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

The role of suburbs in “a nearly natureless world” — Legally Sociable — Barbara Crane Navarro

An MIT professor describes our current world as “nearly natureless”: Photo by Armin Rimoldi on Pexels.com Many of us invest hours each day staring at the screens of our televisions and computers and smartphones. Seldom do we go outside on a clear night, away from the lights of the city, and gaze at the dark […] […]

The role of suburbs in “a nearly natureless world” — Legally Sociable — Barbara Crane Navarro

Ann and Anna, (serial short story, Part 20): Into The Night

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

        Part  19 (Peculiar Gifts), was last Sunday…

     We had tiptoed down the back stairs as quickly as we dared.  While Mrs. H. was pinning me inside of her best dress, still smelling of lavender, Anna and Tilly had packed our precious documents.  That I had passed Anna’s test seemed nothing short of a miracle, now that we must speed away so suddenly.  I cursed my capricious memory, as capable of holding me in an iron grip while the smell of blood washed over me as it was of delivering those words which would safeguard our freedom.

 

The carriage stood waiting in the courtyard, the door open and barely visible in the darkness.  The doctor himself held the reins of the two horses while little Tilly hid nearly under my skirts as our Joe ushered us in and closed the door behind us.  She handed…

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The Week’s Best Cartoons 2/12 | Filosofa’s Word

I overdid yesterday and as a result I’m just a bit under the weather this morning, so I’ll let our friend TokyoSand over at Political Charge entertain us with her roundup of the week’s best political cartoons!  Thank you, TS!!! The cartoons I picked this week really highlight what a mess we’re in, so if…
— Read on jilldennison.com/2022/02/13/the-weeks-best-cartoons-2-12/

Two-thirds of Canadians support military force to end Ottawa protests: poll | CityNews Toronto

A new poll finds more than two-thirds of Canadians would support the use of military force to help clear out Ottawa protesters, while support for the truckers has fallen to 20 per cent
— Read on toronto.citynews.ca/2022/02/12/two-thirds-of-canadians-support-military-force-to-end-ottawa-protests-poll/

Jamaicans counting waterbirds (and holding their noses)

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BirdLife Jamaica is at it again. For the past two years, since the pandemic started, we have been quiet; having said that, while group trips (we always carpool) have been difficult, we have, as individuals, in ones and twos, been busy doing our birding activities. Our WhatsApp group has remained as busy as ever – enhanced with illustrations from our highly talented cadre of photographers, obscure and somewhat baffling videos from me of warblers flitting through the bushes at home, and wise observations and information from our expert guides.

The CWC is not just for the experts. Anyone can do it – go out and see what you can find, then record it on eBird Caribbean. This is “citizen science” in action!

Nevertheless, as the Caribbean Waterbird Census(CWC) rolled around, BirdLifers were galvanized into action. The CWC is an annual event established and organized by BirdsCaribbean. From January…

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Service

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Service to our fellow human beings and all living sentient beings on this earth is the greatest devotion we can offer to each other. We are not here to sow hate, denigrate and obliterate. We are here as vehicles of peace. We are here to honour our Mother, Earth. Like the flame of a candle, our travail in the flesh, in this dimension, will come to an end.

© Norma Bobb-Semple 2022

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Pets can carry, pass on their owners’ COVID-19 for several weeks – Study Finds

Pet owners who test positive for COVID-19 should avoid contact with their furry friends, according to a new study. Around a third of dogs and 40 percent of cats carried the virus after spending time with their infected owners.

Researchers say the pets only presented mild symptoms, if any at all, but may still pass on the potentially deadly bug. In the study, some pets carried the virus for as long as 51 days after their owners tested positive. The study was carried out with 29 dogs and ten cats in Rio.

“This study demonstrated the presence and persistence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in different biological samples of dogs and cats that lived in the same residence of SARS-CoV-2 infected owners,” the authors write in their paper, published in PLOS One. “The results presented here suggest that people diagnosed with COVID-19 should avoid direct contact with their pets for as long as they remain ill.”

Source: Pets can carry, pass on their owners’ COVID-19 for several weeks – Study Finds