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.
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.
(Black books matter photo here ...)
COVID’s suffocating grasp is choking businesses in Cambridge’s Central Square
Much 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.
(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/
“Nuclear energy is the most important thing. It is the clean energy of the future "
See too re Germany's nuclear abolitionism -
City of London dies a slow corona death
Photo: Nils Meilvang / Ritzau Scanpix
This is how the Nordics are preparing for an autumn with covid-19
DN goes through what is happening in the five countries.
Never underestimate Google Maps
Remote Learning Makes Taking Attendance a Challenge
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 Bangel
332 Kommentare
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.
The Gates Foundation commits $650 million to combat COVID-19
Why sign up to take an experimental vaccine? Participants in coronavirus trials say they have a mission
Three prospective coronavirus vaccines have entered the late-stage clinical trials in the United States, each enrolling 30,000 people.
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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 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 bus
Vaccine Developers Prepare Joint Pledge on Safety, Standards
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-
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-
Rajnath Singh meets Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe in Moscow
At SCO meet, Rajnath Singh reminds China of ‘follies of aggression’
(What's the picture above this Fauci article suggest scarily -https://www.chicagotribune.
Fauci warns that Illinois and six other states are at higher risk for a COVID-19 surge over Labor Day weekend, report says
(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 humidity
Trump’s Covid Adviser Gets a Washington Welcome
Alpaca Tyson supplies nanobodies
Two out of three Danes would like to be vaccinated against covid-19
Bent Høie should go to a pub in Glasgow
Outbreak of violence
Masked demonstrators attack police officers in Leipzig
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/
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/
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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 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/
"Not as bad as it could have been” seems to be the overwhelming sentiment among Cape and Islands business owners.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
('proud returns await' translation from German ... interesting language)
If the vaccine comes, you should own these stocks
The mighty euro becomes a symbol of Europe's return to the top of the world
(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/
Was macht der digitale Bruch mit unserem Leben?
https://www.welt.de/podcasts/
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
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 Laaff
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 Laaff
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/
Mohammed Hanif
What I’ve Learned From Teaching Online
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/
What I’ve Learned From Teaching Online
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/
For digital nomads, traveling for work takes on new meaning in pandemic age
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.
Residents of Rwanda: We are afraid to send our students to study in Moscow - suddenly they get drunk there
genes
|Hundreds of thousands of Finns gave their genetic information to researchers - then they ended up abroad at a ridiculous price
Sunday
6.9. 6:40
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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 Th 9/3/20 Black Lives Matter
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 Stajić
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 Stajić
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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 9/2/20 Black Lives Matter
Drosten's podcast partner advises colleagues not to go to talk shows
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.
News podcast:
How the universities plan the hybrid semester
In 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:
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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 9/1/20 Black Lives Matter
Apple and Google now install contact tracing system in all phones
Corona restrictions
Senate adopts mask requirement for demos and restrictions on parties
Anyone 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, 2020
(Kind of a trippy - at least colorful - picture :)
traffic
BVG security forces catch around 80,000 mask-gruff people on buses and trains
And 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, 2020
Northwestern president apologizes and reduces tuition after shifting 1st- and 2nd-year students to remote learning: ‘I understand that anger’
Scotland is planning a new independence referendum
Schottland plant neues Unabhängigkeitsreferendum
Participatory budgeting should be included as part of EU’s COVID-19 emergency fund allocation; Finnish MP Mari Holopainen
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 Algorithms
Black Ex-Franchise Owners Sue McDonald’s Alleging Discrimination
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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 8/31/20 Black Lives Matter
Live. Colds should be tested more often
Photo: Henrik Montgomery / TT
Healthcare professionals and the elderly first in line for vaccines
But vaccines alone will not stop the pandemic.
Healthcare professionals and the elderly first in line for vaccines
But vaccines alone will not stop the pandemic.
Explainer: How Beijing’s security law transformed Hong Kong, two months in
Hong 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 Creery
by JENNIFER CREERY
Wikipedia falsely said I was convicted of attempted murder. I expected online abuse, but not this. | Naomi Ishisaka
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 comments
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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. eschscholtzii): What I've been reading - 9/6//20 week - Black Lives Matter - Black Books Matter
https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/09/buttercup-r-eschscholtzii-what-ive-been.htmlbuttercup (R. cymbalaria): What I've been reading - 8/30//20 week - Black Lives Matter
https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/09/buttercup-r-cymbalaria-what-ive-been.htmlbuttercup (R. circinatus): What I've been reading - 8/23/20 week - Coronavirus - Black Lives Matter
https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/08/buttercup-r-circinatus-what-ive-been.htmlbuttercup (R. cassubicifolius): What I've been reading - 8/16/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatter + Black Books Matter
https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/08/buttercup-r-cassubicifolius-what-ive.html
buttercup (R. carinthiacus): What I've been reading - 8/9/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatter + Black Books Matter
https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/08/buttercup-r-carinthiacus-what-ive-been.html
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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