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I had a horrific panic attack today. One of the worst in months or maybe even years. I thought I’d like to just explain what it feels like to normalize it for everybody else out there who suffers for anxiety, depression or similar.
Be kind to each other
Be kind to each other
October 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
October 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
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After a fire swept across 3,000 hectares of Table Mountain National Park in April, millions of invasive plants have popped up. This is a rare opportunity to remove them before they get too large.
Read groundup.org.za/article/a-si... by Liezl Human.
Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Read groundup.org.za/article/a-si... by Liezl Human.
Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Silver lining in the Table Mountain fire
The Sugarbird Project is working to remove “relentless” invasives
groundup.org.za
September 22, 2025 at 7:03 AM
After a fire swept across 3,000 hectares of Table Mountain National Park in April, millions of invasive plants have popped up. This is a rare opportunity to remove them before they get too large.
Read groundup.org.za/article/a-si... by Liezl Human.
Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Read groundup.org.za/article/a-si... by Liezl Human.
Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
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The Karoo Donkey Sanctuary has found a new home. 96 donkeys and 38 horses have been safely relocated to a new farm in De Rust.
Read groundup.org.za/article/karo... by Hazel Friedman
Read groundup.org.za/article/karo... by Hazel Friedman
Karoo Donkey Sanctuary finds a new home
A 500-hectare farm has been purchased
groundup.org.za
August 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The Karoo Donkey Sanctuary has found a new home. 96 donkeys and 38 horses have been safely relocated to a new farm in De Rust.
Read groundup.org.za/article/karo... by Hazel Friedman
Read groundup.org.za/article/karo... by Hazel Friedman
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I’m watching a live stream
August 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I’m watching a live stream
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American Academy of Pediatrics: "We recommend that vaccination is required for participation in certain public activities, such as school & daycare, & if you choose not to vaccinate, you're essentially choosing to exclude yourself from those settings."
🛟medsky health policy sociology lawsky
🛟medsky health policy sociology lawsky
End Non-Medical Vaccine Exemptions, AAP Says
U.S. school-entry vaccination rates have fallen in recent years
www.medpagetoday.com
July 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
American Academy of Pediatrics: "We recommend that vaccination is required for participation in certain public activities, such as school & daycare, & if you choose not to vaccinate, you're essentially choosing to exclude yourself from those settings."
🛟medsky health policy sociology lawsky
🛟medsky health policy sociology lawsky
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No one.
July 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM
No one.
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I told her she’d get a home but I could never have predicted all this 🥰🙏
July 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I told her she’d get a home but I could never have predicted all this 🥰🙏
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Usually when we speak about the cost of war we refer to human life lost and extended human suffering, this chart takes a financial look at the cost of war to Ukraine so far. Source: buff.ly/LN03RWo
July 6, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Usually when we speak about the cost of war we refer to human life lost and extended human suffering, this chart takes a financial look at the cost of war to Ukraine so far. Source: buff.ly/LN03RWo
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Now that European summer is heating up, let me quickly remind you just how important street trees are!
July 4, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Now that European summer is heating up, let me quickly remind you just how important street trees are!
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The lack of a standardised method to explicitly link water benefits to invasive alien plant removal left a significant opportunity untapped, according to the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials, WWF South Africa and Stewards of Nature. In close consultation with local technical experts, they ...
INVASIVE SPECIES: Alien plant removal pilot project adds massive water boost to Gqeberha’s strained water supply
www.dailymaverick.co.za
June 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The lack of a standardised method to explicitly link water benefits to invasive alien plant removal left a significant opportunity untapped, according to the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials, WWF South Africa and Stewards of Nature. In close consultation with local technical experts, they ...
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A judge has described a Home Affairs official’s reason for an asylum rejection as “unintelligible, illogical babble”.
Read groundup.org.za/article/judg... by Tania Broughton
Read groundup.org.za/article/judg... by Tania Broughton
Judge slams Home Affairs for “unintelligible, illogical babble” in gay case
Immigration official rejected the asylum application of a man from Chad who was imprisoned solely for homosexuality
groundup.org.za
June 4, 2025 at 7:56 AM
A judge has described a Home Affairs official’s reason for an asylum rejection as “unintelligible, illogical babble”.
Read groundup.org.za/article/judg... by Tania Broughton
Read groundup.org.za/article/judg... by Tania Broughton
Anyone in Namibia know about this?
March 5, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Anyone in Namibia know about this?