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New Illinois law requires health plans to cover continuous glucose monitors.
This is great news for people with diabetes who otherwise have struggled to access this incredible technology. | learn more
fun facts
Polish people are role playing as Americans celebrating the 4th of July.
“A group in Poland called 4th of July LARP (LARP is short for live-action role-playing) dresses as Americans and acts out various scenarios that they imagine happening in the U.S. during the summer holiday.” | learn more
fun facts
The California Missions.
I imagine if you live in California this is common knowledge, but its new to me! “Over 54 years, four forts, or presidios, and twenty-one missions were founded along the California coast. Some of these sites eventually evolved into the […]
on the blockchain
The Ball Multicoin Bitwise metaverse Index.
Multicoin Capital teamed up with “Matthew Ball (who has established himself as the defining voice on the metaverse on the web), and Bitwise (the most prominent crypto-native asset management firm focused on passive investments) to create the Ball Multicoin Bitwise […]
on the blockchain
Crypto’s biggest scams of all time.
“The SEC is starting to take action while the scams are getting bolder. So enjoy a little Sunday school lesson in digital con artistry (and maybe a tiny bit of schadenfreude) as we highlight the 11 biggest crypto scams and […]
under the microscope
Could gut microbes regulate appetite and body temperature?
“[R]esearchers studying mice have worked out how bacteria in the mammalian gut can ping the brain to regulate an animal’s appetite and body temperature—and it involves the same molecular pathway the immune system uses to detect bacterial pathogens.” | learn more
under the microscope
A wearable monitors glucose, alcohol, and lactate levels in real-time.
I not-so-boldly predict the hardware we have access to as consumers will continue to get better and cheaper. “The device is about the size of a stack of six quarters. It is applied to the skin through a Velcro-like patch […]
retail therapy
On stretch wrap.
“If the container is what allows things to move from land to sea to land, and the pallet is what allows products to be moved from warehouses to containers to trucks to distribution centers, then stretch wrap is what allows […]
retail therapy
Shrinkflation has become endemic.
This is when a product price stays the same while its quantity decreases. It happens often in the CPG world. “One upside to shrinkflation is it might save you some calories. If your candy bar is now 1.5 ounces instead […]