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While you’re waiting for the bus June 21, 2013
Stuff worth reading Political Ideology and the Avoidance of Dissonance-Arousing Situations SCOTUS Rules Against Big Pharma On Payoffs To Stop Generic Competition The Impotence of a Good Life Your daily heartwarmer: Airbnb homes used for disaster victims Ok I like this The National Surveillance State, Going Strong Since 1917 Keep on keeping on Red and […]
You Won’t Believe What Pork Producers Do to Pregnant Pigs | Mother Jones
You Won’t Believe What Pork Producers Do to Pregnant Pigs | Mother Jones. I grew up on a hog farm and we kept sows in farrowing crates only for the very end of pregnancy, birthing, and first couple weeks of the piglets’ lives. The rest of the time they ran around a pasture digging around […]
China warns it will execute serious polluters | Grist.
China warns it will execute serious polluters | Grist. Well that’s one way to encourage participation in carbon markets.
Migraine and exercise
Yesterday I did 40 minutes of yoga. Today I found lifting my pillows difficult. My social media feeds are full of friends reporting their latest runs and excitement over personal bests. My friends are motivated by improvements – shaving a few more seconds off their mile, lifting a few pounds more, losing a few pounds. […]
While you’re waiting for the bus
Stuff worth reading Colorado city wants more than just a ban on fracking Um maybe nucleotides aren’t actually dangerous? And are found in rather large numbers in the cells if all living things? Global Insight: China’s silence over US snooping is golden – FT.com Stooping to their level. West End Memories Project: Nadine – 1 […]
When your doctor doesn’t care
That no one dies of migraine seems, to someone deep into an attack, an ambiguous blessing. — from Joan Didion’s essay, In Bed Early this year I had a very bad migraine that lasted a very long time. It was triggered by withdrawal headaches from a medicine that was supposed to help my migraines. After […]
While you’re waiting for the bus June 7, 2013
Stuff worth reading China’s sense of superiority and injustice is a potent mix Spot on Girl Computers | American History Lives at American Heritage Welded Shovel Pine Cones by Floyd Elzinga <3 A Mental Leave From the Reality of Chronic Illness Chronic illness crushes you by constantly shutting the door in your fae Share and […]