Pancreatitis | Johns Hopkins Medicine

Pancreatitis | Johns Hopkins Medicine: Excerpt: 

″Tips to help you get the most from a visit to your healthcare provider: 

1. Know the reason for your visit and what you want to happen. 
2. Before your visit, write down questions you want answered. 
3. Bring someone with you to help you ask questions and remember what your provider tells you. 
4. At the visit, write down the name of a new diagnosis, and any new medicines, treatments, or tests. Also write down any new instructions your provider gives you. 
5. Know why a new medicine or treatment is prescribed, and how it will help you. Also know what the side effects are and when they should be reported. 
6. Ask if your condition can be treated in other ways.
7. Know why a test or procedure is recommended and what the results could mean. 
8. Know what to expect if you do not take the medicine or have the test or procedure. 
9. If you have a follow-up appointment, write down the date, time, and purpose for that visit.
10. Know how you can contact your healthcare provider if you have questions, especially after office hours or on weekends and holidays.″

Source: hopkinsmedicine.org

Garage Shelves and Storage & Shelving at B&Q

Garage Shelves and Storage & Shelving at B&Q: 

Excerpt: ″RB BOSS Garage Shelving Units FastLok 5 Shelf MDF Red & Black Powder Coated Steel (H)1800mm (W)900mm (D)450mm″ £50.

Source: diy.com

How to flush DNS for Windows 10 and Windows 11 | Ubisoft Help

How to flush DNS for Windows 10 and Windows 11 | Ubisoft Help: 

Excerpt: ″The DNS cache stores the IP addresses of web servers that contain web pages which you have recently viewed. Sometimes these will contain obsolete information or bad results and need to be cleared to improve communication with web servers. ″

Source: ubisoft.com

Searching your mail – Fastmail

Searching your mail – Fastmail: 

Excerpt: ″NOT — the term that follows is excluded from search results. For example, since:"1 week ago" from:rob NOT subject:"new web interface" would find any messages from Rob in the last week where the subject line does not contain the words "new web interface".″

Source: fastmail.help

How delusional is it possible to be about AI?

How delusional is it possible to be about AI?: Excerpt: 

″It’s just phenomenally stupid to imagine that the big benefit of such unbelievably unrealistic productivity gains would be that Rachel Reeves will be able to balance the books a bit better.″

Source: substack.com

Can Keir Starmer strike a deal with Trump? It’s a balancing act

Can Keir Starmer strike a deal with Trump? It’s a balancing act: Excerpt: 

″ “AI is transformational,” the Starmer aide said. “What you’re talking about is a level of productivity growth that means everybody in the world, in ten years’ time, is going to be more productive than the most productive person in the world today. We have to make sure that we are in a position to quickly take advantage of it.”″

Source: archive.ph

Murders of Harry and Harriette Moore - Wikipedia

Murders of Harry and Harriette Moore - Wikipedia: 

Excerpt: ″Harry T. Moore and his wife, Harriette V. S. Moore, were pioneer activists and leaders of the early Civil Rights Movement in the United States and became the first martyrs of the movement. ″

December 25, 1951

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Beyond Cybercrime: New Perspectives on Crime, Harm and Digital Technologies

Beyond Cybercrime: New Perspectives on Crime, Harm and Digital Technologies | International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy: 

Excerpt: ″Collectively, the contributions broaden our theoretical and conceptual understandings of the technology–harm nexus and provide criminologists with new ways of moving beyond cybercrime. ″

Source: crimejusticejournal.com

UK anti-fraud efforts have failed and need ‘wholesale change,’ lawmakers say | The Record from Recorded Future News

UK anti-fraud efforts have failed and need ‘wholesale change,’ lawmakers say | The Record from Recorded Future News: 

Excerpt: ″The British government’s response to fraud needs “a wholesale change in philosophy and practice,” according to the House of Commons Justice Committee.″

Source: therecord.media

AirPod hearing aids

How to…
https://www.independent.ie/business/technology/airpods-pro-2-can-now-be-used-as-clinical-hearing-aids-heres-what-theyre-like-and-how-to-activate-the-feature/a228856119.html

#CovConnects – Coventry City Council

#CovConnects – Coventry City Council: 

Excerpt: ″All Coventry residents should have equal opportunities to access digital technologies, services and supports in a way that helps them in their daily lives. #CovConnects aims to support residents on their digital journeys, working in partnership with organisations both locally and nationally, improving access for all.″

