2020-04-17: Social Media Postees

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NHS staff make plea for PPE in video projected onto Palace of Westminster
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-17
NHS staff have made a plea to the Government for more personal protective equipment (PPE) in a video projected onto the Palace of Westminster. | The projection, organised by Led by Donkeys, was set up by a two-person team who arrived separately and observed strict social distancing throughout. | The protest video sees NHS staff members read an impassioned letter to the Government, asking for PPE to "save the lives of those that we clap for every single Thursday". | Led By Donkeys posted a video to Twitter of the protest that took place on Thursday evening, writing: "A m…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/04/17/nhs-staff-make-plea-for-ppe-in-video-projected-onto-palace-of-westminster/

WATCH smoke from Chernobyl & dust turning Kiev sky gray
rt.com | 2020-04-17
Apocalyptic-looking scenes were aplenty on Friday in the Ukrainian capital, when smoke from wildfires and dust borne by strong winds briefly lent Kiev the label of the world's most polluted city. | Kiev's skies remained grey in the morning, and residents had to shut their windows to keep out the nauseous stench of burning, according to complaints on social media platforms. | Air pollution spiked in the city starting late Thursday. Some of it came in the form of dust carried by heavy winds. Ukraine had an unusually dry winter and spring, which led to the large amount of dust, local weather officials explained.
rt.com/news/486112-kiev-air-pollution-spikes/

How to use Social Media to Drive Environmental Change: Why Zero Waste? (livestream)
Ecology Center | indybay.org | 2020-04-17
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indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/14/18832368.php

Everyone needs to hear the words of an 'underfunded' intensive care nurse about the 'apocalyptic situation'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-17
An intensive care nurse has recorded a spoken word poem warning of an "apocalyptic situation" for "underfunded, under-prepared and under-protected" NHS staff. | Tori Wills, a sister at Southampton General Hospital's intensive care unit, posted the video on Facebook "out of frustration" at people not obeying lockdown rules. | Willis told PA: "I wrote the poem out of general frustration at the public still flouting the rules, when my colleagues are putting their lives at risk and working in extremely harsh environments. | I have never shared any of my spoken word, But today, the sun is out, there are still families…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/04/17/everyone-needs-to-hear-the-words-of-an-underfunded-intensive-care-nurse-about-the-apocalyptic-situation/

Emergency services hold minute's silence for pregnant nurse who died of Covid-19
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-17
Dozens of emergency service workers rallied round to pay tribute to Mary Agyeiwaa Agyapong, a pregnant nurse who died of Covid-19.On its Twitter account, the fire service posted a video of its deputy chief fire officer Andrew Hopkinson giving a speech to commemorate Agyapong who worked at the Luton and Dunstable University Hospital for five years. | She died on Sunday and her baby daughter was delivered successfully by Caesarean section.Hopkinson told well wishers: "We are taking the opportunity to remember and appreciate a wonderful young woman and nurse who's made a huge contribution to this NHS trust and to th…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/04/17/emergency-services-hold-minutes-silence-for-pregnant-nurse-who-died-of-covid-19/

UCSC Transit Driver Dies from COVID-19
Slugster | indybay.org | 2020-04-16
In a post on social media, UCSC reports, "It is with a heavy heart that we share that the campus shuttle driver who we had reported had tested positive for COVID-19 died earlier today of complications related to the virus. Our deepest condolences go out to his family and friends during this difficult time."
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/14/18832358.php

How to use Social Media to Drive Environmental Change: Why Zero Waste? (livestream)
Ecology Center | indybay.org | 2020-04-16
Online via Livestream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/14/18832368.php

'Lock your doors': Manhunt underway in Wisconsin for two violent escaped inmates who fled MAX-SECURITY prison
rt.com | 2020-04-16
A major manhunt is underway in Portage, Wisconsin after two inmates

Due to COVID-19, We Had First March Since 2002 Without a School Shooting
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-16
The nationwide lockdown to stem the rise of the coronavirus has had one silver lining

Iran Army's presence 'disappointing enemies': top security official
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-16
TEHRAN, Apr. 16 (MNA)

'Aggression, rudeness, arrogance': UK police provoke outrage after telling journalist 'you're killing people' by not going home
rt.com | 2020-04-16
The London Metropolitan Police have come under fire after footage emerged showing officers from the Territorial Support Group (TSG) berating a journalist for filming them apprehending an individual at a park in the UK capital. | The incident, which reportedly took place in Finsbury Park, North London on April 5, was caught on camera by the journalist in question

'How do you still exist?' Musk unloads on CNN after claims his ventilators were never delivered to California hospitals
rt.com | 2020-04-16
The continued existence of CNN is surprising, Elon Musk tweeted, after the network said the 1,000 ventilators that the Tesla CEO had promised to California never made it to hospitals. Musk posted evidence to the contrary. | The tech entrepreneur was praised by California Governor Gavin Newsom after Musk pledged in March to deliver life-saving medical equipment to help the state deal with its Covid-19 epidemic. The promised 1,000 ventilators, however, never made it to the hospitals, CNN reported on Thursday, citing the governor's office. | "The Administration is communicating every day with hospitals across the…
rt.com/usa/485997-musk-ventilators-cnn-report/

