narodsobe

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Nonprofiteer. Stalwart defender of the underdog. Midwest human. 🐘🤎💙 ‘26 parent. Labradors and David Austin roses. Flag s/b Czech, interpreted by 4yo. FFUK alum. It's technically 'narod sobe' and it's about a divadlo.

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As a Bay Area native, I’ve always loved Nancy Pelosi and enjoyed all my interactions with her. As a Democrat, I’ve admired her leadership as the most effective Speaker in my lifetime. But she is incredibly wrong about having a mini-primary, and if the party listens to her, we’re screwed.

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Où trouver le meilleur de la pâtisserie et de la boulangerie à Paris et en Ile-de-France ? Les 50 adresses du « Monde »

Où trouver le meilleur de la pâtisserie et de la boulangerie à Paris et en Ile-de-France ? Les 50 adresses du « Monde »www.lemonde.fr Un flan fondant ? Un croissant croustillant ? Une baguette parfaite ? Notre sélection au format carte interactive de lieux où les dévorer sans modération.

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London historians: I need a research assistant to check out a couple of 18th C manuscripts for me at the BL since I am not sure when I will be able to go. Anybody have grad students looking for some work? 🗃️

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COVID-19 origins: plain speaking is overdue SARS-CoV-2 is a natural virus that found its way into humans through mundane contact with infected wildlife that went on to cause the most consequential pandemic for over a century. www.thelancet.com/jo... 1/3

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The rise of the KP.3.1.1 variant, which along with KP.3, accounts for most of Covid cases in the US summer wave now It has a decided growth advantage, with higher infectivity and immune evasion compared with prior SARS-CoV-2 variants

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My latest post on where we are with Covid and Long Covid... christinapagel.substack.com/p/englands-o...

England's ongoing Covid wave and new Long Covid researchchristinapagel.substack.com We're still in a significant wave & important new research on long covid

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BREAKING: Government ‘failed citizens’ by being ill-prepared for Covid, resulting in more grief, untold misery & economic turmoil than necessary according to devastating first conclusions of major public inquiry into the pandemic www.itv.com/news/2024-07...

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One thing we know now about the mass deportations, the abortion bans, and the executive crimes, which was less clear in 2016, is SCOTUS won't stand in the way.

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💻 Jacinda Ardern’s administration is often hailed as a ‘model’ of progressive government, yet it struggled to deliver lasting change. IfG programme director Nehal Davison shares three lessons on how the Labour government here can avoid this fate www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/jaci...

Jacinda Ardern’s ambitious reform agenda in New Zealand: Three lessons for Keir Starmer | Institute for Governmentwww.instituteforgovernment.org.uk What can Keir Starmer learn from Jacinda Ardern?

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The result: the Chicago disaster, Nixon, his Southern strategy, leading to civil war today. The short-sighted rush to push Biden out is filled with such peril. And if Harris and Black voters are in turn bypassed, we lose the election and everything for generations. We lose democracy. Stop. Think.

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Click the link to read about what happened this week at MSNBC when "Morning Joe" was removed from the schedule for a day. view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/172... Then ask yourself if this is not a dead simple example of what Timothy Snyder meant when he wrote: "Do not obey in advance."

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Opinion: With long Covid continuing to be a leading cause of disability, it is essential that physicians, researchers, & policymakers follow the science — & the science does not point to functional neurological disorder as a driving factor in this wave of illness. www.statnews.com/2024/07/15/l...

Functional neurological disorder is not an appropriate diagnosis for people with long Covidwww.statnews.com With long Covid continuing to be a leading cause of disability, physicians, researchers, and policymakers should follow the science — and the science does not point to functional neurological disorder...

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More on the mass resignation of editors of 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺 & 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴: an op-ed by yrs truly in The Guardian, about the commercial academic publishing scam #PolTheory #philsky #polisky #academicsky

Academic publishing is a lucrative scam – and we’re determined to change that | Arash Abizadehwww.theguardian.com Giant publishers are bleeding universities dry, with profit margins that rival Google’s. So we decided to start our own, says academic Arash Abizadeh

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Seeing a Cybertruck only two blocks from your house might rate as "uncomfortably close."

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A Paris rally honored 488 Ukrainian athletes, including 20 Olympic champions, killed in the war with Russia. Organized by the French Union of Ukrainians and World Ukrainian Congress, attendees called for banning Russian and Belarusian athletes from the 2024 Olympics.

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I wrote about the problem of Dems living in a Aaron Sorkin’s West Wing paradigm, which is not equipped to explain the current moment: www.nytimes.com/2024/07/15/o...

Opinion | Democrats Need to Wake Up From Their ‘West Wing’ Fantasywww.nytimes.com In the real world, noble ideals don’t guarantee a victory.

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"This is not an election with a wrongheaded but well-meaning Republican. It’s an all-out war with an illiberal megalomaniac who will happily destroy American democracy if it buys him one more ounce of power and keeps him out of prison."

