Some facts about Kamala Harris: 1. Harris is -- at most - 1/4 black. Her father is a mixed race man from Jamaica; her mother is from India. 2. She grew up more in Canada than the US. 3. She is a memb… (View Post)

Oops! Put up the wrong link to the Sickle Cell article. Here's the correct link: source$: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/health/sickle-cell-cure-first.html The article title, in my print copy is:… (View Post)

Off topic. Some tentative good news: (If that’s all right with most of you.) In Tuesday’s New York Times I found an article, “Sickle Cell Cure Brings Mix of Anxiety and Hope”, which begins as follows… (View Post)

Andy_JS asked: It's interesting that this overdose problem seems to have happened so much more seriously in the United States than any other western country. It does exist in Canada, UK, Australia, e… (View Post)

Ok, let's try again, this time cropping the picture: A little bit on how small these birds are: Ordinarily, their nests are just large enough to hold a sewing thimble or two eggs. (View Post)