América Latina crea un instituto para preservar más de 500 lenguas indígenas — Stigmatis — Barbara Crane Navarro

Foto de archivo del secretario técnico del Fondo para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas de América Latina y el Caribe (Filac), Gabriel Muyuy. EFE/ Martin Alipaz La Paz | 10 feb 2022 La puesta en marcha este jueves del Instituto Iberoamericano de Lenguas Indígenas (IIALI) será el aporte de América Latina para preservar y […] […]

América Latina crea un instituto para preservar más de 500 lenguas indígenas — Stigmatis — Barbara Crane Navarro

Tip of the iceberg: erectile dysfunction and COVID-19 | International Journal of Impotence Research

The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 caused the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic that resulted in more than 150 million infections and 3.5 million deaths globally. COVID-19 affected men more than women, emerging with more severe disease and higher mortality rates. Androgens may be responsible for the underlying reason of more severe disease, as androgen receptors have been implicated to mediate viral cell entry and infection. Besides, male reproductive organs have been reported to be affected by the especially severe disease, resulting in erectile dysfunction (ED). In this narrative review, we aimed to gather possible mechanisms of the development of ED led by COVID-19. Current evidence illuminates endothelial dysfunction, direct testicular damage, and the psychological burden of COVID-19 that are of the pathways of ED. Although the proposed underlying mechanisms partly fail to answer the questions by which COVID-19 leads to ED, it is important to monitor men who recovered from COVID-19 regarding the sexual dysfunction sequelae of infection and address the long‐term consequences.
— Read on www.nature.com/articles/s41443-022-00540-0

Gut Microbiome Composition Is Predictive of Incident Type 2 Diabetes in a Population Cohort of 5,572 Finnish Adults | Diabetes Care | American Diabetes Association

We observed robust species-level taxonomic features predictive of incident type 2 diabetes over long-term follow-up. These findings build on and extend previous mainly cross-sectional evidence and further support links between dietary habits, metabolic diseases, and type 2 diabetes that are modulated by the gut microbiome. The gut microbiome can potentially be used to improve disease prediction and uncover novel therapeutic targets for diabetes. Source: Gut Microbiome Composition Is Predictive of Incident Type 2 Diabetes in a Population Cohort of 5,572 Finnish Adults | Diabetes Care | American Diabetes Association

Fear and You + Balenciaga by Roijoyeux + Pod21: Caz’s Panic Rescue

Happiness Between Tails by da-AL

Photo of Balenciaga's “Envelope dress”, 1967, with this blog post's title over it.
Balenciaga’s “Envelope dress”, 1967.

https://anchor.fm/depe9/episodes/Pandemic-Anxiety-by-da-AL–Panic-Attack-Rescue-by-Caz-e1d8bmc

Click H-E-R-E for my podcast page at AnchorFM. This week’s audio show is the audio version of “Pandemic Anxiety by da-AL + Panic Attack Rescue by Caz” that you can read the text version of H-E-R-E.

At the Happiness Between Tails podcast page, you’ll also find links to subscribe, hear, and share it via most any platform, from Spotifyand Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts and Breaker, to Pocket Casts and RadioPublic and Castbox and Stitcher, plus an RSS feed. The full list of 50+ places is H-E-R-E.

Marianne Williamson, activist/author of, "A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of A COURSE IN MIRACLES." Photo by Supearnesh - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0  Marianne Williamson, activist/author of, “A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of A COURSE IN MIRACLES.” Photo by Supearnesh – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0

The following famous quote — which author/activist Marianne Williamson is proud of however zillion times it’s attributed to Nelson Mandela (H-E-R-E’s a post I wrote about him) — reminds me…

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Justice Department Files Suit to Prevent Missouri from Restricting Enforcement of Federal Firearms Laws | OPA | Department of Justice

“This act impedes criminal law enforcement operations in Missouri,” said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland. “The United States will work to ensure that our state and local law enforcement partners are not penalized for doing their jobs to keep our communities safe.”

“A state cannot simply declare federal laws invalid,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian M. Boynton, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Division. “This act makes enforcement of federal firearms laws difficult and strains the important law enforcement partnerships that help keep violent criminals off the street.”

Source: Justice Department Files Suit to Prevent Missouri from Restricting Enforcement of Federal Firearms Laws | OPA | Department of Justice

Report: Trump Interior Secretary Violated Federal Ethics Rules – Mother Jones

the Interior Department’s investigation centered on a more run-of-the-mill issue. While Zinke was in office, he reportedly attended meetings with developers, including a Halliburton executive, concerning a planned commercial development called 95 Karrow on land owned by Zinke’s family’s nonprofit foundation. According to Politico—the first outlet to break the news that Zinke had participated in the negotiations—the deal could also have allowed Zinke and his wife to own and operate a microbrewery on the site.  Source: Report: Trump Interior Secretary Violated Federal Ethics Rules – Mother Jones

An Update And A Single Snarky Snippet

Filosofa's Word

Well, I had a number of snippets for this afternoon’s post, but by the time I finished the first snippet, I had a long enough post, so in the interest of not boring you to tears, I shall save the rest for tomorrow!


An update on “ice fishing => prostitution”

I’ll start with a brief update to my post of February 11th where I wrote about Hudson, Ohio Mayor Craig Shubert who had claimed that to allow ice fishing on Hudson Springs Lake would lead to prostitution!  Well, it seems that Mayor Shubert lacks a sense of humility and humour, and after days of being mocked and hearing the jokes that were bound to ensue, the mayor turned in his resignation on Monday, saying …

“My attempt to inject a bit of dry humor to make a point about this, in the midst of a cold, snowy February, was…

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