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Why not a rose?
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Photo of a letter to the editor.
Saved by Stoppard
Sir, In 1993 my wife and I went to see the first production of _Arcadia_ by Tom Stoppard (obituary, Dec 1), and in the interval I experienced a Damascene conversion. As a clinical scientist I was trying to understand the enigma of the behaviour of breast cancer, the assumption being that it grew in a linear trajectory spitting off metastases on its way. In the first act of _Arcadia_, Thomasina asks her tutor, Septimus: “If there is an equation for a curve like a bell, there must be an equation for one like a bluebell, and if a bluebell, why not a rose?” With that Stoppard explains chaos theory, which better explains the behaviour of breast cancer. At the point of diagnosis, the cancer must have already scattered cancer cells into the circulation that nest latent in distant organs. The consequence of that hypothesis was the birth of “adjuvant systemic chemotherapy”, and rapidly we saw a striking fall of the curve that illustrated patients’ survival.
Stoppard never learnt how many lives he saved by writing Arcadia.
Michael Baum
Professor emeritus of surgery; visiting professor of medical humanities, UCL
Saved by Stoppard
Sir, In 1993 my wife and I went to see the first production of _Arcadia_ by Tom Stoppard (obituary, Dec 1), and in the interval I experienced a Damascene conversion. As a clinical scientist I was trying to understand the enigma of the behaviour of breast cancer, the assumption being that it grew in a linear trajectory spitting off metastases on its way. In the first act of _Arcadia_, Thomasina asks her tutor, Septimus: “If there is an equation for a curve like a bell, there must be an equation for one like a bluebell, and if a bluebell, why not a rose?” With that Stoppard explains chaos theory, which better explains the behaviour of breast cancer. At the point of diagnosis, the cancer must have already scattered cancer cells into the circulation that nest latent in distant organs. The consequence of that hypothesis was the birth of “adjuvant systemic chemotherapy”, and rapidly we saw a striking fall of the curve that illustrated patients’ survival.
Stoppard never learnt how many lives he saved by writing Arcadia.
Michael Baum
Professor emeritus of surgery; visiting professor of medical humanities, UCL
source: https://bsky.app/profile...
A letter to the editor in today's Times of London.
From Wikipedia: "Baum's team was the first to demonstrate the effectiveness of adjuvant tamoxifen for early breast cancer, which has contributed to the 30 per cent reduction in breast cancer mortality and its efficacy in the prevention of breast cancer in susceptible women." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
A letter to the editor in today's Times of London.
From Wikipedia: "Baum's team was the first to demonstrate the effectiveness of adjuvant tamoxifen for early breast cancer, which has contributed to the 30 per cent reduction in breast cancer mortality and its efficacy in the prevention of breast cancer in susceptible women." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
trashed panda
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Left: Liquor store aisle with broken bottles and spilled liquid on the floor. Right: Raccoon lying on tiled bathroom floor near a white toilet and black trash can against beige walls.
Taco in a burrito
PSA
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Anyone can shoplift is written in front of a picture of people walking around in a mall
They just can't shoplift in Mervyn's anymore. Someone lost that whole franchise.
2. Anything could be a dildo...
3. Any machine could be a smoke machine.
3. Any machine could be a smoke machine.
4. Any tool can be a hammer.
My First Flickr Upload
Seems Chill
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Sign in a park that reads "Dude Chilling Park"
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
Now that I've got the attention of Vancouver residents, let's say someone was arriving at YVR on a Sunday evening, and wanted to have dinner on the way to Langley, BC. And, maybe the same someone might be heading back to YVR on the following Tuesday evening.
The someone in question is a bit of a foodie, fond of a variety of cuisines. A coworker travelling with is equally non-fussy, but likes to drink local beers and or cocktails aplenty.
Any advice?
The someone in question is a bit of a foodie, fond of a variety of cuisines. A coworker travelling with is equally non-fussy, but likes to drink local beers and or cocktails aplenty.
Any advice?
Ok, So YVR airport is about an hour's drive from Langley, BC - which can easily extend to 1h20min if you have to navigate during rush hour (AKA 2PM - 7PM). So rather than looking for a place in between, you might want to either hit a pub near the airport, or once you reach Langley. If you're looking near the airport, I would suggest the FLYING BEAVER BAR AND GRILL (https://maps.app.goo.gl/ueqMVYPu...) It's a short drive from the airport, and it looks like it has some scenic water views, as well as a decent menu.
