Category Archives: Viva!

The Power of Placebo: What Happens When You Believe You’re Taking Steroids. | Rebelle Society

Placebo improvements are still real improvements. Those weren’t real steroids the athletes were given, but those were real gains that they made in the gym.

Source: The Power of Placebo: What Happens When You Believe You’re Taking Steroids. | Rebelle Society

Properly balancing your psychology and your performance is a tricky thing to do. However, the placebo effect makes one thing very clear: you have untapped potential inside of you, and it is just waiting to come out.

Meet the Swedish internet vigilantes fighting hate online – The Local

“Expressions like ‘Fake News’ and ‘Alternative Truths’ have gained a foothold in Sweden too,” he says, referring to an investigative report by Swedish newspaper Eskilstuna-kuriren which earlier this month exposed a so-called “fake news factory” as a far-right anti-migrant propaganda machine.”There are people who earn money on spreading disinformation and uncertainty. These are well-organized campaigns. It is very difficult to sort everything in the flow of information offered today and we need to raise awareness of what is serious, fact-checked journalism and what is not. Today everything tends to be treated as opinions in the eyes of the readers and then the false image is worth as much as the true image,” says Dennert.

Source: Meet the Swedish internet vigilantes fighting hate online – The Local

PwC tweets like that #LoserTrump and trips himself and millions of viewers – will probably get job offer from WH now – or maybe this was just a tryout?

Moments before he handed out the wrong envelope in one of the worst gaffes in Oscar history, PwC accountant Brian Cullinan tweeted a behind-the-scenes photo of winner Emma Stone holding her statuette. “Best Actress Emma Stone backstage!” the tweet read.

Source: News from The Associated Press

VDU’s blog: On Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and vaccine use…sleeping environment is the main risk, vaccines show no increased risk

On Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and vaccine use…sleeping environment is the main risk, vaccines show no increased riskThat quote comes from a new review of the current understanding of the risk factors for SIDS. SIDS is the leading cause of death in infants aged 1 month to 1 year in the United States.While we don’t know everything about SIDS yet, this review tells us that we do know some major risk factors for infants include:prone and side sleepingsoft beddingbed sharinginappropriate sleep surfaces (including sofas)exposure to tobacco smokeprematurityProtective factors include breastfeeding, pacifier use, room sharing, and immunizations. In other words, vaccinating your child is not a cause of SIDS. Facts matter because life matters.

Source: VDU’s blog: On Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and vaccine use…sleeping environment is the main risk, vaccines show no increased risk

Trump supporters tricked into waving Russian flags at CPAC | Americas | DW.COM | 25.02.2017

American monthly “The Atlantic” reported that two activists, Jason Charter, 22, and Ryan Clayton, 36, handed out about 1,000 of the red, white and blue flags ahead of Trump’s speech at the conference.”Most people didn’t realize it was a Russian flag, or they didn’t care,” Charter told the magazine.”I think there are multiple ways you can resist against Trump, and I think this is one way that’s extremely effective,” he said. “It shows how Trump and Russia are so connected, they are like peas in a pod!”Trump used his position at CPAC to rail against the immigration practices of Germany, Sweden and France and to double-down on his policy agenda.Trump and his appointees have faced increasing criticism in recent weeks for their seemingly close ties to Russia. Trump fired his national security advisor Michael Flynn for contact with Russia while White House chief of staff Reince Priebus admitted pressuring the FBI to publicly dispute media reports of contact with Russian intelligence agents.

Source: Trump supporters tricked into waving Russian flags at CPAC | Americas | DW.COM | 25.02.2017

Last Night Thousands of Witches Across the World Tried to Hex Trump – The Ladies FingerThe Ladies Finger

Did you feel something strange happening at midnight last night? Like a rush of electricity in the air or the whoosh of bat wings or something? No? Strange.Because on the night of Friday the 24th, at the magical midnight hour, witches from around the world united to cast a spell intended to “bind Trump”, adding to the range of ways people are attempting to resist the new US President. Happily, this was not an event open to witches alone: Wiccans, shamans, Heremeticists, voodooists, hoodooists, occultists, magicians and cunning folk were all invited to traverse borders of magical categorisation and unite against the High Evil.

Source: Last Night Thousands of Witches Across the World Tried to Hex Trump – The Ladies FingerThe Ladies Finger