There is a lot of discussion around neurodiversity in humans these days – half my social media feed is now on late diagnosed women entering perimenopause – but is neurodiversity only a feature of the human brain? Can other animals have autism or ADHD? If they were dyslexic, how would we know or even test for it?
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Magnesium Supplements
To take or not to take
This conversation began with my sister-in-law, and little did she know it would send me down a rabbit hole. I’ve since had several more discussions on the topic of whether or not a supplement is required and, if so, which one?
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Revisiting ADHD and Nutrition Part 1
In an effort to overcome my current and continuous struggles of ennui with my life and writing, edging towards apathy and hopelessness, I’ve decided to revisit something that once left me excited to write, even if a bit frustrated at the end where one tends to drift into that typical grad-student “over-it-ness” and you can’t look at your writing even one more time: my dissertation on nutrition and ADHD.
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Imagine being so bad at your job that your legacy is marred by a “shit storm” – a nation plagued with diarrhea.
Amazing.
Spoiled
Spoiled /spɔɪld/ 1. destroyed, damaged, or no longer able to be used 2. someone…who is allowed to do or have anything they want, usually with the result that they behave badly and do not show respect.
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The Screwiest of Worms
There is so much to be worried about under Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Agriculture that it’s hard to pick which fear to unlock first. Years ago there was a show called “Monsters Inside Me” and I was obsessed. I learned that there is no greater fear than the botfly (for me) and I’ve been terrified of it since. That being said, there are far greater threats than the botfly, so I’m not saying it is a rational fear. But, unlike the botfly, the screwworm uses mammalian hosts to feed their larvae (maggots), while pupating in the soil.
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A Power [Plant] Party
A couple of weekends ago my friend hosted a power point party. In case you’ve not heard of this, this is where everyone puts together a power point on any topic they wish to discuss and presents it at the party. It sounds like work, and it sort of is, but it is also a lot of fun. I won’t detail all of the power points that were presented that day, but there was everything from how beavers are little ecosystem engineers, saving wetlands and forests to musing over what makes something a door or a window to using one’s own acid-fueled dreams to demonstrate the energy and water cost of AI by depicting said dreams as simple AI comics. That last one was both a comedy of comical comics as well as a sad realization to what we are doing to the environment for a few lolz.
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Do Fish Deserve Care?
There are times when I have found myself in a conversation with someone and I begin to feel like the proverbial lunatic. The person so detached from a reality in which everyone else has agreed to participate. At some point, I took the red pill. Or maybe I took the blue one. Who knows. In these conversations, the bottom line for the other person (or people) is always about humanity.
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The Drunkard’s Wingman
This weekend we went to the annual work party for my partner’s company – always a swanky affair with lots of great food and booze. Think: open bar, beautiful floral centre pieces, and flatware nicer than anything I own. Every year, the company opens up a tab at a local bar for an after-party which means…more and more alcohol. This year I was talked into attending the after-party by a friend, but my body was telling me two days later what a mistake that was, and I wasn’t even inebriated.
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Transitive Healing in Nature
I’m not sure how to change, but winter is always tough for me, partly because I refuse to go outside unless I have to. The walls and windows are a comfortable barrier between me and the outdoors, keeping me warm and snuggly inside. Unfortunately, warm and snuggly does not necessarily equate a complete, harmonious state of mental wellbeing.
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