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Unshrunk: Laura Delano’s breakaway from psychiatry
Unshrunk: Laura Delano’s breakaway from psychiatry
Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance is more than a memoir of Laura Delano’s journey through pain, survival, and recovery. It is a fearless, forensic examination of a psychiatric system that too often harms those it is meant to help.
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Biden Meets with Guaidó 2.0 + Commentary/Notes
The Washington Post: Recognized by U.S. as Venezuela’s President-Elect, Edmundo González Meets With Biden
The encounter, a first for the two men, signals Mr. Biden’s desire to present a broad coalition of support for Mr. González, who met with the right-wing president of Argentina, Javier Milei, over the weekend, and will meet with other regional presidents in the coming days.
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Meet Ukraine’s top fighting unit — at least that’s what their ad says
Ukraine’s brigades can recruit their own soldiers, and they compete with each other to craft the best advertising campaigns to sell the war.
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The creative work, Bondarenko said, is done by a team of 20 — 13 military personnel and seven civilians. Their messaging feels impossible to escape, covering more than 1,000 billboards across Ukraine, which she said are largely donated. Digital ads are funded by the profits from their YouTube channel, she said, which has nearly 1.3 million subscribers and generates more than $15,000 monthly. On Instagram, they have another 115,000 subscribers.
Soon, they hope to expand into a new area — merchandising. The brigade envisions it as a one-stop shop where people can purchase T-shirts, patches and other mementos of the war.
Meet Ukraine’s top fighting unit — at least that’s what their ad says
The 3rd Assault Brigade is the Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion rebranded. Andriy Biletsky was its founder.
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Trump’s Final Days of Rage and Denial
Trump’s Final Days of Rage and Denial
He has been enabled by Republican leaders unwilling to stand up to him, even if many privately wish he would go away sooner rather than later. After being called “profiles in cowardice” by an ally of the president, 75 Republican state legislators from Pennsylvania on Friday disavowed their own election and called on Congress to reject the state’s electors for Mr. Biden. Only 25 of 249 Republican members of Congress surveyed by The Washington Post publicly acknowledged Mr. Biden’s victory.
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Bellingcat is right about one thing: The Venezuela/Silvercorp USA Saga Keeps Getting Weirder
Although, they’re only right about the whole thing getting weirder!
The Venezuela/Silvercorp USA Saga Keeps Getting Weirder
Read More »WaPo’s Coronavirus Updates 04.01.2020
The latest
Over 3,000 people in this country have died from covid-19, which is more than the number of deaths in the initial Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
After a former FDA administrator suggested every person should wear a mask in public for an extra layer of protection, the CDC is considering adding the idea to its recommendations. But the group isn’t talking about medical masks – especially not N95 masks.Here’s what we know about the possible mask directive.
“Serology tests” has become a new pandemic buzz term. Some experts believe that testing coronavirus survivors’ blood is what could allow us to reopen society in safe ways. The test is at the root of almost every plan to restart the nation.
Ford and GE estimate they won’t be able to produce 1,500 ventilators until the end of April, after the point when health experts say the surge in U.S. hospitals will be greatest and well below estimates of what will be needed during that surge.
Social closeness can bolster the immune system, which is why doctors and psychologists are so worried about the effects of our new, 6-feet-apart reality. But there’s hope in the data: science shows simple acts or words of kindness can have a powerful impact.
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