Autoimmune disease did not exist until the late 1800s, around the same time humans started burning fossil fuels more, and more and more and more, until today we have multiple autoimmune diseases and multiple people getting multiple autoimmune syndrome. The planet is getting too hot too fast as well. I'm rooting for Earth on this one.

Multiple Autoimmune Syndrome (MAS) is what I am dealing with:

Not able to post today as rest is only way to lower symptoms. I've had this since 1996 and it's progressive so... I'm doing great considering

Multiple Autoimmune Syndrome (MAS) is the coexistence of at least three distinct autoimmune diseases in a single patient, often featuring a mix of organ-specific and systemic disorders, with a high prevalence of skin-related conditions like vitiligo or psoriasis. It represents a severe, complex form of polyautoimmunity, requiring careful monitoring to identify new, additional autoimmune disorders.

Key Aspects of Multiple Autoimmune Syndrome (MAS)

• Definition & Types: MAS is classified into three main, sometimes overlapping, categories based on common co-occurrences:
  • Type 1: Often includes myasthenia gravis, thymoma, polymyositis, and giant cell myocarditis.
  • Type 2: Commonly includes Sjögren’s syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), primary biliary cirrhosis, scleroderma, and autoimmune thyroid disease.
  • Type 3: Often includes autoimmune thyroid diseases, myasthenia gravis, thymoma, and other conditions like type 1 diabetes, and is sometimes associated with HLA-B8, -DR3, or -DR5.
• Common Symptoms: Symptoms are heterogeneous, reflecting the specific diseases present, but generally include chronic fatigue, joint pain, skin changes, muscular weakness, digestive issues, and signs of organ dysfunction.
• Causes & Risk Factors: The pathogenesis is not fully understood, but it is believed to involve a combination of genetic susceptibility, immune system dysfunction (loss of tolerance to self-antigens), and environmental triggers.
• Diagnosis & Management: Diagnosis is clinical, based on identifying at least three separate autoimmune diseases. Management often involves specialized care to manage multiple conditions, including medications like corticosteroids and immunosuppressants, such as Anakinra.
• Prevalence: While individual autoimmune diseases are common, having three or more is less common, but the presence of one autoimmune condition increases the risk for developing others.

Early Signs of Multiple Autoimmune Syndrome
Early signs to watch for, especially in patients already diagnosed with one autoimmune disease, include: 

• Unexplained, persistent fatigue.
• New, unexpected joint pain or swelling.
• Skin rashes or pigment changes (e.g., vitiligo, psoriasis).
• Unexplained weight loss or gain.
• Chronic digestive issues.
• Unusual muscle weakness. 

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James Mason & me cont'd- Epstein files trigger this pedophile priest victim; and DIYH-HP blog produces an online book as a result- Work in progress

When I think about this stuff, I have a physical reaction. My lips seem to swell and a sensuality washes over me. I'm not speaking for any other pedophile victim, but the effect the crime had on me was to arouse me. Sexualize is the word I first heard in a therapist office when I first started dealing with the effects of being molested by a Catholic priest from Age 5 to 6. I was sexualized, aroused, at age five, so early it implanted itself in my still-growing cells, from then on oversexuality was in my DNA.

At one point my mom had to run in and pick me up and carry me out of the room to stop me from bouncing up and down on a man who had me in his lap and I swear I was having a 7-year-old girl orgasm without knowing what it was. As soon as I hit puberty, I set out to experience it again, aggressively. Read about it here in my other online book, Chapter 2: https://cityofangelslady.blogspot.com/2024/09/prologue.html 

So now, as this memory of an encounter with James Mason in 1967 or 8 unfolds, I think the feelings coming up are universal. Risky sexual attraction has been around since the dawn of time and is so common, that pedophilia is a statistical norm. I think almost every old man feels sexual attraction to nubile Young girls, or boys, and I think young girls and boys who are exposed to sex at too young an age are often, like I was, very willing to go along with it, laughing giggling jumping up and down half undressed- like it’s something I was pre-programmed to do.

