How the Virus Got Out – The New York Times

We analyzed the movements of hundreds of millions of people to show why the most extensive travel restrictions to stop an outbreak in human history haven’t been enough.

Ohio’s Asshole Attorney General Orders Stop to Abortions Because of Coronavirus

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There’s a lot of bullshit going on at the hands of politicians right now. In the face of a global pandemic, Republicans in Idaho have been using their time to attack trans student-athletes, and in Ohio, it appears that politicians are using the covid-19 outbreak directly as an excuse to suspend abortion services in…

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Coronavirus vaccine trials: Chinese volunteers recount their experiences | South China Morning Post

Xiao also confirmed earlier reports that the first person to receive a shot of the possible vaccine was Chen Wei, a major general and military scientist who is also heading up the trial.

Source: Coronavirus vaccine trials: Chinese volunteers recount their experiences | South China Morning Post

Schomburg Center acquires Harry Belafonte’s historic archive — Repeating Islands

Wilson Wongh (NBC News) shares the news that Harry Belafonte’s extensive historic archive will be now housed at New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Belafonte said, “It is deeply moving that this destination so critical to my life and well-being, from the days of my youth until now, should be […]

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‘Language carries our custom’: the keepers of Torres Strait’s traditional lingo

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Phillemon Mosby works on Poruma to strengthen the sleeping Kulkalgau Ya language he was taught by his grandmother

In a community garden on the island of Poruma in the late 1980s, Lillah Pearson never stopped speaking Kulkalgau Ya to her grandson, Phillemon Mosby.

Kulkalgau Ya, spoken on the central islands of the Torres Strait, is one of the four dialects of the Kala Lagaw Ya language.

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