February 2, 2026 · 6:54 am

#HeadlineTherapy The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative cut 70 jobs as the Meta CEO’s philanthropy goes all in on mission to ‘cure or prevent all disease’

Thanks to Sydney Lake of Fortune for the Headline

This headline caught my eye as I have recently read an omnibus of HG Well’s fiction and was fascinated to find out he was a biologist by training. His writing was influenced by his knowledge of science, in the Island of Dr Moreau, vivisection is described and for a student in the late 1800’s it is fascinating that he should take on the mantle of someone who thought that this was unnecessary and cruel.

So it is with interest that I read that this trillionaire combo of Chan and Zuckerberg wish to cure or prevent all disease as their main philanthropic goal using AI technology. They’ve made their experts in Education and Social Justice redundant and will be recruiting new experts in Biology.They wish to go all in on AI-powered biology for their future philanthropy of which they intend to spend 99% of their future earning power.

In truth curing all disease and preventing anymore disease seems a pretty dystopian goal to me. We are cellular beings and cells misbehave and by natures path there will always be an adaption or perhaps an error that will produce perhaps something unwanted. That is life . In the same way that Chan and Zuckerberg have a goal, nature has a goal too and it isn’t always what humans want.

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February 2, 2026 · 6:29 am

#HeadlineTherapy Dog attacks on llama and sheep ‘heartbreaking for farmer’

Thanks to Elaine Mitchell of BBC Online News for the Headline.

Really tragic that people will let their dogs run loose and attack farm animals. This story comes from Northern Ireland. The llama was acting as a form of guard to protect the sheep( I suppose being much larger), but even it was attacked.

We are fortunate to be able to have pet dogs and I’m sure most owners are extremely responsible. It is just sensible if you are near livestock, particularly in the Spring when animals are coming close to giving birth that you keep your dog on a short lead.

Given that I think that these may be feral or poaching dogs , ones that are trained to hunt. Knowing my dog he would be terrified in the dark and cold, though even he given the chance would eat raw meat rather than cooked. If we want to live with animals we need to respect their instincts.

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February 2, 2026 · 6:11 am

#HeadlineTherapy Plea to crack open 16th Century pub’s locked safe

Thanks to Nick Roberts of North Shields and Julie Cush of BBC Online News for the Headline

There is a challenge by the Low Lights Tavern in North Shields to open a very old safe which is located in an ancient bit of wall and has not been opened for decades as the key has been lost . The safe is cast iron with a large handle on it and it needs an expert to “crack” it without damaging the 16th Century wall’s surrounding it. So no dynamite.

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February 2, 2026 · 6:00 am

#HeadlineTherapy ‘My News’

I hope you are enjoying my thoughts on the various Headlines I come across in my everyday online life. It’s may way of releasing steam when I see something that I find irritating, frustrating, educational or indeed something to celebrate as being of value. In other words put my ” reactivity ” to good use.

As you may have noticed despite the abundance of stories about the 3million e.mails and redacted photographs that have been released from across the pond I have not chosen to write about them.

This in itself has been therapeutic. I feel if I did I would be swimming in ordure, it is a story way beyond tragic, showing the worst of human behaviour and how false all this billionaire,millionaire love is . Let’s face it they were all pretty unhappy people who increased the world’s unhappiness and did those they wanted to control a lot of harm.

Anyway it’s something I will stay clear of and will continue to look for Headlines that interest me and I hope you find them of interest too.

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February 2, 2026 · 5:40 am

#HeadlineTherapy Lessons helping pupils understand and respect dogs

Thanks to BBC News Online from Jersey for the Headline

The dog population in Jersey has increased by 25 % in the last ten years. So with such a significant increase it was thought that it would be good to help children in a classroom environment understand a little about dog behaviour so both them and the dogs would be safe.

I think this is an excellent idea and one of the exercises they do is to show the children photographs of the faces of dogs at the beginning of the class showing various dog behaviours such as teeth baring, smiling ( yes dogs can smile), resting, yawning and curiousness and ask them to say whether the dog is friendly or not.

At the end of the lesson , they are shown the photographs again and there is a noticeable improvement of their recognition of warning signs and understanding dog behaviour.Such a good approach .

