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Superbugs ‘could kill 39m people by 2050’ amid rising drug resistance | Global development | The Guardian

Source: Superbugs ‘could kill 39m people by 2050’ amid rising drug resistance | Global development | The Guardian

October 1: Nationwide Rallies to Save the Postal Service | Labor Notes

The Postal Workers (APWU) will hold a national day of action on October 1, with rallies all across the country for better staffing and better service, a better contract that ends the two-tier wage system, and the right to speak to the board that governs the postal service.

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s plan to “modernize” the Postal Service consists of condensing it. In the name of saving money, he is pushing to consolidate mail processing plants into fewer, bigger, more automated ones—which means cutting hundreds of jobs each time and slowing down the mail, especially for rural customers.

The state of Wyoming will have no mail plants left at all, so if you mail a letter across town in Cheyenne, it will have to travel all the way to Denver and back.

Source: October 1: Nationwide Rallies to Save the Postal Service | Labor Notes

Taliban suspends polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, U.N. says – Los Angeles Times

The Taliban has suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the U.N. said Monday. It’s a devastating setback for polio eradication, since the virus is one of the world’s most infectious and any unvaccinated groups of children where the virus is spreading could undo years of progress.

Afghanistan is one of two countries in which the spread of the potentially fatal, paralyzing disease has never been stopped. The other is Pakistan. It’s likely that the Taliban’s decision will have major repercussions for other countries in the region and beyond.

News of the suspension was relayed to U.N. agencies right before the September immunization campaign was due to start. No reason was given for the suspension, and no one from the Taliban-controlled government was immediately available for comment.

Source: Taliban suspends polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, U.N. says – Los Angeles Times

Hiltzik: The Nazi roots of the Haitian immigrant issue – Los Angeles Times

(Me: older than the Nazis, dog eating trope is American beginning in California and Pacific Northwest…

…”An urban legend alleging that Chinese restaurants serve dog meat, cat meat or rats dates back to the beginning of Chinese immigration to the US. An editorial from a Mississippi newspaper in 1852, for example, laments that trade with China is “not what it ought to be”, then says, “and besides, the Chinese still eat dog-pie”.

Chinese people may have been the first immigrant group to be widely profiled as “dog eaters”, but the slur was soon directed at other Asian communities, said Robert Ku, author of Dubious Gastronomy: The Cultural Politics of Eating Asian in the USA.

At the 1904 world’s fair in St. Louis, organizers reportedly forced the Indigenous Igorot people from the Philippines to butcher and eat dogs for entertainment – an event that cemented the stereotype against Filipinos. By the late 20th century, Ku said, groups including Koreans, Filipinos and Cambodians became “principally stereotyped as dog eaters”… https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/14/racist-history-trump-pet-eating-immigrant

 

Source: Hiltzik: The Nazi roots of the Haitian immigrant issue – Los Angeles Times

Alimentos Superpoderosos: Como Cuidar da Sua Saúde Através da Alimentação : Linkezine

Alimentos Superpoderosos: Como Cuidar da Sua Saúde Através da Alimentação

Cuidar da saúde vai muito além de praticar exercícios físicos ou fazer check-ups regulares. Uma das maneiras mais eficazes de zelar pelo corpo é através da alimentação. Incluir superalimentos na dieta pode ser um ótimo começo para quem deseja melhorar sua saúde e prevenir doenças…

Source: Alimentos Superpoderosos: Como Cuidar da Sua Saúde Através da Alimentação : Linkezine