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Cake day: March 10th, 2026

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  • I would guess the increase in advanced prostate cancer is be due to MRI Fusion biopsies being used more these days. It’s something that has become more common over the last decade.

    A traditional ultrasound biopsy might show some suspicious lesions as regular tissue. Say the urologist biopsies a tumor and it’s diagnosed with a low Gleason score. They could potentially think they found the cancer while not knowing a higher Gleason score still exists. Urologists aren’t dumb, they know this is a possibility and have protocols to track this but maybe the patient got a low grade tumor, thinks it’s slow to grow and doesn’t come back for a few years until his symptoms have gotten a lot worse. Now he’s got a big problem when he thought everything was under control and slow moving.

    The newer MRI method catches suspicious lesions a traditional ultrasound misses. Using the two technologies together can target areas not previously targeted before.

    The technology has improved over the last 10 years so yeah of course cancer rates are rising. They will probably drop again as healthcare prices continue to rise and people can’t afford healthcare.

    On a side note, rising PSAs don’t necessarily mean anything. Sexual activity, tuberculosis of the prostate, riding a bike are all things that can artificially inflate a PSA. That being said, tracking a PSA every other year like what is suggested now is probably a good quick screener to see if a prostate issue needs more attention.






  • I’m good at figuring things out. I don’t know how to get code on GitHub even though I’ve lazily tried multiple times.

    I get frustrated because I’m looking for something that I feel should be easily found (code on GitHub). Instead I’m given a puzzle I have to navigate through. I thought getting the code off GitHub was going to be the easiest part of my project. Nope.

    Everyone wants your data so apps and websites are intentionally designed to keep people moving through them. I’m not saying that is what GitHub is doing here but it’s the reason I have little curiosity to explore apps and websites anymore. It’s flawed by design. Not because the opportunity to improve the end user experience hasn’t occurred yet.







  • That baby suffered a slow death too.

    Measles is one of the most contagious viruses; 90% of unprotected people exposed to it will catch it. Here is what measles does to infants.

    Common and Severe Risks for Infants

    • Pneumonia: Up to 1 in 20 children with measles develops pneumonia, which is the most frequent cause of death from the virus. [1]
    • Dehydration: High fevers and severe diarrhea can quickly drain a baby’s fluids. [1, 2]
    • Encephalitis: About 1 in 1,000 children develops brain swelling, which can cause seizures or leave permanent intellectual disabilities and deafness. [1]
    • Immune amnesia: The virus wipes out the body’s prior immune memories, making a baby more vulnerable to other dangerous bacteria and viruses for months or years after recovery. [1, 2]
    • Death: Estimates show that 1 to 3 out of every 1,000 infected children will die from respiratory or neurological complications. [1, 2]

    Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. I guess Americans will need to determine how scared of vaccines they are.


  • Americans have no problem paying the cost of dismantling cancer protections.

    We have Super Intelligence and that will be curing cancer any day now. Probably today.

    I was talking to a guy. A really smart guy. He went to the best schools money can buy. I told him, “super intelligence is going to build a big beautiful wall between us and the cancer. The cancer will have to start begging to get inside us”.

    The guy was blown away by my intelligence. He said that idea was one of the best ideas he has ever heard and he put it up there with curing Covid by drinking sodium hypochlorite.

    So then I told the guy, Super Intelligence will make sure every cell is accounted for and no cancer gets a free ride. We will finally end the witch hunt on cancer. After the wall is built, the cancer free results will speak for themselves.