Healthy 18-year-old welder nearly died of anthrax—the 9th such puzzling case
“Welder’s Anthrax” was first coined in 2022, when seven cases had been identified.
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Non-AI web searchesI've been using DuckDuckGo for several years and prefer it over Google Search.
WaPo had this article about avoiding AI in Google and DDG. It includes your udm14 option plus some others.
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Marinara sauce taste testI've seen the winner in the grocery store but haven't tried it. Looked up the ingredients that are in it and....real food! Italian Tomatoes, Onions, Olive Oil,, Sea Salt, Basil, Garlic, Oregano
https://www.southernliving.com/marinara-taste-test-11870347#toc-the-winner
We're mostly a Rao's household but I'll check out Carbone.
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WWII mapswe’re going to look at the Second World War, with a particular focus on the maps that newspapers would print so their readership could follow along as the world burned.
https://nathangoldwag.wordpress.com/2024/10/26/visualizing-the-past-world-war-ii/
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The Putinization of US foreign policyHardly anyone expected 2026 to be a year of peace, and it was barely two days old when the worst fears were confirmed.
The overnight strikes on Venezuela, the abduction of its leader, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, and Donald Trump’s declaration that the US would “run” the country and sell its oil, have driven another truck through international law and global norms. But that is not even the most concerning thing about it..
Trump’s belief in his own global omnipotence, and his desire to grab the territory and natural resources of other countries has been held in check until now by his fear of entanglement in foreign wars. He claimed (falsely) to have ended eight wars, and his greatest ambition in 2025 seemed to be winning the Nobel peace prize. Less than a month ago he was brandishing a hastily confected substitute, the Fifa peace prize. That act of self-abasement by world football’s governing body looks even more absurd now than it did when Trump grabbed the gold medal and put it around his own neck.
Trump’s apprehension over foreign wars seems to be waning. He was clearly thrilled by the drama of the Maduro operation, and the efficiency of the American soldiers who carried it out, declaring on Saturday he was “not afraid” of deploying ground forces in Venezuela to pursue his interests. For an ageing president, growing more petulant, irascible and incoherent with every day in office – facing diminishing popularity and desperate to distract attention from the Epstein child-trafficking scandal – a tightening embrace of military power is an ominous development..
He looks at the world through the eyes of a 19th-century imperialist, but with 21st-century weapons.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/03/putin-russia-us-foreign-policy-venezuela
What’s next? Greenland? Iran?
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Potential anti-aging treatmentsResearchers at Stanford Medicine report that blocking a protein linked to aging can restore cartilage that naturally wears away in the knees of older mice. In the study, the injectable treatment not only rebuilt cartilage but also stopped arthritis from developing after knee injuries similar to ACL tears, which are common among athletes and active adults. A pill-based version of the same therapy is already being tested in clinical trials aimed at treating muscle weakness associated with aging.
https://scitechdaily.com/anti-aging-injection-regrows-knee-cartilage-and-prevents-arthritis/
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Mechanic in a BottleWe had no trouble finding it up in Door County. Surrounded by water and tons of boats.
I just checked a website that helps locate gas stations that have it and the closest one is 39 miles, up near the Chain of Lakes area.
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Mechanic in a BottleWe tried to find a station with ethanol free gas a few years ago. Nearest one was like 20 miles away
. A neighbor buys it in quart botttles at Menards. $7 a pop. It’s actually worked pretty well for him. We haven’t had much snow the last few years and I don’t think he’s used more than two bottles in a season.
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Mechanic in a BottleGood to know. We did have the ethanol problem in our Toro snowblower the second year we had it. Since then we’ve been careful to run it dry or drain it. And we’ve been adding Seafoam to the gas in the storage container. Still, sounds like keeping a bottle of MIB would be a good idea.