My latest Forbes column is now out: "To Improve Telemedicine, Reform Outdated State Medical Licensing Rules".
I discuss some proposals to make it easier for physicians to practice telemedicine across state lines. I'm glad these ideas are getting more attention in outlets such as The New England Journal Of Medicine.
"Where to Get Free and Cheap Burritos for National Burrito Day":
National Burrito Day lands on April Fool’s Day this year, but thankfully restaurants aren’t playing around with their deals.
Starting [April 1], restaurants like Pollo Loco and Moe’s Southwest Grill are offering buy-one-get-one deals, $5 burritos, and more. Less useful but still good, Chipotle is inviting people to play in an online challenge to crack a code and win a free burrito, plus other prizes all-day on April 1. Here are some deals and freebies to take advantage of on National Burrito Day...
"Unique feeding behaviour of Asian kukri snakes gutting frogs and toads":
In September 2020, we reported the first evidence for a newly discovered behaviour in snakes, as we provided extensive photographic documentation, demonstrating a macabre feeding strategy of Asian kukri snakes of the species Oligodon fasciolatus, the Small-banded Kukri Snake: a snake cutting open the abdomen of a toad, inserting its head and pulling out the toad’s organs which are then swallowed.
This is done while the toad is alive and it may take several hours before it dies! We have now provided new evidence that two other species of kukri snakes also exhibit this highly unusual behaviour...
"The Louvre Puts Its Massive Collection of Art Online":
For the first time ever, the entire Louvre collection is available online, whether works are on display in the museum, on long-term loan in other French institutions, or in storage.
"This AI Is Supposed To Create Inspiring Images, But The Results Are Hilarious Instead"
Woman notices unusual draft from behind bathroom mirror, finds previously unknown 3-bedroom hidden apartment:
"Inside the hair-raising secret space, Hartsoe finds open windows and a heap of trash bags. She also discovers an empty water bottle, which she calls a 'sign of life'."
"'We May Need to Adjourn': Zoom Assault Hearing Goes Off the Rails After Court Discovers Alleged Abuser in the Same Apartment as Alleged Victim".
Good work by quick-thinking state attorney assistant Deborah Davis to notice that something wasn’t quite right! (Via Ari Armstrong.)
BBC: "'Hovering ship' photographed off Cornish coast by walker"
[BBC meteorologist David] Braine said: "Superior mirages occur because of the weather condition known as a temperature inversion, where cold air lies close to the sea with warmer air above it.
"Since cold air is denser than warm air, it bends light towards the eyes of someone standing on the ground or on the coast, changing how a distant object appears...
"All peanut butter, all the time: Reese's peanut butter cups without chocolate arriving in April".
Commentary: I like peanut butter. But if I wanted an all peanut butter cup, I could also just go to the store, get a jar of my favorite PB, and enjoy it straight from the jar with spoon.
Which I confess I've done.
ProTip for surgeons: Do NOT try to attend your traffic court Zoom meeting at the same time your patient is lying on the OR table.
“So unless I’m mistaken, I’m seeing a defendant that’s in the middle of an operating room appearing to be actively engaged in providing services to a patient. Is that correct, Mr. Green? Or should I say Dr. Green?” Link asked over the sounds of suction and the beep-beep of medical devices...
