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The author has lived 38 years in Japan. She has also spent time in Siberia, where she led ecotours for Friends of the Earth Japan. She is fluent in Japanese and Russian, and also speaks Indonesian, Thai and Spanish. She loves nature and is an officially licensed Shinto priestess. She lives in a rural part of Ibaraki Prefecture. In addition to translation and teaching, she farms with her Japanese husband.

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Alexander Graham Bell, From YouTubeVideos
(54 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, September 5, 2020
Grave Harm from 5G Part 3, The Role of Institutional Corruption The third of what is becoming a seven part series documenting and exploring harm from radiofrequency radiation, and 5G in particular. This part focuses on how the current situation came about despite warnings extending back centuries, with dire warnings the past half century, and explains why they have been ignored and suppressed.
Series: Grave Harm from 5G (1 Articles, 1573 views)
5G Network, From FlickrPhotos
(31 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, July 13, 2020
Grave Harm from 5G Part 2, the Environment Author's and others' personal observations of impacts of 5G or possibly 4G-LTE on people, birds, insects, plants and other elements of the environment, and peer-reviewed research suggesting why we should take these observations seriously. Finally, a special focus on the global, potentially catastrophic impact of 5G satellites.
(28 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, June 20, 2020
Grave Harm from 5G, Part 1, A Desperate Letter A letter from a person in South Africa who says she has been driven from her home by ground-based 5G emissions and suffers from satellite 5G, that she has confirmed as having come into service. She fears for her life and the well-being of others.
(11 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, June 14, 2020
Do You Really Want the Surveillance to Stop? An argument for stepping back from technology that has led human society on a disastrous course, and introduction to an initiative taking a tough stand in an unconventional way.
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, May 9, 2020
WHO and WEF Welcome You to Your Orwellian Future WHO shows lack of transparency once again regarding the safety of telecommunications systems, in an apparent attempt to deny a fair hearing of evidence of the dangers of a rapidly increasing environmental pollutant. The motivation appears to be to protect vested interests represented by the WEF among others who stand to benefit from both 5G and technocratic solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic.
(12 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, April 17, 2020
Arrested for Saying COVID-19 an Excuse to Roll Out 5G Arrests of dissidents in nominally democratic countries have begun for voicing concerns that should be addressed rather than suppressed, especially during a pandemic. Apparently, in one country criticizing the top-down social-control program that 5G represents is considered five times more serious than deliberately spreading the disease it purportedly aims to control.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, March 28, 2020
WHO Ignores Questions by Scientists, Poised to Okay 5℃ Heating of Eyes by 5G A critique of the WHO and its role in promoting an industry and its vested interests over the public good. Microwave heating of the eyes to dangerously high temperatures and promotion of viral spread during a pandemic are indicated as consequences of this cozy relationship.
(12 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, December 14, 2019
What Can We Do to Fix America's Ghastly Health-Care Train Wreck? Part 4: Ideas Conclusion to a four-part series on what ails America's health-care system and what might be done to remediate it. Presents the author's and others' ideas, and sums them up.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, December 4, 2019
What Can Be Done to Fix America's Ghastly Health Care Train Wreck? Part 3 Creaking under its Weight Third of a four-part series on the massive problems of the US healthcare system. This part sums up the issues and then steps back for an overall view of the top-heavy behemoth.
(19 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, November 16, 2019
What Can We Do to Fix America's Ghastly Health Care Train Wreck? Part 2 Second part of a four part series examining what has gone wrong in America's dysfunctional health care system and what might be done to improve it. Part 2 focuses on fundamental structural factors in the demise of decent health care in the US.
Series: What Can We Do to Fix America’s Ghastly Health Care Train Wreck? (1 Articles, 2004 views)
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(14 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, September 1, 2019
Complete Regulatory Failure of 5G Campaigner Kevin Mottus explains what is known about millimeter radiation and the stubborn refusal of our purportedly regulatory bodies to do any safety testing on this technology whatsoever. He suggests courses of action to counteract the profiting industry's influence.
(12 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, July 9, 2019
Children with Chemical and Electromagnetic Sensitivities at School An introduction with a link to a report published this week by an activist for the rights of people afflicted with environmental sensitivities, who has conducted survey research. A few paragraphs in addition with background and ancillary information, also with links.
Julian Assange, From FlickrPhotos
(20 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, June 24, 2019
Who Stood Up For Julian Assange How and why the author compiled of people and organizations that have reportedly helped Assange and those that have reportedly harmed him, and a run down of who is on them.
(15 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, May 10, 2009
Confucianism and the Impact of Sociopathy, Part III Japan has achieved some degree of success at suppressing sociopathy. While there is considerable room for improvement, it may inspire others facing similar attempts of sociopathic takeover.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, April 11, 2009
Confucianism and the Impact of Sociopathy, Part II Two cases of possible sociopathy and one apparent ponerogenic union in Japan are described, along with Japanese society's response to them.
(12 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Confucianism and the Impact of Sociopathy, Part I First in a series of articles describing how Confucianism and other Oriental Philosophies have been useful in impeding the progress of sociopathy in Japanese society. Hoped to provide inspiration for similar efforts worldwide.
(13 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, February 26, 2009
Why We Should Worry About Farm Control Bills Background information useful to understanding the urgency in opposing the current bills in the Senate and Congress to control farming, which could put an end to small farms and organic farming in the US.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, September 26, 2008
Electrosensitives reach out to OEN On the importance of the voice given by OEN to an unpopular minority. Democracy still lives on at OEN where it has failed in many other spheres.
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Japan Unable to Bow This Time An inside view of Japan's relationship to the Bush Administration and other international interests.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Action Needed: Oppose CTIA Petition to FCC An urgent call for action to protect citizens' right to determine conditions of their living environment.

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