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LA’s Best Vegan Mexican Restaurants, Panaderías And Pop-ups | LAist

three tacos on blue corn tortillas set against a green, white and red background like the Mexican flag. Source: LA’s Best Vegan Mexican Restaurants, Panaderías And Pop-ups | LAist

How the Human Immune System Works

The human immune system is the most complex biological system we know, after the human brain, and yet, most of us never learn how it works. Or what it is. Your immune System consists of hundreds of tiny and two large organs, it has its own transport network spread throughout your body. Every day it makes hundreds of billions of fresh cells.

It is not some sort of abstract entity. Your immune system is YOU. Your biology protecting you from the billions of microorganisms that want to consume you and from your own perverted cells that turn into cancer.

Source: How the Human Immune System Works

Can Brazil’s Indigenous People Survive Bolsonaro? – JURIST – Commentary – Legal News & Commentary

The beginning of Bolsonaro’s Presidential term has seen an escalation in violence and murder, and even the President has been accused of committing crimes against humanity among indigenous tribes. Bolsonaro policy decisions do not just affect Brazil, some have a bearing on the welfare of the entire planet. Brazil is home to the Amazon rainforest, and although deforestation has been rampant in Brazil since 2012, it has become even more rampant since he has become President. The effect of his harsh policies can be seen on the roads of Brazil in the form of protest against Bill PL 490, which will allow mass deforestation on indigenous lands for industrial purposes.

Source: Can Brazil’s Indigenous People Survive Bolsonaro? – JURIST – Commentary – Legal News & Commentary

Opinion | Universal Masking Can Protect Students From Covid – The New York Times

Universal masking in schools can save lives. Voluntary masking in schools will likely be much less effective and could lead to school closures and community transmission. This summer, we’ve seen that voluntary masking has failed in some schools in Missouri and North Carolina, which saw increases in Covid-19 cases and days missed because of quarantines, prompting several districts to reinstate mask mandates.

Texas hospitals running out of ICU beds as COVID-19 cases overwhelm them | The Texas Tribune

Source: Texas hospitals running out of ICU beds as COVID-19 cases overwhelm them | The Texas Tribune

(9) Covid-19: Martinique enters strict lockdown as hospitalisations rise • FRANCE 24 English – YouTube

France’s overseas territory of Martinique will enter a tougher lockdown for three weeks starting Tuesday to tackle a Covid-19 outbreak. Martinique had already imposed an evening curfew, but the tougher Covid-19 lockdown, set to start from 7pm, will shutter non-essential shops, close beaches and clamp down on people’s movements.

Letter XI “Java at 2100”

Pacific Paratrooper

503rd Regiment at Noemfoer, 2 July 1944

Off New Guinea, the resistance on Biak and Noemfoor Islands was crushed as 2,000 paratroopers of the 503rd jumped and the land forces of the 158th RCT overtook the airfields.  Operation Cyclone was a success.  The 503rd A/B would soon be incorporated into the 11th Airborne Division.

In a radio broadcast by Pres. Roosevelt, he made clear the final decision that troops would be attacking the Philippine Islands and not Formosa.  Now the Japanese were also aware.  It was seen by White House observers that FDR had timed the invasion to make headlines for the end of his re-election campaign.

Smitty near Lae, New Guinea in front of his tent

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