If you want to wait until you get to Langley, check out FARM COUNTRY BREWING (https://maps.app.goo.gl/mweXnKuk...) or TRADING POST BREWERY (https://maps.app.goo.gl/zKNGEARz...). Good luck!
If you want to wait until you get to Langley, check out FARM COUNTRY BREWING (https://maps.app.goo.gl/mweXnKuk...) or TRADING POST BREWERY (https://maps.app.goo.gl/zKNGEARz...). Good luck!
tonyb with the hook up!
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CDN media
11. You have access to cheese
still striving after all these years
Your mom is taking orders now
First photo I shared to Flickr
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Edwardian-style apartment building in SF with a fresh paint job, but the photo is a dull overcast poorly color-corrected unedited dump from a little digicam.
It took me almost a year after they launched to finally open a Flickr account (in January 2005), and this was the first just-taken photo I uploaded. (I upped an old pic of Mr Bun when I opened it.) This was the view straight out my kitchen window.
Aw... I miss Mr Bun!
I looked at a condo for sale in that building; the HOA fees were as impressive as the upkeep regimen they supported.
@dreyfusslugado Me too!
@niicholas I moved to Baltimore from this very spot, and I was had become so traumatized by the housing prices in SF that I was in Baltimore for almost 2 full years before I realized oh, wait, I could actually buy something in Baltimore!
@niicholas I moved to Baltimore from this very spot, and I was had become so traumatized by the housing prices in SF that I was in Baltimore for almost 2 full years before I realized oh, wait, I could actually buy something in Baltimore!
The Fading of Japan's Showa Era
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An old and traditional tofu shop in Taito ward, Tokyo. The sign was destroyed in a typhoon several years ago, but the shop and its elderly owner still keep going
Some wonderful photos of these old stores in this article
https://www.theguardian.com/world...
From the article:
"Lee Chapman’s photographs document the scenes, signages and family businesses of the postwar Shōwa era Japan. They focus on a unique aspect of Japanese life, and one that in Tokyo in particular is rapidly disappearing: the buildings are long past their natural lifespans, and their occupants are reaching the end of theirs.
With most of the country’s new buildings resembling those seen in many other cities around the world, the Shōwa era is now being recognised as visually appealing as well as an important period"
https://www.theguardian.com/world...
From the article:
"Lee Chapman’s photographs document the scenes, signages and family businesses of the postwar Shōwa era Japan. They focus on a unique aspect of Japanese life, and one that in Tokyo in particular is rapidly disappearing: the buildings are long past their natural lifespans, and their occupants are reaching the end of theirs.
With most of the country’s new buildings resembling those seen in many other cities around the world, the Shōwa era is now being recognised as visually appealing as well as an important period"
I recently read New York Neon, which documents a parallel decline. https://wwnorton.com/books...
@Argie Great gallery but couldn't help wondering, when you have a tiny bar that seats maybe half a dozen, a limited drinks menu and one food group(!), and it's eels(!), how many times do you have to turn over your clientele per evening, to make a profit.
But, all that aside, that grease, ffs!
But, all that aside, that grease, ffs!
@roonie I watch a bunch of Japanese food cart and restaurant videos at times and i've thought the same. One once answered that. Often the owner/operator lives at or close by the business and they have been there so long they own the building. Overheads are low, but so is their income. It's not a rich life but it's a life I guess.
Nothing wrong with tasty grease ;)
Nothing wrong with tasty grease ;)
New snow
Your Daily Earworm
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Pictured is a bottle of wine, which looks to be Chinese. There is an English translation on the front that reads “Magical Penis Wine”.
The “ding dong”’s hit differently now.
simply...
@ba Oh no! Now that's stuck in my head.
The mood is right.
The spirit's up.
We're here tonight.
And that's enough.
The spirit's up.
We're here tonight.
And that's enough.
