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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Coronavirus Su 8/23/20 Black Lives Matter
Justice Department is increasing attacks on affirmative action in college admissionshttps://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/08/23/metro/justice-department-is-increasing-attacks-affirmative-action-college-admissions/

Sweden
Tegnell was pressured about infection tracinghttps://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/tegnell-pressades-om-smittsparning/

world
Zero reported deaths in Mongolia - thus preventing the spread of infectionhttps://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/noll-rapporterade-dodsfall-i-mongoliet-sa-forhindrades-smittspridningen/

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 actionshttps://www.letemps.ch/monde/derriere-revolution-bielorusse-telegram

PLANETUNITED 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.
https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2020/08/24/en-californie-le-coronavirus-a-limite-le-recours-aux-detenus-pour-lutter-contre-les-incendies_6049728_3244.html

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.  https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metropole/wie-einem-polizisten-sein-engagement-zum-verhaengnis-wurde-li.100420


The United States opens up for the use of blood plasma for corona patientshttps://jyllands-posten.dk/international/usa/ECE12362590/usa-aabner-for-brug-af-blodplasma-til-coronapatienter/

The coronavirus pandemic is still raging in Texas. Its mental health toll will only get worse.https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/coronavirus-pandemic-mental-health-toll-tx-covid-15497856.php


george church @geochurch
Aug 14
https://genome.gov/leadership-initiatives/History-of-Genomics-Program/HGP-30th-Anniversary/h5f7sh3K7L0
Human Genome project Interviews

https://t.co/k4iAKSJAMy
Human Genome project Interviews— george church (@geochurch) August 14, 2020

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



-- - 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 Sa 8/22/20 Black Lives Matter

How to gear up for a year of long-distance remote learninghttps://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/08/21/metro/mass-ed-leaders-want-teachers-back-classrooms-remote-learning/

Here Navalny is fighting for his lifehttps://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/har-kampar-navalnyj-for-sitt-liv/

Do-it-yourself coronavirus testing sparks kudos, and cautionhttps://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/08/22/metro/do-it-yourself-coronavirus-testing-sparks-kudos-caution/

Finland reinstates travel restrictions for 10 countries, authorities to decide on Skopje flightshttps://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/17979-finland-reinstates-travel-restrictions-for-10-countries-authorities-to-decide-on-skopje-flights.html

Confronting the Black homeownership gap in Minnesotahttps://m.startribune.com/confronting-the-black-homeownership-gap-in-minnesota/572181702/

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 similarhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/this-market-is-a-tech-market-if-bond-yields-rise-watch-out-11598101689


-- - 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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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 https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/policy-and-politics/2020/8/20/21394924/dnc-joe-biden-andrew-yang-magic (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

"In fidelity and gratitude to a mass peoples' movement working to establish 21st century social, economic, and human rights – including guaranteed health care, higher education, living wages, and labor rights for all people in the United States."
– @AOC#DemConvention pic.twitter.com/KbFL5xl0Uw— 2020 #DemConvention