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BBC tightens security after anti-vaxxer ‘death threats’ to staff | Journalist safety | The Guardian
The Whitehall protesters, a mixture of anti-vaxxers and opponents of lockdown, shouted “traitor” at Watt and accused him of “lying” about lockdowns.
Unsworth wrote: “We know these attacks are more often aimed at women and journalists of colour, so we want to make sure we have particular support for those groups and are looking at what this could be.”
Since the Whitehall incident, the Observer has seen apparent death threats from members of anti-lockdown groups on the messenger app Telegram, some of whom have swapped details of journalists, including their addresses, and have attempted to organise abuse.
Comments posted on Telegram by followers of Paul Joseph Watson, a British conspiracy theorist, include: “I hope he gets killed.” Another added: “If the police weren’t there, he could and should have been lynched.”
On the same thread, another follower wrote: “I hope people track him down.”
One user on an anti-lockdown Telegram channel wrote that it was “payback time”.
On another Telegram chat group, the home address of at least one prominent BBC journalist has been shared.
Source: BBC tightens security after anti-vaxxer ‘death threats’ to staff | Journalist safety | The Guardian
‘We will not stop’: pipeline opponents ready for America’s biggest environmental fight | US news | The Guardian
Goodwin, an Ojibwe woman and environmental activist, was recording a livestream from a picturesque camp site amid northern Minnesota’s natural beauty – where she and dozens of others had come together to protest the construction of the Line 3 pipeline.
Across the state, along the pipeline’s planned route of construction, activists have traveled from all over the country to do the same: many have locked themselves to construction equipment, and hundreds have been arrested. Goodwin’s preferred method of protest is arguably less physical – she was in the middle of leading a four-day prayer ceremony – but she hoped it would be no less effective to draw attention to the potential harm the pipeline represents.
“We’re done messing around with the process and trusting that the process is going to work, because in the end, it failed us,” she said. “What am I trusting instead? The power of the people, and the creator.”
Bee-friendly urban wildflower meadows prove a hit with German city dwellers | Conservation | The Guardian
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And they were no longer …
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Intenté felicitarlo, correr a su lado para abrazarlo; pero sus espacios, en la biblioteca, en el comedor, en la sala, en los rincones de la casa, estaban ausentes y nadie respondía al pronunciar su nombre. Lloré, entonces, entristecido, al recordar que mi padre, mi amado e inquieto padre, ya no se encontraba en el mundo, y mayor fue mi desconsuelo al saber que ella, mi madre, mi madre querida e inolvidable, tampoco estaba conmigo, al menos en la arcilla que soy ahora. Pretendí sorprenderlo esta mañana tan especial en que muchos hombres y mujeres, en minúsculas y en mayúsculas, celebran al padre tras haber festejado, semanas antes, a la madre, y si a ella no la descubrí, amable y sonriente, entre sus plantas y sus flores, en el jardín, a él tampoco lo encontré inmerso en sus lecturas, en…
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Day 37/67 of GED in Five Months, adaptations, and Adulting
Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better
Adulting is also about understanding adaptations, not from a scientific or organic perspective, but from a more emotional and intellectual point of view. Adapting to new situations is a skill that science can teach us for both abstract intelligence and emotional intelligence. That skill is needed in the modern world by all people.
Middle of week 10/18
| Day 37, Week 10 |
| Grammar:Possessives -the apostrophe |
| Math: Congruent and similar regions |
| Day 37 Exit Ticket |
| (Day 36 … Day 38) |
Action Items:
1.) What do you think is the difference between adapting emotionally and adapting intellectually to a problem or situation?
2.) Why might that make a difference to citizens in a republic?
3.) Write a book, story, blog post or tweet that uses those thoughts, and then, please tell us about it! If you write a book, once it is published please consider donating…
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Las Cruces medical volunteers help with COVID-19 vaccine, migrants
LAS CRUCES – The New Mexico Medical Reserve Corps has grown out of necessity to meet the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Throughout the course of the pandemic, the corps has grown from about 2,000 volunteers to about 7,400. State MRC coordinator Bobbie MacKenzie said that, at one point, up to 200 new volunteers were being deployed each week across New Mexico.
The Medical Reserve Corps is a division of the state health department, entirely federally funded, made up of both medical and non-medical volunteers. Across the state, MRC volunteers assist with both planned health events and unfolding crises.
Online, the New Mexico Department of Health says the MRC mission is “to augment local community health and medical services during a disaster, public health emergency or community public health event with pre-identified, trained and credentialed volunteers.”
In New Mexico, MRC volunteers typically provide medical support at the Bataan Memorial Death March held annually at White Sands Missile Range. In 2019, MRC members provided health assessments, cared for and obtained medications for an influx of asylum seekers dropped off in Las Cruces by U.S. Border Patrol.
Source: Las Cruces medical volunteers help with COVID-19 vaccine, migrants
Daddy
Twenty years have gone by
Myriads of moments to sigh
Sea of emotions and multitudes of smiles
Oh I have come a thousand miles

This world I tell you is a dark space
Did you ever realise this was really the case
Pigeons turned into eagles I saw
Arduous s it was to unclench the destiny’s claw
A stubborn child I used to be Daddy
Look, now I have become a patient lady
I always hovered around you like a bee
My moppet now does the same, do you ever see

I will get old with no teeth, you teased
I will laugh and you won’t be pleased
You will never become old, I always reverted
Your words often breathes life never to be averted
How would I survive giving her off, you always lamented
I would never marry just be with you, I quoted
Allah fulfilled your…
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