2021-01-05: Social Media Postees

Please be social by posting these 'POSTEES' on social media! (Copy the text of the postee below, then paste it on social media and the story images will also appear.)

Covid-19: Egypt health minister under fire for attending wedding amid pandemic
Nadda Osman | middleeasteye.net | 2021-01-05
Covid-19: Egypt health minister under fire for attending wedding amid pandemic | Social media users have contrasted the minister violating lockdown measures with the dire state of Egypt's overwhelmed hospitals | Nadda Osman | Tue, 01/05/2021 – 11: 47 | The large wedding was compared to scenes of hospitals and medical staff facing shortages in Egypt (Screengrab/Twitter) | Egypt's Health Minister Hala Zayed has come und…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-covid-health-minister-wedding-uproar

Wednesday 1/6: Arctic is Not For Sale! Day of Solidarity to Protect Arctic Refuge & Indigenous Cultures
Defend the Sacred Alaska | indybay.org | 2021-01-05
Virtual action on social media…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/01/04/18839191.php

'Exhausted' university student in tears over 'lack of support' during pandemic
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2021-01-05
An "exhausted" university student has gone viral after sharing an emotional post about the lack of support she says students have received during the pandemic.Kiera Murrell, who studies psychology at the University of Bournemouth, shared a photo of herself in tears and wrote: "In case anybody wondered how it looked or felt to be a university student in a pandemic."I am so exhausted and drained. I have spent my afternoon crying into a Terry's chocolate orange because I have received not a single bit of support since university moved online in March, just like everybody else on my course." | A university student in…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2021/01/05/exhausted-university-student-in-tears-over-lack-of-support-during-pandemic/

Antiviral Drug Approved for Postexposure Flu Prevention
Voelker R. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-01-05
The approved indication for baloxavir marboxil has been expanded to include postexposure influenza prevention for patients 12 years or older.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2774669

NY gov Cuomo threatens hospitals with FINES if they don't vaccinate at maximum capacity
rt.com | 2021-01-04
Hospitals that don't use up their supply of Covid-19 vaccines within a week of receiving them will be punished with hefty fines and barred from receiving further doses, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has declared. | The governor warned hospitals that fail to deploy their vaccine stocks within a week of receiving them that they will not only be fined up to $100,000 but also be cut out of future vaccine distribution. He has repeatedly criticized the rollout of the jab as too slow. | t.co/hxul1gIfrM pic.twitter.com/6pYGrmvTWf– ABC News (@ABC)

Head of Ukrainian doctors' group accuses government of 'lying' over refusal to register Russian Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine
rt.com | 2021-01-04
A row in Kiev over the government's decision not to register a Russian-made coronavirus jab has worsened, with one of the country's most senior doctors saying officials are not being straight about the reasons behind the move. | Sergey Kravchenko, the head of the National Medical Chamber of Ukraine, a public organization representing doctors, rubbished claims that Kiev could approve vaccines only once they had completed phase-three trials. Writing on Facebook on Sunday, he said it was "a lie [from health officials] that it is impossible to register the Sputnik V vaccine." | The World Health Organization, he sa…
rt.com/russia/511514-doctors-group-government-vaccine-refusal/

London police hassle old woman for feeding birds, tell her to 'DISPERSE' because of Covid-19 restrictions
rt.com | 2021-01-04
Feed the birds, tuppence a bag? Not in the new UK coronavirus lockdown. A video circulating on social media shows an elderly woman, who was feeding bread to pigeons, being told by London police to 'disperse.' | The video, which was posted on YouTube late Sunday, shows an old woman with a pushcart feeding the birds near London's Marble Arch. Two police stand near the woman and her grey-bearded male companion, and one of the officers urges them to leave the area voluntarily because of restrictions on gathering. | "Feeding the birds, and getting hassled," says an onlooker filming the encounter from behind the…
rt.com/uk/511522-covid-police-disperse-old-woman/

All in for $2K
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2021-01-04
A few weeks ago I had exchanges with people on Twitter in which I argued against across the board payments to individuals. I was concerned that these were likely to come out of other provisions (most importantly unemployment insurance) in the pandemic relief package. Since most people have actually not seen their income cut from…
counterpunch.org/2021/01/04/all-in-for-2k/

All in for $2K
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2021-01-04
A few weeks ago I had exchanges with people on Twitter in which I argued against across the board payments to individuals. I was concerned that these were likely to come out of other provisions (most importantly unemployment insurance) in the pandemic relief package. Since most people have actually not seen their income cut from…
counterpunch.org/2021/01/04/all-in-for-2k/

EMERGENCY TWITTER/PHONE CALL ALERT! Alabama prison hunger striker beaten
Devin C | workers.org | 2021-01-04
On the morning of Jan. 4, a prisoner participating in the #Alabama11 hunger strike was beaten and bloodied by a guard, Officer Landrum, at the instructions of Sgt. Williams, for his participation in the hunger strike. The prisoner's name is Ronnie Miller, #244648. He is out of the infirmary, but . . . | Continue reading EMERGENCY TWITTER/PHONE CALL ALERT! Alabama prison hunger striker beaten at Workers.org
workers.org/2021/01/53593/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=emergency-twitter-phone-call-alert-alabama-prison-hunger-striker-beaten

