Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it’s costing the economy. Costing the economy? You gotta be kidding. One reason not to buy a new phone is the hassle of transferring everything over. Sure Apple has made it easier, but you often have to re-login and enter credentials for apps again. And newer phone aren't that revolutionary in what they offer. I've haven't noticed my photos being that much different. Offer Tony Stark's phone and I might consider it.
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Quick – what's the largest city in the world? Tokyo, you say? Nope. It's Djakarta. What's #2? Dhaka, Bangladesh. In third place is Tokyo. Then New Delhi, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Cairo, Manila, Kolkata, and Seoul. What does this tell you about the future of the world?
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Tina Kotek is now worried about the price of gas because of what the Olympic Pipeline leak might do, in terms of a shortage. Maybe you could halt the gas tax, Tina? Afraid that people will revolt at paying $5 per gallon for regular?
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Cheetos and Doritos will be sold without artificial dyes and without the powder that we've all come to expect. Doritos will look like regular tortilla chips. Still won't be considered "healthy" for you.
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Is kimchi good for your immune system? This paper suggests that it might be. I think if you can eat it and survive, your body must be especially tough.
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Another paper says that there are changes in your body at certain ages. This paper is focused on the brain, and says that ages 9, 32, 66 and 83 demarcate distinct cognitive eras. You know, I have noticed changes since being an older ronin. I'm less tolerant of B.S. now and less anxious about things. I don't worry as much about the future. I think hormonal changes in puberty certainly have an effect and would mark a change at age 14 for boys and age 12 for girls. Certainly at menopause, women think differently. At age 83, your brain is showing the effects of all sorts of things: alcohol, chronic stress, head injury, your education, how much you cultivated learning things and maintaining interest, and overall physical activity.
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Gallup ranked states in terms of how excellent they are in healthcare, and what surprised me is how uniformly lousy they all are. There's not much difference in quality of healthcare among all the states – they're all about the same. This actually makes me doubt the quality of the ranking methodology. Healthcare in certain states (like Texas, Massachusetts, New York and California) definitely have access to quality care. They suffer from other things, but quality in a few states are definitely better than others. Oregon is near the bottom (as usual) and even with OHSU, the state got a C grade.
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So funny. Katie Wilson is now thinking she would meet with Trump if he asked her. No, Katie. Trump met with Mamdani because he asked for the meeting and Trump has interests in NYC. He has no interest in Seattle. You're on your own.
And Seattle is ending their program supplying crack pipes and tin foil to the homeless drug users. I bet Katie Wilson will restore it, though.
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Phil Knight gave $3 million to help elect Republicans to Oregon government. As long as we have mail-in balloting and ballot counting over several days after election day until the preferred candidate wins, that will never happen. Don't throw good money after bad, Phil. Oh well, it's not my money.
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"After an extensive national search" OHSU Health hired a CEO. It's always an outsider – no one internal either wants the job or has enough support from colleagues. This guy came from a Kaiser hospital in the Bay Area. Kaiser isn't known for excellence in medical research, but perhaps he'll know how to save money for the hospital.
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