This week's Featured Links post has links to articles about how Starliner’s flight to the space station was far wilder than most of us thought, a growing conservation burial movement, the sprawling 'metroburb' where 'Severance' is filmed, and nine more.

https://coredump3.blogspot.com/2025/04/featured-links-april-7-2025.html

#AI, #COVID19, #Environment, #Finance, #Medical, #Movies #TV, #Politics, #Programming, #Science, #Security, #Society, #Space, #Technology

"Daydreaming is normal. It is a fantasy break from our daily slog. But when daydreaming becomes obsessive to the point of impairing daily life, it is maladaptive. For example, a person may replace unsatisfactory real relationships with imaginary ones, only to find themselves terribly alone."
#weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd #health #medical #science #mental
https://www.haaretz.com/science-and-health/2025-04-02/ty-article/maladaptive-daydreaming-is-a-distinct-psychiatric-disorder-scientists-argue/00000195-f5e2-ddf6-a7f5-f7ea77f30000

"The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is proud to announce the launch of the Los Angeles County Medi-Cal Doula Hub.

To learn more about The Doula Hub, visit: https://www.LADoulaHub.com
To learn more about Public Health’s doula programs, which make doula services available at no cost to some of LA County’s most vulnerable residents, visit https://www.blackinfantsandfamilies.org/doulas "

Un-fucking-believable

Senate confirmed #MehmetOz to oversee #HealthInsurance for millions of Americans

TV’s “#DrOz” & known quack has been confirmed to lead the Centers for #Medicare & #Medicaid Services, which has a massive $1 trillion+ budget & oversees health insurance for millions of Americans.

I’ve been trying to get a formal assessment for dyslexia in Canada for over a year and finally got into a place to try and get it done a few months back.

I did an intake and got ghosted for 5 weeks.

The psychologist called today out of the blue and was being an ableist shithead about my cognitive limitations for the testing.

I had words. I’m so tired of having to explain the level of disability I deal with and fight through every goddamn day. People who live normal lives and work normal hours will never, ever understand. A psychologist of all people - should.

I’m still pissed.

/rant

Aunt Aisha survived memory loss but not #cholera. The killer of #Yemen. The disease took her like it had already taken thousands more....#war has turned sickness into a death sentence.

...my brother....We tried so hard the night before he passed, but the roads were closed. We couldn’t bring him the oxygen he needed.

...They gave her everything they could so she could take her son to the city hospital. The poorest of the poor saved her child.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/apr/02/the-world-is-missing-out-on-real-yemen-we-are-not-just-war-we-are-culture-beauty-and-love

Fifteen Palestinian paramedics and aid workers were killed and buried by the IDF last week in southern Gaza. The medics were reportedly attacked by the IDF while traveling in clearly marked vehicles in Rafah, with one of the bodies showing signs of being killed after detention.

Source: Popular Front Telegram Channel https://t.me/POPULARXFRONT/1766

Sunday, April 27 added to Free #Medical and #MentalHealth Clinic in #Pasadena 

Mondays & Wednesdays, & Sunday, April 27, from Noon to 5 p.m. 

In person, hosted by the Eaton Health Village, in partnership with the Dept. of Mental Health 

For free medical & mental health care, including medical consults, medical refills, mental health svcs & case mgmt, vision care, & dental care

Pasadena Seventh-Day Adventist Church (1280 E. Washington Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91104) 

More info: 951-595-7032

Put your masks on.
Covid cautious N95 masks collage

Hey Fedi, I'm getting surgery in a few days (Friday, 4th April) to cut a lump out of my abdomen, and while everything medical is covered by public healthcare, I need a bit of help covering living expenses while I can't work for a few weeks, so have set up this crowdfunder to get me through:

Update: I’ve had the surgery, the lump was bigger than expected so I needed a drain bag after and have stayed in hospital for a few days. The drain is now out, I’ll be out of hospital in today or tomorrow (Sunday or Monday), but I won’t be able to work for at least six weeks.

https://gogetfunding.com/help-me-recover-from-surgery/

#Ivermectin was found to help #COVID patients...

patients with parasites

#Ignorance spread "the cure" without the whole picture

Likewise, #VitaminA was found to help #Measles patients...

patients with vitamin A deficiency

And so, ignorance once again:

"West #Texas children treated for vitamin A toxicity as #medical #disinformation spreads alongside measles outbreak"

People think they know better than #scientists and #doctors, and harm themselves and their children

https://www.tpr.org/public-health/2025-03-27/west-texas-children-treated-for-vitamin-a-toxicity-as-medical-disinformation-spreads-alongside-measles-outbreak

#Utah has become the first #US state to #outlaw the addition of #fluoride to public #DrinkingWater.

#Medical experts warn the move could have serious consequences for #OralHealth particularly among children & economically disadvantaged communities.

#law #ConspiracyTheories #PublicHealth #HealthcareEquity #science #health #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/well/utah-fluoride-ban.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=3AB04B09-D8D4-40D6-8817-81B6E4E5D479

Interested in helping with what we do?

Our Open Collective page (see pinned post) is one way of assisting us financially.

We also have some merchandise on @blackmosquito

Patches: https://black-mosquito.org/de/black-flag-medical-klett-patch.html

Pin / Button: https://black-mosquito.org/en/black-flag-medical-button.html

Buying either of these items also helps us and gives you a way to show your support.

If you happen to have direct access to medical supplies, we'd also be very happy to talk!

After 6 weeks of my bloodwork labs coming back in concern/precarious territory… my biweekly results from yesterday FINALLY look promising!!!! Things are trending in the right direction.

I am SO relieved.

We check again in 2 weeks, and if things are back to normal I might be able to start a new biologic for my RA around the beginning of May.

It’s been 5 years but finally got that big sebaceous cyst on my back drained.

The dermatologist said if I get it drained first then go back in 3 months to get it excused, the incision would likely be smaller when removing it completely.

I know. Gross.

#Protest #Resist #Medical #Medicaid #Health #USA

Please boost

"Mike Aylward, MD
‪@primarydoc.bsky.social‬
If you are going to #ACP2025 in New Orleans, let’s hit the streets to stand up for Medicaid, research funding, reproductive rights and academic freedom. "

Where: Lafayette Square When: 2-5pm April 5, 2025

https://www.mobilize.us/handsoff/event/764782/