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Daily Archives: August 25, 2022
My son came into the world, as my friend lay down his life
A poem in Vietnamese by Nguyễn Bắc Sơn
Translator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm
My son came into the world, as my friend lay down his life
Upon the setting of Venus
We were there for the rise of the same star
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O Trần Thái
The year my first son was born
The same year you lost your life
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A guerrilla soldier blind
Blindly shooting
At the body of a drowsy officer out in the battle field
In a blinding bloody war
How could anyone stay up?
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When you died little brother
You will be the thunder
The golden dust
The wind and the clouds
In the eternal life and death of the universe?
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My son
The year you were born into your father’s warm house
Out there, out in the smoky foggy jungle
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Kindness
COVID-19 deaths reach 1 million worldwide so far in 2022 – ABC News
One million people have died from COVID-19 so far this year, the World Health Organization has revealed, describing it as a “tragic milestone”.
Key points:
- The WHO urged governments to increase efforts to vaccinate health workers, older people and those at high risk
- The WHO had wanted all countries to have vaccinated 70 per cent of their populations by the end of June
- 136 countries failed to reach the target
Since the pandemic began more than two and a half years ago, more than 6.4 million people have died from COVID-19 across the globe, according to WHO data.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Thursday the figures reached this week demonstrated the world was not “learning to live” with the virus.
“This week, we crossed the tragic milestone of 1 million reported deaths so far this year,” he told a press conference.
“We cannot say we are learning to live with COVID-19 when 1 million people have died with COVID-19 this year alone, when we are two and a half years into the pandemic and have all the tools necessary to prevent these deaths.
“We ask all governments to strengthen their efforts to vaccinate all health workers, older people and others at the highest risk, on the way to 70 per cent vaccine coverage for the whole population.”
Source: COVID-19 deaths reach 1 million worldwide so far in 2022 – ABC News
Failing ambitions in New York: Is it too late for a strong Global Ocean Treaty? Part Two
“Ambition” is a lofty word. “High Ambition” is even more inspiring. However, ambitions, once set, must be achievable and, if possible, achieved. Ambition is not a “well, it would be nice if it happened” word; it is a “let’s get it done” word. A High Ambition Coalition sounds like “let’s do it, together.”
Yesterday, I wrote aboutthe ongoing discussions leading up to a possible Global Ocean Treaty in New York. The talks conclude tomorrow. However, they have hit a major snag. The High Ambition Coalition for People and Nature, which aims to protect at least 30 percent of the planet’s land and ocean by 2030 (“30 x 30”) is faltering; and if it fails to achieve a Global Ocean Treaty (the coalition includes over 100 countries) then the 30 x 30 goal is literally dead in the water.
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White House Orders Journals to Drop Paywalls on Publicly Funded Research – The New York Times
Academic journals will have to provide immediate access to papers that are publicly funded, providing a big win for advocates of open research and ending a policy that had allowed publishers to keep publications behind a paywall for a year, according to a White House directive announced on Thursday.
In laying out the new policy, which is set to be fully in place by the start of 2026, the Office of Science and Technology Policy said that the guidance had the potential to save lives and benefit the public on several key priorities — from cancer breakthroughs to clean-energy technology.
“The American people fund tens of billions of dollars of cutting-edge research annually,” Dr. Alondra Nelson, the head of the office, said in a statement. “There should be no delay or barrier between the American public and the returns on their investments in research.”
Academic journals will have to provide immediate access to papers that are publicly funded, providing a big win for advocates of open research and ending a policy that had allowed publishers to keep publications behind a paywall for a year, according to a White House directive announced on Thursday. In laying out the new policy, which is set to be fully in place by the start of 2026, the Office of Science and Technology Policy said that the guidance had the potential to save lives and benefit the public on several key priorities — from cancer breakthroughs to clean-energy technology. “The American people fund tens of billions of dollars of cutting-edge research annually,” Dr. Alondra Nelson, the head of the office, said in a statement. “There should be no delay or barrier between the American public and the returns on their investments in research.”
Franz Kafka
” Só podia encontrar a felicidade se conseguisse subverter o mundo para o fazer entrar no verdadeiro, no puro, no imutável.
Franz Kafka
Marii Freire
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Santarém, Pá 25 de agosto de 2022
La Casa de Papel (Money Heist) P3e5: “Boom, Boom, Ciao” and Debt vs. Secrets
What is more important than debt, and debt forgiveness, to a government, especially, or Its dirty secrets… ??
Gross, Palermo, gross!!
Hmm, ok, yes, any government would do anything to keep those secrets secret.
And once again, Nairobi is right 
(where was her brain before, when she had her kid?)
Finally: a good reason to have a beautiful (if impossible) plan…
Excellent, Profe!
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Last week was Part 3, ep 4: La Casa de Papel (Money Heist) P3e4: “Dolphin” & More Debt !! , and
next week: …
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“Somos la resistencia.” Ahora, Si…
“We are the Resistance.” Now, yes…
Shira
Action Prompts:
1.) Share your thoughts on how we can be part of the Peaceful Resistance…
2.) Write a book, story, post or tweet that uses these thoughts.
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Perfume de escritor
Before laptop computers and smart phones, I used to keep “notes” and “write” text for both fiction and non-fiction in my head as dreams or mind films while traveling. I’d run and rerun them until I got back home and could then transcribe into my desktop computer.
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Alguien dijo, una vez, que huelo a papel, a libro, y a tinta, a bolígrafo, a páginas impresas, mezcla que forma, inevitablemente, el encanto de una fragancia, especial que no tiene precio porque se trata, simplemente, de perfume de escritor. Y es que, a pesar de que conozco y manejo la tecnología de la hora contemporánea, soy un artista de las letras, muy romántico, proclive a escribir mis textos en un cuaderno o en una libreta, antes de transcribirlos en la computadora y publicarlos. En ocasiones, por la dinámica cotidiana, me resulta imposible tomar el bolígrafo y escribir sobre una hoja de papel; entonces recurro, directamente, a los equipos modernos y me entrego al arte. He escrito fragmentos de mis obras en servilletas, pedazos de cartón, trozos de papel, boletos y comprobantes de pago de las tiendas, porque la…
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