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COVID in children: Infections skyrocket 30X, now account for 30% of cases | Ars Technica

COVID-19 cases in children have risen 30-fold since late June and are now at record highs, with nearly 500,000 new child cases reported in the past two weeks, according to the latest data released by the American Academy of Pediatrics on Monday. Pediatric cases have “increased exponentially,” the AAP said in a statement.

The rise coincides with a dramatic surge in overall COVID-19 transmission driven by the hypertransmissible delta variant. But with more adults vaccinated, children are getting hit harder in this wave than ever before, and they make up a larger and larger share of the cases.

At this point, the US has recorded 5.3 million cumulative cases in children, accounting for 15.5 percent of total cases in the pandemic. That percentage has risen steadily during the current surge, up from 14.2 percent at the end of June.

Source: COVID in children: Infections skyrocket 30X, now account for 30% of cases | Ars Technica

Children worry about the Future and they Want to save the Earth

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Some children are so aware of the need for environmental care

And the information they need, that will help them to treat the environment correctly is right here

When they start implementing solutions as they make excellent contributions

We will no longer see deforestation, the climate crisis and plastic pollution

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So help the children to have a green future today

Now that you know that they can treat the environment in a better way

A green future will be a bright one for us all

It is good for us to answer the environmentalists call

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Manufacturers would stop polluting our rivers and streams

Our children would be allowed to have hopes and dreams

Pollution problems would disappear so very fast

Even the climate crisis would become a thing of the past

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Opinion | After Brazil’s Independence Day, It’s Clear What Bolsonaro Wants – The New York Times

For Mr. Bolsonaro, it was a show of force. In the morning, addressing a crowd of around 400,000 people in Brasília, he said he intended to use the size of the crowd as an “ultimatum for everyone” in the three branches of government. In the afternoon, at a demonstration in São Paulo of 125,000 people, the president called the elections coming in 2022 “a farce” and said that he will no longer abide by rulings from one of the Supreme Court justices. “I’m letting the scoundrels know,” he bellowed, “I’ll never be imprisoned!”

It seems to be part of a plan. By picking a fight in particular with the Supreme Court — which has opened several investigations of him and his allies, including of his role in a potentially corrupt vaccine procurement scheme and his efforts to discredit Brazil’s voting system — Mr. Bolsonaro is attempting to sow the seeds of an institutional crisis, with a view to retaining power. On Sept. 9 he tried to back down a little, saying in a written statement that he “never intended to attack any branch of government.” But his actions are plain: He is effectively threatening a coup.

Perhaps that’s the only way out for Mr. Bolsonaro. (Apart from properly governing the country, something that apparently doesn’t interest him.) The antics of the president, struggling in the polls and menaced by the prospect of impeachment, are a sign of desperation. But that doesn’t mean they can’t succeed.

Donne indigene, Donne originali: « Riforestare le menti per la guarigione della Terra »  — Barbara Crane Navarro

Barbara Crane Navarro

Per ora, c’è un voto contrario ai «lasso di tempo» e a favore dei popoli indigeni del ministro Edson Fachin che ha affermato: “Non c’è certezza giuridica maggiore del rispetto della Costituzione. “

I diritti degli indigeni sono FONDAMENTALI!

Il ministro Nunes Marques ha iniziato la sua argomentazione senza indicare quale linea prenderà.

Le votazioni continueranno oggi, mercoledì 15.

Dal 7 all’11 settembre diverse migliaia di donne di 150 nazioni indigene si sono radunate per marciare insieme a Brasilia in favore dei diritti garantiti loro dalla Costituzione del Brasile e contro il limite del «lasso di tempo» e altre politiche anti-indigene del presidente Bolsonaro. «Cerchiamo di garantire i nostri territori per le generazioni presenti[…][…]

Donne indigene, Donne originali: «riforestare le menti per la guarigione della Terra» — Barbara Crane Navarro — Tiny Life

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Wondering Wednesdays, Baby Floors, Chapter 4: Section II, the later years of phase III

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This post starts the rough draft of  Chapter 4, the last section, for my non-fiction WiP, Baby Floors.  

This section of chapter 4  has  about 1000 words, (hopefully currently practicable words).  Below, I will also include the outlines that I missed last week for Chapter 4.

And  once again, by way of disclaimer, the overall goal is now to explain why we need both equ. + justice, & why in 4 phases.  This chapter will show what Phases III could look like as part of a possible roadmap for a fully inclusive society for all of us.  This vision is laid out in the hope that All HumanKind  will eventually have each person’s basic needs  met, without taking anything from anyone, and without violence, intimidation, nor coercion of any kind. 

Chapter Four:

( Chapter 4’s   section I  was last week…)

 Chapter 4,  section II

II. (1915/1250 wds):  Later years of…

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Hackers steal ‘decade’s worth of data’ from far-right webhost Epik – The Jerusalem Post

Hacktivist group Anonymous has allegedly hacked web domain registrar Epik and has stolen “a decade’s worth of data,” including considerable info regarding their clients and domains.
The hack was first publicized by independent journalist Steven Monacelli and later reported on by Gizmodo.
Monacelli had shared a “press release” on 4chan by the hackers, which declared that they stole information on all of Epik’s customers and data from an Epik employee’s inbox, which they claim is “all that’s needed to trace actual ownership and management of the fascist side of the Internet that has eluded researchers, activists, and, well, just about everybody.”

Source: Hackers steal ‘decade’s worth of data’ from far-right webhost Epik – The Jerusalem Post