How to use Social Media to Drive Environmental Change: Climate Change
Ecology Center in Berkeley | indybay.org | 2020-04-26
Online via Livestream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/24/18832609.php
How to use Social Media to Drive Environmental Change: Become an Influencer of Change
Berkeley | indybay.org | 2020-04-26
Online via livestream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/24/18832611.php
OPD arrests two outreach volunteers in East Oakland Collective's parking lot
via social media | indybay.org | 2020-04-26
Oakland police officers reportedly didn't even know who they were pulling over in this case – the outreach volunteers are driving rental cars that were lent by a dealership to organizations doing work in the community.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/24/18832633.php
Sunday's Andrew Marr Show was even more of a clusterf*ck than usual
Steve Topple | thecanary.co | 2020-04-26
It was quite the Sunday morning for the Andrew Marr Show. Because it managed to let a Tory minister off the hook, treat the Scottish First Minister completely differently, and leave it to a scientist to warn about the government's coronavirus (Covid-19) science mantra. Just the usual for the BBC, really. | Nicola Sturgeon: cool, calm, collected: | First out of the blocks was Nicola Sturgeon. Some people on social media thought her appearance showed that of a "true leader"; the "best" in the UK apparently: | Nicola Sturgeo…
thecanary.co/trending/2020/04/26/sundays-andrew-marr-show-was-even-more-of-a-clusterfck-than-usual/
Have Nepal's People Managed a Healthy Breakthrough in the Covid-19 Crisis?
Barbara Nimri Aziz | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-26
"We're all going to die!" This feeble appeal came in a Facebook phone call with B. Thapa from deep within Nepal's eastern hills. | Our conversation was in early March when news headlines from Italy and the U.S. began to alarm …
globalresearch.ca/have-nepal-people-managed-healthy-breakthrough-covid-19-crisis/5710819
May Day Virtual Rally
San José May Day Coalition | indybay.org | 2020-04-26
Watch: | Facebook Live: @sanjosemayday | Instagram Live: @mayday.sanjose‚Äã…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/23/18832605.php
Parisians defy Covid-19 lockdown with outdoor DANCE PARTY that prompts police raid (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-04-26
Dozens of people gathered in a posh historic district of Paris for an impromptu street party, dancing to music blasted by a resident from his balcony amid the coronavirus lockdown. The party triggered a rapid police response. | The footage from the 18th arrondissement of Paris which includes Montmartre shows a group of people swaying and spinning to Dalida's 'Let me dance', with a crowd of onlookers gathering. | Le 18ème vient officiellement de s'auto-déconfiner (et il aimerait qu'on le laisse danser). pic.twitter.com/xXkkRJ490w– Corentin Chrétien-Droz (@CocoChrist)…
rt.com/news/486928-paris-covid-dance-party/
'The hardest working president in history': Trump goes on Twitter rant against 'fake media' with Nobel Prizes for Russia stories
rt.com | 2020-04-26
US President Donald Trump blasted the media over reports about his laid-back work schedule, and suggested taking Nobel Prizes away from journalists who pushed Russia collusion stories, mistaking the award for the Pulitzer. | "The people that know me and know the history of our Country say that I am the hardest working President in history," Trump wrote on Sunday afternoon, kicking off a firestorm of anti-media tweets. | The people that know me and know the history of our Country say that I am the hardest working President in history. I don't know about that, but I am a hard worker and have probably gotten…
rt.com/usa/486940-trump-tweets-noble-prize/
'The hardest working president in history': Trump goes on Twitter rant against 'fake media' with Nobel Prizes for Russia stories
rt.com | 2020-04-26
US President Donald Trump blasted the media over reports about his laid-back work schedule, and suggested taking Nobel Prizes away from journalists who pushed Russia collusion stories, mistaking the award for the Pulitzer. | "The people that know me and know the history of our Country say that I am the hardest working President in history," Trump wrote on Sunday afternoon, kicking off a firestorm of anti-media tweets. | The people that know me and know the history of our Country say that I am the hardest working President in history. I don't know about that, but I am a hard worker and have probably gotten…
rt.com/usa/486940-trump-tweets-noble-prize/
'I never said it was a hoax!' Trump unloads on media in fiery rant, says coronavirus briefings 'not worth the time and effort'
rt.com | 2020-04-26
US President Donald Trump fired off a scathing broadside at the mainstream media, accusing them of peddling the false claim that he called the coronavirus a hoax, and suggesting the Covid-19 briefings are a waste of time. | "What is the purpose of having White House News Conferences when the Lamestream Media asks nothing but hostile questions, & then refuses to report the truth or facts accurately," the president tweeted on Saturday evening. | What is the purpose of having White House News Conferences when the Lamestream Media asks nothing but hostile questions, & then refuses to report the truth or facts accu…
rt.com/usa/486904-trump-hoax-coronaviurus-briefing/
'I never said it was a hoax!' Trump unloads on media in fiery rant, says coronavirus briefings 'not worth the time and effort'
rt.com | 2020-04-26
US President Donald Trump fired off a scathing broadside at the mainstream media, accusing them of peddling the false claim that he called the coronavirus a hoax, and suggesting the Covid-19 briefings are a waste of time. | "What is the purpose of having White House News Conferences when the Lamestream Media asks nothing but hostile questions, & then refuses to report the truth or facts accurately," the president tweeted on Saturday evening. | What is the purpose of having White House News Conferences when the Lamestream Media asks nothing but hostile questions, & then refuses to report the truth or facts accu…
