# lindell (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover lindell. Page: Feed: --- ## [How Should I Carry My Prescription Opioids When I Leave Home?](https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2026/8/21/what-should-i-do-with-my-prescription-opioids-when-i-leave-the-house) _2026-08-22 · Pain News Network · Latest Stories - Pain News Network_ By Crystal Lindell Personally, I carry my daily dose of morphine and Norco in a Tylenol bottle whenever I leave the house. Just two or three pills rattling around in there, mixed with some regular OTC pain meds and a couple of TUMS thrown in for good measure. I have been taking prescription opioids on a daily basis since 2013 and, like all long-term opioid users, I had to figure out how to store… ## [Three brothers](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/21/three-brothers/) _2026-08-21 · PZ Myers · Pharyngula_ I found an old photo. That’s my late brother Jim, me, and my brother Mike, just hanging out at my mother’s house several years ago. ## [Hot Weather Raises Risk of Chronic Pain for Older Adults](https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2026/8/21/hot-weather-raises-risk-of-chronic-pain-especially-for-older-adults-in-rural-areasnbsp) _2026-08-21 · Pain News Network · Latest Stories - Pain News Network_ By Feinuo Sun When a heat wave arrives, the public health advice follows a familiar script: drink water, watch for heat stroke, check on people with heart or lung conditions. That list saves lives. But it leaves out something that shapes daily life for millions of older Americans – chronic pain . In a new study , public health professor Kai Zhang and I followed over 35,000 adults over age 50… ## [I meet some students for real today](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/21/i-meet-some-students-for-real-today/) _2026-08-21 · PZ Myers · Pharyngula_ Classes haven’t started just yet, but I’m meeting my new advisees today. They’re all pre-nursing students! The world needs more nurses so I’m happy to welcome them and inform them of the horrors OPPORTUNITIES that await them. We actually do provide a good structure for preparing students for nursing programs, and we also have an \[…\] ## [Where should Paloma go to college?](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/21/where-should-paloma-go-to-college/) _2026-08-21 · PZ Myers · Pharyngula_ The Secretary of the US Department of Transportation is an airhead lawyer and former reality-TV “star” with no qualifications in transportation, Sean Duffy, but hey, you knew because he has a high appointment in the Trump administration that he was unqualified and incompetent. At least it’s better than his previous sinecure as the acting administrator \[…\] ## [How Pain Became Profitable](https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2026/8/20/how-pain-became-profitable) _2026-08-20 · Pain News Network · Latest Stories - Pain News Network_ By Neen Monty Why have prescription opioids become virtually verboten? Is it safety? Partly. Evidence? Allegedly. The evidence is pretty thin. But let’s not overlook the less noble explanation: research dollars, commercial opportunity, institution building and careers. There is now an enormous scientific and commercial industry devoted to solving “the opioid crisis.” And that industry depends, at… ## [I get mail](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/20/i-get-mail-5/) _2026-08-20 · PZ Myers · Pharyngula_ My address is easy to find, and if nothing else, you can just send it to me, at the University of Minnesota Morris, and it will find its way to my mailbox. Lately, I’ve gotten mundane pages from the Watchtower (Jehovah’s Witnesses are instantly recognizable by the style of their illustrations), and this…this kookrant. The \[…\] ## [The company they keep tells you all you need to know](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/20/the-company-they-keep-tells-you-all-you-need-to-know/) _2026-08-20 · PZ Myers · Pharyngula_ Holy crap. Guess who these guys are looking towards for advice. Gad Saad. Musk: I mean, there’s a guy who posts on X who’s great: Gad Saad.\* Rogan: Yeah. He’s a friend of mine. He’s been on the podcast a bunch of times. Musk: Yeah, he’s awesome. … And he talks about, you know, basically \[…\] ## [The lesson of apples](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/20/the-lesson-of-apples/) _2026-08-20 · PZ Myers · Pharyngula_ I grew up in Washington state, and many of my relatives worked the apple orchards in season — they were good, hardworking fruit pickers. But I hadn’t even thought about where apples came from. I was pretty sure it wouldn’t have been the Yakima valley, and of course I knew of the legend of Johnny \[…\] ## [Election denial is a psychological disorder](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/20/election-denial-is-a-psychological-disorder/) _2026-08-20 · PZ Myers · Pharyngula_ Remember this guy? He ought to be forgotten already. Despite a glowing endorsement from Trump, Lindell was defeated by Demuth by roughly 11 percentage points in the Republican primary for governor on 11 August, a