Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
RFK Jr thinks product to deworm horses can kill cancer cells.
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/ivermectin-cancer-treatment-nih-study-dewormer-offlabel-drug/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
The MAHA Institute hosted the discussion, framed by the “Make America Healthy Again” agenda of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The National Cancer Institute is the largest of the NIH’s 27 branches.
During the covid pandemic, ivermectin’s popularity surged as fringe medical groups promoted it as an effective treatment. Clinical trials have found it isn’t effective against covid.
Ivermectin has become a symbol of resistance against the medical establishment among MAHA adherents and conservatives. Like-minded commentators and wellness and other online influencers have hyped — without evidence — ivermectin as a miracle cure for a host of diseases, including cancer. Trump officials have pointed to research on ivermectin as an example of the administration’s receptiveness to ideas the scientific establishment has rejected.
“If lots of people believe it and it’s moving public health, we as NIH have an obligation, again, to treat it seriously,” Bhattacharya said at the event. According to The Chronicle at Duke University, Bhattacharya recently said he wants the NIH to be “the research arm of MAHA.”
The decision by the world’s premier cancer research institute to study ivermectin as a cancer treatment has alarmed career scientists at the agency.
“I am shocked and appalled,” one NCI scientist said. “We are moving funds away from so much promising research in order to do a preclinical study based on nonscientific ideas. It’s absurd.”
Nice visuals of Burmese--Siamese elephant warfare--
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yxtJeIhmiM
some of the clips from Thai blockbusters.
Unfortunately, the narrator's pronuncation in both English and Burmese is not so precise, and closed captioning is not accurate.
The creator should have added his own captions.
Monday, February 09, 2026
Warning-disturbing--Marshall Project:
Analysis
‘Why Is This Happening to Us?’ Daily Number of Kids in ICE Detention Jumps 6x Under Trump
As the Trump administration detains large numbers of kids, advocates worry ‘it’s only a matter of time before we see a child die.’
BC T's ICE arrests them and parents--
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/29/ice-kids-in-detention-numbers?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
Sunday, February 08, 2026
Economic Institute Library --set up by Paul Bixler, building by Ford Foundation, had an
original copy of Symes'Embassy to the Court of Ava.
I remember looking at it, especially the illusration of the Hairy Woman.
Saturday, February 07, 2026
King Narai, one of the great reformers and heroes of Thai history--
I've been to his palace compound including remains of pavilion where he died in Lopburi.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narai
I see, Ligor was the former name of Nakhon Si Thamarat--
Nakhon Si Thammarat - Wikipedia
Nakhon Si Thammarat is a city in southern Thailand with a rich history dating back to the Srivijaya kingdom. It was formerly known as Ligor, a major port and center of trade and culture in the region.
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And also there's a novel based on the life of Redoute who was Marie Antoinette's painter of flowers--
he survived the French Revolution and died, it is said, "Contemplating a flower."
FTD's list of flower-inspired novels--I can include Red Sorghum (not a flower, a plant) by Mo Yan
and Red Poppy by Alai, a Tibetan writing in Mandarin.
https://www.ftd.com/blog/flower-inspired-novels
The Day of the Triffids--movie--based on brilliant sci fi novel byJohn Wyndham--
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4Elc86DMkA
Highly recommended.
I have the book.
Friday, February 06, 2026
There's an Indian movie on Amazon--presented as a musical--set in ricelands about a company
that tries to sell Sterile rice seeds--
It's called Basmati Blues.
Thursday, February 05, 2026
Waterworld--it's as brilliant as its legend--one of those things you wished you had written--
Where did they get the fuel to run their salvaged machinery?
It's answered about half way into the movie.
I used to know almost all of the Rime of the Ancient Mariner by heart.
"Enola" is reminiscent of the plane, the Enola Gay, which bombed Hiroshima.
The Kevin Costner character is called The Mariner.
The pirates and the fish eat fish life style is very realistic.
One scientist said with global warming --humans cannot develop gills so fast.
Then artificial gills were invented and marketed--but still not widely used on planes or ships, as far as I can tell.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterworld
There is no book to read, but maybe one can find the original screenplay or shooting script online.
The water economy with the currency of dirt is brilliant,as are the scraps of paper--which is like the sci fi--A Canticle for St. Leibovitz.
Anyway, it's a 5 out of 5 stars in my book, and it's streaming now on Amazon Prime.
The recycling of dead bodies into the ocean is also brilliant with the special prayer.
Like a wet, dripping, salty Dune.
Kyi May Kaung
2-5-2026
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