It feels like half my online interactions are somebody wanting to replace me with AI, and the other half are trying to prove that I'm not a robot.

Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them

Read about Katie Leclerc having Meniere Disease and then ended up with suspected Meniere Disease myself. Now I feel like I'm in some kind of health superposition with her. Don't get any more diseases, Katie!

I memorized this short poem in college and was surprised to realize this morning that I still remember it. shironet.mako.co.il/artist?type=...

Rereading "i am running into a new year". I think I first encountered this poem in a post by @emilyrj.bsky.social. www.nyswritersinstitute.org/post/poetry-...

Ringing in the new year with sushi, baklava, salmon roe, the Love Letter card game, and meclizine.

"The holy grail is the holy grail of treasure hunting." - Detectorists

I used to take umbrage at the oft-repeated advice not to study the Zohar before age 40. Well, I turn 40 next year and I still haven't read it.

Researchers studied 95 people and found that 73% of long COVID patients relied mostly on carbs for energy at rest, compared to 20% of controls. This inefficient energy use was strongly linked to fatigue and post-exertional malaise. www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8...

Trying non-mint flavored toothpastes because I don't like mint. Unfortunately they turn out to be even more gross than the mint is.

Bought a pair of Lululemon fuzzy socks and they are really nice and fuzzy.

Excited that St. Louis is getting Waymo.

This is disconcerting. thelocal.to/investigatin...

Watching Barbie and Simu Liu is hilarious as always.

Apparently unpopular opinion: Don't put the article link in a comment or reply. That's annoying.

I'm basically in the middle. yourpoliticaltribe.com

This is incredibly messed up. www.propublica.org/article/vete...

I loved this video from the WSJ of the Neo home robot. www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3c4...

No, people who have Alzheimer's do not routinely undergo MRIs to track the progression of their Alzheimer's. Where do people get this stuff?

Watching the 1999 version of Mansfield Park. It's been a while since I read the novel, but this is charming.

All that Duolingo Spanish practice was worth it because now I can understand some Ladino.

Michael Peluso’s team at UCSF is looking for pre-Covid #pwME in the SF Bay Area. I've heard great things about their Long Covid work and suspect this study will be fruitful!

Coming to resent my vestibular system.

"Barges, I would like to go with you; I would like to sail the ocean blue." 🎶

This movie looks amazing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rXn...

Here's my latest U.S. News article, about wholesale mortgage lenders. money.usnews.com/loans/mortga...

Trying to ride out symptoms without meclizine today.

Watching A Man on the Inside.

Time to learn classical languages as a form of conspicuous consumption.

It was sobering to learn about home title theft and how few protections are in place to combat it. Homeowners are often left trying to fight the fraud long after it occurs. Here's my latest article for U.S. News: money.usnews.com/loans/mortga...

"IT'S HERE"! Lol at Aetna triumphantly announcing that my explanation of benefits is ready.

The FDA is the worst on rare diseases. www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/stea...

Singing White Coral Bells.

Really enjoying writing about legal topics.

Huge uptick in spam calls lately.

Recent food recs: Blueberry Oreos Yoggies (dried fruit covered with yogurt)

Now I can say I went to the University of Chicago back when they had humanities departments and language instruction.

Observing an interesting phenomenon where human writers and AI each try to adopt separate styles to differentiate themselves.

"Would you choose to plug into an experience machine, leaving the physical world behind?" Um... isn't that the whole point of reading and TV?

Please someone invent something that's not AI.

Thinking about Boltzmann brains.

Trying low-sodium Pringles. Not bad, but I wish they had more flavors.

A great explanation of a few reasons AI writing is so bad. www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/rhetorical...

I wrote about mortgage gift letters for U.S. News. money.usnews.com/loans/mortga...

Listening to Mozart's Laudate Dominum. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEoK...

A companion article to the one I wrote about deeds of trust: here's how deeds of reconveyance work. money.usnews.com/loans/mortga...

Emailed a congressman about something I disagree with. Now I get celebratory emails from his office every time he does something else I disagree with.

Paper quilling looks fun.