Sunday, October 4, 2020

buttercup (R. fluitans): What I've been reading - 10/4//20 week - Black Lives Matter - Black Books Matter


What I've been reading this week through Sunday, 10/4/20


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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Coronavirus Su 10/4/20 Black Lives Matter


Germany in danger
https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/plus217087362/Corona-in-Europa-Deutschland-in-bedrohter-Insellage.html



Research for the preservation of the planet



Aren't the Greens radical enough, Ms. Neubauer?




Coronavirus in Oregon: State reports 360 new cases, 8 new deaths Saturday



Malice for Trump soon ends in remorse



Why so many free churches are becoming corona hotspots

 

"The best future for Scotland is to become an independent country;” Scottish Government 
With talks set to continue this coming week between the UK Government and the EU over the Brexit trade deal, Constitution Secretary Michael Russell said: “It is beyond belief that in the middle of a deep recession, Scottish firms still have no idea what their trading arrangements will be with the EU in less than three months’ time

 



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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 Sa 10/3/20 Black Lives Matter


"The clock is ticking" - Berlin's Senator for Health calls for a ban on alcohol



High or Low Interest? Savers and investors alike face a dilemma
https://www.welt.de/finanzen/plus217062202/Hohe-oder-niedrige-Zinsen-Sparer-und-Anleger-stehen-vor-einem-Dilemma.html




Opening hours of restaurants to be limited to 4am—1am in Finland



A sharp gap in the number of coronavirus cases between Western Germany and the former communist East has emerged as a new division, three decades after reunification.


 
 Minister Kang Kyung-hwa's husband
goes to the US to buy a 200 million yacht




COLLECTION OF THESES
Does Corona loneliness make us more populist? Not yet
Loneliness feeds populism. So far, this has not led to a right-wing wave in the Corona crisis - which does not mean that it cannot come yet




Lego-like shipping container bringing the future to Harris County
The future of mobile medicine arrived in Harris County this week, focused initially on community-based COVID-19 testing but available for any emergency response or disease care.




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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 F 10/2/20 Black Lives Matter


Photo: Egill Bjarnason / AP
The infection is rampant in Iceland - the curve is steep upwards

 "It has always been clear that we could not keep the virus out by closing the border."




Episode 4: Our prostates, ourselves
Mark Shanahan’s story is hardly unique. In episode 4 of the Mr. 80 Percent podcast, we meet a couple of guys who’ve been treated for prostate cancer and, now, make it their mission to raise awareness.




Trump Tests Positive for COVID-19 After Months of Downplaying Virus & Mocking Biden for Wearing Mask




Visitors, counselors and family were infected. This is how the coronavirus spread in the White House.


Read the statement from the White House physician



The impossible posture of "Yoga", a reading of Emmanuel Carrère's book

The author's book of “The Kingdom” is on the jury list of Goncourt, but a controversy with the author's former companion threatens his crowning achievement. Reading "Yoga" partly explains the strange fate of this text
https://www.letemps.ch/culture/limpossible-posture-yoga-une-lecture-livre-demmanuel-carrere



Books from 1989/90
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The GDR is still there
Kurt Drawert exposes the wounds of union, other "Wendeomanen" are about influences that continue to have an effect, tragic and funny misunderstandings - from Thomas Brussig to Olivia Wenzel.





Hope for California’s Schools

 


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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 10/1/20 Black Lives Matter


THL: Coronavirus epidemic is accelerating, masks recommended in all parts of Finland
FINLAND  01 OCTOBER 2020
https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/18126-thl-coronavirus-epidemic-is-accelerating-masks-recommended-in-all-parts-of-finland.html



"The seven-year-old demands that we play with him all the time"




-- 
- 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 9/30/20 - Black Lives Matter


pandemic
A Berlin Corona traffic light on red, 288 new infections

The number of new infections in Berlin has risen sharply. Berlin currently has a total of 1808 active corona cases.

Bank code, 09/30/2020



30 years of reunification
Peter-Michael Diestel: "The State Security was the most capable secret service at that time"

The last GDR interior minister dissolved the Stasi in 1990, now works as a lawyer and calls the exclusion of his compatriots in society “unconstitutional”.

Anja Reich and Sabine Rennefanz, September 30th, 2020




Tegnell about when the threat from the pandemic can be blown off



Turkey introduced injunctions. Two weeks later, the infection flattens out.



After the ski party in the Alps, the virus came to Norway and 44 countries. Four people have now been identified as scapegoats.



(Pittsburgh PA connection)
Palantir Technologies:
The mysterious data sorters

The billion dollar company Palantir goes public. She works with intelligence agencies. And with the Hessian police. A cause for concern?

By Leonie Sontheimer, Berlin, Lisa Hegemann, Frankfurt am Main and Copenhagen, and Gregor Becker, Copenhagen


Palantir Grabs $21 Billion Valuation, but Debut Comes With a Hiccup




A stroll through Boston shows a city awakening
The virus still lurks, but with beautiful fall weather, people are out and about again.




US elections 2020
'How to move to Canada': Americans rush to Google after unwatchable debate
Google reports peak number of searches for ‘How to apply for Canadian citizenship’ after chaotic Trump-Biden skirmish









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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 Tu 9/29/20 Black Lives Matter


Public money in corona pandemic
The business of vaccinating

The public sector pays for the development and manufacture of corona vaccines, takes on the risks - and has no insight into the contracts.  INGO DOCTOR



Poll: More Minnesotans acknowledge racial inequality





- 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 9/28/20 Black Lives Matter

Swedish thought leader calls corona death number "quite small in comparison"



Ein Viertel der Deutschen verlor gefühlt die Kontrolle über das eigene Leben
https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article216698432/Corona-Viertel-der-Deutschen-verlor-gefuehlt-Kontrolle-ueber-eigenes-Leben.html




California’s burning; Americans are dying. I’m safe in Finland. Why would I ever go home?




Why the virus didn't come from Wuhan after all
https://www.welt.de/wissenschaft/plus216745640/Corona-Warum-das-Virus-doch-nicht-aus-Wuhan-kam.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. 






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https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/09/buttercup-r-flammula-what-ive-been.html

buttercup (R. flabellaris): What I've been reading - 9/20//20 week - Black Lives Matter - Black Books Matter

https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/09/buttercup-r-flabellaris-what-ive-been.html

buttercup (R. filaria): What I've been reading - 9/13//20 week - Black Lives Matter - Black Books Matter

https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/09/buttercup-r-filaria-what-ive-been.html

buttercup (R. eschscholtzii): What I've been reading - 9/6//20 week - Black Lives Matter - Black Books Matter

https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/09/buttercup-r-eschscholtzii-what-ive-been.html

buttercup (R. cymbalaria): What I've been reading - 8/30//20 week - Black Lives Matter

https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/09/buttercup-r-cymbalaria-what-ive-been.html

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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