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the best non-medical feature about West Coast General Hospital is definitely the atrium/waiting room.
Nice natural light. Running water. Naturally planted foliage. Calming, quiet and comfortable even though all around the edges it is go go go.
I am waiting for Tree to finish her MRI. It is a mobile unit that attends WCGH for three weeks, then goes to other hospitals for 7 weeks i think, on a rotation. It is not fancy. you have to go outside to access it which really sucks in the cold and rain.
But it is there and makes a big difference.
#health #bc #portalberni

Democrats ask what happened to millions earmarked for Trump’s library
Congressional Democrats are opening a probe into millions of dollars private companies pledged to Donald Trump’s planned "presidential library",
asking what happened to the money
👉after the original fund was dissolved last year.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts) and Richard Blumenthal (Connecticut) and Rep. Melanie Stansbury (New Mexico) wrote Monday to the leaders of
ABC, Meta…

Democrats ask what happened to millions earmarked for Trump’s library
ABC, Meta, Paramount and X reportedly agreed to pay at least $63 million in settlements with the president. The original fund was dissolved last year.

"...solar panels and wind turbines were being installed across the peninsula. These were presented as ecological alternatives and came with this narrative that if we accepted them we were saving the planet.
... on the one hand there was this environmental discourse, and on the other hand they were dispossessing us of our territory and deforesting it. How can a project be environmentally friendly if it’s clearing a huge area of land?"
Resisting the so-called 'Maya'…

Resisting the so-called 'Maya' Train | Latin America Bureau
Indigenous activist Haizel explains to LAB contributor Isàlia McIntyre how strengthening Maya identity supports resistance to megaprojects harming communities across the Yucután. Since 2018, the Maya Train – an intercity railway line designed for tourism and cargo transport – has expanded to over 1.500 kilometers of tracks across Mexico’s Yucatán peninsula, including the states of Campeche, Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, and Chiapas. The train, a flagship project of the previous admin…

Try This Simnel Cake For Easter This Year #plantbased

Try This Simnel Cake For Easter This Year
This vegan simnel cake makes for a gorgeous Easter centerpiece. Serve this decorated loaf with tea or coffee

Bristol Myers Squibb's Massachusetts facility boosted drug production volume for clinical and commercial use by ~40% with AI, a bright spot in US manufacturing (Farah Stockman/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05…

American Factories Lag in Adopting A.I. This Drugmaker Is an Exception.
A Bristol Myers Squibb plant that makes cancer drugs was the only manufacturer in the U.S. recognized for innovation by the World Economic Forum this year.

@13a@mastodon.social
(1 of 2) So that gets to MEER - And I don't know enough about the process to have a position. It makes me nervous - and I'll start by listing some premises:
1) The impacts atmospheric CO2 increases are more than increased global temperatures:
a) Plant growth: Nutrient content changes (demonstrated, not for the better)
b) Plant health
c) Aquatic (salt and fresh water) acidification - numerous adverse impacts
d) There are many u…

@13a@mastodon.social
(1 of 2) So that gets to MEER - And I don't know enough about the process to have a position. It makes me nervous - and I'll start by listing some premises:
1) The impacts atmospheric CO2 increases are more than increased global temperatures:
a) Plant growth: Nutrient content changes (demonstrated, not for the better)
b) Plant health
c) Aquatic (salt and fresh water) acidification - numerous adverse impacts
d) There are many u…

IANAP (I am not a paleontologist), but, this putative ammonite fossil, for sale in a shop in New Mexico, seems manipulated and not quite authentic.

X-Factor Defender Makes Plenty of Sense for Raiders as Trade Target https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-x-factor-defender-makes-plenty-of-sense-as-trade-target

Kyiv: only four of 15 planned Russian divisions are being formed: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/24/kyiv-only-four-of-planned.html