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I just got back from my second concert in several months, this one by Suzanne Vega. I first heard her music in 1986, a few months after her first album came out. I was in college, had MTV on, and saw the video for her utterly brilliant song "Marlene on the Wall' (video link). The next day I went out and bought the album, and loved pretty much all of it, and then several months later I saw she was coming to St. Louis, in a (thankfully inexpensive, since I was a poor college student) small venue on the waterfront, and I went to the show, and loved it.

She has a new album out, and my partner and I went to this show, and she started off with “Marlene on the Wall”. It was a very good, if slightly odd show, in that by far the majority of the songs were from either her firs two albums or her most recent album, with no more than one song per album (if that) from her other seven albums.

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Two researchers from the University of Florida are warning about the psychological toll of AI-related job fears, coining the term AI replacement dysfunction (AIRD) to describe it. According to their article in Cureus, the constant anxiety about being replaced by AI can trigger symptoms like insomnia, stress, paranoia, and loss of professional identity, even in individuals without other psychiatric disorders:

https://www.cureus.com/articles/407877-artificial-intelligence-replacement-dysfunction-aird-a-call-to-action-for-mental-health-professionals-in-an-era-of-workforce-displacement#!/

The authors highlight that this distress is rooted not in traditional mental illness but in the existential threat of professional obsolescence, with layoffs and public warnings from tech leaders intensifying the fear. While AIRD is not yet clinically recognised, the researchers propose screening methods and emphasise the need for clinicians and communities to support those affected, arguing that understanding this phenomenon is essential as AI increasingly transforms workplaces.

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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is on track to become deadlier than cancer by 2050, yet it barely registers in global political debates, including at Davos.

At a discussion during the World Economic Forum week, health leaders warned that AMR is effectively a "silent pandemic". Drug-resistant infections are already rising, and without coordinated global action they could kill more people annually than cancer within a generation. Unlike many emerging threats, this one is predictable. It is not hypothetical, it is already happening.

AMR is fueled by antibiotic overuse, weak infection control, fragile health systems, and declining public trust in science. The solutions are known: better antibiotic stewardship, stronger surveillance, investment in new treatments (including bacteriophage-based therapies), improved hygiene and prevention, and sustained policy coordination. But political urgency and funding remain far below what the risk justifies.

Cancer cases are projected to reach 30.5 million new diagnoses annually by 2050. Yet credible projections suggest drug-resistant infections could surpass cancer as a leading cause of death if current trends continue.

This is not alarmism. It is a measurable trajectory supported by data. A major global analysis published in The Lancet estimates that antimicrobial resistance could cause up to 10 million deaths per year by 2050 if no action is taken:
https://www.thelancet.com/article/S0140-6736(21)02724-0/fulltext

AMR isn't a future crisis. It is a slow-burn systemic failure, and the longer it stays outside the core economic and political agenda, the more expensive and deadly it becomes.

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I'm sure you already know most of these, but still, you may find some useful.

( It is a long list indeed )

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Yellface (spayed, *16) decided to sit on me last night. Thorn came in and snuggled me. Yellface sniffed their hand politely as we held hands. The first time she'd ever encountered Thorn's hand without some cranky meowing. (Right now Yellface will sniff and rub her face on an extended finger, but will say things about it.)

Many minutes of stillness later, Thorn said something.

Yellface suddenly took notice of an alien hand near her territory, stood up, and gave a snake-strike grazing bite to the nearest hand, followed by a swat.

My hand, naturally.

I uninvited her from the bed and found an alcohol wipe. She broke skin but didn't draw blood. Today only the deepest scrape is visible, if you're looking for it.

Oh, cat.

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Something is about to happen in Iran - but then again this is always true, we're perpetually on the verge.

The question now is - is something really about to happen - as in the next 5 days?

There are stories of multitudes of military cargo planes heading that way - but that could be just to get the story out that there are multitudes of military cargo planes heading that way.

Netanyahu is visiting DC in the next few days - which is also something that always seems to be true - but it could mean something this time.

There are also stories (and they absolutely could not be true) that some higher up in Iran claims Trump offered a small staged war. Odd if true, but more odd if true and that deal wasn't taken. Sounds like a tremendous deal some are saying the most beautiful deal ever.

What say you?

Something happens by Saturday - or nothing happens by Saturday?

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