The Art Dump

Gen AI is pretty much a death cult at this point- from environmental destruction to art theft to displacement, and now this. Wtf man.

To add context as to why pharma co.s in India aren’t inclined to keep producing these drugs is because India has medicine pricing limits. The main solution for now could be that the govt subsidises the platinum supply cost for the pharma co.s. As of now, people are scrambling for life saving meds.

There is no substitute for this in curing ovarian cancer, testicular cancer, lung cancer, and head and neck cancer. A cousin of these drugs (oxaliplatin, also made with platinum) has no substitute in curing colon cancer. These drugs are also used in some way in basically every type of solid tumour cancer. 

Older, staple chemos are more at risk of shortage because they’re less profitable, so less companies make them. I am very worried at the chance of these shortages expanding. This is extremely worth paying attention to and advocating for more stable supply chains. 

icarian task: when you have a task you know you’re going to fail at anyways, so why not have some fun with it before it all comes crashing down

cassandrean task: when you have to deal with people you KNOW won’t listen to you, despite having accurate information, and having to watch them fumble about when you told them the solution from the start (most often witnessed in customer service)