@CherylynneB
@cherylynneb.bsky.social
Here to connect with others and learn. Fascinated by the human yearning for healing, growth, and transformation. I comment on humanitarian issues and public health. Posts reflect my personal opinions and should not be considered professional assessments.
Regarding an object of human creation as being ‘conscious’ is, at best, a form of self-deception rooted in human ego and hubris.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“A.I. is no less a form of intelligence than digital photography is a form of photography,” the philosopher Barbara Gail Montero writes in a guest essay. “And now A.I. is on its way to doing something even more remarkable: becoming conscious.”
“A.I. is no less a form of intelligence than digital photography is a form of photography,” the philosopher Barbara Gail Montero writes in a guest essay. “And now A.I. is on its way to doing something even more remarkable: becoming conscious.”
Opinion | A.I. Is Already Intelligent. This Is How It Becomes Conscious.
Skeptics overlook how our concepts change.
nyti.ms
November 9, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Regarding an object of human creation as being ‘conscious’ is, at best, a form of self-deception rooted in human ego and hubris.
Vascular and inflammatory diseases after COVID-19 infection and vaccination in children and young people in England: a retrospective, population-based cohort study using linked electronic health records - The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Vascular and inflammatory diseases after COVID-19 infection and vaccination in children and young people in England: a retrospective, population-based cohort study using linked electronic health recor...
Children and young people have higher risks of rare vascular and inflammatory diseases
up to 12 months after a first COVID-19 diagnosis and higher risk of rare myocarditis
or pericarditis up to 4 week...
www.thelancet.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Vascular and inflammatory diseases after COVID-19 infection and vaccination in children and young people in England: a retrospective, population-based cohort study using linked electronic health records - The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/h...
Long Covid Risk for Children Doubles After a Second Infection, Study Finds
www.nytimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/h...
Reposted by @CherylynneB
Last week, RFK Jr’s MAHA report was full of fake studies
bsky.app/profile/drer...
bsky.app/profile/drer...
FRAUDULENT—RFK Jr’s report on “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) cited completely FAKE studies that do not even exist, & completely misinterprets others. Truly wild. This is the same guy who bypassed all CDC scientists to put out anti vax nonsense.
www.notus.org/health-scien...
www.notus.org/health-scien...
The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist
The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors.
www.notus.org
June 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Last week, RFK Jr’s MAHA report was full of fake studies
bsky.app/profile/drer...
bsky.app/profile/drer...
Reposted by @CherylynneB
BREAKING—RFK Jr has abruptly fired CDC’s entire expert panel of vaccine scientists, claiming the action is needed to restore faith in vaccines. This is a dark day for science and public health. Disinformation now has an iron grip on Trump CDC/HHS.
www.statnews.com/2025/06/09/r...
www.statnews.com/2025/06/09/r...
Health secretary RFK Jr. abruptly fires CDC vaccine advisory panel
Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has taken the extraordinary step of firing the expert panel that advises the CDC.
www.statnews.com
June 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
BREAKING—RFK Jr has abruptly fired CDC’s entire expert panel of vaccine scientists, claiming the action is needed to restore faith in vaccines. This is a dark day for science and public health. Disinformation now has an iron grip on Trump CDC/HHS.
www.statnews.com/2025/06/09/r...
www.statnews.com/2025/06/09/r...
The ballerina cat! ♥️
March 5, 2025 at 5:53 AM
The ballerina cat! ♥️
The theory of epigenetic transmission of trauma may have scientific support.
February 28, 2025 at 7:21 AM
The theory of epigenetic transmission of trauma may have scientific support.
Reposted by @CherylynneB
"Poland is a shining light for democracies that are coping with anti-liberal regimes. But can Israel find a skilled leader like Donald Tusk?"
Can the U.S. find a leader who will rise to the country's challenges?
www.haaretz.com/world-news/e...
Can the U.S. find a leader who will rise to the country's challenges?
www.haaretz.com/world-news/e...
Tusk force: This is how the Poles saved their democracy. Can Israelis do the same?
