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

From Nicaragua to China, reckless autocrats betray the promises of revolution | Simon Tisdall | The Guardian

Source: From Nicaragua to China, reckless autocrats betray the promises of revolution | Simon Tisdall | The Guardian

COVID-deniers and anti-vaxxers threaten German doctors | Germany | News and in-depth reporting from Berlin and beyond | DW | 14.11.2021

One of the most concerning reports came from the eastern state of Saxony, where the 7-day incidence rate of new infections is highest (569 per 100,000 inhabitants) and the vaccine uptake rate is lowest (only 57% of the Saxony population are fully vaccinated). Across Germany, 67.5% of the population is currently vaccinated.

“The aggression and extremism among people has become significantly worse,” said Erik Bodendieck, chairman of the Saxony Medical Association and himself a general practitioner. “Some doctors have even received death threats.”

Bodendieck said he has become used to receiving threats himself because of his public role as the association head. “These are emails where I get attacked personally, where I get threatened with legal action,” he told DW. “And there are letters where it says things like: ‘You all belong in front of a firing squad.’ That kind of thing.”

Source: COVID-deniers and anti-vaxxers threaten German doctors | Germany | News and in-depth reporting from Berlin and beyond | DW | 14.11.2021

The Child Inside

Inhale Peace; Exhale Love. Joy will Follow! - RUELHA

Today we celebrate Children’s Day because it was Jawaharlal Nehru’s {India’s first Prime Minister} birthday. He loved little children. Who doesn’t, eh? Their innocence and honesty instill hope in humanity. When they’re part of the family, we feel protective and re-live the most carefree days of our lives once again, through them. Their simple uncomplicated non-manipulative behaviour and emotions inspire us to be better human beings like we’ve always wanted to …before adulthood took over!

Oh, please don't let it die To that cheerful voice, please don't make me say goodbye Unrealistic as it may be It's what keeps me happy Oh, please just let it be Sure, it believes in unicorns and fairies But tell me, are you willing to accept reality? Isn't it it better to swirl around in eccentricity? Oh, please keep it alive The voice and heart of that child within, inside Through all the hurts…

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Entre las letras que escribo

Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

SANTIAGO GALICIA ROJON SERRALLONGA

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Entre las letras y las palabras que escribo, hay sentimientos e ideas, sueños y esperanzas, razones y sentidos, porque el artista, al inspirarse, reúne esencias y arcillas, fogatas y cenizas. Entre los textos que escribo, abundan los susurros, los rumores, y aparecen los silencios, las pausas. Entre la prosa y los poemas que construyo, hay gotas de lluvia, brisa de mar y granos de arena, reunidos en un intento de crear paraísos y mundos. Entre las historias y los relatos que hilvano, aparecen recuerdos y olvidos, intenciones y descuidos, guiños y suspiros, labores y descansos. Entre las letras, los signos, las puntuaciones y los acentos que armo, existen fantasías y realidades, celdas y libertades, encuentros y desencuentros. Entre la prosa que invento, quedan pedazos de mi vida y mi aliento, destellos de mi esencia y trozos de mi barro…

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Five things you need to know about the Glasgow Climate Pact — Mohammed Abbasi

Barbara Crane Navarro

Simon Lewis, UCL and Mark Maslin, UCL The COP26 UN climate talks in Glasgow have finished and the gavel has come down on the Glasgow Climate Pact agreed by all 197 countries. If the 2015 Paris Agreement provided the framework for countries to tackle climate change then Glasgow, six years on, was the first major […]

Five things you need to know about the Glasgow Climate Pact — Mohammed Abbasi

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COP26 – while some progress has been made, a current policy world of 2.6C or 2.7C warming is still one with potentially catastrophic impacts on human and natural systems. — nuclear-news

Barbara Crane Navarro

Analysis: Do COP26 promises keep global warming below 2C? Business Green 11th Nov 2021, Depending on whom you ask, the COP26 climate summit may seem like the best of times or the worst of times. On the one hand, reports proclaim boldly that limiting global warming to below 2C might finally be in reach. On[…]

COP26 – while some progress has been made, a current policy world of 2.6C or 2.7C warming is still one withpotentially catastrophicimpactson human and natural systems. — nuclear-news

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