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Attilatheblond's JournalCluster Headaches might be helped after all
Of course, finding a physician who knows they exist and won't treat you for migraine might be difficult.
Had them while growing up and thought it was normal, that everybody had them. Kept having attack episodes well into my early 40s. They are not fun and if you get them, you understand why many other sufferers suicide. Almost as bad as the pain, which is now recognized as worst pain there possible, is the dread when the pain lets up but you know it will be back, likely worse than the first attack.
Headaches seem to frustrate most doctors who sometimes show feelings of hostility to sufferers when their preferred prescription does nothing to help. Government regulations about what can or can't be used in medical trials does not help sufferers or the doctors who recognize the condition is real. In short, the whole situation is hell.
Found an interesting read this morning. https://www.theguardian.com/science/ng-interactive/2025/apr/23/cluster-headaches-magic-mushrooms-psilocybin]
CH is a rare headache disorder that affects up to 0.1% of the global population. More men are diagnosed with CH than women, though women might be more likely to be misdiagnosed with migraine due to their reports of severe pain not being taken seriously. People with CH have rated the pain at 9.7 out of 10 – worse than childbirth at 7.2, a gunshot wound at 6 and a migraine at 5.4. Right now, much of the limited research on CH is happening in the US. Cluster headache patients are 20 times more likely to take their own lives than the US average. More than half of American cluster headache patients have considered killing themselves, and almost 20% have lost a job due to their debilitating condition.
Still, episodes are often dismissed as “just headaches” by family, employers and doctors. Patients see neurologists who aren’t aware that CH exists, and even headache disorder experts still don’t understand how CH operates in the brain – or how to make it stop.
Instead of trying to tolerate a level of chronic agony that doesn’t feel survivable, patients with CH have taken to experimenting with their own pain, their own bodies and psychedelic drugs.
US to impose tariffs of up to 3,521% on south-east Asia solar panels
Source: The Guardian
US trade officials are preparing to impose tariffs of up to 3,521% on imports of solar panels from four south-east Asian countries, while the International Energy Agency has said lessons from the energy crisis following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had not been fully learned.
The US commerce department has announced the new tariffs, targeting companies in Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam, after an investigation begun a year ago when American manufacturers of solar panels accused Chinese companies of flooding the market with subsidised, cheap goods.
Products from Cambodia would face the highest tariffs, of 3,521%, because its companies did not cooperate with the US investigation, while products made in Malaysia by the Chinese manufacturer Jinko Solar face duties of just over 41%; rival Trina Solar’s products from Thailand will incur tariffs of 375%.
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However, critics, including the Solar Energy Industries Association trade group, have said tariffs would harm US solar producers because they would raise prices on the imported cells that are assembled into panels at American factories.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/22/us-huge-tariffs-south-east-asian-solar-panels-energy-summit
He who thinks he is king once again not looking at how things are connected. But he really does tip his hand as to who he serves, and it ain't human beings.
Does Trump or Stephen Miller love tariffs because their hero Hitler used them?
Monkey see/monkey do? In many ways it all sounds familiar with today, starting with this:
Feel free to insert any minority Trump loves to deport in place of Hitler and German Jews. The story still plays all too similarly.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/nazi-germany-tariffs-trade/682521/]
Even though Hitler’s own foreign minister, Konstantin von Neurath, was concerned that the strategy would spark a trade war, and could drive up the price of imported eggs by 600 percent, Feder’s tariffs fit into Hitler’s larger vision for “liberating” the German people from the shackles of a globalized world order.
Again insert any ethnic group Trump likes to use to rile up his magas in place of the ethnic groups Hitler didn't want in Germany.
Yep, Trump wants taxation, especially for the wealthiest, abandoned. Wants deregulation and destruction of watchdog agencies that keep an eye on large corporations. Obviously he is all for allowing retail monopolies.
Those who refuse to learn from history....
One more question just because there was mention of Barron/Harvard in some morning reports: Is Trump going hard against Harvard due to Barron not getting into that august institution? Did admissions bruise his ego?
Harvard is available to us, in a somewhat limited online form, for free
Oh, the things one can find online.
