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A space for mostly short form stuff and responses to things I see elsewhere.
Currently reading: The Arrest by Jonathan Lethem, ISBN: 9780062938787
2021-05-18
Higher blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids from prescription fish oil showed no effect on CV events
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Bummer! Or maybe not. Hard to say.
Higher blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids from prescription fish oil showed no effect on CV events
"Fish oils increase the risk of atrial fibrillation substantially, and there is no solid evidence that they help the heart in any way ... It's a sad story for cardiology."
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2021-05-15
Pockets!
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I made some trousers with unusual pockets, and I think they’re good.
I came to this via John Naughton's website (he doesn't say how he got there), and I have no idea who Sam Bleckley is, but in re-thinking the trouser pocket he has done something rather wonderful, maybe even genius.
I'd buy a pair in a flash.
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@jeremycherfas I just read a long article on pockets and was interested the whole time. Thanks. When my son was a teen he claimed to be the only person who used the pockets in his cargo pants. Doing that probably works as well as the author's more elegant design, if you're willing to be uncool.
, May 15 2021 on micro.blog
Fun to see @racheleats photo of Bonci Pizza illustrating this article, although that seems to me as far from ordinary pizza al taglio as that is from Mr Go’s pizza vendining machine.
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/may/07/dough-to-go-romes-first-pizza-vending-machine-gets-mixe...
If I were a winemaker in Salento, I think I'd support change to ensure that I wasn't cutting myself off from customers.
Jeremy Parzen with some rival etymologies for Negroamaro grapes and why, whichever one is "true" it might be wise to rethink.
https://dobianchi.com/2021/05/05/negroamaro-racial-slur-racist/
Terrific article on dates in SoCal.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-05-03/muslim-tradition-break-ramadan-fast-with-dates
USDA says there were about 2,019,000 farms in the US in 2020. But how many were actually farms in the usual sense of the word, growing food for sale as their primary business. I'm sure @rosenblawg said something about this recently, but I can't now find it. Help, please.
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Bryce Stucki and I should have a paper or two that touches on this in the next year or so. Tentatively, I'd estimate that there are about 1 million farms (give or take 200K) in the country that are actively seeking to turn a profit (outside of tax benefits).
, Apr 14 2021 on twitter.com
Also on: @EatPodcast
"Scotland is a colossus in native breeds."
That's all you really need to know, but if you want to read about the "six big asks" (yuck) it is all here https://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/19213969.vote-native-breeds/
TIL that dumdum bullets were made originally in Dumdum. By design?
@jeremycherfas That story is very confusing as at first they say there’s no harm, but then they turn around and indicate it increases a-fib? And I take a EPA/DHA supplement every day, so like you I’m not sure what to make of this. 🤷🏻♂️
pimoore, May 18 2021 on micro.blog