***
www.haaretz.com
February 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
"Poland is a shining light for democracies that are coping with anti-liberal regimes. But can Israel find a skilled leader like Donald Tusk?"
Can the U.S. find a leader who will rise to the country's challenges?
www.haaretz.com/world-news/e...
Can the U.S. find a leader who will rise to the country's challenges?
www.haaretz.com/world-news/e...
A shocking shift in American foreign policy: Today, the US government sides with dictatorships like North Korea and Russia in the UN against Ukraine, a democracy allied with the European Union.
US joins Russia, North Korea and Belarus to vote against UN resolution on Ukraine war
Two motions were passed by the UN today as the world marks the third anniversary of Russia's invasion - with the US voting against one and abstaining on another.
news.sky.com
February 25, 2025 at 7:13 AM
A shocking shift in American foreign policy: Today, the US government sides with dictatorships like North Korea and Russia in the UN against Ukraine, a democracy allied with the European Union.
Sharing! New data from the CDC on Avian Flu being transmitted between cats and their humans. This is a gift article from The New York Times; you can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
C.D.C. Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Spread Between Cats and People (Gift Article)
The data, which appeared fleetingly online on Wednesday, confirmed transmission in two households. Scientists called on the agency to release the full report.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Sharing! New data from the CDC on Avian Flu being transmitted between cats and their humans. This is a gift article from The New York Times; you can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
MUZZLED FACT—💡Last year, 95% of people hospitalized for COVID-19 weren't up to date on the latest vaccine booster.
📌And people who skipped the flu shot? They were ⬆️2x twice as likely to need medical care from the flu
P.s. Trump WH has pulled & banned these public health ads
📌And people who skipped the flu shot? They were ⬆️2x twice as likely to need medical care from the flu
P.s. Trump WH has pulled & banned these public health ads
February 7, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Epidemiologist Eric Feigl-Ding is informing the public that scientists at the CDC posted this data and then quickly removed it. He included a gift link to the article in the N.Y. Times.
KEEP CATS SAFE—there is clear proof of cat-human household transmission of bird flu. CDC scientists posted the data—but suddenly deleted soon afterwards. CDC is being blatantly muzzled.
C.D.C. Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Spread Between Cats and People 🎁🔗
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
C.D.C. Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Spread Between Cats and People 🎁🔗
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
February 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Epidemiologist Eric Feigl-Ding is informing the public that scientists at the CDC posted this data and then quickly removed it. He included a gift link to the article in the N.Y. Times.
Reposted by @CherylynneB
This is a starter pack on #MentalHealth and #PlanetaryHealth, including clinicians, researchers, educators, journalists, and allies from the general public.
Let me know if you want to be added.
Please share.
go.bsky.app/M4RT3G1
Let me know if you want to be added.
Please share.
go.bsky.app/M4RT3G1
November 28, 2024 at 3:41 AM
This is a starter pack on #MentalHealth and #PlanetaryHealth, including clinicians, researchers, educators, journalists, and allies from the general public.
Let me know if you want to be added.
Please share.
go.bsky.app/M4RT3G1
Let me know if you want to be added.
Please share.
go.bsky.app/M4RT3G1
The words of Czech statesman and literary artist Vaclav Havel resonate as a powerful invitation to those committed to “living within the truth…” Embracing authenticity compels us to honor and respect the undeniable truth of global warming and climate change.
The only way to respond to the enforced institutionalized climate denial is to consequently live in climate truth.
* * * * *
"Living within the truth, as humanity's revolt against an enforced position, is...an attempt to regain control over one's own sense of responsibility."
- Vaclav Havel
* * * * *
"Living within the truth, as humanity's revolt against an enforced position, is...an attempt to regain control over one's own sense of responsibility."
- Vaclav Havel
Climate denial a unifying theme of Trump’s cabinet picks, experts say www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 30, 2024 at 4:28 AM
The words of Czech statesman and literary artist Vaclav Havel resonate as a powerful invitation to those committed to “living within the truth…” Embracing authenticity compels us to honor and respect the undeniable truth of global warming and climate change.
