Goodbody Clinic: "Lung Cancer Testing"

Time to talk about Goodbody Clinic. They offer various blood tests for cancers. Their “lung cancer testing” page, in particular, appeared in my Sponsored Links this morning. Let’s have a look, shall we?

Vista Health: "Full Body MRI Scan"

See here for other articles on dodgy “MRI Cancer Scans” Vista Health, another favourite. We’ve already covered the fact there is no such thing as a “full body cancer screen”, and how these types of screening-not-screenings can cause harm.

Phoenix Hospital Group: "Full Body Cancer MRI Screening"

See here for other articles on dodgy “MRI Cancer Scans” These predatory adverts keep coming up: this one for Phoenix Hospital Group, offering “Full body MRI cancer screening”1. Phoenix Hospital Group Full Body Cancer MRI Screening advert, published on Facebook, Instagram and elsewhere (source)

Synology Lucene++ Client

Recently I was trying to figure out a way of accessing the “universal search” index available via the Synology UI, in a way that didn’t require logging into the UI itself.

Edinburgh, Taylor Swift and Airbnb

More parasitic price-gouging on the part of Airbnb. Edinburgh is inundated with Airbnb properties; every year the prices keep going up, anyone who doesn’t have piles of cash is priced out, Airbnb reaps £££, nobody wins.