This looks like an interesting approach, but I’m skeptical until I better understand what the rodents were actually fed. A “western high-fat diet” is a meaningless phrase. What kind of fats? Saturated? Seed oils? There is no scientific evidence that eating fat per se creates arterial plaque. How many and what kind of carbs were they getting?
Mark Judge
Gray Dragon On Falcon Heavy
A notional alternative to SLS/Orion for Artemis.
Ukraine And The Global Space Industry
This looks to be an interesting event.
The Latest FAA Delay
From Reddit.
Some think that the latest one-month delay is good news, indicating that the FAA is really trying to make it happen ASAP. We’ll see.
The Russian Offensive
If we can keep pouring in weaponry, at some point Ukraine will start more counteroffensives. As the assessment notes, the Russians are already taking up defensive positions. Eventually, I’m sure that the Ukrainians would want to not just break the siege at Mariupol, but cut the Russian lines in half and encircle them to the west, to provide a buffer for Odessa.
[Update a few minutes later]
Well, looky here:
How did Ukraine manage to attack a key port and sink a ship well behind Russian lines? No one’s quite sure yet, the Wall Street Journal reports, but the apparent success may create even more problems for Russia’s attempts to seize Mariupol. Berdyansk had been a key supply point, and seemingly out of range of Ukraine until this morning.
Expect to see them take more initiatives like this.
[Afternoon update]
An interesting Twitter thread.
[Friday-afternoon update]
The Russians have already lost.
[Bumped]
Science Writers
Why they don’t report objectively on the origins of the Covid virus.
Coffee Again
Another study that says it can reduce mortality.
Patricia quit drinking it a couple years ago (except when she goes out to breakfast), so I quit making it (and drinking it myself). I never acquired a taste for the swill, and (as noted in the article) these results don’t mean that non-drinkers should start drinking it, so I guess I won’t.
What Is A Woman?
The Freeport question of our time.
Republicans need to be asking the Democrats that question in every debate this year.
The Real Racists And sexists
People in business and academia are fighting back.