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November 12, 2021
He won three First Division titles and the FA Cup with Wolves
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/nov/12/ron-flowers-wolves-midfielder-and-england-1966-world-cup-squad-member-dies-at-87
Ron Flowers, Wolves midfielder and England 1966 squad member, dies at 87
Flowers won 49 England caps, including at 1962 World CupHe won three First Division titles and the FA Cup with Wolves
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/nov/12/ron-flowers-wolves-midfielder-and-england-1966-world-cup-squad-member-dies-at-87
November 12, 2021
https://www.npr.org/2021/11/11/1054606822/fda-recalling-2-million-ellume-at-home-covid-19-test-kits-because-of-false-posit?t=1636629372410
FDA Recalls 2 Million At-Home COVID Tests From Australia's Ellume Because of 'False Positives'
https://www.thedailybeast.com/fda-recalls-2-million-at-home-covid-tests-from-australias-ellume-because-of-false-positivesThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration has recalled some 2 million at-home COVID tests because of a manufacturing fault that can produce “false positive” results. The nasal swab tests, which can be bought over the counter, are manufactured by the Australian-based company Ellume under a deal with the U.S. government.
So far, 35 false positives have been reported to the FDA, prompting the Category 1 recall—which the agency called “the most serious type.” Earlier this year, Ellume signed a $231.8 million deal to provide the tests, allowing the biotech to open a plant in Maryland. The White House last month committed an additional $1 billion to help overcome a national shortage of at-home tests, which experts say are a crucial tool in containing the coronavirus.
So far, 35 false positives have been reported to the FDA, prompting the Category 1 recall—which the agency called “the most serious type.” Earlier this year, Ellume signed a $231.8 million deal to provide the tests, allowing the biotech to open a plant in Maryland. The White House last month committed an additional $1 billion to help overcome a national shortage of at-home tests, which experts say are a crucial tool in containing the coronavirus.
https://www.npr.org/2021/11/11/1054606822/fda-recalling-2-million-ellume-at-home-covid-19-test-kits-because-of-false-posit?t=1636629372410
November 12, 2021
The judge presiding over the Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial is once again at the center of a firestorm, this time for a strange statement about lunch.
“I hope the Asian food isn’t coming... isn’t on one of those boats from Long Beach Harbor,” Kenosha County Circuit Court Judge Bruce Schroeder told the court on Thursday, possibly referring to the recent logjam at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. It was not immediately clear why Schroeder, who is presiding over a racially-charged case in Wisconsin, might make a joke about a port problem in California and Asian food.
The bizarre moment immediately spurred new outrage against a judge whose cranky demeanor and alleged bias in favor of the white defendant have been points of contention throughout the murder trial of a white teen who killed three people. Civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson tweeted: “It’s pretty clear that this man should not be a judge of anything.”
https://twitter.com/mehdirhasan/status/1458884030494134277
https://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/1458882975123259409
https://twitter.com/deray/status/1458875491444744194
Outrage Erupts After Kyle Rittenhouse Judge Makes Bizarre Asian Food Comment
https://www.thedailybeast.com/outrage-erupts-after-kyle-rittenhouse-judge-appears-to-make-bizarre-asian-food-jokeThe judge presiding over the Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial is once again at the center of a firestorm, this time for a strange statement about lunch.
“I hope the Asian food isn’t coming... isn’t on one of those boats from Long Beach Harbor,” Kenosha County Circuit Court Judge Bruce Schroeder told the court on Thursday, possibly referring to the recent logjam at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. It was not immediately clear why Schroeder, who is presiding over a racially-charged case in Wisconsin, might make a joke about a port problem in California and Asian food.
The bizarre moment immediately spurred new outrage against a judge whose cranky demeanor and alleged bias in favor of the white defendant have been points of contention throughout the murder trial of a white teen who killed three people. Civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson tweeted: “It’s pretty clear that this man should not be a judge of anything.”
https://twitter.com/mehdirhasan/status/1458884030494134277
https://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/1458882975123259409
https://twitter.com/deray/status/1458875491444744194
November 11, 2021
Francis Collins, director of National Institutes of Health, speaks in Bethesda, Maryland, on January 26, 2021.
