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

Fauci Wants Trump To Urge Followers To Get Vaccinated – Rolling Stone

Dr. Anthony Fauci expressed surprise at recent polling that shows many Republicans and Trump voters have no plans on getting vaccinated, and he’s hoping the former president will do more to urge his followers to do so.

The government’s top infectious disease expert told Fox News on Sunday, “If [Trump] came out and said, ‘Go and get vaccinated. It’s really important for your health, the health of your family and the health of the country,’ it seems absolutely inevitable that the vast majority of people who are his close followers would listen to him.”

Source: Fauci Wants Trump To Urge Followers To Get Vaccinated – Rolling Stone

Free Image, Art and Conservation in Cuba – Havana Times

As caring for the environment is the most significant aspect for the Libre Imagen group, strategies are drawn up to gradually replace felled invasive trees with native species. To do this, they use methods based on the ethical principles of permaculture. Caring for the land and people, conserving the soil, forests and water, as well as the fair distribution of natural resources.

Ties with the community

The link with the community occurs through the project’s activity plan. People are integrated in workshops, as facilitators, listeners, managers, or workers. In addition to providing job opportunities and training, Libre Imagen assumes responsibility to promote female participation.

Source: Free Image, Art and Conservation in Cuba – Havana Times

Papa’s Umbrella

Delightful memory…

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My papa had this huge umbrella. He made me feel like Cinderella. Unlike many other languages in India, Catholics here refer to their grandpas as 'papa'. It really confuses everyone. About that, nothing can be done. Papa here, mostly means 'father'. But, I've been speaking this way since I was a toddler. So anyway, back to Papa's umbrella. He was a tall and strong fella. Everyone around me, especially my mommy, was using trendy three-fold parasols. They never looked like they could assault. But, my Papa was quite something. That umbrella could have housed a weapon for hunting. It was tall and huge. Great for me to take refuge. Just a single fold. You know it was so damn old. With immaculate craftsmanship. A wooden handle at the tip. It was a simple black one. And to me, it weighed like a tonne. My Papa expired a few months short…

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The announcer who blamed his racism on diabetes? That’s the Oklahoma I grew up in | Basketball | The Guardian

Image The ugly racial past and present of Tulsa can never be forgotten: from the Tulsa Race Massacre and torching of Black Wall Street, to police officer Betty Shelby killing Terence Crutcher and getting away with it, to the vitriolic images of Trump supporters outside his rallies during the 2016 campaign (at the Mabee Center where I was harassed), to Trump’s super-spreader Juneteenth rally last summer at the Bok Center downtown, to Friday’s video broadcasting a moment of hate to the entire world. But to see Black and white high school girls taking a knee together in defiance of hate is enough to make me believe in a better tomorrow.

Source: The announcer who blamed his racism on diabetes? That’s the Oklahoma I grew up in | Basketball | The Guardian