Sowing the seeds of war It would seem preposterous if any nation that is involved in US President Donald Trump’s fantasy warfare (in which the carnage is impossibly real) were to pronounce victory.Or even more

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Do they really believe that the shame Venezuela has been subjected to, which was exacerbated when the US “stole” the people’s oil and their network of industry-related installations, will simply be forgotten?
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Urgent Message to Democrats: Stop Dragging Your Feet and End Trump's Iran War | Common Dreams ​Many congressional Democrats seem more interested in using Trump's war on Iran to score victories in the midterms than to use what power they do have to bring it to an end.

#Opinion #OpEd #IranWar #Commentary
#NoEndlessWar #NoWarOnIran

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Opinion | You Get a GLP-1! You Get a GLP-1! Everybody Gets a GLP-1! Use of obesity drugs has become widespread, but not necessarily in the right patients

"The price dip has allowed millions more Americans to access these drugs for weight loss. But the relevant medical question is, who actually needs a GLP-1?"

Read the #OpEd, from Nidhi Kansal, MD, at:
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Another Russia-Linked Nuclear Power Plant Is at Risk From War. This Time, in Iran. - The Moscow Times Opinion | Over the past four years, civilian nuclear energy facilities have increasingly become targets of direct or indirect attacks in armed conflicts.

#OpEd The Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran — which Russia helped construct — is a civilian facility.

But military strikes have come too close for comfort, risking a radiological incident, warns Dmitry Gorchakov.

Opinion | When Shared Decision-Making Becomes Medical Paternalism Conversations about end-of-life care can turn into conflicts over authority

"These are complex decisions, and families depend on clinicians for honest guidance and expertise.

But guidance is not the same as control."

Read the #OpEd from anesthesiologist DeAnna M. Pollock, MD, at: www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/...

Opinion | The Invisible Patient in the Pediatric Care Crisis The pediatric health system is increasingly reliant on mothers

"The insecurities that come with raising a child may be as old as time, but access gaps, payment inequities, and workforce shortages are policy choices."

Read the #OpEd from pediatrician Lyndsey Garbi, MD, at:
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Opinion | California safeguards pumas as federal rules fail to protect their habitat The state placed six mountain lion species on the threatened list, so road and land developers must evaluate projects to not isolate pumas.

"Protecting pumas does more than help one species. Mountain lions go where other wildlife go. When we take care of their habitat, we help bears, bobcats, raptors, badgers, songbirds and beetles," writes Tiffany Yap, our urban wildlands science director in an #OpEd for @calmatters.org ⬇️

Sanctioned Russian Tycoons Are Still Profiting From Industries in Europe - The Moscow Times Opinion | When President Vladimir Putin gathered Russia’s top businessmen in the Kremlin for a wartime whip round on Thursday, there was no ambiguity about what was happening: the only way to have ind...

#OpEd It is hypocritical for governments to claim they're tough on Russia's super rich when they leave the peripheries of their empires untouched, writes Jason Corcoran.

Opinion | What We're Not Talking About: The War and Our Children Every war finds its way home

"The 7-year-old in my office asked her mother if they were going to die. Her mother told her this was happening far, far away.

It is. And it isn't."

Read the #OpEd from child and adolescent psychiatrist Jonathan Slater, MD, at: www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/...

Opinion | That Medical Student's Misogyny Isn't Funny Nick Baumel's cheap shot at female patients harms trust in doctors

Medical student Nick Baumel recently went viral for posting misogynistic videos on social media.

In an #OpEd for MedPage Today, psychiatry resident @chloenazra.bsky.social addresses Baumel's "disgraceful antics" -- and those who defend or excuse them.
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Opinion | We Have a Substance Use Prevention Problem Having kids hear from people with lived experience can help move the needle

"They did not need more facts about why drugs are dangerous. They needed connection."

Read the #OpEd from Stephen Sandelich, MD, at: www.medpagetoday.com/emergencymedicine/emerge...

The Northern Sea Route Is Risky – and Russia Is Not Prepared - The Moscow Times Opinion | The crisis in the Strait of Hormuz has only cemented the views of Russian officials that the Northern Sea Route is the future of global trade — a faster, cheaper alternative to traditional s...

#OpEd Russian officials claim that the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz shows that the future of global shipping lies in Russia's Arctic.

But that route risks unique environmental disasters that Russia has shown it cannot clean up, warn Vselovod Levchenko and Charles Digges.

Opinion | My Patients Are Asking for Leucovorin. Here's What I Tell Them. Parents of autistic kids deserve the best in science and evidence-based medicine

"When the White House announced it was exploring leucovorin as a treatment for autism, the calls from families started pouring in: "Can you prescribe leucovorin for my child?"

Read the #OpEd from Audrey C. Brumback, MD, PhD, at: www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/...

Russian Exiles in Europe Face a Catch-22 - The Moscow Times Opinion | Russian wartime migrants are becoming one of Europe’s favorite bugbears.

#OpEd Russians who fled their country simply cannot win in the eyes of Europeans and their governments: their very presence is seen as an offense, but they’re expected to put their families at risk by loudly denouncing the war, writes Dan Storyev.

