Sunday, July 26, 2020

buttercup (R. bullatus): What I've been reading - 7/26/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatter + Black Books Matter


What I've been reading this week through Sunday, 7/26/20


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






*

Coronavirus Su 7/26/20 Black Lives Matter





-- 
- 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. 





*
Coronavirus Sa 7/25/20


1- Hypothetical news: Coronavirus pandemic is a constructor of LAWs, in all 200 countries, and began meme-wise in newspapers, idea-spheres (institutions, financial markets etc), due to significant lawlessness in US, China, Russia, Europe (but less so) - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/World_University_Law_School ~


https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1287139301155680256?s=20
https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1287142199004520448?s=20
https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/status/1287142507176894466?s=20
https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand/status/1287143487377256450?s=20
https://twitter.com/HarbinBook/status/1287150259458543617?s=20
https://twitter.com/WUaSPress/status/1287150576195649537?s=20



2- & pandemic is developing as way for govts to address this problem creating laws around world including esp new Code (code is law per Lessig) & which CODE includes Google-Apple coronavirus tracing App, & even digital simulations of 'mild' #Covid19 virus https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Law ~



https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1287140133494337541?s=20
https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1287142023959519232?s=20
https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/status/1287142432283361280?s=20
https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand/status/1287143309450780672?s=20
https://twitter.com/HarbinBook/status/1287149972429758464?s=20
https://twitter.com/WUaSPress/status/1287150746811564033?s=20





-- 
- 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. 






*
Coronavirus F 7/24/20

Corona warning app does not work properly on iPhones
The Corona warning app has apparently not only failed on Android phones, but also on iPhones. Many users probably did not get a message for weeks whether they had contact with infected people.
71

Corona-Warn-App funktioniert auch auf iPhones nicht richtig
Die Corona-Warn-App ist offenbar nicht nur auf Android-Handys ausgefallen, sondern auch auf iPhones. Viele Nutzer erhielten wohl über Wochen keine Mitteilung, ob sie Kontakt zu Infizierten hatten.
71

https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article212204241/Nach-Android-Panne-Corona-Warn-App-funktioniert-auch-auf-iPhones-nicht-richtig.html


CORONAVIRUS
Schools in ‘hot spots’ face tougher call on reopening, CDC leader concedes
The mixed messaging from the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was another indication of how its officials have been squeezed between President Trump’s demand for a normal school year and an out-of-control virus.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/cdc-director-concedes-schools-in-hot-spots-face-tougher-call-on-reopening/2020/07/24/273ee068-cdd8-11ea-b0e3-d55bda07d66a_story.html




-- 
- 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. 




*
Coronavirus Th 7/23/20

Thanks, Ma, for your odds & ends' email. Out walking now on the far side of the Monroes, overlooking Moraga, with new hypothetical news. Coronavirus pandemic is a constructor of laws, in all 200 countries, and began meme-wise in newspapers, idea-spheres (institutions, financial markets etc), due to significant lawlessness in the US, in China, in Russia, in Europe - and is emerging as a way to address this problem with governments around world creating laws, including esp new Code (code is law per Larry Lessig +) ... and which code includes the Google Apple coronavirus tracing App, andveven digital simulations of the 'mild' Covid-2-SARS virus. Beautiful evening, probably won't see a coyote again, but will let you know what I see. How was your day? And how are you? What's a flourishing digital community for your son, newly created I'm wondering, and pre having a family? :) See you perchance in the morning on 'virtual Cuttyhunk.' The foal is back with the 4 adult horses, and the cattle aren't around still. 2-3 weeks ago they seemed to be plump ready for market ... appreciating, here, the beauty of the evening and the views! :)

