What I've been reading this week through Sunday, 8/2/20
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 8/2/20 Black Lives Matter
Massachusetts reports 11 new deaths, 353 new cases due to COVID-19Confirmed deaths and new cases due to the coronavirus in Massachusetts grew Sunday, the state reported.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
Can state’s disease-tracking system catch simmering coronavirus clusters?With cases rising again in some states and countries that had success in controlling the virus, local health leaders say it is critical Massachusetts improve its disease-tracking methods before the fall, when more businesses reopen and more people head back to work and school.https://www.
Colleges reverse course on reopening as pandemic continues
By Deirdre Fernandes Globe Staff,Updated August 2, 2020, 5:22 p.m.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
Here’s what coronavirus testing on college campuses in Massachusetts might look like this fall
By Kay Lazar and Laura Krantz Globe Staff,Updated July 16, 2020, 3:19 a.m.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
A college-by-college look at what some schools in Mass. are planning for the fall
By Jaclyn Reiss, Deirdre Fernandes and Christina Prignano Globe Staff,Updated July 6, 2020, 11:02 a.m.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
SpaceX capsule and NASA crew make 1st splashdown in 45 years
By MARCIA DUNN The Associated Press,Updated August 2, 2020
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
Downtown’s surreal, empty scenes convey a haunting omen
By Tim Logan Globe Staff,Updated August 2, 2020
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
POLITICS ABROAD
CORONA CRISIS US ELECTIONS 2020 DONALD TRUMP EUROPEAN UNION
BIDEN IS LOOKING FOR A WIFE
Do we see the first American female president here?
https://www.welt.de/politik/
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
Can state’s disease-tracking system catch simmering coronavirus clusters?With cases rising again in some states and countries that had success in controlling the virus, local health leaders say it is critical Massachusetts improve its disease-tracking methods before the fall, when more businesses reopen and more people head back to work and school.https://www.
Colleges reverse course on reopening as pandemic continues
By Deirdre Fernandes Globe Staff,Updated August 2, 2020, 5:22 p.m.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
Here’s what coronavirus testing on college campuses in Massachusetts might look like this fall
By Kay Lazar and Laura Krantz Globe Staff,Updated July 16, 2020, 3:19 a.m.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
A college-by-college look at what some schools in Mass. are planning for the fall
By Jaclyn Reiss, Deirdre Fernandes and Christina Prignano Globe Staff,Updated July 6, 2020, 11:02 a.m.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
SpaceX capsule and NASA crew make 1st splashdown in 45 years
By MARCIA DUNN The Associated Press,Updated August 2, 2020
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
Downtown’s surreal, empty scenes convey a haunting omen
By Tim Logan Globe Staff,Updated August 2, 2020
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
POLITICS ABROAD
CORONA CRISIS US ELECTIONS 2020 DONALD TRUMP EUROPEAN UNION
BIDEN IS LOOKING FOR A WIFE
Do we see the first American female president here?
https://www.welt.de/politik/
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- Scott MacLeod - Founder, President & Professor
- World University and School
- 415 480 4577
- 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 8/1/20 Black Lives Matter
Our literary journalists have concocted a list of 25 books to (re) discover in order to explore and attempt to capture this confederation of twenty-six cantons and half-cantons through literature. From “Heidi” by Johanna Spyri to “La Suisse de travers” by Daniel de Roulet, including Max Frisch and his “Guillaume Tell pour les écoles”
https://www.letemps.ch/
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- Scott MacLeod - Founder, President & Professor
- World University and School
- 415 480 4577
- 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 7/29/20 Black Lives Matter
THE MEANINGS OF MASKS
A collective cry for justice | Anthropologist Graham Jones
Today's cloth masks to minimize virus transmission reflect traditions of masks used in sacred rituals.
A collective cry for justice | Anthropologist Graham Jones
Today's cloth masks to minimize virus transmission reflect traditions of masks used in sacred rituals.