rt.com/usa/486904-trump-hoax-coronaviurus-briefing/
#KIMJONGUNDEAD is a rumor, but political jokes at North Korean leader's expense are already here
rt.com | 2020-04-25
Rumors of North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un's declining health have inspired a bevy of mocking and agenda-driven tweets from both the left and right. | The hashtag #KIMJONGUNDEAD began trending on Twitter shortly after Reuters reported that China had dispatched a team of medical experts to the country to advise on his well-being. Although next to nothing is known for sure, social media went into a frenzy with memes and posts that had less to do with North Korea and more to do with US politics. | 'Dilbert' creator and political author Scott Adams used the news to take a shot at former Vice President Joe…
rt.com/usa/486889-kim-jong-un-undead-twitter/
#KIMJONGUNDEAD is a rumor, but political jokes at North Korean leader's expense are already here
rt.com | 2020-04-25
Rumors of North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un's declining health have inspired a bevy of mocking and agenda-driven tweets from both the left and right. | The hashtag #KIMJONGUNDEAD began trending on Twitter shortly after Reuters reported that China had dispatched a team of medical experts to the country to advise on his well-being. Although next to nothing is known for sure, social media went into a frenzy with memes and posts that had less to do with North Korea and more to do with US politics. | 'Dilbert' creator and political author Scott Adams used the news to take a shot at former Vice President Joe…
rt.com/usa/486889-kim-jong-un-undead-twitter/
#KimJongUnDead Sparks Concern Over Whereabouts of North Korean Leader
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-25
Following the public absence of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this week, rumors began to surface that he might be seriously ill or even dead, which triggered a global speculation Saturday when a fake social media hashtag, #KIMJONGUNDEAD, quickly went viral. | RELATED: | Kim Jong Un Doesn't Want His Country to End Up Like Libya | The 36-year-old leader of the isolated nation has not been seen publicly in over two weeks. Amid reports that he was facing a health crisis following recen…
telesurenglish.net/news/KimJongUnDead-Spark-Concern-Over-Whereabouts-of-North-Korean-Leader-20200425-0009.html
Blast from the past: Recording of a call to Larry King bolsters Tara Reade's claim Joe Biden sexually assaulted her
rt.com | 2020-04-25
The mainstream media's dismissal of Tara Reade's claims she was sexually assaulted by then-Senator Joe Biden just became more awkward after a video emerged of her mother's 1993 call into CNN's Larry King Live. | The minute-long clip that surfaced on Friday shows a female called into Larry King Live from San Luis Obispo, California on August 11, 1993, seeking advice about her daughter who just left Washington after having "problems" with "a prominent senator." | BREAKING: Is this the mother of Joe Biden's accuser talking to CNN in 1993? pic.twitter.com/rF7jw35s2F– Med…
rt.com/usa/486862-reade-biden-cnn-video/
HHS Spokesman Tweeted About Chinese People Sucking "Blood Out of Rabid Bats"
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-24
Before he was officially named to…
truthout.org/articles/hhs-spokesman-tweeted-about-chinese-people-sucking-blood-out-of-rabid-bats/
Illinois, Michigan governors hit Trump response to coronavirus pandemic
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-24
WASHINGTON–Democratic Govs. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois and Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan have been targets of GOP President Donald Trump's incendiary tweets during the coronavirus pandemic. Wednesday, they got a chance to hit back. They did, Whitmer politely, Pritzker less so. The two governors head states whose big cities, Chicago and Detroit, have been hard-hit by …
peoplesworld.org/article/illinois-michigan-governors-hit-trump-response-to-coronavirus-pandemic/
L4A bashes Trump – the visible enemy
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-04-23
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement by the Legalization for All Network (L4A) | Monday night [April 20] Trump tweeted, "In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!" The "Invisible Enemy" Trump is referring to is COVID-19. Deaths in the U.S. have risen to a staggering 45,318 at the time of writing this statement; the numbers are going up constantly. The blame however cannot be placed on immigrants, the blame is on Tru…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/4/23/l4a-bashes-trump-visible-enemy
Facebook quietly stops letting advertisers target PSEUDOSCIENCE fans after years of boasting 'misinformation fighting' role
rt.com | 2020-04-23
Having claimed to be a crusader against misinformation during the coronavirus pandemic, Facebook has only just removed the ability for advertisers to target users "interested in pseudoscience," journalists have discovered. | The social media behemoth finally removed the "pseudoscience" category from its advertising platform on Wednesday, several days after investigators at The Markup first confronted it. They questioned the inconsistency between Facebook declaring war…
rt.com/usa/486720-facebook-pseudoscience-ad-misinformation/
Facebook quietly stops letting advertisers target PSEUDOSCIENCE fans after years of boasting 'misinformation fighting' role
rt.com | 2020-04-23
Having claimed to be a crusader against misinformation during the coronavirus pandemic, Facebook has only just removed the ability for advertisers to target users "interested in pseudoscience," journalists have discovered. | The social media behemoth finally removed the "pseudoscience" category from its advertising platform on Wednesday, several days after investigators at The Markup first confronted it. They questioned the inconsistency between Facebook declaring war…
