Sunday, August 23, 2020

buttercup (R. circinatus): What I've been reading - 8/23/20 week - Coronavirus - Black Lives Matter


What I've been reading this week through Sunday, 8/23/20


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


https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/
https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/
https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/
https://twitter.com/WUaSPress/
https://twitter.com/HarbinBook/
https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand/






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Justice Department is increasing attacks on affirmative action in college admissions


Sweden
Tegnell was pressured about infection tracing


world
Zero reported deaths in Mongolia - thus preventing the spread of infection


Behind the Belarusian revolution, Telegram
EASTERN EUROPE
The mobilization against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko continues thanks to a handful of almost unknown bloggers, who electrify and coordinate the protest actions


PLANET
UNITED STATES
In California: Coronavirus has limited use of inmates to fight fires
The inmate-firefighters have become indispensable for the Golden State, faced with a runaway of disasters under the effect of rising temperatures.


Rocker crime:
How the rocker hunter became a hunted man himself
The Berlin public prosecutor's office spent eight years investigating a high commissioner who was taking action against the Hells Angels. In the end, nothing came of it - except that one of the best investigators is now incapacitated.  



The United States opens up for the use of blood plasma for corona patients


The coronavirus pandemic is still raging in Texas. Its mental health toll will only get worse.





Minnesota's OSHA hits two Twin Cities hospitals with penalties over COVID-19


Environment
Wolverines return to Mount Rainier National Park after 100 years


The Road to 270: Nevada
August 17, 2020
The Road to 270 is a weekly column leading up to the presidential election


Electoral Map Based on FiveThirtyEight Model
August 15, 2020
We've added an electoral map that is derived from the FiveThirtyEight 2020 Election Forecast that was released earlier this week.


COVID-19 Is Beating Trump
Aug 3, 2020
MICHAEL SPENCE
DAVID W. BRADY




https://twitter.com/geochurch/status/1294325028616634368?s=20




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Coronavirus Sa 8/22/20 Black Lives Matter


How to gear up for a year of long-distance remote learning


Here Navalny is fighting for his life


Do-it-yourself coronavirus testing sparks kudos, and caution


Finland reinstates travel restrictions for 10 countries, authorities to decide on Skopje flights


Confronting the Black homeownership gap in Minnesota


This Market Is a Tech Market. If Bond Yields Rise, Watch Out.
There is danger in a market overly reliant on a group of companies that are so similar



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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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Dear Alden, Dick, Lucy, Ma, Ann, All,


You can hear Kamala Harris (b. 1964) speak at about the 2 hour mark: 

DNC 2020: Kamala Harris, Barack Obama to speak at convention Day 3 | USA TODAY

https://youtu.be/SJqIRlTQZbs

An historic and symbolic vice presidential candidate ! 

Some thoughts from Andrew Yang 
(and regarding Universal Basic Income UBI experiments, and re You at WUaS for all 7.5 billion wiki teachers and learners too - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/You_at_World_University)???


A powerful alternative voice, AOC, seconding the nomination of a different Dem president than Biden

On the other hand, HERE'S Biden ...

Joe Biden Acceptance Speech at 2020 Democratic National Convention
https://youtu.be/pnmQr0WfSvo


Love, Scotty

And ... 
Harvard Kennedy School
@Kennedy_School
What’s different with Biden's choice is that—for the first time in the past 23 presidential elections—the Democratic VP pick comes from the West, writes HKS's Roger Porter

https://twitter.com/Kennedy_School/status/1297197590505836545?s=20





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Coronavirus F 8/21/20 Black Lives Matter

Thanks to coronavirus and Zoom, we’re looking at the end stages of college as a commodity
It’s also made clear that higher education needs to rethink its business model.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-pandemic-has-made-clear-that-college-students-are-customers/2020/08/12/cc7b9cc6-dc09-11ea-b205-ff838e15a9a6_story.html


How to gear up for a year of long-distance remote learning



EU AID PROGRAMS
"We have set up a transfer system that will become independent"



world
Researchers in Singapore have discovered a less deadly variant of the coronavirus




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- World University and School

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Coronavirus W 8/20/20 Black Lives Matter