MIT Prof of Anthro Graham Jones (and Reed College alumnus too)
Graham Jones, associate professor of anthropology, reflects on the broader significance of masks. http://mitsha.re/zoDF30qZ1FR
@MIT_SHASS
https://shass.mit.edu/news/
https://twitter.com/MIT/
@MIT_SHASS
https://shass.mit.edu/news/
https://twitter.com/MIT/
BPS nurses, teachers, bus drivers rally at City Hall against reopening schools without proper safety measures
Boston school nurses, teachers, and bus drivers demonstrated Wednesday at City Hall against reopening schools in the fall, saying conditions amid the pandemic would be too dangerous without massive investments in protective gear, new staff, rapid coronavirus testing, and buildings’ air ventilation systems.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
A new law allows Mass. residents to vote by mail. Here’s how that’s already changing things
A new law allowing every registered Massachusetts voter to cast an absentee ballot by mail promises to change not only how residents pick their preferred candidates, but when, upending the long-held political calendar that voters and campaigns have relied on for decades.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
ECONOMY BEFORE THE US CONGRESS
"Does Google want to lock up Muslims?" - The bizarre hearing of the tech bosses
For the first time, the heads of Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon testify together before the US Congress. The hearing, five hours and 29 minutes long, goes to the show - and shows that America has lost love for its tech companies.
Stefan Beutelsbacher
https://www.welt.de/
Anders Tegnell.Photo: Magnus Andersson / TT
Tegnell: Workplaces can change forever
The state epidemiologist in an interview with DN about the telework that is here to stay.
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/
Boston school nurses, teachers, and bus drivers demonstrated Wednesday at City Hall against reopening schools in the fall, saying conditions amid the pandemic would be too dangerous without massive investments in protective gear, new staff, rapid coronavirus testing, and buildings’ air ventilation systems.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
A new law allows Mass. residents to vote by mail. Here’s how that’s already changing things
A new law allowing every registered Massachusetts voter to cast an absentee ballot by mail promises to change not only how residents pick their preferred candidates, but when, upending the long-held political calendar that voters and campaigns have relied on for decades.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
ECONOMY BEFORE THE US CONGRESS
"Does Google want to lock up Muslims?" - The bizarre hearing of the tech bosses
For the first time, the heads of Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon testify together before the US Congress. The hearing, five hours and 29 minutes long, goes to the show - and shows that America has lost love for its tech companies.
Stefan Beutelsbacher
https://www.welt.de/
Anders Tegnell.Photo: Magnus Andersson / TT
Tegnell: Workplaces can change forever
The state epidemiologist in an interview with DN about the telework that is here to stay.
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/
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- Scott MacLeod - Founder, President & Professor
- World University and School
- 415 480 4577
- 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 7/28/20 Black Lives Matter ...
Republicans, Democrats Move Even Further Apart in Coronavirus Concerns
Growing share of Republicans say ‘the worst is behind us’
https://www.pewresearch.org/
Many Black and Asian Americans Say They Have Experienced Discrimination Amid the COVID-19 Outbreak
About four-in-ten U.S. adults say it has become more common for people to express racist views toward Asians since the pandemic began
https://www.pewsocialtrends.
Three Months In, Many Americans See Exaggeration, Conspiracy Theories and Partisanship in COVID-19 News
64% of U.S. adults say CDC mostly gets the facts about the outbreak right; 30% say the same about Trump and his administration
https://www.journalism.org/
A look at the Americans who believe there is some truth to the conspiracy theory that COVID-19 was planned
https://www.pewresearch.org/
Growing share of Republicans say ‘the worst is behind us’
https://www.pewresearch.org/
Many Black and Asian Americans Say They Have Experienced Discrimination Amid the COVID-19 Outbreak
About four-in-ten U.S. adults say it has become more common for people to express racist views toward Asians since the pandemic began
https://www.pewsocialtrends.
Three Months In, Many Americans See Exaggeration, Conspiracy Theories and Partisanship in COVID-19 News
64% of U.S. adults say CDC mostly gets the facts about the outbreak right; 30% say the same about Trump and his administration
https://www.journalism.org/
A look at the Americans who believe there is some truth to the conspiracy theory that COVID-19 was planned
https://www.pewresearch.org/
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- Scott MacLeod - Founder, President & Professor
- World University and School
- 415 480 4577
- 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 7/27/20 Black Lives Matter ...
