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Your mast cells have been in continuous activation for days.
Flushing. Brain fog. Joint pain. Skin reactivity. Every food feels like a trigger.
Here is a 48-hour histamine reset.
Not a diet. A reset.
Flushing. Brain fog. Joint pain. Skin reactivity. Every food feels like a trigger.
Here is a 48-hour histamine reset.
Not a diet. A reset.
2/9 Phase 1, hours 0 to 24.
Three rules, time-anchored.
Three rules, time-anchored.
3/9 Ultra-low-histamine foods only.
Freshly cooked white rice. Freshly cooked chicken or turkey (same day, not leftovers). Zucchini, cucumber, blueberries, pears.
Avoid aged, fermented, leftover, smoked, canned, dried. Histamine accumulates the longer food sits.
Freshly cooked white rice. Freshly cooked chicken or turkey (same day, not leftovers). Zucchini, cucumber, blueberries, pears.
Avoid aged, fermented, leftover, smoked, canned, dried. Histamine accumulates the longer food sits.
I need a clever name for this blossoming new genre of literature.
It consists of the climate-catastrophist-renewabro-optimists crying into their beers as reality crushes the dreams they've previously pitched as a budding economic nirvana.
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reneweconomy.com.au/australias-gre…
It consists of the climate-catastrophist-renewabro-optimists crying into their beers as reality crushes the dreams they've previously pitched as a budding economic nirvana.
1/
reneweconomy.com.au/australias-gre…
The report underlying that article is an open pitch for every imaginable flavour of subsidy and market intervention to get the uneconomic green-iron of the ground. 2/ 
My favourite is a half-billion hand-out to CSIRO to help with "technical challenges".
To be recycled through Cooperative Research Centres.
My word is that a naked appeal for recirculating funds into the activist network. 3/
To be recycled through Cooperative Research Centres.
My word is that a naked appeal for recirculating funds into the activist network. 3/
I think many of Bernie's policies would be disastrous if implemented (getting the economics right REALLY matters), but I can definitely see why he has such a following.
Granted, he's talking about my pet issue here, but he feels "real", in a way that few politicians do?
Granted, he's talking about my pet issue here, but he feels "real", in a way that few politicians do?
It feels so refreshing to listen to a politician respond to things in ways that feel straightforward and obvious, when everyone else is playing political double-speak games.
Even if his polices are pretty bad, I do believe that Sanders really does care about the American people and American workers.
As both a composer and a musician, Zappa was one-of-a-kind. One of the most creative and versatile composers and one of the best guitar players to ever walk the Earth.
"Muffin man", 1977
"Muffin man", 1977
Lineup on "Muffin man":
Adrian Belew gtr/vocals
Terry Bozzio drums
Patrick O'Hearn bass
Peter Wolf keyboards
Tommy Mars keyboards
Ed Mann percussion
Adrian Belew gtr/vocals
Terry Bozzio drums
Patrick O'Hearn bass
Peter Wolf keyboards
Tommy Mars keyboards
Ed Mann percussion
"Apostrophe'", 1974
George Duke - Keyboards, Vocals
Napoleon Murphy Brock - Tenor Sax, Flute, Vocals
Tom Fowler - Bass
Ruth Underwood - Percussion
Chester Thompson – Drums
Jeff Simmons - Guitar
George Duke - Keyboards, Vocals
Napoleon Murphy Brock - Tenor Sax, Flute, Vocals
Tom Fowler - Bass
Ruth Underwood - Percussion
Chester Thompson – Drums
Jeff Simmons - Guitar
The Erasure of Oleshky: A Systematic Analysis of the 2026 Blockade 🧵part 2
Part 1:
Part 1:
25/ The Red Cross remains silent; the blockade remains total. "Deliberate terrorism" continues while the world watches other horizons. We cannot allow Oleshky to become a footnote in the history of this war. Sunlight is our only deterrent.
26/ Oleshky is "not living, but surviving." - Ukrainian Human Rights Commisioner Dmytro Lubinets. The international community can no longer plead ignorance. The Ukrainian spirit persists, but the world must act to break this silence of starvation.
