herid @herid@qoto.org

Democracy dies awash in fossil fuel propaganda.

They gonna dig up the dead bodies and sell their gold teeth for Elon's cash flow.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/11/technology/twitter-user-names-elon-musk.html

The Submarines - You, Me, and the Bourgeoisie

https://youtu.be/bYvt0boSRXQ

#SongOfTheDay
#FavoriteMusic 56/

Tomorrow is my first day of class this semester at Duke University.

For my first year seminar I am asking the students to build and use an astrolabe. It is a great way to both get a physical understanding of the sky, and to really appreciate the sophistication of early astronomy.

The astrolabe was used for centuries to tell the time, navigate, etc. Now you can make and use one too by following the instructions here:

https://in-the-sky.org/astrolabe/index.php

#astronomy #astrodon #histodon #teaching

Peter Beinart writes,

"The problem isn’t that Republicans don’t win legislative victories. It’s that legislative victories can’t answer the party’s underlying discontent, which is less about government policy than about American culture. Democrats worry about voting rights, gun control, climate change and abortion — enormous challenges, but ones that congressional leaders can at least try to address."

#VotingRights #GunControl #ClimateChange #abortion #GOP

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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/11/opinion/republicans-kevin-mccarthy-house.html

#Breaking #Poland's President Andrzej Duda says Warsaw is ready to send Leopard tanks to #Ukraine as part of an international coalition.

Jimmie Rodgers - Kisses Sweeter Than Wine

https://youtu.be/iulmZAz8XfY

#SongOfTheDay
#FavoriteMusic 55/

Strange how the Ontario government's approach to knowing that Bill 124 contributes to health worker shortages…is to appeal the court ruling which scrapped Bill 124.

It’s almost as if they want the health worker shortages to continue. 🙄

Doctor's voices

'It's like there was a Zoom call of all global public health officers and the agenda was:

1. Let's gaslight the public into believing the pandemic is over.
and
2. How to collapse universal health care step-by-step.'

Dr. Karen Pinder - Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia @DrKarenPinder

JUST NOW: The new House rules would:

-enable the #GOP to defund a criminal investigation into #Trump.

-defund Office of Congressional Ethics.

-enable a #Republican being investigated by FBI to investigate the investigators investigating him.

I'm voting NO on the rules package.

We're seeing a massive spike in cases that are still climbing, and our politicians ignore science.

Public Health strategies tell us to increase tracking, mask up in indoor settings, provide cleaner air, provide free PCR testing etc..

This pandemic will not end just because politicians say so; in fact, it will make it far worse.

"Biden team preps for end to Covid's public health emergency — after one more extension"

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/10/biden-covid-public-health-emergency-extension-00077154

#COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver #PublicHealth