Source: coventry.gov.uk

Iowa GOP lawmakers again eye public school course on Bible | The Gazette

Iowa GOP lawmakers again eye public school course on Bible | The Gazette: 

Excerpt: ″Connie Ryan, executive director of Interfaith Alliance of Iowa, argues the bill is misguided and would give preference to one religion over others. “Courses about religion should expose students to critical thinking about various religions and sacred texts and a diversity of interpretations, including Christianity and the Bible,” Ryan said. “Unfortunately, Bible-specific courses can become nothing more than Sunday school lessons masquerading as instruction about religion.”″

Source: thegazette.com

Political Ideology, Religious Attendance And Mental Illness

Political Ideology, Religious Attendance And Mental Illness: 

Excerpt: ″I’m a social scientist, and for all the death and destruction that COVID-19 brought to the United States and every other country on Earth, it also gave us a tremendous window into how folks handled mental stress in near real time. ″

Source: religionunplugged.com

Donald Trump Was Recruited by the KGB Under Codename 'Krasnov' Claims Former Soviet Spy Chief – Byline Times

Yuri Shvets, another former Soviet spy residing in the US, claims that the USSR cultivated Donald Trump since the 1970s, supporting his political ambitions and flattering him. According to him, Trump became a target of Soviet and Czechoslovak intelligence in 1977 after marrying Czech model Ivana Zelníčková. 

https://bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/donald-trump-was-recruited-by-the-kgb-under-codename-krasnov-claims-former-soviet-spy-chief/ 

Yandell Henderson | Biographical Memoirs: Volume 74 | The National Academies Press

Yandell Henderson | Biographical Memoirs: Volume 74 | The National Academies Press:

Excerpt: ″Henderson also advocated that the tail pipes of cars, buses, and trucks be placed at the tops of the vehicles and pointed vertically so that the hot exhaust gases would be vented upwards. He argued that this would reduce pollution by carbon monoxide and other toxic gases at street level.″

"Henderson maintained a lifelong interest in air pollution, particularly the effects of automobile exhaust gas on city streets, again being far ahead of his time."

See also: The Grand Rapids Press, Thu, Jan 03, 1924 ·Page 6

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 1998. Biographical Memoirs: Volume 74. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/6201.

Source: nap.nationalacademies.org

"Dr. Yandell Henderson, Professor of Applied Physiology at Yale University, suggested as a partial solution that automobile exhausts be extended from the horizontal position at the level of the axle to a vertical one discharging like a chimney at the height of seven or eight feet. He conducted extensive experiments on Fifth Avenue, New York, and other motor-congested highways, proved that CO, even when not so dense as to cause prostration, affects people who inhale it adversely. The gas is heavier than air, and when discharged near the ground it stays there at the level of pedestrians." 

                                                                                            —TIME May 26, 1924 12:00 AM GMT-4

"Dr. Miller Reese Hutchison, inventor of the Klaxon auto horn, acoustic devices for the deaf, etc., with a short-cut to the heart of the problem—a chemical compound, which, introduced into the gasoline, eliminates most of the monoxide from the exhaust fumes, as well as the bothersome carbon deposits in the cylinders. "

"The additive was marketed as Hutch-Olene," — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_Reese_Hutchison

Meta’s neurotech breakthrough reads minds without surgery. We should probably worry. | Vox

Meta's neurotech breakthrough reads minds without surgery. We should probably worry. | Vox
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/400146/meta-brain-reading-neurotech-privacy

Global 3D rocket launch and re-entry air pollutant and CO2 emissions at the onset of the megaconstellation era | Scientific Data

Global 3D rocket launch and re-entry air pollutant and CO2 emissions at the onset of the megaconstellation era | Scientific Data: 

Excerpt: ″The already frequent re-entry rates of satellites from megaconstellation missions, intentional design of megaconstellation satellites to undergo complete ablation (burn-up) on re-entry to Earth’s atmosphere (https://www.spacex.com/updates/#sustainability), and an increase in the cadence of rocket launches2 will increase the release of potentially harmful chemical byproducts into all layers of the atmosphere″

Source: nature.com

Averting Environmental Risks in the New Space Age - Federation of American Scientists

Averting Environmental Risks in the New Space Age - Federation of American Scientists: 

