Whomst The Fuck

Like. You remember goths with huge ratty hair and KISS makeup and men in heels and corsets and women in huge shapeless sweaters till you couldn't tell who was under what? Remember when the clothes were hand-shredded from the thrift store for five dollars and some spit?

Seventy-one percent of cancer deaths are caused by cancers not commonly screened. When cancers are diagnosed early before they have had a chance to spread, the overall five-year survival rate is four times higher than when diagnosed in later stages.

A single blood test that can screen for more than 50 cancers seems to work fairly well in the real world, a preliminary study reveals.

The Galleri test detects a cancer signal shared by more than 50 types of cancer through a simple blood draw.

The test has a 0.5% false positive rate, which means it is highly accurate. If you look at the 12 cancers that account for two-thirds of all cancer deaths in the U.S., this test finds 67% of them. The NHS system in England is doing a large-scale study to save billions by finding cancers and treating them in the early stages.

Experts called the findings an “important first step” in seeing how the so-called multi-cancer early detection test could fit into real-world care.

Source: The Guardian (link in bio)

breadsticks:

Of bread.

to the point of disregarding and even arguing with you when you say no

i have an aggressive dog and the number of people who insist "well, dogs love me" and reach out to touch him anyway is ridiculous

In the 60s when TOS came out it was middle aged women who literally invented fanzines to share their fanwork with the fandom. If I recall correctly, you would subscribe to it and it would came with mail. Or you would borrow it. Back then, Star Trek wasn’t considered as serious sci-fi and was considered as only for women, housewives to be exact. And they fucking owned it!

They were the ones who organised house gatherings to discuss the show and sometimes even actors would pay a visit. I am talking about actual golden age of the fandom. They shaped the fandom culture we now have and treasure.

It was middle aged women who kept records, archives for fan work to not disappear with time. We owe them so much for the vintage fan work that is still around. They are always there, writing for us, illustrating for us and keeping archives for generations to come.

Here are some photos from those gatherings and late Grandma Dee’s caption ( @spockslash ). May this be an occasion to remember her as well, who was a witness of those days and was kind enough to tell us about them! She was active in the fandom in her late age and helped keeping the memory of the fandom alive.

“These are Joanie Winston’s photos, I believe. That’s Joanie on the far left in the second row (first photo) and in the blue on the right, sitting on the couch with George (second photo). That last photo, of Leonard and Nichelle goofing around, is typical of the organizer’s room antics in the early seventies, when the cast were not “celebrities” we gazed at from afar. They hung out and could be just as silly as any of us.”