Bedrock mountain clogs are nice and wide and closed-toe, but not closed-heel.
I can also recommend Jim Green. I dont have their “barefoot” boots, but their regular boot design involves a pretty wide stitchdown construction, and they fit well for me.
For running shoes, altra’s “original footshape” last is the best I’ve found. Depending on running surface, stack height, etc, it’s different models, but just look for “original footshape”, and not “standard footshape” or “narrow”, obviously.
Most ALS is not genetic, and im not sure about parkinsons, but I suspect it’s similar. Lots of studies these days are finding links between viruses that dont actively cause much harm when you are infected, but and up being highly associated with autoimmune diseases. A prime example is Epstein-barr virus and MS. I have no clue what the mechanisms are, and im sure scientists are still learning, but basically an infection could cause an immune response that is too strong, and even after the infection is gone, the response remains.
That is a relatively new vaccine. In the US, that’s part of what you get as a kid now (not going to fact check the current guidance cause im afraid to look), but if you’re old enough to have actually gotten chickenpox, you likely havent gotten the vaccine unless you asked for it.
In my experience in the US, it seems like Dr’s dont really keep up with recommendations once you are over 18.
Oh yeah, I didn’t think you were conflating them. I actually really like the “among 100 women” wording cause it makes it really clear.
I basically just wanted to mention a common pitfall in this type of literature if anyone wanted to dig into it based on your comments.
Not nitpicking your numbers at all (mainly cause im too lazy to go hunting down the original sources), but a big problem that science media gets completely wrong is how they report risk percentages. They conflate changes in absolute risk with relative risk constantly, and it really hurts messaging.
For example, a few years back, the WHO released a report on consumption of processed meat and how it relates to colorectal cancer risk. Even their own press release, which should be perfect, says “each 50 g portion eaten daily increases the risk by 18%”. That is really misleading if you dont know they are talking about a relative risk. The average person will interpret this as new risk %= baseline risk % + 18%.
The absolute lifetime risk of colorectal cancer is ~4%, so daily consumption of processed meat should bump it to ~4.7% (well, technically lower since the 4% includes processed meat consumers). Giving the before/after percentages helps communicate the risks way better. Even better is a risk curve showing how the risk changes as consumption increases (obviously that relies on the data being available).
Its also better to be able to contextualize so you can make well informed decisions across your life, e.g., it’s dumb to deprive yourself a joy that increases lifetime cancer risk by 0.5% while ignoring other facets of your life that increase cancer by a much larger margin.
Idk about where you are, but basil plants sold in grocery stores by me are always way way too densely planted. They throw like 25 seeds in one small pot, which puts out a lot of foliage to look good for a very short window. If you harvest basil like you are “supposed to”, any regrowth becomes basically impossible, and the plants die. The better way is to just cut off whole stems until there’s only one or two. Or, if you want to keep a basil plant, just buy one from a gardening store, not a grocery store.
Singh and Kaur for males and females, respectively, if I understand right.
Some nicknames converge from different starting points, too. Teddy is also short for Theodore, etc.
Licensing (and registration) is not about owning a car, it’s about operating a car on public roads. Theoretically, you could buy a car simply for taking to the racetrack or offroad, and you wouldn’t need a license/insurance/registration.
(Though racetracks probably require licenses, and public land off-roading has its own rules, too).
Yeah, this is always my problem with the “simple solution” of all kinds of cameras (honestly, including body cams, too, but i think the pros outweigh the cons there, given that they are strictly governed).
I think the better solution is a bounty like some places do for cars parking in bike lanes.
One thing to keep in mind is getting a blender well suited to whatever task you do the most. It mostly makes a difference in the style of blade and shape of the jar. Some brands will sell multiple styles that interface with one base, which might be the best way to go if you have the space for it.
The reason it’s important is that blending a paste like peanut butter or mole is going to put a completely different demand on the system than turning tomato soup smooth, which is different that crushing ice. Some designs also work really well for large quantities, but not as well for smaller quantities.
I have an old Oster that kinda sucks, so I keep using it, and it will keep using it until it no longer works, and I can’t fix it. If I were to buy one, it would be a vitamix 5200.
Personally, I dont like ninja (or the other half of their business, shark) cause their whole business is making knockoffs, which makes me suspect of their quality. Their blenders seem to often have the giant stack of blades, which is good for shredding up a smoothie, but it’s not well suited to some other tasks.
Personally, I like SeriousEats for reviews and comparisons of kitchen implements.
Just to add in, vitamix themselves sell refurbished units with a warranty.
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I think opinel only exists to be a unique look. There’s a reason other companies don’t use a similar lock.
I have their oyster knife and mushroom knife, and they seem to be fine, but only time will tell. Neither gets super constant use.
Brand isnt really the important thing, materials and construction are.
Brands like carhartt, Duluth, etc. make durable workwear, but a lot of people want clothes with the aesthetic of workwear, but in stretchy, soft fabric and slimmer fits, and those brands will accommodate that.
Duluth firehose pants, for example, are really durable. DuluthFlex firehose pants, though, look the same, but include 3% spandex. That means that the heavy duty cotton canvas is actually just held together by spandex, which wears out easily.
Whatever brand you get, just make sure they are 100% cotton, or maybe cotton/nylon blend. Something like wrangler 13mwz might fit the bill for you.
These pants don’t have to be pricy, either. If you are shopping somewhere like rural king, tractor supply, etc, you can find pants like that for $20.
Did you buy stretchy pants from them? I have Duluth firehose pants, and they are basically indestructible.
Copy and pasting a relevant comment of mine from a while back. I crunched these numbers for a random county that made the math easy, but it’s similar to any rural area.
Roads have an unbelievable cost when you really start to put the numbers together. A lane mile of a new interstate on rolling terrain costs 6.2 million in 2025 $. Keep in mind that is only a lane mile, so for 2 lanes in each direction, it’s $25 million per mile. Multiply that by the 49k miles of interstate, and you have a (super rough) estimate cost of 1.2 trillion to construct it today. Even resurfacing those roads is ~1/10 the cost, which is still a lot of money.
Ignoring interstates and looking at really run of the mill arterial is still staggering.
Picking a random square farming county, McPherson county, KS is an easy example. It is 30 miles by 30 miles, with a paved arterial every mile (ignoring towns). Thats 3600 lane miles. At $3.6 million per lane mile, that’s ~$13 billion to costruct the roads in a county with a population of 30,000, or $432,000 per person.
Usually, on land that is intended to be preserved, they don’t want random people hacking away at vegetation, so they will have rules about it. If a park ranger or someone like that sees you cutting down trees or whatever, you are probably going to get yelled at or fined or something.
It’s also highly dependent on species and location. Some invasive species will basically multiply if you try to tear them out, either resprouting vegetatively, or through seed spread. Species like tree-of-heaven or paulonia also become huge trees, so they probably don’t want you cutting those down.
Some places like Oahu are basically 95% invasive species, so if you remove that, you have nothing left. Oahu is basically all guava and mesquite trees, and without that, the soil washes away, and there’s no hope of recovery, so invasive management needs to be done in consultation with experts.
I used to hate mushrooms until I started foraging. It turns out I’m just not a big fan of Agaricus bisporus, and it turns out that’s the absolute lions share of mushroom consumption in the western world in various forms with various names.
Foraging though, it’s all so good.
It is interesting reading the new guidelines. It’s almost like you can read between the lines and see the statements from real scientists trying to walk back the “just load up on beef and dairy” statements dropped on top of everything.
Like it will say, “get lots of healthy fats from butter, tallow, and beef” on one line, but further down you’ll see a statement about the importance of decreasing saturated fats.