I was wondering if you'd go for the double feature! I don't think you can seek out Midwest horror and pass up "Children of the Corn". It's so terrible and so glorious! Also, I almost mentioned on discord that "Jennifer's Body" is set in MN if you want to go in a different direction.

She also loves to surf for food on counters and floors so the raccoon comparison holds up!

Yep. We (VT) have been touted as a climate refuge to the point that our governor even talked about climate refugees as a source of a future workforce. And then we had two straight years of absolutely devastating catastrophic floods...

If you look at the bottom of each chart that's been shared in this thread, there is a description of the data used in the chart. If you want a live link to the source data, you can view the charts in that article.

Here's the source of the charts - ourworldindata.org/maternal-mor...

Maternal Mortality

What could be more tragic than a mother losing her life in the moment that she is giving birth to her newborn? Why are mothers dying and what can be done to prevent these deaths?

Absolutely. There are SO many reasons we've gone backwards in health outcomes and almost all are massive societal failures.

Here's the US chart for anyone interested -

So much solidarity. I'm 45 and was finally taken seriously a few months ago when I saw a new gyno. Turns out I have adenomyosis. It took a quick ultrasound to diagnose. I am livid it took this long. If you can find someone who specializes in hormones (they're usually the menopause doc) try them.

Holy crap! Incredible! for anyone who, like my wife and me, needs help visualizing what 8 meters looks like, it's about 1.5 average parking spaces. That is absolutely wild.

Lewis sends his love and condolences