Flies on the Wall of Evil
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How the façade of comfort creates a veil over the exploitation of and by humans of people, systems, and services. We saw the underbelly of Cape Town yesterday.
Thought Picnic: Success, Suffering, and the System That Fails Both
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Sadly, success does not save people from mental health issues; it could be a barrier to getting the help they so desperately need.
Cape Town Apartment Chronicles
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I guess we have gained enough experience to comment on the basics required in holiday rental apartments.
Finding Dignity at Zeitz MOCAA
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The little desperation a medical condition presents, and the empathy of being simply human before anything else.
Long After The Sahara Was Green
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What you observe from 30,000 feet above the landscape below evokes thoughts and insights into the world we share.
When Schedules Don't Matter: Between Flight Times and Body Times
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Exploring transitions through my lived experience of managing a chronic condition whilst travelling in relation to times in journeys and the body.
Photons on the Prostate - Three Things I Wish I'd Known
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When faced with a cancer diagnosis, you can only hope you have all the information you need to choose a treatment course without being overwhelmed with data.
Taking Praise to the Bank
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A colleague at work discovers my blog and pays such glowing compliments, I'm thankful and reflective.
Coronavirus streets in Manchester - LXXIX: Reading the Signs We Miss
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When she waltzed in, there were too many questions that there was no time for compliments.
Men's things XXXI: Can Intimacy Be Reclaimed After Prostate Cancer?
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How sexual dysfunction can follow treatment for prostate cancer needs to be integral to the conversation at all stages.
The Bottleneck Paradox
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How many times have we allowed definitions and the received wisdom to deny us the possibility of another perspective on things?
Essential Snobbery 101: Letting Mother Help You Choose Good Friends
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For everyone about whom my mother has opined, "This friend of yours is too good for my liking," she has been right. We always need wise counsel about the friends we keep.
A view on the Epstein files.
Committing The Treason of Solitude
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Do we sometimes contribute to our own mischaracterisation through unclear communication, miscommunication, or the lack of communication?
Thought Picnic: Rest, Sobriety, and Social Sacrifice
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I drink potions of sleep in excess at the weekend more than I ever drink to Bacchus at any time.
The Just Can't Wait Card Test
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The difference between bureaucratic inflexibility and human compassion, in responding to a medical condition or just the need to use a toilet because of it.
A Reckoning With Remo Secondary School at 80
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I became a parental experiment in cultural integration at a school that was founded 80 years ago. These are not fond memories, but memories they are.
Melania Trump is a scowling void of pure nothingness in her ghastly film – review www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
Modelling in designer stocks, the first wheelbarrow of rotten tomatoes, basket of rotten eggs, and truck of putrid vegetables are pelted, with a review that gives one star.
Suicide When Academia Forgets Its Humanity
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Surely, @unibirmingham, to an extent, was remiss in their duty of responsibility for student welfare in handling this young man's failure. Now with Google NotebookLM AI Audio Overview.
Suicide When Academia Forgets Its Humanity
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Surely, @unibirmingham, to an extent, was remiss in their duty of responsibility for student welfare in handling this young man's failure.
Recuperation is something you should make time for
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I rarely take enough time to recover after illness and treatment, which is not healthy.
Me Too, Church Too
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Listening to a podcast on negative church experiences is one about people, the leaders, their enablers, and the victims of abuse. Let's begin that discussion on the cult of unaccountable church personalities.
The Prostate Cancer Memorial prostatecanceruk.org/get-involved...
While walking through Manchester Piccadilly Station earlier, I came across this memorial. The reality of my own experience created an emotional feeling of how fortunate we are to have it caught early for effective treatment.
Memory Pain
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I know this pain, from childhood, it visits as an unwelcome guest that I cannot wait to throw out of my house.
Flags Don't Make Patriots
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I wonder how the hoisting of flags helps any of the pressing issues of living in Great Britain beyond empty gestures with little knowledge of history.
Paying respects to a colleague
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Yesterday was devoted to bidding a much-loved colleague goodbye, amongst other things.
AI is my proofreader
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I share how AI has been proofreading my blogs before publication, as well as offering suggestions on improvements and ideas for other blogs.
You Are the Boss
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The acknowledgement of my autonomy in medical pathways and outcomes heightens my respect for medical expertise.
Our Awesome God: Eternity Beyond Earth's Limits
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The awesomeness of how time exists as a smidgen of eternity and how the limitations of the present expose our earthly insignificance.
Thought Picnic: When Support Becomes Self-Insertion
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In our quest to be concerned about the misery of others, we could inadvertently create more misery and unnecessary distractions.
When The Metrics Don't Measure Our Pain
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I might need to get a Bambi of deer to help with this intractable IT problem.
