Tag: childhood

Social Media Is Absolutely Nuking Children’s Brains, New Research Finds

“Our study suggests that it is specifically social media that affects children’s ability to concentrate.” By Victor Tangermann A barrage of AI-generated brain rot is haunting children across numerous screens, from personal smartphones to school-issued laptops to televisions. Social media is adding significantly to that cacophony, making it harder than ever for kids to concentrate. Now, new research… Read More Social Media Is Absolutely Nuking Children’s Brains, New Research Finds

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Born in the forest: the women giving birth alone in the Kashmiri mountains

Far from hospitals, nomadic Gujjar women routinely go into labour – and die – on their herder communities’ long seasonal treks Arsalan Bukhari Dawn had just broken across the trail through the Pir Panjal mountains when Fatima Deader felt the first labour pains. She and her family had almost reached the midway point of their… Read More Born in the forest: the women giving birth alone in the Kashmiri mountains

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Fish mint, Himalayan chives and berry pickle: how wild ingredients are transforming school dinners in India

By Tora Agarwala in East Khasi hills, Meghalaya Excited chatter and the clattering of steel plates drown out the din of the monsoon rains: it is lunchtime in Laitsohpliah government school in the north-east Indian state of Meghalaya. The food has been cooked on-site and is free for everyone, part of India’s ambitious “midday meal”… Read More Fish mint, Himalayan chives and berry pickle: how wild ingredients are transforming school dinners in India

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519 out of 533 in US House of Representatives voted to continue sponsoring the Mass Murder of 2.4 millon Palestinians

by Christina Macpherson via thefreeonline https://t.me/thefreeonline/ Depraved!- Only 14 of  the 533 corrupt Congress refused to endorse and pay with public money for ongoing Israeli genocide, ethnic cleansing, torture, bombing, kidnapping, starvation…..  and sadistic murder of thousands of innocent kids. In a sane country with rule of international law ALL THESE 519 RULERS WOULD BE ARRESTED… Read More 519 out of 533 in US House of Representatives voted to continue sponsoring the Mass Murder of 2.4 millon Palestinians

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Israeli military preparing to expel Gaza City residents as baby in tent among those killed in latest attacks

NB: The US-UK-Israel Axis is a sinkhole of murder and depravity. They will never recover any moral status whatsoever, not in this century nor the coming ones. Infamy is forever. May God protect the Palestinian people, whom humanity has abandoned. I salute those in the Western world who are resisting the criminal actions of their… Read More Israeli military preparing to expel Gaza City residents as baby in tent among those killed in latest attacks

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Israel has deliberately starved the people of Gaza. It couldn’t have done it without the west’s help

NB: The Western rulers are complicit in mass murder. They are also unashamed racists – some lives are more worthy of dignity than others. We all know this and they know it too – they hurl their impunity in our faces. Had there been any justice in the world they would have been tried for… Read More Israel has deliberately starved the people of Gaza. It couldn’t have done it without the west’s help

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“But children are the same, In Paris or in Goettingen.” The song that made history. Will someone sing for us?

They’re really sweet, they don’t look Palestinian.’ First posted January 22, 2013 When Barbara sings “Dis” to an absent lover, she is not just asking when he’ll return. She is showing she can get by without him. Alone is not that bad. There are other consolations. There is always music, that deathless hope. Barbara was… Read More “But children are the same, In Paris or in Goettingen.” The song that made history. Will someone sing for us?

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“Write my name on my leg, Mama”

A Voice Against Oblivion: Zeina Azzam’s poem at Nakba commemoration ‘They’re really sweet, they don’t look Palestinian.’ GAZA casualties, live statistics (17,492 children killed so far) The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People convened a commemorative Panel Discussion “1948-2024: The Ongoing Palestinian Nakba” on 17 May 2024 in the… Read More “Write my name on my leg, Mama”

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‘The Children Haunt Me at Night’: The Protest That’s Forcing Israelis to Face Kids Killed in Gaza

“It turns out that parents are writing names on their children’s limbs, so that it will be possible to identify them when they die” Ronen Argov at a recent protest. “We’ve reached a level of violence and cruelty where making things palatable for those who refuse to know is like supporting someone’s addiction. I won’t… Read More ‘The Children Haunt Me at Night’: The Protest That’s Forcing Israelis to Face Kids Killed in Gaza

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