Low-dose naltrexone is a reason to withhold pain medication It’s not the panacea for pain relief It’s an excuse to withhold pain medication

The random number generators still aren’t showing it. I have been checking the numbers from all over.

People keep calling what's being done to pain patients as a genocide - it isn't, or as eugenics - it isn't. It is, however, 100% democide, and we need to start calling it out. We're being culled, & it's with full Govrrnment knowledge and intent. #DisabledDemocide

The word is HOPE

There was a lot of news to cover this year about chronic pain and chronic illness -- from gabapentin to cannabis to opioids. See the 5 most widely read articles in PNN in 2025. bit.ly/3Loj7oc

“i may have to face countless troubles and deep disappointments, but I have resolved that, in every circumstance, I will treat everyone with courtesy and sincerity. No more than this can be expected of me.” — Fyodor Dostoevsky Novel: The Idiot

It is with deep concern that I am following the developments in Venezuela. The good of the beloved Venezuelan people must prevail over every other consideration. This must lead to the overcoming of violence, and to the pursuit of paths of justice and peace. I pray for all this, and I invite you to pray too, entrusting our prayer to the intercession of Our Lady of Coromoto, and to Saints José Gregorio Hernández and Carmen Rendiles. #PrayTogether

on the first day of class my astronomy professor asked us why the night sky was dark. if our universe is infinite, how can there be spaces between the stars? he didn't answer the question until the last day-because our universe is relatively young, and is still growing. it is finite. not enough stars or galaxies have been formed to fill up the entire night sky. but what that means to me is that somewhere, in an older universe, the night sky looks like a tapestry of diamonds. somewhere darkness is pale white and glittering. imagine being so surrounded. i haven't gotten that image out of my head ever since you could never navigate under such a sky but god it sounds lovely

Words for the Weekend 🥳 Pick your winner ⭐️ A B C D

'I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.' - J.R.R. Tolkien, born on this day, January 3, in 1892.

‘Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.’ —Ralph Waldo Emerson ✨

Alright, alright already. So, I am late, I have been busy. I resolve to finally, before year’s end, to finalize my recipe for pumpkin ginger orange soup. I have been fine tuning it for years, and think I am close to perfection. Have it served with after my funeral.

I know a guy. Yea…I know, the guy is Santa Claus. In truth, if there was a guy that really would be the guy to know, if you needed a guy to know, well, he would be that guy. He had a lot of helpers a couple of weeks back, and they did a lot of good. Santa, be proud of yourself.

“It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishmen

Five holly leaves from the same tree 🌳 If holly is allowed to grow into a tree it is highly likely to do the same Holly evolved to fight back against the large herbivores that used to roam the Earth. The higher the tree grows the smoother the leaves get Photo: Emmanuel Lattes

Your beach looks redacted.

Friggin' right! 🥶😅

“It snowed last year too: I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down and I knocked my brother down and then we had tea.” ~ Dylan Thomas, A Child's Christmas in Wales Snowing by the Sea 🎨 Jo Grundy