Yvette Vivian
@yvettevivian.bsky.social
Early intervention for deaf babies, chocolate lover
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Artist James Delaney credits his dog Pablo as inspiration for his work rehabilitating The Wilds, a park in Johannesburg.
Read groundup.org.za/article/how-... by Ihsaan Haffejee
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In photos: Artist brings Joburg nature reserve back to life
The Wilds, once forgotten and crime-ridden, has been transformed
groundup.org.za
December 8, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Artist James Delaney credits his dog Pablo as inspiration for his work rehabilitating The Wilds, a park in Johannesburg.
Read groundup.org.za/article/how-... by Ihsaan Haffejee
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All they ask is access to books: SA is failing the blind groundup.org.za/article/all-...
All they ask is access to books: SA is failing the blind
South Africa has still not ratified the Marrakesh Treaty it adopted in 2013
groundup.org.za
November 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM
All they ask is access to books: SA is failing the blind groundup.org.za/article/all-...
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Open Secrets is to appear in the Western Cape High Court on 27 November before Judge Nathan Erasmus in a case brought by Integrated Convoy Protection, a South African armoured vehicle manufacturer.
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Open Secrets to face off armoured vehicle company in court
The case may have important implications for freedom of expression
groundup.org.za
November 13, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Open Secrets is to appear in the Western Cape High Court on 27 November before Judge Nathan Erasmus in a case brought by Integrated Convoy Protection, a South African armoured vehicle manufacturer.
Read groundup.org.za/article/open... by GroundUp Staff
Read groundup.org.za/article/open... by GroundUp Staff
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This week on 6 November, over 200 scientists from 40 countries will release the Climate Change and Epidemics Report ahead of COP30. In an era marked by anti-science sentiments, it is to come together to address the dual threat posed by climate change and epidemics. Join us in this historical event!
November 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This week on 6 November, over 200 scientists from 40 countries will release the Climate Change and Epidemics Report ahead of COP30. In an era marked by anti-science sentiments, it is to come together to address the dual threat posed by climate change and epidemics. Join us in this historical event!
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So you should really watch this. Just 2 minutes. But a window into the truly radical nature of the people Trump is nominating.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
October 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
So you should really watch this. Just 2 minutes. But a window into the truly radical nature of the people Trump is nominating.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
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As the 2026 legislative session approaches, audiologists are urging legislators to revisit the proposal, saying the lack of coverage for hearing aids affects thousands of Mississippians each year.
Music Student Pays $3,000 for Hearing Aid Due to Coverage Gap
Emma Walker’s choice between surgery or paying thousands of dollars for a hearing aid highlights a coverage gap in Mississippi for hearing aids.
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October 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
As the 2026 legislative session approaches, audiologists are urging legislators to revisit the proposal, saying the lack of coverage for hearing aids affects thousands of Mississippians each year.
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The future of solar power is bright, finds @tinymaddie.bsky.social
*Solar panels are cheap, and getting cheaper
*Batteries are good, and getting better
*Economic case for solar will overwhelm political apathy
In short, we're going to run the world on sunshine
www.newscientist.com/article/2500...
*Solar panels are cheap, and getting cheaper
*Batteries are good, and getting better
*Economic case for solar will overwhelm political apathy
In short, we're going to run the world on sunshine
www.newscientist.com/article/2500...
Solar energy is going to power the world much sooner than you think
Solar electricity is growing rapidly, but can it really dominate the global energy system? Here is what it will take for us to power the planet on sunshine
www.newscientist.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The future of solar power is bright, finds @tinymaddie.bsky.social
*Solar panels are cheap, and getting cheaper
*Batteries are good, and getting better
*Economic case for solar will overwhelm political apathy
In short, we're going to run the world on sunshine
www.newscientist.com/article/2500...
*Solar panels are cheap, and getting cheaper
*Batteries are good, and getting better
*Economic case for solar will overwhelm political apathy
In short, we're going to run the world on sunshine
www.newscientist.com/article/2500...
