Tag Archives: #HeadlineTherapy

Thanks to Dan Hunt of BBC Online News for the Headline

Apparently incident reporting was incomplete, and complaints by visitors and occasions when unlawful restraint were not fully investigated. The report added that although the staff acted with “kindness and compassion” care was “not always fully person-centered” . Whatever that means.

Pretty scary hey? How many people do you know who wouldn’t want to be in a care home themselves or put their elderly parents or one of their relatives , a son or a daughter into one.

Basically it’s not just the whiff of damp, but the whiff of the money making profits that these Private Care Companies who are on the whole now large Corporations make. Where did it all go wrong.

Probably with Tony Blair’s “Respect”.

AI Generated Image

Thanks to Reuters News for this Headline

So the Chinese are looking like they are determined to phase out Western made equipment and software citing that they see foreign tools as potentially being used to spy on China.

It remains to be seen how this pans out but it reflects the distrust internationally that is the Global territory at the moment.

The West has the same old problem of it needs to buy raw materials and also it has to have good education systems to be at the front of technology. All of this is very expensive.

Thanks to Sky News Online for the Headline

Glad to say that the four astronauts who have been in space since August have returned safely and we have no idea what the ‘serious medical condition’ was or which astronaut was affected but even to spend 5 months in Space is a great achievement and I wish them all well.

However, we need to ensure that news channels don’t take advantage of the situation and use the fact that all the stops were pulled out to make sure the Astronaut’s were safe, but that we don’t currently have a Health system that ensures patients are not left in corridors in hospitals and are not treated in a timely manner with respect. The two stories should not be juxta positioned , at the end of the day , Space Travel is not Health Travel and they are two separate budgets.

Namaste and Thank You for Reading.🙏

Thanks to Sky News Online for the Headline.

Well it turns out that being in space for a year causes your brain to change shape ” upward and backward within the skull”. The effect is replicated closely by those unfortunates on Earth who have had to have tilted bed rest for long periods, yes the brain slides backwards.

So gravity and amniotic fluid interact and the brain moves around and no one really knows what the long term effect will be. This has implications for Space Travel. It explains a lot about the behaviour on the Star Trek Enterprise.

Namaste and Thank You for Reading. 🙏

Thanks to Debbie Graham of Discover Wildlife Online for the Headline

Bit of a long headline, certainly not short and snappy like I imagine it’s subject to be. The creature is a Veined Octopus, now if the name  doesn’t give you nightmares my AI generated picture will.(see below)

The veined octopus walks on two legs and uses the other six as camouflage or to carry it’s home around, or if you are a fan of certain horror movies to wrap itself around you and suck your blood after squeezing you to within an inch of your life and using it’s razor sharp beak to tear lumps of flesh of your face.

Sorry I digress, this Octopus lives in the Molucca Sea of Indonesia, and is also known as the Coconut Octopus because it sometimes uses discarded coconut shells as it’s home. Perhaps it’s quite cute after all.

AI generated picture, the veined octopus is not scary and just gets on with it’s life.

Thank You to Maria Martinez of Reuters for this Headline

A very altruistic statement from the German Finance Minister, the future of Greenland is up to Denmark and Greenland.

I’ve never really thought any different.

I thought America was part of N.A.T.O , so what makes them think that they can have Greenland as a prize.

If it’s all about minerals, then I think if you are willing to invade one of your own to gain commercial advantage then you are capable of doing much worse things. I think the whole World knows that .

Greenland is not for mining

Namaste and Thank You for Reading. 🙏

Thanks to Joe Locker of Nottinghamshire Live for the Headline

“Robin Hood , Robin Hood Riding through the glen” . Oh my I was taken aback when I heard that the Sheriff of Nottingham was repeating history and had to be investigated over questions raised over his conduct.

This time it’s a Labour Councillor who has taken on the title of Sheriff of Nottingham but is really there to promote Tourism to Nottingham.

Has he been demanding corn tithes from everyone and taking unfair advantage of their daughters if they failed to pay up .Or chopping peoples heads off for poaching or stealing deer.

No , there’s a possibility that he had his private car serviced at Land Rover Jaguar at the expense of the Council. The investigation is waiting on the paperwork to assess if this is true.

My how days have changed.

Thanks to Zak Doffman a contributor about security, surveillance and privacy at Forbes for the Headline

I think this headline is very effective not in just telling the story of the shutting down of Communications in Iran , but also in portraying the danger that the protesters are in by actually just saying that they are unhappy with the situation in Iran. “Kill Switch” meant to me not just blocking the satellite communications with Starlink, but also taking revenge on those that are using it.

Will the authorities manage to block the people with the illegal devices that can track the satellites and transmit communications with them? So far they have managed to block about 80% of the traffic, however at a cost to themselves in Iran’s Economic Performance. It seems that the Economy needs a decent Internet Communication to function. So the Iranian Authorities are indeed not just repressing their people , they are also shooting themselves in the foot at the same time.

Namaste and Thank You for Reading.🙏

Thanks to Evan Bush and Aria Bendix from NBC News for the Headline

Tragically, there has been a many fold increase in the instances of death cap mushroom poisoning in California with 35 cases recorded in that last couple of months where normally there would be fewer than 5.

So far three people have died from the poisoning. The poison in them amatoxin can cause irreversible liver damage.

Weather conditions including early rains and a mild autumn have resulted in a surfeit of the toxic mushrooms which are very similar in appearance to edible mushrooms.

Small amounts of the death cap mushroom can be fatal, as little as a standard sugar cube.

I suppose the advice is just buy mushrooms from a trusted source and make sure you Health Insurance Premiums are up to date.

Thankfully an expert who studies the prevalence of the death cap mushroom is saying that the risk is reducing due to the season finishing and perhaps colder weather coming . Still the spores will be ready next year, so if you are going to forage , be careful.

Namaste and Thank You for Reading.🙏

Mushrooms or Toadstools, I’m not too sure . AI Generated.