margin far beyond the 0.25% threshold that would trigger an automatic state-funded recount. He lost by 11 percent. This was \[…\] ## [Home of the Agentic Pull Request (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/XSvCBEcsIhDg) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ CLI-first, TUI-ready toolkits and a moshscript installer — join the waitlist ## [The queen has a beau!](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/19/the-queen-has-a-beau/) _2026-08-19 · PZ Myers · Pharyngula_ I was checking on the Argiope female in my backyard, and discovered that she has a little friend, in a web about 10cm away. It’s true that the female of the species dwarfs the little males, but look at the gigantic, pendulous palps hanging off the boy. He’s all male. ## [Silencio!](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/19/silencio/) _2026-08-19 · PZ Myers · Pharyngula_ My internet has been down most of the day, so I’ve taken advantage of the silence to do a bunch of class prep. Nothing exciting, no problems, I’ve just been temporarily inaccessible. ## [Why I Keep Quiet About My Use of Prescription Opioids](https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2026/8/19/why-i-keep-quiet-about-my-use-of-prescription-opioids) _2026-08-19 · Pain News Network · Latest Stories - Pain News Network_ By Crystal Lindell When I first started taking prescription opioids on a daily basis in 2013, I didn’t hide that information from anyone. I told my friends at church, my family, and even my then-boss. I was in way too much pain to spend any energy worrying about what anyone thought about me or the pills I was popping. At the time, I was still working in the corporate world. And I quickly began to… ## [The Feds Are Pushing for Unprecedented Access to Your Medical Records ](https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2026/8/18/the-feds-are-pushing-for-unprecedented-access-to-your-medical-recordsnbsp) _2026-08-18 · Pain News Network · Latest Stories - Pain News Network_ By Jennifer Oliva You might assume that what you tell a doctor stays between you, your physician and perhaps your insurer. But the reality is more complicated. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act , the federal privacy law that governs health information and is commonly known as HIPAA , is narrower than its reputation suggests. It regulates hospitals, physicians, insurers and… ## [Progress achieved](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/18/progress-achieved/) _2026-08-18 · PZ Myers · Pharyngula_ This morning I got my entire first week of lectures tidied up and uploaded, along with my syllabus (actually got that done last week), and am ready to begin my semester. Almost. Tomorrow I’ll get my first week of lab organized. ## [Lock him up!](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/18/lock-him-up-2/) _2026-08-18 · PZ Myers · Pharyngula_ I told you about how James O’Keefe had tried to prank Minnesota elections. This state had a major fraud scandal where a few people had scammed childcare funds for millions of dollars, and the government has been hammering through those cases and slamming the con-artists into prison, while MAGA has been shrieking for justice because \[…\] ## [I think this is a fictitious trend](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/18/i-think-this-is-a-fictitious-trend/) _2026-08-18 · PZ Myers · Pharyngula_ There I was nodding along with all the stuff social media is telling me, when I was brought up short by an innocuous comment. Ha ha, yeah, people are so different now…hang on, wait a minute. None of that is true. I suspect that the person did NOT do a careful analysis of statistical trends. \[…\] ## [The death of superheroes](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/18/the-death-of-superheroes/) _2026-08-18 · PZ Myers · Pharyngula_ One of the drawbacks to volunteering at the local theater is that you have to sit through way too many showings of movies you don’t like. I’ve suffered through four showings of Spider-Man: Spiderless New Day so far. I don’t actually sit through the movie, but instead wait in the concessions area, listening to the \[…\] ## [DEA Scheduling of 7-OH Could Come Any Day](https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2026/8/17/the-waiting-game-dea-scheduling-of-7-oh-could-come-soon) _2026-08-17 · Pain News Network · Latest Stories - Pain News Network_ By Pat Anson A recent DEA decision to classify the designer drug O-DSMT (O-desmethyltramadol) as an illegal Schedule One controlled substance gives us some insight into how quickly the agency may do the same for concentrated forms of the kratom alkaloid 7-OH (7-hydroxymitragynine). It also serves as a reminder of how misleading and inept the DEA and other federal agencies can be about their… ## [Which hurts worse: Calvin Smith’s lies, or being flayed alive?](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/17/which-hurts-worse-calvin-smiths-lies-or-being-flayed-alive/) _2026-08-17 · PZ Myers · Pharyngula_ I finally got around to rebutting Calvin Smith’s lies. But I have to confess that I was flattered