The beginning of a blog, a blog of text, and links. Nothing too original. Something like a personal library, but shared with the world. I call it a text dump. /jd
St. Louis mayor reads names and addresses of protesters who want to defund police
‘St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson is facing backlash on social media Friday night for reading the names and street addresses of protesters who are calling on the city to defund the police department…’
Precarious Work in Central and Eastern Europe – and Germany http://postwest.volksbuehne.berlin/en/programme/192/dead-end-jobs-precarious-work-in-central-and-eastern-europe-and-germany
‘…Unregulated working hours, night shifts, wages that barely cover the daily essentials, work that is dangerous and hazardous to their health: this is everyday life for hundreds of thousands of people in Eastern Europe—but also for seasonal workers in Germany.
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, precarious working conditions in Germany have become more visible. Due to a lack of protective measures in the workplace and cramped conditions in collective accommodation and residential containers, many workers from Eastern Europe have become infected with the virus…’
Inside the body, the coronavirus is even more sinister than scientists had realized
‘…the discovery of filopodia in coronavirus-infected cells suggests that this virus has developed more than one way to wheedle its way into cells and establish itself as a force to be reckoned with. “It’s just so sinister that the virus uses other mechanisms to infect other cells before it kills the cell,”…’
Is this a real Putin political advert? read the debate…
https://twitter.com/DylMeisner/status/1276622789013680128
https://twitter.com/billoreilly/status/1143231157703757824
Why on earth would anyone think America was racist and ran on a power structure that was meant to only benefit white men??? pic.twitter.com/L5r3SPw6XD
— Pastor Ben (@BenjaminPDixon) June 24, 2019
Let’s Teach Students About Whites’ Genetic Inferiority ‘…When it comes to this question about white oppression, I have noticed a peculiar pattern. Although many students have thoughtful answers, not one student I have ever taught has brought up the possibility that white people are genetically inferior, and that white violence against black people is a function of this subnormal genetic inheritance. My students’ blind spot is troubling. It’s also made me more sympathetic to recent criticisms about a lack of “viewpoint diversity” in institutions of higher education. These critics have argued that colleges only expose students to a narrow range of ideological perspectives, inhibiting their growth and development and also stifling the free exchange of ideas. In order to address this issue, I propose that we expose students to an argument far outside the mainstream: that white people are genetically deficient. Here’s an example of what this argument might look like…’ satire: https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2020/06/26/satirical-look-question-genetic-inferiority-opinion
‘…”If I’d been almost anywhere else on the planet, I’d be dead. They would have flicked the switch after 30 days,” says Stephen Cameron from his hospital bed. The 42-year-old Scottish pilot spent 68 days on a ventilator, thought to be a longer stretch of time than any patient in the UK. He did so not in a hospital in his hometown of Motherwell, but in Vietnam’s sprawling and hectic Ho Chi Minh City, with no close friends or family for thousands of miles. Cameron, the last Covid-19 patient in an intensive care unit in Vietnam, has been the sickest doctors have had to deal with during the outbreak…’
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53196009
Judge Orders ICE To Free Detained Immigrant Children Because Of COVID-19
‘Citing the unrelenting spread of the coronavirus, a federal judge has ordered that all children currently held in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody for more than 20 days must be released by July 17. U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee of California issued the scathing order Friday afternoon, saying the Trump administration had failed to provide even the most basic health protections for children and their families amid the pandemic. She described the ICE-operated facilities as being “on fire,” adding that “there is no more time for half measures.”…’