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

Brutality, corruption, tax evasion detailed in undercover sting of palm oil execs – The Washington Post

Undercover investigators illuminate dark side of the palm oil industry that is clearcutting virgin rainforests. Loss of tree cover and peatlands that help absorb greenhouse gases alarms climate scientists.
— Read on www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/10/09/png-palm-oil-undercover-sting/

Comforting Thought: Mitákuye Oyás

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“The phase Mitákuye Oyás’iŋ comes from the Lakota language and was part of the language of resistance used in the Standing Rock demonstration. Translated to English it roughly means ‘All my relations.’

“During prayers and meetings at Standing Rock, the Lakota people used this phrase when they wanted to speak or when they finished speaking. Listeners repeated it back to them to affirm they had been heard.

“Mitákuye Oyás’iŋ is a sign of respect and love, an acknowledgement that we are all connected to everything and everybody else. To the worms and slugs, as well as the eagles…to the brambles and the toadstools and the nettles as well as to the great redwoods and rainbows.

“Prayers extended to even those who opposed the action and who pepper-sprayed them. Their prayers are instead for the water and for the earth. It isn’t a war with a good side and a bad…

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Day 13/67: High School in Five Months, fact, opinion, Adulting, and discovered?

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

Adulting includes distinguishing fact from opinion. Doesn’t that including distinguishing discovery from appropriation, and deciding in what ratio or proportion those two may or may not collide? Every citizen and any freedom movement must take up those questions, no?

Day 13 Lesson Plan
Grammar online worksheet
Khan Academy Basic ratios online worksheet
Day13ExitSlips
(Day 12Day 14)

Action Items:

1.) Find three different sources describing the discovery of the Americas (four, if you use the source cited in today’s lesson plan…),

2.) Share your findings with us, and

3.) Write a book, story, blog post or tweet that uses those findings, and then, please tell us about it! If you write a book, once it is published please consider donating a copy to your local public library.

Dear Readers, ideas on learning, especially multiple #LanguageLearning, on-going education and empathy-building, to #EndPoverty, #EndHomelessness…

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Quality Lemon Butter

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What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? Equal Measures: Quality Lemon Butter! Is it a thick custard to be eaten plain? Is it creamy butter for freshly baked bread? Or is it frosting for a scone? You decide. I smothered a blueberry muffin with this citrusy spread. But then again, I also topped my morning yogurt with it. Talk about versatility. You can improvise with this luscious lemon butter in just about anything. Well, except broiled lobster or corn on the cob. That might be disappointing simply because this particular lemon butter has a sweetness to it that makes it more like a dessert than a condiment. Think lemon curd and you’ll be on the right track. Now let’s get started.

QUALITY LEMON BUTTER

Ingredients:

3 eggs

1 egg yolk

1 cup sugar

2 lemons, grated peeling and juice

1/2 cup butter, melted

Instructions:

In the top of a double boiler over…

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Justice, Labor Departments Reach Settlements with Facebook Resolving Claims of Discrimination Against U.S. Workers and Potential Regulatory Recruitment Violations | OPA | Department of Justice

“Facebook is not above the law, and must comply with our nation’s federal civil rights laws, which prohibit discriminatory recruitment and hiring practices,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “Companies cannot set aside certain positions for temporary visa holders because of their citizenship or immigration status. This settlement reflects the Civil Rights Division’s commitment to holding employers accountable and eradicating discriminatory employment practices.”

Under the DOL OFLC settlement, Facebook will conduct additional notice and recruitment for U.S. workers and will be subject to ongoing audits to ensure its compliance with applicable regulations.

“This settlement is an important step forward and means that U.S. workers will have a fair chance to learn about and apply for Facebook’s job opportunities,” said Seema Nanda, Solicitor at the Department of Labor. “No matter an employer’s size or reach, the Department of Labor is committed to vigorously enforcing the law.”

Source: Justice, Labor Departments Reach Settlements with Facebook Resolving Claims of Discrimination Against U.S. Workers and Potential Regulatory Recruitment Violations | OPA | Department of Justice

Fernando Pessoa

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

O poeta é um fingidor.

Finge tão completamente

Que chega fingir que é dor

A dor que deveras sente.

E os que leem o que escreve,

Na dor lida sentem bem,

Não nas duas que teve

Mas só a que eles não tem.

E assim nas calhas de roda

Gira, a entreter a razão,

Esse comboio de corda

Que se chama coração.

Fernando Pessoa. Autopsicografia.

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Marii Freire Pereira

https://pensamentos.me/ VEM comigo!

Imagem: pinterest/ Stultifera Navis

Santarém, Pá 19 de outubro de 2021

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UK Covid cases near 50,000 in one day as No 10 warns of ‘challenging’ winter | Coronavirus | The Guardian (Me: Bumbling Boris offers up more Brits for Covid-19… giving up… no guts to fight Covid-19 with good policy)

Downing Street has warned of “challenging” months ahead as UK coronavirus cases reached their highest level since mid-July.

The reported number of Covid cases in the UK increased steadily through October and reached 49,156 on Monday, the highest reported since 17 July and a 16% rise in new cases over the past week.

The figure is only 19,000 cases short of the peak number of cases ever recorded in the UK. On 8 January 2021, 68,053 new cases were reported at the height of the most devastating wave of the pandemic last winter.

The prime minister’s official spokesperson said a rise in coronavirus cases was expected over the winter and that the government would keep a “close watch” on the statistics.

Hospitalisations and deaths are also increasing according to Monday’s data, with 5,561 people admitted to hospital over the past week, up 6.9% on the week before, and the number dying within 28 days of testing positive reaching 869 over the past seven days, up 11.4% on the week before.

Source: UK Covid cases near 50,000 in one day as No 10 warns of ‘challenging’ winter | Coronavirus | The Guardian