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How British colonialism increased diabetes in south Asians People of south Asian origin today are between four and six times more likely to get type 2 diabetes than white people

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There is a long history behind this genetic predisposition over the centuries involving colonial rule, famine, over dependence on rice to make up for paucity of vegetables and other foods... I need to find that article.

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This new blood test could detect cancer before it shows up on scans A new light-based sensor can spot incredibly tiny amounts of cancer biomarkers in blood, raising the possibility of earlier and simpler cancer detection. The technology merges DNA nanotechnology,…

Chinese scientists have built a highly sensitive blood test that can detect tiny traces of lung cancer long before a tumour shows up on a scan. The convergence of three technologies, DNA nanotechnology, CRISPR, and quantum dots made it possible to spot. buff.ly/Uignyg4?
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There's something about art that threatens...
The power to:
Imagine
Resist
Inspire

Please do!

Sigh. Why is praise from friends and family immediately discounted? (Okay, we are their biggest cheerleaders... still!😆) Have faith in your own skills, dammit!

Wow! Close-your-eyes-and-sink-into-it great!

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Wow! And here I thought we are fighting against time's war on our bones.
Apart from the sheer bone-headedness (heh!) of whoever came up with this idea...
...the marvel is it's become a trend!
Humans will believe anything, right?
Small surprise.
Belief shapes so many of our actions. 🙃😅

Haha! Perfect pin to the balloon that is ego.

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Portrait of Jane_Austen with Photos of Lewis_Carroll_1863 and Douglas_adams_portrait_cropped from Wikimedia Commons Text: Truths Universally Acknowledged About Life, the Universe & Rabbit Holes!

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Grumpy brown and black long-haired cat stares at the camera - Photo by Stephen Tafra on Unsplash TEXT: …the gold standard by which to judge everyone. After all, what better kick than… … to be judgmental! That way, at least for the brief period of a post, we can lord it over others, right? 😉

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Wide-eyed grey tabby kitten crouches over a book with a red cover - Photo by Амина А on Unsplash TEXT: …involves being curious about others & trying to understand them. It’s too much work! It’s far easier to use our specific personal experiences, backgrounds & contexts as the…

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Grey tabby cat gives a side eye as it snarls - Photo by Hacı Elmas on Unsplash TEXT: …a scene, a pic, a clip or a comment, taken out of context, is enough to trigger our outrage? Forget trying to understand that personal contexts, backgrounds, mileages vary. That…

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Close-up of a startled grey tabby cat's face - Photo by Anton Darius on Unsplash TEXT: …taking things out of context as much as possible & taking offence. Why watch the full movie… …or read the entire book or listen to an interview or a person fully to understand their context? When…

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Suspicious cream and tan coloured cat is lying on a wooden floor with its head cocked to the side - Photo by Binzi Xu on Unsplash TEXT: …we’ve forgotten basics from school such as ‘reference to context’ (or even courtesy 🙃). Remember when we learnt to identify ‘who said to whom and when’? No, instead we delight in…

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White and grey tabby kitten sits on a wooden table - Photo by prontiwa Siriwong na ayutthaya on Pexels TEXT: It’s a truth universally acknowledged, that a single person in possession of a social media account,... …must be in need of expressing their opinions. Never mind that…

Truths Universally Acknowledged 20... a short thread🧵

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An essay here, a grade there
Soon chatbots will be the monster we carry on our backs
The aggregator to which we've willingly handed the control to ourselves
Dictating our life, choices & anything that's the least bit 'difficult'
Making us truly 'average'
From essays to life decisions, a short leap

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In Conversation with Sci-fi Authors Gareth L. Powell and Ren Hutchings | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about In Conversation with Sci-fi Authors Gareth L. Powell and Ren Hutchings today.

Date for your diary: 24 April, I’ll be in conversation with @voidcricket.bsky.social at @waterstones.bsky.social in #Canterbury

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Acceptance for what is
with kindness and gentleness,
doing what we can,
only what we can,
one step at a time.

Big hug

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