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This is exactly what I was waiting to see at the bottom of the article. It's what Medicare is trying to move towards in the US - doctors are paid more if their patients are healthy (as measured by biomarkers, time in hospital, etc.)

I actually recently bought a mattress at a local shop for my son, and it was one of the nicest shopping experiences I've had. He kept trying to guide me to the cheaper options because that's all a kid needs.

He also had a bunch of religious stuff around, so I think he felt it was part of his Christian mission to give people fair treatment. Either way, next time I need a mattress I will go there.

Yes, I had no idea that was possible! I have had a total of 5 silent migraines (aura but no headache) in my life, and each time was terrifying.

What's worse is that my current doctor says there's no way to know if my last one was a TIA or migraine (all my research shows otherwise) and now wants me to start on baby aspirin. So yeah, every time I have an aura I'm convinced it's a stroke.

I really feel this. I've been working remotely for a few years, and will probably continue doing so for the foreseeable future, but there is no such thing as informal conversation in that setting.

My company encourages everybody to set up "salon" meetings with random people to just chat, but these conversations end up being awkward and forced (though that could just be me).

The result of this is that I feel completely disconnected from my co-workers and my company. I have plenty of other things going on in my life, so that doesn't bother me too much, but it's certainly not ideal.

I have seen this research before and it's very interesting! But I don't see how it explains why members of the red tribe would not be interested in reaching out and having conversations with blue tribe. What's more likely is your point below about conservatives not feeling safe to express their thoughts around liberals (which I mentioned as a possibility).

There is something to this.

I am a big fan of the organization Braver Angels, which is working to reduce polarization and facilitate conversations between people with different viewpoints.

One of their biggest struggles is that they get significant participation from the "blue" tribe, but have trouble recruiting "red" tribe members. Some of this may be skepticism from the red tribe that they will be treated fairly, but I wonder how much is simply lack of interest in understanding others.

I am not by any means a "covid-denier," but it seems to me this is evidence that the impact of Covid may be exaggerated. It's hard to say by how much (and I would be interested to learn if this is happening in US hospitals also).

Aside from the constant stream of projects with different pride flag colors, what politics have you seen on r/knitting? I never even saw the Karen Templar controversy discussed there. Now, Ravelry is a whole other story...

That's really the idea behind Substack. You can subscribe to the journalists who investigate the issues you are interested in.

Charter schools are public schools and do not require vouchers. They are not considered private schools.

I'm curious - is it an altruistic act to leave this functionality enabled? I'm all for making wifi access easier for people.

This is my problem right now. My dentist told me my ground-down molars are some of the worst he's ever seen, but my splint makes me snore terribly (I wear it anyway). Not sure I'm up for jaw surgery though!

What I didn't understand when I bought was that property taxes actually will make your mortgage payments go up. Mine went up about 1.5% after one year. I'm very curious what it will be this year, as property values have gone way up.