Category Archives: News to use

Useful news for all to advance knowledge of the world and how it works

Over 10,000 species risk extinction in Amazon, says landmark report – Devdiscourse — — Tiny Life

Barbara Crane Navarro

Over 10,000 species risk extinction in Amazon, says landmark report – Devdiscourse https://ift.tt/3iejb7t Over 10,000 species risk extinction in Amazon, says landmark reportDevdiscourse Superforest via “deforestation” – Google Newshttps://ift.tt/2tI2HiE Over 10,000 species risk extinction in Amazon, says landmark report – Devdiscourse—

Over 10,000 species risk extinction in Amazon, says landmark report – Devdiscourse — — Tiny Life

View original post

Do nascer ao morrer: evoluímos

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Eu imagino que uma das experiências mais prazerosas do ser humano seja essa proposta de passar pela vida, ou seja, nascer. Só que nascer é doloroso. É doloroso para o emocional, para o físico. Às vezes, doloroso pra gente que não tem condição de trazer uma criança ao mundo e oferecer uma vida digna.

Todo o processo da vida em si é doloroso. Desde quando uma mulher carrega uma criança em seu ventre ela, vez ou outra sente algum desconforto. Algumas não, elas são agraciadas, nem enjoo dizem sentir. Já tem outras que sentem o período da gestação inteiro. Eu, como mulher e mãe senti, não o período todo da gestação. Mas, devo confessar que além de algumas situações, houveram também momentos prazerosos. Em minha opinião aquele momento em que a criança se mexe é muito dinâmico porque é uma sensação muito gostosa vermos “a barriga toda torta, rsrs…” seguindo…

View original post 725 more words

The Week’s Best Cartoons 7/17

Filosofa's Word

I haven’t re-blogged TokyoSand’s weekly cartoon posts for the past couple of weeks because the ‘toons seemed just too dark.  Not TS’ fault at all, but just a statement of the way things are these days … it’s hard to find humour in things some days.  However, I found this week’s to be grin-worthy and wanted to share them with you. This is just a sampling, so be sure to head over to TokyoSand’s place to see the rest!  Many thanks, TS, for all you do in always finding us the best and most relevant ‘toons!

See All The ‘Toons Here!

View original post

‘I tried to be tough,’ says survivor of Marieval Indian Residential School sharing her story for 1st time | CBC News

For six years, Kretschmer’s days were filled with catechism and cleaning. She said the education component was almost non-existent, but she did learn to read and write.

“We never learned anything about our culture, or to be proud of our identity,” said Kretschmer.

Fortunately, she said her grandmother took her to ceremonies and powwows, despite there being a federal ban on Indigenous ceremonies and all Indigenous practices from 1885 until 1951.

For a young child, residential school was not only a lonely place, but a frightening one.

Kretschmer still doesn’t understand how adults could treat children so harshly. She said the worst part of the ordeal was never knowing why things happened, especially the abnormally cruel punishments.

Source: ‘I tried to be tough,’ says survivor of Marieval Indian Residential School sharing her story for 1st time | CBC News

Egypt lets journalists, activists go after US concerns – The Washington Post

Egyptian authorities released three activists and three journalists Sunday after months in pre-trial detention, officials and lawyers said. The releases came after U.S. officials, among others, expressed concern over the arrests and harassment of rights advocates and critics of President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi’s government.

State security prosecutors ordered the release of the six pending ongoing investigations into charges against them, according to two judicial officials. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media.

Source: Egypt lets journalists, activists go after US concerns – The Washington Post

Boris and Rishi Sunak backpedal after initially saying they would skip quarantine – The Washington Post

First, the new British Health Secretary Sajid Javid — three weeks on the job, in the middle of an explosion in cases, who had declared it was time to “live with the virus”— announced on Saturday that he’d tested positive for the coronavirus and would self-isolate.

Then on Sunday, both Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Finance Minister Rishi Sunak said they’d been alerted by the National Health Service that since they had been in close contact with an infected individual — i.e., Javid — they must immediately quarantine at home.

The quarantine of the top leadership in a British government struggling to manage the pandemic comes less than 24 hours before Johnson plans to end almost all government mandates in England for mask-wearing and social distancing. On Monday, dubbed “Freedom Day” by the press, it will be a “personal choice” whether to mask or distance in most settings. A number of health experts have condemned the opening as a reckless experiment. Others say it is about time — and prudent given the lower numbers of hospitalizations and deaths.

Source: Boris and Rishi Sunak backpedal after initially saying they would skip quarantine – The Washington Post

The Pandemic Is Roaring Back Where Vaccination Rates are Low – Mother Jones

On July 17, 2020, more than four months into a global pandemic, Arkansas was averaging 708 new COVID-19 cases per day. One year and three FDA-approved vaccines later, Arkansas is now averaging 1,017 cases per day. The record numbers show what can happen when, despite the spread of a highly infectious new strain of the virus, most people fail to get fully vaccinated.

Only 44 percent of adults in the state are fully vaccinated, compared to 59 percent across the nation.

Source: The Pandemic Is Roaring Back Where Vaccination Rates are Low – Mother Jones

Keep wearing masks to slow spread of Covid, scientists warn Britons | Coronavirus | The Guardian

“If you don’t wear masks, the virus will spread further. It is as simple as that,” said Julian Tang, a clinical virologist at Leicester University.

Tang said masks clearly limit the spread of viral particles from an infected person and also cut a wearer’s chance of picking up an infection from someone else. “Masks work both ways,” he told the Observer.

“If you assume that a mask at least halves transmission, that means that for every 1,000 virus particles an infected person breathes out, only 500 will leave your mask. Then, when those particles reach someone else, similarly their masks will ensure at least a twofold reduction in the number of viruses reaching their mouths or noses. In other words, of the 1,000 virus particles an infected person has breathed out, only 250 or so will reach another person. That should reduce infection rates, and that is why masks are important.”

Source: Keep wearing masks to slow spread of Covid, scientists warn Britons | Coronavirus | The Guardian