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  "textContent": "On her blog, game writer Laura Michet describes what happened when her insulin pump, a Tandem t:slim X2, started failing once or twice a day in the middle of a Santa Fe vacation. She has type 1 diabetes and has worn a pump for 25 years without one ever quitting on her. — Read the rest \n\nThe post What happens when the machine keeping you alive dies on vacation appeared first on Boing Boing.",
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