by his lengthy description of me. Unfortunately, now I have to go to the hospital, where a dermatologist is going to slice out a divot of my flesh in the name of cancer prevention. Wheeee. I’ll probably \[…\] ## [Finnish Seedboxes — Up to 20Gbps (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/oSqx0C8oDYxs) _2026-08-17 · **Sponsored**_ Private Finnish seedboxes with 1–20Gbps speeds, RAID storage and 14‑day refund ## [I haven’t seen this in a while](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/16/i-havent-seen-this-in-a-while/) _2026-08-16 · PZ Myers · Pharyngula_ Maybe the monarchs are coming back — we spotted a roosting mass of them across the street. Can you count them all? Also, on a branch just above them, there was a Cooper’s Hawk standing guard. ## [A few hours later…](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/16/a-few-hours-later/) _2026-08-16 · PZ Myers · Pharyngula_ Earlier this morning, Mary spotted a dark chrysalis near our back door. This is what it looks like now. In a few hours, it’ll flutter off to join the wild population here in Morris. ## [James O’Keefe still likes to play dress-up](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/16/james-okeefe-still-likes-to-play-dress-up/) _2026-08-16 · PZ Myers · Pharyngula_ If you thought James O Keefe was washed up and would vanish in the sewage outlet of history after his exposure and disgrace, guess again. He attempted to meddle in the Minnesota primary by dressing up as a muslim , putting on a poor muslim accent, and attempting to vote illegally, to show that Minnesota election laws \[ \] ## [Kids these days…](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/16/kids-these-days-2/) _2026-08-16 · PZ Myers · Pharyngula_ When I was in college, many years ago, one of the hobbies sweeping through the youth (and older) was the Society for Creative Anachronism putting on padding, taking a sword made of rattan wrapped in foam, and pounding on each other in fake medieval battles. I thought it was fun to watch, but was \[ \] ## [Are Women Who Use Walking Canes Faking Disability? A UK Columnist Thinks So](https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2026/8/15/are-young-women-who-use-walking-canes-faking-disability-a-uk-columnist-thinks-so) _2026-08-15 · Pain News Network · Latest Stories - Pain News Network_ By Crystal Lindell When I was still working full-time in the corporate world, I often had to go to trade conferences where I’d spend 12-hour days walking a show floor the size of multiple football fields. I have hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and intercostal neuralgia, so even with very strong pain medication, it was often too much for me. I knew that using a walking aid, like a cane or even… ## [The Lifesaving Legacy of Dr. Forest Tennant](https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2026/8/14/the-lifesaving-legacy-of-dr-forest-tennant) _2026-08-14 · Pain News Network · Latest Stories - Pain News Network_ By Pat Anson Humanitarian. Philanthropist. Author. Historian. Friend. Those are some of the words that come to mind when I think of Dr. Forest Tennant, who died Thursday from complications of kidney failure. He was 85. Here are a few other words that describe him: Real estate investor. Mayor. Professor. Civic Leader. Veteran. Forest Tennant was many things to many people, but he is best known for… ## [What that movie should have been](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/14/what-that-movie-should-have-been/) _2026-08-14 · PZ Myers · Pharyngula_ I didn t care much for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, so today I made the movie I wanted. It didn t require hundreds of millions of dollars, either. I bought some new black widows, and today is the day they got moved into brand new shiny containers. See, Marvel? That s how it is done. ## [I was lucky my family wasn’t god-soaked](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/14/i-was-lucky-my-family-wasnt-god-soaked/) _2026-08-14 · PZ Myers · Pharyngula_ I did not like this video. It s titled Meet the Evangelical Science Teacher Who Raised an Evolutionist . It meanders. It s slow. It s from the perspective of a rational, evolution accepting person who has a father who is both a science teacher and a committed young earth creationist, and the problem is that it s trying to \[ \] ## [We’ve got epic losers in this state](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/13/weve-got-epic-losers-in-this-state/) _2026-08-13 · PZ Myers · Pharyngula_ I told you who won the Minnesota primaries, but I should probably mention the wacky and unloveable losers of that race. First and foremost is Mike Lindell, the MyPillow guy. Despite the fact that Donald Trump endorsed him, he lost by 11 points to Lisa Demuth. Before the election night, he was saying that win \[ \] ## [Is Dry Needling Effective for Muscle Pain?](https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2026/8/9/is-dry-needling-effective-for-muscle-pain) _2026-08-13 · Pain News Network · Latest Stories - Pain News Network_ By The Conversation Physiotherapists, chiropractors and