The Erasure of Oleshky: A Systematic Analysis of the 2026 Blockade 🧵
1/ Oleshky is a vital repository of Ukrainian heritage, the oldest city in Kherson Oblast and the gateway to the Oleshky Sands. Its identity is being systematically targeted by the 2026 blockade. #Oleshky theukrainians.org/zhyvi-sadymo-h…
2/ The loss of artist Polina Rayko’s house—a national monument—in the 2023 flood was a precursor to today’s demographic collapse. Since 2022, the city has faced a 93% erasure: a population of 25,000 hollowed out to 1,800 residents. #HumanRights #Ukraine
ukraineworld.org/en/articles//s…
ukraineworld.org/en/articles//s…
It seems that no matter what the US says, it has worked itself into a perpetual stalemate in the war with Iran pending escalation which will provoke an even larger escalation response and an even worse eventual stalemate.
open.substack.com/pub/visiblefis…
open.substack.com/pub/visiblefis…
The risk of the stalemate has been discounted completely in markets, that’s what makes No Man’s Land such a dangerous place. It simultaneously means that Iran controls the strait while the US denies the reality that it has lost control over freedom of navigation for trade.
The physical cascade of products not reaching their destination in supply chains that we have documented in “The Minecraft Syndrome” begins to overwhelm the manipulation we described in the “Structural Short” and eventually this means the end of the dollar as reserve currency.
Having looked at the manifestos, we are drilling down a bit more into the constituencies and regions. We plan to list all the candidates and puzzle out current polling.
We haven't canvased all the candidates, but thought this would be a great way for constituents - or candidates - to let our followers know where they stand. We will do a thread for each region. Please add any feed back/comments to the post relating to your constituency or region. We will share our experiences of candidates if relevant!
We have mainly drawn on the polling from YouGov and More In Common as they have looked at the constituencies. Other polls are available, so feel free to point out any data we missed!
We haven't canvased all the candidates, but thought this would be a great way for constituents - or candidates - to let our followers know where they stand. We will do a thread for each region. Please add any feed back/comments to the post relating to your constituency or region. We will share our experiences of candidates if relevant!
We have mainly drawn on the polling from YouGov and More In Common as they have looked at the constituencies. Other polls are available, so feel free to point out any data we missed!
Glasgow
Constituencies:
The 2024 general election saw Labour push back in the old Glasgow heartland, but disillusionment with UK Labour may contribute to keeping the area solidly SNP. Across the region, Reform has overtaken the Conservatives and their trajectory may result in syphoning votes from Labour rather than the SNP.
Constituencies:
The 2024 general election saw Labour push back in the old Glasgow heartland, but disillusionment with UK Labour may contribute to keeping the area solidly SNP. Across the region, Reform has overtaken the Conservatives and their trajectory may result in syphoning votes from Labour rather than the SNP.
Glasgow Anniesland
Sandesh Gulhane - Conservative and Unionist Party
Eunis Jassemi - Labour Party
Colm Merrick - Scottish National Party (SNP)
Sean O'Hagan - Reform UK
James Douglas Speirs - Liberal Democrats
Anniesland was the seat of the father of the Scottish Parliament, Donald Dewar, but it’s been in the hands of the SNP since 2011. Councillor Merrick is taking the reins from outgoing SNP MSP Bill Kidd. Labour took the roughly equivalent Glasgow West seat in the General election with a massive swing but polls are still indicating an SNP hold.
Sandesh Gulhane - Conservative and Unionist Party
Eunis Jassemi - Labour Party
Colm Merrick - Scottish National Party (SNP)
Sean O'Hagan - Reform UK
James Douglas Speirs - Liberal Democrats
Anniesland was the seat of the father of the Scottish Parliament, Donald Dewar, but it’s been in the hands of the SNP since 2011. Councillor Merrick is taking the reins from outgoing SNP MSP Bill Kidd. Labour took the roughly equivalent Glasgow West seat in the General election with a massive swing but polls are still indicating an SNP hold.
Shortly before 3am on June 4, 1993, a mechanic at Miami airport looked in the wheel well of a DC-8 cargo jet from Bogotá. He saw the body of a teenager, curled in a ball, wearing only a t-shirt and shorts and frozen like an "ice cube."
The first paramedic pronounced him dead. The second found a weak pulse.
Somehow he had just survived 5 hours at 35,000 feet without heat or air pressure.
This should have killed him three different ways.
