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Bitcoin is still oversold. Gold is still overbought. But both have started to move back toward the mean over the past two months.

Anti cancer progress Scientists developed a heat activated wearable patch that can kill melanoma tumors without surgery. The patch uses laser-induced graphene loaded with copper oxide nanoparticles, releasing cancer killing Cu²⁺ ions when activated at 42°C using a low power laser. In mouse trials, it achieved 97% tumor reduction within 10 days, while preventing cancer spread beyond the original site. The system is noninvasive, flexible, and reusable, with no detectable organ toxicity or copper buildup in the body. The technology combines photothermal therapy, metal-ion cytotoxicity, and localized drug delivery into a single skin-applied device. Human trials have not yet begun, but the approach could shift cancer treatment from surgery to on-demand wearable therapy.

Guys, I’m an idiot. All this time I’ve spent trying not to die, I had toxic turf in my backyard. Artificial turf contains crumb rubber infill made from recycled tires, which leaches chemicals including PFAS, heavy metals, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. These compounds are linked to hormone disruption, carcinogenicity, and systemic inflammation. I don’t know how I missed it. It makes me question my basic competence in life. What gets me is that I try so hard to survey the world of potential idiocy. Then I find out there’s a monument to idiocy sitting right in front of my face that I was blind to. I’m removing the turf, yet I’m still stuck with this seemingly unsolvable problem of how to not be an idiot.

On this day in 1995: the first item was purchased on Amazon. It was a book on artificial intelligence.

New Bank of Canada report on Aave is mostly favorable, they're basically saying yeah, this DeFi thing actually works, and we now have data to prove it. A central bank endorsing a bankless bank. We're getting there.