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Engineering Ghosts in the Machine: Digital Personalities (draft) This chapter explores the development of “ghosts in the machine,” or digital copies of perso... transhumanity.net/engineering-ghosts-in-th... #PostSapiens #knowledgegraph #graphdatabase […]

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Stifling Innovation: US Federal Copyright Office’s Discriminatory Decision Against AI-Generated Works Artificial intelligence (AI) is a rapidly developing technology that has the potential to revolution […]

Russian Strikes on Ukraine Kill 4, Damaging Port and Maternity Hospital - The Moscow Times Russian air attacks across Ukraine early Saturday killed at least four people and damaged critical infrastructure including a port and a maternity hospital, authorities said, as Russia pressed on with...

#OpEd "Each such strike proves that Russia has no intention of ending this war. That is why any easing of pressure on it is dangerous," Zelensky said.

Negotiations Are Not Ending the Ukraine War – They Are Extending It - The Moscow Times Opinion | Even before Donald Trump’s presidency began, he claimed boldly he would end Russia’s war in Ukraine within 24 hours.

#OpEd Even before the Iran war drove up oil prices, Washington's strategy of conceding to the Kremlin enabled Russia's continued war on Ukraine, warns Elena Davlikanova.

Your MFA isn't broken — it's being bypassed, and your employees can't tell the difference Scary news: Hackers aren't "breaking" your MFA anymore — they’re just riding shotgun during your login to steal the session token right out from under you.

Good #oped on why we might need to rethink #MFA > Your MFA isn't broken — it's being bypassed, and your employees can't tell the difference www.csoonline.com/article/4147...

For Russian's in Europe, Being Quietly Anti-War Is No Longer Enough - The Moscow Times Opinion | News about the deportation of anti-war Russians and deserters from Germany has stirred up concern in the emigre community about their future in a country they thought offered safety.

#OpEd The harsh truth is that most Russian emigres are apolitical, at best. If we want to be taken seriously, we have to be more openly against the war, argues Andrei Pivovarov.

Opinion | The Tahoe Avalanche Tragedy: What Were They Thinking? A look at heuristics can help us make sense of the disaster

"The fact that any members of the group survived is a minor miracle."

In her latest #OpEd, emergency physician Mary Meyer, MD, MPH, provides a framework through which to analyze the recent Tahoe disaster.

Read more at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/calamities/120459

#Trump #Iran #War

#NYTimes proudly promoting its columnist, Bret Stephens’s latest #OpEd — not The Onion.

( Note horrible ratio 🤦🏻‍♂️ .)

#SMH

Opinion | To Limit Antibiotic Overprescribing, Take a Page From the Opioid Epidemic Both drugs are dangerous when misused

"If they can be so harmful, then why are antibiotics overprescribed? The reasons mirror those that drove inappropriate opioid prescribing years ago."

Read the #OpEd from transplant infectious diseases physician Timothy Sullivan, MD, at:

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Opinion | I'm a Travel Nurse. Every Hospital I've Worked in Shares a Fundamental Flaw. Responsibility rapidly flows downward while accountability rarely flows upward

"Working as a travel nurse gives you a strange vantage point on American healthcare. You move through hospitals that appear different on the surface but often run based on the same pressures underneath."

Read the full #OpEd at:
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Here's Why Cuba Remains Russia’s Foothold on Washington’s Doorstep - The Moscow Times Opinion | Russia's quest for a post-American world is being stress-tested in the Western Hemisphere more than anywhere else.

#OpEd Moscow keeps Cuba afloat in return for its mineral wealth and convenient location for intelligence gathering. It's unsurprising that Trump has turned his attention to the isolated island, writes Emanuel Pietrobon.

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Opinion: The quiet power of women in communities – Kingston News (Kingston, Ontario) Every year on March 8, the world marks International Women’s Day, celebrating the achievements of women and girls. This year’s United Nations theme, “Rights, Justice and Action for...

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“Women have long been the quiet architects of connection in families, friendships, workplaces & communities… Today, this work is often described as emotional labour, the effort required to support the emotional well-being of others.”
#YGK #women

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Opinion | Online Doctor Reviews Need to Go Reducing us to a number of stars feels reductive and will drive physicians out of medicine

"I don't think this is right. This outlook may one day drive me out of this profession. And, unfortunately, I don't think I'm alone."

Read the #OpEd from pediatrician Samuel Cross, MD, at:
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Opinion: The quiet power of women in communities – Kingston News (Kingston, Ontario) Every year on March 8, the world marks International Women’s Day, celebrating the achievements of women and girls. This year’s United Nations theme, “Rights, Justice and Action for...

“Women have long been the quiet architects of connection in families, friendships, workplaces & communities… Today, this work is often described as emotional labour, the effort required to support the emotional well-being of others.”
#YGK #women

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Russia’s New Law Redefines Which Languages Can Exist in Public Space - The Moscow Times Opinion | A new Russian law regulating public signage may appear to be a minor administrative change.

#OpEd When you force a language out of public and into the home, the language risks disappearing as young people stop seeing it as useful enough to learn, argues Khandama Tudebei.