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https://twitter.com/Public_Citizen/status/1458500698988072969
https://twitter.com/MSF_USA/status/1458472819612921856
NIH Praised for Standing Up to Moderna in Vaccine Patent Fight
https://truthout.org/articles/nih-praised-for-standing-up-to-moderna-in-vaccine-patent-fight/Francis Collins, director of National Institutes of Health, speaks in Bethesda, Maryland, on January 26, 2021.
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https://twitter.com/Public_Citizen/status/1458500698988072969
https://twitter.com/MSF_USA/status/1458472819612921856
November 11, 2021
TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER MARKS 100 YEARS
https://www.ausa.org/news/tomb-unknown-soldier-marks-100-years
Makes me so proud to see President Biden laying the wreath at the TOTUS instead that traitor Trump
TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER MARKS 100 YEARS
https://www.ausa.org/news/tomb-unknown-soldier-marks-100-years
November 11, 2021
https://www.gawker.com/culture/was-st-johns-college-not-white-supremacist-enough
It has come to my attention that my alma mater, St John’s College, is in the news because its former president, Pano Kanelos, quit his post to start the University of Austin, an unaccredited school co-founded by Bari Weiss and her various loud yet silenced-identifying friends, which will forever appear beneath The University of Texas at Austin on Google.
Because I don’t think one should dwell on college for the rest of their life, I don’t. I have not used Facebook since 2011, but I have heard, against my will, that Kanelos has been a contentious figure in the college community since joining as president. It’s also possible that he left the liberal arts college in more financial turmoil than when he joined it, as if you needed more evidence that someone joining arms with the likes of Bari Weiss and Andrew Sullivan to found an educational institution with less legitimacy than the University of Phoenix is an intellectual grifter.
https://twitter.com/jasonpmcgraw/status/1457709462274334731
If you went to St. John’s, please do not contact me. I do not care. I’m still waiting for a refund to be honest. The only reason I am writing this blog is because my editor saw me tweet “Was St. John's College not white supremacist enough???” in response to the news and asked me to. The thought that I could make someone’s life better by convincing them not to attend St. John’s College is what made me say yes.
St John's is known as an offbeat school because of its minuscule student body that rarely exceeds 500 on either of the two campuses in Annapolis and Santa Fe, and its non-traditional educational ethos. Everybody takes the same classes and reads the same books based on the core selection of classics that are said to be responsible for Western civilization. The Great Books — take a look — are bolstered by math classes where you can spend up to an hour proving a proposition about the motion of the planets on a chalkboard and a requisite study of Ancient Greek among other scholarly things. Other schools teach these books and topics as well, but other schools also teach stuff like Adobe and computer programming, I think so you can get a job after graduation, as well as non-European history, as a result of violent woke mobs.
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https://twitter.com/cmclymer/status/1457714798251188226
https://twitter.com/MarisaKabas/status/1457730887165136896
https://twitter.com/DavidAstinWalsh/status/1457727605864599561
Kathleen Stock: Professor accused of transphobia takes job at ‘anti-woke’ University of Austin
‘I accepted with alacrity. It’s an exciting looking project, focused on free inquiry,’ Ms Stock says of her new post
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/kathleen-stock-transphobia-university-austin-b1954486.html
Was St. John's College Not White Supremacist Enough?
https://www.gawker.com/culture/was-st-johns-college-not-white-supremacist-enough
It has come to my attention that my alma mater, St John’s College, is in the news because its former president, Pano Kanelos, quit his post to start the University of Austin, an unaccredited school co-founded by Bari Weiss and her various loud yet silenced-identifying friends, which will forever appear beneath The University of Texas at Austin on Google.
