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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Relationships

To fully enjoy our relationships, we should avoid negative attachment, while being committed, involved, trusting, respectful, empathic, caring, and …

Relationships

Reprogramming the Anthropocene: Patricia Piccinini’s ‘We Are Connected’ at ArtScience Museum — Bakchormeeboy

“It’s some kind of weird exhibition.” That’s the message I spy out of the corner of my eye that an older man, maybe in his 50s, types exasperatedly …

Reprogramming the Anthropocene: Patricia Piccinini’s ‘We Are Connected’ at ArtScience Museum — Bakchormeeboy

Salt Lake County council says on Twitter that babies are not connect to women’s bodies (Me: Dumber than dumb and cruel to boot)

Salt Lake County council member Dave Alvord says fetuses are not part of a mother’s body because the umbilical cord and placenta do not connect directly to the woman.

That isn’t true, but Alvord is standing by his comments in the wake of the social media pile-on he’s faced after airing those views on Twitter, in response to a tweet by Vice President Kamala Harris.

Asked Wednesday about where Alvord got his information, whether he stands by the comments, the backlash he’s faced online — and what he thinks about one abortion-access advocate calling his tweet “seriously uninformed,” the Republican council member declined to respond.

“It appears this is a story about social media, so it seems more appropriate we leave it there,” Alvord said in a text message. “I’ll tweet a response on Twitter. Thanks for your consideration and allowing me the chance to respond.”

Alvord made the initial comment Saturday morning in response to a tweet from Harris saying women should be able to make decisions about their own bodies without interference from the government.

Source: Salt Lake County council says on Twitter that babies are not connect to women’s bodies

Jamaica’s Health Ministry commits to establishing dedicated Stroke Units. Much needed!

Petchary's Blog

I can honestly say that I only had a vague idea of what happens when someone has a stroke – – until my husband had one, just about six months ago. What is more (compounding the shock of the stroke diagnosis itself) we did not recognise the symptoms at all. Our first instinct was that it might be COVID. A COVID test proved negative. Then, what was it? Meanwhile, we were wondering: Why was he walking funny, tilting over to one side? Why was his eyesight so bad that he was seeing double, or triple? Why did he have such a bad headache, and dizziness?

When we walked down to our friendly neighbourhood pharmacy (my poor husband barely made it) our young, dedicated pharmacist – who has become part of our health support team over the past year or two – took my husband’s blood pressure. It was sky high…

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