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   * [[company tidbits]]
   * [[Dell Precision T3500]]
+  * [[stocks to research for next month]]
+  * [[mark text message as unread]]
+  * [[tbill yield methodology]]
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     * Ref:- https://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-6288/spironolactone-oral/details
   * blue jay
-    * The blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) is a passerine bird native to North America. It is adaptable, aggressive and omnivorous.
+    * The blue jay is a bird native to North America. It is adaptable, aggressive and omnivorous.
     * Ref:- https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_jay
+  * Demodex
+    * Demodex mites are tiny eight-legged parasites that mostly live in hair follicles and oil glands on your face, neck, or chest.
+    * Two types of Demodex mites live on humans: Demodex folliculorum (D. folliculorum) and Demodex brevis (D. brevis).
+    * D. folliculorum mites are around 0.3-0.4 millimeters long, while D. brevis mites are slightly smaller at 0.15-0.2 mm.
+    * More details:- https://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/what-are-demodex-mites - well written; lot of information; high information density; has a picture of Demodex; worth reading end to end.
+  * National master in chess
+  * political gadfly
+  * bytearray in python
+  * Intestinal Adenoma (IA)
+    * https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00394-023-03110-2 - Garlic consumption in relation to colorectal cancer risk and to alterations of blood bacterial DNA
+==== idioms ====
+Policy:
+  * new items go in the end unless you can group them with existing ones
+\\
+  * hold court
+    * to receive a lot of attention from other people who stand or sit around you to listen, especially on a social occasion.
+    * ex:- Patrick is holding court at the end table.
+    * Ref:- https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/hold-court
+    * ex:- "Charlie Munger held court from his wheelchair" in https://www.ft.com/content/da9f8230-2eb1-49c5-b63a-f1507936d01b
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 Ref:- https://crossword-solver.io/clue/any-collection-of-miscellaneous-things/
+Similar words:
+  * ragbag = a confused mixture of different types of things
+    * https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/ragbag
+  * kludge - something, especially computer hardware or software, that has been put together from whatever is available, especially when it does not work very well
+    * https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/kludge
+  * panoply - a wide range or collection of different things
+    * https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/panoply
+  * this and that - various things
+  * hotchpotch - a confused mixture of different things
+  * jumble - a messy and confused mixture of things, feelings, or ideas
 See also:- https://www.freethesaurus.com/ragbag