Sunday, May 17, 2020

buttercup (R. acris): What I've been reading - 5/17/20 week - Coronavirus


What I've been reading this week through Sunday, 5/17/20

and also much from Twitter, and see, for example (esp. re-Tweets):





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Coronavirus Sa 5/16/20
Economy
Katrine Marçal: Did globalization end in the spring of 2020?
https://www.dn.se/ekonomi/katrine-marcal-tog-globaliseringen-slut-varen-2020/

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ERIC BONSE
EU-Parlament fordert frisches Geld: 
Zwei Billionen in Grün
Die Parlamentarier fordern das größte und grünste Budget, das die EU je gesehen hat. Es soll den Öko-Aufbau in der Coronakrise finanzieren.

EU Parliament demands fresh money: Two trillion in green
Parliamentarians are calling for the largest and greenest budget the EU has ever seen. It is intended to finance eco-development in the corona crisis.
https://taz.de/EU-Parlament-fordert-frisches-Geld/!5685934/



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Dick, Lucy, Ma, Alden, Ann,

How are you all doing in this coronavirus pandemic; state of CA's shelter in place directive - https://covid19.ca.gov/stay-home-except-for-essential-needs/ - although CA appears to be entering phase 2 in these regards - "Coronavirus FAQ: What does it mean to enter California’s ‘Phase 2’ and which parts of the state qualify?: Reopening ahead, behind or on schedule? It depends on the county" ... https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/05/15/coronavirus-faq-what-does-it-mean-to-enter-californias-phase-2-and-which-parts-of-the-state-qualify/ .

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Am curious whether & in what ways Biden and Warren will come together - https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/15/nation/elizabeth-warren-joe-biden-complex-history-gives-way-new-alliance/ - (I have to view this in the Tor browser due to the pay wall).

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A bit dated, and no mention of ways in which I think Harvard thinking would help them get elected further:

The Case for Joe Biden to Pick Elizabeth Warren as His Running Mate
https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-case-for-joe-biden-to-pick-elizabeth-warren-as-his-running-mate


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From a few weeks' ago in Minnesota's Star Tribune:

"Wider testing drives up virus count, but most recover"

https://m.startribune.com/wider-testing-drives-up-virus-count-but-most-recover/570163172/

https://www.startribune.com/wider-testing-drives-up-virus-count-but-most-recover/570163172/


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From the left-leaning major German newspaper TAZ - die Tageszeitung (taz):

something about asking for 2 Trillion Euros in Eco-Green Money ...

"EU Parliament demands fresh money: Two trillion in green:
Parliamentarians are calling for the largest and greenest budget the EU has ever seen. It is intended to finance eco-development in the corona crisis."

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ERIC BONSE
"EU-Parlament fordert frisches Geld: Zwei Billionen in Grün:
Die Parlamentarier fordern das größte und grünste Budget, das die EU je gesehen hat. Es soll den Öko-Aufbau in der Coronakrise finanzieren."

https://taz.de/EU-Parlament-fordert-frisches-Geld/!5685934/


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With a bunch of horn players in picture, breaking social distancing:

"Somerville extends state of emergency, cancels events through December"

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/15/nation/somerville-extends-state-emergency-cancels-events-through-december/

So many Harvard and MIT students live in Somerville! What's the significance of this, I wonder?


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Here's Canadian Gary Bartanus on Trump and women (which is an awful history) -
https://twitter.com/garybartanus/status/1257158571361370112?s=20


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Here's your fellow Bostonian professor Harvard / MIT Prof of Genetics' George Church (again):
"How soon could humans reverse the aging process with genetic engineering?" (1 minute)
https://youtu.be/bnCEIPQFNnk
- which you'll also find a couple of times in these longevity label blog posts - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/search/label/longevity ...

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What are your thoughts about the November election?

Warmly, Scotty




Coronavirus Su 5/17/20

"Free yourself from the mass media, the virus doesn't exist"
https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/plus208035545/Corona-Demos-Berlin-Der-Virus-existiert-nicht.html
CORONA-DEMONSTRANTEN
„Befreit Euch von Massenmedien, der Virus existiert nicht!“
Stand: 07:34 Uhr
Martin Heller
Von Martin Heller
Head of Video Innovation




quarantine:
The Swedes remain relaxed at Corona
Despite a high death rate, the Scandinavians remain on their revealing course in the pandemic - and hope for rapid herd immunity.
May 17, 2020 - 21:10 , BLZ
https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik-gesellschaft/verruckt-oder-genial-die-schweden-und-ihr-corona-weg-li.83670


