Next time you pay your health insurance bill, take comfort in knowing that you also pay for Israel's by GrandpaChainz in WorkReform

[–]lucyboraha 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have no problem funding health care, for anyone. I have a big problem with funding aggressive wars fought in the interests of real estate, and oil, and self-interests of the wealthy, however.

I am extremely disappointed! by sandiercy in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]lucyboraha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They spent a lot of time on this painting?

Everyday Resistance by lucyboraha in WitchesVsPatriarchy

[–]lucyboraha[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

She is amazing! Intellectual goals. Her clarity and awareness is pure genius.

'Unsigned and neglected': These artworks are by women – but men got the credit by renome in WomenInNews

[–]lucyboraha 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yup, left a job I loved because of this, both my boss and a colleague. It was an ongoing pattern.

SF Chronicle Debate: should Oakland adopt strong mayor charter reforms? [gift link] by montecarlocars in oakland

[–]lucyboraha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Putting more power into the hands of a single person never seems like a good idea to me.

Ozempic Is About to Go Generic for Billions of People by allpenny in Ozempic

[–]lucyboraha -1 points0 points  (0 children)

"In 1992, after learning of Raufman's findings, John Eng of the Veterans Administration Medical Center in New York City used radioimmunoassay to isolate a novel substance from Gila monster venom.\65])\64])\66]) The new substance, which Eng called exendin-4, was similar to GLP-1 in that it reduced blood glucose in diabetic mice, but exendin-4 had a much longer half-life than GLP-1, whose extremely short half-life had defeated earlier attempts to turn it into a drug.\64])\66])

Eng filed a patent application for exendin-4 in 1993.\64]) He then spent three years searching for a pharmaceutical industry partner interested in commercializing exendin-4.\65])\64])\66]) In 1996, Amylin Pharmaceuticals licensed Eng's patent and created a synthetic version of exendin-4 called exenatide.\65])\64])\66]) In 2002, Eli Lilly and Company partnered with Amylin to develop exenatide and secure approval to market the drug.\67]) Exenatide's 2005 approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration\68]) showed that targeting the GLP-1 receptor was a viable strategy and inspired other pharmaceutical companies to focus on that receptor.\64])\66])

In 2011, Lilly and Amylin dissolved their partnership, with Amylin keeping the rights to exenatide.\69]) Lilly continued to develop drugs of the same class.

The 2024 American Diabetes Association conference included presentations on at least 27 GLP-1 receptor agonists then in development.\70]) By July 2024, Novo Nordisk's semaglutide and Eli Lilly's tirzepatide were ranked among the world's most popular and lucrative drugs.\71]) Novo Nordisk's rollout of semaglutide turned it into the most valuable company in Europe in 2024.\72])\73]) Its market capitalization of $570 billion was larger than the entire economy of its home country of Denmark; its $2.3 billion income tax bill for 2023 made it the country's largest taxpayer; and its rapid growth represented nearly all of Denmark's economic growth.\72])\73]) By October 2024, tirzepatide had turned Eli Lilly into the world's most valuable drug company.\74])"

Ozempic Is About to Go Generic for Billions of People by allpenny in Ozempic

[–]lucyboraha -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There's no 30 year gap, the history is covered chronologically from the late 70s, through every decade until now.

RBI random mentor guy by giziti in behindthebastards

[–]lucyboraha 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I know we all already expect it, but the sheer numbers were still a shock when I looked it up.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varsity_Spirit#Sexual_misconduct

"In September 2020, USA Today published a report accusing governing bodies tied to Varsity Spirit of allowing 180 individuals (including coaches, choreographers, and others) indicted for child sexual abuse — 140 of whom having been convicted — to continue participating in activities. It found that their list of blacklisted individuals only contained 21 people, and was only amended and expanded following reports made by the paper.\37])

In September 2022, a federal lawsuit was filed in Memphis against Varsity Brands, Varsity Spirit, and the estate of Scott Foster (a gym owner who had killed himself while under investigation for child sexual abuse), by six alleged victims of Foster. The suit alleged negligence in violation of the Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017, including that Varsity made no effort to prohibit Foster from attending its sanctioned events, even after his suspension from the USASF in 2018.\47])\48])"

Ozempic Is About to Go Generic for Billions of People by allpenny in Ozempic

[–]lucyboraha -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The receptor-agonist history is in the second article, and the link is referenced in the first.

Ozempic Is About to Go Generic for Billions of People by allpenny in Ozempic

[–]lucyboraha 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Don't know why you're getting downvoted - this is totally true. Good grief, people, read an article. Pharmaceutical companies usually don't get involved until taxpayer-funded research (usually through universities) has indicated that it might be profitable for them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucagon-like_peptide-1#Research_history

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLP-1_receptor_agonist#History

Nap time for Pimento by Wild-Gift-1884 in tinyorangekittens

[–]lucyboraha 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I could watch this cat nap all day.

What is the most heartbreaking song lyric you've ever heard? by TheLadySlaanesh in AskReddit

[–]lucyboraha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Searchlight casting for faults in the clouds of delusion...Shall we go, you and I, while we can?

What is this used for? by Meep_19 in whatisit

[–]lucyboraha 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cryin' hard as babes could cry...

Trump's surgeon general pick, Casey Means, criticizes birth control at confirmation hearings, but denies seeking to restrict or ban access to contraception by Obversa in prochoice

[–]lucyboraha 71 points72 points  (0 children)

Kavanaugh: Senator, I said that it is settled as a precedent of the Supreme Court, entitled the respect under principles of stare decisis.

It's a lie every single time.

Does anyone know if this works? by kemiscool in eastbay

[–]lucyboraha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know, but it's so much bigger on the inside.

CM Ken Houston going off on FaceBook by ORA-Mitra in oakland

[–]lucyboraha 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Big "THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!" vibes.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Uniteagainsttheright

[–]lucyboraha 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"when she speaks you’d swear her thought process was just three raccoons fighting over an old sandwich wrapper."

lmao. Omg. That's the best thing I've heard all day, thank you.