Zarif says US Navy can't find its way around Iran waters
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-16
TEHRAN, Apr. 16 (MNA)

France summons Chinese ambassador after embassy criticizes "herd immunity" policy
wsws.org | 2020-04-16
Paris called in Chinese Ambassador to France Lu Shaye on Monday to criticize his embassy's statements that European countries abandoned "their citizens to face the viral onslaught."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/16/pari-a16.html

CNN Under Fire Online for Reporting California Hospitals Didn't Get Ventilators From Elon Musk
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-16
The coronavirus pandemic, which has affected 2 million people across the world, has put unprecedented pressure on healthcare systems. One of the key problems is the shortage of medical equipment such as breathing machines used to treat coronavirus patients. Elon Musk recently purchased 1,200 ventilators and sent them to California.
sputniknews.com/viral/202004161078981216-cnn-under-fire-online-for-reporting-california-hospitals-didnt-get-ventilators-from-elon-musk/

Mysterious Blue Lights Seen in the Sky Across the World – Video
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-16
Usually bright lights are produced by flashlights near nightclubs, but this explanation seems untenable due to the coronavirus pandemic that has confined most of the population within four walls and closed all public places.
sputniknews.com/viral/202004161078982500-mysterious-blue-lights-seen-in-the-sky-across-the-world—video-/

Zarif lauds China COVID19 aid to Iran
IRNA | iranian.com | 2020-04-16
Iranian Foreign Minister in a message on Thursday thanked China for providing medical aid to Iran in time of coronavirus outbreak and slammed US sanctions that hindered Iran's fight against pandemic. "I am very happy to talk to my old friend, Wang Yi, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister again," Zarif said in a Twitter …
iranian.com/2020/04/15/zarif-lauds-china-covid19-aid-to-iran/

Elizabeth Warren officially endorses Democrat Joe Biden for 2020 election
rt.com | 2020-04-15
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren has joined former President Barack Obama and fellow ex-candidate Bernie Sanders in throwing her support behind Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic Party nominee for the 2020 election. | "In this moment of crisis, it's more important than ever that the next president restores Americans' faith in good, effective government," Warren tweeted on Wednesday morning in her endorsement of Biden. | The senator also tweeted out a video of her talking up Biden's commitment to "public service" and "empathy," admitting she does not agree with the former vice president "100 percent of…
rt.com/usa/485887-elizabeth-warren-endorses-joe-biden/

What's the Matter With Science?
David Swanson | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-15
Science for the People at 2017's March for Science. John Vandermeer/Science for the People Ann Arbor | What's the matter with science? By that, do I mean, why don't we turn away from corrupt politics and religion and follow the way of science? Or do I mean, why have we allowed science to so corrupt our politics and our culture? I mean, of course, both. | We don't need an uneducated jackass telling people how to control a viral pandemic because he's a president. At the same time, w…
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/whats-the-matter-with-science/

Facebook constructs bot-based universe to test out scenarios for manipulating humans, but don't worry, it's safe
rt.com | 2020-04-15
Facebook has debuted a "web-enabled simulation" in which a population of bots it has created based on real users can duke it out

Australian construction workers denounce union enforcement of unsafe conditions
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-04-15
Hundreds of workers across the country have taken to social media over the past weeks to denounce the construction union for enforcing continued production in the sector, despite the health risks posed by the coronavirus pandemic. The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMMEU) has responded with censorship. Supporters of the union bureaucracy have …
truepublica.org.uk/newsbits/australian-construction-workers-denounce-union-enforcement-of-unsafe-conditions/

International Twitter/Media Storm & Phone Zap for Mumia!
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-04-15
Fight Back News Service urges all our readers to support this event | Mumia Abu-Jamal–father, husband and grandfather–is an internationally renowned US political prisoner, widely honored for his piercing indictments of the racial inequities and brutal imperialist powers of the US. Abu-Jamal was originally targeted for surveillance and "neutralization" when he was a 15 year-old spokesman for the Black Panther Party in Philadelphia, by the FBI. | By the age of 26, Mumia Abu-Jamal was an award-winning radio journalist with a wide following, known as the "voice of the voiceless" and outspoken in his defen…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/4/15/international-twittermedia-storm-phone-zap-mumia

Preemptive Therapy vs Antiviral Prophylaxis and CMV in Seronegative Liver Transplant Recipients With Seropositive Donors
Singh N, Winston DJ, Razonable RR, et al. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-04-14
This randomized trial compares preemptive therapy vs antiviral prophylaxis with valganciclovir in cytomegalovirus (CMV)-seronegative liver transplant recipients with seropositive donors for the prevention of CMV disease.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2764457

