May 2010
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April 2010
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medical home = FAIL
brucehopperjrmd:
@NEJM:
One IM practice tracked what kept them so busy — outside of patient visits — for one year. content.nejm.org/cgi/con…
We need to make primary care appealing to medical students. No wonder they avoid it like the plague and go down the ROAD instead.
I believe there are lots of medical students enter the profession to CARE for patients. But once they see the corporate...
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48 Hour Magazine →
emptyage:
For the past couple of months, I’ve been plotting a new project, which I’m proud to finally announce. On May 7, Alexis Madrigal, Sarah Rich, Derek Powazek, Dylan Fareed, Heather Champ, and I are going to put together a magazine—start to finish—in 48 hours. It’s going to be completely insane, and even better, it just might work.
But we can only do it with your help.
We’ve already got...
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care.
Some time ago, maybe a few weeks or months, I don’t remember, that incredibly smart guy who writes sometimes about productivity (hi Merlin) said something so deceptively simple but so important and brilliant. It’s been rattling around in my brain ever since I read it.
No, not my brain, my heart.
I’m going to paraphrase it, and please forgive me for doing so but it’s more...
Double Down By The Numbers: Unhealthiest Sandwich Ever?
I know everyone is sick of the Double Down (I am, anyway), but here are some useful facts and actual numbers for once. Plus also great (and colorful) graphs that convey information (for once).
Nate Silver, on FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done RIght, goes into the real nitty gritty of the sandwich.
But calorie counts are overrated. We all...
For the journalistically inclined among you:
Linsky and Lammer Love Long-Form Two writers curate a Web site devoted to feature-length journalism. (via Slate)
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“These Ain’t Raindrops” -...
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KFC's Double Down Healthier Than Salad - Fast Food →
steampoweredmedia:
(via theoriginaljoefisher)
I’ve reached a tipping point. I don’t know if I was channeling grumpy old man today or what, but it seemed every other post I saw made me want to stand on a chair and scream out, “This is how you should do it!” That, or pour a stiff drink and sit fully clothed in an empty bathtub:
There’s Jay Parkinson’s comment on the Pollan quote. Full...
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lonelysandwich: Daniel Jalkut's "Elements of... →
I am 100% on-board with Daniel’s set of thoughtfully-composed guidelines for avoiding being obnoxious or dumb while using Twitter.
Particularly of note, the bit about @replies:
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If it’s imperative to share a reply with your entire audience, be respectful and edit your tweet to adopt the…
This entire post is worth reading, both for Daniel’s thoughts as well as Adam’s...
Alicia Parlette, who wrote of her cancer, dies →
frakintosh:
Sad news. Read back to feel things.
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Watchchrisereneta:
Kurosawa Award - 13th Edition (2m49s)
Direct video link
At the movie clip party the Kurosawa is awarded to the Best Foreign Clip—or the one I HAVE DECIDED is the best.
This year the award went to this striking scene from France, featuring a markedly un-French pop song.
Party awards are designed to encourage guests to submit types of clips they might otherwise overlook. I added...
How Not to Use Social Media →
essdogg:
sasquatchmedia:
Props to jacquesofalltrades for this smart post. Social media networks are simply tools for potentially fruitful community engagement, not ends in themselves or, god forbid, holy grails. Been thinking about this a lot the past week in developing a curriculum for teaching journalism as a conversation next school year.
It’s trickier to teach than it seems. You want to...
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Are There Really No Hipsters in China?
An article in Slate today tells us
this bike-saturated nation has—so far—managed to skip entirely what is arguably the biggest global bicycle fad in a generation: the fixed-gear.
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Irony also plays a key role, as riders deliberately opt for an expensive, often custom-made ride, with hand-built components, that is less functional than what’s available at Wal-Mart. (That is,...
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Wow, what a selection.
So right, as you now know, my previous two bikes were named Jeserene and The Phantom. This time, for my aluminum Lotus mixte (seriously Dave, do you have a catalog of every bike frame EVER in your brain?) I thought I’d ask some of my new favorite people - all of you - to help me with a name. So far you’ve come up with these stupendous choices:
Lucy Lilac Brown Jon Benet. It’s new,...
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OK but now I need your help, guys. All four or five of you. Since my legions of 16 yr old fans are unusually silent.
The bike I got this past weekend - this excellent one - was a gift from my super duper unbelievably awesome boyfriend. Pablo! He’s the best, and you’re sad if you don’t know him.
But my new cute commuter girl bike needs a name. What do you think?
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last good country: the thing about the phone; →
steampoweredmedia:
IF YOU FIND A PHONE IN A BAR YOU HAND IT TO THE BAR TENDER AND YOU SAY, “HEY, LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE LEFT THIS HERE. I AM GOING TO GIVE IT TO YOU IN CASE THE PATRON COMES BACK LOOKING FOR IT.”
Then you leave or/and keep drinking.
So. If you don’t already follow Greg, now would be a good time to start, no?
For the record (and for those with their sense of humor-o-meters turned off), I am in no way anti-digital. Obv. I like ‘em both.
Now de-wad those panties.
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HEY YOU DAMN HIPSTAMATIC KIDS GET OFFA MY POLAROID LAWN
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It just now occurred to me that both photos I’ve posted of Mr. Charles Chips so far have been of his yawn. He does do other things. Like, be awesome.
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food, etc.
I’ll say more about this later - tired, lots to do, no one’s gonna see this anyway - but for now let me just say this:
All that talk earlier about obesity and social problems isn’t just because I study healthcare and sociology. It’s also because I care about food and nutrition. I’ve written about food twice on this tumblr, here and here.
And you may not know it,...
Whiskey Woman - The Flamin’ Groovies
Here...
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All my thoughts are with Leah, @califmom, and her family today. I know yours are too.
My words feel useless and clumsy, but I want to put them out there anyway. I want Leah and her family to know we are all - those of us who know her, those of us who have yet to meet her, who are close by and who are far away - are here for her and her children, holding them in our hearts, arms outstretched,...
