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1938 photo of archaeologist Manuel Esteve wearing a freshly unearthed ancient Corinthian helmet while casually smoking, creating a surreal blend of ancient artifact and modern Habit

TODAY

• Marjane Satrapi died, age 56: ‘“Marjane Satrapi died of sadness a little over a year after the death of Mattias Ripa, her husband and the love of her life,” a statement from close friends and family sent to the AFP news wire read.’

The bullshit of switching my diet back to where it’s supposed to be: I’m going to be permanently bloody hungry for a month until my body readjusts and I need to increase my protein. So I’m back on the powders, all mixed with pea milk: protein powder with frozen blueberries and cacao in the morning, meal replacement with frozen banana in the afternoons. Add in actual breakfast and actual lunch plus dinner and I am on five meals a day and two litres of water just to feel normal. And also experimenting with a functional energy drink mix. Because this is the idiocy we have to turn into a habit when we need just a little help and we have a lot of work to get done.

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