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

Rebuttals, The USNS Comfort, and critical thinking for Health Care

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

The common good, or the general welfare, requires a willingness to dig beneath the surface for the full facts, in order to form a more perfect and inclusive union for all of us.

Someone who told me just this morning that NY City did not, in fact, have it’s hospital system overrun by Covid in the spring, missed a crucial fact. When she asserted that the Mercy had 1100 beds, which went unused, and thus NY city’s hospital system did not collapse in March or April of this year, I replied that there must be more to the story than meets the eye. She continued to insist that non-Covid deaths are being labeled as Covid for some nefarious reason, and that the hospital systems there and in LA are just fine, since someone she knew went to the hospital (in San Diego) two weeks ago, and reported seeing only three…

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Michel Foucault

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

” Todo sistema de educação é uma maneira política de manter ou modificar a apropriação dos discursos, com os saberes e os poderes que eles trazem consigo.

Michel Foucault. A Ordem do Discurso.

A Ordem do Discurso. P.44 / A Ordem do Discurso

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Marii Freire Pereira

https://Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Imagem: pinterest/ Pablo Caraballo

Santarém, Pá 12 de fevereiro de 2022

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10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #72

Content Catnip

Eyeless tiny monsters of the deep with mucinous smiles greet you on this fine February morning and some robots from the future beckon you good morrow with tidings from outer space. Also a friend has made you some Turkish coffee cooked on hot sand for you to enjoy. A cat is growing before your very eyes. Welcome to planet Content Catnip, enjoy your trip…

Shinrin-Yoku or the Japanese art of Forest Bathing has multiple mental and physical health benefits

Overwhelming scientific research backs up the power of forest bathing to help with numerous mental and physical health benefits.

Shinrin-Yoku or the Japanese art of Forest Bathing has multiple mental and physical health benefits, via The Happy Broadcast

Read more: https://t.co/u81pHTizG2#mentalhealth#nature#forestbathingpic.twitter.com/GjQuEZXUwy— The Happy Broadcast (@happybcast) December 15, 2021

‘Even if I look crazy or like a monster, I’m all about love’

An enlightening and mind-blowing chat with…

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Parashat Tetzaveh, and Inequality?

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

     This week’s Torah portion is Parashat Tetzaveh.

       This is the 20th  annual  cycle parashah, and the 8th in the book of Sh’mot/Exodus.

 

      This week, everyone will hear something about the Cohanim, or the priesthood.  This is a holdover from a time in human history when the rule of law needed to be reinforced via mysticism.  There is more to it, but this is the key to our current societal need to build empathy and respect for one another: hierarchy has its uses, but by this time, we human beings have the tools to build an egalitarian and respectful society that is kind to all.

We can  Do Better.

-Shira   

 

Parashat Terumah was last week…

Action Prompts:

    Share your thoughts on how to build buy-in create a more equal, or at least less inequitable, society, please.   Writing, by…

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Alphabet soup for the soul vol.2 –“S”

Words from Walden

S is for Surrender

“When we surrender, we open to more possibilities than we can even visualize or imagine for ourselves” -Kute Blackson-

Life is a journey and the best way is to experience is to surrender and let go. Expect nothing and accept everything.

Last year, I chose surrender as the theme of my year.

I can not begin to tell you how many amazing things happened when I surrendered. There were many times when I didn’t want to or didn’t feel like doing something but I reminded myself to surrender and that is always when the magic occurs.

When we make our plan but then surrender the outcome, we have done our part in the creation process.

Maybe it happens the way we want and maybe it does not, but we can stand tall with our head held high knowing that we dideverything we could do and let…

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Bucatini al sugo con capperi e olive nere

InTheNameOfSeitan

Piatto estivo, ricco di colori, di antiossidanti e antitumorali. Ebbene sì perché capperi, olive e pomodori sono un potente mix di queste formidabili sostanze. Inoltre i capperi sono ricchissimi sia di complessi vitaminici (B1,B2,B6,C,E,K) che di sali minerali quali calcio, ferro e potassio.

Procediamo?

Ingredienti (per 2 persone):

180 g di bucatiniAvat_pag

5 capperi sotto sale

Olive nere

½ cipolla bianca

250 g circa di passata di pomodoro

Sale

Pepe

Olio evo

Prezzemolo



Riducete a rondelle le olive (io ho scelto le denocciolate, ma il piatto viene bene anche se utilizzate quelle intere) e scegliete 5 capperi sotto sale.

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In una padella preparate un trito di cipolla bianca e con un filo d’olio  lasciate soffriggere per circa 3 minuti le olive e i capperi. Aggiungete quindi della passata di pomodoro, salate e lasciate cuocere per circa 15/20 minuti.

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Nel mentre avrete messo sul fuoco dell’acqua opportunamente salata per…

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A Special Keith Wilson Reblog

Amen

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Blackbird singing in the dead of night – a Paul McCartney encore

I wrote the following post about six years ago. Sadly, it is even more relevant today with efforts to hyper-politicize issues to garner votes under the guise of critical race theory, book banning and strategic voter suppression.

The title is from a line of The Beatles song “Blackbird” which is a tribute to the struggle for African-Americans for their civil rights. The song was sung by Paul McCartney with writing credits to both him and John Lennon, although McCartney was the lead.

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to be free

Blackbird…

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