where is your mother's bill of divorcement with which I sent her away? ... or is My hand too short for redeeming? find me on threads @isabelnecessary1
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a fun prompt for introspection is "what contribution to societal flourishing do you most crave to be recognized for" and mine is definitely my list of synonym-based puns Unparalleled Misalignments
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nothing makes me feel more smug and satisfied about how my life is going than being able to reply to "if health programs in the developing world are so good why don't YOU give to them????" with "I did"
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A wooden prop in the margins, beautifully employed to support a bit of text that has overrun the end of the line - 15th century, Birgitta of Sweden, British Library, Harley MS 612, f. 50r
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At some point in the last ten years (it’s hard to tease out exactly when) we crossed a boundary that no one celebrated:
Most people diagnosed with cancer in the United States of America this year will not be killed by that cancer.
Yes, outcomes have improved.
Have cancer outcomes improved since all this money was allocated to cancer research?
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Yes.
Childhood leukemia survival rates have increased to 90%
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC28…
cancer.org/cancer/types/l…
"Overall cancer death rates during the most recent five years (2010 to 2014) decreased by 1.8% (95% CI = –1.8% to –1.8%) per year in men by 1.4% (95% CI = –1.4% to –1.3%) per year in women."
academic.oup.com/jnci/article/1…
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I'm plotting on your rise bro. i'm literally up in the lab scheming on beautiful abundance for you. I'm cooking up ways for a rising tide to lift all of our boats. I'm praying for your gains. I'm lighting a candle to your inevitable splendor dude
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“On the 8th of Tevet, the Torah was written into Greek, and darkness engulfed the world for three days.”
(Megilat Ta‘anit Batra)
To those who mourn it... as well as to the scholars who celebrate it... may today be a meaningful one!
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Ducks know something about prayer - bowing their heads, plunging into the mystery that feeds them and holds them buoyant. Receiving bread from the hands of strangers. Traveling in pairs.
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The word ‘antler’ comes from the Latin word ‘anteoculāre’: something that is in front of (ante) the deer’s eye (oculus).
