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

What I've been reading this week through Sunday, 9/6/20


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 9/6/20 Black Lives Matter
Coronavirus made the wealth gap worse. How long can a divided economy stand?
While Wall Street has climbed to new heights, broad swaths of the lower-wage service economy continue to struggle. And many companies that have so far avoided the worst of the pandemic’s economic pain may soon prove vulnerable again.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09/05/business/coronavirus-made-wealth-gap-worse-how-long-can-divided-economy-stand/


(Black books matter photo here ...) COVID’s suffocating grasp is choking businesses in Cambridge’s Central SquareMuch of what defines Central Square, from shops to restaurants to performance spaces, is changing as the ongoing pandemic brings upheaval and doubts about the future.https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09/05/metro/covids-suffocating-grasp-is-choking-businesses-cambridges-central-square/

(Tragic for environment - Appreciating that Germany made decision to get out of nuclear energy / storage by 2022, for not in my backyard reasons, see - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-13592208 )  “Nuclear energy is the most important thing. It is the clean energy of the future "https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/plus215029272/Paypal-Gruender-Peter-Thiel-Nuklearenergie-ist-die-saubere-Energie-der-Zukunft.html

See too re Germany's nuclear abolitionism - https://www.cleanenergywire.org/dossiers/challenges-germanys-nuclear-phase-outhttps://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/history-behind-germanys-nuclear-phase-out 


City of London dies a slow corona death https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/plus215151328/Folgen-der-Pandemie-Londons-City-stirbt-einen-langsamen-Corona-Tod.html


Photo: Nils Meilvang / Ritzau ScanpixThis is how the Nordics are preparing for an autumn with covid-19  DN goes through what is happening in the five countries.https://www.dn.se/sverige/coronakrisen-sa-ar-laget-i-norden/


Never underestimate Google Mapshttps://www.letemps.ch/economie/ne-jamais-sousestimer-google-maps



Remote Learning Makes Taking Attendance a Challengehttps://www.wsj.com/articles/remote-schooling-makes-taking-attendance-a-challenge-11599384601


Ostdeutschland und die Wiedervereinigung:"Wir wissen doch über den Westen viel mehr als umgekehrt"Drei Historikerinnen sind durch den Osten gereist, um mit den Menschen über ihre Forschung ins Gespräch zu kommen. Sie suchten Zeitzeugen – und fanden offene Wunden.Von Christian Bangel332 Kommentarehttps://www.zeit.de/2020/37/ostdeutschland-wiederveinigung-zeitzeugen-ost-west-konflikt


MENTAL HEALTHCARE'Psychiatrist does not have enough say in patient treatment'Psychiatrists are dissatisfied with the complex organization of mental health care and their role in it.https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2020/09/06/psychiater-heeft-niet-genoeg-inspraak-bij-behandeling-patient-a4011014


The Gates Foundation commits $650 million to combat COVID-19https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/the-gates-foundation-a-global-health-behemoth-aims-its-massive-bank-account-and-disease-fighting-expertise-at-covid-19/



Why sign up to take an experimental vaccine? Participants in coronavirus trials say they have a missionThree prospective coronavirus vaccines have entered the late-stage clinical trials in the United States, each enrolling 30,000 people.https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09/06/metro/why-sign-up-take-an-experimental-vaccine-participants-coronavirus-trials-say-they-have-mission/


-- - 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 9/4/20 Black Lives Matter

The virus hunt gave the researchers several surprising answers: - The situation on planes is probably different than on the subway or bushttps://www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/Vby3mW/smittede-passasjerer-ble-oppdaget-paa-53-fly-tog-og-busser-i-norge-i-a


Vaccine Developers Prepare Joint Pledge on Safety, Standardshttps://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-vaccine-developers-prepare-joint-pledge-on-safety-standards-11599257729?mod=mhp


Photo: Alexander Mahmoud
DN Interview
Left managerial job for tantra sect and applicant
 Top job and life set - but the politician's son Erik Adelsohn was unhappy • Searched for the answers in extravagant sex and drugs.
https://www.dn.se/kultur/erik-adelsohn-lamnade-toppjobbet-for-tantrasekt-och-sokande/


Rajnath Singh meets Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe in Moscowhttps://www.thehindu.com/news/national/rajnath-singh-meets-chinese-counterpart-wei-fenghe-in-moscow/article32522652.ece