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A ransomware gang claims it has successfully attacked the Methodist Church of Southern Africa and is demanding a ransom.
Ransomware attackers claim hit on Methodist Church of Southern Africa
A ransomware gang claims it has successfully attacked the Methodist Church of Southern Africa and is demanding a ransom.
techcentral.co.za
October 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
A ransomware gang claims it has successfully attacked the Methodist Church of Southern Africa and is demanding a ransom.
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This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.
October 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.
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Encountering the fascists outside Waterloo iandunt.substack.com/p/encounteri...
September 14, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Encountering the fascists outside Waterloo iandunt.substack.com/p/encounteri...
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The research linking alcohol to breast cancer is deadly solid: Alcohol, regardless of whether it’s in Everclear or a vintage Bordeaux, is carcinogenic.
Drinking may have given me cancer. The alcohol industry has worked hard to downplay it.
The science is clear that alcohol raises the risk of breast cancer, but boozemakers have downplayed the link.
www.motherjones.com
September 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The research linking alcohol to breast cancer is deadly solid: Alcohol, regardless of whether it’s in Everclear or a vintage Bordeaux, is carcinogenic.
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And so we continue the grand tradition—it’s at least hundreds of years old—of blaming women for their child’s disability. And for teaching parents to see their disabled kids as broken.
WSJ reports RFK Jr has instructed HHS to link autism with Tylenol use during pregnancy and folate deficiency.
Exclusive | RFK Jr., HHS to Link Autism to Tylenol Use in Pregnancy and Folate Deficiencies
Kennedy’s autism report, touted by Trump, will suggest that using the pain reliever during pregnancy may be linked to the developmental disorder.
www.wsj.com
September 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
And so we continue the grand tradition—it’s at least hundreds of years old—of blaming women for their child’s disability. And for teaching parents to see their disabled kids as broken.
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Acetaminophen/Tylenol use during pregnancy was not associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability in sibling control analysis. This suggests associations observed in other, less rigorous analyses may have been attributable to familial confounding (aka erroneous finding):
Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability
This nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis examines the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability.
jamanetwork.com
September 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Acetaminophen/Tylenol use during pregnancy was not associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability in sibling control analysis. This suggests associations observed in other, less rigorous analyses may have been attributable to familial confounding (aka erroneous finding):
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What if your brain intentionally distorts your memories for a reason?
New research led by Gillian Murphy @ucc.ie is set to challenge everything we think we know about memory.
👉 buff.ly/iObsFML
#FrontierResearch #ERCStG
New research led by Gillian Murphy @ucc.ie is set to challenge everything we think we know about memory.
👉 buff.ly/iObsFML
#FrontierResearch #ERCStG
September 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
What if your brain intentionally distorts your memories for a reason?
New research led by Gillian Murphy @ucc.ie is set to challenge everything we think we know about memory.
👉 buff.ly/iObsFML
#FrontierResearch #ERCStG
New research led by Gillian Murphy @ucc.ie is set to challenge everything we think we know about memory.
👉 buff.ly/iObsFML
#FrontierResearch #ERCStG
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People forget the largest minority group is the disabled community and they are the only minority group that you can unexpectedly become apart of.
August 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
People forget the largest minority group is the disabled community and they are the only minority group that you can unexpectedly become apart of.
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The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a globally recognised organisation that classifies the severity of food insecurity and malnutrition, found that three key thresholds for famine had been met, signalling a major escalation of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
August 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a globally recognised organisation that classifies the severity of food insecurity and malnutrition, found that three key thresholds for famine had been met, signalling a major escalation of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
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I'm writing an honest self-help book that promotes sure-fire success strategies like genetics, generational wealth, being a white man, and luck.
August 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I'm writing an honest self-help book that promotes sure-fire success strategies like genetics, generational wealth, being a white man, and luck.
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South Africa is more advanced than America with women's reproductive health care.
