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Casey Hayden Dies at 85

January 14, 2023 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Casey Hayden, a Force for Civil Rights and Feminism, Dies at 85 New York Times By Neil Genzlinger Published Jan. 13, 2023 While working for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the early 1960s, she helped write two memos that spurred the modern women’s movement. Casey Hayden with Dorie Ladner, a fellow member of the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Feminism, History, Obituaries, Politics, Racism, Thinking about Tagged: 1962, anti-segregation, Casey Hayden, civil disobedience, Civil Rights, Ella Baker, Freedom Rides, New York Times, Port Huron Statement, S.D.S., sexism, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Students for a Democratic Society

Jaron Lanier on Poisoning

November 27, 2022 by sergneri 1 Comment

Trump, Musk and Kanye Are Twitter Poisoned The New York Times, Opinion Guest Essay, Jaron Lanier, Nov. 11, 2022 ‘Extinction is on the table’: Jaron Lanier warns of tech’s existential threat to humanity, The Guardian, Edward Helmore, Sun 27 Nov 2022. Jaron Lanier is a computer scientist who pioneered research in virtual reality and whose … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Environment, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Feminism, IT Failures, Politics, Racism, Science, Slavery, the Anthropocene, Thinking about, Trump Tagged: addiction, antisemitism, behavior-modification, cancel culture, Elon Musk, engagement, fandom, Jaron Lanier, Kanye West, online bullying, operant conditioning, public behavior, slavery denialism, Twitter Poisoned

The Crime Spike Is No Mystery

November 23, 2022 by sergneri Leave a Comment

In The Atlantic, Patrick Sharkey writes about the causes of crime; “By zooming out and looking at the big picture, the question of what causes violence becomes quite answerable.” November 23, 2022 Patrick Sharkey is the William S. Tod Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. He … [Read more…]

Posted in: Environment, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Finanace, History, Politics, Racism, Science, Thinking about Tagged: Chicago, crime, geography of violence, Patrick Sharkey, Segregation, The Atlantic, Urban Crime, violence

Ebola – Small Market for Vaccines

October 26, 2022 by sergneri 1 Comment

From the 10/26/2022 PROMED Digest email, in an entry on the current Ugandan  Sudan Ebola outbreak, is this snippet from a longer release. It seems “a long, tortured history” is an apt description of the efforts for an ebola vaccine.   Small market ———— Ebola vaccines have a long, tortured history. The VSV platform used … [Read more…]

Posted in: Environment, Ethical and green living, Pandemic, Politics, Racism, Science Tagged: Ebola, ebolavirus, Infectious Diseases, Merck, pharmaceutical, pharmaceutical companies, Vaccines, VSV platform, Zaire

Dr. Gwendolyn Midlo Hall Dies at 93

September 12, 2022 by sergneri Leave a Comment

The New York Times obituary of Gwendolyn Midlo Hall tells a fascinating life of someone we should have heard more about when she was alive.   Dr. Hall led a colorful early life as a civil rights activist and spent the bulk of her academic career at Rutgers University, where she taught Latin American history. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faits Divers, Feminism, History, Obituaries, Politics, Racism, Slavery Tagged: African-American, Africans, enslaved people, Francophone, Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, history, Latin American, Louisiana

Victor Klemperer

September 10, 2022 by sergneri Leave a Comment

From WIKIPEDIA – Victor Klemperer (9 October 1881 – 11 February 1960) was a German scholar who also became known as a diarist. His journals, published in Germany in 1995, detailed his life under the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, and the German Democratic Republic.   Well known works include Lingua Tertii Imperii, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faits Divers, History, Politics, Racism, Thinking about Tagged: diarist, Nazi Germany, Propaganda, Third Reich, Victor Klemperer, Weimar

Observer Interview: Peter Kalmus

May 21, 2022 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Interview – Peter Kalmus: ‘As a species, we’re on autopilot, not making the right decisions’ Ian Tucker May 21, 2022 The Nasa data scientist explains why inaction on the climate crisis pushed him to chain himself to an LA bank – and why trusting in the ‘people in charge’ is so dangerous: ==================================== Do you … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Environment, Ethical and green living, Finanace, Future of Work, IT Failures, Nuclear Industry, Politics, Racism, Science, the Anthropocene, Thinking about Tagged: civil disobedience, climate crisis, Cop26, fossil fuel, fossil fuel industry, grief, humans, madness of billionaires, money in politics, Opec, Peter Kalmus, profit, the future

HATELAB

May 8, 2022 by sergneri Leave a Comment

In the Guardian, May 7, 2022, an article on hate speech Hate speech online has escalated to unprecedented levels. Matthew Williams, a professor of criminology, is shining a scientific light on who is behind it and why. “It is no coincidence that soaring hate-crime figures are found in countries where the extreme right is rising … [Read more…]

Posted in: Ethical and green living, Feminism, IT Failures, Politics, Racism, Science, Thinking about Tagged: big tech firms, Cardiff University, Civil Rights, criminology, governments, hate, hate speech, hate statistic, hate-crime, HATELAB, incels, Internet, internet hate, Matthew Williams, Misogyny, organisations, Twitter

America’s Pandemic Orphans Are Slipping Through the Cracks

April 10, 2022 by sergneri Leave a Comment

The Atlantic has an article about a pressing pandemic problem with orphaned children. Losing a parent may be one of the most destabilizing events of the human experience. Orphans are at increased risk of substance abuse, dropping out of school, and poverty. They are almost twice as likely as non-orphans to die by suicide, and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Ethical and green living, Obituaries, Pandemic, Politics, Racism, Thinking about Tagged: Caregiver loss, Orphans, pandemic

In a World on Fire, Stop Burning Things

March 28, 2022 by sergneri Leave a Comment

In the New Yorker, Bill McKibben wrote an essay titled “In a World on Fire, Stop Burning Things” Here, he references many new reports which fortify the case for moving to renewable energy now and reinforcing the need to stop burning. On the last day of February, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued its … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Environment, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Finanace, Nuclear Industry, Pandemic, Politics, Racism, Science, the Anthropocene Tagged: climate change, fossil fuel, IPCC, World On Fire
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