New paper on self-diagnosis by Broeker and Arnaud, arguing that self-diagnosis can involve adopting unhelpful essentialist approaches. Worth a read: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The practice of self-diagnosing, amplified by the spread of psychiatric knowledge through social media, has grown rapidly. Yet, the motivations behind this trend, and, critically, its psychological...
Vintage travel posters in the public domain!
Faraway states, natural wonders and beautiful beaches—these settings often come to mind when we start to plan vacations. They also form the backdrops for hundreds of travel posters in the Library’s co...
The Library of Congress has literally one gazillion public domain photos and illustrations that are free to use for your projects! www.loc.gov/free-to-use
It's official release day for my textbook today! I have to be honest that it's both exciting and a little nerve-wracking to have this out in the world for other people to read, but I really hope folks enjoy it and try doing some of this stuff in the classroom. www.routledge.com/Practical-Vi...
This workbook provides a collection of experiments and observations that use physical materials (rather than digital displays or resources) to reveal fundamental properties of the human visual system....
It’s also worth noting (this is a detail that would have mired any other President in weeks of scandal) that these machines were the property of the US Government and not Trump’s to give away?
One bad possibility is that the White House had some machines in reserve and he gave those to Putin (reducing redundancy at WH). A worse possibility is that he diverted machines meant for elsewhere in the government. Also, not sure how export controls and other such things might have figured here
Ohhhhhh, it wasn’t boxes of COVID tests, it was the only rapid testing mechanism available at the time (vs. PCR tests)
anybody else remember the early days with a ~10 day PCR test turnaround
Kamala does seem to be a true believer in family welfare stuff. this would be huge
Kamala Harris will propose a major new initiative today: expanding Medicare to cover the cost of long-term care at home
Harris will pitch the initiative as a way to help "sandwich generation" families and propose paying for it mostly with savings from Medicare drug negotiations.
Seriously, some of the most toxic, combative parts of the internet are parenting groups/forums. Because little galvanises people like proving they're 'a good parent' to others. The social status and group dynamics take over fairly rapidly. And it that seldom leads to anywhere reasonable. /4