osteopaths commonly use dry needling to treat neck, shoulder, back and other types of muscle pain. It involves inserting thin needles into sensitive parts of a person’s muscle, often termed “myofascial trigger points”. The needles remain in the muscle for a few minutes and can be gently moved to create a twitch response in the muscle. This… ## [Countdown to Getting Paid (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/bU2UibkmY8Ag) _2026-08-13 · **Sponsored**_ Create a shareable wallet timer — deposits buy back time and pay debt down ## [Behold, my replacement!](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/13/behold-my-replacement/) _2026-08-13 · PZ Myers · Pharyngula_ I ve only been teaching for over 40 years, so what do I know. I have to work with a team of professional biologists to hammer out a good curriculum, and I m aware that there are a range of topics I m not knowledgeable enough to teach we have to work together to cover all the \[ \] ## [Struck down mid-paragraph](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/13/struck-down-mid-paragraph/) _2026-08-13 · PZ Myers · Pharyngula_ Yesterday, my goal was to whip my cell biology syllabus into shape, and then to reorganize my first lecture. I did not get either done, because I instead was slammed with some wicked gut disruption that struck suddenly. I had to flee home, abandoning my laptop, with my syllabus open and one paragraph in the \[ \] ## [The Unusual Link Between Two Rare Chronic Pain Conditions](https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2026/8/12/crps-more-likely-for-eds-patients) _2026-08-12 · Pain News Network · Latest Stories - Pain News Network_ By Crystal Lindell People who have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), a genetic connective tissue disorder, are more likely to have Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) – a chronic inflammatory nerve pain condition that is usually triggered by an acute arm or leg injury. That’s according to a new study by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine and the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, who… ## [To those people, ALL of your reproductive choices are to be questioned](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/12/to-those-people-all-of-your-reproductive-choices-are-to-be-questioned/) _2026-08-12 · PZ Myers · Pharyngula_ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has announced that she s freezing her eggs, basically planning ahead to defer reproduction. Some people have feelings about this. As predicted, a cohort of conservative critics emerged on social media to bemoan AOC’s personal choice, which challenges their prescriptive vision for American mothers: young, married and uninterested in pursuing a career. Allie Beth \[ \] ## [What a strange feeling…](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/12/what-a-strange-feeling/) _2026-08-12 · PZ Myers · Pharyngula_ I m not used to this. I m accustomed to deep disappointment the day after an election, but this year, the results all rolled my way. Amy Klobuchar won the DFL nomination for governor. I told you, she s a machine, she got about 90% of the votes. She ll be competing with Republican Lisa Demuth, not Mike Lindell. \[ \] ## [Who is Adam Bly?](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/11/who-is-adam-bly/) _2026-08-11 · PZ Myers · Pharyngula_ I just did an interview with a journalist who is trying to answer that question. I was not very helpful. I knew Adam Bly as a publisher and promoter of science popularizers he s the guy who created Seed Magazine and Scienceblogs, once upon a time, and I met him several times, and he paid \[ \] ## [Would an AI lie to you?](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/11/would-an-ai-lie-to-you/) _2026-08-11 · PZ Myers · Pharyngula_ I don t recall ever seeing services that offered to do all your research for you, and to write the paper for you, so now I m feeling old. Such services exist, though. One is called Research Gold you just tell them your thesis, they dig into the library, and they return a complete, fully written \[ \] ## [This is what happens when you let a senile fool run the country](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/11/this-is-what-happens-when-you-let-a-senile-fool-run-the-country/) _2026-08-11 · PZ Myers · Pharyngula_ The next distraction: We re at war with Iran, but that s not enough to hide Trump s crimes. How about going to war with a NATO ally? The invasion of Greenland has begun. An American oil company connected to Donald Trump is preparing to sink wells in remote Greenland despite not having received permission from the local \[ \] ## [It’s Minnesota Primary Day!](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/11/its-minnesota-primary-day/) _2026-08-11 · PZ Myers · Pharyngula_ I m getting out to vote this afternoon, and generally my choices are straightforward. I m voting for Peggy Flanagan for the US Senate; she s vying with Angie Craig, who has made some bad decisions, for instance, pandering to the crypto boys. Flanagan will be a good progressive. For my local