International Museum Day 2020: Where does the term museum come from; a look at some interesting museums from around the world
Most of us instantly link the word “museum” with a place you visit only on educational excursions from school and soon after let it pass as a once-in-a-lifetime type memory, locked in a treasure chest somewhere.
https://m.hindustantimes.com/art-and-culture/international-museum-day-2020-where-does-the-term-museum-come-from-a-look-at-some-interesting-museums-from-around-the-world/story-dFMxkE8VSxadQz1T6dhuQO.html

BERUFSSPIELER
Bye-bye Intel: Was in meinem neuen Gaming-PC drinsteckt
Nach acht Jahren bei "Team Blue" geht es zurück zu AMD – und zu Upgrades im Tick-Tock-Prinzip
https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000117469321/bye-bye-intel-was-in-meinem-neuen-gaming-pc-drinsteckt

Corona crisis:
The end of globalization?
The corona crisis promotes foreclosure - and a new nationalism. In Germany, however, this is not radical right wing, but revolves around the victim community.
https://www.zeit.de/2020/21/corona-krise-abschottung-nationalismus-globalisierung

FOREIGN COUNTRIES
BREXIT CHAOS
Johnson awakens a new urge for secession from the Scots
Published on 09/05/2019 | Reading time: 4 minutes
https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article199725448/Brexit-Chaos-Johnson-entfacht-schottische-Unabhaengigkeitsbewegung-neu.html

APPROVAL OF MERKEL
Good news from Germany: Democracy is alive!
As of May 17, 2020
https://www.welt.de/debatte/kommentare/article208045313/Zustimmung-zu-Merkel-Die-Demokratie-lebt.html

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- World University and School
http://worlduniversityandschool.org 
- 415 480 4577
http://scottmacleod.com 

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I predict Green US presidential candidate Howie Hawkins' won't become US president in November! (But I could be wrong:)

Here, however, is

"Instead of Challenging Joe Biden, Maybe the Green Party Could Help Change Our Democracy"

By Bill McKibben
April 15, 2020
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/instead-of-challenging-joe-biden-maybe-the-green-party-could-help-change-our-democracy

which actually mentions Howie Hawkins' name in a main stream publication. :)

Scotty

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The Bay Area Billionaires Are Breaking My Heart

Looking for hope in San Francisco.

By Farhad Manjoo

Opinion Columnist

    May 13, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/13/opinion/inequality-san-francisco-coronavirus.html


Ashland’s downtown reopens as the Oregon Shakespeare Festival streams online
https://www.oregonlive.com/living/2020/05/ashlands-downtown-reopens-as-the-oregon-shakespeare-festival-streams-online.html ...


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- Scott MacLeod - Founder, President & Professor
- World University and School
http://worlduniversityandschool.org 
- 415 480 4577
http://scottmacleod.com 
- CC World University and School - like CC Wikipedia with best STEM-centric CC OpenCourseWare - incorporated as a nonprofit university and school in California, and is a U.S. 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt educational organization. 




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Coronavirus F 5/15/20

Coronavirus resources
Ousted vaccine chief warns window is closing to address pandemic, says federal government has no coronavirus plan
By Liz Goodwin Globe Staff,Updated May 14, 2020
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/14/nation/ousted-vaccine-chief-says-federal-government-has-no-coronavirus-plan/

Boston Children’s nurses have been preparing for a public health outbreak like COVID-19 for years
http://sponsored.bostonglobe.com/bostonchildrens/beyond-the-bedside/

THE SITUATION THIS FRIDAY
First unconfined weekend, drop in drug trafficking, Germany in recession ... update on the coronavirus
https://www.liberation.fr/planete/2020/05/15/premier-week-end-deconfine-baisse-des-trafics-de-drogues-l-allemagne-en-recession-le-point-sur-le-co_1788436

Xi Jinping, Covid-19 and Tibetans
By Katia Buffetrille , ethnologist and tibetologist at the École Pratique des Hautes-Études (CRCAO) - May 15, 2020 at 3:35 PM
If the emergence of Covid-19 has turned all eyes on China, its president continues his policies of assimilation and repression of the so-called "minority" populations.
https://www.liberation.fr/debats/2020/05/15/xi-jinping-le-covid-19-et-les-tibetains_1788441

Culture
May 17
Made reusable costume of coffee bags until May 17th
"We are very happy with coffee here in the house," says clerk Victoria Haugen Kristoffersen.


