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Sajid Javid to review gender treatment for children – BBC News (Me: Tories to support hate trans-sexual ideologues to get their support for Boris?)
The health secretary is considering letting an inquiry access a database of young people already treated.
Source: Sajid Javid to review gender treatment for children – BBC News
The rich, black soil that fed a growing China is washing away | The Japan Times
But the expansion of farmland has come at the expense of millions of hectares of forest, grassland and wetlands, and the increasing exposure to wind and rain has led to erosion. In the 1950s, the soil was so rich “a pair of chopsticks would sprout in it,” locals said. Now the organic matter in the soil has fallen by as much as 75%, and in some areas, the black soil layer is decreasing by 1 to 2 millimeters a year.
Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences estimate that soybean production will fall by 40% to 60% and corn would barely grow in the region if — in the most extreme scenario — all its black soil is stripped away, no matter how much fertilizer is used.
Against the backdrop of climate change, global trade disputes and, now, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Beijing has intensified its focus on food security, including efforts to protect the country’s most precious soil. By 2025, China plans to improve the organic matter in nearly 6.7 million hectares of black soil by 10%. It’s a good start, but would still be well below the levels enjoyed in the 1950s.
Source: The rich, black soil that fed a growing China is washing away | The Japan Times
Just Two Snippets de Snark
I just have two short snippets of snark today. Sometimes two is enough.
Pandemic or no pandemic???
“You cannot have your cake and eat it, too” said my mother on a near-daily basis. And yet, that is precisely what a portion of this nation would like to do. They pushed and pushed to declare the pandemic “over” and finally got their way. Mask and vaccine mandates are largely now a thing of the past and people are going on about business as if there had never even been a pandemic. The girls and I went to 📚Barnes & Noble yesterday (first time since March 2020!), responsibly wearing our masks, and there was not one single other person there, not even the staff, wearing a mask. There will be a price to pay for this perfidy, but that’s a story for another day.
Today’s point is that … while people…
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Turned Back #atozchallenge #Ukraine
Turned Back
Every day that the men went out, we were concerned. Often Olga’s husband the pastor would go. He would distribute the food that filled the back of the van.
“More room for people escaping,” Vlad said as they loaded the van.
The men filled the van going out and Vlad would leave several of them behind each trip to help protect the locals.
“All men in the East fighting. The women are left with children and old women.” Olga’s husband Andre told us.
We stayed too busy to worry about the group of people taking food and medical supplies. We had more than 100 refugees each night.
“People in many countries send money and we can buy what food is in warehouses.” Olga smiled as she stirred another pot of cabbage soup.
“I heard that places like travel sites, churches, community groups are all gathering funds.” I said…
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CENSORED NEWS: Navajo Nation — Fifteen Dine’ Deaths from COVID-19 Reported — April 23, 2022
Book Day- Dia do livro.
Dia do livro, faço memória dos primeiros livros comprados, até hoje tenho um maior cuidado. Não quero orelhas dobradas nem páginas amassadas. Isso me dá um pavor enorme. Não gosto muito de emprestar, pois tenho medo de perde-los de vez. Não curto ler o mesmo livro mais de uma vez, faço a releitura apenas uma vez. Gosto de manter viva a história no coração. Quando empresto um livro fico do lado pra ver a evolução do novo leitor.Compro livros e não consigo comprar um só. Quero aumentar minha instante cada vez mais… Mas nem sempre sou capaz… Assim sigo minha saga de ler, tentando criar novos leitores, admiradores ou observadores da leitura, me inspirando em você que ler, que curte e almeja viver da leitura e escrita. Feliz dia, um abraço da SiL!

Book Day
Book day, I remember the first books I…
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10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #77
Hello friends, this week we drink in some Buddhist philosophy, indulge in an armchair tour of a greek island at sunset, meet some unusual spirit gods deep in the forest, some smiling grass and much more. Let’s jump on the train to funkytown it’s edition #77
Creepy doll stand-ins populate an abandoned town in Japan
In the village of Nagoro on the Japanese island of Shikoku, scarecrows outnumber human residents by 10 to 1. This is down to Tsukimi Ayan – a crafts hobbyist who, on returning to the increasingly deserted village, began to create these memorial-like stand-ins.

Originally tweeted by Polis 🦊 Loizou (@PolisLoizou) on February 9, 2022.
Oia, Santorini Evening Sunset Walk – 4K
Have you ever dreamt of walking at sunset through the marketplace in Santorini? I have, but I haven’t gotten the chance yet in real life, so I have been enjoying this…
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Last Day of Passover, Empathy, and Kindness to The Stranger Who Lives Among You?
Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better
This week, again, there is no regular Torah reading, because this week’s Torah portion ( for ) is a special reading, in the Diaspora (outside of the Land of Israel, thank you, HebCal):
Pesach VIII (on Shabbat) / פֶּסַח ח׳
Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 14:22-16:17; Numbers 28:19-25
- 1: Deuteronomy 14:22-29 · 8 p’sukim·
- 2: Deuteronomy 15:1-18 · 18 p’sukim·
- 3: Deuteronomy 15:19-23 · 5 p’sukim·
- 4: Deuteronomy 16:1-3 · 3 p’sukim·
- 5: Deuteronomy 16:4-8 · 5 p’sukim·
- 6: Deuteronomy 16:9-12 · 4 p’sukim·
- 7: Deuteronomy 16:13-17 · 5 p’sukim·
- maf: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim
The commandment for this week is to remember having been a stranger, somewhere, and to therefore be kind to “the stranger that lives among you.”
It seems that we can Do Better:
-Shira
Pesach I,First Day of Passover, Telling Your Story, and Homes for All of Us?
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Simone de Beauvoir
” Quando se respeita alguém não queremos forçar a sua alma sem consentimento.”
Simone de Beauvoir
Marii Freire Pereira
https://Pensamentos.me/ VEM comigo!
Imagem: pinterest/ Júlia Costa
Santarém, Pá 23 de abril de 2022

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