Monthly Archives: August 2024

Chronic Fatigue/ME saw me at my most distressed and for years. Many hospital visits and doctors all came to same conclusion basically I overworked my mental capacities. I am years recovered but this weekend I got a reminder, aches, shattering teeth, weak, no strength in body, pockets of severe pain in my back, hips, cognitive decline is worst. Exhaustion I just call it “Drop Dead Exhaustion” – no choices. I hope it does not return. Dr Austin Darragh refers to it as no energy from mithocondria in the cell. It definitely is about no energy, your body will not hold its weight and it maybe necessary to sit on the ground. The article below is from the Irish

Your Wellness ME: ‘I spend 20 hours a day lying down. I have four upright hours in the day’ Myalgic encephalomyelitis sufferers live with a range of conditions some have described as being ‘buried alive’ or as a ‘living death’ … Continue reading

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Scientific American: New Digital Cognitive Tests Spot Dementia Warning Signs. Comment: Note AI and a trained assistant to administer test.

April 15, 2024 5 min read New Digital Cognitive Tests Spot Dementia Warning Signs As the first effective Alzheimer’s drugs are adopted, companies are racing to bring accurate screening tests to market Adam Piore This article was produced in partnership with … Continue reading

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Mental Health and the decline both locally and globally. Recommend you search canisgallicus.com Jonathan Haidt and other postings relating to mental health in Ireland. Thanks Rory Hearne for this posting @RoryHearneGaffs

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FastCompany: A new museum about America’s history of slavery reclaims one of the nation’s most sacred grounds

06-27-2023DESIGN The International African American Museum sits on a major port of entry for the enslaved. [Photo: Sahar Coston-Hardy/Esto] BY Nate Berg5 minute read On the shoreline in Charleston, South Carolina, a major new museum has just opened to explore and … Continue reading

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Eurasia Review: Robert Reich … Social Security

OpEd  August 17, 2024  0 Comments By Robert Reich One of the reasons I write to you each day is to arm you with the facts and analyses you need to respond to the garbage coming out of the Trump campaign and … Continue reading

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Tribunals of Inquiry Irish Style: Apparently the first for the new Irish State involved my grandfather, Michael Comyn KC, and Ben Briscoe. Unlike now the duration of this Tribunal lasted just over 2 hours. Nostalgia for me but we never heard about this just about the fact that he was involved in Gold mining in Wicklow. This gives the narrative a twist. Source: Sunday Independent 17th June 2012. We were told the “Gold” was given to the Church for chalices and made up a wedding ring!!!

The tribunal that was over in just two hours Sun 17 Jun 2012 at 06:00 Long, costly and no one goes to jail at the end. That, pretty much, is the public perception of tribunals of inquiry in the Irish … Continue reading

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Fast Company: Bye, Google: These 3 AI search engines help you find stuff faster

08-15-2024TECH The Information superhighway just got a bunch of smart new on-ramps. Meet Perplexity, You.com, and Andi. [Images: StockVector/Adobe Stock; KR Studio/Adobe Stock] BY Doug Aamoth1 minute read It’s been ages since Googling wasn’t the go-to method for finding information. But … Continue reading

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Harvard Medical School: Social anxiety disorder: Treatments and tips for managing this challenging condition. Comment: a highly sensitive child needs assistance early to help them avoid situations that in the long run will cause repeated instances of agoraphobic type social anxiety because it can be crippling to engagement in life.

Social anxiety disorder: Treatments and tips for managing this challenging condition Inbox Search for all messages with label Inbox Remove label Inbox from this conversation Harvard Medical School <healthbeat@mail.health.harvard.edu> Unsubscribe 1:46 PM (6 hours ago) to me SUBSCRIBE | SHOP THE BOOKSTORESocial anxiety disorder: Treatments and … Continue reading

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DW: People leaving Sweden will exceed immigrants in 2024. Comment: Gang wars are not just in Ireland. Turf wars in the drug trade as well as honour killings and this is Sweden. Ireland has become a country of choice for migrants; we need to look to the experiences in other countries like Sweden and learn how we ought to cater for the new arrivals.

MigrationSweden People leaving Sweden will exceed immigrants in 2024 Ines Eisele 20th August 2024 For the first time in decades, more people are leaving Sweden than arriving. The government explains this reversal by its restrictive migration policy. The number of … Continue reading

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Joe Rogan interviews Dr Gabor Mate: ADHD – this is not a disease, it is not heritable, Dr Mate was diagnosed in his 50’s.

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