Because I don’t think one should dwell on college for the rest of their life, I don’t. I have not used Facebook since 2011, but I have heard, against my will, that Kanelos has been a contentious figure in the college community since joining as president. It’s also possible that he left the liberal arts college in more financial turmoil than when he joined it, as if you needed more evidence that someone joining arms with the likes of Bari Weiss and Andrew Sullivan to found an educational institution with less legitimacy than the University of Phoenix is an intellectual grifter.
https://twitter.com/jasonpmcgraw/status/1457709462274334731
If you went to St. John’s, please do not contact me. I do not care. I’m still waiting for a refund to be honest. The only reason I am writing this blog is because my editor saw me tweet “Was St. John's College not white supremacist enough???” in response to the news and asked me to. The thought that I could make someone’s life better by convincing them not to attend St. John’s College is what made me say yes.
St John's is known as an offbeat school because of its minuscule student body that rarely exceeds 500 on either of the two campuses in Annapolis and Santa Fe, and its non-traditional educational ethos. Everybody takes the same classes and reads the same books based on the core selection of classics that are said to be responsible for Western civilization. The Great Books — take a look — are bolstered by math classes where you can spend up to an hour proving a proposition about the motion of the planets on a chalkboard and a requisite study of Ancient Greek among other scholarly things. Other schools teach these books and topics as well, but other schools also teach stuff like Adobe and computer programming, I think so you can get a job after graduation, as well as non-European history, as a result of violent woke mobs.
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https://twitter.com/cmclymer/status/1457714798251188226
https://twitter.com/MarisaKabas/status/1457730887165136896
https://twitter.com/DavidAstinWalsh/status/1457727605864599561
Kathleen Stock: Professor accused of transphobia takes job at ‘anti-woke’ University of Austin
‘I accepted with alacrity. It’s an exciting looking project, focused on free inquiry,’ Ms Stock says of her new post
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/kathleen-stock-transphobia-university-austin-b1954486.html
Kathleen Stock, a philosophy professor who resigned from a UK university amid accusations of transphobia, has found a new job at a nascent university that prizes “free thought”.
“Delighted to be invited to be a Founding Faculty Fellow of the University of Austin, a new initiative announced today by @bariweiss alongside several other stellar individuals,” Ms Stock announced on Twitter. “I accepted with alacrity. It’s an exciting looking project, focused on free inquiry.”
Ms Stock had previously taught at the University of Sussex in England. But her controversial public comments on gender identity – including saying “the claim ‘trans women are women’ is a fiction” – angered many students, who demanded her removal in a series of protests. The university refused to fire her, but Ms Stock eventually quit.
“This has been an absolutely horrible time for me and my family,” the professor – who says she is not transphobic – said last month. “I’m putting it behind me now. On to brighter things soon, I hope.” For Ms Stock, that “brighter thing” appeared to arrive on Monday, when a group of like-minded intellectuals unveiled the University of Austin, a still-in-formation school in Texas devoted to “the fearless pursuit of truth”.
“Delighted to be invited to be a Founding Faculty Fellow of the University of Austin, a new initiative announced today by @bariweiss alongside several other stellar individuals,” Ms Stock announced on Twitter. “I accepted with alacrity. It’s an exciting looking project, focused on free inquiry.”
Ms Stock had previously taught at the University of Sussex in England. But her controversial public comments on gender identity – including saying “the claim ‘trans women are women’ is a fiction” – angered many students, who demanded her removal in a series of protests. The university refused to fire her, but Ms Stock eventually quit.
“This has been an absolutely horrible time for me and my family,” the professor – who says she is not transphobic – said last month. “I’m putting it behind me now. On to brighter things soon, I hope.” For Ms Stock, that “brighter thing” appeared to arrive on Monday, when a group of like-minded intellectuals unveiled the University of Austin, a still-in-formation school in Texas devoted to “the fearless pursuit of truth”.
