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When medicine is reduced to data, protocols, apps, diagnostics or treatments something vital is lost The art of medicine is understanding the humanity, the whole person & that people are all different Respect for humanity can be restored by those who understand the art involved

Good headline, effective headline image, fucking terrific op ed www.statnews.com/2024/08/20/m...

The bankers are going to be the end of us all.

After a long period of abstaining from consuming news of US politics aka soap opera-shit show (because mental health), I cannot tell you how nice it is to be giggling at reports from over the pond again.

Non-US citizen here, reflecting more-or-less the response of the world outside North America: WTAF???? Is this a joke? Photoshop?

In the interests of morale-boosting.

Awwwww.

Extremely symbolic seeing the Refugee Olympic Team enter the Games in a boat

Libraries are awesome.

My toxic trait is I want every human to be sheltered, fed, clothed and provided healthcare at no direct cost to themselves. I DO NOT CARE if some people then do nothing for the rest of their lives. Mazletov, god bless. I don't care if a few people figure out ways to game the system. People need help

whenever these big gop oppo lists come out it always looks like this, like god please give us the scary candidate you made up

This cat has the correct response to *waves hands around*

In all the ongoing devastation around us, this piece is its own quiet statement of devastation.

IT ME. My lovely late gynae used to call my file "the phone book".

A job I was looking forward to just fell through because I requested a very basic “please don’t feed my work into the AI garbage chute pls” clause in the contract That was apparently against company policy and non-negotiable If anyone needs a book cover I have an opening in my schedule

Fantasy is not my regular jam, but I've read some superb fantasy (grew up on The Once and Future King, Terry Pratchett is a touchstone) and few things get up my nose more than readers who are snobby about it. Here's the incomparable Ursula Le Guin.

My second favourite tripod cat in the universe. (My fave is lying pressed up against me, purring.)

And another Strangely Wholesome Cat repost.

Reposting as a public service. You're welcome.

Immodest Cat Is Strangely Wholesome.

Uh-oh. I've been Loco for four years, two months and two weeks, and I do NOT want to accept that this is the rest of my life. Find a treatment, dammit.

ai has entered its roast era. large scale mockery signals the beginning of the end. good. 🙂

Think you have heard ALL of the evil kitties can do? This thread recounts a tale of FRESH wickedness.

Here in Cape Town, not only the skies but the seas are blue: for lovers of surfing and words, we're having a Salon Hecate event with an incredible line-up. All the deets here: noordhoekartpoint.co.za/2024/05/24/c...

And on 27 May (6pm SA time - eve of the election!), I'm running this online workshop because the publishing industry is changing faster than the icecaps are melting, and we're all at sea. Everything I've learned so far in this brave and scary new world! summerschool.uct.ac.za/events/publi...

I have some online editing/publishing webinars coming up in the next few days: this one (Saturday 10am SA time) is hosted by the ever-reliable All About Writing: allaboutwritingcourses.com/product/edit...