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B.C. man braves highway inferno to help evacuate family farm | CBC News

“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

Texas says schools now must notify families of a positive COVID-19 cases | The Texas Tribune

Source: Texas says schools now must notify families of a positive COVID-19 cases | The Texas Tribune

Filosofa’s Snarky Snippets Once Again

Filosofa's Word

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

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Ailton Krenak é destacado com o troféu Juca Pato — C a f é M a c h a d o

Barbara Crane Navarro

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

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Post-Brexit South America trade deal could trigger further deforestation in the Amazon – The London Economic —

Barbara Crane Navarro

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

Post-Brexit South America trade deal could trigger further deforestation in the Amazon – The London Economic —

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