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Oh, no. Duplicated again. Don't know if I'll get the hang of this platform, however welcome it is. (Maybe I'm pressing "submit" too often. I do it because it seemed otherwise the post remained open to editing.) Let's see what happens now.

Oh, no. Duplicated again. Don't know if I'll get the hang of this platform, however welcome it is.

said in No Kings Day:

Great turnout!
And thanks for the terrific pictures!!

Great turnout!
And for the terrific pictures!!

said in [Jane Goodall's post mortem message to the world]

Like talking to her. (post/18388):

Jane Goodall's beautiful last words now available (here on Netflix) - recorded before her death, in an interview only prepared on condition it only be made public after she was no longer physically present.

So valuable and helpful.

https://www.netflix.com/watch/82053197?trackId=2597

@wtg thanks!

Sorry, couldn't figure out how to post it without accidental duplication

Jane Goodall's beautiful last words now available (here on Netflix) - recorded before her death, in an interview only prepared on condition it only be made public after she was no longer physically present.

So valuable and helpful.

https://www.netflix.com/watch/82053197?trackId=2597

That IS great news.

I don't quite get it, though, whether this test is yet available to the general public and if not, when it's expected to be.

This is immeasurably upsetting.
It really seems more and more like the bad guys are winning.

I don't know why he and his fans might have expected him to win the prize now. The stipulations for qualifying say quite clearly, it's for the person who've done the most to help the world IN THE PRECEDING YEAR!

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I see this meaning, though, originally accurate (see below) is no longer applied so strictly.

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*"That interpretation is incorrect in practice, though it is based on a specific, and now more loosely interpreted, phrase from Alfred Nobel's will. While the award is meant to recognize work that "shall have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind," the Nobel Committee does not strictly limit its consideration to only the preceding year.

Here is a breakdown of how this misconception arose and how the selection process actually works:
Alfred Nobel's original wording: In his 1895 will, Alfred Nobel stated the prizes should go to those who "during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit to mankind".

A flexible interpretation: The Norwegian Nobel Committee has not interpreted "the preceding year" literally since the first awards in 1901. This is because the kind of work that promotes peace is often a long-term endeavor that may not show its full impact within a single calendar year.

Looking at a nominee's full body of work: Instead, the committee considers a candidate's overall body of work and long-term contribution to peace, even if the award is prompted by recent developments.
Example: Martin Luther King Jr.: When Martin Luther King Jr. won the prize in 1964, the committee recognized his years of sustained work and leadership in the Civil Rights Movement, not just his actions in 1963.

Example: Narges Mohammadi: More recently, Narges Mohammadi won the 2023 prize "for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran," a cause she has championed for decades.
The committee's deliberations are private and held under a 50-year confidentiality rule, giving them the freedom to look back over an individual or organization's career to find the most deserving recipient. "

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In any case , you-know-who most certainly does NOT qualify for the prize for countless reasons, not the least of which is the time frame.

I'm very interested in the role language played in this drama, too - also fascinated by the backstory of how the hero learned the language.

I've listened to numerous videos of Holocaust survivors, and it stood out to me how many had their lives saved by knowledge of a language - one or more - which enabled them to establish relationships which proved life saving.

https://www.history.com/articles/guy-gabaldon-battle-saipan-japanese-surrender

So sorry, Daniel.
That sounds like living hell.
Thank heaven you can look forward to an end to it.

Like you all, I loved her too.
Interestingly, the younger sister of my closest hometown friend, Kit Morris went on to work with her (I remember their house always smelled of monkeys, even when she was very young. Tolerant parents)

Kit worked with her for a good while, but eventually went on to get an MD (reminding me I really ought to try - again - through her to locate my friend, Terry).

BTW When I was at Stanford, on the bulletin board, they had photos and bios of the grad students in Psychology, and one was an unbelievably beautiful blond (like Jane Goodall) whose passion was gorillas (Penny Patterson). I think she has several books out now about her "adopted daughter", KOKO. Look them up if you're interested.

This lady may not have (yet) reached the other's age, but I LOVE her way of staying young and limber through YOGA.

I used to do all those stretches with ease (and more), but never again since my spine was encased in a titanium armature.

I suspect I have Ehler's Dehlers hypermobility Syndrome (the kind where you're extra stretchy). I thought it was enviable from Jr High on up, but not now. I think it was the result of that hereditary disorder - not my daily exercises. In those days they didn't check school-children for scoliosis and the like.

Have a look.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/well/move/102-year-old-yogi-charlotte-chopin.html

ShiroKiro - identified with your problem as described. It started right after I came to from the spinal op (something called "toeing out" which is getting worse and worse. In a way no surgeon so far has been able to figure out, the whole lower left limb (I figure it's like the old song goes - "hip bones connected to the knee bone, knee bones connected to..." etc. The scoliosis
and spinal deformity which necessitated the surgery, left me very off kilter - center of gravity is just NOT as it should be and with time, all the moving parts on that side are twisting the others so right now, my left knee has gotten quite bad (also collapsing under me suddenly which puts me at constant fall risk).

I want to have the left knee replaced like the right, but I can't figure out how I could rehab it (requires tons of bending so the healing comes out right, and my back is like the tin man, so what then?)

Drives me crazy that insurance and the age of specialization, force me to make appointments with three - four different surgeons, each separately separately (hip, knee, foot and ankle - and, of course, spine) when it's clearly a contiguous problem affecting all three/four parts!