At SCO meet, Rajnath Singh reminds China of ‘follies of aggression’https://m.hindustantimes.com/india-news/at-sco-meet-rajnath-singh-tells-china-to-restore-status-quo-at-lac/story-ylvhTnX21W0A9A8nEsFRRK.html


(What's the picture above this Fauci article  suggest scarily -https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-illinois-cases-20200904-rnldz6cgt5bphagekrj7spojf4-story.html ? ) 


Fauci warns that Illinois and six other states are at higher risk for a COVID-19 surge over Labor Day weekend, report sayshttps://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-fauci-illinois-coronavirus-labor-day-warning-20200904-f2fjnqtm7ngwjesb5ai4oizar4-story.html


(Looks like the Cuttyhunk dock in a Danish newspaper with a from reaper dance ... How come?)Corona warning: "The man with the leen" in action in 32 degree heat and high humidityhttps://jyllands-posten.dk/international/ECE12366362/i-florida-advarer-doeden-letsindige-strandgaester-mod-coronavirussen/



Trump’s Covid Adviser Gets a Washington Welcomehttps://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-covid-adviser-gets-a-washington-welcome-11599247413


Alpaca Tyson supplies nanobodieshttps://www.wienerzeitung.at/themen/sars-cov-2/2073971-Alpaka-Tyson-liefert-Nanokoerper.html


Two out of three Danes would like to be vaccinated against covid-19https://politiken.dk/forbrugogliv/sundhedogmotion/art7912663/To-ud-af-tre-danskere-vil-gerne-vaccineres-mod-covid-19


Bent Høie should go to a pub in Glasgowhttps://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kommentar/i/9vja75/bent-hoeie-burde-gaa-paa-pub-i-glasgow



Outbreak of violenceMasked demonstrators attack police officers in Leipzighttps://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/leipzig-vermummte-demonstranten-greifen-polizei-an-a-567320ec-c27d-4987-8581-01dbdf2b2be8


Northeastern dismisses 11 first-year students for partying. They won’t get their $36,500 tuition back
The students were caught at the Westin Hotel, which is being used as a temporary dormitory this semester, on Wednesday night without masks and not social distancing.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09/04/metro/northeastern-dismisses-11-first-year-students-partying/


-- - 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 9/5/20 Black Lives Matter

Many Cape Cod businesses had a good summer season, despite the pandemic (or maybe because of it)
"Not as bad as it could have been” seems to be the overwhelming sentiment among Cape and Islands business owners.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09/04/nation/cape-cod-business-owners-summer-was-10-times-work-half-money-better-than-expected/

('proud returns await' translation from German ... interesting language) If the vaccine comes, you should own these stockshttps://www.welt.de/finanzen/plus215061900/Corona-Impfstoff-Diese-Aktien-werden-die-Gewinner-sein.html?source=k240_plusdichte.default.hero.1.215061900

Der mächtige Euro wird zum Symbol für Europas Rückkehr an die Weltspitze
The mighty euro becomes a symbol of Europe's return to the top of the worldhttps://www.welt.de/finanzen/plus215055258/Euro-auf-Hoehenflug-Darum-wird-die-Gemeinschaftswaehrung-weiter-steigen.html


(Audio podcast - how better to cite this - what URL? ... and also respond from a 'Society and Information Technology' perspective?)DIE GROSSE ZERSTÖRUNG
Was macht der digitale Bruch mit unserem Leben?
https://www.welt.de/podcasts/medien-woche/

Contact tracking: No, Apple does not make the Corona warning app unnecessary
Contact tracking:
No, Apple does not make the Corona warning app unnecessary
Apple and Google are creating a way to make it easier to follow up on corona contacts. What does this mean for users of the German warning app?
From Meike Laaff
Kontaktverfolgung: Nein, Apple macht die Corona-Warn-App nicht unnötig
Kontaktverfolgung:
Nein, Apple macht die Corona-Warn-App nicht unnötig
Apple und Google schaffen eine Möglichkeit, die Nachverfolgung von Corona-Kontakten einfacher zu machen. Was heißt das für Nutzer der deutschen Warn-App?
Von Meike Laaffhttps://www.zeit.de/digital/2020-09/kontaktverfolgung-apple-google-corona-warn-app-coronavirus



