This is a tool to COMMUNICATE impact of pain. It's not just expressive, the goal is not just to assign a number, it is to communicate the impact of pain or discomfort to a clinician or caregiver so they can know it needs treatment, and to understand if treatment is working.
Accuracy helps that, but remember the point is not to have the NUMBER, but to COMMUNICATE.
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Vladimir Putin suggests Ukraine war is ‘coming to an end’ | Russia | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/10/vladimir-putin-suggests-ukraine-war-is-coming-to-an-end
And so the humongous flat antenna of the direct-to-cell comsat #BlueBird 6 has unfolded, "the Largest Commercial Communications Array Antenna Ever" as the AST press release https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260210108166/en/AST-SpaceMobile-Successfully-Completes-Unfolding-of-BlueBird-6-the-Largest-Commercial-Communications-Array-Antenna-Ever-Deployed-in-Low-Earth-Orbit crows: now it's now up to the astronomical community to observe it and determine its magnitude. Are the Block 2 BlueBirds worse than the already outrageously bright Block 1 satellites - or did the promised (!) countermeasures reduce their impact? In any case dozens more of these satellites are to be launched this year, followed by hundreds more ...
'Nobody Could Have Seen This Coming,' Says Blindfolded Administration (Daniel W. Drezner/Drezner's World)
https://danieldrezner.substack.com/p/nobody-could-have-seen-this-coming
http://www.memeorandum.com/260309/p26#a260309p26
"Researchers expose fossil fuel companies' communications facade"
#FossilFuels #Environment #Energy
Ayer en el traspaso de poderes de Rodrigo Chaves a Laura Fernšndez llegaron personas con banderas de Israel, gorras MAGA y la confederada gringa, pero arrestaron a 2 personas estudiantes por tener una bandera de Palestina.
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Y no fue por la historia.
Solo Margot Robbie logra salvarla del desastre total. Yo la nomino desde ya a peor película y peor dirección en los Razzies 2027
1½★ 👉🏻 #Cinemastodon
New Amtrak trains coming soon to Pacific Northwest, but not in time for World Cup
Summer capacity in the region will remain limited due to a railcar shortage. New trainsets are still expected later in the year.
first new Airo train in revenue service will happen on the Amtrak Cascades line in late summer or fall.
In total, eight new trainsets, two new locomotives, & a spare cab car are coming to the Pacific Northwest. Amtrak placed a large order for new trains in 2021…
Japan is a one party state. It's Liberal Democratic Party is now represented more in parliament than the Chinese Communist Party is in China.
Wes Moore to give commencement addresses in 2028 battleground states (Fin Daniel Gómez/CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wes-moore-commencement-addresses-2028-battleground-states/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260309/p28#a260309p28