Looking for a way to give Harvard a little love? This is a keeper, for sure. Other unies also offer some free courses online. I know you all don't have enough to keep you busy already 
so, put on your glasses and study!
https://mashable.com/article/free-harvard-courses-april-2025]
We have checked out everything on offer and lined up a standout selection of online courses to get you started. These are the best free online courses from Harvard University this month:
American Government: Constitutional Foundations
Ancient Masterpieces of World Literature
Applications of TinyML
Building Personal Resilience: Managing Anxiety and Mental Health
Calculus Applied
Cell Biology: Mitochondria
Child Protection: Children's Rights in Theory and Practice
CitiesX: The Past, Present and Future of Urban Life
Contract Law: From Trust to Promise to Contract
CS50's Computer Science for Business Professionals
CS50's Computer Science for Lawyers
CS50's Introduction to Artificial Intelligence with Python
CS50's Introduction to Computer Science
CS50's Introduction to Cybersecurity
CS50's Introduction to Game Development
CS50's Introduction to Programming with Python
CS50's Introduction to Programming with R
CS50's Introduction to Programming with Scratch
CS50's Understanding Technology
CS50's Web Programming with Python and JavaScript
Data Science: Capstone
Data Science: Inference and Modelling
Data Science: Machine Learning
Data Science: Probability
Data Science: Productivity Tools
Data Science: R Basics
Data Science: Visualization
Deploying TinyML
Early Childhood Development: Global Strategies for Implementation
Electrochemistry
Energy and Thermodynamics
Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies
Exercising Leadership: Foundational Principles
Fat Chance: Probability from the Ground Up
Fundamentals of Neuroscience Part 1
Fundamentals of Neuroscience, Part 2: Neurons and Networks
Fundamentals of Neuroscience, Part 3: The Brain
Fundamentals of TinyML
High-Dimensional Data Analysis
Human Anatomy: Musculoskeletal Cases
Humanitarian Response to Conflict and Disaster
Improving Your Business Through a Culture of Health
Introduction to Data Science with Python
Introduction to Digital Humanities
Introduction to Probability
Islam Through Its Scriptures
Justice
Justice Today: Money, Markets, and Morals
Leadership: Creating Public Value
Leaders of Learning
Machine Learning and AI with Python
Managing Happiness
Masterpieces of World Literature
MLOps for Scaling TinyML
Modern Masterpieces of World Literature
PredictionX: Lost Without Longitude
Principles of Biochemistry
Pyramids of Giza: Ancient Egyptian Art and Archaeology
Remote Work Revolution for Everyone
Rhetoric: The Art of Persuasive Writing and Public Speaking
Shakespeare's Life and Work
Statistics and R
Structure and Function of Argument: Introduction to Critical Thinking
Super-Earths and Life
Technology Entrepreneurship: Lab to Market
The Architectural Imagination
The Path to Happiness: What Chinese Philosophy Teaches us about the Good Life
Using Python for Research
The catch with these free courses is that they don't include certificate of completion or graded assignments and exams. But you can still enroll at any time and start learning at your own pace.
The neglected constitutional argument that could blunt Trump's vendettas
Yeah, I know, WaPo, but my subscription is still active and this opinion piece brings up a facet lawyers and courts seem to be forgetting in regards to Trumps 'retribution' actions. This is a tool that should be used against all the damage he is doing just because someone pissed him off. A good starting place would be his decision that parents in Maine MUST bring newborns to an SSA office in order to get them SS #s. Newborns and young infants are not vaccinated and thus this requirement puts them at risk of serious illness, all because the governor and some people of Maine won't kowtow to Trump's ego.
https://wapo.st/4iehZxP]
"In many of those cases, I suspect that the new administration’s actions could be successfully shown to rest on no more than caprice or ill will. Of course, federal lawyers will gin up reasons to shield what in fact are arbitrary decisions. Rare are instances in which an official so candidly admits that he endangered newborn infants because he was “ticked” about a governor’s manners. The government may persuade the court that some of its actions have some rational basis, which is the relevant test. Trump’s tariffs, for example, may well be economically irrational, but they are unlikely to be struck down on that ground simply because judges aren’t comfortable second-guessing equations. But, in many other cases, based on the abundant evidence of these past 11 weeks, I suspect the government’s proffered reasons can convincingly be shown to be a sham.
"Yet the lawyers driving the anti-Trump litigation seem to have missed this equal protection claim. Why? It could be that many were brought up in the left-liberal traditions of the ACLU and the NAACP, while challenges to the arbitrariness of administrative action have long been a staple of the libertarian right. And decisions such as Olech, challenging local property assessments, are seldom discussed in such circles because they advance property owners’ interests rather than those of vulnerable minorities. Cases such as Olech are oddities, not canon."
Elon Musk's $1 million handout winners are connected to Republican causes
Source: The Verge
On Sunday, a few thousand people in Green Bay, Wisconsin, gathered to hear Elon Musk speak — and give away two giant cardboard checks for $1 million. Attendance at the event was limited to people who had added their names to a petition against “activist judges,” created by Musk’s America PAC. He has promised money and other “surprise announcements” to people who sign the petition, and the splashy million-dollar giveaway ratcheted up the stakes. After their names were announced, winners shuffled onstage to awkwardly accept the prop checks and pause for a photo op with Musk, who has poured tens of millions of dollars into the race for Wisconsin’s Supreme Court seat.