Facebook Picks up Senior FTC Official to Undermine Her Former Employees
Andrea Beaty | cepr.net | 2020-04-14
The Covid-19 pandemic is creating ripe conditions for corporate acquisition sprees by industry giants. But at least one company, already under the microscope, isn't just looking to pick off competitors. Facebook has its eyes on the supposed cops on this beat, the antitrust enforcement officials ready to jump ship. Barbara Blank just joined Facebook …
cepr.net/facebook-picks-up-senior-ftc-official-to-undermine-her-former-employees/

SECURE Act Leaves Millions of Workers as Insecure as Ever
Gerald E. Scorse | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-14
Tweeter-in-chief Donald Trump constantly bashes "do nothing Democrats." In fact, it's Mopey Mitch McConnell who's the do nothing man, refusing to act on nearly 400 bills passed by Pelosi's House. One big Democratic initiative did manage to become law, pushed through as part of a late-2019 budget deal. Titled the SECURE Act, it's the latest …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/secure-act-leaves-millions-of-workers-as-insecure-as-ever/

A New Vaccine for Chikungunya Virus
Stapleford KA, Mulligan MJ. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-04-14
Arboviruses (arthropod-borne) are a group of viruses that encompass hundreds of members and span multiple viral families making it one of the most genetically diverse, widespread, and dangerous groups of viruses on earth. Arboviruses are transmitted to humans by a variety of geographically widespread arthropod vectors (most commonly, mosquitoes and ticks) so that these viruses can change location with human hosts or arthropod vectors, with potential for rapid spread wherever these vectors are present. Past outbreaks of West Nile virus and recent outbreaks of eastern equine encephalitis virus, Zika virus, and chik…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2764440

Hatred going viral in 'dangerous epidemic of misinformation' during COVID-19 pandemic
news.un.org | 2020-04-14
As the world battles the deadly COVID-19 pandemic and people are searching for clear facts and answers to questions, that could help save countless lives, "a dangerous epidemic of misinformation" is also spreading, the United Nations chief warned on Tuesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/04/1061682

Syria coronavirus threat sparks broad UN containment effort
news.un.org | 2020-04-14
The United Nations and its partners are doing their utmost to support a comprehensive, multi-pronged effort to stem the impact of COVID-19 in Syria, where the viral disease has claimed the lives of two people, sickened 23 others and presented epic challenges for ensuring the smooth delivery of life-saving assistance.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/04/1061722

Preventing Cytomegalovirus Infection After Liver Transplant: An Evolving Approach
Desai AN, Malani PN. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-04-14
Despite recent advances in the management of patients following liver transplant, cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection remains a substantial cause of morbidity and mortality among this population. Clinicians and transplant centers have adopted varying approaches to managing CMV-seronegative liver transplant recipients with CMV-seropositive donors, a recipient group that is at highest risk for developing CMV-associated complications. Antiviral prophylaxis is typically initiated soon after transplant for a period of several months. Although the most widely used strategy, prophylaxis is limited by the incidence of delaye…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2764441

At least 7 dead after TORNADOES wreak havoc across southern US states, leveling homes & knocking power lines (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-04-13
Several people died after powerful tornadoes swept through parts of southern America, damaging homes, knocking down power lines and blocking roads with uprooted trees. Louisiana and Mississippi have been hit the hardest. | At least seven people were killed after tornadoes combined with severe rainstorms battered Mississippi. One fatality was confirmed in Walthall County, two in Lawrence County, three in Jefferson Davis County, and another one in Jones County as of Sunday evening. | Soso, MS has been hit by a tornado. Damage everywhere. pic.twitter.com/KaedWPL76M– Jam…
rt.com/usa/485628-tornadoes-damage-louisiana-lockdown/

Dr. Marandi: Blocking My Voice on Social Media Networks Shows US Degree of Intolerance
Fars News | iranian.com | 2020-04-12
Seyed Mohammad Marandi, senior Iranian political analyst and university professor, blasted the American social media networks for silencing influential pro-resistance voices, including his accounts, saying that the move is a clear indication of their deep intolerance of all opposition. Speaking in an exclusive interview with FNA, Dr. Marandi said, "There is a large number of …
iranian.com/2020/04/12/dr-marandi-blocking-my-voice-on-social-media-networks-shows-us-degree-of-intolerance/

I'm Queer and I've Been in Solitary. Ellen Isn't Experiencing What I Did
Dominique Morgan | aclu.org | 2020-04-09
On Monday, I ended a 12-hour day returning emails to incarcerated queer folks, providing direct aid for housing to folks living with HIV & AIDS who have been incarcerated and challenging the state of Nebraska to provide humane conditions for incarcerated individuals and decided to mindlessly scroll on Twitter. , , I found the quote from the show Ellen DeGeneres filmed from her multimillion-dollar, multi-room mansion: "One thing that I've learned from being in quarantine is that people

Facebook's Strategy for Taking Down Hate Groups is Spotty and Ineffective
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2020-04-07
Facebook continues to provide a safe haven for hate groups and extremists despite the company's attempts to "stop the most egregious and dangerous groups from using its tools." Hatewatch staff previously reported several extremist groups and pages currently active on the platform directly to Facebook in 2018.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/07/facebooks-strategy-taking-down-hate-groups-spotty-and-ineffective

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