HT – Marion Nestle – https://www.foodpolitics.com/2026/03/weekend-reading-the-hidden-cost-of-cheap-food/ Download the full report – https://yuka.io/en/report-food-price-composition-us/ Yikes.
Over the years when I invited friends over for dinner they got pretty excited. One day I asked a guest what’s with all the excitement? Chinese food! They were expecting something I really sucked at making. To this day I don’t make much Chinese/Asian stuff. I’d rather go out and eat something someone actually knows […]
When I finished reading The Writing Life by Annie Dillard I realized my writing will never achieve the level of the great ones. But I am OK with this just as I was OK with deciding not to pursue writing for a living. Too hard, too demanding, too much time spent writing words into the […]
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Participants with the highest intake averaged 9.3 servings of ultra-processed foods per day, while those with the lowest intake averaged 1.1 servings. Compared with the lowest group, those in the highest group had a 67% greater risk of dying from coronary heart disease or stroke, or experiencing non-fatal heart attacks, strokes or resuscitated cardiac arrest. […]
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The way I see it, we can either all wear masks or we can all go into lockdown. Believe me I’d much rather wear a mask and still be able to go to the store, get my haircut, get my mammogram, etc.
Lock downs are in our future. They won’t be nationwide but will be focused, short-term, and targeted geographically in the hardest hit areas.
Yes, I see lockdowns in our future too. But what I don’t see is Florida ever locking down, no matter how hard hit we are. Governor DeSantis is totally incompetent. And I don’t see that changing, even when Trump is gone.
DeSantis just appointed some sports blogger with no medical or computer experience as the tabulator of ongoing state wide COVID data.
Our county is one of the worst. In one week we had two super spreader events, a Trump rally and a 14 day state fair. Masks are not required anywhere. Dozens of restaurants are open for dining on Thanksgiving. Only medical and dental offices require masks. Flori-DUH.
DeSanitis = politician = incompetent. So what else is new? The people in Chicago have been told they can’t have Thanksgiving. As if that has any chance of becoming reality.
Not every Trump voter is racist or misled. There’s a rational Trump voter too.
https://thecorrespondent.com/790/not-every-trump-voter-is-racist-or-misled-theres-a-rational-trump-voter-too/43886889750-ae14265c
This article truly scares me. Not sure if there’s a pay wall but hopefully you can read it. After reading Mary Trump’s book, and observing four years of trump’s behavior, I still cannot fathom how a rational honest non-racist person could ever vote again for Trump.
I followed your link and at the top was a header “This article is gifted to you by paying member…” with your name included. So thank you, I was able to read the article. Scary yes, but one of the better analyses explaining Trumpian popularity. Don’t kid yourself. Trumpian politics is here to stay with or without Trump.
Unfortunately I believe you are correct. I think Trumpian politics were always there under the surface. It’s just that he caused everything to bubble up. And turned it into a full blown volcanic eruption!