After reporting on the molesting Catholic priests crisis for more than 10 years on these blogs, CofA 1-12, I came to the conclusion that the only way to keep your children safe from attack by a pedophile is to never take your eyes off of them, because the Predators are everywhere. This is planet Earth, it ain't paradise.

Meanwhile, I have probably found every relative reference to the 1967 period in Mason's autobiography, I didn't find much. In fact the last chapter ends in 1968 and he only writes about that period in the epilogue. 

I'm going into the index now to look up what he said about filming the movie Lolita; because the one thing I've read that he wrote about it so far, he seemed to be in a kind of denial, like he didn't understand why people didn't go to the movie when, as I remember 1962, people were shocked at the content of the film.

In the book it seems Mason thinks bad reactions were  because they should have cast somebody younger or older for the role of Lolita; he doesn't even seem to see anything wrong with the sex between The Old Man and the 12-year-old girl in Nabokov's book or as in the film 14. I will continue reading as I write, but one more point:

In 1962 I was 14, the age Lolita was in the film released in 1962. 

But enough of this weird circularity, for now, more coming soon.

Chapters 

IT STARTED HERE: 

Memoir The weird circularity of my life means abrupt memories of being sex trafficked at age 19 in 1967 can just pop into my head. 

https://cityofangels25.blogspot.com/2025/12/memoir-weird-circularity-of-my-life.html 

“into my mind popped a memory

To here

Was he the man I was trafficked to in 1967? He'd shown me a book he was writing, his life story, with drawings. I checked on Amazon and there, 1 copy left, was his autobiography w drawings, in used good condition. It arrives Feb 4, and I'll know for sure.  

Who was that mystery man?  

https://cityofangels25.blogspot.com/2026/01/who-was-that-mystery-man.html 

THEN 

I was trafficked to James Mason Lolita star in late 1960s, this story is in development

https://cityofangels25.blogspot.com/2026/02/i-was-trafficked-to-james-mason-lolita.html 

I am not saying James Mason was a predator or rapist, but who was the Ghislaine Maxwell-like Australian woman who delivered me to him?

 https://cityofangels25.blogspot.com/2026/02/james-mason-not-predator-or-rapist.html 

I was so naive, I thought I was in a relationship with James Mason. Only this week I realized I was trafficked to him; in fact Epstein stories gave me the word "trafficked" to describe the experience

She left me with the phone bill  https://cityofangels25.blogspot.com/2026/02/i-was-so-naive-i-thought-i-was-having.html 

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by Kay Ebeling

ONWARD

Iberian Peninsula floods:"Soil now effectively pushing water back out" from so much rain in Spain and Portugal- Watch & read The Sun and Global News reports at Heating Planet blog

"Very scared": Storm Leo hits Spain and Portugal, forces evacuations Global News Feb 5, 2026 Heavy rains from Storm Leonardo hit Spain and Portugal on Thursday, causing severe flooding and prompting evacuations. “From beneath the ground, the pipes creak. And that’s what we were hearing. We were very scared. At first, we thought it was an earthquake, but it wasn’t. It was the creaking. It was a very bad night," said a local resident from the southern Spanish village of Grazalem. Spanish rescuers searched for a woman swept away in a fast-flowing river as she tried to save her dog. Meanwhile, drone footage showed heavy flooding in the Portuguese town of Alcacer do Sal as Storm Leonardo pounded the Iberian Peninsula with torrential rains. After the river Sado breached its banks in southern Portugal, dozens of houses, buildings and businesses were seen completely flooded. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Iws1n1CJZc 

VIDEO 2 THE SUN

Storm Leonardo: Spain and Portugal's sun-soaked South has turned into a soaking nightmare as torrential rains ripped through towns. The flooding has forced 7500 terrified residents to flee their homes. Officials are warning that the crisis is far from over. Cont'd below: Thousands evacuated as DEADLY STORM sweeps Spain and PortugalCONT'D: In Cadiz, Spain, days of relentless downpours have battered the region without mercy; and the rain has come fast, heavy, and with nowhere left to go.

An atmospheric River has dumped huge volumes of water in a short time.The result is ground that is sodden, swollen, and stretched to its limits.

