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I never heard of it until I saw it on my deal app today. I just thought they were something new on the breakfast menu.

You're full of shit. You've had a circle jerk of political posters, led by one of your own mods, that has made this place more hostile to even center-left points of view than ASMB ever was. I mean, you've had one user tell Master_Debater, who talks like a robot 95 percent of the time, that she needs to kill herself, and your mods did nothing. Seriously, don't even bother because you're not going to enforce it in any fair manner.

On this day 25 years ago (1992 if you suck at math), Alice in Chains released their second full-length studio album Dirt. pretty much anyone who bought the album will tell you there’s something special about it. Alice in Chains were one of the few bands which could record an entire album where none of the songs felt like filler. Each song from the opening “Them Bones” to the closer “Would?” were distinct. When you talked to someone who bought the album, there was no explaining which song you were talking about, they knew. While many people say now that it was the album that launched them into the mainstream, they seem to forget that 1990s Facelift had already been a great success with its hit song “Main in a Box.” That song was seemingly played nonstop on MTV’s Buzz Block, if anyone remembers that.

Mean Gene isn't dead.

It wasn't totally unexpected, he has been fighting cancer for a while

How many Toonami viewers were actually old enough to remember watching it back then. You're approaching it like the target demographic is 35-65 year olds instead of 18-24 year olds.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is close to approving its first gene therapy treatment for cancer. This gene therapy targets cancer by turning the bodies own cells into anti-cancer weapons. Here’s a dumbed-down explanation from NPR: The new treatment is known as CAR-T cell immunotherapy. It works by removing key immune system cells known as T cells from the patient so scientists can genetically modify them to seek out and attack only cancer cells. That’s why some scientists refer to this as a “living drug.” Doctors then infuse millions of the genetically modified T cells back into the patient’s body so they can try to obliterate the cancer cells and hopefully leave healthy tissue unscathed. Now, there are some risks. The biggest being “cytokine release syndrome,” in which the immune system attacks vital organs. Unlike treatments in the past, no patients have died from the new therapy. That means that while the treatment may make you sick, you’re probably still going to survive it more so than the cancer. Of course, much like vaccines, there are people who hear “gene” and freak out. But, they’re becoming a minority as knowledge of how genetics works becomes more commonplace. CANCER MOONSHOT Although it was well underway beforehand, this new treatment brings to mind former Vice President Joe Biden’s “Cancer Moonshot.” The “Cancer Moonshot” and Biden’s involvement originates with President Barack Obama’s 2016 State of the Union Address. Obama called on Biden to lead a new, national Cancer Moonshot focused on making a decade of progress in preventing, diagnosing, and treating cancer in 5 years, ultimately striving to end cancer as we know it. This is something near and dear to Biden’s heart, as he lost his own son to brain cancer in 2015 A Presidential Memorandum established the Cancer Moonshot Task Force, which was directed to unite the Federal government in achieving the Moonshot’s mission through a focused effort to leverage Federal investments, targeted incentives, private sector efforts, and patient initiatives, among other mechanisms. The Moonshot’s seeks to create a near future where: all segments of society have access to prevention strategies, diagnostics, and treatments that save lives; there are cures for some forms of cancer and others have been turned into chronic conditions that do not diminish the quality or length of life; cancer researchers and doctors are collaboratively engaged in a system that accelerates knowledge and breakthroughs; and patients and health care professionals are partners, and patients can easily access and control their health information to use as they wish, including to further biomedical research. Most of us know someone that has had or has died from cancer. Both the new CAR-T immunotherapy treatment and Moonshot offer hope. Hope that cancer will go from complicating or destroying life, to being in the same vein as diabetes or allergies. That is, something that you may have to deal with your entire life, but it’s not going to kill you. https://zoombubba.com/blog/2017/07/14/panel-oks-cancer-killing-gene-therapy/

So I didn’t realize it was already Asteroid Day 2017. That might have something to do with having no idea Asteroid Day existed until just a few minutes ago though. But, I think I have an excuse though. Asteroid Day has only been around two years. It hasn’t made its way into the broad public consciousness yet. I just learned about it by chance myself, when I was looking for interesting news via Google News search. The purpose of Asteroid Day is pretty simple: Bring attention to asteroids. The purpose of this attention is to protect earth through an early prevention mechanism, which has yet to developed. What’s particularly interesting about Asteroid Day is who created: Brian May. May co-founded and played guitar for Queen. He now works as an astrophysicist. In case you didn’t know what asteroids are, the quick definition is this: They’re small rocky bodies, ranging from dust particles to 1,000 miles across, that orbit the sun. Occasionally, their orbits cross paths with Earth, sometimes with disastrous results. Just ask the dinosaurs. So with the dinosaurs in mind, let’s get back to protecting Earth: So, why June 30? Well, it’s the date of the Tunguska event. This event happened on this date in 1908 when 5–10 megaton airburst occurred over Tunguska, Russia. The airburst flattened 800 square miles and 80 million trees, making it the largest impact to occur in modern times. Most recently, and also in Russia, we got a reminder of how dangerous even a small asteroid could be with the Chelyabinsk event, when a car-sized asteroid exploded overhead. Hundreds were injured and the event was caught on camera by several people, giving us spectacular documentation of the event. So, if you want to spend your day getting your space on, then I’d suggest you check out the 24-hour feed going on to mark Asteroid Day. Just to let you know, from what I’ve seen so far, it’s a bunch of guys sitting around a table talking about asteroids. https://zoombubba.com/blog/2017/06/30/asteroid-day-aims-to-raise-awareness-protect-earth/

