ScienceAlert: Could a ‘Lucky Fish’ Help Lift Your Iron? An Expert Explains.
One of the best ways to treat an iron deficiency is through diet. Foods such as meat, fish, shellfish, offal meats, lentils, soya beans and green leafy vegetables (such as broccoli) all contain iron. Many of the foods we regularly consume — such as rice and cereals – have also been fortified with iron.
But iron absorption is not always a straightforward process — which means that treating a deficiency can be difficult.
NYT: False Claims Are Disrupting Recovery from Hurricane Helene
In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene’s devastation in western North Carolina, the public meeting in Rutherford County last Wednesday was essential business. Officials from several shellshocked communities convened to talk about the extensive damage and ongoing search-and-rescue efforts.
But within hours, a conspiracy theory took hold. The meeting, social media posts claimed, was a secret discussion about bulldozing, confiscating or even selling land for profit or to mine lithium.
Maybe you shouldn’t be allowed access to the Internet without passing a gullibility test?
CBC: Identifying battlegrounds tough as B.C. election race heats up
Analysts say emergence of B.C. Conservatives and the reshaping of provincial ridings make forecasting hard.
Slashdot: Pine64’s Linux-Powered E-Ink Tablet is Making a Return
“Pine64 has confirmed that its open-source e-ink tablet is returning,” reports the blog OMG Ubuntu:
The [10.1-inch e-ink display] PineNote was announced in 2021, building on the success of its non-SBC devices like the PinePhone (and later Pro model), the PineTab, and PineBook devices. Like most of Pine64’s devices, software support is largely tackled by the community. But only a small batch of developer units were ever sold, primarily by enthusiasts within the open-source community who had the knowledge and desire to work on getting a modern Linux OS to run on the hardware, and adapt to the e-ink display.
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“I do not (yet) have a launch date target,” according to the blog post, “as behind-the-scenes the Pine Store team are still working on all things production.”
NYT: Trump’s Rambling Speeches Reinforce Question of Age
With the passage of time, the 78-year-old former president’s speeches have grown darker, harsher, longer, angrier, less focused, more profane and increasingly fixated on the past, according to a review of his public appearances over the years.
Last Updated: 06.Oct.2024 23:59 EDT
