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Monoclonal antibody therapies are being developed to treat #measles in response to its recent resurgence.
David A Kennedy argues that such therapies risk driving measles virus evolution in ways that might undermine the protection offered by #vaccination.

Zelensky floats swapping Patriot missiles for interceptor drones amid increased Iranian Shahed threat: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/03/zelensky-floats-swapping-patriot-missiles.html

"Spartanburg County in South Carolina is ground zero for the largest measles outbreak since 2000. One school has a vaccination rate of 21 percent."
In South Carolina Measles Outbreak, Vaccine Skepticism Led to Largest Outbreak Since 2000 - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/us/politics/south-carolina-measles-outbreak-vaccines.html

Steve Dublanica, “Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip—Confessions of a Cynical Waiter”. https://mastodon.social/@michelestrider/116519464040867905

This is the first time that the U.S. has applied sophisticated genomic techniques to measles,
which largely disappeared from the country a quarter-century ago because of broad vaccine uptake.
Declining vaccination rates, misinformation, and the Trump administration’s budget cuts and lagging response to outbreaks have fueled a resurgence of the disease.
With at least 2,285 cases in 44 states, 2025 was the worst year for measles in more than three decades.
This year is…

Inside the Effort to Sequence a Thousand Measles Genomes
Understanding the genetics of circulating viruses will determine if the U.S. loses measles elimination status this year.

The Inwardness of Things: McGilchrist, Panpsychism, and the Question We Cannot Settle
The oldest question in philosophy is also the question philosophy has done the worst job of answering. We know that we are conscious because we are reading these words and something is happening as we read them. We feel the weight of our hand on the table, hear the room around us, register a flicker of agreement or doubt as the sentences arrive.

The Inwardness of Things: McGilchrist, Panpsychism, and the Question We Cannot Settle | David Boles, Blogs
The oldest question in philosophy is also the question philosophy has done the worst job of answering. We know that we are conscious because we are reading these words and something is happening as…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MechanicalBreakdown
MNGLXMPLR:
🎵 KOMM UND ZEIG DICH
#MNGLXMPLR
https://carisma-studios.bandcamp.com/track/komm-und-zeig-dich

RE: #Artemis mission!

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Muscles:
🎵 Sweaty
#Muscles
https://open.spotify.com/track/5zFbWfCe6CrUzkk1XXreAi

Measles Has Now Begun To Infect Immigrant Detention Camps | Techdirt
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/04/measles-has-now-begun-to-infect-immigrant-detention-camps/