Karen Hitchcock shares an honest and straightforward take on her experiences as a doctor dealing with obesity in The Monthly.This is where the obesity-as-disease concept leads us—to a situation in which people demand that medicine shoulder the responsibility.
I haven’t really watched, or finished reading, anything this week, so let’s talk Doctor Who, which is one month away from the new season. It’s been a while since I discussed it here, so let’s do a quick recap of what I’ve skipped: * Season 9:
I’ve looked at the reviews around the place, and as far as I can see, if you read the book first, you’re very down on Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, and if you didn’t, you think it’s a masterpiece.[1] I read the book earlier this
I was recommended What the Duck the other week and so far, I’m really enjoying it. It’s hard to go past an episode about how snakes have two clitorides.[1] Ann Jones is a pleasure to listen to, though I think I’ll need to slow down my
There’s a global setting in macOS (in the General pane) where you can choose to “Prefer tabs” in all applications. This means that any time a new window would get created, you get a new tab instead. Which I love for Terminal, because I hate getting swamped by random