Climate crisis ‘may put 8bn at risk of malaria and dengue’ | Global development | The Guardian

More than 8 billion people could be at risk of malaria and dengue fever by 2080 if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise unabated, a new study says. Malaria and dengue fever will spread to reach billions of people, according to new projections. Researchers predict that up to 4.7 billion more people could be threatened by the world’s two most prominent mosquito-borne diseases, compared with 1970-99 figures. The figures are based on projections of a population growth of about 4.5 billion over the same period, and a temperature rise of about 3.7C by 2100. The study, led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and published in the Lancet Planetary Health journal, found that if emission levels continue to rise at current rates, the effect on global temperatures could lengthen transmission seasons by more than a month for malaria and four months for dengue over the next 50 years.

Source: Climate crisis ‘may put 8bn at risk of malaria and dengue’ | Global development | The Guardian

Long COVID life lessons on symptoms, treatment, and recovery – Los Angeles Times

…This pandemic has heightened the inequities, especially among people of color and women like myself. It has been long and isolating, and has made me see how fragile life can be. I don’t take for granted the privilege that I have to be able to call my parents, family or friends at the drop of a hat, thanks to FaceTime, WhatsApp and high-speed internet. I believe being an educated patient is key to getting the care you need.

I also know that as a person who speaks English, I am privileged. I have had to translate Spanish for a few people in waiting rooms as I saw them struggling to communicate with the nurses and staff.

I am very grateful that I am here today and some days I feel the survivor’s guilt. I think of the thousands of individuals who don’t have access to affordable health insurance, and of those who didn’t survive. I also feel for those who have lost their loved ones.

I’ve learned not to take no for an answer, and to say no when I need to rest. One of my doctors joked, “You take more notes than any other patient I’ve had before.”

These days, my oxygen is 96/97 on most days, and I am able to go up and down the stairs without being winded. I’m still going for tests to resolve some of the symptoms. I can hold interviews and not lose my voice until late in the day. And I can write and share my story.

Source: Long COVID life lessons on symptoms, treatment, and recovery – Los Angeles Times

Self-Publishing in S. India: A Guest Blog Post by Nadira Cotticollan

Happiness Between Tails by da-AL

Traditional publishing, the kind that engages literary agents and monolithic publishing companies, has always been a challenge for writers. In my quest to find either for my soon-to-be-released novels, “Flamenco & the Sitting Cat” and “Tango & the Sitting Cat,” it feels akin to winning the lottery. Fortunately, self-publishing is rapidly becoming a mainstream empowering alternative. What’s your experience with either buying or publishing self-published novels?

A blogger from India, Nadira Cotticollan, shares about her venture into releasing fiction on her own…

When she’s not writing novels, Nadira Cotticollon loves being a grandmother.

“The Winnowing Waves” and Self-Publishing by Nadira Cotticollan

I belong to a  Muslim community from the coastal state of Kerala in South India. We are said to have been winnowed out from the rest of the Kerala populace by the inter-marriages that took place between the Arab traders and the local women. Most of the cultural…

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Brooklyn Museum Returns 1,305 Pre-Hispanic Artifacts to Costa Rica | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine

Brooklyn Museum in New York City has voluntarily returned 1,305 pre-Hispanic artifacts—including stone figurines, ceramic vessels and tools—to the Museo Nacional de Costa Rica in San José. As Alvaro Murillo reports for Reuters, the objects arrived in the Central American country late last year. Per a statement, the New York cultural institution previously sent 981 ceramic vessels back to Costa Rica in 2011. Both gifts were unprompted, meaning that the Brooklyn Museum sent the items without receiving a formal request or undergoing a judicial process.

Source: Brooklyn Museum Returns 1,305 Pre-Hispanic Artifacts to Costa Rica | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine

« El dinero no nos protege … no crea nuestra alegría. Para los *blancos, es diferente. »

Barbara Crane Navarro

Casa comunal Yanomami en la selva, Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela

«Los chamanes Yanomami no trabajan por dinero como los médicos blancos. Simplemente actúan para mantener el cielo y el bosque en su lugar, para que podamos cazar, plantar nuestros jardines y tener una vida saludable. Nuestros mayores no sabían de dinero. … El dinero no nos protege … no crea nuestra alegría. Para los blancos, es diferente. No saben cómo soñar con espíritus como nosotros. Prefieren ignorar que el trabajo de los chamanes es proteger la tierra, tanto para nosotros y nuestros hijos como para ellos y los suyos.»

aliento de vida de los humanos es muy corto. Vivimos poco tiempo. »

  • El portavoz y chamán YanomamiDavi Kopenawa

* El citado chamán Yanomami se refiere a la destrucción de la selva y las vidas indígenas desde la “conquista de las Américas” por europeos blancos (no indígenas) que inició el despojo…

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Com apoio da Funai, operação conjunta combate ilícitos na Terra indígena Yanomami (RR) — Ecoamazônia

Barbara Crane Navarro

Uma operação conjunta deflagrada nesta terça-feira (29), com apoio da Fundação Nacional do Índio (Funai), busca combater a mineração ilegal na Terra Indígena Yanomami, em Roraima. 45 morewords

Com apoio da Funai, operação conjunta combate ilícitos na Terra indígena Yanomami (RR) — Ecoamazônia

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Ouro do sangue Yanomami — Ecoamazônia

Barbara Crane Navarro

O Portal Amazônia Real postou uma série de reportagens abordando a questão do garimpo ilegal na Terra Indígena Yanomami. Já são quase quatro décadas em que “os garimpeiros estão lá com parceiros, sócios e cúmplices na ilegalidade”. A confissão desse crime continuado foi feita por José Altino Machado, Zé Altino, uma memória-viva do garimpodo…

Ouro do sangue Yanomami — Ecoamazônia

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150 guards staff empty Texas prison meant for immigrants | The Texas Tribune (Me: Stupid and racist is as stupid and racist does)

While many Texas prisons are understaffed, some dangerously so, the emptied-out Briscoe Unit in Dilley is in “maintenance mode” as officials scramble to implement the governor’s plan to increase the state’s role in border enforcement. Source: 150 guards staff empty Texas prison meant for immigrants | The Texas Tribune