I wrote about the problem of Dems living in a Aaron Sorkin’s West Wing paradigm, which is not equipped to explain the current moment: www.nytimes.com/2024/07/15/o...

Opinion | Democrats Need to Wake Up From Their ‘West Wing’ Fantasywww.nytimes.com In the real world, noble ideals don’t guarantee a victory.

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🩺 Nationally, the CDC reports wastewater SARS-CoV-2 levels as HIGH. 😷 Time to mask indoors, on airplanes and public transit. 🧪🛟#Episky

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🩺Covid restrictions brought back at Tour de France buff.ly/3S6Sq7Q Masks must now be worn by everyone, including organizers , guests and journalists, who may be "in contact with the riders and members of the cycling teams" before and after the stages, said organizers. 😷🛟

Covid restrictions brought back at Tour de Francebuff.ly The Tour de France stepped up protective measures, to "limit health risks" in the face of a resurgence of Covid-19, which has affected several riders in recent days.

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✨Please share COVID & more newsletter!✨ In this issue: 📈HIGH level of SARS-CoV-2 in USA now 😮1 in 54 people is infected now, 1 in 37 in West 🩻Immuno PET scans show persistent virus in Long COVID 🐔Bird Flu: 3 people +, 55 await test in Colorado & much more! drruth.substack.com/p/covid-news... 🩺😷🧪

COVID news & more, 7/13/24drruth.substack.com We are officially in a COVID wave right now. The CDC reports that wastewater levels of SARS-CoV-2 are HIGH on a national level. COVID test positivity is increasing, as are emergency department visits ...

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Visiting Montreal this June, third weekend. Looking for recommendations on where to stay and where to eat, shows, museums, you name it.

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Matt Sidor

I can’t speak to that since I just don’t know. But if an N-95 is properly worn, it has a good seal, but it’s just uncomfortable and hot.

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This is really worrying. There's a bill in Nassau County, Long Island, New York, that has a good chance of passing due to GOP majority, that would fine people $1,000 for wearing a mask.

Long Island bill could mean jail time, $1,000 fines for face masks that hide identitywww.nbcnewyork.com A county on Long Island could become one of the first legislative bodies in the tri-state to ban face masks that conceal the wearer’s identity — with violators facing potential fines and even jail tim...

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COVID patients at higher risk for respiratory complications well after infection, study finds www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...

COVID patients at higher risk for respiratory complications well after infection, study findswww.cidrap.umn.edu

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Please excuse a non-nature post. This is happening now to bring awareness to Long Covid. I've been watching for half an hour and already learned a lot. Dianna Cowern is an incredible science Youtuber who's been in bed with Long Covid for almost two years. Hosted by Simone Giertz & others. 🧪

Physics Girl LIVE with long Covidwww.youtube.com Dianna is Live streaming a day in her life as someone suffering from long COVID and ME/CFS. The purpose of the Livestream is to raise money and awareness for...

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Really good 15 min TWiV episode with Paul Offit outlining how false and irresponsible the recent lab leak nonsense from @nytimes.com is. I for one appreciate the brevity - there really is nothing more to it. If you're interested in the topic, give it a listen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ukv9...

Beyond the Noise #40: Lab leak maniawww.youtube.com In this episode Dr. Offit asks, why did the New York Times publish an op-ed supporting the lab leak theory when all evidence supports a zoonotic spillover?Sh...

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Joanne Freeman

TY. Did you see my plea for historians to contextualize the way Roberts' cloaked his atrocity behind Washington's Farewell? www.emptywheel.net/2024/07/03/s...

Spirit of Revenge: John Roberts Says Joe Biden Can Demand an Investigation of Ginni Thomas - emptywheelwww.emptywheel.net By refusing all review of improper pressure on the Attorney General, John Roberts has not eliminated the risk of revenge and despotism. He has, rather, sanctioned it.

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As @emptywheel.bsky.social said, they published this “voting doesn’t matter” editorial on July Fourth. Shame on them. American independence was declared—and won—by people who gave a damn. And worked for what they won.

Here it is, the dumbest thing you will read today www.nytimes.com/2024/07/04/o...

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Powerful defense of Dr. Athony Fauci by Richard Horton in The Lancet: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... “why is the international scientific community so quiet? ... The answer is self-censorship"

Offline: In defence of Dr Fauciwww.thelancet.com “Is this what we have become? Is this what we have devolved into?” US Congressman Kweisi Mfume was reacting to comments from Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene at a hearing of the Select Subcommitt...

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It’s game time. Voting is underway in the 2024 UK general election, with exit polls to come at 10pm BST and results rolling in after that. Our team will be with you all night long as the winners and losers (lots and lots of Tories) emerge. Follow along:

UK general election 2024: Britain goes to the polls — latest updateswww.politico.eu Voting begins in the 2024 general election.