Hi Gabrielle, was just out walking on the far side of the Monroes, overlooking the town of Moraga, with new hypothetical news. Coronavirus pandemic is a constructor of laws, in all 200 countries, and began meme-wise in newspapers, idea-spheres (institutions, financial markets etc), due to significant lawlessness in the US, in China, in Russia, in Europe (but less so), etc. - and is emerging as a way to address this problem with governments around world creating laws, including esp new Code (code is law per Larry Lessig +) ... and which code includes the Google-Apple coronavirus tracing App, and even digital simulations of the 'mild' Covid-2-SARS virus. Beautiful evening, probably won't see a coyote again like yesterday, but will let you know. How was your day? And how are you? How's your family? What's a flourishing digital community for moi, newly created I'm wondering, and pre having a family? :) A foal is back with its 4 adult horses' herd, after being gone, and the 30 head of cattle + aren't around still. 2-3 weeks ago they seemed to be plump-ready for the market ... appreciating here the beauty of the evening and the views! :)

What you need to know about the state guidelines for reopening schools
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/22/metro/boston-tentatively-plans-hybrid-approach-fall/


THE GREAT DIVIDE
Nearly a dozen Massachusetts districts faulted for asking parents to sign away special education rights
The state says Granby and at least 10 other Massachusetts school districts, including Beverly, Malden, and Norfolk, violated state and federal special education laws by asking parents to absolve school districts of key special education responsibilities.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/22/metro/dozens-massachusetts-districts-faulted-asking-parents-sign-away-special-education-rights/








Tegnell: Difficult to assess immunity
But mass testing can still help some individuals in society.
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/tegnell-masstestning-ger-liten-kunskap-om-immuniteten/




Uncertainty, the new Olympic standard
At a time when all eyes should have been on the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the Covid-19 pandemic has plunged the world of sport into an era where the truth of the day is not that tomorrow and where compromise replaced the ideal
https://www.letemps.ch/sport/lincertitude-nouvelle-norme-olympique






Finland wants coronavirus app ready for possible second wave, confirms THL
THE CONTACT-TRACING APP developed in Finland has successfully identified contacts of carriers and notified other app users of their possible exposure to the coronavirus in the ongoing trial simulations, reveals Sami Köykkä, a senior consultant at Solita.
The Helsinki-based software firm has been appointed to develop the app by the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL).
https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/17897-finland-wants-coronavirus-app-ready-for-possible-second-wave-confirms-thl.html
Minnesota teachers give nod to distance learning, survey shows
https://m.startribune.com/state-s-teachers-give-nod-to-distance-learning-survey-shows/571884142/


Women in Turkey:
One murder too many?
The murder of Pınar Gültekin has sparked violent protests in Turkey. Many women no longer want to accept violence by men. Some don't like it at all.
By David Engler, Istanbul
https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2020-07/frauen-tuerkei-gewalt-mord-pinar-gueltekin-feminismus-islamismus


Corona virus:
Warning app may not have worked properly for millions
On some smartphones, the Corona warning app has been disabled in the background, according to a media report. The current version should solve the problem.
213 comments
https://www.zeit.de/digital/mobil/2020-07/coronavirus-warn-app-funktion-fehler-hintergrund-android


Conflict in eastern Ukraine
Guns should be silent
The contact group has put forward a proposal for a peaceful solution to the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Donetsk and Lugansk also agree.  BERNHARD CLASEN
https://taz.de/Konflikt-in-der-Ostukraine/!5703614/


(??? - illegal sex trade?)
Treat 15 minutes, calculate 30 minutes: This is how physiotherapists trick to earn more
Black sheep in physiotherapy improve their income by billing health insurance companies for the wrong service. But the biggest problem is the tendency to shorten treatments - with the same compensation.
https://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/so-tricksen-physiotherapeuten-um-mehr-zu-verdienen-ld.1567645



Turn of the times
Closed society
Vincent von Wroblewsky is stuck in Corona in Paris. He feels reminded of the GDR, rediscovers a Sartre piece and realizes that his psychoanalytic theory about the Germans is baseless.
07/23/2020
https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/zeitenwende/geschlossene-gesellschaft-li.92231


The hunt for raw materials for the construction of the future is causing conflicts throughout the country
https://jyllands-posten.dk/indland/ECE12292662/jagten-paa-raastoffer-til-fremtidens-byggeri-giver-konflikter-i-hele-landet/


SZ Plus
shares
Why investors should stick to their strategy
The next collapse is impending on the stock exchanges, many experts predict. But some pursue extremely selfish goals. If you want to minimize your risk, you should check your portfolio for a few points.
Commentary by Victor Gojdka
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/geld/aktien-boersen-anlage-1.4972868



BREAKING: China orders closure of US consulate in Chengdu
China said Friday it had revoked the license for the US consulate in the southwestern city of Chengdu, in retaliation for the closure of China’s Houston consulate earlier this week. The tit-for-tat move is a “legitimate and necessary response to the unreasonable measures by the United States”, the foreign ministry said in a statement. More to follow […]
https://hongkongfp.com/2020/07/24/breaking-china-orders-closure-of-us-consulate-in-chengdu/




--
- 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. 






