Pulse oximeters fail dark-skinned patients:
(popular) https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/07/11/1110370384/when-it-comes-to-darker-skin-pulse-oximeters-fall-short (academic) https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2794196

#npr #pulseoximeters #medicaltechnology #medicine #jama #journaloftheamericanmedicalassociation

The world population should reach 8 billion in November and India will overtake Mainland China shortly thereafter: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-62126413

I have read some demography writing that implies that the world population will level off much faster and that we will only top out around 9 billion. If anyone has further analysis, I am down.

#population #demography #demographics #india #china #mainlandchina #peoplesrepublicofchina #bbc

This is likely preaching to the choir, but black Americans are twice as likely as whites to be denied a mortgage: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-61845304

I used to believe that a color-blind meritocracy would just fix all of these problems or that race-based oppression was mostly attributable to class, but stories like these convinced me that naked, crude, vicious racism is still alive and well.

#racism #unitedstates #usa #us #unitedstatesofamerica #housing #discrimination #opperssion

Recent populist grifters in the United Kingdom and the United States have tested those systems by ignoring not only laws and rules but norms and values: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/10/the-uks-unwritten-constitution-is-put-to-the-test-by-johnsons-unprincipled-acts

While I agree with the implicit argument of the author, a constitution cannot solve all of these problems alone (cf. America).

#guardian #borisjohnson #democracy #unitedkingdom #uk #unitedkingdomofgreatbritainandnorthernireland #constitutionalism #ruleoflaw #populism #grifters #rogues

As someone who has read The Economist for 15 years, it is pretty shocking to see how wrong they have been: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/11/11/liberalism-according-to-the-economist

#newyorker #theeconomist #liberalism #neoliberalism

Insights from a death doula: https://www.wellandgood.com/climate-pledge-friendly-amazon/

This is probably not revelatory, but I hope that posting it here encourages at least one of you to appreciate your loved ones a little bit more and take time for what matters.

#death #wellandgood #doula

Phages may prove effective treatment for antibiotic-resistant infections: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/08/health/phage-superbug-killer-life-itself-wellness/index.html

#phages #antibiotics #superbugs #medicine #cnn

American cities are experimenting with cryptocurrency (MiamiCoin has lost over 90% of its value): https://slate.com/technology/2022/07/cryptocurrency-taxes-reno-fort-worth-miami-portsmouth-bitcoin.html

#cryptocurrency #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica #usa #us #slate #scams

U.N. says 2.3 billion people severely or moderately hungry in 2021: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/u-n-says-2-3-billion-people-severely-or-moderately-hungry-in-2021

Please give if you can to programs like the WFP or Oxfam.

#pbs #hunger #unitednations #un #famine #agrifood

In a global first, the British Supreme Court rules that diplomatic immunity does not apply in cases of slavery: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-62062318

#unitedkingdom #uk #supremecourt #law #britain #unitedkingdomofgreatbritainandnorthernireland #slaver #bbc #saudiarabia #diplomacy #internationallaw

Support for democracy in the Arab world is waning: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-62001426

#bbc #middleeast #northafrica #sudan #egypt #iraq #lebanon #polling #tunisia #mauritania #corruption #democracy #palestine #jordan #morocco

This take-down of budget culture (as a financial equivalent of diet culture) is useful to me as someone who has been interested in personal finance over the past few years: https://annehelen.substack.com/p/budget-culture-and-the-dave-ramseyfication

The distinction between personal and systemic problems/solutions is important. Compare with, e.g. environmentalism: yes, we all need to recycle, but we are not _individually_ responsible for fixing the _systemic_ problems of climate change.

#personalfinance #finance #budgeting #substack #annehelen

If you are like me and are too sedentary: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/jun/29/move-yourself-happy-how-to-exercise-boost-mood-fitness-level

#guardian #happiness #joy #movement #exercise #health #wellness

I like this artistic interpretation of the tensions in American culture and politics between Lady Liberty and Uncle Sam: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/07/uncle-sam-lady-liberty-history-of-national-symbols.html

#unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica #usa #liberty #ladyliberty #unclesam #america #fourthofjuly #independenceday #slate

Trying to grocery shop, plastic-free: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/07/02/1109498551/she-tried-to-avoid-plastic-while-grocery-shopping-for-a-week-heres-how-it-went

Groceries seem like a perfect industry for biodegradable plastics.

#plastic #waste #environmentalism #npr #shopping #commerce

The Untied States lags behind in approving the best sunscreen products: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/07/us-sunscreen-ingredients-outdated-technology-better-eu-asia/661433/

#suncare #atlantic #theatlantic #sunscreen #fda #usa #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica

@singlemaltgirl Speaking for him and for her, thanks. This can be so complicated and you have to make very difficult decisions and navigate very opaque bureaucracies when you are not in your right mind. You just make the plan once, review it annually to make sure nothing big has changed, and tell two or three persons where the thing is held. I hope your boy can forget about your death book for a long time, but I am glad that he will have it when he needs it.

A useful book on things you need to do when a loved one dies: https://ms-demeanor.tumblr.com/post/187765090397/saffronhare-ms-demeanor-hey-you-know-how-i

I could have used this recently. Please read up on this sometime and please have a will: not having one just screws over your loved ones.

#death #tumblr

The majority of South Sudanese face a hunger crisis: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-62014750

Please help if you can by donating to the World Food Program locally.

#southsudan #hunger #poverty #worldfoodprogram #worldfoodprogramme #un #unitednations #bbc

Palestine routinely tortures political prisoners: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/01/palestinian-authority-routinely-tortures-detainees-says-human-rights-watch

#palestine #palestinianauthority #guardian #theguardian #torture #civilrights #prisonersrights #prison #politicalprisoners #humanrightswatch #humanrights