With all the political theater dominating the news cycle, it’s easy for things to get buried. Often among those items that get overlooked in the shuffle are those that do with science and technology that will have a bigger impact on the future than today’s politics. One of those stories has to do with robots and their changing place in the world. Robots have been part of the military for sometime. Believe it or not, the use of unmanned vehicles goes back to WWII when the Germans used the remote-controlled Goliath tracked mine to carry explosives to enemy targets. We’ve come a long way since then. While we may still use remote-controlled drones, fully automated robots are on the horizon. For some people that’s scary, largely because they saw Terminator as kids, and for others it’s going to lead to fewer American deaths on the battlefield. Which brings us to some news from two weeks ago. This is something pretty big. In a few years, if this work is successful, humans will be working with robots that have artificial intelligence on the battlefield. While some people are going to be worried that we’re taking things too far, their cases don’t matter much. We’re in a race with rivals to stay one step ahead. Now, it’s not just the military where that robots are going to make a mark. They’ve already had a huge impact on manufacturing. Within the last few years, there have been robots designed for nuclear clean up and even bartending. Resisting the robotic world is futile. We’ve already let the rabbits out of the cage and they’re multiplying like crazy. There is no “going back” and it’s not a bad thing … unless those human workers who find themselves displaced by robotic technology are left to starve. But, I like to think that our governments will get that the old “get a job” model won’t work anymore when that point is reached. https://zoombubba.com/blog/2017/06/15/robots-to-integrate-into-military-units/

I don't see them doing a board. They're not really an outreach to a wider audience like FB or Twatter and don't generate money.

There's going to be new boards?

Act now or lose Mars. That’s the June 7 message from the Planetary Society. The paper, titled “Mars in Retrograde,” raises concern that the U.S. timeline for putting a human on Mars by the 2030s will be undermined by lack of funding and challenges in U.S. leadership (cough, cough Republicans! cough, cough). They say there is simply “not much of a Mars program.” Anyway, the Planetary Society points out what they think needs to be done in the paper. WHY MARS? So why is going to Mars important? Well first, we will expand our scientific knowledge. We can learn more about “what went wrong on Mars” and “was there ever life on Mars?” Also, the technology developed to get to Mars will have benefits outside of the space mission. We already benefit from past space programs in our every day lives with items like enriched baby food, chemical detectors, anti-icing chemicals and much, much more. Will the paper have an impact? Probably not. The political landscape is aimed more at short-term social movement (forward or backwards) and economic concerns at the moment. With all its current drama, it seems as if getting into another country will be a problem for Americans, let alone getting to Mars. The Planetary Society is a non-governmental, nonprofit foundation involved in research, public outreach, and political advocacy for engineering projects related to astronomy, planetary science, and space exploration. It’s CEO is celebrity scientist Bill Nye. From, well, my blog: https://zoombubba.com/blog/2017/06/07/planetary-society-mars-is-slipping-away/

It looks like CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) is now looking ahead to an even bigger successor of the 16.8 mile (26 kilometer) looped particle collider known as the Large Hadron Collider. The LHC is most famous for the discovery of the Higgs Boson in 2012. The Higgs boson, dubbed the “God Particle” on its initial release, is one of the particles responsible for the existence of mass. Of course, calling something a “God Particle” got certain crowds’ undies in a wad. But, you know, they moved back to the “war on Christmas” and “Obama is a Kenyan” conspiracy theories soon afterward. But anyway, this new loop will be from 50-62 miles (80-100 kilometers) around. No date is set in stone, but it helps to note that it took 30 years for the current LHC to come into existance. As far as what that even bigger collider can do: Now you may wonder “what the heck have we got out of CERN?” Well, aside from knowledge it has helped in the development of hadron therapies for treating cancer and medical imaging advances. Which translates to “longer and better lives.” The hopes are that LHS 2.0 could lead to more radiation-resistant materials that can carry greater power, which would be applicable to future nuclear reactors and power networks. Of course, I guess opening a hole to a demon dimension is always possible to. From my site: https://zoombubba.com/blog/2017/06/06/cern-talks-new-lhc/

After getting banned under my Josey account for the seventh time, I decided to keep away from forums until the election was over. Now I'm back and I noticed that there's STILL an Election 2016 thread. * I mean, come on. Isn't it about time we move on to another even number which is between 2016 and 2020? (*can I still say "back" if this is a totally new website that I had to hunt down via google search which led me to reddit which led me to a freeboard which led me to here? Did any mods make it here to say what finally led to the plug being pulled so suddenly on ASMB?) Anyway, shameless website plug: https://www.zoombubba.com