It gets weird in here
I was chatting with a close friend about a week ago. He’s placed to be on top of current events with a depth and nuance… Read More »It gets weird in here
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Excercise intolerance, the invisible vampire
I’ve been walking for 2 1/4 miles 6 out of 7 days per week for a few weeks, and it stopped kicking my butt, woohoo!… Read More »Excercise intolerance, the invisible vampire
Focus
There’s a lot going on. My own health took a hard dive late last year and the damage continues to evolve… …On top of an… Read More »Focus
Related: health care coverage, economic policy, and racism
The same thinking that underlies racism, sexism, and classism underlies the thinking that says, “Hey, let’s get rid of health care coverage for those who… Read More »Related: health care coverage, economic policy, and racism
Moderation, part 2 (with footnotes)
Last week’s experimental overdose was not without consequences. There were a couple of days of the most astounding vacuousness, combined with a lethargy and inertia… Read More »Moderation, part 2 (with footnotes)
Out of the foggy night: Overmedication and abandonment issues
I was overmedicated on mixed psychoactives (in plain English, my doctors had me on too many pills for CRPS) and, at the beginning of February,… Read More »Out of the foggy night: Overmedication and abandonment issues
Mind, brain, spirit, and the im/pertinence of death
I referred to this material in an earlier post, where I described the online conversation that started it. My first thought was to turn it… Read More »Mind, brain, spirit, and the im/pertinence of death
Query: where have all the good studies gone?
I wonder why so much money gets thrown at the same basic studies over and over again. My personal hair-puller is the ones that call… Read More »Query: where have all the good studies gone?
Expanding these horizons
As a gift of my old friend Jen, I’ve scraped the online acquaintanceship of a very lively group of secularists… And it says a lot… Read More »Expanding these horizons
Julian Assange and Swedish herrings (red)
The Interpol-ation of Julian Assange, the most widely-known of the Wikileaks founders, is a thoroughgoing exercise in logical fallacies and predatory smoke-screening. First, the fallacies…… Read More »Julian Assange and Swedish herrings (red)