Dylan Ratigan bitten by a tick, alas

I heard about the tick-borne meat allergy on this podcast:

I heard another podcast episode, Truth or Skepticism, with Tom Sosnoff and Dylan Ratigan, where Ratigan reports the meat allergy after having been bitten by the lone star tick.

The tick in question:

If you get bitten by one of these, you're then restricted to fish, chicken and Impossible meats. Beware!

Scott Adams' Memoir; I just reread this on my Ipad ...

I was out of reading material and started rereading this one from Scott Adams:

I quite enjoyed it and it spoke to me at this stage of my life. I just came up with a trading strategy, I think, that will solve my current family set of financial problems.

His story is very interesting:

• How he decided to move to California from upstate New York
• The idea for Dilbert and its background
• Some physical challenges he's faced and mostly overcome
• Some other business ventures he's tried, including the Dilberito vegan burrito
• His use of affirmations, which he says works for him though he doesn't think it's "magic"

And more ... I think it's well worth reading for anyone, but especially younger people. Four stars!

New consumer item coming: hydrogen stove?

Climate change is getting serious enough that some municipalities around the U.S. are looking to start banning natural gas. But since many cooks prefer cooking with flame, what about hydrogen as a cooking fuel?

YouTube is full of demos:




And a bit off topic: this guy recommends drinking hydrogen-rich water!


 There are some stoves advertised  ... and a system described to bring to poor countries in place of carboniferous alternatives.

Finally, Leeds in the UK is looking to be the first in the world to convert a whole region and then the whole UK from natural gas to hydrogen.