All posts by nedhamson

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

Pentagon Official Ousted – The New York Times (President Trump is abandoning US foreign policy to Russia, ISIS, Turkey, China…)

California got $1.3 billion in fire relief. Victims? Nothing – Los Angeles Times (Thanks for nothing Mr. President and Dr. Carson)

But it took nearly two years after the disasters for HUD to sign off on any of the state’s proposals to respond to the 2017 wildfires. Last week, more than two years after the 2018 wildfires, federal officials finally authorized the state’s plans for that year’s relief efforts. Source: California got $1.3 billion in fire relief. Victims? Nothing – Los Angeles Times

Huge Puerto Rico radio telescope, already damaged, collapses – The Washington Post (4 years – thanks for nothing Mr. President – Arecibo Radio Telescope gone)

Arecibo Observatory Gets $5.8 Million Grant To Upgrade Telescope | 90.7 WMFE Friedman ran up a small hill near his home and confirmed his suspicions: A cloud of dust hung in the air where the structure once stood, demolishing hopes held by some scientists that the telescope could somehow be repaired.

“It’s a huge loss,” said Carmen Pantoja, an astronomer and professor at the University of Puerto Rico who used the telescope for her doctorate. “It was a chapter of my life.”

Scientists worldwide had been petitioning U.S. officials and others to reverse the NSF’s decision to close the observatory. The NSF said at the time that it intended to eventually reopen the visitor center and restore operations at the observatory’s remaining assets, including its two LIDAR facilities used for upper atmospheric and ionospheric research, including analyzing cloud cover and precipitation data.

Source: Huge Puerto Rico radio telescope, already damaged, collapses – The Washington Post

Avian Flu Diary: Nature: COVID’s Olfactory Route To The Brain

While many people continue to dismiss COVID-19 as a mild-to-moderate flu-like respiratory illness, the evidence continues to show that the virus can often have a far broader impact on human health, up to and including persistent or even permanent neurological damage.

Source: Avian Flu Diary: Nature: COVID’s Olfactory Route To The Brain

They want to find GOLD – Their avidity was what made most of our elders die long ago! — Barbara Crane Navarro

Yanomami shabono – communal house, Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela photo – Barbara Crane Navarro As the Yanomami spokesman Davi Kopenawa says in his book « The Falling Sky »:  « In the past,  we were not forced to talk about the forest with anger because we did not know all these white people land and tree eaters. Our thoughts […]

They want to find GOLD – Their avidity was what made most of our elders die long ago! — Barbara Crane Navarro

Study: COVID-19 Reached U.S. Earlier Than Health Officials Previously Thought : Coronavirus Updates : NPR

Researchers came to this conclusion after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analyzed blood donations collected by the American Red Cross from residents in nine states. They found evidence of coronavirus antibodies in 106 out of 7,389 blood donations. The CDC analyzed the blood collected between Dec. 13 and Jan. 17. Source: Study: COVID-19 Reached U.S. Earlier Than Health Officials Previously Thought : Coronavirus Updates : NPR