Race for Coronavirus Vaccine Pits Spy Against Spy
The intelligence wars over vaccines are heating up as China and Russia expand efforts to steal U.S. research.
Every major spy service around the globe is trying to find out what everyone else is up to.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/05/us/politics/coronavirus-vaccine-espionage.html


Mohammed Hanif
What I’ve Learned From Teaching Online
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/05/opinion/coronavirus-online-learning.html

For digital nomads, traveling for work takes on new meaning in pandemic agehttps://m.startribune.com/in-the-age-of-covid-digital-nomads-are-on-the-rise-as-traveling-for-work-takes-on-a-new-meaning/572309642/


MANIFESTATION'The Amsterdam night culture is in danger of disappearing'Nightclub employees and customers want to drink and dance to music again. But that is not allowed because of corona. The clubs are about to collapse, the nightlife is going underground.https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2020/09/05/de-amsterdamse-nachtcultuur-dreigt-te-verdwijnen-a4010935


Residents of Rwanda: We are afraid to send our students to study in Moscow - suddenly they get drunk therehttps://www.kp.ru/daily/217178.5/4282599/


genes |Hundreds of thousands of Finns gave their genetic information to researchers - then they ended up abroad at a ridiculous priceSunday6.9. 6:40https://www.hs.fi/sunnuntai/art-2000006623764.html


-- - 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 Th 9/3/20 Black Lives Matter

CDC Urges States to Be Ready by Late October to Distribute COVID-19 Vaccinehttps://www.democracynow.org/2020/9/3/headlines/cdc_urges_states_to_be_ready_by_late_october_to_distribute_covid_19_vaccine


PODCAST EDITION FUTURE
Virtual Reality or The End of Real Reality?
Is a digital tarantula a good preparation for the encounter with the hairy monsters? A conversation with the sociologist Jonathan Harth
Moderation: Olivera Stajićhttps://www.derstandard.at/story/2000119767078/virtual-reality-oder-das-ende-der-realen-realitaet

-- - 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 W 9/2/20 Black Lives Matter

Drosten's podcast partner advises colleagues not to go to talk showshttps://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article214881014/Corona-Drostens-Podcast-Partnerin-raet-von-Talkshow-Besuchen-ab.html

That's how bad viruses became "nice" colds There is much to suggest that sars-cov-2 will travel the same path as the four seasonal coronaviruses. https://www.dn.se/sverige/sa-blev-elaka-coronavirus-snalla-barnforkylningar/


News podcast:How the universities plan the hybrid semesterIn the corona crisis, students are hardly allowed to go to universities. But there is also a spirit of optimism. And: According to a study, populism in Germany is weakening.
Podcast abonnieren:      https://www.zeit.de/politik/2020-09/digitales-studium-coronavirus-chancengleichheit-populismus-deutschland-nachrichtenpodcast



-- - 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 Tu 9/1/20 Black Lives Matter
Apple and Google now install contact tracing system in all phoneshttps://www.letemps.ch/economie/apple-google-installent-desormais-systeme-tracage-contacts-telephones


Corona restrictionsSenate adopts mask requirement for demos and restrictions on partiesAnyone who organizes a private party in Berlin with more than 50 guests must pay attention to their distances. Senator Dilek Kalayci threatens controls.Andreas Kopietz, September 1st, 2020https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/news/berlin-maskenpflicht-bei-demonstrationen-ab-100-teilnehmern-li.102200


(Kind of a trippy - at least colorful - picture :)trafficBVG security forces catch around 80,000 mask-gruff people on buses and trainsAnd yet, local transport is not a Corona hotspot - as long as the passengers wear masks. Scientists from Berlin have calculated that.Peter Neumann, September 1st, 2020https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metropole/bvg-sicherheitskraefte-erwischen-rund-80-000-maskenmuffel-li.102221



Northwestern president apologizes and reduces tuition after shifting 1st- and 2nd-year students to remote learning: ‘I understand that anger’https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-covid-19-northwestern-university-fall-plans-20200901-dbui6wcmxbfyxdexkwynygyki4-story.html



Scotland is planning a new independence referendumSchottland plant neues Unabhängigkeitsreferendumhttps://www.nzz.ch/international/schottland-plant-neues-unabhaengigkeitsreferendum-ld.1574527



