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Good news, everyone!
Reeves Is Out -- New Directions for CDC's Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research?This is such great news. Maybe now the CDC can throw out the BPS model of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and we can all stop being treated like middle-class saps with a lazy attitude and start being treated like people with a genuine biological condition. Also now they can put ( Read more... ) -
Tehran is burning.
Persepolis 2.0: SpreadPersepolis.com. -
Reposted. From idiomagic.
Through all of this work with Iranian protesters, I have come into contact and become friends with three people there ( Read more... ) -
Neda
Reposted with permission from hexennacht
Yesterday:
"I will participate in the demonstrations tomorrow. Maybe they will turn violent. Maybe I will be one of the people who is going to get killed. I’m listening to all my favorite music. I even want to dance to a few songs. I always wanted to have very narrow eyebrows. Yes, maybe I will go to the salon ( Read more... ) -
"How can I help the Iranian people?"
Blogs are the voice of the young generation of Iranians. They are a piece of freedom in an oppressed nation, and they help other nations see the truths of what is going on in Iran.
You can watch this video on www.livejournal.com
Iran: A nation of bloggers from Mr.Aaron on Vimeo.
Here's how you can help the protesters in Iran get their voices heard on an international level:
- Set up a proxy ( Read more... ) -
The holiness of soil.
Earth Dweller
- William StaffordIt was all the clods at once become ( Read more... ) -
Amazon de-ranking "adult" books, including GLBTQ literature.
cleolinda wrote an excellent summary of the whole thing hereBasically, Amazon is de-ranking anything they find to be "adult" in content. This means these books won't show up on their bestseller list no matter how many copies are sold, and may be excluded from searches, damaging sales of the books. This filter is being applied arbitrarily and is including ( Read more... )
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