'The average reading age of adults in the UK is 9 to 11 years old.' Source: libguides.kcl.ac.uk/NHS/healthli... Worth bearing in mind …

Medicine leaflets are failing patients – and sometimes frightening them

Medicine leaflets are meant to keep us safe, but confusing language, poor design and endless side-effect lists often do the opposite.

theconversation.com

"We bust into their house, we eat all their porridge, we sleep in their fucking beds. No wonder they're pissed" ...

Scottish Highlands horror film that viewers call an 'underrated cult classic'

"This is one of the very rare ones that ever gave me nightmares. I loved it!"

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But maybe the rain ... … … isn’t really to blame.

'Put simply, girls appear to get more practice reading and responding to other people’s emotions, starting early in life. Like any skill built through repetition, whether it’s learning a new language or picking up a new instrument, the more you practice, the more natural it becomes' ...

Women are more emotionally intelligent than men, and that’s a problem – landmark study

New research - it’s one of the largest studies of emotional intelligence to date

theconversation.com

'According to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)'s most recent monthly data, September witnessed a striking 230% rise in cases compared to August, climbing from 1,374 to 4,589. Hospital admissions similarly soared from 950 to 4,939, representing a 420% month-on-month jump' ...

NHS stay-at-home advice as American Covid XFG variant cases rise

The NHS has set out when people should stay at home if they catch Covid

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‘One of the biggest causes of ill health and harm for women, including in pregnancy, isn’t really treated on the NHS, and that is domestic abuse. ‘It affected 2.12 million women last year, but we don’t treat violence against women and girls as the epidemic it really is.’

Nursing in Practice@nursinginpractice.bsky.social · 5d ago

The government has outlined measures that will see violence against women and girls given a ‘public health approach’ – including new specialist support accessed via general practice. #VAWG #DomesticAbuse #PublicHealth buff.ly/TitrOWc

Absolutely love Michael Rosen ❤️ Not long now until my kids and me go to see his live show … Nice!

'The MBRRACE Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths found that suicide was the leading cause of maternal death in the first postnatal year, and that domestic abuse was documented in 43% of women who died' ...

‘I thought the baby would change him’: the women whose pregnancies are blighted by domestic abuse

An estimated 20,000 cases are disclosed to maternity services in England every year. Two survivors tell their stories

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The Cornell case has been incredibly triggering for many women. Rape is trivialised when it becomes entertainment and the punchline of a "joke". Brass Eye did something similar with child abuse in 2001. Why is sexual violence so often treated as acceptable material for male comedians?

Saturday Night Live blasted for 'disgusting' Cornell rape scandal joke

It was blasted by viewers as 'not funny'.

metro.co.uk

LittleBigPlanet vibes 🎮❤️ Thanks to my second-born for firing up the old PS3 and sending us all on a journey down memory lane ...

Café Tacvba - Volver A Comenzar (Full Length)

YouTube video by CafeTacubaVEVO

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Tennessee says child rapists deserve to die … and now we have the botched execution of a woman who was repeatedly raped as a child.

Tennessee says child rapists deserve to die. Now it prepares to execute one of their victims

At 18, Christa Pike was sentenced to death for murder. What if the jury knew she had suffered years of sexual abuse as a child?

theguardian.com

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The Zombies - She's Not There

YouTube video by UMEWS | Universal Music Reviews | get a song rated

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"Design choices that evoke personality and warmth encourage users to anthropomorphize these systems" [...] "simulated empathy" can create a "structurally asymmetric interaction, in which the user discloses and the system responds, but without reciprocity, vulnerability, or accountability."

The AI Chatbots That Tech Companies Are Aggressively Pushing to Billions of Users Appear to Be Causing Serious Psychological Harms, New Research Finds

The extensive use of AI chatbots can be linked to "severe negative outcomes" including psychological harm and suicide, a recent paper argues.

futurism.com

My children used to impersonate Brian Cox by solemnly announcing things like: "CaaRhBaN… in the HaaRhtS of StAarHs." Sadly, we've only just heard about this. Maybe next time ...

Professor Brian Cox to bring brand-new live show ‘Emergence’ to Sheffield (aff)

From black holes to snowflakes, Emergence is set to take showgoers on an intricate journey

thestar.co.uk

'behind every symptom is a human being, behind every adaptation there is a history and behind much of what we call pathology there may be a story that has never been adequately heard. The future of mental health care depends, in part, on our willingness to listen to that story' ...

A Review of Traumality

A documentary that asks whether we are treating symptoms while missing the story

medium.com

The mathematical extrapolation reaches its singularity the day before my birthday, heralding humanity's imminent annihilation. Apparently, we will be "squeezed to death." I remain cautiously optimistic ...

Scientists in 1960 predicted Friday 13 November 2026 will be ‘Doomsday’

An article in one of the world’s leading science journals predicted that the human population would approach infinity and effectively annihilate itself

independent.co.uk

OOPS! 👀 ...

POLAR VORTEX INCOMING. Stockpile toilet paper. Buy all the milk. Clear the shops of tinned soup. Seal the windows. Barricade the doors. Put the kettle on. Open the emergency biscuits. Check the BBC weather every 11 minutes. Sadly, the NHS doesn't accept the apocalypse as an excuse to stay home ...

14 essential items to stock up on amid UK polar vortex warning

Freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall could hit the country

derbytelegraph.co.uk