that sounds right, Dan Brown is a bit of a hack, or at least that's what I've heard - he's commercially successful, though!
EDIT: I've seen Umberto Eco recommended as a Dan Brown alternative, I reallt enjoyed Name of the Rose but I think Foucault's Pendulum is usually recommended for Dan Brown fans who want something better.
not to tell you how to shitpost, but I'm noticing you're posting a lot of new posts in a short period - you might have better engagement and people might enjoy the content better if you space out posts over days, it kinda feels like spam to dump everything at once (maybe this is just my opinion, but Lemmy could use more consistent and reliable posters - so I wanted to encourage pacing as a way to help with engagement and burnout)
ah, I didn't know about this - it does look like O- is used (and sometimes O+ if risk assessment allows when O- blood is not available).
I'm also reading there are rapid tests used in emergencies, too.
in the US they will always run a test to confirm blood type before starting an infusion
ah, and the skeleton wars ✅ got it, thanks
wot
TIL Iraqis circumcise their boys!!
I will go with my original thought then, the Crusades - I think European Christendom had not yet incorporated circumcision at the time, but the Muslim world was practicing circumcision, so that would be a war between the circumcised and the uncircumcised?
~~what do you think the Iraq war was, sweaty?~~ ignorant white colonist shows their racism
we are so past needing to protect Biden's image to hold together tenuous alliances to win elections for harm reduction reasons
but yeah, Biden was an old timey Drug Warrior, his legacy has aged like milk - yet it was his administration that finally managed to lower the scheduling of cannabis, so again the Democrats manage to hold onto the claim of Lesser Evil (even while full throatedly defending genocide)
I lived in the South most of my life, where growing, selling, or possessing cannabis was treated like opiates (in fact federal drug laws require judges during sentencing to use a table that converts amount of cannabis into equivalent amounts of heroin!) - I personally know people who have served jail time just for having a joint on a table when cops were called during a noise complaint because people were practicing their musical instruments. So it depends on the state you are in, but some of them don't overlook cannabis.
US drug laws are extremely irrational, and it's not really surprising given they were designed to punish and criminalize undesirable elements in society, like racial minorities and political enemies. Medical and scientifically justified concerns about safety were never really a motivation for the laws.
What drew you to read this book?