Why Israel Fears the Nakba: How Memory Became Palestine's Greatest Weapon
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-21
On May 15, thousands of Palestinians in Occupied Palestine and throughout the 'shatat', or diaspora, participated in the commemoration of Nakba Day, the one event that unites all Palestinians, regardless of their political differences or backgrounds. For years, social media has added a whole new stratum to this process of commemoration. #Nakba72, along with #NakbaDay …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/why-israel-fears-the-nakba-how-memory-became-palestines-greatest-weapon/

Why Israel Fears the Nakba: How Memory Became Palestine's Greatest Weapon
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-21
On May 15, thousands of Palestinians in Occupied Palestine and throughout the 'shatat', or diaspora, participated in the commemoration of Nakba Day, the one event that unites all Palestinians, regardless of their political differences or backgrounds. | For years, social media has added a whole new stratum to this process of commemoration. #Nakba72, along with #NakbaDay and #Nakba, have all trended on Twitter for days. Facebook was inundated with countless stories, videos, images, and statements, written by Palestinians, or in global support of the Palestinian people. | The dominant Nakba narrative remains &#150…
mintpressnews.com/israel-fears-nakba-memory-palestinian-greatest-weapon/267757/

Why Israel Fears the Nakba: How Memory Became Palestine's Greatest Weapon
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-21
On May 15, thousands of Palestinians in Occupied Palestine and throughout the 'shatat', or diaspora, participated in the commemoration of Nakba Day, the one event that unites all Palestinians, regardless of their political differences or backgrounds. | For years, social media has added a whole new stratum to this process of commemoration. #Nakba72, along with #NakbaDay and #Nakba, have all trended on Twitter for days. Facebook was inundated with countless stories, videos, images, and statements, written by Palestinians, or in global support of the Palestinian people. | The dominant Nakba narrative remains &#150…
mintpressnews.com/israel-fears-nakba-memory-palestinian-greatest-weapon/267757/

What do laptops, children's shoes and fake oil spills have in common?
Extinction Rebellion | zcomm.org | 2020-05-21
Using their laptops and phones, and specially coded software, hundreds of synchronised rebels have bombarded websites, swarmed social media, and email blitzed major polluters and their enablers…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/what-do-laptops-childrens-shoes-and-fake-oil-spills-have-in-common/

VIRUS: COVID-19 registry first to track global ICU experience to shed light on trends in care of critically ill patients
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-21
MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill

In the Fight to Curtail the Climate Crisis, the Earth Just Moved a Little
Alec Connon | commondreams.org | 2020-05-20
JPMorgan Chase is the world's largest funder of fossil fuels. Without that money, the fossil fuel companies simply can't afford to build their new mines, pipelines or fracking wells. (Photo: Antonia Juhasz/Twitter) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/shut_down_chase.jpg …
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YouTube Censors Epidemiologist Knut Wittkowski for Opposing Lockdown
Jon Levine | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-20
this is an article by NYP. Selected excerpts | Big Tech companies are aggressively tamping down on COVID-19 "misinformation"

[Commentary] Corona crisis fuels racially profiled hate in social media networks
Annika Stechemesser, Leonie Wenz, Anders Levermann | thelancet.com | 2020-05-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has the world firmly in its grip with more than 2.5 million confirmed cases worldwide [1] and over 100 countries in full or partial lockdown [2] (as of April 24th, 2020). Although political leaders call for solidarity and people all over the world have started support initiatives, various incidents prove that the corona outbreak has also given rise to a series of discrimination and racist attacks against Chinese people and people with Asian looking features [3–5]. These attacks are not restricted to the physical space but pertain to social media networks as well.
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[Commentary] Serosurveys and convalescent plasma in COVID-19
Cristina Pérez-Cameo, Juan Marín-Lahoz | thelancet.com | 2020-05-17
The current pandemic is not only overwhelming the health systems of the affected countries but also is killing thousands of other ways healthy adults. Convalescent plasma has been proposed [1] and approved to treat COVID-19 based on the experience acquired treating other viral diseases such as influenza, Ebola, and SARS [2]. It is considered a safe treatment (at least its side effects and contraindications are well known) and it has proven to be efficacious in several viral infections for more than a century.
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Grading the States' Coronavirus Control
Jim Naureckas | fair.org | 2020-05-17
I recently wrote a Twitter thread ( 5/12/20) about another New York Times graphic feature that was a good idea, strangely executed. | The good idea, which appears on the Times' "Coronavirus in the US" page, is to sort states in terms of how well they're controlling the coronavirus outbreak, using graphs of the daily count of new cases in each state. This seems like a good cho…
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Missing the Context of De Blasio's 'Jewish Community' Tweet
Ari Paul | fair.org | 2020-05-16
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio's tweet ( 4/28/20) to "the Jewish community." | Time for a Yiddish lesson: Shanda, meaning a shame or disgrace; a scandal. | Right-wing voices throughout the media thought they found one with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's tweet ( 4/28/20) about a Hasidic funeral that violated Covid-19 social-distancing rules. But their shoddy coverage was the real shanda. | The background is this: Some Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn, members of a strictly Ort…
fair.org/home/missing-the-context-of-de-blasios-jewish-community-tweet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=missing-the-context-of-de-blasios-jewish-community-tweet

