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"text": "So, I was on meclizine for a couple days, and it is definitely not the right med for me.\n\nBasically, it made me super tired and pretty much constantly sleepy or on the edge of falling asleep (like, to the extent that I was experiencing hypnagogia), and it wasn\u2019t helping my vertigo at all.\n\nWhat\u2019s more, for vertigo it\u2019s meant to be used as a rescue med and not a maintenance med, getting tolerant to it can cause some major problems, and it has a bad interaction with my rescue inhaler. I\u2019m not even sure how it would be useful as a rescue med given that my vertigo attacks usually last 10-15 seconds and are brought on at random, and it takes about an hour to kick in.\n\nRight now my best hope seems to be the vestibular rehabilitation physical therapy I\u2019ve been prescribed. My intake appointment for that is in about two weeks. I also have a neurologist appointment next week, which will hopefully provide some amount of clarity.",
"html": "<p>So, I was on meclizine for a couple days, and it is definitely not the right med for me.</p><p>Basically, it made me <em>super</em> tired and pretty much constantly sleepy or on the edge of falling asleep (like, to the extent that I was experiencing <a href=\"https://beesbuzz.biz/writing/short/3589-Hypnagogia\">hypnagogia</a>), and it wasn\u2019t helping my vertigo at all.</p><p>What\u2019s more, for vertigo it\u2019s meant to be used as a rescue med and not a maintenance med, getting tolerant to it can cause some major problems, and it has a bad interaction with my rescue inhaler. I\u2019m not even sure how it would be useful as a rescue med given that my vertigo attacks usually last 10-15 seconds and are brought on at random, and it takes about an hour to kick in.</p><p>Right now my best hope seems to be the vestibular rehabilitation physical therapy I\u2019ve been prescribed. My intake appointment for that is in about two weeks. I also have a neurologist appointment next week, which will hopefully provide some amount of clarity.</p>"
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"url": "https://jaredwhite.com/links/20250227/paris-cycling-revolution",
"published": "2025-02-27T22:19:35-08:00",
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"html": "<blockquote>\n <h2><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woFlJx7Rv78\"></a></h2>\n\n <p>There\u2019s another story that I discovered while riding every new bike lane built in the past year in the city, and it\u2019s a story of citizen and advocacy work that has lessons for people in cities all over the world.</p>\n\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, has been hailed as a visionary who transformed this iconic city into a bicycle and pedestrian-friendly oasis. And rightfully so\u2014yet it certainly wasn\u2019t all her doing and she was aided and prodded along by well-organized advocacy groups. Tom Babin of Shifter has the scoop in this entertaining video with beautiful scenes of Paris. It\u2019s a <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/micromobility\">#micromobility</a> miracle!</p>\n\n<p><strong>Hat tip:</strong> <a href=\"https://usa.streetsblog.org/2025/02/28/friday-video-the-untold-story-behind-the-paris-bike-boom\">Streetsblog</a></p>",
"text": "There\u2019s another story that I discovered while riding every new bike lane built in the past year in the city, and it\u2019s a story of citizen and advocacy work that has lessons for people in cities all over the world.\n\n\n\nThe mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, has been hailed as a visionary who transformed this iconic city into a bicycle and pedestrian-friendly oasis. And rightfully so\u2014yet it certainly wasn\u2019t all her doing and she was aided and prodded along by well-organized advocacy groups. Tom Babin of Shifter has the scoop in this entertaining video with beautiful scenes of Paris. It\u2019s a #micromobility miracle!\n\nHat tip: Streetsblog"
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For a long time, back in my conservative Christian days throughout the 2000s, the hated enemy and the absolute worst was the “mainstream media”—or lamestream media as it was often derisively called.
Conservatives considered their media the alternative, a scrappy underground dropping truth bombs and speaking for the “silent majority” of true red-blooded patriotic Americans.
Oh what a difference a couple of decades makes! Now it seems conservative, or conservative-lite media, has become the mainstream media—and even the lamest of the lamestream aka MSNBC is starting to capitulate to the interests of timid corporations not wanting to rock the boat quite so much in this era of Trumpian #politics.
But perhaps a larger trend is at play here which is that for all intents and purposes, independent online media—newsletters, podcasts, YouTube channels, and the like—has won the day. Traditional broadcasters are on their way out. Indie is in. Young people couldn’t care less about cable news networks. It’s just not where they are.
I sure hope the people who have a modicum of power in progressive circles realize how desperately behind they are on this compared to MAGA. Because the future of our country is quite literally at stake!
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"published": "2025-02-24T23:13:57-08:00",
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"html": "<p>For a long time, back in my conservative Christian days throughout the 2000s, the hated enemy and the absolute <em>worst</em> was the \u201cmainstream media\u201d\u2014or <em>lamestream media</em> as it was often derisively called.</p>\n\n<p>Conservatives considered their media the alternative, a scrappy underground dropping truth bombs and speaking for the \u201csilent majority\u201d of true red-blooded patriotic Americans.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Oh what a difference a couple of decades makes!</strong> Now it seems conservative, or conservative-lite media, <strong>has become the mainstream media</strong>\u2014and even the lamest of the lamestream aka MSNBC is starting to capitulate to the interests of timid corporations not wanting to rock the boat <em>quite so much</em> in this era of Trumpian <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/politics\">#politics</a>.</p>\n\n<p>But perhaps a larger trend is at play here which is that for all intents and purposes, independent online media\u2014newsletters, podcasts, YouTube channels, and the like\u2014has won the day. Traditional broadcasters are on their way out. <strong>Indie is in.</strong> Young people couldn\u2019t care less about cable news networks. It\u2019s just not where they are.</p>\n\n<p>I sure hope the people who have a modicum of power in progressive circles realize how desperately behind they are on this compared to MAGA. <strong>Because the future of our country is quite literally at stake!</strong></p>",
"text": "For a long time, back in my conservative Christian days throughout the 2000s, the hated enemy and the absolute worst was the \u201cmainstream media\u201d\u2014or lamestream media as it was often derisively called.\n\nConservatives considered their media the alternative, a scrappy underground dropping truth bombs and speaking for the \u201csilent majority\u201d of true red-blooded patriotic Americans.\n\nOh what a difference a couple of decades makes! Now it seems conservative, or conservative-lite media, has become the mainstream media\u2014and even the lamest of the lamestream aka MSNBC is starting to capitulate to the interests of timid corporations not wanting to rock the boat quite so much in this era of Trumpian #politics.\n\nBut perhaps a larger trend is at play here which is that for all intents and purposes, independent online media\u2014newsletters, podcasts, YouTube channels, and the like\u2014has won the day. Traditional broadcasters are on their way out. Indie is in. Young people couldn\u2019t care less about cable news networks. It\u2019s just not where they are.\n\nI sure hope the people who have a modicum of power in progressive circles realize how desperately behind they are on this compared to MAGA. Because the future of our country is quite literally at stake!"
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