*

Coronavirus W 7/22/20 

Infection is increasing in India - restrictions again
Nearly 1.2 million cases of covid-19 were found.
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/indiska-delstater-aterinfor-restriktioner-efter-okad-smitta/


Covid-19: 141 new cases, Bern expands the list of countries at risk
The Federal Office of Public Health announces that 141 new cases of coronavirus infection have been identified in 24 hours, 33 more than the day before. Two deaths are to be deplored. Mexico and the Emirates enter the list of countries at risk, Sweden leaves
https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/covid19-141-nouveaux-cas-berne-etoffe-liste-pays-risque




Norwegians hurry home, and the government's quarantine requirements create debate: - We knew there was a risk
https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/70EPdv/Nordmenn-skynder-seg-hjem_-og-regjeringens-ordning-skaper-debatt-Slik-er-situasjonen-for-reiser-i-Europa-na


He uses the term "woke" for marketing in Norway - but what should you call it in Norwegian?
https://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/i/opjRqm/Woke-Cancel-culture-Hva-skal-man-kalle-alle-disse-ordene-pa-norsk




Portland Protest Tactics: Umbrellas, Pool Noodles and Fire
Facing a militarized foe, demonstrators in Portland, Ore., have scrounged for items from home and largely embraced a strategy of spontaneous consensus.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/22/us/portland-protest-tactics.html

The pandemic will change the way millions cast ballots. Here’s the state of absentee voting in the U.S.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/vote-by-mail-states/

music
The Rolling Stones with Jimmy Page: "Scarlet" is released after 46 years
The song was never released before. There are also no bootlegs.
07/22/2020
https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/news/die-rolling-stones-mit-jimmy-page-nach-46-jahren-erscheint-scarlet-li.94602
Boston schools tentatively plan ‘hybrid’ approach for fall
Students in Boston will likely attend school in-person a couple of days a week this fall on a rotating basis. On the days they don’t attend brick-and-mortar classes, they would learn from home, said Tammy Pust, a senior adviser to Boston’s superintendent of schools.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/22/metro/boston-tentatively-plans-hybrid-approach-fall/






-- 
- 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. 




* 

Coronavirus Tu 7/21/2020 - Black Lives Matter
Stanford Department of Medicine
@StanfordDeptMed · 11h
Visit https://stanford.io/3jmXVfj to access
@StanfordMed's new #COVID19 treatment & vaccine tracker website, a multidimensional resource for information on clinical trials, development leads in treatment & vaccination, publications & intervention targets related to SARS-CoV-2.


ian "seroconverted" haydon
@ichaydon · 5h
Later, at home, I threw up once and fainted once. By evening, after drinking some fluids and resting on the couch, I was feeling a lot better. The next morning I was back to normal — nausea gone, fever gone. (I was still fatigued from not getting good sleep the night before)
ian "seroconverted" haydon
@ichaydon · 5h
I became ill for ~24 hours. I awoke with high fever, headache, nausea. At the urging of trial docs, I went to urgent care. I was tested for COVID, among other things. My attending physician said I wasn’t sick enough to be admitted into the hospital. He gave me Tylenol.


ian "seroconverted" haydon
@ichaydon · 5h
It’s possible that I had the worst side effects of anyone trialing a coronavirus vaccine — and I’m torn about this story. I completely agree that vaccine side effects should not be ignored, but they should also not be overblown.
Time for thread Thread



Harvard’s first-year international students unable to study on campus
The decision comes because Harvard has chosen to continue the fall semester entirely online amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Federal rules do not allow foreign students to enroll in online-only programs.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/21/metro/should-police-need-warrant-access-charliecard-data/