A🧵& blog post on how he survived.
1/
The first paramedic pronounced him dead. The second found a weak pulse.
Somehow he had just survived 5 hours at 35,000 feet without heat or air pressure.
This should have killed him three different ways.
A🧵& blog post on how he survived.
1/
At 35,000 ft, there are three simultaneous killers:
🫁 Hypoxia: PO₂ is ~37 mmHg, well below the consciousness threshold of ~60 mmHg. Most peopple lose consciousness is 15-30 seconds. Even fully acclimatized Everest summiteers (at 29,000) survive only by driving PaCO₂ to ~8 mmHg through maximal hyperventilation.
🥶 Hypothermia: Ambient temp is –55°C. Accidental hypothermia causes fatal arrhythmia below ~28°C core temp. The coldest recorded accidental hypothermia survivor (13.7°C) lived only because of ECMO.
💥 DCS: Barometric pressure 179 mmHg (23% of sea level). The risk of decompression sickness and nitrogen gas embolism approaches 100% above 30,000 ft without a pressure suit.
No reasonable physiologist, handed these parameters, would predict survival. Yet somehow a 17 year old stow-away survived all three.
2/
🫁 Hypoxia: PO₂ is ~37 mmHg, well below the consciousness threshold of ~60 mmHg. Most peopple lose consciousness is 15-30 seconds. Even fully acclimatized Everest summiteers (at 29,000) survive only by driving PaCO₂ to ~8 mmHg through maximal hyperventilation.
🥶 Hypothermia: Ambient temp is –55°C. Accidental hypothermia causes fatal arrhythmia below ~28°C core temp. The coldest recorded accidental hypothermia survivor (13.7°C) lived only because of ECMO.
💥 DCS: Barometric pressure 179 mmHg (23% of sea level). The risk of decompression sickness and nitrogen gas embolism approaches 100% above 30,000 ft without a pressure suit.
No reasonable physiologist, handed these parameters, would predict survival. Yet somehow a 17 year old stow-away survived all three.
2/
The key is that hypothermia and hypoxia are mutually protective. The mechanism:
1️⃣ Hypoxia disables the thermostat
The preoptic anterior hypothalamus is exquisitely sensitive to hypoxia. As PaO₂ falls during ascent, it loses the ability to defend core temperature. The body becomes poikilothermic: temperature tracks the environment and the stow-away gets cold without shivering.
2️⃣ Hypothermia suppresses VO₂
The Q10 for brain CMRO₂ is 2.2. By the time core temp hits ~27°C (threshold for unconsciousness), brain O₂ consumption is ~45% of baseline. Demand meets the catastrophically low supply.
Cardiac surgeons exploit this in deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (DHCA), cooling the brain to 15-18°C to permit operating on a bloodless field.
The stowaway essentially did this to himself!
3/
1️⃣ Hypoxia disables the thermostat
The preoptic anterior hypothalamus is exquisitely sensitive to hypoxia. As PaO₂ falls during ascent, it loses the ability to defend core temperature. The body becomes poikilothermic: temperature tracks the environment and the stow-away gets cold without shivering.
2️⃣ Hypothermia suppresses VO₂
The Q10 for brain CMRO₂ is 2.2. By the time core temp hits ~27°C (threshold for unconsciousness), brain O₂ consumption is ~45% of baseline. Demand meets the catastrophically low supply.
Cardiac surgeons exploit this in deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (DHCA), cooling the brain to 15-18°C to permit operating on a bloodless field.
The stowaway essentially did this to himself!
3/
Today—as Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Constitution—I urged @DAGToddBlanche and @AAGDhillon to act on the Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais.
DOJ has the power to enforce this decision nationwide and must use it to end illegal racially-gerrymandered districts.
DOJ has the power to enforce this decision nationwide and must use it to end illegal racially-gerrymandered districts.
My Subcommittee has oversight responsibility for constitutional rights, civil-rights enforcement, and DOJ's Civil Rights Division.
We are going to use it.
It's time to enforce our laws and our color-blind Constitution. We must undo prior race-based actions.
We are going to use it.
It's time to enforce our laws and our color-blind Constitution. We must undo prior race-based actions.
The Supreme Court has now made clear: "Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act . . . was designed to enforce the Constitution—not collide with it."