Excerpt: ″Mega-constellations are designed so their defunct satellites reenter the atmosphere and vaporize, releasing chemical compounds, including aluminum oxides. The Aerospace Corporation (an advisor to the U.S. Space Force) reports that this massive increase in the number of satellites reentering the atmosphere and releasing chemical compounds and particles could contribute to climate change through radiative forcing and ozone depletion.1 ″

Source: fas.org

DOGE Exposes Once-Secret Government Networks, Making Cyber-Espionage Easier than Ever

DOGE Exposes Once-Secret Government Networks, Making Cyber-Espionage Easier than Ever: 

Excerpt: ″Essentially, whatever is causing once-private government networks to suddenly be publicly observable is making the lives of Chinese and Russian hackers much easier–we’re doing the first stage of hacking campaigns, network reconnaissance, for them. With such easy insights into once-secret U.S. networks, the likelihood of data breaches impacting millions of Americans becomes that much higher.″

Source: cyberintel.substack.com

ISC2 Code of Ethics

1. ISC2 Code of Ethics: Excerpt: 

″Code of Ethics Preamble: The safety and welfare of society and the common good, duty to our principals, and duty to each other, require that we adhere, and be seen to adhere, to the highest ethical standards of behavior. Therefore, strict adherence to this Code is a condition of certification. 

 Code of Ethics Canons: 

1. Protect society, the common good, necessary public trust and confidence, and the infrastructure. 
2. Act honorably, honestly, justly, responsibly, and legally. 
3. Provide diligent and competent service to principals.
4.  Advance and protect the profession.″

Source: isc2.org

The Truth About Musk, From His Biographer

The Truth About Musk, From His Biographer: 

Excerpt: ″“With no Whites here [in South Africa], the Blacks will go back to the trees.” —Errol Musk in a 2022 letter to his son Elon Given who Elon and Kimbal’s father Errol Musk is, and what he believes about racial hierarchies, and how he made much of his money in apartheid-era South Africa, it’s no surprise that Elon and Kimbal didn’t want anyone to know that not only were they living in America off daddy’s money in the 1990s but they never would have made it in business without him and his cash. Both Musk boys knew their father was a contemptible figure the likes of which no one in Silicon Valley would ever condone, so they lied about everything: their immigration status; the source of their startup money; their ability to conduct themselves in an office setting as professionals; even their personal politics, which were far right (Elon a bit more so than Kimbal), a fact they knew would never be accepted in California.″

Source: sethabramson.substack.com

Purine in fish

Handy chart:
https://www.purine-direkt.de/index.php?r=food-purin%2Findex2&catid=4&sort=-portion

Hake recipe

Give it a try:
https://www.bordbia.ie/recipes/fish-recipes/pan-fried-hake-with-lemon-and-herb-butter-sauce/

Would be nice

Should be done - pour down economics:
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/24936776.hmrc-income-tax-personal-allowance-rise-12-570/

HMRC Income tax personal allowance could increase from £12,570 to £20,000

Go for it - trickle across: https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/24936776.hmrc-income-tax-personal-allowance-rise-12-570/?ref=yahoo#:~:text=HMRC%20Income%20tax%20personal%20allowance%20could%20increase%20from%20%C2%A312%2C570%20to%20%C2%A320%2C000,-Jade%20Wright&text=A%20petition%20to%20raise%20the,now%20be%20debated%20by%20MPs. 

GTR housing

Great to realise 
https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/new-homes-bringing-joy-gypsy-30996866

Trump Desperately Tries to Blame Anyone but Himself for Inflation | The New Republic

Trump Desperately Tries to Blame Anyone but Himself for Inflation | The New Republic: 

Excerpt: ″“I think we’re going to become a rich—look, we’re not that rich right now,” Trump said. “We owe $36 trillion. That’s because we let all these nations take advantage of us. Same thing, like $200 billion with Canada. We owe $300—we have a deficit with Mexico of $350 billion. I’m not going to do that. I’m not going to let that happen.” Last week, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that the Trump administration doesn’t “have a timeline” for alleviating the nation’s critically high cost of living.″

Source: newrepublic.com

‘Headed for technofascism’: the rightwing roots of Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley | The Guardian

‘Headed for technofascism’: the rightwing roots of Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley | The Guardian: 

