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Carl Zimmer

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With brain tapeworms in the news today, I thought I'd share this column from back in my Discover days, on the gruesome but surprisingly common disease known as neurocysticercosis www.discovermagazine.com/health/hidde...

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Cait's avatar Cait @caitesq.bsky.social
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Wow, you've given me a new nightmare

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Carl Zimmer's avatar Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.bsky.social
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If the pop-ups are too much for you to handle, you can find my column mirrored here: carlzimmer.com/hidden-epide...

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Thaily's avatar Thaily @thaily.bsky.social
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I can't read that, it's riddled with video ads and pop-ups :/ Seemed really interesting too.

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Michael R Lambert's avatar Michael R Lambert @mrl53.bsky.social
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Geez

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Enrique Gili 's avatar Enrique Gili @gili92107.bsky.social
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Is it time for mallard penis puns given the Duckworth vs Drake discourse?

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c0nc0rdance's avatar c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social
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It's an excellent read. Well done.

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CoffeeShopRabbi's avatar CoffeeShopRabbi @rruth.bsky.social
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I see that I need to take a media free day. Argh, that photo.

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Sage 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar Sage 🏳️‍⚧️ @trans.bsky.social
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Overcursed

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Molligru 🏳️‍⚧️🦄's avatar Molligru 🏳️‍⚧️🦄 @blahpers.bsky.social
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What a cool rock picture

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Shahab's avatar Shahab @shahabzargari.bsky.social
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😶

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I feel a little sick now.

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John (JP) Roberts's avatar John (JP) Roberts @jpr602.bsky.social
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when i was in medical residency in San Antonio this was quite common

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Rowdy's avatar Rowdy @rrrowdy.bsky.social
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I love when I click on a link to an article I'm interested in, and am then bombarded with advertisements and pop ups trying to take me elsewhere or convince me to give them money. No wait, no, I love the other thing where you can just read the article.

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Miles Beard's avatar Miles Beard @milesbeard.bsky.social
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Terrifying, thank you!

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After traveling in India for months where pigs roam free in the streets I understood all those biblical warnings about eating pork. The one thing the article got wrong is that the pigs accidentally eat the larva as they look for other food. Pigs enthusiastically eat the human poop it's no accident.

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Lucretius Bourgeois's avatar Lucretius Bourgeois @maviscruet.bsky.social
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I am sure there was an episode of House MD about this. Eeesh.

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