Alyson Smith

A four-pane drawing by purr.in.ink of a black cat with huge eyes: from left to right: 1. Remember, rest is also productive. 2. Drinking water is essential (holding glass). 3. And being kind to yourself? 4. It is mandatory (eyes wide open while holding a red heart)!

FRIENDLY REMINDERS:

"Remember, rest is also productive.
Drinking water is essential.
And being kind to yourself?
It is Mandatory!”
~ Purr.In.Ink

"The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention."
~ Oscar Wilde

Hancock Hit at 943pm on Tuesday night in Chicago.

Four images of 10 years of transformation in Paris: 2016–2026.
@annehidalgo.bsky.social will no longer be mayor in March 2026, but this vision of a Paris for life must live on.
Cities are places of solidarity, kindness and well-being in an increasingly authoritarian and brutal world. We need it!

🎶 I hear babies cry, and I watched them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll ever know
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world

Yes, I think to myself, what a wonderful world 🎵

😂 #vaccineswork

Rick Steves' Iran (2009) YouTube video by Rick Steves' Europe

Tried watching @ricksteves.bsky.social Iran episode and only made it 30 seconds before getting choked up at the sight of darling Iranian school girls.

If only everyone could see their humanity. ❤️‍🩹 A must watch.

youtu.be/CYoa9hI3CXg?...

I lived thru the end of public smoking. Early in my career I presented to city councils who were smoking, in front of audiences who were smoking.

Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals…

All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it.

We CAN change things.

Measles is 'worse than expected' in Utah, officials say Measles patients in Utah are developing severe complications, health officials say, including potentially life-threatening anemia and liver inflammation.

Measles patients are developing severe complications including life-threatening anemia and liver inflammation. Measles is a life-threatening infection which can be prevented by vaccination.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Antivaxxers put everyone at risk

bart simpson is laying in a bed with a clock on the nightstand Alt: bart simpson laying in bed blinking in the dark

sigh….

never been more important to have a village

I miss gravitas. These families deserve solemnity, not cosplay. 💔

American nurses leave U.S. for new lives on Vancouver Island A group of nurses who only a few months ago lived thousands of kilometres apart in the United States are now working side-by-side on Vancouver Island after leaving their lives south of the border behi...

A new US nurse who’s relocated here to Vancouver Island got all confused about cash at a store.

Asked where she was from, said USA.

Asked if she was one of the new American nurses in town, she said yes, and all the people nearby started clapping for her. 🥹

Measles Is Causing Brain Swelling in Children in South Carolina In the ongoing measles outbreak in South Carolina that has infected more than 800 people, some children have developed a rare but serious complication called encephalitis.

The butcher’s bill that RFK Jr and his enablers are running up will, one day, provoke recrimination and regret. In the meantime, children suffer.

www.wired.com/story/measle...

Quite simply, the disinformation spread by RFK Jr and his fellow charlatan’s will hurt more and more children until the burden of misery cannot be ignored by the policy / lawmakers - and the electorate that empowers them.

If allying yourself with an anti-vax lunatic and helping him gut public health in America while children die of vaccine-preventable diseases doesn’t get you expelled from academia, then the whole system is utterly broken.

This is the world that RFK Jr dreamed of—now that he runs the US health system he’s able to achieve his dreams each & every day, aided & abetted by Drs Bhattacharya, Makary, Høeg, Kulldorff, Prasad & Oz

We can’t rebuild the devastation until all 7 of these federal health agency leaders are gone

Framed by cedar branches, looking over at a statue that depicts historic Indigenous figures, two women and a man. It’s in the forest surrounded by green trees

A statue of a woman in a wetsuit with flippers and diving mask, perched on top of a large boulder in the harbour. Across the water is the North Vancouver skyline and mountains in the background

Statue of a woman in a dress sitting on a bench and looking through her purse. Someone has placed a plant in her lap. A sidewalk trails off in the background, flanked by trees next to a road

Touring only the statues of women in Stanley Park (excluding monarchy).

US newborn hepatitis B vaccine uptake plummets Uptake of the newborn hepatitis B vaccine has declined by over 10 percentage points since 2023, influenced by anti-vaccine disinformation.

Uptake of the newborn #hepatitisB #vaccine has plummeted by over 10 percentage points since 2023, influenced by anti-vaccine disinformation, mostly from RFK Jr.

If it’s true that the United States bombed an elementary school and killed scores of children it is an unfathomable crime. I have never been more disgusted to be an American.

If you took $1 billion and gave it to the endowment of a different small college each day, they could each provide a free college education to several hundred students per year in perpetuity. Instead we are using that money to bomb schools and kill students in Iran, for no clearly stated purpose.

“This is an embodiment of how much power our federal health officials have,” said Michael Barnett, a study author... “Even when nothing in the evidence base has changed, even for something as ubiquitous and familiar as Tylenol, it can still shift things to a measurable degree within days.”

“Consumers may see ‘higher prices for bread within six to 10 weeks, eggs within a few months and pork and broiler chicken within six months,’ according to an estimate from food-system expert Raj Patel.”

Gas prices, suburban Chicago Costco Mon, March 2 (left) and Thurs, March 5 (right) via the app ⤵️

Corporate Media Buries Story of US and Israel Killing 168 in Girls School Attack No front-page stories in NYT, WSJ, WaPo. No mention on NBC and CBS Sunday Shows. No stand alone segments on Evening News shows. A death count on par with the OKC bombing is relegated to the back page.

I wrote about how the US and Israel carried out an attack on an Iranian girls school on par with the OKC bombing and US media relegated it to a back page story. No stand alone evening news segments, no front page stories, it made A11 in the NYT then everyone moved on.

"See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven."
-Matthew 18:10 (NIV)

Poll: Americans increasingly trust career scientists, not leaders, at CDC, NIH, and FDA

www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-healt...

Cecil Terwilliger to Sideshow Bob (both behind bars) “So, when do they bring us the menus?”

3 months later…

Among these? The most detailed report of neonatal opioid toxicity from breastfeeding ever published.

One small problem: It's pharmacologically impossible.