Monthly Archives: July 2020

This 2017 video says about itself: This country was built in part on the trapping and trading of the pelt of the Canadian Beaver. This hardworking, intelligent, and industrious animal is truly Canada’s most iconic species. From the University of Alberta in Canada: Industry-made pits are beneficial for beavers and wolverines In Northern Alberta, pits […]Continue reading “Canadian beavers and wolverines use borrow pits — Dear Kitty. Some blog”

We don’t need a world leader; we need world team players. We need nations to work together to solve some of the most pressing problems that affect all people in all nations, such as climate change, nuclear proliferation, world-wide poverty and food insecurity. Instead, we cannot even achieve cohesion within a single nation. Instead, half […]Continue reading “The World Is ONE! — Filosofa’s Word”

Source: The Guardian By Aditaya Chakrbborti A grieving teenager is exposing the grinding reality of everyday discrimination, and the results could be transformative The two biggest stories this year are coronavirus and Black Lives Matter, and one of the places they meet is on a cul-de-sac in Romford, Essex, silent on a weekday afternoon apart […]Continue reading “There’s a hidden epidemic of racism in UK schools – but it’s finally coming to light — The Muslim Times”

Temporary basic income payments could stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic by allowing the world’s poorest people to stay at home, according to a new report from the United Nations Development Programme. A six-month guaranteed handout for 2.7 billion living below or just above the poverty line in 132 developing countries would cost around… AContinue reading “A Temporary Basic Income Could Curb Coronavirus in Poor Nations, U.N. Says — TIME”

Visitor numbers expected to plummet by tens of millions in crisis that eclipses the 2004 tsunami, bird flu and Sars Koh Samui’s beaches are almost entirely devoid of people since the coronavirus pandemic began. Last year, 40 million tourists visited Thailand. Photograph: Marco Pompeo Photography/Alamy Stock Photo Rebecca Ratcliffe in Chaweng Published on Thu 23Continue reading “Deserted beaches, empty bars: Covid-19 devastates Thailand’s tourist islands — The Muslim Times”

My name is Maria Teresa Pratico and I’m a divorced mother of two teenage boys. I’m a woman living with Complex PTSD and am in remission from dissociative episodes related to flashbacks from my past traumas. I have overcome an eating disorder stemming from my extensive background in many forms of dance. I was Broadway […]Continue reading “Change — Luna”

This article in The New York Times is typical of a distinctive genre of American journalism on Israel and Palestine: vaguely pro-Palestinian in tone, vaguely critical of Israel by intention, but notably weak on recounting the alphabet-level basics–literally the ABCs–that the reader would need to know to understand the facts on the ground. The ABC’s ofContinue reading “The ABC’s of Occupation — Policy of Truth”

Electronic musicians are sampling the sounds of endangered birds as a way to save these lyrical creatures. In a new album called A Guide to the Birdsong of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, artists are combining their own beats with the sounds of our feathered friends. And best of all: the proceeds from all […]Continue reading “The Sounds Of Endangered Birds — LustWithoutYou”

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler accused federal officers of an “egregious overreaction” and “engaging in urban warfare” after being caught in tear gas while protesting Wednesday night, according to videos posted on Twitter by The New York Times. Wheeler can be seen wearing goggles and a mask, closing his eyes and holding his nose in a… PortlandContinue reading “Portland Mayor Tear Gassed at Protests, Accuses Federal Officers of Engaging in ‘Urban Warfare’ — TIME”