Attorney General Likely to Bring Antitrust Lawsuits Against Google
Both the federal and state investigations are focused on Google’s ad business
https://www.wsj.com/articles/justice-department-state-attorneys-general-likely-to-bring-antitrust-lawsuits-against-google-11589573622?mod=mhp


Taiwan must accept Chinese status to attend WHO, says Beijing
Former European leaders say world needs Taiwan’s expertise in tackling coronavirus
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/15/taiwan-must-accept-chinese-status-to-attend-who-assembly-says-beijing

Police rebroadcast rumors to slander or pursue Cen Aohui: believe the police "murdered" Zhou Zile

Slowenien öffnet seine Grenzen für alle EU-Bürger

Sie haben andere Wahrheiten
In mehreren Städten gibt es am Samstag Proteste gegen die Coronabeschränkungen. Ein Überblick.
https://taz.de/Proteste-gegen-Coronapolitik/!5682411/

" Auf der Theresienwiese in München, dort, wo sonst das Oktoberfest ist, steht am Samstag eine heikle „Grundrechte“-Demo gegen die Coronaschutzpolitik an. Die einzige in der Bayern-Metropole mittlerweile bekannte Gegnerin der Coronaschutzgesetze ist die 62 Jahre alte Petra Kotthoff, eine Beraterin für vegane Ernährung und Yogalehrerin. In einem Gespräch mit Bild-TV sagte sie, sie sei besorgt „über die Einschränkung der Grundrechte“ und würde sich fragen, ob diese „tatsächlich aufgrund der Datenlage legitimiert sind“. Dazu, dass die Demons­tran­ten immer wieder mit Verschwörungstheoretikern und Rechtsradikalen in Zusammenhang gebracht werden, meinte sie: „Es empört mich, es macht mich wütend.“

Allerdings hat Kotthoff laut Süddeutscher Zeitung noch bis vor Kurzem auf ihrer Facebook-Seite Videos des Verschwörungstheoretikers Ken Jebsen geteilt und Bill Gates als Hassfigur gepostet, der, so die SZ, „einem schreienden Kind von hinten eine Spritze in den Hals jagt“. Mittlerweile ist diese Facebook-Seite gelöscht. "




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- Scott MacLeod - Founder, President & Professor

- World University and School

- 415 480 4577
- CC World University and School - like CC Wikipedia with best STEM-centric CC OpenCourseWare - incorporated as a nonprofit university and school in California, and is a U.S. 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt educational organization. 




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Coronavirus Th 5/14/20


CORONAVIRUS
Health experts: Reopening businesses in Minnesota will spread COVID-19, but how much?
Michael Osterholm of the University of Minnesota Michael Osterholm of the University of Minnesota
— Glen Stubbe, Star Tribune
By JOE CARLSON AND GLENN HOWATT , STAR TRIBUNE
May 14, 2020 - 12:22 PM

Epidemiologists broadly agree that reopening “nonessential” businesses and public spaces will lead to increased transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19, though the uptick won’t be visible immediately.

It’s already happening in some states that reopened nonessential businesses, like Alabama, South Dakota and Texas, former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb has said. Minnesota is gradually allowing nonessential businesses and public spaces to reopen, based on judgments about how well each kind of setting can prevent transmission and monitor for new cases.

https://m.startribune.com/experts-reopening-minn-businesses-will-spread-covid-19-but-how-much/570443112/

Apple Buys Virtual-Reality Streaming Upstart NextVR
NextVR says on its website that it is ‘heading in a new direction’ after becoming latest Apple acquisition in VR and AR space
https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-buys-virtual-reality-streaming-upstart-nextvr-11589503071?mod=mhp

"The 17-year-old's lack of drive makes me stressed and worried"
https://www.dn.se/insidan/17-aringens-brist-pa-driv-gor-mig-stressad-och-orolig/

WHO examines correlation between coronavirus and rare childhood disease
WHO responds to cases of multi-inflammatory syndrome that could be related to the virus. Italy reports 242 new coronavirus deaths. The news blog
By Andrea Buhtz , Ana-Marija Bilandzija and Imre Balzer
https://www.zeit.de/wissen/gesundheit/2020-05/coronavirus-aktuell-covid-19-nachrichten-deutschland-welt-live

Eleven times vacation without travel
Foreign trips are uncertain, German vacation spots may be crowded. Eleven everyday escapes that feel like vacation and for which you don't need a plane ticket.
https://www.zeit.de/entdecken/reisen/2020-05/urlaub-reise-ausland-alternativen-ferien-2020-erholung-coronavirus

Football Bundesliga:
Hartmut is there
Are the fans happy that it is starting again? That's the way it is, says Hartmut Moers. But the Gladbacher is at ghost games in the stadium - although he has to stay at home.
By Sebastian Dalkowski
https://www.zeit.de/sport/2020-05/fussball-bundesliga-corona-geisterspiele-fangemeinde-moenchengladbach


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- Scott MacLeod - Founder, President & Professor

- World University and School

- 415 480 4577




- CC World University and School - like CC Wikipedia with best STEM-centric CC OpenCourseWare - incorporated as a nonprofit university and school in California, and is a U.S. 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt educational organization. 




