Yesterday, the Smithsonian’s newsletter was on fire. Just to name three, it included links to articles about “A tour of the future,” a whooping crane “Colt” (that’s what the babies are called) which hatched from a wild egg but is being raised by a bonded pair of adults whose last clutch was infertile, and Orson Welles’s typewriter. After I finished posting, I spent some time withcartoons for the rest of July.There aren’ as manu as someother months – but they are all clusterd at the end of the month, so even though I was already halfway through, there are a bunch to do.
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Psyche – Medicine has failed chronic pain patients. Here’s what they need
Quote – Decrying the sorry state of how people in extremis were treated, [ American anaesthesiologist John Bonica] wrote: Many of these [patients] are exposed to a high risk of iatrogenic [medical] complication from improper therapy, including narcotic intoxication and multiple, often useless, and at times mutilating operations; a significant number give up medical care and consult quacks who not only deplete the patient’s financial resources but often do harm; some patients with severe intractable pain become so desperate as to commit suicide.
Click through for details. Not all chronic pain comes from aging, but a lot does – and not all aging leads to chronic pain – but a lot does.
Crooks & Liars – Another Trump Aide To Testify At Next Week’s Jan. 6th Hearing
Quote – Matthews resigned the night of January 6, 2021, saying in a statement that she was honored to serve in then-President Donald Trump’s administration but “was deeply disturbed by what I saw.” She added: “Our nation needs a peaceful transfer of power.”
Click through for a little background. Just before finding this, I had been checking the House dot gov hearing page to see whether anything new had been scheduled.
Food For Thought
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