Just as residents tried to catch their breath, meteorologists sounded a new alarm.Another powerful storm system is already on the way.

Andalusian Regional President Juan Manuel Moreno delivered a stark warning on Spanish radio.His message was blunt and unsettling.

“The ground is done,”  Moreno said, describing land that can no longer cope. He warned the soil is now effectively pushing water back out. 

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Andalusia, Spain

Riverbeds are full and reservoirs are sitting at maximum safety levels. Authorities fear even moderate rain could trigger new disasters. [footage] 

One of the most alarming flash points is the city of Cordoba. The mighty Guadalquivir river is threatening to spill over its banks. 

[footage] 

Around 700 households have already been evacuated on the outskirts of the city. The danger is especially High near Cordoba's airport [footage]

The airport has been shut down indefinitely as flood waters creep closer. Officials say safety concerns leave them with no other choice. 

Across Andalusia, the wider damage is staggering. All Renfe trains were canceled, 84 highways were cut, and entire neighborhoods were left isolated. 

[footage]

Alcacer Do Sol, PORTUGAL

In the postcard perfect mountain town of Grazalema, fear struck after dark. Residents reported cracking sounds echoing in the night. Authorities ordered the full evacuation of all 1500 residents. Everyone was told to get out quickly and without hesitation. 

What caused the sounds remains unclear. Swifting ground shifting ground or structural failures are suspected. Officials refused to take risks. 

The chaos has not stopped at Spain's border. Just days earlier, storm Leonardo tore through Southwestern Portugal. 

Shocking footage from Alcacer Do Sol shows flood waters swallowing entire streets. Roads covered homes, and businesses were left underwater.

Portuguese officials say 89 people were rescued as the Sado River burst its banks with rivers still high and more storms coming. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JK9v_0srzQ 

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[KE: Everything scientists predicted about global warming/ climate change since the 1970s is coming true, only faster]

Climate 5 of 5 Not knowing how much CO2 will be in the atmosphere by 2100 is biggest source of uncertainty in climate predictions- PBS Austin TX Feb 2, report w transcript- Heating Planet blog

University of Texas climate science professor Dr. Kerry Cook discusses the scientific reality of climate change, and the outlook for more extreme weather on Austin InSight weekly news and feature program. READ & WATCH Winter weather extremes are evidence of climate change– hear from a leading climate scientist. Austin PBS Feb 2 transcript below
TRANSCRIPT

You may have noticed we're almost done with January and outside it's just now feeling like winter and we could even have freezing precipitation this weekend. But in fact, we had record high temperatures in December and early January that included 19 days in the 70s and 7 days in the 80s. And this comes after the last few years of Texans living through severe heat, drought, devastating ice and snowstorms, worsening hurricanes, and deadly flooding. The experts say it's thanks to climate change, and it could get worse. For a look at what's next in our Texas weather, we have Dr. Carrie Cook, climate system science professor at the University of Texas. Dr. Cook, thanks so much for being with us. 

-Well, thanks for having me. 

-So, Dr. Cook, data shows that the Earth's surface temperature is increasing. What does that mean for us in terms of severe weather events? 

-Well, it means we're going to have more severe weather events. If you think about the temperature rising, everyone probably understands that on a warmer surface there's more evaporation. Sure. And this loads more water vapor into the atmosphere. And so when storms occur, there tend to be more intense and there'll be even more frequent intense storms, but what we define as an intense storm will get more frequent and the strongest storms will get even stronger. And that is not something we want to see more of for sure. 

And with these scientific models predicting more warming, how much warmer are we talking? And apparently that's getting harder to predict. 

Well, it's not that it's getting harder to predict. Our climate models are improving all the time, but there are a number of climate models that are run around the world and they give say for example for the year 2100 is a good benchmark mark to think about. They give predictions of somewhere between 8 and 12 maybe 14 degrees Fahrenheit warming for the globe at that time. They give a range. 

None of them say there's going to be no warming. 

All of them say the warming is going to be significant.

But they may differ by a few degrees. 