That means DOJ cannot keep treating Section 2 as a license to force States to sort Americans into districts by race.
That means DOJ cannot keep treating Section 2 as a license to force States to sort Americans into districts by race.
If you're interested in bespoke tailoring and based in the United States, I have some trunk show announcements to share with you. Since Twitter recently changed their formatting options, I will be doing this as a thread. 🧵
Matthew Gonzalez
There's a long history of cross-border influence and immigration in tailoring, but as far as I know, Matthew Gonzalez is the first American to operate under his own banner on Savile Row. Born and raised in Southern California, he moved to London about twenty years ago to pursue a degree in bespoke tailoring from the London College of Fashion. Thereafter, he climbed the ranks — moving from undercutter at Thom Sweeney to cutter at Dunhill and eventually Huntsman, where he achieved his longtime goal of cutting on Savile Row.
Today, he runs his own firm, where he merges his California sensibility with his training in British bespoke craftsmanship. He recently told me he admires a photo of JFK staring out of a window. The President dressed in a dark worsted suit, white button-up shirt, and dark silk necktie, but everything about the photo looks very casual and relaxed. This, he told me, is what American style means to him.
Gonzalez cuts suits and sport coats inspired by that mid-century American tailoring, although he's adamant about not wanting the clothes to look like historical costumes. Thus, while the jackets have a soft, natural shoulder line, he sticks with front darts and prefers side vents (rather than the dartless front and hook vent characteristic of Ivy Style). The lapels have a moderate width and minimal belly (the curve sometimes distinguishing an older style of British tailoring). The garments are designed so they can be teamed with a dress shirt and tie, or something more casual such as a chambray button-up.
Given Gonzalez's penchant for slightly more relaxed, casual attire, it's no surprise that he also offers made-to-measure suede jackets, wool-cashmere shawl collar cardigans, and denim Western shirts (made without the contrast stitching, so they look more at home with tailoring). He's also one of the few bespoke tailors I've met who "gets it" when it comes to the polo coat, arguably the most iconic of American overcoat styles. Gonzalez tells me he thinks a polo coat should have letter box patch pockets, a half belt, gauntlet cuffs, an inverted back pleat, and a center button vent. But crucially, he also thinks the split-sleeves should be made with a lapped seam. To my eye, this makes the garment more casual and sporty—truer to its original roots—and allows the tailor to shape the sleevehead.
Consider Gonzalez if you share the same sensibilities: a love for classic American tailoring, but a suspicion of styles that are too anachronistic, and a bias towards clothes that feel more relaxed and casual. The point about Gonzalez using a split-sleeve with a lapped seam demonstrates that he takes care of details that may not occur to a client, but will be appreciated years down the road.
There's a long history of cross-border influence and immigration in tailoring, but as far as I know, Matthew Gonzalez is the first American to operate under his own banner on Savile Row. Born and raised in Southern California, he moved to London about twenty years ago to pursue a degree in bespoke tailoring from the London College of Fashion. Thereafter, he climbed the ranks — moving from undercutter at Thom Sweeney to cutter at Dunhill and eventually Huntsman, where he achieved his longtime goal of cutting on Savile Row.
Today, he runs his own firm, where he merges his California sensibility with his training in British bespoke craftsmanship. He recently told me he admires a photo of JFK staring out of a window. The President dressed in a dark worsted suit, white button-up shirt, and dark silk necktie, but everything about the photo looks very casual and relaxed. This, he told me, is what American style means to him.
Gonzalez cuts suits and sport coats inspired by that mid-century American tailoring, although he's adamant about not wanting the clothes to look like historical costumes. Thus, while the jackets have a soft, natural shoulder line, he sticks with front darts and prefers side vents (rather than the dartless front and hook vent characteristic of Ivy Style). The lapels have a moderate width and minimal belly (the curve sometimes distinguishing an older style of British tailoring). The garments are designed so they can be teamed with a dress shirt and tie, or something more casual such as a chambray button-up.
