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Spiraling COVID-19 deaths leave morgues overflowing and funeral homes turning away grieving families – Los Angeles Times

Single-day COVID-19 death records have been broken every day for the last three days of the year, with 242 deaths reported Tuesday, 262 on Wednesday and 291 on New Year’s Eve.

The sheer number of fatalities is causing more challenges to already overwhelmed hospitals and other institutions. Many hospital morgues are now filled with bodies, and officials are trying to move them for temporary storage at the county medical examiner-coroner’s office.

Source: Spiraling COVID-19 deaths leave morgues overflowing and funeral homes turning away grieving families – Los Angeles Times

The Brain in a Jar

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There is a rather nutty theory in Science and Philosophy known as the Brain in a Vat or the Brain in a Jar theory. In this thought experiment, we imagine a mad scientist creating a machine into which he can place a human brain. This machine is called a “brain vat”. The brain vat keeps the brain alive, and it also allows the scientist to create virtual stimuli and feed these into the brain. Hence, the brain kept inside can experience these stimuli in the same way in which a normal human sensory system does. Doing this, the scientist can create an entirely fictitious world that feels completely normal to the brain held captive. This sounds eminently creepy to me!

But the idea of the Brain in a Vat (or the Brain in a Jar) theory is that no brain could ever know whether it is affixed inside a skull…

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¡En el corazón de la selva tropicale! -“La magia de la Amazonia Las aventuras de Meromi, una niña Yanomami”

In the heart of the tropical jungle! – “The magic of the Amazon The adventures of Meromi, a Yanomami girl”

Barbara Crane Navarro

ilustración de “La magia de la Amazonia” – Las aventuras de Meromi, una niña Yanomami

Un regalo de Navidad este año, leemos partes de este cuento en voz alta durante varias noches. Nuestro hijo de 8 años estaba ansioso por escuchar lo que vendría. Este tema era nuevo para él y le fascinaba conocer los rituales de los chamanes, tradiciones con plantas y detalles de la vida Yanomami en la Amazonía. Adoraba las plantas y los animales que hablaban y se regocijaba con los nombres de todos los personajes (le encantaba rodar los nombres en su boca mucho después de que se contara la historia).

 La historia está respaldada por hermosas e intrigantes ilustraciones y el diseño gráfico muy original del libro. ¡Es un cuento que debe estar en manos de más de nosotros, jóvenes y mayores!

Revisión escrita por J. Harris

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Emel Mathlouthi – Liberta – 2/10/2017 – Paste Studios, New York, NY – YouTube

Fan translation of lyrics: We start talking from the bottom (people) to the top (governors). [If you] Close your ears, don’t listen, ignore, i’ll use a megaphone. Living in life, like a statue, that doesn’t sell anything in the market. Open that mouth, speak, freedom, your tongue free. Your tongue is FREE ! This is my country, i speak within it, i ain’t crazy. This is my country, i speak within it, i ain’t crazy! Where is freedom when you see the prisons (torture). The police is drowning in money, as they sell the law. Where is the press? Where? Where are the people? Where? Where is the television? Where are the intellectuals? Where are the people? Where are you, O scholar! In every shop you find the picture of the boss (politicians). Paper.. Pen, Against the wind.. Against the wind.. Paper.. Pen, Against the wind.. Against the wind! Don’t hide, what you think is right, what you think is right. Lot of pits, be careful to fall down. Live tough, stay strong, STRONG! stand on your dignity! Speak, talk, discuss, tell, LIBERTA! LIBERTA!