Regime Change Back In Focus: Pompeo Targets Iran, Cuba & Venezuela In Epic Tweet Thread
Zero Hedge | iranian.com | 2020-05-21
Given the very noticeable rise in threatening rhetoric focused on Iran over the past week, it seems thoughts of regime change in Tehran are once again top of the agenda. Or perhaps simultaneously the administration needs a significant distraction of sorts amid the coronavirus pandemic, and the persistent national reopening question and agenda. On Wednesday, Secretary …
iranian.com/2020/05/20/regime-change-back-in-focus-pompeo-targets-iran-cuba-venezuela-in-epic-tweet-thread/

Google Play Removes Iranian App Used against Coronavirus
Tasnim News | iranian.com | 2020-05-17
The anti-Iran sanctions imposed by the "Wild West" have forced Google to remove Iranian mobile application 'Mask', developed to tackle the novel coronavirus and warn people to avoid high-risk areas, from its Play Store, a health official said. Iranian Health Ministry spokesperson Kianoosh Jahanpoor said in a post on his Twitter account that the homegrown …
iranian.com/2020/05/16/google-play-removes-iranian-app-used-against-coronavirus/

Scientists dismiss claims 'mega doses' of vitamin D can protect against Covid-19
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-19
Scientists have dismissed "very misleading" social media reports that so-called "mega doses" of vitamin D can protect against coronavirus.Some articles have claimed that the vitamin can act as a protective measure

Zuckerberg insists Facebook ready for 'arms race' over 2020 US election interference
rt.com | 2020-05-21
Facebook is more prepared to deal with potential state-sponsored interference in the upcoming 2020 US presidential election than it was four years ago, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has claimed in an interview. | The social media giant, which also owns Instagram and WhatsApp, has been under heavy public scrutiny since the 2016 US presidential election. It was blamed for allowing disinformation campaigns

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov hospitalised in Moscow with suspected coronavirus – reports
rt.com | 2020-05-21
The head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov is reportedly under medical supervision because of suspected Covid-19. Moscow news agency Interfax broke the news on Thursday afternoon, citing a source in health care circles. | Rumours of his evacuation to the Russian capital by private jet had been circulating on anonymous social media channels earlier in the day, and were picked up by several popular news outlets. "Kadyrov is suspected of having coronavirus, he is under the supervision of doctors," Interfax quoted its source as saying. | The news agency emphasised that it does not have official confirmation.
rt.com/russia/489375-kadyrov-hospitalized-suspected-coronavirus/

'Dystopian hell world': Walmart & Pepsi blasted for 'Covid-19 testing site' promotional banner
rt.com | 2020-05-21
Pepsi and Walmart are taking heat online over a banner which was seemingly hung outside one of the retail chain's stores cheerily advertising a Covid-19 testing site along with the beverage giant's latest slogan. | "Covid-19 testing site

Active shooter 'neutralized' at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi in Texas, base on lockdown
rt.com | 2020-05-21
A US Navy air base in Corpus Christi, Texas is on lockdown after an active shooter incident at the facility. Soon after the alarm was raised, officials said the shooter had been "neutralized." | The shooting was reported at around 6.15am local time Thursday. As Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) investigators and local law enforcement responded, airbase officials warned anyone near the north gate of the base to "get out and away to safety." | "Execute lockdown procedures

