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in the late #90s and early #2Ks, when the teacher gave me a #research #homework or when came my turn to #write on the #class' #textbook , I had to research the #information on many #books & stuff, so that kind of research took a long #time , now, you can ask the A.I. to do a #specific & #spicy research, & you will get the result in mere #seconds, my point is: #years ago, when you hear something, you invest a lot of time but you verify, now ppl are too #lazy for that

♦️#Long #COVID♦️not only affects adults but also #children.

While many people recover quickly from COVID, some don't, experiencing symptoms that can last for #months or #years.

A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association sheds light on the effect a #coronavirus infection can have on #children over a longer period.

“In school-aged children, we heard commonly that children were experiencing trouble with their #memory, focusing, #headaches, having trouble #sleeping, and stomach #pain,” Gross told Salon.
“And in the teenagers, we were hearing about symptoms related to fatigue and pain, having body or muscle or joint pain, being very tired or sleepy, having low energy, as well as having trouble with memory and focusing.”

A unique symptom the researchers saw in the teenage group was changes in or a #loss of #smell or #taste.
Additionally, researchers found clusters of symptoms that are unique to school-aged children and teenagers. The first were symptoms that 🆘 affect every organ system in the body.🆘

“These are the children with the highest burden of symptoms,” Gross said, adding that caregivers described these children as having a 😨“lower quality of life and more impact on their overall health.”
“The second type of long COVID we also saw across both the ages was predominantly characterized by fatigue and pain.”
salon.com/2024/08/26/long-is-a

Salon.com · Long COVID is a "public health crisis for kids" experts sayNew research sheds light on the growing burden of pediatric long COVID while it continues to be ignored

In a letter to the Federal Trade Commission( #FTC ) last week, Senators Ron #Wyden and Edward #Markey urged the FTC to 🔸investigate several car companies caught selling and sharing customer information without clear consent. 🔸
Alongside details previously gathered from reporting by The New York Times, the letter also showcases exactly how much this data is worth to the car companies selling this information.
Car companies collect a lot of data about driving behavior, ranging from how often you break to how rapidly you accelerate.
This data can then be sold off to a data broker or directly to an insurance company, where it’s used to calculate a driver’s riskiness, and adjust insurance rates accordingly. This surveillance is often defended by its promoters as a way to get discounts on insurance, but that rarely addresses the fact your insurance rates may actually go up.
If your car is connected to the internet or has an app, you may have inadvertently “#agreed” to this type of data sharing when setting it up #without #realizing it.
The Senators’ letter asserts that #Hyundai shares drivers’ data  without seeking their informed consent, and that #GM and #Honda used deceptive practices during signup.
The letter also reveals that while GM stopped sharing driving data after The New York Times’ investigation, it did not stop sharing #location data, which it’s been sharing for #years

eff.org/deeplinks/2024/07/sena

Electronic Frontier Foundation · Senators Expose Car Companies’ Terrible Data Privacy PracticesIn a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last week, Senators Ron Wyden and Edward Markey urged the FTC to investigate several car companies caught selling and sharing customer information without clear consent. Alongside details previously gathered from reporting by The New York Times, the...

A Washington state man who used a #megaphone to #orchestrate a mob’s #attack on #police officers guarding the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Wednesday to more than seven years in prison.
U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth said videos captured #Taylor #James #Johnatakis playing a leadership role during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.
Johnatakis led other rioters on a charge against a police line, “barked commands” over his megaphone and shouted step-by-step directions for overpowering officers, the judge said.
“In any angry mob, there are leaders and there are followers. Mr. Johnatakis was a leader. He knew what he was doing that day,” the judge said before sentencing him to #seven #years and three months behind bars.
Johnatakis, who represented himself with an attorney on standby, has repeatedly expressed rhetoric that appears to be #inspired by the anti-government “#sovereign #citizen ” movement.

apnews.com/article/taylor-john

AP News · Man who used megaphone to lead attack on police during Capitol riot gets more than 7 years in prisonBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN

WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service has been distributing #noncommercial #radio about the #global women's #movement and related issues for 39 years.
Our webpage: wingsradio.org/wordpress
Has descriptions and #audio links to #listen to our #latest #radio programs featuring #international #women . An #archive of programs from past #years is being populated here: archive.org/search?query=creat

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