Excerpt: ″An influential Silicon Valley publication runs a cover story lamenting the “pussification” of tech. A major tech CEO lambasts a Black civil rights leader’s calls for diversifying the tech workforce. Technologists rage against the “PC police”. No, this isn’t Silicon Valley in the age of Maga. It’s the tech industry of the 1990s, when observers first raised concerns about the rightwing bend of Silicon Valley and the potential for “technofascism”. Despite the industry’s (often undeserved) reputation for liberalism, its reactionary foundations were baked in almost from the beginning. As Silicon Valley enters a second Trump administration, the gendered roots of its original reactionary movement offer insight into today’s rightward turn.″

Source: theguardian.com

Of bitcoin, the South Sea Bubble and the madness of crowds

Of bitcoin, the South Sea Bubble and the madness of crowds: 

Excerpt: ″Furthermore, what on earth does the idea of a strategic bitcoin reserve mean? The US has a strategic oil reserve which it can use, in the case of a sudden surge in price or an interruption to supply. But when would US citizens suddenly need access to a lot of Bitcoin? If there were some national crisis, say a cyberattack that cut off the internet, you would need to use notes and coins. Bitcoin, to quote Blackadder, would be as much use as a chocolate teapot. ″

Source: philipcoggan.substack.com

The US State Department says humanitarian assistance can continue. Foreign aid workers say that’s not happening | CNN

The US State Department says humanitarian assistance can continue. Foreign aid workers say that’s not happening | CNN: 

Excerpt: ″one USAID employee told CNN. “The entire humanitarian architecture across the world has literally just collapsed because they have decided to stop allowing folks to work.” “Our payment systems have been taken over. We no longer can pay. We don’t have staff,” the USAID employee said, adding that has caused even supposedly exempt work to stop, in dire places like Syria, Yemen, Lebanon and Ethiopia.″

Source: edition.cnn.com

Prime Minister sets out blueprint to turbocharge AI - GOV.UK

Prime Minister sets out blueprint to turbocharge AI - GOV.UK: 

Excerpt: ″Backing AI to the hilt can also lead to more money in the pockets of working people...Today’s plan mainlines AI into the veins of this enterprising nation...for too long we have allowed blockers to control the public discourse and get in the way of growth in this sector.″

Source: gov.uk

AI Opportunities Action Plan - GOV.UK

AI Opportunities Action Plan - GOV.UK: 

Excerpt: ″Establish a copyright-cleared British media asset training data set, which can be licensed internationally at scale. This could be done through partnering with bodies that hold valuable cultural data like the National Archives, Natural History Museum, British Library and the BBC to develop a commercial proposition for sharing their data to advance AI.″

Source: gov.uk

Yes, Musk said Americans will suffer 'temporary hardship' due to govt cost-cutting measures | Snopes.com

Yes, Musk said Americans will suffer 'temporary hardship' due to govt cost-cutting measures | Snopes.com: 

Excerpt: ″Musk did indeed say that Americans would suffer "temporary hardship" as a result of the spending curbs he and Trump planned to implement in the federal government. ″

Source: snopes.com

Comment: A vote for Musk/Trump was a vote for "temporary hardship [to] ensure long term prosperity." The voters are getting what they voted for, or failed to vote against.

Elon is now delivering that hardship. Will it be temporary like he promised? Will it ensure long term prosperity like he promised? 

Birthright citizenship lawsuit: Pro-life Republican states target babies.

Birthright citizenship lawsuit: Pro-life Republican states target babies.: 

Excerpt: ″The guarantee of birthright citizenship ensures that such children are not punished for the alleged sins of their parents, operating as a great equalizer: Here, every citizen has the same freedoms, no matter the circumstances under which they came into the world. Monday’s brief, however, reveals that many Republican AGs reject this principle: They want to divide the citizenry into two classes—true citizens, who were born to American parents, and interlopers, who were not. These states hold a grudge against the latter group and resent the fact that they must treat these children with equal dignity.″

Source: slate.com

Gaza Largo

Hamas numbers
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/06/middleeast/netanyahu-endorses-trump-gaza-plan-intl-hnk/index.html

Email Checker: Verify Any Email Address for Free

Email Checker: Verify Any Email Address for Free: 

Excerpt: ″Verify anyone's email address thanks to our free email checker tool.″

Source: mailmeteor.com

Substantial chance that rocket debris will fall into busy flight path, researchers say | The Independent

https://www.independent.co.uk/space/rocket-launch-spacex-planes-danger-debris-b2692856.html 