state representative, I will vote for \[ \] ## [How ‘Toxic Narratives’ Fueled the Opioid Crisis](https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2026/8/10/how-toxic-narratives-drove-the-opioid-crisis) _2026-08-11 · Pain News Network · Latest Stories - Pain News Network_ By Pat Anson Dr. Lynn Webster has a unique perspective on the opioid crisis. As a pain management expert and prolific researcher, Webster was elected by his peers as president of the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) and developed the first Opioid Risk Tool , a questionnaire designed to assess a pain sufferer’s risk of opioid abuse. Like many other doctors involved in pain management,… ## [Fecundity](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/10/fecundity/) _2026-08-10 · PZ Myers · Pharyngula_ Is it possible to have too many baby spiders? No, it is not. Just ask their mother. ## [What did I live on in the years from 0 to 30?](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/10/what-did-i-live-on-in-the-years-from-0-to-30/) _2026-08-10 · PZ Myers · Pharyngula_ It s lunch hour, on my first day back at full-time work, and I m thinking about food. I m in transition; all summer I ve been mostly at home, in part because I ve been laid up by knee surgeries and some surgeries, but that excuse doesn t work any more because I m mostly recovered. My wife has been working \[ \] ## [When a Pain Flare Steals a Special Day](https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2026/8/10/when-a-pain-flare-steals-a-special-day) _2026-08-10 · Pain News Network · Latest Stories - Pain News Network_ By Crystal Lindell Sunday was a boringly normal day for me — as someone who deals with chronic pain on a daily basis. When I woke up, it felt like someone had replaced my ligaments with concrete and I was being stabbed in the ribs. I limped to the bathroom. And for breakfast, I had four different pain-relieving drugs and a bottle of water. After that, I laid back down and slept for another three… ## [It’s that time](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/10/its-that-time/) _2026-08-10 · PZ Myers · Pharyngula_ Time to go to…work. I have to go into my lab/office and get my class in order for the start of Fall term in two weeks. Oh well. Next year at this time I ll be retired, and nobody can tell me to go to work ever again. (Also, my work is enjoyable stuff anyway.) As \[ \] ## [In case you were wondering, Mel Gibson is still a colossal asshole](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/10/in-case-you-were-wondering-mel-gibson-is-still-a-colossal-asshole/) _2026-08-10 · PZ Myers · Pharyngula_ The fundamental feature of Christianity is that its believers are all committed to the idea they are especially beloved by a super-being, which makes them particularly insufferable. Mel Gibson is the pinnacle of this brand of intrinsic narcissism. Betty Bowers called it: Is there a more potent brand of blasphemy than a shitty narcissist claiming \[ \] ## [Build more guillotines](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/10/build-more-guillotines/) _2026-08-10 · PZ Myers · Pharyngula_ They are a demonstrably effective repellent of bad ideas. You don t even need to use them! Just wheel them into an area and watch the parasites scamper away. ## [We are kidnappers!](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/09/we-are-kidnappers/) _2026-08-09 · PZ Myers · Pharyngula_ Mary and I thought our yard Argiope was looking lonely, so we visited a local breeding ground and snatched up a couple more. This is a new female, already adapting to life in our yard. We also grabbed a couple of smaller Argiope, which might be males, or are simply too young to have the \[ \] ## [A little body horror](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/09/a-little-body-horror/) _2026-08-09 · PZ Myers · Pharyngula_ We ve got a few monarch chrysalides around the house, but we ve also noticed a lot of mortality among the caterpillars, which is normal. This morning we spotted this caterpillar, motionless and dying, clinging to the side of the house. There s something horrible stuck to its side. I don t know what it is, so I present \[ \] ## [God’s explosive diarrhea](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/08/gods-explosive-diarrhea/) _2026-08-08 · PZ Myers · Pharyngula_ Did you know that God explicitly bestowed the ability to generate explosive diarrhea on Cyclospora, and that this is true science? I just threw this together outside, never mind the screeching squirrels. They re more pleasant to listen to than Georgia Purdom. She s trying to claim that pathogenic microorganisms are the product of sin . My answer: \[ \] ## [Did you know…](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/08/did-you-know/) _2026-08-08 · PZ Myers · Pharyngula_ That you can use your home computer as a spider incubator? I keep several containers of Parasteatoda on top of my Mac Mini, where they thrive in the warmth and provide endless hours of entertainment while I m working. All four of these contain egg sacs, and three of the four have hatched out this morning!