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  1. Weird Universe, , more info

    Esophageal exercises to treat GERD
    Several articles in medical journals have proposed the idea of using esophageal exercises to treat GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease). But how exactly does one exercise the esophagus? Here's one way, as described in the article "A Simple Exercise to Strengthen the Lower Esophageal Sphincter and Eliminate Gastroesophageal Reflux: An Autobiographical Case Report" by Eric Karrfalt: Eventually, I devised the following regimen with the intent of providing the LES [lower esophageal …
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  2. Autistic Jane, , more info

    Why self-diagnosed autistic people are valid
    If you’ve spent any time in conversations about autism online, you’ve probably come across debates about self-diagnosis. Let’s cut to the chase: self-diagnosed autistic people are valid — full stop. This post dives into why that is and why we need to stop gatekeeping autism. Barriers to formal diagnosis First, let’s talk about why formal diagnosis isn’t accessible to everyone. Getting a diagnosis can be expensive, especially in countries where …
    By Jane Lively, 1,027 words
  3. BusAndTrainUser, , more info

    25 places with two stations: 1 Hertford
    Saturday 11th January 2025 Welcome to a new blog series featuring towns and cities around Britain which, by a quirk of history, are blessed with having two railway stations on different lines serving completely different destinations. To kick things off I’ve been to Hertford and had a look at that town’s contrasting pair of stations: Hertford East and Hertford North. As you can see from the map, Hertford East is …
    By BusAndTrainUser, 1,100 words
  4. Free-Range Kids, , more info

    What Happens When a Head of School Makes Recess (and beyond) Fabulous!
    SCORE! About a month ago, I visited the Strelitz Academy in Virginia Beach and it gave me SUCH HEART! Everyone in the elementary school is doing The Let Grow Experience, so there were paper trees in the hall festooned with Let Grow “leaves.” These are leaf-shaped pieces of paper where the kids wrote the new things they’d just started doing on their own: learned to ride a bike, made dinner, …
    By lskenazy, 815 words
  5. Sampleface, , more info

    Domi and JD Beck – SPACE MOUNTAiN (Live)
    Stunning. Absolutely stunning. I have ascended. The post Domi and JD Beck – SPACE MOUNTAiN (Live) appeared first on Sampleface.
    By Luke Davis, 28 words
  6. Bitter Tea and Mystery, , more info

    Books Read in December 2024, Plus Stats for the Year
    December was a good reading month and three of my reads were Christmas books. I included some notes on my reading in 2024 at the end of this post. Here is my list of books read:FictionTom Lake (2023) by Ann PatchettThis was a very good book and an enjoyable read. Basically it is the story of a woman telling her daughters about a summer love affair she had with a …
    By TracyK, 1,084 words
  7. Leiden Medievalists Blog, , more info

    Health and Healing in the Norse World: A Glimpse into Medieval Scandinavian Medicine
    The Vikings, often romanticized as fearsome raiders, were also adept navigators, traders, and settlers. But beyond the swords and sails lies another fascinating aspect of their lives: how they understood and managed health and healing.
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  8. House of Kyle, , more info

    Despicable Me(ta)
    It was just a little over a year ago that I briefly softened in my general disdain for Meta (which I held not only for their overall anti-web walled garden approach of the last 20 years, but especially for their role in the last decade’s rise of misinformation). Watching what was going on with their new Twitter clone, I raised an interested eyebrow as I followed their rapid progress in …
    By Kyle Ford, 320 words
  9. ongoing by Tim Bray, , more info

    AI Noise Reduction
    What happened was, there was a pretty moon in the sky, so I got out a tripod and the big honkin’ Tamron 150-500 and fired away. Here’s the shot I wanted to keep. Sadly, the clouds had shiftedand Luna had lost her pretty bronze shading. I thought the camera and lens did OK given that I was shooting from sea level through soggy Pacific-Northwest winter air. But when I zoomed …
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  10. Joel David Hamkins, , more info

    The Human Podcast: 10 questions in 10 minutes
    I had an enjoyable little discussion with Joe Murray of The Human Podcast, part of his new series, called 10 questions in 10 minutes, in which he asks his interview subjects for short answers to ten quick questions on their … Continue reading →
    By Joel David Hamkins, 52 words
  11. NewsHounds, , more info

    Fox Corp. Loses Appeal To Dismiss Smartmatic’s $2.7B Lawsuit
    If the case doesn’t settle, Smartmatic’s defamation trial could happen this year.
    By Ellen, 21 words
  12. Manu – I write, , more info

    A moment of relaxation
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    By Manuel Moreale, 52 words
  13. Tim Boucher, , more info

    Using Photoshop Remove Tool to Create New Paintings
    Accidentally discovered something very interesting while messing around with the Photoshop remove tool, which on certain settings uses generative AI to replace out whatever you select with it. In this case, was just playing around removing stuff from a photo of our living room, and saw that the tool was inventing paintings or posters that don’t exist: That one in the corner, I zoomed in on and went through a …
    By Tim B., 417 words
  14. ⌘I Get Info, , more info

    Macintosh Magazine Media: search engine update
    Some time in 2020 I started collecting CD-ROMs from old Macintosh magazines. Whilst the discs are of Japanese origin—because the supply was plentiful during the extended spring clean of lockdown—they contain a great deal of software from all over the world and a lot of it is therefore in English. They’re an amazing source of old gold: sofware, images, demos, documentation, and many other files. As of today I have …
    By Matt Sephton, 279 words
  15. Girl Behind the Glassese, , more info

    Kanebo Comfort Skin Wear | Review
    If you’re going to ask me my favorite foundation at the moment, I’d immediately tell you it’s the Kanebo Lively Skin Wear which I got in an event last 2023. After I tried that, most foundations just couldn’t compare. When I saw that Kanebo has launched another foundation, I knew I had to get it. […]
    By Nikki, 62 words