When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked even me.
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked even me.
Discover how Seth Globepainter turns ordinary walls into vibrant masterpieces. From colorful murals to dreamlike creations, explore 32 stunning works that redefine urban spaces and inspire imagination.
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked even me.
"Revlimid is now one of the bestselling pharmaceutical products of all time, with total sales of more than $100 billion. It has extended tens of thousands of lives — including my own.
"But Revlimid is also, I soon learned, extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each daily pill.”
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"The cost to manufacture each Revlimid pill, meanwhile, was 25 cents.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/revlimid-price-cancer-celgene-drugs-fda-multiple-myeloma
The main arguments for degrowth are social and ecological. Responding to the climate and biodiversity crises by reimagining economic life.
Despite what apologists for capitalism would have you believe, it *is* possible for humans to live comfortably and sustainably within a system that does not rely on deception, oppression, and exploitation.
It’s important to recognize that capitalism is an extremely recent invention. For almost all of humanity's 200,000+ years of existence, we got along just fine without it, living mostly in harmony with our surroundings.
Our only hope at this point is to get rid of the system that is literally killing us. It’s a matter of survival not only for humans but for countless other animal and plant species being sacrificed on the altar of maximum profits and infinite growth.
We must choose #degrowth.
➡️ https://www.ecowatch.com/degrowth-economics-environment.html
#History #Economics #Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Capitalism
How I’d build a resilient, community-first platform for the open web.
I’ve written before about what I’d do if I ran Bluesky or Mastodon. But what if I started from scratch? What would it look like to build a new open social platform - one that's private-by-default, human-centered, and sustainable from day one?
Here’s the blueprint I’d follow: werd.io/2025/if-i-st...
If I started fresh
NodeBB Forum Software - The Modern Discussion Platform
One of the most common requests related to the Fediverse is an alternative to Facebook Groups.
There are now two major forum platforms which are Fediverse compatible:
➡️ NodeBB, follow them at @nodebb and find out more at https://nodebb.org
➡️ Discourse, follow them at @Discourse and find out more at https://discourse.org
You can interact with both of them from Mastodon etc. They're not exactly like FB Groups, but are definitely worth trying to see if they fit your needs.
No one knew it at the time, but William B. Stout’s futuristic Scarab was the world’s first minivan, long before Dodge rolled out the Caravan.
"'The world’s first minivan.' Few automotive honors are less sexy than that dubious title. Unless, of course, you look like the 1930s Stout Scarab. The Art Deco, aerodynamic, head-turning multi-passenger vehicle created a stir eight decades ago. Its powers have not waned."
Constantinus Africanus (Constantine the African) is likely the most famous medieval writer most people have never heard of. At latest count, we can identify at least 1000 extant manuscript copies o…
remember that time a north african merchant(?) named constantine was in italy and a guy in the hostel was sick and they called a doctor and constantine was like "uhh aren't you gonna take a urine sample" and the doctor was like "a what" and constantine was like "…" and the doctor was like "…" and then constantine africanus moved to the monastery of monte cassino and spent the rest of his life translating arabic medical texts into latin,
because i think about this probably every single week
more: https://constantinusafricanus.com/2017/12/22/ego-constantinus-africanus-montis-cassinensis-monacus/ 🐘
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