The hallmark of an open mind is refusing to let your ideas become your identity.

If you define yourself by your opinions, questioning them is a threat to your integrity.

If you see yourself as a curious person or a lifelong learner, changing your mind is a moment of growth.

Protein density of food vs cost per gram of protein. My simple takeaway is that we all need to eat more lentils. Source: buff.ly/3UNppjl

Sewing tip

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This graph is nothing short of alarming

Measles is extremely infectious
We need ~95% vaccinated to give herd immunity
It will tear through communities with these vax rates leaving a trail of sickness, long term health problems and death in its wake

Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began two years ago, the most useful thing I've done is this lecture series on Ukrainian history.
Thanks to Yale for making it public.
youtube.com/playlist?list=…

It's just a photo of some rocks.

But these are rocks on Mars.

And the photo was taken today.

Aww shit...

I used two telescopes and two cameras to capture this super high-contrast view of the Snow Moon this morning. The colors are real, a product of using thousands extremely high quality images to generate the final photo.

Few arguments are resolved by landing on the same page. Most are reconciled by recognizing that reasonable people can hold different views.

The highest goal of disagreement is not to determine who's right. It's to maintain mutual respect and gain mutual understanding.

Catastrophizing the world's problems doesn't motivate us to solve them. It robs us of hope.

Spreading doom and gloom is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Failing to see a way to change drains our will to act.

Progress doesn't require positivity. It rests on a sense of possibility.

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New Zealand’s pandemic response has been globally lauded for saving thousands of lives – and now, a major analysis suggests much of its wider health benefits have been sustained over the long-term nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-wh…

I have so much admiration and respect for the survivors of the crimes carried out by Roberto and Danny Jaz, the evil rapists in the Mama Hooch case.

newshub.co.nz/home/politics/…

Oncologists know our drug access is poorer than Aus. Heck, I wrote the report.

Also, no one I've spoken to thinks PHARMAC should be bypassed, as has been proposed.

Lift the funding, let them do their job.

(and more Drs and Nurses please)

Big pharma licking their lips. Why would they offer PHARMAC any discounts when they've been guaranteed funding?

Would be smarter to lift PHARMAC's budget then let them do their job.

(Also, we need the funding for doctors and nurses to deliver this)

Incredibly detailed photograph of our Sun

I am shocked that the sort of people who spent decades fabricating research in order to claim that smoking was not dangerous would also fabricate dairy owners to claim that lower smoking rates will destroy corner dairies