ESR tells you that inflammation has left a slow systemic footprint. CRP tells you that the liver is actively responding to cytokines Procalcitonin tells you that the inflammatory programme may be bacterial or septic in nature. They are not interchangeable clocks. They are different biological readouts.

Today, Elon Musk, a trillionaire, pays the same amount into Social Security as someone making $184,500. If we end that absurdity and lift the cap on taxable income, we can make Social Security solvent for 75 years and expand benefits by $2,400. My Social Security bill does that.

For medical information, general AI frontier models (Google, OpenAI, Anthropic) outperformed specialized @EvidenceOpen and @UpToDate as assessed by 12 US clinicians, randomized and blinded to which model and extensive testing/benchmarks. This was not anticipated. @NatureMedicine nature.com/articles/s41591-0…

Would you put money on whether a cancer drug works? Endpoint Arena just merged two worlds nobody saw coming: prediction markets biotech. Right now there's a cancer trial trading at 33% yes, 67% no. Real money. Strangers. Betting on whether the science works. How it works: → Pick a trial. Bet "yes" or "no." → More money on one side moves the odds. → No middleman. The crowd sets the price. And the wild part is the betting could reveal a drug's potential before the data even drops. @ShaanVP's intrigued. @thesamparr's out: "I don't understand it, therefore I am gonna say that it's stupid." You decide. Full Episode: youtu.be/5P6k92gr96c?si=i7GU…