Given Gonzalez's penchant for slightly more relaxed, casual attire, it's no surprise that he also offers made-to-measure suede jackets, wool-cashmere shawl collar cardigans, and denim Western shirts (made without the contrast stitching, so they look more at home with tailoring). He's also one of the few bespoke tailors I've met who "gets it" when it comes to the polo coat, arguably the most iconic of American overcoat styles. Gonzalez tells me he thinks a polo coat should have letter box patch pockets, a half belt, gauntlet cuffs, an inverted back pleat, and a center button vent. But crucially, he also thinks the split-sleeves should be made with a lapped seam. To my eye, this makes the garment more casual and sporty—truer to its original roots—and allows the tailor to shape the sleevehead.
Consider Gonzalez if you share the same sensibilities: a love for classic American tailoring, but a suspicion of styles that are too anachronistic, and a bias towards clothes that feel more relaxed and casual. The point about Gonzalez using a split-sleeve with a lapped seam demonstrates that he takes care of details that may not occur to a client, but will be appreciated years down the road.
Taillour
In bespoke tailoring, there's a generally accepted rule that most clients would do well to observe: choose a company based on their house style and stay close to it. The term "house style" refers to the tailor's established methods, which combine to create clothes with a distinguishable fit and feel. Just as you wouldn't order burritos from a ramen chef, you shouldn't ask an English tailor for an Italian jacket (or vice versa).
Taillour is one of the few exceptions. Co-founder and head cutter Fred Nieddu has worked in the bespoke tailoring industry for decades, cutting for firms such as Thom Sweeney and even teaching pattern drafting courses at the London College of Fashion. A good percentage of his current workload involves making clothes for films and TV shows. In fact, you may have seen his creations. He made all the menswear for the Netflix series The Crown, the suits in the film The Phoenician Scheme, and one of the colorful costumes for Wonka. Given this experience, he's more flexible than most tailors regarding what he's willing and able to make.
Still, I think it's always a good idea to stay close to the house style. I think of Taillour's house style as very soft but architectural in its lines. Nieddu uses a full body canvas and only a bit of laptair near the wearer's collar bone to prevent the jacket from sinking. The shoulders are minimally padded, giving the garments a very light feel. While Neapolitan tailors are known for a similar construction, Taillour's jackets have a bit more room and shape. The shoulder line is very straight, and the chest is slightly full. When combined with those characteristically straight lapels and larger jacket collar, I find Taillour's jackets have an angular appearance reminiscent of Apparel Arts drawings.
Consider Nieddu if you want a tailor who's a bit more flexible in terms of what they're willing to make (although, again, I recommend tweaking at the margins, not bringing in a photo of something and asking for it to be copied). He has also made clothes for women, which will be useful if you're looking for someone who can make a women's suit, sport coat, or overcoat.
In bespoke tailoring, there's a generally accepted rule that most clients would do well to observe: choose a company based on their house style and stay close to it. The term "house style" refers to the tailor's established methods, which combine to create clothes with a distinguishable fit and feel. Just as you wouldn't order burritos from a ramen chef, you shouldn't ask an English tailor for an Italian jacket (or vice versa).
Taillour is one of the few exceptions. Co-founder and head cutter Fred Nieddu has worked in the bespoke tailoring industry for decades, cutting for firms such as Thom Sweeney and even teaching pattern drafting courses at the London College of Fashion. A good percentage of his current workload involves making clothes for films and TV shows. In fact, you may have seen his creations. He made all the menswear for the Netflix series The Crown, the suits in the film The Phoenician Scheme, and one of the colorful costumes for Wonka. Given this experience, he's more flexible than most tailors regarding what he's willing and able to make.
Still, I think it's always a good idea to stay close to the house style. I think of Taillour's house style as very soft but architectural in its lines. Nieddu uses a full body canvas and only a bit of laptair near the wearer's collar bone to prevent the jacket from sinking. The shoulders are minimally padded, giving the garments a very light feel. While Neapolitan tailors are known for a similar construction, Taillour's jackets have a bit more room and shape. The shoulder line is very straight, and the chest is slightly full. When combined with those characteristically straight lapels and larger jacket collar, I find Taillour's jackets have an angular appearance reminiscent of Apparel Arts drawings.
Consider Nieddu if you want a tailor who's a bit more flexible in terms of what they're willing to make (although, again, I recommend tweaking at the margins, not bringing in a photo of something and asking for it to be copied). He has also made clothes for women, which will be useful if you're looking for someone who can make a women's suit, sport coat, or overcoat.
