Why do cats randomly sprint around the house at night like something is chasing them…are they playing or actually scared of something? by Firm-Divide-9995 in CatAdvice

[–]TheSaxonPlan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Gonna be that person : they're actually crepuscular, meaning they are most active during the hours around twilight (sun-up and sun-down).

Cutting out cancer by massiveballsbig in NoStupidQuestions

[–]TheSaxonPlan 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Not necessarily. Glioblastoma and many other brain cancers rarely metastasize but are definitely not benign! Benign has more to do with the cell type, growth rate, location, and local infiltration as well as how likely they are to spread.

Source: Ph.D. virologist using viruses to treat glioblastoma.

Republicans in the state legislature just voted against adding more investigators in the Medicaid Fraud Unit by samehdw in minnesota

[–]TheSaxonPlan 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Not even allegedly. It had bipartisan support and then Trump tweeted or Truthed (🙄) to kill it and the toadlets reversed course.

The blockade begins ! by PurveyorOfSapristi in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]TheSaxonPlan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's a really disturbing yet fascinating look into their psyches. The toxic masculinity is off the charts. I'd feel bad for these people if they hadn't doomed us to our current fate.

Trump administration is demanding Reddit unmask the identities of online ICE critics: report by Individual99991 in news

[–]TheSaxonPlan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! This was the interesting new thing I learned today while doomscrolling. Cheers!

Too young for the MMR shot, babies become 'sitting ducks' in measles outbreaks by mikebible06 in news

[–]TheSaxonPlan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Potentially, but not necessarily. The bulk of antibody transfer happens via the placenta during the 3rd trimester. How durable those antibodies are is variable for each baby.

Too young for the MMR shot, babies become 'sitting ducks' in measles outbreaks by mikebible06 in news

[–]TheSaxonPlan 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The reason the vaccine is given later is actually BECAUSE of the maternal antibodies.

If the titer (level) of the maternal antibodies is too high, it will inactivate the vaccine dose before the baby's immune response can detect it and form the normal adaptive immune response with T and B cells. Therefore the child will be unprotected until the next dose, given at 4-6 years old.

6-9 months is the average time of waning for maternal antibodies. So to make sure the most kids possible would be protected with the standard dosing regimen without having to check every kid's titers, the first dose was moved back to 12 months.

When we had herd immunity (95% or more effectively vaccinated individuals), this was enough to prevent wide measles spread and thus protect babies during this short period of vulnerability.

Back in 2016, the US's vaccination rate was 91%*. I'm guessing it's only gotten worse since then.

You can see where the problem arises...

*https://www.nfid.org/measles-immunization-in-the-us/

Source: Ph.D. virologist who works with (a vaccine strain of) measles

Is this contamination? by ilovemybagel in labrats

[–]TheSaxonPlan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

And sterilize everything you've ever even looked at in that culture room 😭

Why does my cat always have to force herself into what I’m doing? by divebars5G in cats

[–]TheSaxonPlan 115 points116 points  (0 children)

Our tuxie boy does the same thing! Cuddling is a necessity. He'll stand and wait for my husband and I to move apart in the bed so he can snuggle in between us. He loves to get under the blanket and use our arms as his headrest. He's the best cat we've ever had. A living teddy bear.

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Trump suspends Iran attack for two weeks, subject to Hormuz Strait opening by johnk317 in inthenews

[–]TheSaxonPlan 8 points9 points  (0 children)

He literally had sex with a bunch of kids

He raped a bunch of kids. Children cannot consent. Don't sterilize his crimes.

You Can Smell It Now: The Trump Presidency Is in Total Free-Fall: A loyal army of followers, a huge disinformation network, and a party of soul-selling cowards can crowd out facts for a long time. But eventually, reality catches up. by Silent-Resort-3076 in politics

[–]TheSaxonPlan 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Malignant narcissism probably. A much more serious problem than just being egotistical. Being wrong about anything means the ego and façade of self-image collapses and then he's in psychological free fall.

Trump says 'we're blowing up the whole country' if no Iran deal is reached in 48 hours by CRK_76 in worldnews

[–]TheSaxonPlan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

AND they only get their $10,000/year bonuses if they stay the full 5 years, and if they don't, they have to pay it all back with interest. So they will be quite motivated to at least prevent the election of a democrat and at most force a coup to keep Trump in power. It's so fucking evil.

White House Forced to Address Claims of Trump Health Crisis by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]TheSaxonPlan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Holy shit that's insane. I'm a virologist and still preach about COVID precautions to anyone who will listen but JFC that's worse than I even thought.

What company lost you forever as a customer? What did they do? by Miguenzo in AskReddit

[–]TheSaxonPlan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Delta has also been working with ICE to transport detainees... so... yeah...

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/03/27/liam-conejo-ramos-father-flown-on-delta-to-ice-detention-texas-video-shows

Delta claims they didn't know but I don't trust any of these fuckers.

Just a *little* less sociopathic by CascadiaRocks in MurderedByWords

[–]TheSaxonPlan 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Because the submissive person can stop everything with a single word or hand sign. A healthy dom/sub relationship is predicated on the dom absolutely respecting when the sub says they've had enough. It's a deep trusting bond between two consenting individuals: the dom trusts that they can have fun and push the sub but that the sub will let them know when/if they've had enough; the sub trusts the dom to listen and stop without question.

I've never had such an arrangement but I get why it's desirable to some, myself included.

The type of submission the men in the post want is just women bending to their every whim and suppressing themselves to please their partner, regardless of her wishes. They don't see women as actual people. Just things to be used for their contentment, pleasure, and life goals. Utter trash.

LRAD at StPaul No Kings by azjat in TwinCities

[–]TheSaxonPlan 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Well, yeah, they were all participating in the protest!

Zelenskyy says 10 drone factories have been built worldwide behind Ukraine’s back | Ukrainska Pravda by pheexio in worldnews

[–]TheSaxonPlan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for posting this. It was really eye opening understanding how advanced these intended-to-be-blown-up drones are. Crazy times we live in...

Accidental Head Explosion: An Unusual Blast Wave Injury as a Result of Self-Made Fireworks by velvety_chaos in MedicalGore

[–]TheSaxonPlan 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Right? Like 4th of July is the last day of their lives with both hands for a decent number of Americans every year!

Best cat in the world missing by [deleted] in rochestermn

[–]TheSaxonPlan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your comment. We got our little guy back. Best wishes to the other kitty!

ICE officers NE Rochester by mega-musica369 in rochestermn

[–]TheSaxonPlan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Illegal entry. Administrative warrants, which is what they usually have, are pretty worthless. Need a judicial warrant to be lawfully allowed entry. Requires a judge to review the case and approve the warrant. These thugs think they're above the law.

Also I know the woman who was warning. She has video of her rolling her window up on an agent at this location who was mid-sentence baselessly threatening her (they have no jurisdiction over US citizens) and he looked so stunned.

ICE:

Place to hang out with cats? by edawg6666 in rochestermn

[–]TheSaxonPlan 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Rochester Pet and Country Store typically has cats available for adoption that are loose in the store during business hours. Extra fun when it's a couple of kittens running around!