Both Russia and China have worked to promote their own vaccines through messaging that undermines American and European vaccination programs, according to the State Department’s Global Engagement Center. But in addition to overt messaging promoting their own vaccines, Moscow has also spread conspiracy theories. Last year, the department began warning about how Russia was using fringe websites to promote doubts around vaccinations… The aim of various Russian groups continues to be to exacerbate tensions in Western societies, a key foreign policy goal of Moscow, according to American officials briefed on the disinformation efforts… Source: Russia May Be Spreading Vaccine Misinformation to Undermine Efforts to Immunize People – Slashdot
Monthly Archives: August 2021
¿Dónde quedamos?
Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga
SANTIAGO GALICIA ROJON SERRALLONGA
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¿Qué fue de nuestros perfumes? ¿Qué de la sonrisa que compartimos? ¿Qué de nuestra historia y de la gente y las cosas que vimos pasar? ¿Qué de las gotas de lluvia que mojaron nuestras cabezas y sentimos delizar en la piel? ¿Qué de los capítulos que vivimos y de nuestros sueños, esperanzas e ilusiones? ¿Dónde quedamos nosotros, los de apenas hace unos días, los de entonces, los del ayer? ¿Dónde están el deleite y el encanto de nuestros encuentros y desencuentros, de los juegos, de las palabras y los silencios, de los romances, de las compañías y las soledades? ¿Dónde quedaron las letras de los poemas y de las odiseas, los matices de los lienzos, la música de los pianos, las arpas y los violines? ¿Dónde permanecen las imágenes que reflejaron los espejos, las lagunas y los charcos? ¿Dónde…
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Adulthood
If we think we are grown and entitled to do whatever we want, the first order of things is to take care of ourselves and that includes housing, food and all other sundry expenses. Grown has nothing to do with age, it is about responsibility.
© Norma Bibb-Semple 2021
Lei Maria da Penha completa 15 anos
” Maria da Penha é o exemplo vivo, do que o amor não é capaz de faz, mas um homem violento, sim”.
Marii Freire Pereira.
A Lei n° ( 11. 340/ 2021) Maria da Penha completa hoje, sábado, 7 de Agosto de 2021, 15 anos. Desde o período de sua criação, até está data, a lei tem passado por uma grande evolução.
Segundo a própria Maria, há uma ” progressiva quebra de silêncio ” da mulher que é vítima da violência IMP ( Instituto Maria da Penha). A lei tem sido de grande importância para a mulher porque deu visibilidade a um problema sério, e que provocava muita inquietação, onde se percebia que a mulher sofria violência, mas suportava calada, ou havia punição para o agressor, mas está, era branda. Então, essa lei veio na verdade, descortinar, uma realidade que é a violência e, ao mesmo tempo, a não negociação…
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Landfills- The Many Problems and Solutions they Represent
Waste and landfills not our favorite topic
The waste grows more because of the use of single-use-plastic
It is good to see that modern technology is helping to turn waste into energy
A lot more jobs are created and there was a development of a great newstrategy

Using less fossil fuels can reduce our green house gas emissions over time
And after a while our energy bills might go down, for one month we might pay a dime
Changing the way waste is managed can truly transform our lives
When bills are reduced we will find new ways to strive

When people understand how environmental protection can help them to save money
I believe they will want to protect the planet and have lives that are bright and sunny
So much can be done with the…
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In the Afghanistan war, the battle may be over — but the Taliban never goes away – ABC News (Me: good analysis to understand the Taliban)
Revisionist History … Then And Now
There are so many critical issues happening in the country, in the world today, that it should be possible to write two posts a day without ever repeating myself. But there are a few issues that take precedence over all else: racism, voting rights, climate change, the corruption of certain legislators, and the assault on the very foundation of our country. So, please forgive me if I seem to repeat these topics, for they simply cannot be allowed to fade into oblivion as some would like to see happen.
The events of January 6th are being lied about, Republicans are doing everything in their power to make the country forget that but for some very dedicated police officers, we might today be living in an autocratic state, the results of our vote last November having been cast to the wind. Columnist Dana Milbank has written of the attempts to…
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9-year-old girl’s lemonade stand raises $3,400 for Lytton, B.C. wildfire victims | Globalnews.ca
When Emily Loewen learned Lytton had been virtually wiped off the map by a devastating wildfire last month, she got to work with her friend Gracie to do something about it.
Source: 9-year-old girl’s lemonade stand raises $3,400 for Lytton, B.C. wildfire victims | Globalnews.ca
Password of three random words better than complex variation, experts say | Data and computer security | The Guardian
In a blogpost, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – which is part of Government Communications Headquarters – said a three-word system creates passwords that are easy to remember. In addition, it creates unusual combinations of letters, which means the system is strong enough to keep online accounts secure from cybercriminals. By contrast, more complex passwords can be ineffective as their makeup can often be guessed by criminals using specialist software. The agency said cybercriminals targeted predictable strategies meant to make passwords more complex. Examples include substituting the letter O with a zero, or the number one with an exclamation mark. Criminals allow for such patterns in their hacking software, negating any added security from such passwords. “Counterintuitively, the enforcement of these complexity requirements results in the creation of more predictable passwords,” the agency said. By contrast, passwords constructed from three random words tended to be longer and harder to predict, and used letter combinations that were more difficult for hacking algorithms to detect, it said.
Column: They’re going door to door in Watts answering vaccine questions, and it’s working – Los Angeles Times
Business was slow at an L.A. County vaccination site, until medical teams walked the neighborhood.

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