Author: Living 400lbs
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Three Things
From an article on improving treatment of prisoners and staff in prisons to improve rehabilitation: Unlike in the United States, almost all incarcerated people in Norway are ultimately released, Roer said, which got officers thinking more about how to rehabilitate those who will rejoin society.“And we started to say, ‘What kind of neighbor do we […]
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“Ask for Jane”
A good article on women who were illegal abortionists in 1968-1973. Some of the stories she recalls are heartbreaking. They reflect a time when access even to birth control was limited; when a patchwork of abortion regulations meant that women with the economic means to travel could find care in states that allowed abortion, but […]
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Adapting to climate change by raising your house
Like, on stilts. Marketplace – the NPR show that became a favorite commute listen and eventually a favorite podcast commute listen – discusses how a woman who spent $97.5k on her house ended up spending $100k (mostly from a FEMA grant) to raise it more than 8 feet. Half a dozen workers, drenched in sweat […]
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Martin Luther King Jr Day
It’s a holiday in the US to remember (and hopefully learn from) the life of The Rev Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Doctors and dentists and blood, oh my!
Last week I noticed my jaw was hurting a bit. Always in the same place. Was something wrong? It went away over the weekend, but came back on Monday. It was bad enough on Monday that I called the dentist. I soon had an appointment for Wed afternoon. In the meantime, I took a Tylenol […]
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QoTD
I have always been fat.
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QoTD
[I]t’s fine to just eat, and not expect your food choices to work some particular magic on your body. “You get the time and the space to focus on your career, on your relationships, on social justice, causes you care about, changing the world—there’s so much more life available to you outside of [just thinking […]
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Happy 2023
However this meets you, I hope you start the year looking forward to a life you enjoy!
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Site updates today
Mostly small things:
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Yes, I’m rearranging
It’s been years since I changed how the site looks. Hang in there.