Show threadStephen GutknechtMay 19

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The 72 Hours That Saved Malala: Doctors Reveal for the First Time How Close She Came to Death

October 7, 2013 #October7 #FWakeOctober7 #ABCnews #FWakeABCnews

#BeforeChatGPT news.

https://abcnews.com/International/72-hours-saved-malala-doctors-reveal-time-close/story?id=20485460

The 72 Hours That Saved Malala: Doctors Reveal for the First Time How Close She Came to Death

She had survived a Taliban bullet that shattered her skull's thinnest bone, driving fragments into her brain. But one day later, as she lay in a medically induced coma in a Peshawar, Pakistan hospital, Malala Yousafzai's condition suddenly deteriorated – and her doctors did not know whether she would live or die.

ABC News
Stephen GutknechtApr 16

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#RockMusicLyrics #MusicLyrics

“The Count, though, saw all problems in human relations as problems in semantics, that is, the fact that words mean different things to different people. Moreover, General Semantics, his own invention, would also take into account neurological events: the ways in which people reacted to new words, new information and new situations. Confronted with a stressful stimulus, one’s reflexes and/or conditioned behavior often preempted the appropriate measured response.”
― Donald Fagen, Eminent Hipsters
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Published October 22, 2013 - Before #ChatGPT #BeforeChatGPT

The Essence Of Steely Dan Metaphors, John 1:1 Bible verse, "God Whackers" album in response to September 11, 2001 9/11 NYC

Arthur Charpentier ⏚ 🇨🇦 🇯🇵Feb 16, 2025
"A cache of cards recovered from the New York Public library’s archive is being published online, revealing the many roles the librarian was expected to play in the days before the internet" 😍 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/may/28/librarian-new-york-public-librarys-quirkiest-enquiries (in May 2015) #BeforeChatGPT
Dear librarian: New York Public Library's quirkiest inquiries

A cache of cards recovered from the New York Public library’s archive is being published online, revealing the many roles the librarian was expected to play in the days before the internet

The Guardian