One billion people in 43 countries are at risk of cholera — a “pandemic killing the poor” — despite prevention and treatment being relatively straightforward, the United Nations warned on Friday. The UN branded the outlook bleak, saying it did not have the resources to fight the outbreaks, and the longer it took to start waging the battle, the worse the situation would get. Between the World Health Organisation and the children’s agency Unicef, the UN is seeking $640 million to fight the infectious disease, warning of a “cholera catastrophe” if action is not ramped up immediately.
Monthly Archives: May 2023
Our beloved and beautiful endangered species, the Jamaican Rock Iguana, is making a serious comeback – Petchary’s Blog
World Bee Day: A Jamaican organic farmer says these furry creatures play a critical role in pollinating her crops · Global Voices
World Bee Day: A Jamaican organic farmer says these furry creatures play a critical role in pollinating her crops
House GOP Attempts to Defund Poultry Regulation Opposed by Their Megadonor – Sludge
House Republicans are trying to defund a Biden administration proposal to boost competition in poultry markets that is opposed by a Republican megadonor’s massive chicken company. Source: House GOP Attempts to Defund Poultry Regulation Opposed by Their Megadonor – Sludge
Intensive farming is biggest cause of bird decline in Europe, study says | Birds | The Guardian
The use of pesticides and fertilisers in intensive agriculture is the biggest cause of the dwindling number of birds in the UK and the rest of Europe, scientists have said.
Compared with a generation ago, 550 million fewer birds fly over the continent, with their decline well documented. But until now the relative importance of various pressures on bird populations was not known.
Source: Intensive farming is biggest cause of bird decline in Europe, study says | Birds | The Guardian
Decision
When we decide on a point of action we should not deny it when it is brought to our attention later in life. We can’t sweep our indiscretions away, …
Decision
Trees

A poem for kids in Vietnamese by Nguyễn Lãm ThắngTranslator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm Photography: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm Trees Trees Comes from…
Trees
A Thought, On Octavia Butler’s Thoughts On Hierarchy…
Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better
I still find it unfortunate that such a prescient and visionary writer on humanity never gets the level of attention that Toni Morrison gets, despite posing questions just as important as those posed by Morrison’s works, and while bearing witness just as poignantly, if not in the same literary way. So, there is an idea that has been bothering me ever since I first read Dawn, the first book in Octavia Butler’s Imago trilogy.
(Oops, I mean in the Xenogenesis trilogy…) She claimed, via the protagonist, sorry, not Olamina, from the Parable books, but from yet another extremely well portrayed female protagonist’s (Lilith?) discussion with one of the aliens who rescued Earth in order to combine themselves with Humanity to form a new species, basically that our hierarchical nature, and one other thing, I believe it was our propensity toward violence, were essentially a deadly…
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Vida
Quando se busca o seu real sentido, ninguém tem a resposta pronta, cerrada, lacrada, deixada quieta num canto, como numa espéciede dormência, onde diante dos episódios mais dantescos que temos na sociedade, surja um grande sábio, capaz de transmitir uma serie de ensinamentos em forma de sermão para nós. Não, em cada época, tem-se indivíduos com habilidades diferentes. Em cada cultura, há povos com ( pensadores) e suas múltiplas formas de definir a vida e a sua importância. E aqui não falo só de grandes filósofos. Claro, chamo atenção principalmente, para pessoas comuns, como eu e você. Quantos bilhões de informações não temos nesse processo em relação ao procurar avaliar a vida, ou mesmo defini-la? Evidente que, ela não dar-se só pelo que um sujeito sábio diz. Isso é óbvio demais. E o que acontece e ninguém tem a capacidade de enxergar? Você já parou para pensar? É muita gente…
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