The US healthcare system is totally alien to anyone familiar with that elsewhere, and it’s utterly broken and beholden to corporate interests. Start with all the pharma ads on TV, the revolving door … (View Post)

Yes it’s actually quite a complicated story. One version of events that I heard was that Kimmel was told to apologise last week but told the bosses he wouldn’t apologise and would double down, which … (View Post)

So long as you’re not going from Sydney to Jo’burg, your pilots will be fine. A flight of 11 hours actually has at least three pilots on board, so they may take scheduled rest breaks. (View Post)

Even the pilots struggle to stay awake on flights like that! (View Post)

Another russian oil refinery appears to have developed a bad smoking habit this morning. https://x.com/visionergeo/status/1970725662240780474 Some estimates are that production is down around 40% in … (View Post)