Participatory budgeting should be included as part of EU’s COVID-19 emergency fund allocation; Finnish MP Mari Holopainenhttps://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/politics/18029-finnish-mp-mari-holopainen-from-the-green-league-proposes-participatory-budgeting-should-be-included-as-part-of-eu-s-covid-19-emergency-fund-allocation.html
 Mrs Mari Holopainen, a member of the Finnish Parliament from the Green League, is proposing for Finnish citizens to be included in the decision-making processes of the state resources allocation. According to Mrs Holopainen, it would be beneficial to investigate whether a certain part of the EU recovery package or the future financial framework could be distributed through participatory budgeting in member states on a voluntary basis. The aim of the €750 billion emergency fund is to accelerate the recovery of the European Economic Area


TikTok Deal Talks Hit a Snag Over App’s Algorithmshttps://www.wsj.com/articles/tiktok-deal-talks-are-snarled-over-fate-of-apps-algorithms-11598995674


Black Ex-Franchise Owners Sue McDonald’s Alleging Discriminationhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/former-black-franchisees-sue-mcdonalds-alleging-discrimination-11598963169




-- - 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 M 8/31/20 Black Lives Matter

Live. Colds should be tested more oftenPhoto: Henrik Montgomery / TT
Healthcare professionals and the elderly first in line for vaccines
 But vaccines alone will not stop the pandemic.https://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/vardpersonal-och-aldre-gar-forst-i-kon-till-vaccination/

Explainer: How Beijing’s security law transformed Hong Kong, two months inHong Kong’s national security law has thrown a city scarred by months of political unrest into further uncertainty, as millions continue to adjust to a new normal. Two months after its enactment, pro-democracy activists have been rounded up and government officials targeted with tough sanctions amid an increasingly hairy diplomatic dispute between superpowers. HKFP rounds up […Jennifer Creeryby JENNIFER CREERYhttps://hongkongfp.com/2020/09/01/explainer-how-beijings-security-law-transformed-hong-kong-two-months-in/

Wikipedia falsely said I was convicted of attempted murder. I expected online abuse, but not this. | Naomi Ishisakahttps://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/wikipedia-said-i-was-convicted-of-attempted-murder-i-expected-online-abuse-but-not-this/


Lateral thinking protesters:"If only it was about Corona for them!"Is it okay to demonstrate with rights? Are the protests basically justified? How ZEIT-ONLINE readers comment on the demonstrations in Berlin.By Janis Dietz 190 commentshttps://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/zeitgeschehen/2020-08/querdenken-proteste-corona-demonstranten-rechtsextremismus-corona-politik-meinung




-- - 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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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 Matterhttps://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 Matterhttps://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 Matterhttps://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 Matterhttps://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 Matterhttps://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 + BlackLivesMatterhttps://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-r-aquatilis-what-ive-been.html
buttercup (R. amplexicaulis): What I've been reading - 6/7/20 week - + George Floyd + BlackLivesFirsthttps://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-r-amplexicaulis-what-ive-been.html
buttercup (R. alismifolius): What I've been reading - 5/31/20 week - Coronavirushttps://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-r-alismifolius-what-ive-been.html
buttercup (R. aestivalis): What I've been reading - 5/24/20 week - Coronavirushttps://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-r-aestivalis-what-ive-been.html
buttercup (R. acris): What I've been reading - 5/17/20 week - Coronavirushttps://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-r-acris-what-ive-been-reading.html
buttercup (R. acraeus): What I've been reading - 5/10/20 week - Coronavirushttps://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 - Coronavirushttps://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-r-aconitifolius-what-ive-been.html
buttercup (R. acaulis): What I've been reading 4/26/20 week - Coronavirushttps://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-ranunculus-acaulis-what-ive.html

buttercup (R. abortivus): What I've been reading - 4/19/20 week - Coronavirushttps://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-ranunculus-abortivus-what-ive.html
buttercup (R. abnormis): What I've been reading - 4/12/20 week - Coronavirushttps://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-ranunculus-abnormis-what-ive.html




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GREG MANKIW'S BLOGRandom Observations for Students of EconomicsSUNDAY, JUNE 07, 2020What I've been watchingOver 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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