The checks are Musk’s latest attempt to use his vast wealth to turn out voters ahead of Tuesday’s election. He has promised $100 to voters who sign the “activist judges petition” and micro-earnings for people who hold up a photo of Musk’s chosen candidate with a thumbs-up. The petition and the promises of money are a not-so-subtle way of collecting registered voter data.
It’s the same playbook Musk deployed ahead of the November presidential election that some elections experts say broke the law around vote buying. This time, Musk and his America PAC are looking to tilt the close Wisconsin race toward Brad Schimel, a conservative judge and outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump. Schimel is running against the more liberal Susan Crawford, who has garnered support from the state Democratic party.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/politics/640230/elon-musk-wisconsin-supreme-court-million-dollars-brad-schimel
Just one more end run around campaign contribution laws? Of just some money laundering?
Jenner & Block file lawsuit re Trump administration efforts to intimidate
So, not every law firm ripping out their collective spines in the face of bullying? Good to know.
From: Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social
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"Read Jenner & Block's lawsuit challenging Trump's unconstitutional assault on their firm.👇 Very glad to see Jenner fighting back. They're represented by Cooley, which is taking a risk here too.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us."
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https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278932/gov.uscourts.dcd.278932.1.0.pdf]
Block” (the “Order”)—is an unconstitutional abuse of power against lawyers, their clients, and the
legal system. It is intended to hamper the ability of individuals and businesses to have the lawyers
of their choice zealously represent them. And it is intended to coerce law firms and lawyers into
renouncing the Administration’s critics and ceasing certain representations adverse to the
government.
2. The Order is one of the latest in a series of materially identical executive orders—
one of which has already been enjoined by a court in this District—targeting law firms without
process based on their representation of clients in matters adverse to the President or his
Administration and/or their associations with individuals who have criticized the President. The
Wall Street Journal Editorial Board recognized that the President is taking these actions “to
intimidate elite law firms from representing his opponents or plaintiffs who challenge his policies.”
See The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board, Trump, Perkins Coie and John Adams, W ALL ST . J.
British Columbia Premier said that he would be barring Tesla products from the province's electric rebate policy
Elon's not happy.
https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-canada-tesla-tariff-2044687]
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Eby announced on Wednesday that Tesla products would no longer be part of British Columbia's CleanBC or BC Hydro rebates, which can grant up to 50 percent of the cost to people who install a charging station at home, according to the BC Hydro website.
In a statement, Eby said: "The Government of B.C. and BC Hydro are taking action to preference Canadian goods in our rebate programs going forward and to exclude, where practicable, U.S. produced goods.
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Musk responded on social media by calling the move "crazy", retweeting a post that suggested he should cut off Canadian access to SpaceX and Starlink in retaliation.
Racist brat drug addict thinks he rules the world. Comeuppance time for the ass who said Canada wasn't a real country.
Democrats Plan Nationwide Blitz of Town Halls in Republican Districts
This is a method! Bravo, and I am loving our new DNC leadership & Reps
Friend on FB gave us the link, not sure it will work here to get you over the paywall.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/us/politics/democrats-town-halls-republicans.html?unlocked_article_code=1.304.EBKG.VFjIXy6focmR&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare]
The initial wave of what Democrats are branding “People’s Town Halls” is planned to target nine House Republicans in battleground districts, from Arizona to Pennsylvania, who Democrats believe will be vulnerable in the 2026 midterm elections.
The incursions into Republican territory come as the Democratic Party tries to find its political footing after a turbulent first 50 days of President Trump’s second term, and as Republicans control every facet of the federal government — and are exercising their power aggressively.
Party officials said the first nine town halls were just the start, with the goal of eventually holding events across the country to highlight some of the less popular proposals pressed by the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress.
One of the first districts for this action is the congressional district I live in.
Speaker Mike Johnson's chief of staff could not complete a sobriety test after twice striking a black Chevy Suburban
How in the name of comedy relief and drunk driving did I miss this?
https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2025/03/05/speaker-mike-johnson-chief-of-staff-arrested-on-dui-charge-in-capitol-after-trump-address/81665615007/]
https://www.ncja.org/crimeandjusticenews/mike-johnson-aide-could-not-do-sobriety-test-after-dui-arrest]
Haynes needed help putting his glasses in his pocket, and was unable to complete the remainder of the field sobriety test because he was swaying from left to right. Asked to provide a urine sample, Haynes dropped the cup into the toilet, and when given another cup, he could not provide a sample. "The Speaker has full faith and confidence in Hayden’s ability to lead the Speaker’s office,” said a Johnson spokesperson. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) jokingly made reference to the case when speaking about Republican opposition to diversity, equity and inclusion programs. "They're not that into DEI. But they love DUI," he said. "We gotta stop those DUI hires on Capitol Hill."
Long time aid to Speaker Johnson... such fine, upstanding chaps the Speaker hangs around with.
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