Monthly Archives: January 2021
Nous mourons tous pour le luxe (littéralement)! ? Partie 1 – les origines de Covid-19 en Europe
We all die for luxury (literally)! ? Part 1 – the origins of Covid-19 in Europe – (Covid-19 and mink industry)
Après des décennies de dénonciation de l’industrie frivole des «montres, bijoux et accessoires» en or, responsable de la destruction des forêts et de la dégradation de la vie des peuples autochtones, aggravée par la propagation du Covid-19 par les mineurs d’or, j’ai été stupéfaite en décembre 21, 2020 de lire «Les élevages de visons sont-ils la source de Covid en Europe? » – un article d’Yves Sciama et Yann Faure pour la revue française d’écologie en ligne Reporterre.
De toute évidence, l’industrie du luxe ne détruit plus seulement les hommes et la nature «ailleurs»; il est apparemment en train de détruire les gens et la nature partout !?
Voici leur article: “Les élevages de visons sont-ils la source du Covid en Europe?
Des analyses génétiques révèlent que les deux lignées du Sars-CoV-2 à l’origine des deux vagues épidémiques qui ont ravagé l’Europe sont nées tout près, voire au cœur…
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The West Helped Cripple Uganda’s Democracy | Foreign Affairs
Uganda’s 2021 presidential election is shaping up to be as unfree and unfair as ever. As one of ten opposition candidates challenging Museveni, I have faced a relentless barrage of violence. Security forces have detained me on multiple occasions and brutalized my supporters. In mid-November, while I was being held behind bars on unspecified charges, my supporters took to the streets in protest. Security forces responded by murdering 54 demonstrators and bystanders, including at least one child. Source: The West Helped Cripple Uganda’s Democracy | Foreign Affairs
Day 42/67 of GED in Five Months, “discrete what?”, and, health terminology — The 4 Freedoms for ALL via Language & Adult Education, Writing, and PublicDomainInfrastructure

Adulting often requires understanding vocabulary, and how certain words have slightly different meanings when applied in a different context, to understand how health care works, and why the Public Health Services are so important. Here is one of my favorite words that makes a key difference in math, science, health care, and even in English […]
Day 42/67 of GED in Five Months, “discrete what?”, and, health terminology — The 4 Freedoms for ALL via Language & Adult Education, Writing, and PublicDomainInfrastructure
Top US military leaders condemn Capitol attack in rare joint message – Guardian staff and agency Tue 12 Jan 2021 18.04 EST — Just Sayin’
Joint Chiefs of Staff said pro-Trump mob attack was an assault on America’s constitutional process and against the law Gen Mark Milley, the US chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in Arlington, Virginia, on 11 September 2020. Photograph: Erin Scott/Reuters Guardian staff and agencyTue 12 Jan 2021 18.04 EST Last modified on Tue 12 Jan 2021 18.07 EST […]
Top US military leaders condemn Capitol attack in rare joint message – Guardian staff and agency Tue 12 Jan 2021 18.04 EST — Just Sayin’
“Selfish Idiocy:” Infected lawmaker blasts Republicans for bunkering maskless [Updated]
Enlarge / Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC, July 29, 2020. (credit: Getty | Graeme Jennings)
UPDATE 1/12/2021, 11:15am EST: And now there is a third. Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill) announced Tuesday morning that he, too, has tested positive for COVID-19 after sheltering with maskless Republican colleagues.
In a statement, Schneider said that during the insurrection, he was “forced to spend several hours in a secure but confined location with dozens of other Members of Congress,” and “several Republican lawmakers in the room adamantly refused to wear a mask.”
Schneider reported that so far, he has not experienced symptoms but was nevertheless concerned. “Today, I am now in strict isolation, worried that I have risked my wife’s health and angry at the selfishness and arrogance of the anti-maskers who put their own contempt and disregard for decency ahead of the health and safety of their colleagues and our staff,” he said. “Wearing a mask is not a political statement, it is public health guidance, common courtesy, and simply what should be expected of all decent people.”
Opinion | Bonnie Watson Coleman: I got covid-19 because my Republican colleagues dismiss masks and facts – The Washington Post
Refusing to wear a mask is not, in fact, an act of self-expression. It’s an act of public endangerment. The chaos you create in exercising your so-called freedom can cause permanent, deadly damage. I only hope that won’t be the case for me and my colleagues, Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Brad Schneider (D-Ill.), who have also tested positive for the coronavirus.
When I say that many Republicans are responsible for what happened to me, to others and to the country last week, I mean their essential failure to accept facts led us here. Much like they should be able to accept the results of an election, elected leaders should be able to accept facts like the efficacy of masks. It’s clearly time for a congressional campuswide mask requirement, enforced by the House and Senate sergeants at arms.
Facts really do matter. I hope to get back to work soon to make sure we respect them.
Parler’s amateur coding could come back to haunt Capitol Hill rioters
Enlarge / Parler? (credit: Getty Images)
By now, you may have heard of the hacker who says she scraped 99 percent of posts from Parler, the Twitter-wannabe site used by Trump supporters to help organize last Wednesday’s violent insurrection on Capitol Hill. What you may not know yet is the abysmal coding and security that made the scraping so easy.
To recap, the scraping was pulled off by a hacker who goes by the handle donk_enby. She originally set out to archive content posted to Parler last Wednesday in hopes of preserving self-incriminating material before account holders came to their senses and deleted it. By Sunday, donk_enby said she had collected roughly 80 terabytes of posts, including more than 1 million videos, many of which contained the GPS metadata identifying the exact locations of where the videos were shot.
“For the journalists DMing me to ask, in non-technical terms, I’d describe the current Parler archival situation as ‘a bunch of people running into a burning building trying to grab as many things as we can,’” donk_enby wrote on Twitter on Sunday. “Things will be available in a more accessible form later.”
DOC aghast at dogs and cats being taken to pest-free islands | RNZ News – New Zealand (the age of “Me, Me, Me” threatens environment)
Pet owners are increasingly bringing pet cats and dogs to pest-free islands, where they can wreak destruction on fragile native animals, the Department of Conservation says. Source: DOC aghast at dogs and cats being taken to pest-free islands | RNZ News
Coronavirus: L.A. County reported 11,994 new cases and 288 new deaths as of Jan. 12
Los Angeles County reported 11,994 new cases of the coronavirus on Tuesday, Jan. 12, bringing the total number of cases to 944,319 according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
The county reported 288 new fatalities linked to coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths to 12,674 since tracking began.
Hospitalizations are on the decline. There were 16 more patients hospitalized by the virus as of Tuesday. The total number of patients in L.A. County hospitals is 7,926 with 22% in ICU.
The breakdown of people infected with the coronavirus by age is as follows:
- 0-4: 17,360
- 5-11: 42,104
- 12-17: 52,397
- 18-29: 216,241
- 30-49: 301,830
- 50-64: 170,569
- 65-79: 66,555
- Older than 80: 24,421
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Data posted each day is preliminary and subject to change, officials emphasize. More information may become available as individual case investigations are completed.
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