Life of the Soil

Kaushal Kishore

When the wind kisses her
she starts blowing hot and cold
like a young maiden,
in company with wind and sun
when she feels dry and thirsty,
she waits avidly for the moistness
to fill the cracks on her dryness,
and when rain comes
she gets drenched with joy
to prepare herself
for her green youth and fertility
changing colours and shapes
from time to time
and from place to place
just to serve humanity…

She gets molded
into any shape we need
by laying as a clay
on the potter’s wheel,
she purifies whatever she receives
so pious that a home gets purified
when coated with her,
she keeps open her chest to share
her bounty of crops, ores and minerals…

We err when we take
her fragility, humility and diversity
to shower her love and blessings
as her meek surrender
to the might of human rights,
but we…

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Biden says US insists on ‘full and transparent accounting’ of death of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh – CNNPolitics

Biden on Friday called Abu Akleh’s death an “enormous loss” as he stood alongside Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem in the West Bank.
“I hope that her legacy … will inspire more young people to carry on her work of reporting the truth and telling stories that are too often overlooked. The United States will continue to insist on a full and transparent accounting of her death and will continue to stand up for media freedom everywhere in the world,” Biden said.
He added, “She was an American, an American citizen and a proud Palestinian and she was performing very vital work in an independent media, a vital work of democracy.”

Source: Biden says US insists on ‘full and transparent accounting’ of death of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh – CNNPolitics

Milwaukee mask advisory in effect, not a mandate, as COVID-19 spreads

The city of Milwaukee Health Department is advising residents to wear masks at public settings indoors amid rising cases and the circulation of the BA.5 variant of COVID-19.

The advisory is in effect for all individuals older than 2 regardless of vaccination status or prior infection. Early research indicates that BA.5, now the country’s dominant variant, is “seemingly more transmissible and more immune-evading” than other variants, the advisory states.

The CDC’s finding of “high” COVID-19 spread in Milwaukee County was based on 294.91 new cases per 100,000 people in the last week, 12.8 new hospital admissions with COVID-19 per 100,000 people in that time period and 3.4% of inpatient beds occupied by patients with confirmed COVID-19.

Source: Milwaukee mask advisory in effect, not a mandate, as COVID-19 spreads

EXPERT COMMENT: Avian flu has jumped from chickens to wild birds and is spreading fast | Northumbria University, Newcastle

What does this mean for the general public? Although avian flu is a zoonotic disease like COVID-19, the risk to human health is very low, and cases in humans have almost exclusively arisen from close contact between bird keepers and their stock. The advice for the public is not to touch any dead birds you see and to report them.

If you feed wild birds, remember to wash and disinfect feeders every week and to clean bird baths every day, as avian flu is mainly transmitted via saliva and droppings. And if you’re out walking the dog, keep a closer eye on them when you’re on the beach or by water, and use a lead when you’re on a nature reserve or see a dead bird.

There is no doubt that the increased visibility of the deaths will bring home the scale of the problem to the general public. Bird flu has now “arrived” in our minds, and will take on more prominence as the summer continues and holidays begin. Though the risk to humans is very low, it serves as another reminder of how connected we are to nature, and how our interactions with the natural world have huge consequences for what we regard as “human” systems.

Source: EXPERT COMMENT: Avian flu has jumped from chickens to wild birds and is spreading fast | Northumbria University, Newcastle

Trump campaign operative who delivered Jan. 6 false elector lists is identified

Mike Roman, then Trump’s 2020 director of Election Day operations, delivered those false elector certificates — signed by pro-Trump activists in Michigan and Wisconsin — to Rep. Mike Kelly’s (R-Pa.) chief of staff at the time, both people told POLITICO. Kelly was a Trump ally in the effort to overturn the 2020 election, and his then-top aide received the documents from Roman before deputizing a colleague to disseminate copies on Capitol Hill, according to both people. Source: Trump campaign operative who delivered Jan. 6 false elector lists is identified

In « Utopia » di Tommaso Moro, pubblicata nel 1516, l’oro e le pietre preziose non hanno valore. Infatti, portano il peso del sangue, della schiavitù e della follia umana – L’ARTE DEL LAVAGGIO VERDE dei COMMERCIANTI D’ORO con le loro stesse parole… — Barbara Crane Navarro

Fotomontaggio: serie “Pas de Cartier” – Barbara Crane Navarro – con pubblicità per Cartier, foto di un sito di estrazione dell’oro in territorio indigeno di João Laet e anello in oro Cartier® LOVE Nella continuità di diversi decenni di greenwashing per l’azienda di gioielli in oro, orologi e accessori che l’ha creata e mantiene, la Fondazione Cartier per […]

In « Utopia » di Tommaso Moro, pubblicata nel 1516, l’oro e le pietre preziose non hanno valore. Infatti, portano il peso del sangue, della schiavitù e della follia umana – L’ARTE DEL LAVAGGIO VERDE dei COMMERCIANTI D’ORO con le loro stesse parole… — Barbara Crane Navarro

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