“After months of debates and preparations, a vaccine trial, named Tumaini—Swahili for “hope”—is expected to clear the final regulatory and ethical hurdles any time, and the first doses could be administered this week.” 🧪 #Idsky www.science.org/content/arti...

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The Mississippi AG says police are justified for killing a baby because someone thought his mother shoplifted diapers that she paid for. The police have refused to release body cam footage. Fuck everything about this story.

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In the early hours I finished reading this book, which I did not want to finish but could not sleep w/out knowing the end, & it was heartbreaking yet comforting, sad yet sweet, & I wish we all had a Carl period in our lives, what a compassionate, wise world that would be. 🙏Tom, US reader❤️

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Perhaps that's because they didn't enjoy it the right way: with a cocktail of other spices, mixed into sweetened, pumpkin-based custard & served with a pile of whipped cream. There's about 1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg per slice, so 4-5 slices should get you into the psychedelic zone. Bone apple teeth!

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The nutmeg tree, Myristica fragrans, is native to Indonesia's spice islands. It has been traded across vast networks since at least Ancient Rome, who named it 'Nux muscada' meaning "musky nut" & thence to nutmeg. Here's what a nutmeg fruit looks like, with the nut just showing:

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