rt.com/usa/486720-facebook-pseudoscience-ad-misinformation/
Oath Keepers Chaplain Quits Over Leader's COVID Response
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2020-04-23
Chuck Baldwin, who has served as the national chaplain of the antigovernment Oath Keepers since 2013, announced his resignation early Tuesday morning on Facebook.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/23/oath-keepers-chaplain-quits-over-leaders-covid-response
Chicago: Celebration of International Workers Day planned
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-04-23
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'Fake nurse' Twitter account researcher responds to 'fake news' claims
John Ranson | thecanary.co | 2020-04-23
On 21 April, The Canary's Tom Coburg reported on claims of a raft of fake Twitter accounts purporting to be NHS workers. These accounts, which are no longer active, allegedly supported the government's position on the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. It was claimed that 128 accounts had been controlled by a single person, with links to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). | The DHSC called…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/04/23/fake-nurse-twitter-account-researcher-responds-to-fake-news-claims/
Overuse of Continuous Pulse Oximetry for Bronchiolitis
Cheston CC, Vinci RJ. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-04-21
Bronchiolitis, a viral infection of the lower respiratory tract, is the most common cause of hospitalization among children younger than 2 years, and generated estimated direct hospital costs of $734 million in 2016. Clinical practice recommendations from the Choosing Wisely campaign and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) specifically target medical overuse for children with bronchiolitis in an effort to improve value of medical care for the approximately 130‚ÄØ000 infants admitted each year with this disease. Amid recommendations related to prevention, diagnosis, and management of bronchi…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2764684
Turkey flies out coronavirus patient after being denied treatment in Sweden
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-26
A Turkish air ambulance left Malmo Airport at 9 a.m. local time (0700GMT) and arrived at the Ankara Esenboga Airport at 1: 30 p.m. local time (1030GMT).After routine health checks, the patient Emrullah Gulusken and his three children were taken to Ankara Sehir Hospital.In Malmo, Sweden, Gulusken tested positive for COVID-19 but was denied treatment by authorities. His daughters Leyla and Samira shared posts on social media, asking for help.Turkey's Health Minister Fahrettin Koca took swift action, and brought the family back."A daughter did something that would be an example to all. Our country took very swift act…
yenisafak.com/en/world/turkey-flies-out-coronavirus-patient-after-being-denied-treatment-in-sweden-3517955
Too Hot to Handle? World's Hottest Gran Fumes as TikTok Scrubs Sexy Videos
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-26
Dubbed the "world's hottest gran", Australian model and social media influencer Gina Stewart is a mother of four and a doting grandmother who is famed for her age-defying "all natural" looks.
sputniknews.com/viral/202004261079095774-too-hot-to-handle–worlds-hottest-gran-fumes-as-tiktok-scrubs-sexy-videos-/
Too Hot For Fifty: Melania Trump Gathers Congratulations on Twitter as She Celebrates Birthday
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-26
Some have called her "glacial perfection" and the most stylish first lady ever, others have lambasted her as the "real Marie Antoinette" of our time. Despite being in the midst of controversies related to her husband, Melania Trump has made quite a reputation on her own and left an unforgettable footprint in the history of the United States.
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Trump's threat to Iran has a hollow ring. It betrays angst
M. K. Bhadrakumar | iranian.com | 2020-04-23
A tweet by the US President Donald Trump on April 22 said, "I have instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea." The AP report on it added, "The White House had no immediate comment. The U.S. Navy's Bahrain-based 5th Fleet referred questions …
iranian.com/2020/04/23/trumps-threat-to-iran-has-a-hollow-ring-it-betrays-angst/
Rumors and Fake #KimJongUnDead Hashtag Spark Concern Over Health, Whereabouts of North Korean Leader
Jon Queally, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-04-25
"As of Saturday, it's all rumors and unverified reports. NOBODY KNOWS. But that hasn't stopped American Twitter from exulting in its favorite Kim death cult." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/kim_jong_un.jpg …
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Because 'People Will Die' If They Listen to Trump, #DontDrinkBleach Hashtag Goes Viral
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-04-24
"Anyone who does this will not die from #COVID19 because they will have already poisoned themselves to death." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/trump_lies_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/04/24/because-people-will-die-if-they-listen-trump-dontdrinkbleach-hashtag-goes-viral?cd-origin=rss
Hate Groups and Racist Pundits Spew COVID-19 Misinformation on Social Media Despite Companies' Pledges to Combat It
Hannah Gais | splcenter.org | 2020-04-16
Hate groups and racist pundits have pushed misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic on mainstream social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube throughout the crisis, despite companies pledging to fight fake news about the virus.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/17/hate-groups-and-racist-pundits-spew-covid-19-misinformation-social-media-despite-companies