I learned how to ride a bike in Sheikh Jarrah – The Boston Globe

Not only did Israel steal my grandfather’s land; it has also stolen Jerusalem from me. Growing up in the city, I was an undocumented resident in Israel’s eyes despite the fact that my mother’s family has lived there for generations. My mom was born and raised a mere 10-minute walk from my childhood home, but my father’s family is from Tulkarem, a small city in the West Bank. And so my dad, my siblings, and I have West Bank IDs while my mom, a Jerusalemite, has a Jerusalem ID. That meant that while my mother had a right to live in Jerusalem, the rest of us were only guests in our own home, living there because we renewed travel permits that technically allowed us only entry into Jerusalem, not a permanent stay. (Israel has been trying to revoke Jerusalem IDs from Palestinians like my mom for decades.)

Because I still have a West Bank ID, as an adult I can never live in Jerusalem again despite it being my hometown. Under Israeli law, West Bankers aren’t allowed to drive or work in Jerusalem unless they have special permits, which are very rare and hard to get. They are also not allowed to buy or rent a home. But those rules do not apply to Jewish people, be they from Israel or anywhere else in the world. So long as someone can prove their Jewish ancestry, Israel will help them settle in Jerusalem and offer them full rights and privileges — ones that I, an indigenous Palestinian, can never get for the sole reason of my identity.

Source: I learned how to ride a bike in Sheikh Jarrah – The Boston Globe

Facebook said it would stop recommending anti-vaccine groups. It didn’t.

Facebook broadcast a sweeping pledge in a Feb. 8 blog post: It would remove false claims about vaccines from its platform. The declaration followed a series of promises over the preceding months to curb bogus health information on its site, particularly misinformation surrounding the pandemic. This included a commitment in September to stop recommending “health groups” in order to halt the practice of people turning to fellow Facebook users instead of doctors for medical advice.

But data from The Markup’s Citizen Browser project shows that not only is COVID-19 misinformation still easy to find on Facebook, the company has also continued to recommend health groups to its users, including blatantly anti-vaccine groups and pages explicitly founded to propagate lies about the pandemic.

Source: Facebook said it would stop recommending anti-vaccine groups. It didn’t.

They recovered from COVID, only to die of ‘black fungus.’ What we know about the disease sweeping India – San Gabriel Valley Tribune

“We now have a new challenge of black fungus, we need to be cautious and prepare for it,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Friday.

At least seven states have declared black fungus a notifiable disease, in accordance with the central government’s advisory to collect data, according to respective state government authorities.

“These cases are being found in patients who have recovered from COVID, so there are a number of complications,” said J. V. Modi, medical superintendent at Gujarat’s Ahmedabad Civil Hospital. He added the hospital has seen a rise of cases in the past 10 days, as the country appeared to pass the peak of its second coronavirus wave.

Source: They recovered from COVID, only to die of ‘black fungus.’ What we know about the disease sweeping India – San Gabriel Valley Tribune

In photos: Chileans vote for a new future · Global Voices

On May 15 and 16, 2021, Chileans voted for citizen representatives who will rewrite Chile’s constitution and help the country leave behind the previous political system designed by a dictatorship of decades past. Citizens also voted for governors, mayors, and city council members that work together with the mayor. And for the first time in history, Indigenous Chileans voted for a representative of their culture to help re-write the constitution.

These elections were groundbreaking – through a democratic process, Chile was able to handle a political crisis. Back in 2019, protests rocked the country, provoking a collapse of the political system. At first, Chileans protested a hike in transportation fares, but the discontent was much deeper than that: people were not satisfied at many levels with Chilean society. Reports of police violence multiplied.

Source: In photos: Chileans vote for a new future · Global Voices

Whats healthy brunch looks like?

Smitha's Bake Love

5 items in 1 hour – Fresh & Tasty

Few weeks back we unexpectedly saw produce junction in another city while visiting someone. You guys, if you have produce junction near you, I will call you the lucky bunch. The prices are crazy cheap. I mean like crazy crazy. All below veggies and fruits came under $40. That’s a lot of veggies and I have been cooking with different varieties of the veggies for weeks now.

In addition, there are some items which I never saw or heard before like pink pears and golden beetroot. Yep, I definitely picked them up. I often say to my hubby that, I have more interest to cook when the fridge is full. I wasn’t kidding. Today I made a complete veggie lunch – no rice or pasta or any carbs to accompany the veggies. They did make quite a show and surprised us…

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Thin Leaved Sunflower

Michael Stephen Wills Photography

“Out in the meadow, I picked a wild sunflower, and as I looked into its golden heart,such a wave of homesickness came over me that I almost wept. I wanted Mother, withher gentle voice and quiet firmness; I longed to hear Father’s jolly songs and to see his twinkling blue eyes; I was lonesome for the sister with whom I used to play in the meadow picking daisies and wild sunflowers.”

from “Laura Ingalls Wilder, Farm Journalist, Writings from the Ozarks” edited by Stephen W. Hines”

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Gold Fever, COVID-19 and the Genocide of the Yanomami — Tiny Life

Barbara Crane Navarro

Originally posted on Barbara Crane Navarro: What I’ve been dreading since the first cases of COVID-19 were reported in Brazil on February 25th has happened. After testing positive for coronavirus, a 15 year old Yanomami boy died on April 10th in the hospital in Roraima, the Brazilian state where most of the Yanomami reserve is…

Gold Fever, COVID-19 and the Genocide of the Yanomami — Tiny Life

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Assista a “Indígenas Yanomami pedem ajuda contra ataques de garimpeiros” no YouTube — Mágica Mistura✨

EL PAÍS Brasil: 8 anos e 12 quilos, a criança com malária e desnutrição que simboliza o descaso com os Yanomami no Brasil — Mágica Mistura✨

Barbara Crane Navarro

Etnia enfrenta crises sanitária e ambiental com escalada de violência por garimpos ilegais. Povo denuncia novo ataque neste domingo. Imagem expõe o grave e crônico problema da assistência à saúde em várias aldeias… 11 morewords

EL PAÍS Brasil: 8 anos e 12 quilos, a criança com malária e desnutrição que simboliza o descaso com os Yanomami no Brasil — Mágica Mistura✨

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