Notices by Bruce Mirken (brucemirken@mas.to)

#Indigenous languages "often hold secrets to the inner workings of the planet, from the best times to plant certain crops to the healing properties of critical medicinal plants. However, a growing body of research shows that #ClimateChange is driving the loss of native languages worldwide—in big ways and small." https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02062024/todays-climate-indigenous-language-loss/

"Each subsequent #COVID infection will increase your risk of developing chronic health issues like diabetes, kidney disease, organ failure and even mental health problems," physician Rambod Rouhbakhsh warned journalist Sara Berg in an American Medical Association podcast earlier this year.

"This dispels the myth that repeated brushes with the virus are mild and you don't have to worry about it. It is akin to playing Russian roulette." #CovidIsNotOver #LongCovid

https://www.sciencealert.com/every-covid-infection-increases-your-risk-of-long-covid-study-warns

#AlGore has had enough of #COP28: "This industry is way more effective at capturing politicians than they are at capturing emissions," Gore told Reuters on the sidelines of the COP28 summit in Dubai. "And they have captured the COP process itself now and overreached, abusing the public's trust by naming the CEO of one of the largest and least responsible oil companies in the world as head of the COP." https://www.commondreams.org/news/al-gore-cop28

Eight House Democrats and zero Republicans had the courage to say that #Palestinian lives matter. https://www.commondreams.org/news/progressives-israel-resolution

@feditips Yes. But now I tried again tagging the same account and it worked. Weird, but maybe a temporary glitch?

@feditips Since the update, some things don't seem to work as well. If I wanted to tag someone I follow or that follows me in a post, typing just the beginning of their handle would bring up their full name. Now it doesn't.