What happens when a student or staffer gets sick at school this fall?
As schools face reopening in the fall, previously common and insignificant situations will carry new prospects of danger. To guide districts’ responses, the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education this week released protocols for when students, staffers, or families experience symptoms or test positive for COVID-19.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/21/metro/what-happens-when-student-or-staffer-gets-sick-school-this-fall/




Tourists: Stockholm feels safe
TV | TEXT Foreign tourists on site - despite the pandemic.
https://www.dn.se/sthlm/utlandska-turister-stockholm-kanns-tryggt/


Live. Fauci: Children's and teachers' health guides for school opening
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/det-nya-coronaviruset-folj-utvecklingen-live-/


• Tegnell sees obstacles on the way to vaccines
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/anders-tegnell-vaccin-mojligt-forsta-halvan-av-2021/
Sweden
Anders Tegnell: Vaccine possible first half of 2021
Coronavirus research at Karolinska Institutet in Huddinge. Stock Photography. Photo: Jonas Lindkvist
Yesterday's announcement from Astra Zeneca that an early clinical study showed that their vaccine against covid-19 worked does not impress state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell.
"Everything else would have been ...

Space exploration: "The next step is necessarily man on Mars"
https://www.letemps.ch/sciences/exploration-spatiale-letape-dapres-cest-forcement-lhomme-mars

--
- 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. 






*

Coronavirus M 7/20/20


Saving southern Africa’s oldest languages
The decline of N|uu dates all the way back to 1652, when the first Europeans arrived by ship at the Cape of Good Hope.
SIMON ALLISON & REFILOE SEIBOKO
https://mg.co.za/editors-picks/2020-07-20-saving-southern-africas-oldest-languages/
Language and identity are inextricably interlinked. So what happens when a language dies, or is suppressed?
When Katrina Esau spoke to her older sister, Griet Seekoei, they spoke in N|uu.


At colleges and universities, pandemic forces budget cuts
At the same time that colleges and universities across the country are scrambling to make their campuses safe for students to return, the enormous financial repercussions of the pandemic will likely reshape higher education for decades.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/20/metro/colleges-universities-pandemic-forces-budget-cuts/


Article reserved for our subscribers
Chris Patten, last governor of Hong Kong: "We underestimate our strengths vis-à-vis Beijing"
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2020/07/21/chris-patten-dernier-gouverneur-de-hongkong-nous-sous-estimons-nos-forces-vis-a-vis-de-pekin_6046787_3210.html
The imposition of a security law in Hong Kong shows that it is not possible to trust Beijing, believes Lord Patten, who managed the handover of the British colony to China in 1997. He sees in the fate of Hong Kong the illustration of the conflict between liberal democracy and authoritarianism that is playing out in the twenty-first century.



-- 
- 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. 








* *

buttercup (R. bullatus): What I've been reading - 7/26/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatter + Black Books Matter


https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/07/buttercup-r-bullatus-what-ive-been.html

buttercup (R. bulbosus): What I've been reading - 7/19/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatter + Black Books Matter

https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/07/buttercup-r-bulbosus-what-ive-been.html

buttercup (R. austro-oreganus): What I've been reading - 7/12/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatter + Black Books Matter

https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/07/buttercup-r-austro-oreganus-what-ive.html

buttercup (R. auricomus): What I've been reading - 7/5/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatter + Black Books Matter

https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/07/buttercup-r-auricomus-what-ive-been.html

buttercup (R. asiaticus): What I've been reading - 6/28/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatter + Black Books Matter

https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-r-asiaticus-what-ive-been.html

buttercup (R. arvensis): What I've been reading - 6/21/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatter + Black Books Matter

https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-r-arvensis-what-ive-been.html

buttercup (R. aquatilis): What I've been reading - 6/14/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatter



buttercup (R. alismifolius): What I've been reading - 5/31/20 week - Coronavirus



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


https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-r-acraeus-what-ive-been.html

buttercup (R. aconitifolius): What I've been reading - 5/3/20 week - Coronavirus










* * *
re


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









*







Posted by at
Labels: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)