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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.

Eurasia Review: Ralph Nader: Netanyahu – ‘Nothing Can Stop Us’ – Not Even The Majority Of Israelis – OpEd

Ralph Nader Ralph Nader: Netanyahu – ‘Nothing Can Stop Us’ – Not Even The Majority Of Israelis – OpEd September 28, 2024  0 Comments By Ralph Nader Israel’s Biden-backed war machine is once again bearing down on defenseless Lebanese people. Hostilities on … Continue reading →

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Eurasia Review: Will The Fed Repeat 1970s Policy Mistakes? – OpEd

Will The Fed Repeat 1970s Policy Mistakes? – OpEd  September 28, 2024  0 Comments By AIER By Vance Ginn  The Federal Reserve’s recent decision to cut the federal funds rate by 50 basis points to a range of 4.75 percent to 5 percent, despite … Continue reading →

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23andMe … Tortoise Boardroom Sensemaker.

23andMe, me, me   All seven independent directors of the DNA testing company 23andMe resigned last week after its founder, Anne Wojcicki, failed to produce an “actionable” plan to take the company private. So what? It’s an astonishing motion of no-confidence in Wojcicki … Continue reading →

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Dr Tom Clonan speaks out in the Senate. He is a constant and dedicated advocate for people with disabilities. This case he speaks of a person who was in care and sexually assaulted. The reaction of our HSE, Politicians, Doctors, Nurses is that they have learned nothing from the tribunals of abuse of people in care of the State and continue with verbiage and elongated answers having no sense or meaning. Tom Speaks for 10 minutes. Marginalised people be they homeless, have serious disabilities, have mental illness, intellectual deficits, have no rights when it comes to having the course to say they have been taken advantage of … yes, sexually abused, assaulted, raped. Note the absence of people in the Senate, this would not have been the case in the 1920’s and 1930’s when we were just a fledgling state trying to create a moral order.

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AI: AI moving fast forward but we need Guardrails. Check out this video. Access to 3.5 bn faces. What does this mean for freedom?

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The Observer: The flow state: the science of the elusive creative mindset that can improve your life

Support the Guardian The Observer Psychology  This article is more than 2 months old The flow state: the science of the elusive creative mindset that can improve your life This article is more than 2 months old Scientists have long known … Continue reading →

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Africa, the continent, when the colonial powers retreated, the World Bank, the IMF and others entered and enticed them with loans … lots of interest was due and productivity was a problem for these new foundlings. Now it is China and Russia offering to help them with their infrastructure, their education. Check out Steve Hank take …

Steve Hanke (@steve_hanke) posted at 4:00 pm on Wed, Sept 25, 2024:#KENWatch : The IMF has reportedly hinted at even HIGHER TAX RATES in Kenya despite the last 3 months of protests. As Harvard Prof. Robert Barro puts it, “THE IMF … Continue reading →

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Eurasia Review follow it: The Campus Life Killers: Ending Face-To-Face Lectures – OpEd. “…As such, these modules can be undertaken in the form of online courses, which offer fleeting flexibility and shallow taste.  This is education thinned and skinned, fatless and deprived…”

The Campus Life Killers: Ending Face-To-Face Lectures – OpEd  September 25, 2024  0 Comments By Binoy Kampmark The bells are tolling for the demise of the university classroom – at least its physical manifestation.  Administrative barbarians are readying their knives and brandishing … Continue reading →

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Tortoise Sensemaker: The Cost of Knowledge. Comment: No wonder the young people plan a march Saturday 28th September; these are the people most affected who were too young to vote at the time of the Brexit Vote. Being a member of the EU has huge impact for young people studying, learning languages, access to different cultures. The question is what will Labour do for them?

The cost of knowledge The former Conservative leader William Hague and the Labour peer Peter Mandelson have both warned this week that student tuition fees in the UK will have to rise.    So what? They’re probably right. British universities are in the … Continue reading →

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X Much appreciated reposted by Elon Musk

@GadSaad Subscribe Please read this letter from 38 professors who are dogged defenders of free speech, and @elonmusk ‘s contribution to that deontological cause. With colleagues such as these, perhaps academia is not a lost cause. https://castroluciano.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Public-Letter-Against-Censorship.pdf

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