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“The Hemingways of the world were out there. It used to be a badass thing to be a writer, and a brave thing to put your thoughts onto the page and publish them.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Prof Sir Jonathan Van-Tam, the former deputy chief medical officer for England and an advisor to Stablepharma, used to work in remote field clinics.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
“All my new starts are usually going to be Mounjaro and Zepbound,” said Scott Isaacs, an endocrinologist in Atlanta who used to consult for Novo.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
“You get used to it,” says Anna Genis, a medical laboratory technician.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Arlo and my dad are pretty used to my knowing things before they happen.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