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February 2, 2026 · 5:21 am

Anything (Safely)

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Just to be able to cook is an achievement.

Which recipe from which book should I use? Where is my favourite whisk? Why does the blender smells of sour cream? I need to google how to make my own mayonnaise and my phone is out of charge. I don’t have enough eggs or limes so will have to go back out to the shops again. No I am not pre-heating the oven, it’s gas and reaches it’s temperature in minutes and I won’t be ready for hours.The washing up is mounting up as I cannot use the same spoon or knife due to cross contamination of flavours. Where is my tupperware container with the couscous? Is it safe to reheat this? Is it mould or just a skin?

Oh really my favourite thing is just to be able to cook.(safely)

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February 1, 2026 · 8:15 am

#HeadlineTherapy Shipping giant Maersk to take over Panama Canal ports after court ruling

Thank you to Lyndal Rowlands and News Agencies Aljazeera for the Headline

Panama’s Supreme Court has ruled that the Hong Kong based shipping Company C K Hutchinson (such a British Name) will no longer have the right to control the entry and exit to the Panama Canal and as an interim measure the running of the ports will be taken over by Maersk the Danish Shipping Giant.

In terms of the employment of local Panamanians working in the ports this will mean significant insecurity. Who will be responsible for paying them and will their conditions of work change significantly. Will more automation be introduced? Who cares, at least it’s not in Chinese hands anymore?

“Shadow tankers” supplying oil to Countries that have had worldwide sanctions applied to them have been the bugbear of the United States and puts into perspective the actions of the United States recently with the kidnapping of the President of Venezuela and the agreements now in place to allow Venezuela to produce and ship oil in partnership with the United States. The control of the Panama Canal is now in Danish hands, not sure if this has anything to do with Greenland, maybe it’s some kind of concession. Here you have the Panama Canal and we can have Greenland. Watch this space.

Either way the Chinese aren’t very happy about it but Victor Li the President of CK Hutchinson has experience of being kidnapped himself while a young man in Hong Kong, his father paid a ransom 1 billion HK$1 to get him free , he was held for one night. The Hong Kong gangster responsible for the kidnapping was later executed by Mainland China , which would not have been possible under the then Hong Kong jurisdiction, so it is probable that there is a close relationship between the Hong Kong Company and the Chinese Authorities.

Panama itself was caught between a rock and a hard place, but perhaps it was a bit strange not to review the contracts and the working of the canal with more care and they shouldn’t have just been automatically renewed for long periods without any bidding process.

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February 1, 2026 · 7:33 am

My First Computer

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I think it shows a lack of interest in technology, but I really can’t remember my first computer. To me it is a tool. I seem to remember a lot of IT departments whose support varied and were regarded as God Like if successful or as reliable as “Mystic Meg” if not.

Advice to turn it off and back on and check the printer is plugged in became second nature and listening to the bored support assistant at the end of the phone resetting your password for the fifth time in a week was to be avoided

.” Yes, perhaps I am stupid , but this is not what I want to be spending my whole day doing, you felt like saying but never would.”

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January 31, 2026 · 10:54 am

#Luigi Mangione will not face death penalty over killing of CEO, judge rules

Thanks to Sky News Online for the Headline

With all that’s going on in America at the moment I am relieved that the Law has been able to stand up and say that in the case of Luigi Mangione that the Federal Case does not warrant the “Death Penalty”.

Mainly because I’m totally against the “Death Penalty” as too many mistakes have been made by Governments who use it as the ultimate punishment.

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January 31, 2026 · 10:43 am

#HeadlineTherapy Border staff who ‘stole’ cash from migrants bailed

Thanks to Craig Buchan from BBC News Online for the Headline

Sad to say at Westminster Magistrates’ Court six border officials – from Berkshire, Kent, Surrey and London have been charged with thefts of property from migrants arriving at Dover between August 2021 and November 2022. They have been bailed ahead of a further hearing at Southwark Crown Court on 26th February 2025

The case follows work done by the Home Office Anti-Corruption Investigators.

Shocked? I was. Not something that has a high profile in the News, didn’t even know that the Home Office had a department of Anti- Corruption Investigators. Are they still getting funding?

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