Active shooter 'neutralized' at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi in Texas, base on lockdown
rt.com | 2020-05-21
A US Navy air base in Corpus Christi, Texas is on lockdown after an active shooter incident at the facility. Soon after the alarm was raised, officials said the shooter had been "neutralized." | The shooting was reported at around 6.15am local time Thursday. As Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) investigators and local law enforcement responded, airbase officials warned anyone near the north gate of the base to "get out and away to safety." | "Execute lockdown procedures

'I can't wait to prosecute': Lawyers for NFL duo clash over armed robbery charges & 'bullsh*t tweets about $70k dice game'
rt.com | 2020-05-21
New York Giants star Deandre Baker, who handed himself in after allegedly stealing $12,000 in cash and watches last week, is at the center of a new lawsuit against co-defendant and player Quinton Dunbar over a tweet from a party. | Patrick Patel, who is one of the representatives defending Baker against four counts of armed robbery with a firearm and four counts of aggravated assault, has reacted furiously to a photo and text message posted on Twitter by a lawyer for Seahawks cornerback Dunbar, claiming that Baker has been falsely framed. | The tweet, which appeared to show the organizer of the party bragging…
rt.com/sport/489361-baker-dunbar-arrest-nfl/

Tory branded 'arrogant hypocrite' after calling left-wing UK MPs 'lazy' for wanting remote parliament to continue
rt.com | 2020-05-21
A Conservative lawmaker has faced a fiery backlash after calling left-wing and pro-Scottish independence MPs "lazy" and "work-shy," after they voiced opposition to returning to a "physical" Parliament, amid the Covid-19 crisis. | Henry Smith, the Tory MP for Crawley, took to Twitter on Thursday to make the accusations

'Selfish' or 'correct'? Twitter's blue checks go to war over New York Post cover story demanding NYC lockdown ends NOW
rt.com | 2020-05-21
As the New York Post prepares to run a cover story urging for an immediate end to the Big Apple's lockdown, pundits have raced to their battle stations to fire off a barrage of hot takes and pithy attacks on the hot-button column. | …
rt.com/usa/489284-new-york-post-reopen-nyc/

Morning Mika demands Twitter censor Trump over murder accusations, wants to speak with CEO Jack and lawyer
rt.com | 2020-05-20
MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski wants to see the manager. She is attempting to get President Donald Trump's Twitter account banned over tweets in which he accused her husband Joe Scarborough of murder. | The president regularly uses social media to slam critics in legacy outlets, but his recent tweets about 'Morning Joe' co-host Scarborough were particularly harsh, as they relate to the 2001 death of an intern in the former congressman's office. | Conspiracy theories have swirled around the death for years, although the medical examiner at the time found it to be accidental, reporting the intern passed out from an…
rt.com/usa/489258-mika-morning-joe-trump-twitter-cold-case/

Trump threatens to CUT OFF Michigan's funding after state decision to send absentee ballot applications to ALL registered voters
rt.com | 2020-05-20
US President Donald Trump has threatened to cut federal funding to Michigan following a decision by state officials to send absentee ballot applications for the August primaries and November general election to registered voters. | Trump tweeted Wednesday morning that Michigan was sending "absentee ballots" to 7.7 million people, saying that the move was made "illegally and without authorization" by Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, who he said had gone "rogue." He added that he would ask "to hold up funding to Michigan." | Breaking: Michigan sends absentee ballots to 7.7 million people ahead of Pr…
rt.com/usa/489221-trump-funding-michigan-ballots/

'Potential benefit outweighed the risk': Trump's doctor pens letter in defense of HCQ, Twitter still unconvinced he's taking it
rt.com | 2020-05-19
With media and online pundits going into a full-blown meltdown after US President Donald Trump said that he was taking hydroxychloroquine as a prophylaxis against coronavirus, his doctor issued a statement in support of the drug. | Trump's admission late Monday that he has been taking the experimental drug, originally designed to treat malaria and several other conditions, has caught many off-guard, spawning a torrent of reactions online. | The White House physician says he and the president "concluded the potential benefit from treatment outweighed the relative risks." The FDA says there's no evidence hydroxy…
rt.com/usa/489029-hydroxychloroquine-doctor-letter-trump/

