if humans are anything like spiders, you're better off starting your day with a joint than a cup of coffee.

Leslie Feinberg was a hero. Ze also documented a hell of a lot of stuff about Lyme disease in the time leading up until her death from the disease.

kudos To the author for acknowledging one of the extremely rare, well-conducted studies in which caloric restriction was proven to slow metabolism in people of all sizes.

The Union of Concerned Scientists has published a paper concluding we’ll be seeing way more hotter days in the coming years due to climate change.

More about the Icelandic study of PTSD and autoimmunity and the role stress plays in autoimmunity.

This was about correlation, not causation, but a study of more than 100,000 people concluded that the presence of a stress-related disorder (PTSD, acute stress disorder, etc) makes someone 30-40% more likely to also be diagnosed with an autoimmune disease (such as celiac disease, psoriasis, or rheumatoid arthritis).

I'd argue this number is an underestimation, considering some of us suffered with undiagnosed celiac disease for 30 years after our traumas, and the study was 30 years long.

Chronic and severe acute stress has been a known autoimmune trigger for a long time, but this is an unprecedented study in its size, length, and comprehensiveness.

The trend of wealthy whites appropriating Roma culture as “digital nomads” is peak gentrification.