I made an attempt a few years ago, but the way this book was written really hasn’t aged well. I found it dull and patronizing and gave up.
Philip Roth’s “The Plot Against America” is a much better book if you ask me, dealing with similar themes but written more recently.
Fair question, and looks like I overstated that link.
Chronic stress affects your immune system (via cortisol, long term inflammation) and that is no bueno for all sorts of health outcomes, including likely making it harder to fight off tumours.
But to my surprise, there doesn’t actually seem to be solid evidence of a causal link between stress and increased risk of developing cancer.
Don’t take this the wrong way, but if you’re worried about getting cancer from 3-4 drinks per year, it sounds like you might be dealing with a fair bit of anxiety.
Stress caused by anxiety is bad for your health and a possible cancer risk, and almost certainly worse for you than 3-4 drinks a year. I don’t want you to now be anxious about your anxiety, but this might be a good thing to focus on to improve your general quality of life (and possibly reduce your cancer risk in the process).
You could start by talking to a doctor or other medical professional about it, or try finding a therapist in your area. The therapist search on https://www.psychologytoday.com/ is a good place to look, or try an online service like Better Help.
[edit: corrected overstatement about stress being a major cancer risk]
It’s the Canadian Cancer society reacting” to the WHO, adding zero new information. And the link is to a paywall to boot. This is not the kind of post that’s going to help Lemmy succeed.
I think the construction is to upgrade the Bloor GO station. They're adding a new track, connecting the station to Dundas West subway, etc.
More info here: https://www.railpath.ca/construction-info
Yes it's super annoying, will probably last 2+ years, and they seem to have given zero thought to providing a safe route for cyclists and pedestrians around all of this.
Shouldn't c/canada be focused on Canada-specific news and discussion?
I've seen this headline at least a dozen times in the last few days, and seeing it once again here feels like noise. This belongs in c/health or maybe c/woldnews.
This is some pretty bad math.
The truly “average” person (i.e. all other things being equal, someone who is consistently in the middle of the pack in terms of skills, experience, fit, etc. relative to other candidates) would have to apply to n/2 (i.e. half) the jobs, where n is the average number of applicants per job.
But in practice the distribution of candidates and where you fall in it tends to bell-curved rather than uniform — there are usually a few very well qualified candidates and a lot of not-so-qualified ones. So job market conditions (scarcity of talent/labour in your particular field, willingness among employers to lower the bar, etc.) can have a much bigger impact on how quickly you find a job than anything else.
In other words, given current job market conditions, telling someone to “just keep applying” is probably not the best advice. Chances are, they’re applying for the wrong jobs, their resume needs improvement, or they need to find some way to stand out.
Ok but can they open source their software?
I refuse to buy their stuff due to their awful awful software, especially on macos.
Logitech: Great hardware, garbage software.
Drones, especially smaller ones, are not easy to pick up on radar. For one it’s difficult to tell if you’re picking up a drone or a bird. And there are a lot of birds out there in the skies.
I’m hoping and praying this government goes down in a blaze of corruption. All the ingredients are there. Just a question of how dumb these mofos really are, and whether local investigative journalism still has any life left.
Genuinely curious: what happens to you internally / how do you feel when you feel overstimulated, as someone with ASD?