First Flickr
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Painting of a woman holding the bridge of her nose with the speech bubble saying "Oh for fucks sake just die already"
[Adds to Trump shake]
all goddamn day
Local shelter is having a fundraiser
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5-week old orange kitten with a white chest, belly, and paws, and the caption "Emerald, 5 weeks — ringworm"
They are inviting people to sponsor the medical care of specific pets at the shelter right now. For some reason, this really cracked me up.
Some friends of mine are at the tail end of a ringworm infection in both of the young cats they adopted earlier this fall. They're both going a little nuts from the constant cleaning and medicating.
@wjcstp yeah, this is most assuredly something I'd love to see taken care of in the shelter :)
History of Rock paper scissors
Caption this
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A hanging pub sign, featuring a drawing of a pair of legs with a trumpet sticking out of the ass, the ass being also the face of the figure.
Finally an attainable booty standard for the rest of us
Open Mic night!
RNC headquarters, Washington DC
One year of Archie
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An orange cat lays on a blue chair. He is curled up so his tail is closest to the camera and only his front paws are visible. The upholstery of the chair is visible but blurry in the foreground. It is clear in the background, including the buttons on the chair back.
This little fella has been my roommate for one year now.
What a sweet boy!
@m3moellering Most of the time, yes. Some of the time he's an absolute terror.
meanwhile, in the leopards eating faces party...
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photo of a white dude in a poorly fitting sport coat.
caption reads "republican mayor in kansas facing deportation over voter fraud" includes quote from mayor "I haven't seen Mexico since I was four. I don't speak Spanish anymore. If I get deported, it could wreck my life."
caption reads "republican mayor in kansas facing deportation over voter fraud" includes quote from mayor "I haven't seen Mexico since I was four. I don't speak Spanish anymore. If I get deported, it could wreck my life."
delicious schadenfreude alert
if my info is correct, he is also illegally mayor, as I'm told that being a mayor in kansas requires us citizenship.
source: https://bsky.app/profile...
if my info is correct, he is also illegally mayor, as I'm told that being a mayor in kansas requires us citizenship.
source: https://bsky.app/profile...
(one of the) oldest flickr photos
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two blythe dolls pose in sushi print mini dresses
flashback to a time when i sewed sushi dresses for my blythe dolls. (that’s cloud nine bowl on the left and tweedlydo on the right—and now you know!)
most of my flickr photos disappeared in the great flickr enshittification of aught-i-don’t-remember, but this is one of the oldest pics they’ve got
most of my flickr photos disappeared in the great flickr enshittification of aught-i-don’t-remember, but this is one of the oldest pics they’ve got
And now I know!
AHA! :D
$10 typewriter
"there's cake in the drawer"
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lynda carter saying something
Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw was a formative life experience for 10-year-old me when it was shown on HBO one night when my parents were out on a late dinner date.
Opening Scene at Last Night's Motel Room
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Two queen sized beds with pillows underneath a flat sheet, so no, this wasn't a murder scene, just weird
I drove down to Missoula to catch the Mountain Goats (they were great!) and what with getting older and winter weather at hand, I decided to grab a mediocre motel room. Anyhow, there were no bodies under the sheet,s (just pillows) but I did get a different room.
I have a friend who stayed at a mediocre motel room in Missoula. She called down to say her shower wasn't working so they called their maintenance guy. Now she's happily married to him.
I was unexpectedly detained in Los Angeles and I didn't know how long I'd be and had no good place to stay. I opted for the cheapest places I could find. As it turns out, this is not the best approach (sleeping in my rental car was better) and I learned that if the concierge desk has bullet proof glass you probably do not want to rent a room.
@heyitsal please, please please say the mediocre hotel was the infamous Thunderbird, because that place has stories and this would fit the bill. For me, I was just at the Motel 6.
First flickr photo
Oldest Flickr Photo
My 1st Flickr Photo
New hobby
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Pile of bags containing whistles and pamphlets
Printed up some whistles. Had some bags left over from one of my Father-In-Law's unfinished projects.
where did you find the flyer/zine? I've only found ones listing numbers for other cities.
@cristin https://migrawhistle.carrd.co/ based on a flyer from Chicago
Local org here with history of reliable reports has been trying to get the word out that ice/bp will be ramping up their kidnappings starting this morning. In NC at the very least, possibly elsewhere too.
First Flickr Photo