“One of the most extreme things I’ve seen — the flames burning the highway fences right there, 70 [or] 80-foot trees candling, entirely lit on fire. I could feel the heat overpowering me in the cabin of my truck… The flames were just so hot and everything was so engulfed. Source: B.C. man braves highway inferno to help evacuate family farm | CBC News
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N.Y.P.D. to Unvaccinated Officers: Wear Masks or Face Discipline – The New York Times (Me: Be brave; wear a mask to save yourself nd those you serve!!!)
The Police Department appears to have one of the lowest vaccination rates among city agencies, and officers have been criticized for flouting various mask mandates.
Texas says schools now must notify families of a positive COVID-19 cases | The Texas Tribune
Texas school districts must now notify teachers, staff and families of all students of a positive COVID-19 case in a classroom or extracurricular or after-school program, the Texas Education Agency announced in an updated public health guidance Thursday.
This is a change from the TEA’s previous guidance, which didn’t explicitly require school districts to notify parents of a close contact.
Districts must still report positive cases to their local health departments and the state. Local health officials are also allowed to investigate COVID-19 cases in schools.
While school districts across the state issue mask mandates, the TEA maintains that it will not issue guidance on mask requirements until legal challenges get resolved related to Gov. Greg Abbott’s order banning such mandates in schools.
The TEA is also allowing schools to conduct rapid tests on staff to mitigate the risk of asymptomatic individuals being on campuses. With written permission from parents, students also can be tested. Parents and school officials are to continue keeping students out of classrooms if they have COVID-19 or are exhibiting symptoms. Parents also can choose to keep their kids home for 10 days after learning their children had close contact with someone who contracted the virus, according to the new guidance.
Source: Texas says schools now must notify families of a positive COVID-19 cases | The Texas Tribune
France’s regional languages, patois, dialects: what was that again? · Global Voices
Ohio hits more than 3,200 new COVID cases, most since February
Filosofa’s Snarky Snippets Once Again
I’m still struggling to get back above the weather, but I’m determined to get this blog back on track! Therefore tonight I have only 2 snippets – one short one and one slightly longer one. And then, I tell you what … I’ll throw in a cartoon or two to leave you with a bit of political humour, if there can be said to still be such a thing.
Thumbs up to …
U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason who threw out the permits for a controversial oil project planned for Alaska’s North Slope. The project was approved under the former administration, but was never popular with environmentalists or the Indigenous community. Nonetheless, President Biden had allowed the project to continue despite objections from Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland.
Turns out that the environmental impact studies had been sub-par and incomplete, with one report saying that drilling for 160,000 barrels…
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Feast of Benjamin Tucker Tanner (December 20) — SUNDRY THOUGHTS
Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

(I’ll be mostly offline for about a week, or so, but I thank Neatnik for this key person from Washington, DC history. -Shira)
Above: Bishop Benjamin Tucker Tanner Image in the Public Domain +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ BENJAMIN TUCKER TANNER (DECEMBER 25, 1835-JANUARY 14, 1923) African Methodist Episcopal Bishop and Renewer of Society Bishop Benjamin Tucker Tanner comes to this, A Great Cloud of Witnesses: An Ecumenical Calendar of Saints’ Days and Holy Days, via G. Scott Cady and Christopher L. […]
Feast of Benjamin Tucker Tanner (December 20) — SUNDRY THOUGHTS
Ailton Krenak é destacado com o troféu Juca Pato — C a f é M a c h a d o

O escritor Ailton Krenak em foto de O Globo O líder indígena e escritor Ailton Krenak foi o vencedor do 62o Troféu Juca Pato, da União Brasileira de Escritores (UBE). A premiação, segundo o noticiário, destacou a publicação de “Ideias para Adiar o Fim do Mundo”. Escolhido pelos associados à entidade, Ailton concorreu com nomes[…]
Ailton Krenak é destacado com o troféu Juca Pato — C a f é M a c h a d o
Post-Brexit South America trade deal could trigger further deforestation in the Amazon – The London Economic —

Post-Brexit South America trade deal could trigger further deforestation in the Amazon – The London Economic https://ift.tt/3A0nfPL Post-Brexit South America trade deal could trigger further deforestation in the AmazonThe London Economic Superforest via “deforestation” – Google Newshttps://ift.tt/2tI2HiE
Petit ourson | Little bear cub — VOYAGE ONIRIQUE

wallpaper et fond d’écran petit ourson bear cub. à voir : ANIMAUX et NOIR & BLANC
Petit ourson | Little bear cub — VOYAGE ONIRIQUE
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