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Friday Six: Links

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People, Relationships, Children, and Sports:

Pride sign decayed as a man fought cancer. Neighbors revived it
, from The Washington Post

Silver Spring neighborhood restores iconic LOVE sign to honor its creator, Mike Heffner, who died of cancer last year.

They wanted to foster a child. Overnight, they got 3: ‘Can we do this?’

“These kids needed a place to live, and they needed to be together,” said PJ McKay, who documents his fatherhood journey with his husband.

An Olympic friendship that defied Hitler, from BBC

(thanks to [personal profile] lindahoyland for this link)

Science, Healthcare, and Art:

What is it like to attend a predatory conference?, from Nature

Nature sent a reporter to find out as part of an investigation into dud events.


  Nurse Survey Signals Improvements, Though Retention Still a Problem from MedPage Today

— Efforts to "recruit more nurses are akin to fueling a car with a leaking gas tank," one RN says

... "You can't recruit your way out of a retention problem."...

As Surrealism Turns 100, a Look at Its Enduring Legacy , from ArtNews





Comments

shirebound: (Default)
Jul. 26th, 2024 10:49 am (UTC)
Thanks for the links. (I think three of them didn't code correctly.)
med_cat: (Default)
Jul. 26th, 2024 11:13 am (UTC)
You're welcome! Thanks for letting me know; fixed now. DW did something weird earlier :/
minoanmiss: Bull-Leaper; detail of the Toreador Fresco (Bull-Leaper)
Jul. 26th, 2024 01:18 pm (UTC)

The predatory conference one was fascinating.

med_cat: (Basil in colour)
Jul. 26th, 2024 01:51 pm (UTC)
Right? I never knew there are such things