Source: Extreme drought in southern B.C. taking devastating toll on life in water and on land | CBC News
Vancouver Island locals bring fish to feed hungry eaglets who left nests early due to heat wave | CBC News
St. Louis official says he was targeted with racist slurs over mask promotion | TheHill
Khan told The Washington Post that his treatment by the council members and others in attendance was “the saddest, most bizarre and disgusting thing” he had witnessed in his 30-year career in public health.
“My time before the Council began with a dog-whistle from Councilman Tim Fitch, who said he wanted to emphasize for the assembled crowd that I was not from this country,” Khan wrote in a letter to the council’s chairwoman.
He also described being “consistently berated” throughout his presentation and facing jeers and physical assaults when he tried to exit the meeting.
“On more than one occasion, I was shoulder-bumped and pushed. As I approached the exit and immediately outside the chambers, I became surrounded by the crowd in close quarters, where members of the crowd yelled at me, calling me a ‘fat brown c—‘ and a ‘brown b——.'”
Khan is the latest public health professional to experience mistreatment and clash with elected officials during the pandemic.
A Maryland man was charged this week in the state’s federal court with making threats against Anthony Fauci. The pressures of the pandemic have caused more than 250 public health officials to leave the profession, CNN reported in May.
Source: St. Louis official says he was targeted with racist slurs over mask promotion | TheHill
‘We lost our life savings in a cryptocurrency scam’ – BBC News
He planned to use the money to buy a mortgage-free bungalow for him and and his wife to live out the rest of their days.
In a bid to top-up those savings he was drawn into investing online – a move into cryptocurrency trading that left him at the mercy of suspected fraudsters and drained his life savings.
“My wife and I are very upset,” he said. “We have lost our lifestyle and our plans.”
Source: ‘We lost our life savings in a cryptocurrency scam’ – BBC News
Israelis over 60 to get 3rd COVID jab as green pass returns – The Jerusalem Post
Source: Israelis over 60 to get 3rd COVID jab as green pass returns – The Jerusalem Post
Israel approves booster for elderly population – The Washington Post
Meet the Woman Restoring Native American Peaches to the Southwest – Gastro Obscura
Centuries ago, the Navajo people tended flourishing peach orchards across the Four Corners area, where the states of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Colorado meet. But in 1863, the U.S. government ordered the Navajo in Four Corners to leave their homelands.
When the Navajo refused to leave, General James H. Carleton ordered Colonel Christopher “Kit” Carson to slaughter their livestock, massacre any resistors, and burn their crops, notably their thousands of peach trees. One American troop, under the command of Captain John Thompson, claimed to have destroyed over 3,000 peach trees. Thompson himself reported how his men, in a single day, cut down what he called 500 “of the best peach trees I have ever seen in the country, every one of them bearing fruit.”
Source: Meet the Woman Restoring Native American Peaches to the Southwest – Gastro Obscura
Pfizer Vaccine Effectiveness Drops To 84 Percent After Six Months, Study Finds – Slashdot (Me: I want a booster!)
Still Recovering From The Hugs & Kisses …
Today, I would like to introduce you to two anomalies. These are people, relatively young people, who serve in the U.S. Congress and are members of the Republican Party. What, you ask, makes them an anomaly? Two things: they are intelligent and most importantly, they have a conscience. Yes, a conscience … I know it’s hard to believe in this, the 21st century, the age of Republican far-right lunacy and conspiracy theories. The two people I wish to introduce you to today are Liz Cheney, representative from Wyoming, and Adam Kinzinger, representative from Illinois. They’ve both been in the news enough that you no doubt know their names.
They are, to the best of my knowledge, the only two congressional republicans who will be serving on the House Select Committee to investigate the events of and leading up to January 6th, the day insurgents attacked Congress and…
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Ariel Toucan Ramphastos ariel — Palm Oil Detectives


Ariel Toucan Ramphastos ariel Endangered Brazil No conservation The Ariel Toucan is one of the most iconic birds of the Amazon rainforest, depicted in countless pieces of art and historical renderings. They live in forested lowlands, most often near water, forest edge, swamp forest, clearings, riverine forest, patches in savannas, cerrado and riverine forest, up[…]
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