this is the time of year when the Hemlock-water-dropwort bursts into resplendent green foliage from a deep tap root hidden in the bare blackened soil here. Emitting a beautiful aroma if you damage it. BUT...️ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oenanthe_crocata#Uses_and_in_culture

@ScienceDesk @BBCNews Note that the WHO designation rests on locally-acquired transmission.Trump has been using the excuse that immigrants are to blame for the lousy numbers in the US, which is a lie as they don't include immigrant-originated transmission numbers.Beware your politicians trying the same trick.

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This letter follows Epic's lawsuit against Health Gorilla from last week: https://www.statnews.com/2026/01/13/epic-health-gorilla-lawsuit-patient-records-health-data-interoperability/

@DrCassone nice shot

This is yet another paper that finds quickly-diminishing returns of reflective thinking.And this paper's result may be more severe: Figure 3 (above) shows accuracy on medical question-answering improved on second thought, but either plateaued or DECLINED *after* second thought.

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