Elimination of Zionist regime doesn't mean eliminating Jews: Leader
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-21
TEHRAN, May 21 (MNA)

'No Probe, Huh?': Swiggy, Zomato in Hot Water Over 'Stale Food' Deliveries Amid Pandemic
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-21
New Delhi (Sputnik): As people are confined to their homes due to the lockdown, online food delivery platforms are booming. However, scores of people have been venting on social media about the poor quality of food on online platforms.
sputniknews.com/india/202005211079372330-no-probe-huh-swiggy-zomato-in-hot-water-over-stale-food-deliveries-amid-pandemic/

#IndiansAgainstTikTok Trends on Twitter as Chinese App Faces Flak for 'Violent Content'
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-21
New Delhi (Sputnik): Chinese micro-video sharing app TikTok has the highest number of users in India at 200 million. However, the app remains plagued by controversy for its content, which has been branded as culturally degrading.
sputniknews.com/india/202005211079373468-indiansagainsttiktok-trends-on-twitter-as-chinese-app-faces-flak-for-violent-content/

US: FedEx to rehire two black employees after viral video
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-21
American cargo company FedEx said early Thursday it offers reemployment to two African-American workers who were fired after sharing a confrontation video with a white costumer."We are aware of the incident in GA [Georgia] that led to the release of two drivers employed by a service provider. We're offering employment while investigating to ensure an appropriate outcome," it said on Twitter.The company added that it takes allegations of "discrimination, retaliation, or improper employment actions" seriously.A driver of FedEx shared the video on Twitter Wednesday, which went viral within hours, saying he and a co-…
yenisafak.com/en/world/us-fedex-to-rehire-two-black-employees-after-viral-video-3530094

Texas naval air station reports active shooter
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-21
The U.S. Navy said on Thursday it is aware of reports of a possible active shooter at a naval air station in Corpus Christi, Texas.The station itself tweeted earlier there was an active shooter near one of its gates and that the base was in lockdown.
yenisafak.com/en/world/texas-naval-air-station-reports-active-shooter-3530096

'Boogaloo Boy' Arrested in Texas, Charged With Plotting To Murder Cops on Facebook Live
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2020-05-15
"Boogaloo Boys"

"Weaponized and Racialized": Police Departments Use COVID-19 to Target Black & Brown Communities
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-11
Viral images have shone a spotlight on uneven policing. Some show police officers distributing masks to White residents in crowded New York City parks

HIGH-FREQUENCY failure of combination antiretroviral therapy in paediatric HIV infection is associated with unmet maternal needs causing maternal NON-ADHERENCE
Jane R. Millar, Nomonde Bengu, Rowena Fillis, Ken Sprenger, Vuyokazi Ntlantsana, Vinicius A. Vieira, Nisreen Khambati, Moherndran Archary, Maximilian Muenchhoff, Andreas Groll, Nicholas Grayson, John Adamson, Katya Govender, Krista Dong, Photini Kiepiela, Bruce D. Walker, David Bonsall, Thomas Connor, Matthew J. Bull, Nelisiwe Nxele, Julia Roider, Nasreen Ismail, Emily Adland, Maria C. Puertas, Javier Martinez-Picado, Philippa C. Matthews, Thumbi Ndung'u, Philip Goulder, the Ucwaningo Lwabantwana Consortium | thelancet.com | 2020-05-08
The success of early infant testing and cART initiation strategies is severely limited by subsequent cART non-adherence in HIV-infected children. Although there are practical challenges to administering paediatric cART formulations, these are overcome by mothers who themselves are cART-adherent. These findings point to the ongoing obligation to address the unmet needs of the mothers. Eliminating the particular barriers preventing adequate treatment for these vulnerable women and infants need to be prioritised in order to achieve durable suppression of viraemia on cART, let alone HIV cure/remission, in HIV-infecte…
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30088-2/fulltext?rss=yes

Facebook Is Go-To Platform For Organizing Protests Against Social Distancing
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2020-05-04
As COVID-19 continues to pose a lethal threat worldwide, fringe, right-wing activists are using Facebook to mobilize protests of stay-at-home orders in several states.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/05/05/facebook-go-platform-organizing-protests-against-social-distancing