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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.

Hemingway predicted the cultural ruin of the West

The Culturist (@the_culturist_) posted at 3:46 pm on Sun, Aug 17, 2025:100 years ago, Hemingway predicted the cultural ruin of the West. Even though his peers believed a world without morals would free them, Hemingway saw how it would only … Continue reading

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Robert Reich “Let me tell you about one teacher who changed my life forever”

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The Rundown: AI Research …. what about doctors and medical exams!

AI RESEARCH  GPT-5 blows past doctors on medical exams Image source: Reve / The Rundown The Rundown: OpenAI’s GPT-5 posted impressive results on medical reasoning benchmarks, surpassing both GPT-4o and human medical professionals by substantial margins across diagnostic and multimodal tasks in a … Continue reading

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Dan O’Brien link below: Ireland may need to reconsider neutrality; when doing so, we need to think of the “Donegal Corridor” and then “Blacksod Bay” during World War II

Dan O’Brien (@danobrien20) posted at 0:12 pm on Mon, Aug 18, 2025: Of the European leaders representing the continent in Washington today, Finland is the only small country present. Despite Ireland’s historically close relations with the US (eg recall the … Continue reading

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The Black Dog invades and controls. But depression will always pass if given time. Explore power of Bibliotherapy

Sagani @Saganismm A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called ‘leaves’) imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles. One glance at it and you hear the voice of another person – perhaps someone … Continue reading

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Much More Dangerous Than the Media Admits.. | Prof. Jeffrey Sachs

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Top 10 Peace Quotes … please share

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Carl Sagan … an absolutely remarkable mind, okay going back a few decades but he had vision

Prof. Carl Sagan @ProfCarlSagan · 22h Basic research is where scientists are free to pursue their curiosity and interrogate Nature, not with any short-term practical end in view but to seek knowledge for its own sake. Maxwell wasn’t thinking of … Continue reading

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Change fast speed ahead now: 30+ years on the medical trek. Used to say have illnesses, TBI, bipolar or whatever is like having a full time job, in that the time involved was very real. Not anymore. “The Patient will see you now” book by Eric Topol was a comfort to be once but now Grok is going to really change health as we know it. See the AI hospital in China for example.

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Robert Reich introduces us to Frances Perkins. So interesting.

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