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Mexico Border Wall

N.J. ICE Detainees Are Only Allotted One Bar Of Soap A Week. If They Want More, They Have To But It.

As fears of the coronavirus spreading like wildfire inside detention facilities mount, inmates are demanding more supplies like soap and toilet paper. ProPublica: ICE Detainee Says Migrants Are Going On A Hunger Strike For Soap In an audio recording obtained by ProPublica, an immigrant held in U.S. Immigration and Customs…

bubmagMarch 24, 2020

Food Industry

Coronavirus and food: this week’s update

From the New York Times Does food transmit Coronavirus? Basically no (with some cautions). See yesterday’s post for details. Keeping up Coronoavirus Healthroid has a summary. The maps are updated daily Food Policy Watch: This weekly newsletter does a terrific job of keeping up with news reports, especially those explaining…

bubmagMarch 24, 2020

Exoskeleton

Cool Stuff: ‘Aliens’ Power Loader Statue Will Keep Xenomorphs Away from Your Collectibles

“Get away from her, you bitch!” That famous line from Aliens is something we might be saying a lot more if people don’t stick with the plan to continue social distancing in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus in the United States. But for now, we’ll just hope…

bubmagMarch 24, 2020

Riots

Coronavirus: Delhi’s Eidgah relief camp cleared out, riot-hit victims hunt for another shelter

Written by Anand Mohan J , Jignasa Sinha | New Delhi | Updated: March 25, 2020 12:16:55 am Authorities cleared out the camp, which was home for more than 600 riot victims on Tuesday. (Photo: Praveen Khanna)Shabana Ansari has five daughters to look after and no home to return to.…

bubmagMarch 24, 2020

Water Scarcity

Africa: Planting Trees Will Not Solve the Climate Crisis

South African scientists say African governments have been misled into massive tree planting schemes by the Global North misreading Africa's grasslands. Megafires and drought beckon. Trees are good. Trees are green. Trees suck up carbon dioxide. Ergo: plant as many trees as possible and you solve the world's environmental and…

bubmagMarch 24, 2020

Food Industry

US Meat Plant Worker Tests Positive for Coronavirus

Well, it was bound to happen. With COVID-19 causing both massive runs on food in grocery stores and a concerning shortage of farmworkers, keeping the food industry producing food is a significant concern. That isn’t going to get any easier now that the first employee at a meat plant has…

bubmagMarch 24, 2020

Computers in School

Virus spurs unexpected test for US schools: Online learning

NEW YORK (AP) — The coronavirus shutdowns have launched an unplanned, unprecedented experiment with online education at schools across the U.S., and the nation's largest school system plunged in Monday as New York City asked over 1.1 million students to log in and learn. After a whirlwind week of planning,…

bubmagMarch 24, 2020

Donald Trump

Man Dies, Wife Critical From Chloroquine After Hearing Trump Tout Unproven Covid-19 Treatment

A drug containing chloroquine at a French hospital.Photo: Gerard Julien (AFP via Getty Images)An Arizona man has died and his wife is in critical condition after listening to Donald Trump promote anti-malarial drug chloroquine as a treatment for the novel coronavirus and deciding to take some themselves, CNN reported on…

bubmagMarch 24, 2020

Polestar 2

Polestar begins production of its new EV despite coronavirus concerns

Given global circumstances right now, it’s not exactly the best time to be launching a new car. However, Volvo subsidiary Polestar isn’t letting the situation get in the way. In an email to customers and followers yesterday Polestar said it’s begun production of its first fully-electric sedan, the Polestar 2.…

bubmagMarch 24, 2020

Orangutan

Orangutan who was rescued as an infant after her mother was killed gives birth to a baby of her own

Now I'M a mum! Orangutan who was rescued as an infant after her mother was tortured and killed gives birth to a baby of her own after being returned to the wildOrangutan Peni was three when her mother was killed in Borneo after they were both driven from their homeTraumatised…

bubmagMarch 24, 2020

N.J. ICE Detainees Are Only Allotted One Bar Of Soap A Week. If They Want More, They Have To But It.

Coronavirus and food: this week’s update

Cool Stuff: ‘Aliens’ Power Loader Statue Will Keep Xenomorphs Away from Your Collectibles

Coronavirus: Delhi’s Eidgah relief camp cleared out, riot-hit victims hunt for another shelter

Africa: Planting Trees Will Not Solve the Climate Crisis

US Meat Plant Worker Tests Positive for Coronavirus

Virus spurs unexpected test for US schools: Online learning

Man Dies, Wife Critical From Chloroquine After Hearing Trump Tout Unproven Covid-19 Treatment

Polestar begins production of its new EV despite coronavirus concerns

Orangutan who was rescued as an infant after her mother was killed gives birth to a baby of her own

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