A recent Oxford University study found that playing video games can be good for our mental health. Source: Video Games can Help Mental Health, Study Says – Slice Opinion: I’m not a gamer. I find that running this blog with all the wonderful people – and yes, a few weirdos – out there, is more… Read More Video Games can Help Mental Health, Study Says – Slice | Opinion – Black Friday Reflection
In a letter, the traveller asks to be forgiven for taking a marble fragment from Rome in 2017. Source: ‘Please forgive me!’: US tourist returns block of stolen Roman marble – BBC News Opinion: The young woman wrote something on the stone to her boyfriend in permanent ink. The Roman authorities scrubbed and scrubbed and… Read More ‘Please forgive me!’: US tourist returns block of stolen Roman marble – BBC News | Opinion
Introduction This post was last edited in 2011, making it nine years old. A lot has changed since then. Not so much in the world, for pandemics have come and gone throughout history. The Bible’s Old Testament talks about hideous plagues God sends to the Egyptians for not allowing his chosen people – the Israelites… Read More Jesus Christ – The Path to Freedom?
Former patients of a maximum-security psychiatric facility who were subject to a series of “horrific” experimental treatments are appearing in a Toronto court via video feeds from across the country to testify at a three-week long damages hearing. Read the full story and comment on OrilliaMatters. Source: Former psychiatric patients testify about harmful impacts of… Read More Former psychiatric patients testify about harmful impacts of experimental treatments – OrilliaMatters.com | Opinion
MSPs pass legislation after four-year grassroots campaign spearheaded by Monica Lennon Source: Scotland becomes first nation to provide free period products for all | Scotland | The Guardian Opinion: One of the things I miss about being older and single is not being in sync with a partner’s monthly period. That might sound odd to… Read More Scotland becomes first nation to provide free period products for all | Scotland | The Guardian | Opinion
I was just reflecting on how my original music is becoming shorter and simpler as I get older. It may be a trend or I may just be losing enthusiasm for long, involved pieces. None of it is that great. I like to blame the complexity of electronic music-making and the fact that i began… Read More Silence Speaks
Varför ses autism som något negativt? Varför inte omvända och se diagnosen utifrån styrkor som dessa personer faktiskt besitter? Tony Attwood och Carol Gray tycker att man borde kalla aspergers syndrom för en upptäckt istället för diagnos… The original Swedish is rendered by Google Translate as: Why is autism seen as something negative? Why not repent… Read More Aspie-kriterier VS neurotypiska kriterier | Autismens Ansikten | Aspie Criteria VS Neurotypic Criteria | The Faces of Autism | Opinion
I’m still transitioning to Linux, often going back and forth between that and Windows, if by chance I want to do something that Linux (rather my understanding of it) cannot handle. Today I was playing around with a minimalistic photo editor called EPhoto, which is in the Bodhi Linux package. I thought the “Auto Equalize”… Read More The ‘real’ thing vs phony xmas card style – Just My Stuff
The Oxford English Dictionary has been unable to pick a single word of the year for 2020, instead exploring how far and how quickly the language has developed this year, with pandemic-related terms becoming a core part of everyday life. Source: Oxford English Dictionary names its words of the year for 2020 – CNN Opinion:… Read More Oxford English Dictionary names its words of the year for 2020 – CNN | Opinion
The other day I checked out Naxos Jazz through the Toronto Public Library website. I don’t go there as often as I should but when I do, I tend to find some lesser-known artist who makes for a rewarding listen. We might not find Herbie Hancock’s “Cantaloupe Island” at Naxos Jazz but as I say,… Read More Sunday Jazz – Killing time with Ellen Andersson
