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Ultra-processed food isn't a synonym for junk food

The term has a real definition, one good experiment behind it, and a lot of noise on top. What's useful for someone with a job and kids.

GuideGroomingTobias Reed23 Sept 20265 min

Nose, Ears And Brows Take Four Minutes Every Other Week

The three spots your razor never touches, the tools that actually work, and the mistakes that leave you looking permanently startled.

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Pressure-test my business idea

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GuideStyleTobias Reed23 Sept 20266 min

How to dress well when you're built big

Buy for the widest part, pay a tailor for the rest, and stop letting a low rise ruin every pair of pants you own.

Coconut.com — Tell us when. We find where the sun is.

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The iron test your annual physical probably didn't run

Ferritin, B12 and folate explain a lot of ordinary exhaustion, and a normal blood count doesn't rule any of them out.

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How many days a week are you actually training?

GuideWoodworkingWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Which glue holds what, and how hard to clamp it

Most failed joints aren't a glue problem. They're a fit problem, a timing problem, or a clamp doing a job it was never meant to do.

GuideStyleTobias Reed23 Sept 20265 min

How to shop the thrift rack without bringing home junk

The shoulder seam decides it, elastane is already dead, and a $6 jacket with a $60 tailoring bill is still a bargain.

GermProof.com — An invisible germ barrier on your skin for hours

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GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

Cold turkey can be the dangerous part of quitting drinking

If you've been drinking heavily every day, the last drink is a medical event. Here's what the withdrawal timeline looks like and when to call 911.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

GuideWoodworkingWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Build a birdhouse and a bird feeder with your kids

One cedar fence picket, a drill, and an afternoon. The dimensions that matter, the jobs a four-year-old can actually do, and the part everybody gets wrong.

GuideStyleTobias Reed23 Sept 20265 min

The three sweaters worth owning and how to make them last

Buy the crewneck, the heavy one and the cardigan, in that order, and stop replacing knitwear every winter.

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GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

The salt isn't in your shaker, it's in your bread

You can skip the salt shaker for a week and still clear 3,000 mg a day. The sodium is already in the food, and the label tells you where.

Delicious.com — Nine thousand recipes and a plan for tonight

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GuideWoodworkingWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Build your first forge from a brake drum and a hair dryer

You don't need an anvil, a chimney or a shop. You need fire, air, a hammer and a chunk of steel to hit against.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideStyleTobias Reed23 Sept 20266 min

Make a good pair of shoes last ten years

Cedar trees, twenty minutes of polish and one honest look at the welt will get more out of your shoes than buying new ones ever will.

GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

How much fiber you actually need and the lazy ways to get it

The label says 28 grams a day. Most people land nowhere near it, and fixing that takes about four minutes of planning, not a new diet.

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GuideGroomingTobias Reed23 Sept 20265 min

The Home Haircut That Doesn't Look Like One

Ten minutes, one corded clipper, and a neckline you leave alone. The mistake that ruins a self-cut is almost always the same one.

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Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

Style6 min

Four jackets that cover the whole year

Fitness5 min

What dip and nicotine pouches do to your mouth, and how to quit

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Build me a revision plan that I will actually stick to

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GuideWoodworkingWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Make Your First Knife From a Blank Without a Forge

Skip the anvil and the coal. A hardened steel blank, a few files and one weekend gets you a knife you'll actually carry.

Dude.com — 16 advisers who listen, talk and pray with you

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Style6 min read

Teach your son to dress while he still lets you

The lessons a boy actually needs, roughly in the order he needs them, from the shoulder seam at nine to the tailor at seventeen.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

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