In Malaysia, the ordeal of latex's little hands
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Demand for latex gloves has exploded following the Covid-19 pandemic. But the migrant workers who produce them in Malaysia are subjected to conditions akin to forced labor. Investigation


Steve Bannon, Donald Trump's ex-strategist, arrested in New York
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The man is accused, along with three accomplices, of having embezzled part of the 25 million dollars officially collected to build a wall on the Mexican border


Ex-Trump aide Bannon pleads not guilty in border wall scheme



FRIDAYS FOR FUTURE
Thunberg reacts strangely to the criticism of the Merkel meeting



Hundreds of Wildfires Choke California, as Coronavirus Sidelines Prisoner Firefighters


U.S. Records Nearly 1,300 New Coronavirus Deaths as PPE Shortages Persist


In surprise endorsement that roils party’s left wing, Pelosi throws support behind Kennedy



Homepolitics Politics Russia:
Oppositionist Navalny in hospital
August 21, 2020, 4:01 am
Russia:
Screams from the airplane toilet


HomehealthPublic healthCoronavirus: Which questions are still unanswered
August 20, 2020, 2:58 p.m.
pandemic:
What researchers do not yet know about the coronavirus



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Coronavirus W 8/19/20 Black Lives Matter


Can colleges ensure off-campus parties don’t turn into super-spreader events?
As students return, neighbors worry about off-campus parties, but colleges won’t deploy COVID police


High School Sports
New guidelines set for Mass. high school sports: No football in the fall, extra ‘floating’ season


OPINION
The strange truth of Joe Biden’s historical moment
He needs to beckon America back to rationality, back to empathy, back to decency — and toward a unifying purpose for a diverse country.


REFUGEES ON THE JOB MARKET
The good integration record has a precarious flaw



WSJ NEWS EXCLUSIVE  BUSINESS
China’s National-Security Law Reaches Into Harvard, Princeton Classrooms
Professors at elite U.S. universities turn to code names, warning labels to protect students


Kamala Harris makes history in accepting nomination for vice president


A recap of the four-day Democratic national convention


Pelosi says postmaster has no plans to restore mail cuts



Revere was going through a revival before COVID-19. Can it stay on track?
The city, long defined by its beach, looks to a future filled with potential -- and challenges 


As teachers unions rally against a return to classrooms, critics see little effort to improve virtual school



Home / India News / Single-day spike of nearly 70,000 Covid-19 cases push India’s tally to over 2.8 million
Single-day spike of nearly 70,000 Covid-19 cases push India’s tally to over 2.8 million
The country also achieved another milestone when more than eight lakh samples were tested for Covid-19 for the second consecutive day in a row, according to the health ministry.


Warren touts Biden’s plans — drawn from her own — to animate progressives for November


FOREIGN COUNTRIES
DEMOCRATIC PARTY CONFERENCE
“He can't do it” - Obama attacks Trump, Harris nominated as a vice-candidate





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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 8/17/20 Black Lives Matter

WSJ NEWS EXCLUSIVE  TECH
Justice Department Disagreement Arises Over Possible Google Antitrust Suit
Some lawyers voice concerns that case isn’t ready, while senior officials believe government shouldn’t hesitate to address any violations in tech space
https://www.wsj.com/articles/internal-justice-department-dispute-arises-over-possible-google-antitrust-suit-11597700874


State Panel to Investigate Complaints of Calpers Investment Conflict
California’s Fair Political Practices Commission says it will probe conflict-of-interest and disclosure complaints tied to former investment chief Ben Meng



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- World University and School

- 415 480 4577

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buttercup (R. circinatus): What I've been reading - 8/23/20 week - Coronavirus - Black Lives Matter

https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/08/buttercup-r-circinatus-what-ive-been.html

buttercup (R. cassubicifolius): What I've been reading - 8/16/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatter + Black Books Matter

https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/08/buttercup-r-cassubicifolius-what-ive.html

buttercup (R. carinthiacus): What I've been reading - 8/9/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatter + Black Books Matter


https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/08/buttercup-r-carinthiacus-what-ive-been.html

buttercup (R. californicus): What I've been reading - 8/2/20 week -Coronavirus - Black Lives Matter


https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/08/buttercup-r-californicus-what-ive-been.html

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










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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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