Trump is escalating his anti-democratic rhetoric. It’s time to listen – Los Angeles Times

  • Trump has escalated his rage-filled and violent rhetoric to such an alarming level that we have to call it out.
  • Sunday on Fox News, he threatened to use the military on U.S. citizens who oppose him.

Hello and happy Tuesday. There are 20 days until the election, and today we’re talking F-words: fear, fascism and what has become the dirtiest word in the American vernacular, facts.

In 2018, many of us (apparently about 50% of us) found it distasteful when Trump referred to El Salvador, Haiti and some African nations as “shithole countries” and began experimenting with the rhetoric that Black and brown immigrants were dangerous.

Though it hadn’t been widely reported yet, Trump had by then already started his brutal systemic policy of forcibly separating children from parents at the border — a tactic meant to deter families from coming to the U.S. without documentation, but which left thousands of parents with no way to reunite with, or even locate, their kids…

…Sunday on Fox News, he threatened to use the military on U.S. citizens who oppose him. Speaking to Fox host Maria Bartiromo about the possibility of violence after the election, Trump claimed America’s greatest threat is “the people from within,” who might have to be dealt with by force.

“It should be very easily handled by, if necessary, by National Guard or if really necessary by the military. Because they can’t let that happen,” Trump said…

…So what’s a democracy-loving American, Republican or Democrat, to do?

You have to listen to Trump.

If we don’t know what the MAGA folks are saying — and believing — we lose the ability to see the bigger picture of what is happening. If we don’t pay attention to the lies Trump is telling about FEMA, we can’t understand how significant it is that a lone man with a gun is threatening aid workers.

That man is the intended result: A person so removed from our shared reality that no impartial fact can sway him from his fear, rage and commitment.

With or without weapons, we will see more of these desperate Americans in coming days….

Source: Trump is escalating his anti-democratic rhetoric. It’s time to listen – Los Angeles Times

I gechi percepiscono vibrazioni a bassa frequenza | le pagine dei nostri libri

I gechi grazie a una struttura del loro orecchio interno, associata al controllo dell’equilibrio e della posizione del corpo nello spazio, riescono a percepire vibrazioni a bassa frequenza.Questa capacità  finora era stata identificata solo in pesci e anfibi.

La scoperta si deve a un gruppo di ricerca dell’Università americana del Maryland e sfida le attuali teorie sull’evoluzione dei sistemi sensoriali degli animali, mammiferi compresi.

Anche nell’uomo la  connessione tra senso dell’udito e dell’equilibrio potrebbe quindi essere più stretta del previsto.

L’orecchio sente i suoni che si diffondono nell’aria ma nei gechi aiuta a rilevare le vibrazioni che viaggiano attraverso il suolo e l’acqua. Questo percorso esiste negli anfibi e nei pesci e ora è stato dimostrato che esiste anche nelle lucertole.

La struttura alla base di questo sesto senso dei gechi è il sacculo, un organo che si trova nell’orecchio interno di tutti i vertebrati, e che in questi animali può rilevare vibrazioni che sono molto deboli, ben al di sotto delle frequenze che sono di solito in grado di udire con le orecchie.

Secondo i ricercatori, ciò indica che, nei gechi, il sacculo svolge una  funzione distinta e complementare al normale sistema uditivo.

Si pensava che molti rettili fossero ‘sordi’, perché non sentono bene i suoni ma si scopre che potrebbero potenzialmente comunicare tramite vibrazioni. Questo cambia il modo in cui i ricercatori pensano alla percezione che gli stessi animali hanno dell’ambiente circostante.

Source: I gechi percepiscono vibrazioni a bassa frequenza | le pagine dei nostri libri

Receita de Paçoca Caseira : Linkezine

A paçoca é um doce tradicional que ganha destaque em várias receitas, como bolo, brigadeiro e pavê. Nas festas de São João, ela é uma verdadeira estrela, sendo apreciada em diversas variações. Para quem deseja preparar uma versão caseira, o Portal Umami oferece uma receita simples e rápida, ideal para qualquer ocasião. Vamos conferir?

Ingredientes:

  • 500 g de amendoim torrado e sem pele
  • 1 xícara (chá) de açúcar (150 g)
  • 1/2 xícara (chá) de farinha de milho amarela (100 g)
  • 1/2 colher (chá) de sal (2,5 g)
  • 4 colheres (sopa) de manteiga sem sal, derretida (60 g)

Modo de preparo:

  1. No copo de um processador, adicione o amendoim, o açúcar, a farinha de milho, o sal e a manteiga derretida aos poucos.
  2. Bata por aproximadamente 2 minutos, ou até obter uma farofa úmida e homogênea.
  3. Transfira a mistura para copinhos individuais e sirva em seguida.

Dica: O liquidificador não é recomendado para essa receita, pois não produz o mesmo resultado que o processador.

Informação Nutricional (por porção):

  • Valor energético: 221 kcal
  • Carboidratos: 16,1 g
  • Proteínas: 6 g
  • Gorduras totais: 16,1 g
  • Colesterol: 6,4 mg
  • Sódio: 126,5 mg
  • Fibras: 2,2 g

Source: Receita de Paçoca Caseira : Linkezine

What happens to the world if forests stop absorbing carbon? Ask Finland | Finland | The Guardian

The natural sinks of forests and peat were key to Finland’s ambitious target to be carbon neutral by 2035. But the land now emits more greenhouse gases than it stores
— Read on www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/15/finland-emissions-target-forests-peatlands-sinks-absorbing-carbon-aoe

‘Obscene’: New report details Trump’s protection of Kavanaugh from sexual assault probe

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse released a bombshell report this week accusing the Trump White House of thwarting an FBI probe into sexual assault allegations made against Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his 2018 nomination process. The latest scandal adds to a growing list of controversies amid polls showing that public faith in the nation’s highest court continues to plummet. Meanwhile calls for Supreme Court reforms are intensifying, including President Joe Biden’s recent proposals for 18-year term limits for justices and a binding code of ethics. “Every official in this country– local, county, state, other federal– everybody is subject to basic fact-finding if there’s an allegation made about their misconduct.” says Sen. Whitehouse, who released the damning report this week. “There are only nine people in government, anywhere, who have literally no responsibility to either tell the truth about what they did, or have neutral fact-finding about what they did– and that is the nine justices of the Supreme Court.”
— Read on www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/-obscene-new-report-details-trump-s-protection-of-kavanaugh-from-sex-assault-probe-221628485640