Why GOP culture warriors lost big in school board races this month – POLITICO

“Don’t assume that a blanket message on critical race theory or transgender issues is going to claim every district,” one GOP activist said.
— Read on www.politico.com/news/2023/04/17/gop-school-board-races-midwest-00092232

Darcy Ribeiro

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

” É de se supor que, por esse caminho, a população brasileira se homogeneirá cada vez mais, fazendo com que, no futuro, se torne ainda mais coparticipado por todos um patrimônio genético multirracial comum. Ninguém estranha, no Brasil, os matizes de cor dos filhos dos mesmos pais, que vão, frequentemente, do moreno ao amulatado, em um deles, ao branco mais claro, no outro; ou combinam cabelos lisos e negros de índio ou duros e encaracolados de negro, ou sedosos de branco, de todos os modos possíveis; com diferentes aberturas de olhos, formas de boca, conformações nasais ou proporções das mãos e pés. “

Darcy Ribeiro. Assimilação ou segregação / Raça e cor

RIBEIRO, Darcy. O Povo Brasileiro e a formação e o sentido do Brasil. 3 ed. Editora: Global. São Paulo, 2015

Marii Freire

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Happy Belated Earth Day! What We Can Do To Be Eco-Friendly — Tanooki Homemade Cafe

Yes I’m late for 2 days, but here I am. Let’s talk about this year’s Earth Day with the theme “Invest in Our Planet” which is the same as last year.  Well, I feel guilty…because I’m the one destroying this beautiful planet. Ever since I gave birth to my little Miss Smiley a few weeks […]

Happy Belated Earth Day! What We Can Do To Be Eco-Friendly — Tanooki Homemade Cafe

Jaw-Dropping News

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At exactly 11:39 EDT this morning came the breaking news that caused my jaw to drop:

Tucker Carlson Leaves Fox News

The company gave no reason, only this brief statement:

“FOX News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways. We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor.”

I expected some heads to roll in the wake of the $787.5 million settlement agreed on between Fox and Dominion Voting Systems last week, but last I heard it would likely be Jeanine Pirro and Maria Bartiromo, not their top draw.  Thus far there is no word whether he was terminated or left of his own volition, but I suspect the former, for as journalist Brian Stelter noted …

“The biggest ‘tell’ in Fox’s press release about Tucker Carlson’s exit is that he is not getting a final show. No…

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DeSantis, GOP lawmakers bill hurt FL’s immigrant communities | Miami Herald

Before the abhorrent “Florida blueprint” DeSantis is peddling nationwide — autocracy, anti-gay, anti-Black and anti-women’s rights, anti-immigrant measures — we were heralded as America’s model city of the future. Now, GOP state lawmakers stand in solidarity with inconceivable intrusion in our communities by a governor with runaway ambition. Simply put, both versions of the same proposal, House Bill 1617 and Senate Bill 1718, are a slap to the face of our immigrant families — and native-born Americans who have welcomed immigrants into their lives, whether through friendship or marriage. Families of mixed immigration status, people who straddle two worlds, are a Florida trademark.

Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/fabiola-santiago/article274039665.html#storylink=cpy

Source: DeSantis, GOP lawmakers bill hurt FL’s immigrant communities | Miami Herald

MIT-developed printer brings on-demand vaccine production a step closer – UPI.com

With skin-patch vaccines under development for polio, measles and rubella, the MIT team believes its printer could help solve the age-old problem of supplying vaccines and drugs quickly to those who need them and without the need for an advanced healthcare system.

“We could someday have on-demand vaccine production,” said lead author Ana Jaklenec, a research scientist at MIT’s Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research.

“If, for example, there was an Ebola outbreak in a particular region, one could ship a few of these printers there and vaccinate the people in that location,” said Jaklenec, who noted the team had demonstrated the technique’s efficacy with COVID-19 RNA vaccines in mice.

To test the printed vaccine, two sets of mice were given two doses of COVID-19 vaccine four weeks apart, one via a traditional intramuscular injection and the other via printed skin patch. Mice that received the microneedle patch had a strong antibody response similar to mice given the traditional injected vaccine.

The researchers plan to adapt the process for non-RNA vaccines, including those made from proteins or inactivated viruses.

Jaklenic said that the ink composition was key in stabilizing mRNA vaccines, but the ink could contain various types of vaccines or even drugs, allowing for flexibility and modularity in what could be delivered via the microneedle platform.

“This work is particularly exciting as it realizes the ability to produce vaccines on demand,” said Joseph DeSimone, a professor of translational medicine and chemical engineering at Stanford University.

“With the possibility of scaling up vaccine manufacturing and improved stability at higher temperatures, mobile vaccine printers can facilitate widespread access to RNA vaccines,” said DeSimone, who was not involved in the MIT study.


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Supreme Court rejects climate bids from oil and gas companies – UPI.com

“The high court’s decision is a major victory for communities across the country that are fighting to hold Big Oil accountable and make them pay for the climate damages they knowingly caused,” he said. “Now it’s time for these polluters to face the evidence of their deception in court.” Source: Supreme Court rejects climate bids from oil and gas companies – UPI.com