Under the new law, “a health care provider or health payor has the right to opt out of participation in or payment for any health care service on the basis of a conscience-based objection,” meaning based on their moral, ethical, or religious beliefs
— Read on newrepublic.com/post/172667/its-now-legal-florida-doctors-deny-health-care-anyone-feel-like
Daily Archives: May 11, 2023
El Niño rapidly developing, could be “significant” event, NOAA warns
The climate cycle can boost global temperatures on top of human-caused climate change.
— Read on www.axios.com/2023/05/11/el-nino-potentially-strong-noaa-warns
Southwest Donkey in the Desert Art and Donkey Symbolism
Donkeys symbolize hard work, stubbornness, strength, determination, never give up, humility and simplicity. This are can be purchased here Warmly, …
Southwest Donkey in the Desert Art and Donkey Symbolism
Hypocrites make a show of benevolence
A poem in Vietnamese by Lê Vĩnh TàiTranslator: Nguyễn Thị Phương TrâmPhotography: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm The Strand NYC Hypocrites make a show …
Hypocrites make a show of benevolence
I have thrown out all the words in my grasp
A poem in Vietnamese by Lê Vĩnh TàiTranslator: Nguyễn Thị Phương TrâmPhotography: Nguyễn Thị Phương TrâmPublished on Ned Hamson’s Second Line …
I have thrown out all the words in my grasp
Father and Son Build 50,000 New Beehive Colonies Around the World
These two men have increased the global honeybee population by 10 percent with their invention – a hive that lets humans harvest honey without harming bees The “Flow Hive” is a man made bee house, that bees can’t tell apart from their own hives, that allows honey to flow out of it without harming bees. […]
Source: Father and Son Build 50,000 New Beehive Colonies Around the World
In LA County, vaccines and medications remain available as US emergency status ends – San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Update of Some Notes from Istanbul, late 2004, and Izmir, early 2005
While some of this was originally posted in 2020, during the global pandemic, most of it is based on a set of posts, linked to at the bottom, originally posted back in 2005, while I worked in Turkey. This was the time period in which I discovered and came to love a Kanal D family TV show (which was then only in its fourth or fifth season, if I understood correctly) called Sihirli Annem (My Magical Mother), and saw how helpful a TV series can be both for language learning, and for giving hope to the broken of heart, just when it is needed most. The series is essentially a Turkish merger 
of the old TV show Bewitched and the Harry Potter films. I am currently working on finding redundant content here on my WordPress blog, and also adding comments where I forgot that I had intended to…
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As Ocean Oxygen Levels Dip, Fish Face an Uncertain Future – Yale E360
Global warming not only increases ocean temperatures, it triggers a cascade of effects that are stripping the seas of oxygen. Fish are already moving to new waters in search of oxygen, and scientists are warning of the long-term threat to fish species and marine ecosystems.
Source: As Ocean Oxygen Levels Dip, Fish Face an Uncertain Future – Yale E360
Realtime deepfakes are a threat. How to protect yourself – Los Angeles Times
Cybersecurity experts say deepfake technology has advanced to the point where it can be used in real time, enabling fraudsters to replicate someone’s voice, image and movements in a call or virtual meeting. The technology is also widely available and relatively easy to use, they say. And it’s getting better all the time.
Source: Realtime deepfakes are a threat. How to protect yourself – Los Angeles Times
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