Conor Power
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Conor Power
@ConorJimPower
Irishman in Germany, proud husband of @ganbarumi1


Got this patient info sheet from the after hours clinic where my son went for an ear issue (not Covid, thankfully) Apparently they are calling Covid a "common cold" now & normalizing kids being sick like 16 weeks of the year "without cause for concern" 😳

my dental assistant asked if i was on any new drugs. “yeah i’m taking this new cancer drug.” “oh i’ve had cancer twice in the past few years. happens to us all.” “WHAT? what kind?” “colon cancer. stage 2, then stage 4.” she’s in her 30’s, shrugging like everyone gets cancer

After ministers falsely claimed a settler died in a car terror attack — despite it being investigated as car accident — settlers are now burning Palestinian homes in Silat ad-Dhahr in the West Bank and attempting to burn families alive.

Researchers have identified a number of factors associated with increasing numbers of young people developing colorectal cancer, but there is no one clear answer that explains this trend. (via @ConversationUS) to.pbs.org/4qOqp3j


European armour fact: Field armour was designed to minimize interference with the wearer’s movement. Its articulation often exceeds the human body's own range of motion.

😷 To mask, or not to mask? For people living in the environs of the current meningitis outbreak, it is an obvious question to ask, but the answer is not simple. Find out more here ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03/1…

Walmart is rolling out digital price tags at all of its stores. At the same time, the corporate giant just secured a patent for "dynamically and automatically updating item prices.” Plus another patent for using machine learning to predict demand and recommend prices.

Before Covid came along, England was doing pretty well with meningococcal disease. Which is great because it's a disease that can *kill a healthy teenager within hours*... ... or leave them alive without limbs, hearing, or memory... But... and it's a really big but... 🧵