Reposted by @CherylynneB
Researchers from Switzerland and other countries discovered that of the roughly 14,000 known chemicals in food packaging, 3,601 — or about 25 percent — have been found in the human body, whether in samples of blood, hair or breast milk.
Scientists just figured out how many chemicals enter our bodies from food packaging
More than 3,000 chemicals from food packaging have infiltrated our bodies, a new study has found.
wapo.st
September 17, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Researchers from Switzerland and other countries discovered that of the roughly 14,000 known chemicals in food packaging, 3,601 — or about 25 percent — have been found in the human body, whether in samples of blood, hair or breast milk.
Reposted by @CherylynneB
Flooding in Central Europe
“We are experiencing difficult and dramatic hours... For many people...these will probably be the most difficult hours of their lives.”
"A hotter atmosphere, driven by human-caused climate change, can lead to more intense rainfall." #ClimateSky
apnews.com/article/floo...
“We are experiencing difficult and dramatic hours... For many people...these will probably be the most difficult hours of their lives.”
"A hotter atmosphere, driven by human-caused climate change, can lead to more intense rainfall." #ClimateSky
apnews.com/article/floo...
Death toll rises as torrential rain and flooding force evacuations in Central Europe
Heavy rains have caused severe flooding in Central Europe and the death toll has risen. The floods have claimed lives in Romania, Austria and Poland.
apnews.com
September 17, 2024 at 11:33 PM
Flooding in Central Europe
“We are experiencing difficult and dramatic hours... For many people...these will probably be the most difficult hours of their lives.”
"A hotter atmosphere, driven by human-caused climate change, can lead to more intense rainfall." #ClimateSky
apnews.com/article/floo...
“We are experiencing difficult and dramatic hours... For many people...these will probably be the most difficult hours of their lives.”
"A hotter atmosphere, driven by human-caused climate change, can lead to more intense rainfall." #ClimateSky
apnews.com/article/floo...
Reposted by @CherylynneB
🚨BREAKING: Today Sen. Bernie Sanders and
Covid-19 Longhauler Advocacy Project announced a resolution to formally designate March 15 as Long Covid Awareness Day. Read about it in @thesicktimes.bsky.social.
thesicktimes.org/2024/03/15/s...
Covid-19 Longhauler Advocacy Project announced a resolution to formally designate March 15 as Long Covid Awareness Day. Read about it in @thesicktimes.bsky.social.
thesicktimes.org/2024/03/15/s...
Sen. Bernie Sanders introduces resolution to formalize Long Covid Awareness Day - The Sick Times
Today Senator Bernie Sanders and the Covid-19 Longhauler Advocacy Project (C19LAP) announced a resolution to formally designate March 15 as Long Covid Awareness Day. “This resolution is a major step i...
thesicktimes.org
March 15, 2024 at 3:27 PM
🚨BREAKING: Today Sen. Bernie Sanders and
Covid-19 Longhauler Advocacy Project announced a resolution to formally designate March 15 as Long Covid Awareness Day. Read about it in @thesicktimes.bsky.social.
thesicktimes.org/2024/03/15/s...
Covid-19 Longhauler Advocacy Project announced a resolution to formally designate March 15 as Long Covid Awareness Day. Read about it in @thesicktimes.bsky.social.
thesicktimes.org/2024/03/15/s...
Reposted by @CherylynneB
"Five of the seven recognized species of great apes...are on the brink of extinction."
New methods of conservation needed to prevent the extinction of great apes, researchers say
Great apes, human's closest living relatives, are knocking on the door of extinction.
phys.org
March 2, 2024 at 3:00 AM
"Five of the seven recognized species of great apes...are on the brink of extinction."
Reposted by @CherylynneB
"Even behind bars, Navalny was a real threat to Putin because he was living proof that courage is possible, that truth exists, that Russia could be a different kind of country. For a dictator who survives thanks to lies and violence, that kind of challenge was intolerable."
RIP Alexei Navalny
RIP Alexei Navalny
Why Russia Killed Navalny
Even behind bars, the dissident leader was a threat to the corrupt Russian dictator.
www.theatlantic.com
February 16, 2024 at 8:21 PM
"Even behind bars, Navalny was a real threat to Putin because he was living proof that courage is possible, that truth exists, that Russia could be a different kind of country. For a dictator who survives thanks to lies and violence, that kind of challenge was intolerable."
