I'm up to 4 monarch butterflies in my garden but I have yet to see a monarch caterpillar. The butterflies bring me immense joy.

I wish you luck....even if it's in burning your garden to the ground.

The Internet seems to say the mantis is a predator for them so hopefully the mantis is hungry.

South Korean ambulances cannot move a patient to an ER without the receiving hospital’s approval.

Refusals have grown more frequent in recent years, driven by chronic staff shortages and the medical staff’s fear of criminal charges if a patient dies in their care. Doctors in South Korea are prosecuted for medical negligence at higher rates than those in other developed countries, according to multiple studies.

Transfered to South Carolina from Oregon. Had a plea agreement that specified incarceration in Oregon. Lawyer isn't licensed in SC. Claims retaliation.

Fuck the prison system and the US.

Yea they announced it months ago, but the first release of seerr just dropped today.

NEW YORK — After more than a decade of mixing and kneading dough in his family’s Brooklyn pizzeria, Salvatore Lo Duca recently made a distressing discovery: A key component of their thin-crust pies, bromated flour, contained a suspected carcinogen already banned in much of the world.

So, in the back kitchen of Lo Duca Pizza, the 39-year-old began tweaking the original recipe handed down by his parents — with unexpected results.

“When we started playing around with a different flour, I actually took a liking to it,” said Lo Duco, who runs the shop with his five brothers. “It’s a little more expensive, but the quality is there.”

A looming ban on the additive, potassium bromate, may soon force thousands of pizzerias and bagel shops across New York into a similar transition.

...the oxidizing agent, which reduces rest time for dough and helps ensure a stronger, chewier product.

In a release Tuesday, Moderna said the FDA did not identify any safety or efficacy concerns with the vaccine. Instead, it said the FDA took issue with the “comparator” in its clinical trial — the vaccine the company used as a benchmark to evaluate its own shot.

The FDA said the use of the standard flu shot as a comparator “does not reflect the best-available standard of care.” The standard flu shot is FDA-approved.

Last year, Kennedy ordered that all new vaccines go through placebo-controlled clinical trials.

When vaccines are already available for a disease, it's considered unethical to give clinical trial participants a placebo, rather than compare the new vaccine to the existing one. Giving a placebo would leave people who would be otherwise protected vulnerable to infection.

So glad we have someone competent leading the FDA. /s

As we were talking, I asked if I could record the call. He said no. I was in front of a keyboard, though, furiously jotting down every word.

Depends on the jurisdiction if you need two-party consent to record.

Sen. Mitch McConnell’s wife reportedly traveled to China just three days after he received CPR following an apparent heart attack.

Elaine Chao, 73, who has been married to the 84-year-old Republican lawmaker since 1993 and formerly served as transportation secretary in the first Trump administration, traveled to Beijing and met with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng just days after McConnell’s hospitalization.

That woman is an absolute legend

Tennessee state Rep. Monty Fritts (R), who is running for governor

It's fucked up that he's already an elected official

Since Tony Hawk is not a subatomic particle,^[citation needed]^

Not sure if serious or not

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghislaine_Maxwell

The legislation provided a modest boost to councilmembers’ annual income — from $164,500 to $175,500 — and a sizable 18% increase for the mayor. If welcomed, Mamdani’s salary would rise from $258,750 to $305,800, a difference that’s greater than the average income in the Bronx.

The last pay hike for N.Y.C. officials came in 2016 and costs have risen more than 30% since then, which served as justification for the city council to move forward with a salary adjustment.

Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron

::: spoiler warning: description of her death

Santos-Aviles, 35, died after setting herself on fire in the backyard of her home in Uvalde, Texas. The Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office later ruled her death a suicide. :::

Holy fuck what an awful way to die. Really curious how they determine that to be suicide.

Rep. Max Miller, who strenuously denies the allegations, was elected to represent Ohio’s 7th District in 2022, with Donald Trump’s endorsement.

Miller’s ex-wife, Emily Moreno—daughter of Ohio Sen. Bernie Moreno

Moreno, 32, alleges that Miller, 37, struck her during a custody exchange at his home in full view of the couple’s 2-year-old daughter, leaving bruises on her arm, elbow, and torso.

To find a recipe that he likes? Lots of ways to make dough.

Reporters and photographers outnumbered both groups handily.

Lol