. and got to see a sneak preview of Mulholland Drive on campus. Aside from Dune, that was the first Lynch thing I'd ever seen (didn't watch Twin Peaks during its original run), and I was mesmerized. And while not strictly horror, it gave me the single biggest jump scare I've ever had.

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#30804 QuickTidal

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Posted Yesterday, 07:17 PM

I accept that he was one of the greats, but I dislike ALL his work. I've never gotten the attraction. I've seen at least 4 or 5 of his films and the only one I can come close to stomaching is DUNE. Twin Peaks made me angry.

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#30805 amphibian

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Posted Yesterday, 08:25 PM

His movies were much closer to like... alt reality in which aliens attempt to be people than they were people doing story things we're more used to.

Cool things, totally get how people bounce off them.

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Posted Today, 12:42 PM

amphibian, on 16 January 2025 - 08:25 PM, said:

That's a REALLY succinct way to describe them Amph. Well said. All my film friends are bereft at losing him.

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#30807 Tiste Simeon

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Posted Today, 12:50 PM

I've just realised I don't think I've ever seen anything he's made (I think I watched Dune when I was a teenager - did it have Sting in it?)

What's a good starting point? Mulholland Drive?

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I Scream
You Scream
We all Scream
For I Scream.

#30808 Tsundoku

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Posted Today, 01:18 PM

Tiste Simeon, on 17 January 2025 - 12:50 PM, said:

What's a good starting point?

Copious amounts of hallucinogens.

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#30809 QuickTidal

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Posted Today, 01:31 PM

Tiste Simeon, on 17 January 2025 - 12:50 PM, said:

I've just realised I don't think I've ever seen anything he's made (I think I watched Dune when I was a teenager - did it have Sting in it?)

What's a good starting point? Mulholland Drive?

My film friends all say BLUE VELVET is the best place to start.

Fair warning though, it's deeply fucked up....sexual and violence content abound really.

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#30810 worry

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Posted Today, 02:04 PM

I'd say watch The Straight Story. It's not like a key to his other more art-house movies or anything like that, it's just really good and wholesome.

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#30811 Slow Ben

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Posted Today, 02:24 PM

Howard Cosell to Bob Uecker:

I’ll bet you don’t even know what truculent means?

Bob: Sure I do, if I borrow your truck, it’s a truculent.

Time for a rewatch of Twin Peaks.

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#30812 Abyss

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Posted Today, 02:44 PM

Tiste Simeon, on 17 January 2025 - 12:50 PM, said:

I've just realised I don't think I've ever seen anything he's made (I think I watched Dune when I was a teenager - did it have Sting in it?)

What's a good starting point? Mulholland Drive?

did it have Sting in it?
did it have STING in it??
DID IT HAVE STING IN IT???????

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