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Things banned by the Bible punishable by death

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Digital health, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management

76 things banned in the Bible, most of which are punishable by death
Xeni Jardin, boingboing.net

An oldie but good­ie single-purpose Tum­blr list­ing things banned in Leviti­cus, the banny-est of all scrip­tures. The sex stuff you can imag­ine (no bonk­ing ani­mals, dudes if you are a dude, divorcées, your grand­moth­er, or your own chil­dren…

RT @BoingBoing: According to the Bible, trimming your beard, getting tattoos, eating fat, or “mixing fabrics”—all majorly bad. http://flip.it/WZQyA http://flip.it/EL1oD

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Breast cancer exploitation and the pink nausea

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Digital health, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Network Science

Possibly the worst example of “pink nausea” and breast cancer exploitation ever
Xeni Jardin, boingboing.net

As I said to can­cer pals on Twit­ter ear­li­er today, if my loved ones arrange a funer­al for me where every­one is dressed like this, I swear unto you that I will come back from the dead and stab every­one in the face. (via @reground­ing)

Possibly the worst example of “pink nausea” and breast cancer exploitation ever – Boing Boing http://flip.it/h40LI http://flip.it/rJ9sX

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Why you do not need to be irradiated by airport security

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Network Science, Security & Privacy

For those about to opt-out: a TSA scanning machine cheat-sheet
Xeni Jardin, boingboing.net

As Cory notes in this pre-Thanksgiving trav­el day post, some trav­el­ers in Amer­i­ca will be opt­ing out of scan­ning machines in TSA lines for pri­va­cy con­cerns, or for health and safe­ty rea­sons. I want­ed to post a reminder, how­ev­er, tha…

RT @xeni: For those about to opt-out: Not all TSA “Full Body Scanners” are created equal. Cheatsheet to take with you to airport. http://flip.it/E49SU http://flip.it/Y0nBg

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The long term side effects of cancer treatment: chemo brain

by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Network Science

New evidence of ‘chemo brain’ proves cognitive damage from cancer treatment isn’t ‘all in your head’
Xeni Jardin, boingboing.net

Can­cer sur­vivors every­where are nod­ding in agree­ment today: “chemo brain” is real, as those of us who have expe­ri­enced the cog­ni­tive dam­age asso­ci­at­ed with chemother­a­py already know. Mem­o­ry loss, prob­lems with con­cen­tra­tion an…

RT @BoingBoing: New evidence of ‘chemo brain’ proves cognitive damage from cancer treatment isn’t ‘all in your head’ http://flip.it/CJqgW http://flip.it/gwGzJ

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What jellyfish can teach us about immortality

by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Regenerative Economy

Do jellyfish hold the secret to immortality, and a cure for cancer?
Xeni Jardin, boingboing.net

Nathaniel Rich on the so-called “immor­tal jel­ly­fish,” Tur­ri­top­sis dohrnii: “[It] seems able to sur­vive, and pro­lif­er­ate, in every ocean in the world. It is pos­si­ble to imag­ine a dis­tant future in which most other species of li…

RT @BoingBoing: Do jellyfish hold the secret to immortality, and a cure for cancer? http://flip.it/fq1YV http://flip.it/iF7pO

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