Richard Mills

Albinoni’s Adagio for Strings at the end of Peter Weir’s Gallipoli. It’s slightly clichéd, but it got me interested in Baroque music when I first saw the film as a teen.

The ikura is even better with uzura (quail egg) on top!

Oh, dear. Just make sure you don’t watch it with the flu, as I did years ago. Still regretting that choice.

Cortland may be the most dangerous street I have encountered in SF. Last winter I was almost hit in two crosswalks *within 3 blocks* by drivers turning left without noticing me. I was waving a umbrella. That had never happened to me before.

Released what?

“It Takes a Nation of Millions…” only at no. 14? You have gotta to be kidding me.

The concept of trying to implement geoengineering solutions to #climate change is like trying to design a complicated, expensive, unreliable helmet while you're still hitting yourself in the head with a 2x4.

📽️ WATCH: Epidemiologist Erin McCanlies spent much of the past 20 years studying how parents’ exposure to toxic chemicals affects the chances that they will have an autistic child.

RFK Jr. cut her entire division — yet promises to identify the causes of autism by September: https://propub.li/4nhXQua

February 1962.

I always mention Kolchak: The Night Stalker, which had one season in ‘74-75. Loved it as a kid.

Thanks for this. I try to explain this to every person who says to me, “It’s just a cold.” A losing battle, unfortunately.

I am still very dubious of any smartwatch that claims it can accurately measure blood pressure. I don’t believe it’s possible.

Great interview! Just saw the wonderful exhibition at SFMOMA.

The long-forgotten disease that childhood vaccination is essential for is diphtheria. Before vaccination, the fatality rate was as high as 20 percent in children under 5 and the elderly; 15,000 deaths a year in the 1920s.

Mutations driving evolution are informed by the genome, not random, study suggests A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by scientists from Israel and Ghana shows that an evolutionarily significant mutation in the human APOL1 gene arises not randomly but more frequently where it is needed to prevent disease, fundamentally challenging the notion that evolution is driven by random mutations and tying the results to a new theory that, for the first time, offers a new concept for how mutations arise.

New evidence indicates that certain mutations in the human genome arise more frequently where they confer adaptive benefits, challenging the traditional view that mutations are purely random events. doi.org/g92fg2

The CDC is falling deeper into crisis. What it means for the nation’s health. Months of upheaval at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have undercut the agency’s work, employees said, and put the future of vaccines into doubt.

"Some CDC employees are bracing for what they & many medical experts say could be a death knell for the credibility of public health in America: A declaration from Kennedy that vaccines can cause autism"

This is like the NASA chief declaring the moon is really made of Swiss cheese

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Perhaps??

Could it be considered significant that Susan Collins has graduated from "concerned" to "alarmed?"

Expect the military to move into Minneapolis soon. Like clockwork.

I think one of the problems is that media has conditioned people to believe that fascism comes along with dark skies and ominous music.

People don’t recognize authoritarianism when they see their neighbors walking the dog on a sunny day with chirping birds.

Language The wordsmith and cultural historian debunks common myths about English, recommends the smartest writing about words, and says apostrophes are “orthographic squiggles” not worth fighting for.

"When my copy of The New Yorker turns up, I drop everything in order to devour it. I don’t think we have anything like that in Britain."
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One of the more divisive films I have seen in the last 5 years. I loved it, but two of my male friends hated it—and we agree on many films similar to it. I haven’t been able to figure it out.

Why people embrace conspiracy theories: it’s about community, not gullibility Far from being isolated outsiders, conspiracy theorists enjoy thriving communities that recruit and organise activism.

👉 Community + rage and/or fear = belief

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"Conspiracy theories don’t merely offer alternative explanations for events, they are resources for communities that provide identity, purpose and belonging."

I love that it was rated G but says “may be too intense for younger children.” Who knew that 50 years there would be a real pandemic…

because they don't tell you in the head or sub-head: the brand is DermaRite. there are specific products & batch numbers in the article

Plus Lente Mode.

If Same-Sex Marriage is Overturned An explainer for the worst case scenario.

"No, same-sex marriage will not entirely dissolve in the United States if Obergefell should be overturned, but it will be much, much more difficult for millions of LGBTQ families if that happens."

Tarkovsky’s Mirror.

I will definitely do that.

I have had a difficult time finding your book in independent bookshops I’ve visited in San Francisco. Part of the issue may be the category. Bergson ends up in various sections. I always check Philosophy first, then Psychology, but the latter section is often a mishmash of serious and pop psych.