the man has good taste. like, it’s not blindingly original to appreciate Retro, but it is eminently reasonable.
there’s a lot of moderate-Democrat post-election resignation to the effect of “this is what the country wanted; the median voter is in fact pretty OK with Trump” and “the progressive apparatus was more interested in staying in its comfort zone than winning elections”
I’m also seeing a fair number of women going “ok, sure, there are things to criticize about feminist dogma, but actually I have experienced traditionalist religious mores and they were Not Good”, which I think is a needed corrective these days
links 11/08/2024: https://roamresearch.com/#/app/srcpublic/page/11-08-2024
https://agingbiotech.info/about/ a database of aging biotech companies compiled by Karl Pfleger
https://longevitylist.com/longevity-industry-database/ a database of aging biotech companies compiled by Nathan Cheng, includes somewhat different picks
GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs reduce all-cause mortality—so what diseases or causes of death do they prevent?
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-50199-y kidney disease (in type-2 diabetes patients with kidney disease)
https://www.ajmc.com/view/glp-1s-reduce-cardiovascular-risk-equally-in-patients-with-overweight-obesity-regardless-of-diabetes cardiovascular disease (in overweight or obese patients)
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/17562864241281903
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adn4128 (sadly I couldn’t find the full article)
https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ben/cdr/2018/00000014/00000003/art00008 cardiovascular disease (in diabetics)
https://wonder.cdc.gov/controller/datarequest/D176;jsessionid=C53D7110417D14C262ECD70F0091 what are the leading causes of death in 2023?
heart disease, cancer, accidents, stroke, COPD, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, kidney disease, liver disease, COVID-19, suicide, influenza & pneumonia, hypertension, septicemia, Parkinson’s
surprised suicide was so high and that COVID-19 was still so deadly (I assume mostly in the elderly)
https://www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/bioage-brings-almost-200m-ipo-obesity-biotech-joins-nasdaq BioAge IPO
I forgot that Sam Altman invested in Retro Bio
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/03/08/1069523/sam-altman-investment-180-million-retro-biosciences-longevity-death/
the man has good taste. like, it’s not blindingly original to appreciate Retro, but it is eminently reasonable.
there’s a lot of moderate-Democrat post-election resignation to the effect of “this is what the country wanted; the median voter is in fact pretty OK with Trump” and “the progressive apparatus was more interested in staying in its comfort zone than winning elections”
https://substack.com/home/post/p-151278372 Jesse Singal
he was saying similar things all along: https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/democrats-should-acknowledge-reality
I’m also seeing a fair number of women going “ok, sure, there are things to criticize about feminist dogma, but actually I have experienced traditionalist religious mores and they were Not Good”, which I think is a needed corrective these days
https://substack.com/home/post/p-141175575 here’s Audrey Horne
https://backofmind.substack.com/p/incompetence-is-a-form-of-bias Dan Davies says incompetence is a form of bias—the people who have the social skills and clout to get their problems fixed, will.
Dan Davies on politics and populism...i’m not sure where he’s going here but this is intriguing.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-151264334
https://esmeralda.org/ Esmerelda, Devon Zeugel’s Chautauqua-inspired village in California