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Brain stimulation improves vision recovery after stroke
Scientists at EPFL have developed an innovative, non-invasive brain stimulation therapy to significantly improve visual function in stroke patients who have suffered vision loss following a stroke. The approach could offer a more efficient and faster way to regain visual function in such cases.

Suddenly, Trump’s effort to rig the 2026 midterms with corrupt gerrymanders appears in trouble.
A panel of judges just blocked the GOP gerrymander in Texas, which had added five seats.
In Indiana, Republicans currently lack the votes to redraw their congressional map.
Trump is angry about all this.
He lashed out at Indiana Republicans, threatening primaries and calling one opponent “weak” and “pathetic.”
So is the scheme dead?
-- No.
Several as…

Trump’s Plot to Rig 2026 Is Falling Apart, and Boy Is He Mad About It
As the Trump-GOP scheme to gerrymander the midterms suddenly faces big new setbacks, a Democratic operative who’s leading in these fights explains why the battle isn’t over—and what must happen now.

Bad news for Trump $2,000 checks as Senators balk at price tag and adding to national debt | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-stimulus-tariff-checks-debt-b2868519.html

Delightful 💩: dana boyd, Lee Vinsel & Cory Doctorow on #Enshittification
It feels odd that Cory assumes that platform things were good for a start. Still insightful.

Worried about $2,000 tariff check inflation? Don't spend it, Bessent says (Ben Berkowitz/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/19/2000-tariff-dividend-trump-check-inflation-stimulus
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p35#a251119p35

Cute but also planning to gnaw my bones clean should I suddenly pass away

Broncos-Bills ending reminded Sabres' Lindy Ruff of 1999 Stanley Cup 'no goal' https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6981003/2026/01/18/bills-broncos-int-game-sabres-lindy-ruff/

word_assoc: Edinburgh word associations
A network of word associations showing the count of such associations as collected from subjects, from the Edinburgh Associative Thesaurus (EAT). Each node represents a word, and a directed edge (i, j) denotes that word i was used as a stimulus to which word j was given as a response. Multiple edges are allowed.
This network has 23132 nodes and 312342 edges.
Tags: Informational, Language, Unweighted, Multigraph

Me: "wow I have surprisingly little reaction to eating gluten this week"
Also me: "the brain fog and achiness from the COVID vaccine sucks, but why do I have all this acne suddenly"

Let's begin by quoting, in full, a letter that the president of the United States of America sent yesterday to the prime minister of Norway, Jonas Gahr StŸre.
The text was forwarded by the White House National Security Council to ambassadors in Washington, and was clearly intended to be widely shared.
Here it is:
"Dear Jonas:
Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to …

Trump’s Letter to Norway Should Be the Last Straw
Will Republicans in Congress ever step in?