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FiddleHodlHomestead
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Violinist and teacher, building a homestead on raw land in between lessons and concerts. Fascinated by how we can develop resilience in our lives, in our families, in our communities. I'm excited about freedom tech and circular economies, and am deeply grateful for the devs and advocates who are helping build tools for a better future.

Not what you asked but I wanted so badly to like RFK. I have the impression that he's probably one of the more decent human beings to ever run for office, and I'm very grateful for his work on Fauci and regulatory capture, but I find some of his stances terrible and weirdly naive.

I don't mean to be flip, but the foods that will help the most with lactose intolerance are the ones that don't make you sick!

Otherwise, two thoughts:

1)There are a lot of stories from folks who always assumed they were lactose intolerant but tried raw milk and have no problems with it at all, so it might not be the lactose that is creating difficulty.

2) Elimination diets can go a long way toward healing the gut and improving our tolerance. Some people who have a very hard time with certain foods find that they can reintroduce them without issues after a while on something like Whole30 or lion diet. Others feel so amazing that they choose to continue eating that way long-term. In any case, the nice thing about this is that you can basically run your own experiment.

So cute!

We've been in a battle to keep all of our chickens in their run but the upside is that whatever project I'm working on, it's quite likely that I'll get a visit from one of the new mothers and her little ones. I love the way she teaches them, and their tiny persistent voices are such a wonderful sound.

Seems like it's worth a try! I think he said he did this a few times (in the same holes, I guess?) over a season.

Just heard this on Billy Bond's podcast: drill a few holes into it and pee into the holes. Nitrogen + carbon: apparently the stump decomposes pretty fast. Billy claims they fall apart within a year or two.

oh boy. Reminds me of that recent Ursula von Leyden pronouncement that pre-bunking is better than debunking.

Most people haven't heard of the sovereign citizen movement, and this kind of article ensures that they'll have full propaganda already in place before they come across it.

Watching the easy camaraderie that develops between my man and the guys he works with on building projects is wonderful. It always looks to me like whatever competition they're feeling is accompanied by genuine affection and respect. It's pretty cool.

Also, this girl is ridiculous. This kind of shallow dismissiveness is antithetical to feminine power.

Ha! My first thought isn't "that's gross," but rather "Some company wants to map out the microbiome of healthy people"

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I was at an extended family gathering for the Eid al-Adha holiday today. At these gatherings, the older generation in this family tends to not speak great English, so they normally speak among themselves in Arabic, while the younger generation speaks English, with some periods where we all speak together and my husband translates.

The center of this gathering was a newborn baby. My husband’s cousin had a child, and he was so cute and we took turns holding him and playing with him.

The oldest uncle is a retired doctor and although he normally speaks in Arabic among his peers, he actually speaks fluent English as well when there is context for it, since he used to live and work abroad. But he rarely speaks at these gatherings, in either Arabic or English. It’s a running joke that he is grumpy and rarely has much to say, and just kind of zones out at these things. Sometimes when people ask him what he is thinking, he makes a dry concise joke or a funny brief criticism of someone with like a stone cold expression. So usually at least once someone asks him, just to see what kind of grumpy thing he will say in response, since you never know what it’ll be but it’s never boring.

When the family was figuring out which coast town we should take a vacation to in a couple weeks, the uncle was quiet and eventually someone asked him what his choice is, and he sarcastically said “El Arish” which is the Egyptian coast town right near Gaza, to be a buzzkill. The joke being that it’s an obviously bad choice for a vacation.

A while later when people were talking about movies, he was again doing his zoned out expression, so my husband and cousin were whispering to me to ask him what he’s thinking about this time. I was hesitant but they were like, “do it, it’ll be great.”

So I asked what he’s thinking about. With his perfect English, he’s like, “You and Mohamed should have a child by the time you visit us next year. You’re getting old.”

Everyone was like, “…oh shit” since they thought he would say a bad movie or tell me I watch too many movies or something. One cousin was like, “uncle, they will when and if they are ready!”

But the uncle continued. “You two think you are busy now, but it only gets worse from here. The older you get the harder it will be, and you’re already getting old. Both of you are too smart and overthinking it, waiting for a perfect moment that will never come. If you two wait too long, you might not be able to do it, or there’s a higher chance the child will have health problems. Just do it now, while you are still in your mid-thirties, don’t let yourself get any older. And if you don’t do it, naught but regret and darkness awaits.”

So everyone was facepalming, since this was not the direction they were expecting. I was like, “thank you for the blunt advice, we will consider it! 😅”

One aunt who doesn’t speak English asked what he said, so one cousin said, “He called her a hag, basically.”

😮 That's intense. I'm impressed that you shared this story.

Also, having children is incredible. Highly recommend.

I don't remember the timing, but my really bad case seemed to take ages to clear up. 10 days total? Two weeks? Soon after that I had another exposure, and that time I used the Zanfel early on and I think it resolved quickly (2 days?).

It's probably very individual. Someone in my family doesn't react at all to it, so my guess is that even among those of us who are affected there's probably a range of reactions and timelines.