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Coronavirus W 5/13/20


Deutschland lockert Grenzkontrollen
„Neugier wie vor 30 Jahren“
Deutschland kündigt erste Lockerungen der Reisebeschränkungen an, aber Urlaubsreisen bleiben weiter tabu – auch für Trabifahrer. 

How Europe slowed down public life - and now loosens the corona measures
Public life in Europe has never been so restricted since the end of the Second World War as in the past two months. We show in four phases how the individual states reacted to the corona virus - and now relax the measures again.
https://www.nzz.ch/panorama/wie-europa-das-oeffentliche-leben-herunter-fuhr-und-jetzt-nach-und-nach-die-corona-massnahme-lockert-ld.1556376?reduced=true

South Korea races to contain new Covid-19 cluster linked to clubs as infections swell to 119
SEOUL - South Korea conducted more than 15,000 tests on Wednesday (May 13) as health officials raced to contain an outbreak of Covid-19 linked to at least nine clubs in the nightlife district of Itaewon in Seoul.

The promise of anonymous testing has encouraged more people to come forward, as the number of cases linked to the new cluster grew to 119 - up from 102 the previous day.
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-races-to-contain-new-coronavirus-cluster-linked-to-clubs-as-infections






-- 
- Scott MacLeod - Founder, President & Professor

- World University and School

- 415 480 4577


- CC World University and School - like CC Wikipedia with best STEM-centric CC OpenCourseWare - incorporated as a nonprofit university and school in California, and is a U.S. 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt educational organization. 




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Coronavirus Tu 5/12/20

Anthony Fauci MD
Video
Fauci urges cities, states to be prepared to deal with increase in COVID-19 cases as economy reopens
More COVID-19 infections are inevitable as people again start gathering, but how prepared communities are to stamp out those sparks will determine how bad the rebound is, Anthony Fauci told the senators.

Here’s what Fauci said about college students returning to campus in the fall
“Even at the top speed we’re going, we don’t see a vaccine playing in the ability of individuals to get back to school this term.”

Anthony Fauci:
Doctor Fauci disagrees
The US epidemiologist Anthony Fauci is considered the voice of reason in the White House. Now he's supposed to testify about the government's corona mismanagement - a tightrope act.

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Edward Lazear and Niall Ferguson: COVID-19: Today’s Historic Jobs Report
interview with Edward Paul Lazear, Niall Ferguson
Friday, May 8, 2020
https://www.hoover.org/research/edward-lazear-and-niall-ferguson-covid-19-todays-historic-jobs-report

Virtual Solve at MIT 2020 is an engaging digital event on Tuesday, May 12 featuring GM Chairman and CEO Mary Barra, world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma, MIT President L. Rafael Reif, NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, Solver teams in working groups, and many more.


Two states allow meetings without restrictions
In Saxony and Thuringia, the restrictions on demonstrations no longer apply. The EU Commission recommends opening internal borders carefully. The news blog
By Stella Männer , Tina Groll and Veronika Völlinger
https://www.zeit.de/wissen/gesundheit/2020-05/coronavirus-aktuell-covid-19-nachrichten-deutschland-welt-live

Iceland
Iceland close to eradicate corona virus through mass testing: "We don't have much left"
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/island-nara-att-utrota-coronaviruset-via-masstestning-vi-har-inte-sa-mycket-kvar/


If 80% of Americans Wore Masks, COVID-19 Infections Would Plummet, New Study Says
There’s compelling evidence that Japan, Hong Kong, and other East Asian locales are doing it right and we should really, truly mask up—fast.

Virtuelle Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen
Lächelnd in den nächsten Film
Die Internationalen Kurzfilmtage öffnen sich als online geschaltetes „Blogfestival“ einem theoretisch unbegrenzten Publikum.  FABIAN TIETKE
Ein Schmetterling vor psychedelisch gefärbtem Hintergrund
https://taz.de/Virtuelle-Kurzfilmtage-Oberhausen/!5681873/

Virtual shortfilms Oberhausen
Laughing or Smiling into the next film
The International Short Film Days open to a theoretically unlimited audience as an online “blog festival”.





