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

Myanmar’s ‘silent strike’ delivers loud condemnation of continuing military rule · Global Voices

For several hours on December 10, millions of people in Myanmar remained inside their homes as part of a ‘silent strike’ against the military regime. Major cities, including the capital Naypyitaw, looked like ‘ghost towns’ as businesses closed down while workers chose to stay at home. Source: Myanmar’s ‘silent strike’ delivers loud condemnation of continuing military rule · Global Voices

International Monkey Day!

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Monkey Day is an unofficial international holiday celebrated on December 14.[1] The holiday was created and popularized in 2000 by artists Casey Sorrow and Eric Millikin when they were art students at Michigan State University.[2] Monkey Day celebrates monkeys and “all things simian“, including other non-human primates such as apestarsiers, and lemurs.[3] Monkey Day is celebrated worldwide and often also known as World Monkey Day and International Monkey Day.

Wikipedia – Monkey Day

What kind of monkey are you? Playbuzz

I am a … and, of course I am, haha

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Study: Requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination for some activities boosts shot uptake – UPI.com

Study: Requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination for some activities boosts shot uptake Regions that require proof of COVID-19 vaccination to enter indoor restaurants, theaters and events see a boost in inoculation rates after instituting the policies, a study published Monday by the Lancet Public Health found.

Countries starting at lower-than-average vaccine coverage in the study, such as France, Israel, Italy and Switzerland, experienced a large increase in uptake of the shots after requiring so-called “vaccine passports” for certain activities, the data showed.

Source: Study: Requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination for some activities boosts shot uptake – UPI.com

In Colombia, threatened women of the Wayuú community continue to fight rampant mining

  • The Wayuú Women’s Force, founded in 2006, is an Indigenous organization that denounces the coal mining that has dammed and contaminated rivers, leaving much of La Guajira without water.
  • Members of the organization have received death threats but continue to train women to stand up for their human rights.
  • In addition to their work in La Guajira, the Wayuú women are developing ways of holding companies all over the world accountable for their negative environmental impact.

Source: In Colombia, threatened women of the Wayuú community continue to fight rampant mining

NHS trusts criticised over system that films mental health patients in their bedrooms | NHS | The Guardian (Me: danger of hacking and compromising patients?)

It includes a live video feed of the patient, which is recorded and kept for 24-72 hours, depending on the NHS trust, before being deleted. Oxehealth, which created the system, said it was not like CCTV because staff could only view the video feed for about 10-15 seconds during a vital signs check or in response to a safety incident.

The system, which is also installed at Exeter police station custody suite and an Oxfordshire care home, can alert staff if someone else has unexpectedly entered a patient’s room or if they are in a blindspot, such as the bathroom, for too long.

Alexa Knight, associate director of policy and practice at Rethink Mental Illness, said: “While we appreciate that the motivation for putting surveillance cameras in people’s bedrooms stems from the need to protect them, to do so without clear consent is unjustifiable and this pilot should be suspended immediately.”

Source: NHS trusts criticised over system that films mental health patients in their bedrooms | NHS | The Guardian

International Human Crime

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The hundreds of square miles of forests in Canada ripped up for the extraction of tar sands is unbearable to see. Those images have been kept out of the mainstream media. As disturbing are the huge tailings ponds that hold the huge volumes of waste water contaminated during the extraction.

How to deal with that water is a problem that has been continually postponed. But now there are discussions about draining those lakes. Of course, the fossil fuel companies are saying they can clean the water, not to the level of drinking water, but “safe” enough for discharge into the Athabasca River.

Indigenous communities near these tailings ponds have long seen dramatically increased levels of cancer.

NAFTA Commission Probes Toxic Leaks from Tar Sands/Oil Sands Tailings Ponds
https://www.theenergymix.com/2021/12/08/indigenous-communities-face-international-human-crime-as-ottawa-considers-tailings-pond-releases/

Some Indigenous communities in northern Alberta say they’re being handed a choice between terrible options as the federal government develops regulations to allow treated tailings from tar sands/oil sands operations to be released…

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Minbari Mondays, Confessions and Lamentations, and, “Faith Manages”

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

      This this week, there is no report from Ranger Mayann.  The Great Machine on Epsilon 3 still has a problem, Houston…

    So, my again short review  this week is that similarity is NOT “required for the exercise of compassion.” 

 

      Thanks to Delenn for that point.

       This episode frighteningly points up the importance of Universal Health Care.

      Neatnik and  The Junkyard give more traditional plot and character perspectives of this episode.

 

Last week’s review was of the season 2, episode In the Shadow of Z’ha’dum,

Next week’s review will be Divided Loyalties …

-Shira Destinie Jones

Shira

 

Nih sakh sh’lekk, sleem wa.

I come in peace, I am your friend.

 

There are earlier episodes, as part of a letter on the history of the Babylon Project.  

Action Prompts:

1.)  Share your thoughts on how we Human Beings might…

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5 Magies Noël | 5 Christmas Magics — VOYAGE ONIRIQUE

Voir et télécharger les 5 fonds d’écran Magies de Noël / See and download the 5 Christmas Magics wallpapers. Voir aussi les Fonds écran : 10 Esprits de Noël et 2ème série photos : 15 Esprits de Noël   wallpapers et fonds écran magies noël christmas. 9 more words

5 Magies Noël | 5 Christmas Magics — VOYAGE ONIRIQUE