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Lefsetz discovers the Tedeschi Trucks Band
So, here we go about Bob Lefsetz again. What do you mean you’re still not reading him? Seems he’s discovered and fallen hard for the Tedeschi Trucks Band. Dang near ’bout time, Bob. Col. Bruce never...
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Promising KidneyX award winners
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded more than US$1 million in late April 2019 during its first KidneyX Summit, Redesign Dialysis Phase I. Award recipients each received...
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Earth Strike: Global climate strike
On 23 May 2019, the #climatestrike kids — inspired and led by Greta Thunberg — issued a simple invitation/challenge to the olds (that’d be anyone over 16 or so, I guess; go figure): Join us. The...
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Catching the last train home
I decided some time ago that I would no longer publish obituaries. It just got to be too sad. “Towards the break of day” today, one of our best caught the last train home. New Orleans legends Earl...
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Close to half of my community’s households live below the ALICE threshold
In my own community of Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN, a full one-third of the households are below what United Way calls the “asset limited, income constrained, employed” (ALICE) threshold. Households...
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The Universal fire: Corporate deceit trumps all
The mumblings of anyone who has ever worked in the recording industry are starting to percolate across cyberspace, and I’m noticing a common thread: We all bought Universal’s explanation when the fire...
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Still the best MacBook Pro ever made
I dodged a bullet today and I hope you were as lucky. Apple has recalled its mid-2015 MacBook Pro because the battery could catch fire. So, I suppose I should rephrase my lede to “I dodged another...
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Stroke
Earlier this week, on the morning of Tuesday, 25 June 2019, I found myself unable to speak in any coherent form. I knew what I wanted to say, knew the words I wanted to use, but just couldn’t get it...
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Best music of first half of 2019
Thank God for good music because that’s one of the few things keeping my head above water lately. And this is shaping up to be the best year for new music in a long time. I’m pretty sure that the first...
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Why I just love being a Comcast Business valued customer
So, imagine my surprise when I received my monthly Comcast Business bill to discover that Comcast’s equipment fee has increased another US$2 per month. Not — of course not. That’s more than US$200 per...
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Trump plans to overturn the kidney care industry apple cart
The Trump administration has set a goal of reducing end-stage renal disease (ESRD; permanent and incurable kidney failure) by 25 percent and doubling the number of kidneys available for transplant by...
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AmpliFi HD could have been the perfect Wi-Fi router — missed it by that much
tl;dr: If, like me, you run a static network with a leased subnet from your internet service provider (ISP), the AmpliFi HD is not the Wi-Fi router for you; keep looking. The AmpliFi HD is incapable of...
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The American way: Three strikes and you’re out
What’s wrong with this picture: Facebook badly fumbles its users’ personal information, allowing it to leak into the hands of Cambridge Analytica, a British political consulting firm working for the US...
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A policy wonk wrapped in a comedian
Well the first days are the hardest days, don’t you worry any more, Cause when life looks like easy street, there is danger at your door. Think this through with me, let me know your mind, Whoa, oh,...
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Oops: I trusted Apple and got burned again — and I’ll probably do it again
Feelin’ good, feelin’ good All the money in the world spent on feelin’ good — “Feelin’ Good,” by J.B. Lenoir On 22 July, Apple released an upgrade to its macOS software, Mojave version 10.14.6. Perhaps...
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A turning point is a national crisis
Turning from a nation filled with the greedy, the racist, and the radical with desires of returning to the industrious, compassionate, and reasonable people we once were hailed to be around the world...
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CVS starts clinical trial of home dialysis system
On 17 July 2019, CVS Health — the large US pharmacy chain — said it would immediately begin a clinical trial of its home dialysis system, according to Caroline Humer writing for Reuters. Last year, CVS...
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The Green New Deal
Currently, most of the candidates vying for the US Democrat party’s presidential nomination support the Green New Deal. Last winter, President Donald Trump ridiculed the proposal as a “high school term...
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But forget the nostalgia
“But forget the nostalgia. Millennials have every right to point out how Woodstock represented baby boomer privilege in crystalline form. We got a free marathon all-star concert. (I don’t begrudge my...
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Diving and a day pass
This past Tuesday, 13 August 2019, I spontaneously decided to try out for the Olympic Diving Team. Visualizing perfect form, nailing the dive was all but certain. But then things went horribly wrong.…...
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