WHAT IN THE HELLERONI AM I SUPPOSED TO DO TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON (AND - DARE I SAY IT? - FIX IT, OR AT LEAST IMPROVE IT??)

Meanwhile, I'm constantly tripping over my own feet thanks to tendonitis, extreme pez planus (I used to think flat foot was kind of a joke diagnosis!), and foot drop on that same side. Now the left foot is becoming deformed from all the pronation - the bone actually seems to have changed shape.

Meanwhile (what I'd intended to write about) about the bone density. I take a monthly pill to hopefully improve it (Actonel - there's a stronger one given by injection which supposedly remineralizes the bones to a degree). And the exercise I rely on for the recommended weight bearing, is a stair stepper.

You can hold on to the handrails to adjust how much you want to rely on your arms to rely on the stairs (different levels of speed and other adjustments).
There are different kinds, but all gyms have them. I actually got a fancy model from Craigslist - it was one or two hundred miles away but by great good luck, it happened to be on the route to my spinal surgeon so my son managed JUST managed to fit it in his RAV (bending it a teensy bit).

(Funny digression - asking the owner why he was getting rid of it - he said sheepishly he hadn't checked the height it raised him to, and the ceiling of his basement gym was too low. He showed us, and sure enough it would have partly decapitated him had he tried to use it! His loss, my gain (and a lesson on precautions one needs to take when buying exercise equipment!.)

You spoke of the difficult recuperation from foot surgery but evidently you aren't at risk of the one which SCARES me the mosts, from undertaking it - - those gargantuan heavy boots they require. They do a number on my spine. The one I had to wear after an ankle fracture, caused me so much back pain, I had to get PT to try to relieve it! It was far worse than the ankle discomfort.

Oh, no! How miserable! So sorry it struck you again. Hoping for a swift rebound.

But I just don’t get it.

If I remember rightly you were the first (or nearly) and got horribly sick (at first without testing positive) – that was after your husband got it. He was so sick and you nursed him back to health.

But I’ve only gotten it once and was hardly sick (thanks Paxlovid!) while you stand out to me as one of THE healthiest and most resilient members of WTF

I’ll never forget your description of moving cross country twice (?) - once it was riding herd on your husband was who was driving - researching and guiding him the whole way because he was driving a huge van (and with attached cars like a circus train as I pictured it - but you did an unbelievable job packing almost everything you owned!

Are you still enjoying your beloved boulder you moved besides two (TWO?) horses and masses more? (A jeep or something like that and other large objects??)

And I was equally impressed by your lengthy stint working at Cosco (?) for the insurance since your hubby was between jobs - nearly breaking your back lifting immense cakes, followed by a long time collecting shopping carts (again a train comes to mind). And they didn’t even have one of the modern aides to reduce your muscle power.

But (at the risk of jinxing myself ) there’s me, who’s scarcely active owing to my bad back – for which I went through a nine hour operation, trying to reconstruct it (but it left me mobility impaired – and even more sedentary than before owing to his mistakes.)

But I not only didn’t get Covid, I didn’t even have reactions to the vaccine (once, an itch for a week or so) – FWIW not even to the Shingles vaccine. And I was a sickly kid (I never ate vegetables or even drank milk, and no one seemed to notice). I DID work out in the gym two hours a day almost a year before the spinal op to enhance my chances of survival (it’s a dangerous op) – even through the years of active Covid, handling the equipment and being around students daily). Besides a few decades of strenuous exercise even before that (I was actually invited to join a “golden” triathlete team!) , I worked out almost as much too til that nasty surgery after which I haven’t been able to do much of anything. I can’t get a dog (dying to) since I couldn’t walk it.
But I'm still not catching bugs (not even flu).

And then there’s you – practically an Olympian, but plagued by terrible cases of Covid.
One thing is sure about it, it’s a super mysterious virus. One is certainly not protected by being in the pink of health. It's almost like it strikes the healthiest.

I sure am sorry you are going through this and wish you a speedy recovery. It certainly isn’t fair. (I guess to add to the strange contrasts, I should add that I did go through two bouts of breast cancer, but – knocking lots of wood – except for amputated breasts, I seem to have gone through it with no ill effects, never even lost my hair nor had chemo. And FWIW - it wasn't a recurrence. Second one was a different cell type).)

Whatever predisposes to COVID and other infectious diseases, it must be some kind of DNA thing, which I’ve been spared. I’ve been anxiously waiting for “them” to finally learn how to test people to figure out such things, so as to know what medicines will work for people (and more). Thanks to you-know-who’s defunding medical research, I guess we’ll have a much longer wait. (Not to mention Long Covid – I know a few people who are completely disabled by it!)

Although the long lasting Tube strike is over per se, but if your plans depend on using it be aware there are "rolling strikes" going on now - unpredictable. Need to keep abreast of what's going on transportationwise.

Link to video

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/magazine/cancer-research-grants-funds-trump.html

There are so many promising advances underway here and midway through - all to be discontinued?

I'd feel just the same if I hadn't bumped into two bouts of breast cancer in ten years myself (Not the same kind, which is promising. And more good news there - only 5% chance of recurrence).

I just HATE it when any research is halted in the middle. It's not just trashing future findings but wasting all those years of hard work and expensive equipment in the past!

I wonder what would happen if someone with the last name Trump were diagnosed with it...