We are the buttress we seek. There is no saviour, we have to do the work that is required to overcome the difficulties in our lives. When we know and knowledge we are all we have the way becomes clear and uncluttered.

© Norma Bobb-Semple 2023

Source: Buttress – normabobb

Residents far from the nearest food pantry are struggling to feed their families, advocates say. State health officials say they’re making headway on applications but recipients say help can’t come too soon.
— Read on www.adn.com/alaska-news/2023/02/26/alaskas-unprecedented-food-stamp-backlog-is-taking-a-harsh-toll-on-rural-communities/

The Tesla and Twitter chief blasted media outlets for dropping Scott Adams’ cartoon following Adams’ racist rant against Black people.
— Read on www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/02/26/elon-musk-scott-adams-dilbert-racist/

The news follows the Environmental Protection Agency order to pause shipments from the site of the Feb. 3 derailment in East Palestine to allow additional oversight about where waste was shipped.
— Read on www.npr.org/2023/02/26/1159623336/contaminated-waste-shipments-from-ohio-derailment-will-resume

Contrary to popular belief, it seems that countries that have protected their residents better during COVID-19 have not experienced a…
— Read on www.actuaries.digital/2023/02/20/there-is-no-clear-economic-trade-off-for-saving-lives-during-the-pandemic/

“We can no longer keep exploiting the resources of this earth-the trees, the water and the minerals-without any care for the coming generations. It is common sense that we cannot survive if we keep working against nature. We must learn to live in harmony with nature.” His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

Nature — Silent Songs of Sonsnow

It reportedly comes from the DOE’s own network of national labs rather than through spying. But I do know that to be consistent with the available scientific evidence, the DOE has to explain how the virus emerged twice over 2 wks in humans at the same market the size of a tennis court, over 8 km & across a river from the only lab in Wuhan working on SARSr-CoVs….

Claims of a progenitor at WIV are pure speculation & unsupported by evidence…. Despite 3 years of a global search for this evidence, it has not materialized, while evidence supporting zoonosis associated with Huanan has continued to stack up. At some point, an absence of evidence might just be evidence of absence.

Source: Virologist Disputes WSJ Report on a Minority Opinion Suggesting Covid ‘Lab Leak’ Origin – Slashdot