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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Kanter: Louisiana is in 6th wave of COVID-19 – Louisiana Illuminator

An increase in the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations prompted state health officials Thursday to declare that Louisiana is in its sixth surge of the COVID-19 pandemic.

State health officer Dr. Joseph Kanter reported 5,436 new cases, 567 hospitalizations and two deaths from the novel coronavirus. The actual number of cases is likely much higher because an increasing number of people are testing at home, he said.

“We don’t need to count every raindrop to know that it’s pouring,” Kanter told reporters.

In the past week, Louisiana’s COVID-19 test positivity rate has increased from 19.6% to 23.7%, according to the health department’s latest data.

 

Source: Kanter: Louisiana is in 6th wave of COVID-19 – Louisiana Illuminator

12 Myths About the COVID-19 Vaccine for Kids, Debunked

“There’s a lot of misinformation out there right now that can be confusing and even frightening for parents,” says Gina Posner, M.D., F.A.A.P., a pediatrician at MemorialCare Medical Group in Fountain Valley, California, and a member of the What to Expect Medical Review Board.

Here’s what parents of kids under 5 need to know about the COVID-19 vaccine for their little ones, including whether there’s any truth to some of the most common myths circulating.

Source: 12 Myths About the COVID-19 Vaccine for Kids

VOTE, DAMMIT!!!

Filosofa's Word

Today, the Wisconsin State Supreme Court barred the use of ballot drop boxes and ruled voters could not give their completed absentee ballots to others to return on their behalf.  This is but one of the many new voter suppression moves by the states, especially those that are considered ‘red’ states, but the utter gall of it disgusts me.  Who does it hurt?  Blue collar working people, poor people, elderly and young people, Black people … all those categories that are more likely to vote for a Democrat come election day.  Hell, they might just as well have said that only registered Republicans will be allowed to vote!  Or … why even have an election … why not just let the damn Supreme Court decide who will make the laws?  Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

These voter restriction laws are designed with one purpose in mind … to keep people from the polls.  Their…

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Alltagsszenen in der Türkei — Senioren um die Welt

Wenn man von der türkischen Küste kommt und sich aufmacht, um das Landesinnere der Türkei zu entdecken, bekommt man einen ganz anderen Eindruck von dem vielseitigen Land. An manchen Orten scheint die Zeit völlig stehengeblieben zu sein, die Leute leben ihren gemächlichen Alltag wie vor vielen Jahrzehnten. Sie scheinen alle Zeit der Welt zu haben, […]

Alltagsszenen in der Türkei — Senioren um die Welt

Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks, Canada – Kanadski parkovi Stjenovitih planina, Kanada

Myrela

Kada je 1886. godine geolog R. Dž. Makonel s Kanadskog geološkog instituta otkrio fosilne naslage u Berdžes Šejlu, radnici na izgradnji kanadske Pacifičke željeznice već su imali svoje zbirke trilobita. Zahvaljujući radu na izgradnji pruge, kojom se krčio put kroz neistražene oblasti, kanadska vlada proglasila je prirodni rezervat, površine 26 km², oko mineralnih izvora Kejv i Bejsn, smatrajući, baš kao i upravnici željeznice, da će oni jednog dana postati turistička atrakcija. Taj čin obilježio je početak osnivanja niza nacionalnih parkova u Kanadi, a ovo mjesto predstavlja jezgro oko kog je, dvije godine kasnije, ustanovljen Park Stjenovite planine. Ime parka je 1930. godine promijenjeno u Nacionalni park Banf. Tokom godina, Stjenovite planine u Kanadi postale su simbol zaštite prirodne sredine, a u čast te prve zaštićene oblasti, vreli, smaragdnozeleni izvori u Banfu preimenovani su u naziv Nacionalni istorijski lokalitet Kejv i Bejsn.

Danas ova oblast obuhvata četiri nacionalna parka – Nacionalni…

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The Courageous Leap

From Behind the Pen

Image Credit: Circe Denyer

          This morning I watched a squirrel scale through the trunk and limbs of the various trees in our backyard. It approached the end of an oak tree and stopped. I observed to see what it would do next. Would it go back in the direction it came from, or would it try to find another way to get to the nearby pine tree? Well, being the squirrel that it was, it leaped over to the closest branch of the pine tree and began dangling. I gasped because at first, I thought it would fall down to the ground, but I watched it hold on for dear life. “What amazing upper body strength it had,” I thought.

          It seemed that it would have been so much easier to go back, descend down the oak tree’s trunk, hit…

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How factory farming and bird flu spread are linked | TheSpec.com

Migratory birds have carried bird flu the farthest, but highly pathogenic (severe) strains of bird flu only pop up when the virus leaps into farmed birds. This is not surprising. It is standard practice in the poultry industry for tens of thousands of highly stressed birds to be kept close together, forced to live in their own waste. In fact, experts have long said that the ongoing expansion and intensification of poultry farming is the reason behind the increasing frequency and severity of bird flu outbreaks. Wild bird deaths are already double those from the last wave of bird flu, and wild mammals in many provinces and states — so far foxes, skunks, and raccoons — are also dying from this virus.

The latest and most dire reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to the UN and Canada’s Food Guide tell us we need to eat more plant-based food. And yet, our government subsidizes the meat industry with our tax dollars.

What if we dreamed of a world where humans don’t use other animals for food, fun or fashion; zoonotic diseases decrease; our planet’s warming slows; and we use our precious resources to feed hungry children rather than feeding and watering farmed animals for months or years for luxury food our planet cannot afford?

Source: How factory farming and bird flu spread are linked | TheSpec.com

U.S. employers add a solid 372,000 jobs in sign of resilience – Los Angeles Times

America’s employers shrugged off high inflation and weakening growth to add 372,000 jobs in June, a surprisingly strong gain that will likely spur the Federal Reserve to keep sharply raising interest rates to cool the economy and slow price increases.

The unemployment rate in June remained at 3.6% for a fourth straight month, the Labor Department said Friday, matching a near-50-year low that was reached before the pandemic struck in early 2020.

The past year’s streak of robust hiring has been good for job seekers and has led to higher pay for many employees. But it has also helped fuel the highest inflation in four decades and heightened pressure on the Fed to further slow borrowing and spending.

Many employers are still struggling to fill jobs, especially in the economy’s vast service sector, with Americans now traveling, eating out and attending public events with much greater frequency. The Fed may regard the June job gain as evidence that the rapid pace of hiring is feeding inflation as companies raise pay to attract workers and then increase prices to cover their higher labor costs.

 

Source: U.S. employers add a solid 372,000 jobs in sign of resilience – Los Angeles Times

Everything Under the Sun

The Twisting Tail

Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows

Helen Keller

Haiku: picturesque beach

sand under my nails
wild ocean air in my hair
I draw the shoreline


six-word story: blink of an eye holiday

I looked so quickly, yet overlooked


I look to the skies
the sun burns
Sunblock in my eyes
only makes it worse


Temperatures inside the Sun can reach 15 million degrees Celsius (27 million °F).

More fun sun facts: Here


Wet with
Sweat
Hot with
Rot
Naught with
Not
The remnants
of my lot


•° I’m running ° ®
° around •.
°• in a circle o©°
someone else
. .•° drew for me •o.


Weekly Theme:
Bits & Pieces

I’ve thrown together leftover b-sides that didn’t make it into past posts for some reason or another.


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