Category Archives: Viva!

Face Masks Mandatory In Most Of Texas, Starting Friday

And what about California, Arizona, New Mexico, Florida…?

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Starting Friday, wearing face masks will be the law of the land in most of Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order on Thursday requiring Texans to wear face coverings in public in counties with 20 or more COVID-19 cases. “We have the ability to keep businesses open and move our economy forward so that Texans can continue to earn a paycheck, but it requires each of us to do our part to protect one another — and that means wearing a face covering in public spaces,” Abbott said. There are some exceptions, such as for children under age 10 and people with certain medical conditions. Masks are also not required during activities including swimming, eating in a restaurant and exercising outdoors while maintaining distance from non-household members. A list of counties exempt from the face covering requirement will be maintained on the Texas Division of Emergency Management’s website . The order says local officials “can and should” enforce the face covering requirement but

Apple, Google comply with Indian government order to ban Chinese apps

They will go along with anyone’s censorship order – Trump’s gonna love this. Apple and Google are complying with a new Indian government order to block apps developed by Chinese firms.

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Two days after New Delhi’s order was implemented, the two Silicon Valley giants began to prevent users in India from seeing the 59 blocked apps on the App Store or Google Play store.

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USC reverses reopening plans amid coronavirus surge – Los Angeles Times

 

Amid the alarming surge in coronavirus spread, USC announced it will no longer bring all undergraduates back to campus for the fall semester and will move to mainly online classes, reversing an earlier decision to welcome students back for a hybrid model.

Source: USC reverses reopening plans amid coronavirus surge – Los Angeles Times

Miami Officer ‘Relieved of Duty’ and Under Investigation After Video Catches Him Hitting Black Woman in Airport

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You really can’t blame Black people for believing that excessive force is just the police go-to for dealing with Black people when they get into heated exchanges with them. If our lived experiences weren’t enough to convince us of this, the fact that we can’t seem to go more than a week without seeing a new viral…

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Apple wants your iPhone to replace your passport and driver’s license

The next step in Apple’s goal of making the iPhone the sole thing anyone has to carry, continues with the device being able to securely replace passports, driver’s licenses, and other physical forms of identification.

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Apple most recently announced a plan to rid the world of car keys, but the iPhone has already made us forget what it’s like to carry diaries, cameras, pens, and even mirrors. Now the company is focusing on getting rid of passports — plus library cards, ski passes, and ID cards in general.

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If COVID-19 situation doesn’t improve, NM may bring back restrictions | The NM Political Report

Not only is the state not going to expand its reopening, but if the COVID-19 situation in the state does not improve, the state could be looking at reimposing restrictions like other states throughout the country, including two that neighbor New Mexico. That was the message during Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s weekly press conference on […]

Source: If COVID-19 situation doesn’t improve, NM may bring back restrictions | The NM Political Report

Infiltration Of The Police — In Saner Thought

Recently there was a story in the news about some ex-police that had plotted to kill BLM leader Shaun King…… An investigation has been launched after members of a Facebook group for California law enforcement officers were found to be allegedly planning to kill Shaun King, an activist for the Black Lives Matter movement and […]

Infiltration Of The Police — In Saner Thought