@funnymonkey @terag1e There is extracted text at

https://archive.org/stream/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL_djvu.txt

However, It has some formatting errors, so your text extraction tool might do better.

This could help explain a lot, including maybe the recent US Presidential election.

"...Covid-19 and the brain: an insidious loss of moral reasoning

"Initially dismissed as a result of post-lockdown awkwardness... this behavioural shift now appears to have a biological component. Covid-19... ...is now recognised as a vascular disease that affects multiple systems in the body, including the brain.

Even infections whose symptoms appear ‘mild’ can lead to long-term neurological changes, with symptoms such as emotional dysregulation, impulsiveness, and aggression becoming more common.

Neuropsychiatrist Dr. Adam Kaplin of Johns Hopkins University describes a phenomenon he calls “Covid-induced disinhibition,” in which individuals exhibit drastic personality changes after infection.

According to Kaplin, it is not the virus itself but the immune system’s inflammatory response to Covid-19 that can alter brain function, particularly in areas governing impulse control, empathy, and emotional regulation. These changes can manifest as uncharacteristic aggression, a diminished capacity for social norms, and a skewed sense of entitlement.

Covid isn’t just changing how we feel physically, it’s reshaping how we think and act."

*with apologies to The Canary for the extensive quote
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2024/12/19/audience-row-macbeth/

#OTD in 1851.

The French coup d'état of 1851 prompts Victor Hugo to be a leader of an unsuccessful insurrection against it. He is forced into exile, initially to Brussels, then Jersey, from which he was expelled for supporting L’Homme. He finally settled with his family at Hauteville House in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey, where he would live in exile from October 1855 until 1870.

Books by Victor Hugo at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/85

#books #literature

One of those hugely important threads on PPE & IPC failures in the NHS that are still happening today.

The IPC guidance is still wedded to the idea that Covid is not airborne, is droplet spread, and so FFP3 masks and indoor air quality are not important.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1860781843244634365

https://x.com/_CatintheHat/status/1860781843244634365

#CovidIsNotOver

The Belgian federal prosecutor’s office currently has 13 open cases involving Belgian suspects accused of participating in the genocide of Yazidis. Attacks were carried out by the terrorist organization Islamic State (ISIS) in northern Iraq in 2014.

https://iraq-solidarity.blogspot.com/2024/11/belgium-investigates-suspects-tied-to.html

#news #bbc #belgium #europe #eu #usa #history #manchester #iraq #media

Mockery is #Trump Kryptonite. And it is in full force on Tiktok now: "He's being mercilessly trolled on TikTok."

https://www.threads.net/@elysiumdesigns_portfolio/post/C_1D-91PHeW

Undecided?
At this point, you really shouldn't be.
Did you watch the Debate expecting 2 hear more about each candidate's policy?

Truth of the matter is: 1 of the candidates has developed policy that will help Americans, the other has #Project2025

If you wish 2 know more about her & her policies, head to:

https://kamalaharris.com/issues/

There, you'll also find an explanation of how her policy differs w/ that of the Dictator-wannabe

Information is currency

#POTUS2024 #KamalaHarris #HarrisWalz2024