November 11, 2021
Label: United Artists Records – UP-1033
Format:
Vinyl, 7", Single
Country: UK
Released: 1963
Genre: Funk / Soul
Style: Soul
Cryin' Kyle's Theme
Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters - Cry BabyLabel: United Artists Records – UP-1033
Format:
Vinyl, 7", Single
Country: UK
Released: 1963
Genre: Funk / Soul
Style: Soul
November 10, 2021
https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/elon-musk-loses-50-billion-after-posting-most-expensive-tweet-in-history/news-story/8011fe5b849c8ff3a5dbd1e88e75c380
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1457064697782489088
Elon Musk loses $50 billion after posting 'most expensive tweet in history'
Elon Musk’s brother reportedly sold $US109 million in Tesla stock a day before what has now been branded “the most expensive tweet in history”.https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/elon-musk-loses-50-billion-after-posting-most-expensive-tweet-in-history/news-story/8011fe5b849c8ff3a5dbd1e88e75c380
Elon Musk’s brother, Kimbal Musk, reportedly sold Tesla shares a day before his brother, infamous Twitter poll tanked the share price. Bloomberg reported that Kimbal Musk, 49, sold 88,500 Tesla shares on November 5 for about $US109 million ($A150 million). Tesla has not responded to a request seeking comment about the sale of the shares.
The Tesla boss posted a poll asking his 64 million followers whether he should sell off 10 per cent of his stock, as the US’s "billionaire tax" targeting the top 1 per cent’s growing wealth pool gains traction.
The post, now being dubbed online as “the most expensive tweet in history”, sparked a chain reaction, sending the electric car company’s stock into free-fall.
According to Bloomberg, Mr Musk’s $50 billion hit marks the biggest two-day decline in the history of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. It is also the biggest one-day fall after Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s $US36 billion ($A49 bn) hit following his 2019 divorce from MacKenzie Scott.
The Tesla boss posted a poll asking his 64 million followers whether he should sell off 10 per cent of his stock, as the US’s "billionaire tax" targeting the top 1 per cent’s growing wealth pool gains traction.
The post, now being dubbed online as “the most expensive tweet in history”, sparked a chain reaction, sending the electric car company’s stock into free-fall.
According to Bloomberg, Mr Musk’s $50 billion hit marks the biggest two-day decline in the history of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. It is also the biggest one-day fall after Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s $US36 billion ($A49 bn) hit following his 2019 divorce from MacKenzie Scott.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1457064697782489088
November 10, 2021
https://www.thedailybeast.com/kari-lake-is-the-tv-savvy-big-lie-loving-future-of-the-maga-movement
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Kari Lake Is the Camera Ready, Big-Lie Loving Future of the MAGA Movement
Kari Lake was an on-air news anchor. Now she wants to see the “corrupt media” locked up, mask mandates nixed, and herself as governor.https://www.thedailybeast.com/kari-lake-is-the-tv-savvy-big-lie-loving-future-of-the-maga-movement
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November 10, 2021
Honeybees make a chilling warning noise when attacked by hive-destroying murder hornets
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/09/asia/bees-warning-noise-murder-hornets-scn/index.html(CNN)When a pack of giant hornets attacks a honeybee hive, the slaughter is brutal and quick. They descend en masse after a scout has identified the target hive, killing the defending adult bees, occupying their nest and harvesting the bees' brood to feed to their own young. The marauders can decimate a hive in hours.
But honeybees aren't defenseless against the so-called murder hornets, which are native to Asia but surfaced in the United States for the first time in 2019. The bees have their own survival strategies, including a unique and frenetic warning signal that triggers defensive moves, which has now been documented by scientists for the first time.
"I feel a visceral reaction when I hear them because it is clear that the bees are agitated," said Heather Mattila, an associate professor at Wellesley College's department of biological sciences, who was part of a team of scientists that identified the warning noise.
She described the warning signal, known as an "antipredator pipe," as harsh and noisy, with different durations and pitches similar to the shrieks, screams and panic calls used by mammals like primates and meerkats when they are afraid.
But honeybees aren't defenseless against the so-called murder hornets, which are native to Asia but surfaced in the United States for the first time in 2019. The bees have their own survival strategies, including a unique and frenetic warning signal that triggers defensive moves, which has now been documented by scientists for the first time.
"I feel a visceral reaction when I hear them because it is clear that the bees are agitated," said Heather Mattila, an associate professor at Wellesley College's department of biological sciences, who was part of a team of scientists that identified the warning noise.
She described the warning signal, known as an "antipredator pipe," as harsh and noisy, with different durations and pitches similar to the shrieks, screams and panic calls used by mammals like primates and meerkats when they are afraid.
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