For many Massachusetts districts, school year might start 2 weeks late
Massachusetts education officials and the state’s three largest teachers unions have reached a tentative deal that calls for delaying the reopening of school this fall by up two weeks so districts can have more time to prepare — and students would not have to make up the lost learning time, union officials confirmed on Monday.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
Massachusetts education officials and the state’s three largest teachers unions have reached a tentative deal that calls for delaying the reopening of school this fall by up two weeks so districts can have more time to prepare — and students would not have to make up the lost learning time, union officials confirmed on Monday.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
Combat zone downtown
In several American cities, violence escalated over the weekend, and one person died. President Donald Trump uses the chaos to distract from his recent failures - and could succeed.
Daniel Friedrich Sturm
https://www.welt.de/politik/
In several American cities, violence escalated over the weekend, and one person died. President Donald Trump uses the chaos to distract from his recent failures - and could succeed.
Daniel Friedrich Sturm
https://www.welt.de/politik/
"This is one of the main reasons why the problems in the US are so big"
Psychology professor Steven Taylor detailed the course of the corona crisis - two weeks before it broke out. He sees a new "existential drama" in the relationship between people. And he finds a cardinal error in crisis management.
Elke Bodderas
https://www.welt.de/politik/
WORLD: Why were we so poorly prepared?
Steven Taylor: Some countries were very well prepared. Taiwan for example, but also South Korea. In Europe and the United States, conflicting messages were the biggest mistake in the beginning. When people are told that ...
Psychology professor Steven Taylor detailed the course of the corona crisis - two weeks before it broke out. He sees a new "existential drama" in the relationship between people. And he finds a cardinal error in crisis management.
Elke Bodderas
https://www.welt.de/politik/
WORLD: Why were we so poorly prepared?
Steven Taylor: Some countries were very well prepared. Taiwan for example, but also South Korea. In Europe and the United States, conflicting messages were the biggest mistake in the beginning. When people are told that ...
Bridgette Craighead chants during a Black Lives Matter protest she organized in Hardy, Va. (Heather Rousseau for The Post)
When Black Lives Matter came to white, rural America
As protests spread last month, three women set out to start a Black Lives Matter chapter, and movement, in Franklin County, Va., which is 90 percent white.
https://www.washingtonpost.
Here are the educations
the highest grade requirements
Have you come in? Here are all the numbers for this year's enrollment in higher education
Record-breaking recording - and the young people have listened to the recommendations
https://www.berlingske.dk/
the highest grade requirements
Have you come in? Here are all the numbers for this year's enrollment in higher education
Record-breaking recording - and the young people have listened to the recommendations
https://www.berlingske.dk/
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- Scott MacLeod - Founder, President & Professor
- World University and School
- 415 480 4577
- 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
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 Matter
https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/07/buttercup-r-bulbosus-what-ive-been.htmlbuttercup (R. austro-oreganus): What I've been reading - 7/12/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatter + Black Books Matter
https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/07/buttercup-r-austro-oreganus-what-ive.htmlbuttercup (R. auricomus): What I've been reading - 7/5/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatter + Black Books Matter
https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/07/buttercup-r-auricomus-what-ive-been.htmlbuttercup (R. asiaticus): What I've been reading - 6/28/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatter + Black Books Matter
https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-r-asiaticus-what-ive-been.htmlbuttercup (R. arvensis): What I've been reading - 6/21/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatter + Black Books Matter
https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-r-arvensis-what-ive-been.htmlbuttercup (R. aquatilis): What I've been reading - 6/14/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatter
buttercup (R. alismifolius): What I've been reading - 5/31/20 week - Coronavirus
buttercup (R. acris): What I've been reading - 5/17/20 week - Coronavirus
buttercup (R. aconitifolius): What I've been reading - 5/3/20 week - Coronavirus
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GREG MANKIW'S BLOG
Random Observations for Students of Economics
SUNDAY, JUNE 07, 2020
What I've been watching
Over 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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