Notices by Keith D Johnson (keithdjohnson@sfba.social), page 5

#Covid reduces #oxygen to your #brain, months after infection.
"Study shows that 24% of post-COVID-19 patients (non-hospitalized) have very low oxygen levels in the brain 7 months after COVID, despite normal systemic oxygenation. Note that this was a sample of healthy people from the general population with no underlying conditions." https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10200033/?

Rebecca Solnit wrote: "You cannot win a debate with a shameless liar, because what you’re supposed to be debating are facts & positions. A lie [like a nasty fart - KDJ] is a kind of poison; once it’s in the room it makes an impression that is hard to undo, & trying to undo it only amplifies it."
"As political journalist John Nichols put it, “CNN is illustrating how a ‘debate’ where the moderators reject the basic responsibility of fact-checking in real time, & refuse to challenge blatantly false statements, is not a debate. It’s a chaos where lies are given equal footing with the truth.”
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/28/debate-losers-american-people

"Supreme Court: This Place Could Use More Fraud And Pollution!
But you peasants can have a little bit of emergency abortion, as a treat, because fuck you and your lungs, that’s why.

Not-so-fun fact: Neil Gorsuch’s mom Anne once ran the EPA under Reagan, as in, came in to destroy it. She fired 30% of the workforce there, slashed their budget by nearly a quarter, and was forced to resign after she mismanaged a Superfund cleanup site. She was so devoted to polluting that she smoked two packs of Marlboro reds a day, back when people could smoke in the office, and died of cancer. Her ghost is surely very proud."
https://www.wonkette.com/p/supreme-court-this-place-could-use

2/ "On separation of church and state: While 86% of Biden supporters say “religion should be kept separate from government policies,” barely half (56%) of Trump supporters do.

On the Bible’s influence: While 43% of Trump supporters say “government policies should support religious values and beliefs,” just 13% of Biden supporters do.

On abortion rights: While 88% of Biden supporters say “abortion should be legal in all or most cases,” just a third (38%) of Trump supporters do.

On criminal justice: Ironically, 81% of Trump supporters say the “criminal justice system in this country is generally not tough enough on criminals,” while less than half of Biden supporters (41%) do."

1/ "On gun ownership: While 86% of Trump supporters say “gun ownership does more to increase safety by allowing law-abiding citizens to protect themselves,” only 23% of Biden supporters do.

On slavery and race: While 79% of Biden supporters say the “legacy of slavery affects the position of Black people in America today to a great deal/fair amount,” only 27% of Trump supporters do.

On white privilege: While 80% of Biden supporters say “white people benefit from advantages in society that Black people do not have,” just 22% of Trump supporters do.

On immigration and inclusion: While 87% of Biden supporters say “America’s openness to people from all over the world is essential to who we are as a nation,” only 36% of Trump supporters do.

On immigration and deportation: While 63% of Trump supporters say “there should be a national effort to deport undocumented immigrants currently living in the U.S.,” just 11 percent of Biden supporters do... (cont.)
https://www.americaamerica.news/p/what-kind-of-country-do-you-want/comments

Jessica Wildfire wrote: "What does self-care look like on a planet where wildlife is dropping dead from trees & roads are melting?

Every day, we make impossible choices.

We want to hang out with our friends, but we can't. We want to move somewhere safe from fires & storms & heat waves, but we can't. We want to stay where we are, but we can't. We want to elect responsible leaders, but we can't. We want to talk about all of this, but we can't.

There are no good options. What we have are bad & worse options forced on us by a small group of psychopaths who think they're going to survive the apocalypse in bunkers & then colonize space.

We want to mourn the dead future, but we can't.

Today, the best kind of self-care is to keep caring about other people, setting an example, & demanding better from those in positions of wealth, power, & influence. When we feel the exhaustion setting in, we have to back off & recharge. We have to be the ones.

Nobody else will."
#COVID19 #climatechange
https://www.okdoomer.io/self-care-in-the-age-of-collapse/

"Drugs with psychedelic effects, like psilocybin, LSD, MDMA, & cannabis, may help protect the brain from some aspects of aging.

A recent survey of 3,294 US adults, aged between 42 & 92, has found that those who reported using a hallucinogen of any kind in the past year show fewer depressive symptoms & more favorable changes to their higher-order brain functions.

Compared to those who did not use psychedelics, those who did scored higher on tests conducted over the phone which assessed inductive reasoning, verbal fluency, working memory, processing speed, attention switching, & inhibitory control." https://www.sciencealert.com/older-people-who-use-psychedelics-show-fascinating-brain-functions

Exemplary GQP Mom?
"Boebert, whose son is facing 22 theft related charges after breaking into cars and stealing credit cards, says the Left opposes putting the 10 Commandments in school because they don’t want children to be taught that it’s bad to steal things."

Persistence, endurance, adaptability, resilience, etc..

#cartoon #economics #fiction #reality

Clay Jones #cartoon #USPol #Trump Pew, pew, pew!
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/6/10/2245215/-Cartoon-Pew-pew-pew?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=top_news_slot_2&pm_medium=web

More #gardening #photography from my #homestead. Honey berries (Lonicera caerulea,) or Haskap.
Pink CA poppies.
An elegant Siberian Iris cultivar.
Nigella sativa (black cumin, black caraway, whose seeds taste like fake grape and can be pressed for food oil. #gardening #permaculture #botany

It took two years from seed to #flower...but it was worth it. These pure white foxgloves (Digitalis purpurea f. albiflora) are gorgeous in sun or part shade [perennial!!! I am going to have SOOO MUCH seed.]
Also the latest addition (the last terrace bed) to this #urbanite #landscaping project. #permaculture #gardening #photography

Homing in.

Rambling around YT for late-breaking news, YT's algorithm knows I like #comedy, so it shows me a guy named Don McMillan (new to me), a very funny #comic who uses #Powerpoint (I know right?) to get laughs.
He gets laughs!
Probably most appreciated by "Nerds, Geeks, or Dorks" or some combination thereof, like 'engineers', or something (he explains the differences with EXCELLENT charts & graphs). 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 https://youtu.be/kwz-Md6OoyA

Sample snip of one of McMillan's sketches about the two-sidedness of #statistics.

"Drawing different conclusions from the same data, Don's slide reads, "Statistics: the other side.
When the lottery hit $1.6B, 146 million people bought tickets.
In the 2016 Prez election, 136 million people voted (10M less).
[Thus]
To get more people to vote...
Every election we should pick ONE voter to win $1.6B."
I'd vote for that.☑️

Photo of a sculpture of a child hiding under a school desk, with the caption "This Memorial Day we remember all the school kids who paid the ultimate price so Republicans can continue to get campaign donations from the NRA."

#Sign of the times.
Some, most, political parties, on the other hand, insist on repeating the same mistakes over and over and over and...

@hannu_ikonen Readable without a paywall / adwall at https://archive.ph/v4B7K

#Musk is a free-speech absolutelynotist.
"This is why right-wing #billionaires sue people reporting on them," continued Collins, who previously worked as a reporter for #NBC News covering, among other thing, right-wing disinformation. "They know they can't win these lawsuits. But they also know legal fees will cripple the little guy reporting on their lies & crimes. This is how free speech is actually chilled—vengeful dipshit billionaires.
"This is the latest example of billionaires & pandering politicians abusing the legal system to retaliate against their critics & harm the public's right to know,""
https://www.commondreams.org/news/elon-musk-media-matters-suit