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By Katarina Zimmer16th March 2021
More than 100 constitutions across the world have adopted a human right to a healthy environment, which is proving to be a powerful way to protect the natural world… The history behind one of Costa Rica’s most important environmental […]
The human right that benefits nature — The Extinction Chronicles
by Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement Posted on March 10, 2021
Hundreds from across the country – and even from around the world – joined us for a powerful national solidarity organizing meeting and workers assembly this past weekend.
We heard updates from the RWDSU, on the ground reports from community members in Bessemer and Birmingham who’ve been working tirelessly to build solidarity there, and from many other workers, labor leaders, fighters in the Black liberation struggle, and community activists.
Yesterday, I got the results of the test I took to detect whether I had developed a T-Cell response to the virus.
Like the antibody test I took almost 2 months ago, it was positive.
These two things would appear to demonstrate that for all intents and purposes my body knew exactly what to do with this virus and that it probably has the equipment to dispose of it again were it, or one of its cousins, to revisit me in the near-to-medium term.
And even if one or another related strain were to visit me in that future, studies suggest strongly that the attack would be considerably less virulent than the one I overcame without excessive trouble in December.
In a halfway rational world, what to do going forward in regard to getting a vaccine for the SARS-CoV-2 virus would be something I’d discuss with my doctor in the discreet quarters of the examination room. Were it to be offered, I would politely refuse it. And he, seeing the test evidence in my file, would raise no objection.
Continue reading “The Rights of the Naturally Immune to not Mask up or be Vaccinated”
By Ahmed Abdulkareem Source Posted on March 14, 2021 by Zara Ali By Staff, Agencies
Major parts of Marib governorate, including Marib dam, are now in the hands of the Yemeni armed forces and supporting local tribes as Yemen’s army continues its operations to liberate the strategic governorate.
from Universe Today.. shared with thanks by Brian Koberlein
In my last post, I talked about the idea of warp drive and whether it might one day be possible. Today I’ll talk about another faster-than-light trick: wormholes.
A traversable wormhole would be a shortcut through space. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada
Wormholes are an old idea in general relativity. It’s based on work by Albert Einstein and Nathan Rosen, who tried to figure out how elementary particles might behave in curved spacetime. Their idea treated particle-antiparticle pairs as two ends of a spacetime tube. This Einstein-Rosen Bridge would look like a black hole on one end, and an anti-black hole, or white hole, on the other end.
Tuesday, March 16, 2021 from Common Dreams by Andrea Germanos, staff writer 8 Comments
“Our results show that what we have experienced over the past five summers is extraordinary for central Europe, in terms of how dry it has been consecutively.”
This photo from September 1, 2017, shows Spain on its way to its worst drought in 20 years. The marshes held less than half of the water they can store, with 47.93% of reserves. In Leon, in the north of the country, its main reservoir barely reached 10% at the time. (Photo: Alvaro Fuente/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
A recent series of summer droughts in Europe, which brought devastating ecological, agricultural, and economic impacts, were more severe than any over the past 2,100 years, new research out Monday finds.
from ANF english via KurdisCat.. en Català cap a baix
“I do not want to support the war policy of the rulers who promote militarism in order to maintain their existence,” said Kurdish rapper Gewr from Siirt refusing to join the military service.
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Kurdish rapper Gewr (Beşir Tapu) refused to comply with the military service in Turkey. “For reasons of conscience,” as the 29-year-old explained in a video message adding that the Turkish state is “committing crimes against humanity”.
”Instead of advocating the protection of basic rights, justice and freedoms of peoples, the state apparatus is only dedicated to the interests of governments. They commit crimes against peoples, nature and humanity in order to protect their existence. I use my right to conscientious objection to stop the war policies of the ruling powers that nourish militarism and to protect people and nature.”
The Free 