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Many surgical interventions are little better than placebo
https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/09/23/many-surgical-interventions-are-little-better-than-placebo
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Miss you. Would like to take a walk with you. | The Poetry Foundation
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/156433/miss-you-would-like-to-take-a-walk-with-you
Bodies of Magic, by Freya Marske
https://freyamarske.com/books/bodies-of-magic/
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Women are more emotionally intelligent than men, and that’s a problem – landmark study
https://theconversation.com/women-are-more-emotionally-intelligent-than-men-and-thats-a-problem-landmark-study-293385
New research - it’s one of the largest studies of emotional intelligence to date
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An Error in the Code | The New Yorker
http://newyorker.com/magazine/2007/08/13/an-error-in-the-code
What can a rare disorder tell us about human behavior?
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The Pundit’s Trilemma: Authoritative, general, prolific, pick any two.
https://www.programmablemutter.com/p/the-pundits-trilemma
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Episode 220 Electroconvulsive Therapy Part 1: A charged history – This Podcast Will Kill You
https://thispodcastwillkillyou.com/2026/09/08/episode-220-electroconvulsive-therapy-part-1-a-charged-history/
‘Children are dying’: Fiji hopes declaring an HIV emergency will help it tackle crisis | Fiji | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/29/children-fiji-hiv-emergency-testing-drug-raid
One in 60 adults Fiji lives with HIV but a recent emergency declaration may help address key issues such as syringe sharing
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The Last Ditch Mask Fight: What Are The Risks of COVID-19 in 2026?
https://gidmk.substack.com/p/the-last-ditch-mask-fight-what-are
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13 theses on agentic AI and regulation
https://backofmind.substack.com/p/13-theses-on-agentic-ai-and-regulation
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The famous limit of 150 friends a human brain can supposedly hold turns out to rest on a calculation whose own confidence interval runs from 2 to 520 — too wide to support any specific number, let alone the one everyone quotes - Silicon Canals
https://siliconcanals.com/n-the-famous-limit-of-150-friends-a-human-brain-can-supposedly-hold-turns-out-to-rest-on-a-calculation-whose-own-confidence-interval-runs-from-2-to-520-too-wide-to-support-any-specific-number/
A decades-old rule about human friendship turns out to be built on such shaky math that it could just as easily be 2 or 520.
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Stanley Tucci - David Tennant Does a Podcast With… - Apple Podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/stanley-tucci/id1450005207?i=1000699517031
David Tennant sits down with Stanley Tucci - renowned actor, author, and food enthusiast - for a candid conversation about aging, his battle with cancer and his
Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/24/abandoned-dismissed-and-gaslighted-me-sufferers-betrayed
Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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