herid @herid@qoto.org

https://t.me/United24media/1217 ⚡️🇪🇺 The new package of EU sanctions against Russia will include export controls on dual-use goods worth more than 2.3 billion euros. It is reported by the Financial Times. In addition, in the package:
▫️Ban on new investment in mining with exemptions for "certain specific products"
▫️Prohibition of four propaganda TV channels
▫️Prohibition on operations with three more Russian banks
▫️Prohibition on transactions with Russian marketing (more) #Ukraine #News #War #Russia

On Dec. 6, 1989, a misogynistic gunman murdered 14 women at École Polytechnique de Montréal because they were women.
Today is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada.

@haven4books I work at a University who no longer has a masking policy, I got COVID for the 2nd time 2 weeks ago, lasted for 12 days, almost turned into pneumonia and my already damaged lungs are more broken than ever, and I am not sure the cough I got will ever go away. #COVIDisNOTover

All the EU states seem to be increasingly ignoring agreed but now awkward EU law.

E.g., the previous RT on #Ireland ; #Germany or #Denmark ignoring Schengen rules ; #Poland allowing political interference of the judicial ; #Sweden not using the € ; #hungary ignoring the rule-of-law ...

A rules-based union has no purpose whatsoever if the rules are not followed. #EU institutions need to step up enforcement actions or risk (not the break up of the EU but) simply becoming irrelevant.

In two recent proofs, mathematicians have supercharged methods for determining the inevitability of infinite “sumsets” in large sets of integers. Leila Sloman reports: https://www.quantamagazine.org/infinite-patterns-appear-in-numbers-described-as-moving-systems-20221205/

When #Russia invaded #Ukraine, a key part of its strategy was to destroy historic #libraries in order to eradicate the Ukrainians' sense of #identity. But Putin hadn't counted on the unbreakable spirit of the country's #librarians https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/dec/04/our-mission-is-crucial-meet-the-warrior-librarians-of-ukraine?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other #StandWithUkraine #RussiaUkraineWar #Archives #Heritage #HeritageCollections

Another thing #covid and #climate have in common is that many people neglect the co-benefits of acting.

Improving ventilation and indoor air quality improves learning and protects from other infectious diseases.

Active transportation like walking and cycling improves health.

Lots of opportunities are left on the table because of the bias (actively created) that we live in the best possible world right now and change = sacrifice.

#Russia is still manufacturing lots of weapons, including sophisticated ones. There was a lot of wishful thinking about critical shortages due to #sanctions, but it is more likely that Russia is ramping up production, while capacity is an issue everywhere.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/05/us/politics/cruise-missiles-russia-ukraine-sanctions.html

Lawyers for Republicans had to define "woke" in court recently. This is what they submitted.

"The belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them"

Think about what that means when folks hurl "woke" as an insult.

Before and after, showing the process and every detail from the magical scenes of Ghibli.

Anime: Princess Mononoke (1997).

#ghibli #studioghibli #スタジオズブリ #mastoart #sketch #princessmononoke

12/5/22 Nature: FXR inhibition may protect from #SARSCoV2 infection by reducing ACE2 https://buff.ly/3UxyUzA

Ursodeoxycholic acid (#UDCA) , an FXR blocker, is a generic drug used for liver disease. It downregulates ACE2.

UDCA (aka Ursodiol or Actigall) has been used for cholestasis of pregnancy.

This study used UDCA in organoids, mouse/hamster models and in people and shows that UDCA may block or reduce the severity of #COVID infections.

#COVID19

"I don’t understand how COVID is spiking again after we’ve tried everything from pretending it’s over, to pretending it never happened."

@ZackBornstein

#Covid #CovidIsntOver