Caveat emptor, indeed.

Do yourself a huge favour, and read this entire thread.

roundly praised (Ed Helms, Corey Stall, Rhianna Giddons, etc.) She was the only alum ever discussed where I, personally, never saw a nice comment - only negative ones. A lot of them.

discussion was in closed groups, & (2) I wasn't on campus when she was. (I'm older than she.) But for awhile (I guess, when she was more regularly in the public light) her classmates had a lot to say - it didn't sound like she was someone I'd want to know.

Normally, Obies who become celebrities are

There were statements made about both her personality/the way she treated other people & about a very specific incident in which an allegation was made & much later recanted & apologized for, but obviously the accused had already been profoundly injured.

I don't want to repeat it here b/c (1) the

2/ discard any absurd, overreaching mandates that only weaken our war-fighting capabilities."

Wait, is it opposite day? Or just the upside-down, maybe.

He also said, “we will not force you, because your body, your faith and your convictions are not negotiable."

Well, unless you're trans, etc.

Annual flu vaccine no longer required for U.S. military, Hegseth says The move alarmed some public health experts, who warned that it would weaken troop readiness.

What could go wrong? Prolly' just more infirmary days on the taxpayer dime, but this might be a good time to remind folks that the 1918 flu pandemic started at Fort Riley (then Fort Funston) in Kansas.

Hegseth said, “We’re seizing this moment to...

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Lena Dunham Is Still Trying to Figure Out Why People Hated Her So Much

I'm pretty sure that, if she joins a few Oberlin alumni groups and searches on her name, she'll get some answers.

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a black and white photo of a man and woman in costumes Alt: Gene Kelly and whoever played Lena Lamont in the "no no no" scene in Singing in the Rain

You can't make this s** up. It's like college creative writing students were given an assignment to write a novel about US government in the style of George Orwell, Joseph Heller and Woody Allen, put together.

(You have to read "put together" in the style of Lena Lamont in Singing in the Rain.)

"exhibitions with the nation’s top artists." Then, an independent panel of experts would choose the best to send "as a representation of American cultural excellence."

Now, "art world veterans are out." In their place: "a woman whose most recent job was owning a luxury pet food store in Tampa." 😑

With Trump Novices, Can the U.S. Win the ‘Art Olympics’?

The Trump admin. hates culture, & wouldn't recognize it if it tripped over it.

"For nearly a century, America’s participation in the world’s most important art exhibition, the Venice Biennale," was curated by a "team of prominent museum leaders" who proposed...

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Safe (1995) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p] YouTube video by HD Retro Trailers

I usually hate old films NYT recommends, but I found Safe (1995), starring Julianne Moore as a suburbanite w/ multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome, interesting. Themes inc. the disinterest of the medical establishment & the cult-iness of the self-help (wellness) movement.

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PBS News Hour just interviewed April Zeoli, PhD, MPH, of the head of Michigan U's Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention. She said some of the same things I did. This was a foreseeable, preventable tragedy.

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Second Jury Finds Uber Responsible for Sexual Assault by a Driver

Good news:

Uber "has now lost the first two of more than 3,000 pending federal lawsuits."

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I get it. Hot tubs and massage are my favorite things (I have pain 24/7/365), and I'm not supposed to do either one.

Maybe a glass of ice water, in the future, huh - and never alone.

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer will leave administration amid misconduct allegations The former Oregon congresswoman is the third member of Trump’s Cabinet -- all women -- to step down during his second term.

Not unexpected. That's three cabinet members down. And yet, Bobby Kennedy is still there, destroying American health on the daily.

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If you've got POTS, you may want to skip the hot tub, which can really lower your BP and cause syncope.

Hot tubs are a favorite thing of mine, too (and I'd just replaced mine, when I had my SCAD - so sad), but knowing your triggers & avoiding them is key to assessing new symptoms.

Louisiana gunman had sought mental health treatment, relatives say The man who killed eight children and wounded two women in Louisiana had sought mental health care from Veterans Affairs.

10/ will happen again, because we don't have that at all. (And that's because Republicans are running this snuff film - erm, I mean show.)

Sources:

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9/ to disrupt their relationship with the person. So they can't or won't see what's right in front of them.

This could have been prevented, had Mr. Elkins not had access to guns. We can't depend on family to make situations like this safe. That's why we need common sense gun legislation. This...

8/ time for a female partner of a man is when she leaves or takes legal steps to end the relationship;

🔺️ Only rarely will fam/friends respond appropriately in advance, either b/c they don't know what to do; are afraid of causing problems for the family (police can make things worse); or don't want

7/ things straight:

🔺️ People with a history of mental illness significant enough that they've been hospitalized for it should not have access to guns;

🔺️ People who've been arrested on gun charges should not have access to guns;

🔺️Suicidal people should not have access to guns;

🔺️The most dangerous

6/ signs.” She'd visited Sat. night, & said she "didn’t notice anything was amiss. 'They seemed good. They were together.....Everyone is trying to figure out what sparked it.”

🔹️Said the gunman's crying mother, “Why God. Why?"

Omg. I feel terrible for them (all those kids!), but let's get some...

5/ family still didn't see the threat, let alone respond to it:

🔹️His BIL, who lived with Elkins & whose son was murdered by him, felt “He had his head on straight." “He was calm. It’s like he had no cares in the world."

🔹️The BIL's cousin knew about the divorce, but said, “There were no previous...

4/ expressed suicidal thoughts."

🔹️In an Easter call with his mother & step-father, they felt he "sounded despondent," as he said "through tears...he wanted to take his own life" & that "he was drowning in 'dark thoughts.'" They said, "In recent weeks [they'd] felt uneasy about their son."

🔺️& yet,

3/ week & a half in recent months for mental health issues, per family.

🔹️His wife had told him she was seeking a divorce; they were due to appear in court today.

🔹️Family said he was "recently struggling with his mental health," was "stressed about his relationship with his wife," & "had recently

2/ signs of impending trouble, in this case:

🔹️The shooter had a criminal history for driving while intoxicated & for illegal use of weapons.

🔹️His stress was visible even to past coworkers; he had a bald spot from "nervously pull[ing] out his hair throughout the day."

🔹️He'd been hospitalized for a

The execution-style shooting of 8 children & 2 adults in Louisiana yesterday is an infuriating ex. of why we need red-flag laws & stronger restrictions on gun ownership - because friends & family *cannot* be counted on to assess risks or respond to them properly.

🔺️1st, let me tell you the...

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2/ I had new pain in my arm. (I had had that arm pain in college, too, but never together with other symptoms.)

The combo is what clued me in. But many women who go to the ER don't really have a definitive symptom - they just feel bad and off, in a new way. Responding saves their lives.

Yes, having chronic health issues can make new ones harder to interpret - that's why anything that feels new or different from before should be evaluated.

I normally have very severe (writhe on the floor, unable to see) GI pain. That pain was very, very similar with my heart attack - except...

Signs of a SCAD heart attack may include one or more of these:

🔹️chest pain or pressure

🔹️rapid heartbeat/feeling of palpitations

🔹️pain in the arm(s), shouder(s) jaw, or back

🔹️shortness of breath

🔹️unexplained sweating

🔹️nausea &/or indigestion

🔹️extreme fatigue

🔹️lightheadedness or dizziness

“It’s been a lot”: Olympian opens up on secret health battle – OverSixty Olympic swimming legend Libby Trickett has shared details about a shock heart attack she suffered just months after giving birth, prompting an outpouring of support.

Heart attacks caused by a spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) can happen regardless of your fitness level - even to a three-time Olympic gold medalist.

Know the signs.

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