Monday, February 26, 2018

@13:43, 2/26/18

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1
Books

How Life as a Foreigner Helped Shape a Man of Letters

In “A Tokyo Romance,” the historian and editor Ian Buruma recalls a vivid and influential Japanese sojourn in his early 20s.

I did not do that.

I looked and recoiled.

2
Fashion & Style

Tommy Hilfiger Runs Out of Gas

The designer brought his final see-now/buy-now Gigi Hadid collaboration to Milan for a Formula One-themed extravaganza.

Checkered flag underwear is inappropriate.


Opinion

No Bucket List for Me

A reader explains why she finds compiling a bucket list impossible.

It is a good way to live.
Many cannot take the time from duty.

4
World

Erdogan Tells a Weeping Girl, 6, She’d Receive Honors if Martyred

With Turkish armed forces engaged in a difficult battle in Syria, the president tried at a rally to bolster confidence.

https://www.juancole.com/2018/02/militias-allying-against.html

I can find no political path to peace in Afrin.

5
The Upshot

What Happens When You Let Babies Feed Themselves?

The hope was that they would naturally eat the right amount, and that fewer would be overweight, but a study didn’t support that.

Sucrose and its component fructose defeatself regulation of food consumption.

6
Opinion

FedEx Hearts the N.R.A.

Also: Don’t blame low turnout on voter suppression.

Yes.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/2/22/1743377/-It-s-just-an-ultra-low-turnout-special-election-but-it-helps-predict-November-s-results

7
Well

More Fitness, Less Fatness

Public health experts worry about the effects of “fat acceptance” on well-being and the costs of chronic weight-related ailments.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lustig

https://www.uctv.tv/shows/Sugar-The-Bitter-Truth-16717

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhwLBKPtXG4&t=335s

8
Well

Parents, I Was Smug About Your Videos of Your Children. I’m Sorry.

I mourn the fact that I cannot reach into my pocket and tap my phone and see my daughter in action when she was 3.

I hope you kept good records.

9
Opinion

Teenage Moms in Labor

An obstetrician writes that withholding pain medication is abuse.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/opinion/teenage-mothers-children.html

Denying an epidural is abuse.
Avoiding opiates is good practice often.
There are other anesthetics.
Curing opiate addiction is possible for motivated people.
A cure is difficult and requires good support.
The support is usually not available.
Tapering is said to work.
Twelve step usually does not work.

I am not an experienced expert.

10
Business Day

Stop Worrying! Your Instant Pot Is Safe

Certain batches of the company’s Gem 65 8-in-1 Multicooker may have an overheating problem, but the wildly popular pressure cooker is not affected.

I do not own an "Instant Pot"

Mother refused to use a pressure cooker for decades.
I never developed the habit.

I like the idea of tight temperature control.

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