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LA County reports 15,413 new COVID cases over holiday weekend – San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Ferrer on Thursday noted an uptick in infections related to workplaces, and urged employers to implement infection-control measures in indoor spaces, such as masking and maintaining physical distancing in communal areas. She said one sector in particular — the TV and film industry — has already re-imposed an indoor mask mandate now that the county’s hospitalization rate has reached more than 8 per 100,000 residents.

She said that given the continued high level of virus transmission in the county — particularly with more rapid spread of the highly transmissible BA.4 and BA.5 variants — people should already be masking up indoors.

Because masks are not mandatory, “people are not, I think, heeding our request that people do put those masks back on indoors right now.”

She said the evidence is “crystal clear” that masking, particularly with a higher-grade N95 or KN95 mask, works to prevent spread of the virus.

Source: LA County reports 15,413 new COVID cases over holiday weekend – San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Indian police use old tweets as cause to arrest Muslim journalist known for debunking fake news · Global Voices

On June 27, Indian journalist and co-founder of fact-checking website AltNews, Mohammed Zubair, was arrested by Indian police over a tweet he put out in 2018. Zubair was accused of insulting Hindu religious beliefs on Twitter by the now-defunct Twitter account @balajikijaiin. According to the police, the tweet featured an image of a hotel with its “Honeymoon Hotel” signboard repainted to “Hanuman Hotel.” Hanuman is the revered Hindu god of courage, devotion, strength and wisdom, and the divine companion of the god Rama.

Zubair remained in police custody for four days while authorities sought access to his electronic devices, including his laptop and mobile phone, as part of the ongoing investigation. He has been arrested under Sections 153A and 295A of the Indian Penal Code, which respectively deal with promoting enmity, and engaging in deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious sensitivities. On July 2, he was officially denied bail and sent to custody for 14 days.

Earlier in June, Zubair had criticized Nupur Sharma, the national spokesperson of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), of which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the leader. Sharma had made derogatory comments about Islam’s Prophet Mohammed, resulting in a diplomatic row between India and 15 Muslim-majority nations. Sharma’s comments were termed “Islamophobic,” resulting in her suspension from the party.

 

Source: Indian police use old tweets as cause to arrest Muslim journalist known for debunking fake news · Global Voices

The Loss & Gain Paradox

The Twisting Tail

The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.

Niels Bohr

acrostic tanka: singular origin aka peace

Primary colours
Exposed in bleeding circles
Apt generations
Combined by salival seals
Equality lost in me


You can never
love a person
as much
  as you can miss them
 


It will all be okay in the end
He said
But watching his face
in the last moments
I don’t think
he believed it himself


Our tears contain a fluid called lysozyme that aids in the destruction of certain bacteria. Without it, eye infections would soon cause most victims to go blind.


Tears form
A mound of torn tissue
My scars scream
Reminding me
Of the past


Dirty dadku: paradox solved by cocks

The ancient question
The chicken or the egg first
Answer:…

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