Australian woman activist arrested in Tanzania over social media post
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-01-04
Sydney, Australia, Jan 4 (efe-epa).- An Australian activist, who has renounced her Islamic faith and now campaigns for women's rights, has been arrested and charged in Tanzania over a social media post. The activist had criticized the president of the African country for his handling of the coronavirus outbreak. A Foreign Ministry official told EFE …
laprensalatina.com/australian-woman-activist-arrested-in-tanzania-over-social-media-post/

"Jeopardy!" champ Ken Jennings stumbles into more controversy after defending "Bean Dad" on Twitter
Ashlie D. Stevens | salon.com | 2021-01-04
Jennings' podcast co-host John Roderick went viral for a parenting story; then his anti-Semitic tweets resurfaced…
salon.com/2021/01/04/bean-dad-ken-jennings-jeopardy-controversy/

Caribbean volcano rumbles back to life, MSM fake news about evacuation orders spread panic
rt.com | 2021-01-04
After decades of inactivity a volcano on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent has rumbled back to life. As authorities brace for a potential eruption, misinformation about evacuation orders on major news outlets is spreading panic. | Contrary to reports in the local and international media, the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency has unequivocally stated that no evacuation orders have been issued amid increased activity at the Soufriere volcano. | The National Emergency Management Organization of St. Vincent and The Grenadines issued an urgent tweet Sunday to deny reports that evacuation orders had b…
rt.com/news/511498-caribbean-volcano-msm-fake-evacuation-order-panic/

Conservatives Spent 2020 Accusing Facebook of Being Biased Against Them, but Engagement Data Tells a Different Story
Kayla Gogarty | commondreams.org | 2021-01-04
In 2020, right-leaning Facebook pages consistently earned more interactions than ideologically nonaligned and left-leaning pages—again. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/facebook-google-privacy.jpeg
commondreams.org/views/2021/01/04/conservatives-spent-2020-accusing-facebook-being-biased-against-them-engagement?cd-origin=rss

The ABC's Of Google's New Union
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-01-04
Google workers have organized for pay equity, opposed unethical uses of machine learning, protested sexual assault, and more. Our small team at Collective Action in Tech has been archiving these organizing events for years. Now the workers of Google's parent company, Alphabet, are building worker power through a non-contract union they've named The Alphabet Workers Union. | This isn't the first time Google workers are unionizing. In 2017, Security guards at Google and Facebook had their union recognized and fought through a long contract negotiation. In 2019, Google cafeteria staff employed by vendor Bon Appetit…
popularresistance.org/the-abcs-of-googles-new-union/

Greta Thunberg thanks birthday well-wishers and says she's headed to the pub
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2021-01-03
Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg has thanked well-wishers for their messages on her 18th birthday and joked she would be spending it in the pub exposing the "dark secrets" behind climate change conspiracy. | Drinking age: | In an interview to mark her birthday, Thunberg said she has stopped buying new clothes and holds no grudges against people who fly or decide to have children. | Posting on Twitter, she joked: | Thank you so much for all the well-wishes on my 18th birthday! | Tonight you will find me down at the local pub exposing all the dark secrets behind the climate- and school strike conspir…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2021/01/03/greta-thunberg-thanks-birthday-well-wishers-and-says-she-is-headed-to-the-pub/

Morales hailes martyr Soleimani's braveries
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-01-03
TEHRAN, Jan. 03 (MNA) — In a tweet on Sunday, ex-Bolivian president Evo Morales hailed Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani's struggles against imperialism and in defense of the sovereignty of nations suffering from foreign aggression.
en.mehrnews.com/news/168024/Morales-hailes-martyr-Soleimani-s-braveries

'Our martyrs commanders & our commanders martyrs'
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-01-03
TEHRAN, Jan. 03 (MNA) — In a tweet on Sun. Secretary-General of al-Nujaba said it is an honor to be a nation whose martyrs are commanders and its commanders are martyrs.
en.mehrnews.com/news/168017/Our-martyrs-commanders-our-commanders-martyrs

Zionist minister reacts to Zarif's tweet on Israeli plots
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-01-03
TEHRAN, Jan. 04 (MNA) — The Israeli regime's so-called Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz has reacted to recent remarks by the Iranian foreign minister about Tel Aviv's plots in Iraq.
en.mehrnews.com/news/168023/Zionist-minister-reacts-to-Zarif-s-tweet-on-Israeli-plots

Prayer Walk Demands Justice For Native Man Assaulted By US Feds
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-01-03
Native groups have taken to Petroglyphs National Monument in Tiwa Territory, commonly known as Albuquerque, New Mexico, to demand justice for Darrell House, a native man who was brutally tasered by rangers of the U.S. National Park Service (NPS), while he offered prayers on a hike with his sister and dog one week ago. | A prayer walk from Ogahpogeh (Santa Fe) arrived to the site on Saturday afternoon, as reported by The Red Nation's Nick Estes, who tweeted, "#JusticeforDarrell walk ended at Petroglyphs National Park. Askia Trujillo from Ohkay Owingeh led the prayer walk. Walkers are demanding the firing of the tw…
popularresistance.org/prayer-walk-demands-justice-for-native-man-assaulted-by-us-feds/

Facebook and the Street
Ron Jacobs | zcomm.org | 2021-01-02
The fact of Facebook has created a situation where the Left often seems to have forgotten how to organize…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/facebook-and-the-street/