NMDA Receptor Antagonists: Slightly More Than You Wanted to Know(grillbert.substack.com)

22 points by surprisetalk 1 year ago | 8 comments

The Lumina Probiotic May Cause Blindness in the Same Way as Methanol(substack.com)

58 points by exolymph 1 year ago | 22 comments

Dextroproporphan: An Analogue for a Better Dextromethorphan?(monfak.top)

28 points by znano 1 month ago | 9 comments

Learning to read Arthur Whitney's C to become smart (2024)(needleful.net)

331 points by gudzpoz 11 months ago | 149 comments

A blog post in which the author attempts to read and understand Arthur Whitney's terse C code, such as his small K interpreter.

Schizoid Personality Disorder(en.wikipedia.org)

20 points by bursted 3 years ago | 4 comments

Reddit pays an SF startup millions to analyse all shopping-related Reddit data(old.reddit.com)

53 points by lavendel177 3 years ago | 17 comments

The worthlessness of Vitamin D is mildly exaggerated(dynomight.net)

358 points by surprisetalk 4 months ago | 271 comments

A Dynomight blog essay arguing that claims Vitamin D supplements are worthless are somewhat overstated, reviewing the evidence on their effects.

There is no epidemic of loneliness, but there is an epidemic of scurvy(experimental-history.com)

59 points by luu 1 month ago | 31 comments

An Experimental History Substack essay by Adam Mastroianni arguing there is no loneliness epidemic but there is an epidemic of scurvy.

The Other Epidemic: Trying to get off benzodiazepines(thebeliever.net)

265 points by gaplong 5 days ago | 247 comments

A Believer magazine essay about the difficulty of tapering off and withdrawing from benzodiazepine medications.

Ozempic is changing the foods Americans buy(news.cornell.edu)

411 points by giuliomagnifico 9 months ago | 748 comments

Cornell Chronicle article on research finding that GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are associated with reductions in Americans' grocery and food purchases.

The upstream cause of the youth mental health crisis is the loss of community(afterbabel.com)

684 points by throwup238 2 years ago | 627 comments

An After Babel Substack essay by Seth Kaplan arguing that the loss of community is the upstream cause of the youth mental health crisis.

The Corporate Happiness Treadmill and the Case for Doing Less(0xff.nu)

37 points by hxii 15 days ago | 31 comments

A personal blog essay arguing against the corporate pursuit of constant growth and happiness, advocating for doing less at work to avoid burnout.