Daily Archives: August 24, 2021
Covid-19 vaccines are recommended at any stage of pregnancy
We’ve been asked on WhatsApp whether there is any reason to avoid the Covid-19 vaccines currently available in the UK during the first trimester of pregnancy. Dr Jo Mountfield, consultant obstetrician and vice president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) told Full Fact: “We recommend vaccination at any stage of pregnancy”. Public… Read More »
What Is a Whole Food Diet And Does It Really Work?
I’ve been a dietitian now for a long time (more years than I care to mention), and if there’s one thing I know for sure, it’s that fad diets are best avoided. This is why I’m so pleased that whole food diets are being talked about more and more. Rather than a “diet,” I prefer… Read More »
Video of people falling from plane in Kabul shows a US aircraft
This article links to footage that is potentially distressing. A video with a misleading caption claiming to show the Taliban throwing people from a plane in Afghanistan has been seen more than 50,000 times on Instagram. The distressing footage actually shows a US Air Force C-17 aircraft leaving Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on… Read More »
In 1931 misinformation and inflammatory…
One of the world’s first online food delivery…
One of the world’s first online food delivery services was named Cyberslice and its first customer was Steve Jobs who ordered a pizza in 1996. Per the founders, Cyberslice was inspired by the 1995 movie “The Net” where Sandra Bullock orders a pizza using technology which didn’t fully exist then. The post One of the… Read More »
A California lawyer filed for…
A California lawyer filed for a restraining order to stop his neighbor’s kids from playing basketball claiming their game dropped the value of his house by $100k. He was ultimately denied with the court saying that reasonable people can expect “some inconveniences and annoyances” from neighbors. The post A California lawyer filed for… appeared first… Read More »
WTF Fun Fact – Kintsugi
25 Interesting Historical Photos – Part 301
Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 300, click here. 1. A view of the destruction in Old Town Dresden from the Town Hall tower, 15 Feb. 1945. 2. Afghan Girl, 1984. 3. “One of America’s youngest newsboys. Four years old and regular seller, Tampa, Florida,” 1913. 4. A Soviet Mi-8 helicopter flying…… Read More »