We do not want an American-style healthcare system the UK

We do not want an American-style healthcare system in the UK. It would be catastrophic for millions: 

Excerpt: ″“Americans spend more money on health care on a per capita basis than people in any other developed nation, yet almost half say they've struggled recently to pay for medical treatment or prescription drugs, according to a new study from Gallup and West Health … About 45% of those polled by the organizations said they'd recently had to skip treatment or medicine either because of cost or lack of easy access.”″

Source: jujuliagrace.substack.com

As Trump Attacks Diversity, a Racist Undercurrent Surfaces - The New York Times

As Trump Attacks Diversity, a Racist Undercurrent Surfaces - The New York Times

"His attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion aren't about a particular program or some acronym — they're just a sanitized substitute for the racist comments that can no longer be spoken openly," Margaret Huang, the Southern Poverty Law Center's president and chief executive"

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/us/politics/trump-diversity-racism.html

Celebrities get new right to fight against AI piracy

Celebrities get new right to fight against AI piracy: 

Excerpt: ″Senior figures in the creative sector are scathing about the government’s plans, accusing the technology secretary Peter Kyle of having drunk “big tech’s Kool-Aid” and selling out an industry that is worth £126 billion to the economy″

Source: thetimes.com

BPI says AI proposals risk 'destroying the UK's status as a creative superpower' | Labels | Music Week

BPI says AI proposals risk 'destroying the UK's status as a creative superpower' | Labels | Music Week:

Excerpt: ″While there is much to welcome in the ambitions of the AI Action Plan to improve public services and ways of working, this publication does nothing to explain why upending our gold standard copyright system is required to achieve these goals,” said BPI (British Phonographic Industry) CEO Dr Jo Twist OBE.″

Source: musicweek.com

Celebrities get new right to fight against AI piracy

Celebrities get new right to fight against AI piracy: Excerpt: ″Musicians, artists and authors would be given the right to opt out from allowing companies to train AI models on their material under a system to be called “rights reservation”.″

Source: thetimes.com

Big cars are going global. I hope other countries don't make these mistakes.

Big cars are going global. I hope other countries don't make these mistakes.: Excerpt: ″Like a disease, car bloat is spreading. The United States is patient zero: 4 out of 5 new cars in the U.S. are now SUVs or pickups, a sharp increase from a few decades ago. Now, oversized cars are becoming almost as common in Berlin and Beijing as they are in Baltimore. SUVs alone comprised nearly half of car sales worldwide in 2023, up from 20 percent 15 years ago. The global ascent of giant cars is an ominous trend for climate change, as well as for road safety in the rich and developing worlds alike.″

Source: slate.com

‘Mainlined into UK’s veins’: Labour announces huge public rollout of AI

‘Mainlined into UK’s veins’: Labour announces huge public rollout of AI | Politics | The Guardian: Excerpt: ″Susie Alegre, a barrister specialising in technology and human rights, cited the Post Office scandal “as a reminder of the dangers of putting too much faith in technology without the resources for effective accountability”. She said: “Any plan for Britain’s future with AI needs to look at real-world consequences for people and the planet and cannot afford to look away from uncomfortable truths.”″

Source: theguardian.com

A Woman With a Rare Gene Mutation Fights to Avoid Her Mother’s Fate

A Woman With a Rare Gene Mutation Fights to Avoid Her Mother’s Fate - The New York Times: Excerpt: ″Will Linde receive a useful treatment before her mind begins to slip away? Of the 10 tau experts interviewed for this article, nine said they were optimistic that it would happen, whether with a drug like Biogen’s that suppresses tau or, in the longer term, a gene-editing cure.″

Source: nytimes.com

Teams Solve Problems Faster When They’re More Cognitively Diverse

Teams Solve Problems Faster When They’re More Cognitively Diverse: Excerpt: ″Functional bias is a problem for teams facing new uncertain and complex situations because, with little cognitive diversity, the team will have limited ability to see things differently, engage in different ways (e.g., experiment versus analyzing), or create new options. Similarly, when organizations initiate change programs, they often seek out and identify advocates or change agents to support activities. Those selected often have a similar approach to change. This lack of cognitive diversity has two impacts. First, it reduces the opportunity to strengthen the proposition with input from people who think differently. Second, it fails to represent the cognitive diversity of the employee population, reducing the impact of the initiatives.″

Source: hbr.org