RIP Alexei Navalny
RIP Alexei Navalny
Reposted by @CherylynneB
“My message for the situation when I am killed, is very simple: not give up!”
“If they decide to kill me, it means that we are incredibly strong.”
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is for good people to do nothing.”
Alexei Navalny #Nawalny
m.youtube.com/watch?v=w4Px...
“If they decide to kill me, it means that we are incredibly strong.”
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is for good people to do nothing.”
Alexei Navalny #Nawalny
m.youtube.com/watch?v=w4Px...
Alexei Navalny's vital message to Russia if he is killed in documentary 'Navalny'
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s unwavering message to Russia resonates beyond his life in the documentary 'Navalny” as he talks about his message ...
m.youtube.com
February 16, 2024 at 11:37 PM
“My message for the situation when I am killed, is very simple: not give up!”
“If they decide to kill me, it means that we are incredibly strong.”
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is for good people to do nothing.”
Alexei Navalny #Nawalny
m.youtube.com/watch?v=w4Px...
“If they decide to kill me, it means that we are incredibly strong.”
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is for good people to do nothing.”
Alexei Navalny #Nawalny
m.youtube.com/watch?v=w4Px...
Reposted by @CherylynneB
The French government’s pioneering push to become the first country in the world to enshrine abortion rights in its constitution got a huge boost Wednesday with lawmakers in the right-dominated Senate voting to inscribe abortion as a “guaranteed freedom.”
French Senate votes to enshrine abortion in constitution, a world first
Officials and activists predict the bill will successfully secure the backing of three-fifths of lawmakers from both houses of Parliament in a special congress next week at Versailles.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 28, 2024 at 9:35 PM
The French government’s pioneering push to become the first country in the world to enshrine abortion rights in its constitution got a huge boost Wednesday with lawmakers in the right-dominated Senate voting to inscribe abortion as a “guaranteed freedom.”
Reposted by @CherylynneB
"There is an overlap between long covid and ME/CFS"
Alexis Gilbert, a consultant in health protection & long covid patient, in a letter to the BMJ:
"long covid patients face [a] lack of access to diagnosis, management, & treatment...struggles familiar to patients with ME/CFS"
#LongCovid #MECFS
Alexis Gilbert, a consultant in health protection & long covid patient, in a letter to the BMJ:
"long covid patients face [a] lack of access to diagnosis, management, & treatment...struggles familiar to patients with ME/CFS"
#LongCovid #MECFS
There is an overlap between long covid and ME/CFS
Thank you for highlighting the devastation long covid has wrought on healthcare workers’ lives, including my own.1 I would go further than the BMA and suggest that long covid be considered an occupa...
www.bmj.com
October 25, 2023 at 10:00 AM
"There is an overlap between long covid and ME/CFS"
Alexis Gilbert, a consultant in health protection & long covid patient, in a letter to the BMJ:
"long covid patients face [a] lack of access to diagnosis, management, & treatment...struggles familiar to patients with ME/CFS"
#LongCovid #MECFS
Alexis Gilbert, a consultant in health protection & long covid patient, in a letter to the BMJ:
"long covid patients face [a] lack of access to diagnosis, management, & treatment...struggles familiar to patients with ME/CFS"
#LongCovid #MECFS
Reposted by @CherylynneB
“Not that I want to be a god or a hero. Just to change into a tree, grow for ages, not hurt anyone.”
- Czeslaw Milosz
(Maple tree in our front yard; picture taken last year)
- Czeslaw Milosz
(Maple tree in our front yard; picture taken last year)
October 10, 2023 at 12:39 PM
“Not that I want to be a god or a hero. Just to change into a tree, grow for ages, not hurt anyone.”
- Czeslaw Milosz
(Maple tree in our front yard; picture taken last year)
- Czeslaw Milosz
(Maple tree in our front yard; picture taken last year)
A definite ‘must share!’
October 24, 2023 at 8:34 PM
A definite ‘must share!’