But on top of that is another big uncertainty and that is how much the greenhouse gas concentration in the atmosphere is going to increase. You know our climate models are based on the laws of physics. you know, but trying to predict human behavior for how much, you know, CO2 is going to be released into the atmosphere is much more difficult. How is this all going to play out through the century? And so, not knowing how much CO2 will be in the atmosphere by 2100 is the biggest source of uncertainty in our predictions. And that's a scary prospect and it may seem obvious to some, but let's have a quick science lesson refresher. 

Can you reiterate the impact of burning fossil fuel and adding greenhouse gases to the atmosphere and why that is so harmful? 

So when we burn fossil fuels, we add CO2 and other greenhouse gases for example methane into the atmosphere. Now what happens with those greenhouse gases? The surface of the earth is emitting radiation to cool itself. But the greenhouse gases absorb that radiation and turn some of it back down toward the surface. If we had no greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the average surface temperature of the Earth would be -2.5° F. It'd be a frozen Earth. We know that's not the case. 

There's a natural greenhouse effect mostly caused by water vapor in the atmosphere. But what we're doing now is ratcheting up that greenhouse effect that the surface temperature is very sensitive to. For you and your colleagues in climate science, this connection between human activity that adds carbon dioxide to the air and global warming, it's settled science. It's not debated. 

But in other circles, it seems to cause a lot of debate, perhaps in political ones. What's your reaction to that as a scientist? 

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'I've been studying this for decades and it's very disconcerting when you start speaking to someone who says, "No, that's not correct." When you know they're not in the field, they're an armchair expert'

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Well, it's kind of hard to deal with, you know. You know, I'm not an expert in everything. Maybe not in very many things, but climate, I'm an expert. I've been studying this for decades. You know, and it's very disconcerting when you start speaking to someone who says, "No, that's not correct." When you know they're, you know, they're not in the field, they're an armchair expert. 

Yes. Exactly. And so very few people now deny the fact that climate change is going on. 

The observations are completely irrefutable. It's getting warmer. Everyone knows. We can even feel it. And it's getting warmer at a rate that was predicted by the climate models. And what do you think are going to be the consequences of people not only not understanding but not taking seriously the science you've explained? 

I think the consequences of that will be and are inaction on climate. Um the argument is that the cost of changing our energy systems to reduce CO2 emissions is more expensive than just dealing with the climate change that comes along. Um and so if you sort of ignore the fact that we're having more intense storms and more flooding and heat and heat stress and you know people dying of heat stress then you start not putting money and effort into switching our our energy systems into renewables. 

And so for the people at home that are concerned by this, what needs to happen to ensure that this pattern doesn't continue or to help us as much as we can contribute to not continuing this pattern? 

Well, it's a matter of I believe government priorities and where where attention and money is spent. We can make individual small efforts for sure, but we really need to really shift our energy systems and right now the burden of doing that is on the states and on the cities. The federal government is not interested in doing that now and that's not really sustainable. Dr. Cook, we appreciate you sharing your expertise with us. Dr. Carrie Cook, climate science professor at the University of Texas. Thank you. Thanks so much for watching. Be sure to like and [music] subscribe and leave us a comment below to let us know your thoughts on this video. And don't forget, you can watch full episodes of Austin Insight for [music] free in the PBS app.

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TODAY's WORK

Climate 1 of 5 -   https://cityofangels25.blogspot.com/2026/02/climate-tornado-alley-moves-north-as.html Tornado Alley Illinois

Climate 2 of 5 - Winter Olympics https://cityofangels25.blogspot.com/2026/02/climate-2-of-5-olympics-at-this-years.html 

Climate 3 of 5 Asian air

https://cityofangels25.blogspot.com/2026/02/3-of-5-air-pollution-asia-reducing.html 

Climate 4 of 5 Australia

https://cityofangels25.blogspot.com/2026/02/australia-heat-50c-6-days-already-life.html 

Climate 5 of 5 UT Austin prof

https://cityofangels25.blogspot.com/2026/02/not-knowing-how-much-co2-will-be-in.html 

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[KE: Everything scientists predicted about global warming/ climate change since the 1970s is coming true, only faster]