Atomkrieg, Terror, Pandemie: Alles hat die Schweiz geübt. Jetzt ist der Ernstfall eingetreten, ähnlich und doch anders als erwartet. Und manche sagen: Nun übe man eben in der Krise
Das Krisenmanagement hat sich im Verlauf der Jahre gewandelt und entmilitarisiert. Doch die Konflikte sind die gleichen geblieben: Wer hat am meisten Einfluss und Ressourcen?
https://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/das-krisen-training-ist-seit-je-gruendlich-aber-stark-politisiert-ld.1554493?reduced=true


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- Scott MacLeod - Founder, President & Professor

- World University and School

- 415 480 4577




- CC World University and School - like CC Wikipedia with best STEM-centric CC OpenCourseWare - incorporated as a nonprofit university and school in California, and is a U.S. 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt educational organization. 




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Coronavirus M 5/11/20

POLITICS ABROAD
CORONA CRISIS EUROPEAN UNION
Germany is losing massive reputation in Italy
https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article207886871/Umfrage-Corona-Krise-Deutschland-verliert-in-Italien-massiv-an-Ansehen.html


Time outs? ???
Researchers agree: There is one method that is best for changing children's behavior
You should never yell or yell at changing children's habits, scientists say. It is a completely different method that is the best.
https://www.aftenposten.no/familieogoppvekst/i/GGRXxm/forskere-er-enige-det-er-en-metode-som-er-best-for-aa-endre-barns-adferd?

Harbin research too, but how about online? 
Another casualty of the coronavirus: scientific research
Carin Ashjian, a WHOI biologist, has been studying zooplankton aboard a German icebreaker attached to an ice floe in the Arctic Ocean. Now, she's experiencing an additional two months on the ship, as another team of scientists go through a period of quarantining before she can be replaced.Serdar Sakinan

"Ecologists have been unable to gather water samples vital to understanding the impact of climate change on state forests. Marine biologists who regularly collect data about conditions in the Gulf of Maine have been stuck on land, while others who do aerial surveys critical to monitoring endangered whales have been grounded. ... "

CORONAVIRUS
Minneapolis company stands behind antibody tests under investigation
https://m.startribune.com/minneapolis-company-stands-behind-antibody-tests-under-investigation/570360542/

High court takes up a runaway presidency
Three cases before the US Supreme Court will test the extent of presidential immunity from the law and whether the nation truly has three ‘coequal’ branches of government.
By The Editorial BoardUpdated May 11, 2020

When the journalist wrote about how the authorities handle the coronavirus, she was threatened with life - by the president
https://www.aftenposten.no/verden/i/pL54lE/direktestudio-koronaviruset?

After Corona:
Suddenly vacation on Mallorca and Greece seems possible again
The Balearic Islands want to convince the Spanish government that German tourists can come to Mallorca this summer. Greece also hopes.

Why coronavirus won't (necessarily) change the way we consume:
This period of crisis has changed our way of buying and has made some dream of a deep questioning of our consumption. However, it is unlikely to take place on a large scale.
https://www.letemps.ch/economie/coronavirus-ne-changera-forcement-facon-consommer

Seems like Coronavirus pandemic has given us back out time from the state  - https://www.letemps.ch/economie/coronavirus-ne-changera-forcement-facon-consommer (Swiss French - add Google Translate

why an official dares to raise an alarm in the corona crisis
A government councilor at the Ministry of the Interior considers Corona a false alarm and the fight against pandemics fatal. He sends his theses across Germany. That has consequences.
https://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2020-05/corona-pandemie-bekaempfung-massnahmen-innenministerium-verschwoerungstheorien-regierungsrat -

The new corona virus: Follow the development live
UPDATED 2020-06-12 

Why German stuck at Delhi’s IGI airport turned down offer to go home
The officials said that the man, Edgard Ziebat, has said he will leave India as soon as international flights resume after the national lockdown, and wants to stay at the airport until then.
https://m.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/german-stuck-at-delhi-s-igi-airport-refused-to-go-home/story-YGHdm1PoqhYT8TVmo0DIMO.html




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- Scott MacLeod - Founder, President & Professor

- World University and School

- 415 480 4577


- CC World University and School - like CC Wikipedia with best STEM-centric CC OpenCourseWare - incorporated as a nonprofit university and school in California, and is a U.S. 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt educational organization. 





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SUNDAY, JUNE 07, 2020


What I've been watching

Over the past week, I have watched the six-part HBO miniseries The Plot Against America, which came out in March. It is based on the 2004 Philip Roth novel of the same title and tells an alternative history in which FDR is defeated in 1940 by the fascist-sympathizing Charles Lindbergh through the eyes of a Jewish family living in Newark, NJ. Compelling story, well acted. It is the best piece of television I have seen in years.

http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2020/06/what-ive-been-watching.html








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