Activists Have a Plan to Increase Abortion Access: Let Nurses Perform Them
“The good news is you are no longer pregnant,” Julie Jenkins, a nurse practitioner at the Maine Family Planning clinic in Belfast, told her patient one day last spring. The woman in Exam Room 2 had received a medication abortion a week earlier and was back for a follow-up to make sure everything had gone […]
Eating blueberries every day improves heart health
Eating a cup of blueberries a day reduces risk factors for cardiovascular disease -- according to a new study. Eating 150g of blueberries daily reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease by up to 15 per cent. The research team say that blueberries and other berries should be included in dietary strategies to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease -- particularly among at risk groups.
California Passes Ban on . . . Hotel Shampoo Bottles
The latest from California: Those small shampoo and conditioner bottles, popular with travelers but unpopular with anti-plastics advocates, would be banned in California hotels under a bill that cleared the state Assembly on Wednesday. I’m not sure why I hate performative crap like this so much, but I do. Hotel shampoo bottles probably make up […]
Emails Reveal Citizenship Question Was Designed to Increase Republican Gerrymandering
Who came up with the bright idea to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, anyway? It turns out the answer is Thomas Hofeller, the “Michelangelo of gerrymandering,” who died last year. His daughter discovered the origin of the citizenship question in emails on his hard drive: Files on those drives showed that he […]
Sunshine may decrease risk of inflammatory bowel disease
Children who spend half an hour a day outside in the sun reduce their risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
In preparation for getting my Librem 5, I'm going to work on removing all of my Google stuff. Will have to find #fediverse alternatives to blogger, keep, music, and calendar. Need to choose a password manager. Feel free to make suggestions or send links.
I'll probably have to keep my Google account as it's been the interface to one of my clients.
Revealed: women's fertility app is funded by anti-abortion campaigners
What is metadata and why should you care?
https://surfshark.com/blog/what-is-metadata-and-why-you-should-start-caring-about-it
Sensor calibration settings can be used by apps/sites to fingerprint iOS and Android phones.
We added a "Lockdown Mode" for the Librem 5 which allows you to defend against this.
Librem 5 Lockdown Mode: https://puri.sm/posts/lockdown-mode-on-the-librem-5-beyond-hardware-kill-switches/
Sensor Calibration Attack: https://www.zdnet.com/article/android-and-ios-devices-impacted-by-new-sensor-calibration-attack/
Apple promises privacy, but iPhone apps share your data with trackers, ad companies and research firms - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/05/28/its-middle-night-do-you-know-who-your-iphone-is-talking/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e6c0feb340e3 #privacy
Clean air taxis cut pollution in New York City
New York City Clean Air Taxi rules are successful in cutting emissions and reducing air pollution, according to a new study. Between 2009 and 2015, the legislation more than doubled the fuel efficiency of the fleet of 13,500 yellow taxis, leading to estimated declines in air pollution emissions.
How microbiome is disrupted during IBD: Human Microbiome Project
A new study is the first to have observed the complex set of chemical and molecular events that disrupt the microbiome and trigger immune responses during flare-ups of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
Chemical blends as possible alternative refrigerants identified
More than a dozen chemical blends could serve as alternative refrigerants that won't heat the atmosphere as much as today's refrigerants do, or catch fire, according to a new computational study.
Public opinion study in Europe shows drop in anti-immigration sentiment, among other changes | MIT News https://prismo.xyz/posts/3ab7e14f-c6fe-4e46-92bc-e9644675f2c3
Fossil zooplankton indicate that marine ecosystems have entered the Anthropocene
New research shows that the associations of marine plankton in the present are markedly different from those of pre-industrial times.
Trump’s Trade War with China Benefits Big Corporations—Not Ordinary Workers
Some events give extraordinary insights into the biases of the economics profession. The trade war with China clearly fit the bill.
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