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Below 7: Chicken curry

I've been eating a lot of curries lately. Might have something to do with the season. It's grey and gloomy which makes it the perfect time for comfort food. After all, what's better than a spicy stew on a rainy autumn day? Since I'm on…

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Covid-19 vaccination with type 1 diabetes

After putting it off for ages, I finally went and got my vaccination. I work the weekends in a bar and the government just brought in new restrictions requiring that you check the vaccination certificates before serving customers. It seemed bizarre that I would be…

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The controversial scientist

The other day I came across an interview with Dr. Denise Faustman. She's an associate professor at Harvard University and the director at the Immunobiology Laboratory at Massachusettes General Hospital, where she's worked since 1985. Also, she is someone who thinks differently with a vaccine-based…

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Diabetes in prison

Yesterday I started rewatching Prison Break since there's a lack of new and interesting shows on Netflix. Protagonist Michael Scofield pretends to have type 1 diabetes in order to get access to the infirmary when he needs daily insulin injections. It made me wonder about…

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Below 7: Fried halloumi and tabouleh

In another life, I worked a few months in a Lebanese restaurant. The owner was a crazy cokehead who cheated on his wife with a nineteen-year-old waitress, but the food was good. Lockman the chef made the most brilliant dolma (rice-filled grape leaves) and sawar…

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