August 10, 2025 at 1:29 AM
South Africa is more advanced than America with women's reproductive health care.
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pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40754344/
New research on how to bring caring and listening, and co-produced solutions, back to patients on mental health wards, and the big improvements it makes to their lives.
Or, in other words, treating people as fellow human beings reduces distress.
Who knew, eh?
New research on how to bring caring and listening, and co-produced solutions, back to patients on mental health wards, and the big improvements it makes to their lives.
Or, in other words, treating people as fellow human beings reduces distress.
Who knew, eh?
Reducing incidents of violence and aggression and self-harm on a secure mental health inpatient ward for women with learning disabilities - PubMed
Healthcare professionals working in inpatient settings are often challenged by behaviours associated with learning disability, autism and other mental health needs, including high levels of violence a...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
August 4, 2025 at 8:07 AM
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40754344/
New research on how to bring caring and listening, and co-produced solutions, back to patients on mental health wards, and the big improvements it makes to their lives.
Or, in other words, treating people as fellow human beings reduces distress.
Who knew, eh?
New research on how to bring caring and listening, and co-produced solutions, back to patients on mental health wards, and the big improvements it makes to their lives.
Or, in other words, treating people as fellow human beings reduces distress.
Who knew, eh?
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i wish we’d have a real conversation about how helpless we feel about gaza
about how it is easier to try and ignore the desperation than deal with the fact that we can’t help everyone, that we don’t know how to stop the genocide
how it’s easier to talk about scammers than actual starving people
about how it is easier to try and ignore the desperation than deal with the fact that we can’t help everyone, that we don’t know how to stop the genocide
how it’s easier to talk about scammers than actual starving people
July 22, 2025 at 1:14 PM
i wish we’d have a real conversation about how helpless we feel about gaza
about how it is easier to try and ignore the desperation than deal with the fact that we can’t help everyone, that we don’t know how to stop the genocide
how it’s easier to talk about scammers than actual starving people
about how it is easier to try and ignore the desperation than deal with the fact that we can’t help everyone, that we don’t know how to stop the genocide
how it’s easier to talk about scammers than actual starving people
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Sense check: Do people outside the UK know that we are facing a nation-wide trans bathroom ban that is likely to become law without even having been debated in our legislature? Impossible to know how much of this cuts through.
July 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Sense check: Do people outside the UK know that we are facing a nation-wide trans bathroom ban that is likely to become law without even having been debated in our legislature? Impossible to know how much of this cuts through.
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There is a profound danger of presenting guesstimates as fact. Misinformation is disrespectful to the materially poor and creates an illusion that makes true redress even harder to pursue.
ASPIRATION VS EVIDENCE OP-ED: When hope blinds us to truth – poverty and inequality in SA
www.dailymaverick.co.za
June 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
There is a profound danger of presenting guesstimates as fact. Misinformation is disrespectful to the materially poor and creates an illusion that makes true redress even harder to pursue.
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In adults with myasthenia gravis, treatment with intravenous inebilizumab, a CD19-specific monoclonal antibody, significantly improved function and reduced disease severity at 26 weeks. Full MINT phase 3 trial results and Research Summary: nej.md/4j8TiUo
#MedSky #NeuroSky
#MedSky #NeuroSky
June 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
In adults with myasthenia gravis, treatment with intravenous inebilizumab, a CD19-specific monoclonal antibody, significantly improved function and reduced disease severity at 26 weeks. Full MINT phase 3 trial results and Research Summary: nej.md/4j8TiUo
#MedSky #NeuroSky
#MedSky #NeuroSky
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In our attempts to curb crime in America, have we misunderstood the problem? Malcolm Gladwell explores the motivations behind violent acts.
What We Get Wrong About Violent Crime
A Chicago criminologist challenges our assumptions about why most shootings happen—and what really makes a city safe.
nyer.cm
June 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
In our attempts to curb crime in America, have we misunderstood the problem? Malcolm Gladwell explores the motivations behind violent acts.