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Hospitals overwhelmed as Covid cases surge in Osaka | Japan | The Guardian (Me: Olympics?)

A surge in coronavirus cases in Japan is forcing exhausted medical workers to make “heartbreaking” decisions about treatment as healthcare services are close to being overwhelmed, medics have said.

In Osaka, at the centre of the country’s fourth wave of infections, hospital beds are almost at capacity and reports say an estimated 17,000 people with virus symptoms are being treated at home or waiting to be admitted to a medical facility. In recent weeks more than a dozen have died before they could be hospitalised.

There are fears the deepening crisis in the western prefecture could be repeated elsewhere in the country, including in Tokyo, which is due to host the summer Olympics in 10 weeks’ time. The last state of emergency was lifted in Osaka a week earlier than in the Tokyo region, where variants are accounting for a rising proportion of new infections.

 

Source: Hospitals overwhelmed as Covid cases surge in Osaka | Japan | The Guardian

Edwin Poots elected DUP leader to succeed Arlene Foster | Northern Irish politics | The Guardian

Edwin Poots has been elected leader of the Democratic Unionist party (DUP) on the promise of remoulding Northern Ireland’s biggest party and ratcheting up opposition to the Irish Sea border…

Poots, 55, is a young Earth creationist from the party’s conservative Christian wing who believes the planet is 6,000 years old, a belief that could impede the party’s effort to court new voters.

Source: Edwin Poots elected DUP leader to succeed Arlene Foster | Northern Irish politics | The Guardian

Colorado man suspected in wife’s death allegedly voted for Trump in her name | Colorado | The Guardian

A Colorado man suspected in the death of his wife, who disappeared on Mother’s Day last year, is also accused of submitting a fraudulent vote on her behalf for Donald Trump in November’s presidential election, court documents show. Barry Morphew told investigators he mailed the ballot on behalf of his wife, Suzanne Morphew, to help Trump win, saying “all these other guys are cheating” and that he thought his wife would have voted for Trump anyway, according to an arrest warrant affidavit signed by a judge in Chaffee county.

Source: Colorado man suspected in wife’s death allegedly voted for Trump in her name | Colorado | The Guardian

Eagle Brewing owner apologizes over ‘unacceptable’ comments | RNZ News (Me: in New Zealand – he cannot apologize his way out of being evil, racist and stupid)

Eagle Brewing owner David Gaughan’s comments have been strongly condemned by those in the craft beer industry as racist and deplorable.

Gaughan has since apologised and said he was considering resigning from the Kaiapoi-based brewery and wanted to unlearn racial bias and better understand Māori culture.

Operations manager at Auckland’s Lumsden Freehouse, Lucy Campbell, said Gaughan’s comments were “horrific” and the bar won’t be pouring Eagle Brewing’s beers again.

“We don’t pour beer from racists or bigots and that’s the end of the story really.”

Matt White owns Beer Jerk, which runs an online craft beer shop and a small bar in Auckland’s Eden Terrace.

“All of us people in the beer industry know each other. It’s a really small community. So, some screengrabs of David’s comments were shared in some private WhatsApp groups yesterday evening.”

He said they won’t be placing any more orders with Eagle Brewing on the back of the comments.

“We were just completely flabbergasted. And it’s actually it’s an almost visceral, physical feeling of just how sickened we are that somebody can have these feelings and these opinions and especially in craft beer. So the area that we work in is so accepting and inclusive.”

Source: Eagle Brewing owner apologises over ‘unacceptable’ comments | RNZ News

Jobless Benefits Don’t Make People ‘Lazy,’ Nobel Laureate Esther Duflo Says – The New York Times

There were a lot of worries during the coronavirus pandemic that the $600 weekly allowance under the Cares Act would discourage people from going back to work because it’s often more than they would make. But this has been studied by different groups of academics, who have found zero disincentive effect of that act.

People need to have meaning in their life. They need to make a difference in their job. People are looking for respect in the job that they are doing, and in the community they’re living in, and that’s much, much more dominant than the financial incentive.

And that’s very important because that means that No. 1, you shouldn’t be scared of taxing people. That’s not going to make them lazy. No. 2, you shouldn’t be scared of distributing money to people. That’s not going to make them lazy.

Using Lists Within WordPress Reader

Story Empire

Hola, SEers. Not only is it Cinco de Mayo, but it’s also a Mae Day on Story Empire. I’m delighted you’ve chosen to join me.

If you’re a WordPress user, you’re probably familiar with Reader. Most of us follow an abundance of blogs, and it can be overwhelming keeping up with them. In the past, I subscribed by email to each blog I followed. The problem was my inbox was always overflowing with notices of new posts. For me, a bursting-at-the-seams inbox equals stress, so something had to give.

Last year, I switched to Reader, but even that became problematic. Currently, I follow 377 blogs. Of that large group, there are certain blogs I comment on regularly, but I don’t want to scroll through 377 entries searching for them. These are my “Favorite Reads.” Another group of bloggers I’d like to visit don’t blog as frequently, so I often lose…

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Dodged a nuke

themacbit

Congratulations 🎉 if you are reading this article, you are alive. “I’m not sure about me, though.”. Get ready to witness a man saving the world. This is not about a Marvel movie, but a true incident from the cold war.

Talking about superheroes without me?

“Traditionally not cool”

Here is some background for readers interested in politics: Our story dates back to 1962, from the times of the cold war. Cuba asked Soviet Union for support against the US. Soviet leader, Nikita Khrushchev agreed to place missiles on the Cuba islands against America. When American spy planes discovered the Soviet missiles in Cuba, President Kennedy ordered blockage of Cuba by the US navy. 

American forces spotted an enemy Soviet submarine hiding in the Caribbean waters. This submarine was on a super-secret spy mission. The submarine carried nuclear weapons, enough to start a nuclear war between the two superpowers…

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Day 17 of High School in 5 months, Djinn Gold, and InterLibrary Loan — Critical thinking for Human Community

The Djinni’s Offer:  (below…) Day 17 of 67, Lesson Plan Caps, Part 2 online worksheet Finish Filling in Yourself: Multiplication Tables for Perfect Squares Diagonal Khan Academy continuing Exponents online worksheet Day 17 ExitSlips (And an easy review of yesterday’s introduction to exponents…) In our Learning Toolbox:San Diego Public Library system  (was there a public […]

Day 17 of High School in 5 months, Djinn Gold, and InterLibrary Loan — Critical thinking for Human Community

Baking Tips – Recap

Smitha's Bake Love

Ok, its been 2 years I have been blogging about baking. I thought it would be fun to recap my ‘Non-Food’ but related to baking posts I wrote in the past. Check them out if you are interested!

Baking Tips – Part 1

Baking Tips – Part-2

If you like to, here is one more ==

My experience in the initial days of blogging – after first 3 months

Question – Would you like me to a post on my experience/lessons learned/Fails /best practices etc as blogger for 2 years now? Let me know in the comments.

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