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February 1, 2022
Jan 31, 2022
The poetic dance, "The Painting Journey – The Legend of a Panorama of Mountains and Rivers," highlights the aesthetics of traditional Chinese painting, is the latest creation by Han Zhen and Zhou Liya, the joint directors and choreographers of the popular dance drama " The Eternal Wave."
🏮Spring Festival Gala: "The Painting Journey - The Legend of a Panorama of Mountains and Rivers"
Jan 31, 2022
The poetic dance, "The Painting Journey – The Legend of a Panorama of Mountains and Rivers," highlights the aesthetics of traditional Chinese painting, is the latest creation by Han Zhen and Zhou Liya, the joint directors and choreographers of the popular dance drama " The Eternal Wave."
January 31, 2022
Jan 30, 2022
A bald eagle soaring above New York's Central Park was captured in stunning slow-motion footage.
🦅 Bald eagle seen soaring above Central Park, NYC
Jan 30, 2022
A bald eagle soaring above New York's Central Park was captured in stunning slow-motion footage.
January 21, 2022
''Don’t say that I will depart tomorrow—
even today I am still arriving.
My joy is like Spring, so warm
it makes flowers bloom all over the Earth.''
Thich Nhat Hanh
(1926 – 2022)
🌸
''Don’t say that I will depart tomorrow—
even today I am still arriving.
My joy is like Spring, so warm
it makes flowers bloom all over the Earth.''
Thich Nhat Hanh
(1926 – 2022)
January 21, 2022
Jan 10, 2008
Music in this video:
Song
Chump
Artist
Green Day
💥 📽 🍿 🎂THE DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND MOVIE🎂 🍿 🎥 💥
Jan 10, 2008
Music in this video:
Song
Chump
Artist
Green Day
January 16, 2022
Bernie Sanders
November 11, 2019
The antisemites who marched in Charlottesville don't just hate Jews. They hate the idea of multiracial democracy. They hate the idea of political equality. They hate immigrants, people of color, LGBTQ people, women, and anyone else who stands in the way of a whites-only America.
Like other forms of bigotry—racism, sexism, homophobia—antisemitism is used by the right to divide people from one another and prevent us from fighting together for a shared future of equality, peace, prosperity, and environmental justice. So I want to say as clearly as I possibly can: We will confront this hatred, do exactly the opposite of what Trump is doing and embrace our differences to bring people together.
All over the world—in Russia, in India, in Brazil, in Hungary, in Israel, and elsewhere—we see the rise of a divisive and destructive form of politics. We see intolerant, authoritarian political leaders attacking the very foundations of democratic societies. These leaders exploit people’s fears by amplifying resentments, stoking intolerance and inciting hatred against ethnic and religious minorities, fanning hostility toward democratic norms and a free press, and promoting constant paranoia about foreign plots. We see this very clearly in our own country. It is coming from the highest level of our government. It is coming from Donald Trump’s tweets, and from his own mouth.
As a people who have experienced oppression and persecution for hundreds of years, we understand the danger. But we also have a tradition that points the way forward. I am a proud member of the tradition of Jewish social justice.
https://jewishcurrents.org/how-to-fight-antisemitism/
Bernie is not naive. You forget that he is deeply rooted in a tradition of social justice ...
Here is some of what he wrote in Jewish Currents in 2019:
Bernie Sanders
November 11, 2019
The antisemites who marched in Charlottesville don't just hate Jews. They hate the idea of multiracial democracy. They hate the idea of political equality. They hate immigrants, people of color, LGBTQ people, women, and anyone else who stands in the way of a whites-only America.
Like other forms of bigotry—racism, sexism, homophobia—antisemitism is used by the right to divide people from one another and prevent us from fighting together for a shared future of equality, peace, prosperity, and environmental justice. So I want to say as clearly as I possibly can: We will confront this hatred, do exactly the opposite of what Trump is doing and embrace our differences to bring people together.
All over the world—in Russia, in India, in Brazil, in Hungary, in Israel, and elsewhere—we see the rise of a divisive and destructive form of politics. We see intolerant, authoritarian political leaders attacking the very foundations of democratic societies. These leaders exploit people’s fears by amplifying resentments, stoking intolerance and inciting hatred against ethnic and religious minorities, fanning hostility toward democratic norms and a free press, and promoting constant paranoia about foreign plots. We see this very clearly in our own country. It is coming from the highest level of our government. It is coming from Donald Trump’s tweets, and from his own mouth.
As a people who have experienced oppression and persecution for hundreds of years, we understand the danger. But we also have a tradition that points the way forward. I am a proud member of the tradition of Jewish social justice.
https://jewishcurrents.org/how-to-fight-antisemitism/
January 12, 2022
Wednesday January 12, 2022, 1:04pm EST
WASHINGTON -
As the world enters the third year of the coronavirus pandemic, with Omicron surging and cases skyrocketing, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Wednesday, with more than 50 of his Democratic colleagues in the Senate and House, reintroduced lifesaving legislation to manufacture and distribute highly-protective N95 masks to every person in America.
Under Sanders’ Masks for All Act – first introduced in 2020 and developed in consultation with health experts including Andy Slavitt, former COVID-19 advisor to President Biden and the former Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services under President Obama – every person in the U.S. would receive a free package of three N95 respirator masks. This includes individuals who are experiencing homelessness or living in group settings such as prisons, shelters, college dorms, and assisted living facilities, as well as all workers in health settings, from administrative and janitorial, to food service, doctors, and nurses.
Fifteen senators co-sponsored Sanders’ Masks for All Act including, Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Ed Markey (Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.). Reps. Ro Khanna (CA-17), Lori Trahan (MA-03), and Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) are co-leading the legislation in the House, with more than 30 additional cosponsors.
“As we face the rapidly spreading omicron variant, we should remember that not all face masks are created equal,” said Sen. Sanders. “Congress must demand the mass production and distribution of N95 masks, one of the most effective ways to stop the spread of the Covid virus. It is an absolute scandal that in the richest country in the history of the world, high-quality masks are not more readily available to frontline workers, health care workers, and all Americans. We are proposing that we do what our public health experts and scientists say we must do: provide all of our people with high-quality, N95 masks without cost, which could prevent death and suffering and save huge amounts of health care dollars.”
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2022/01/12/sanders-reintroduces-legislation-give-every-american-lifesaving-n95-masks
Sanders Reintroduces Legislation to Give Every American Lifesaving N95 Masks
More than 50 Democratic Colleagues Joined Sanders to Sponsor the Masks for All Act in the House and SenateWednesday January 12, 2022, 1:04pm EST
WASHINGTON -
As the world enters the third year of the coronavirus pandemic, with Omicron surging and cases skyrocketing, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Wednesday, with more than 50 of his Democratic colleagues in the Senate and House, reintroduced lifesaving legislation to manufacture and distribute highly-protective N95 masks to every person in America.
Under Sanders’ Masks for All Act – first introduced in 2020 and developed in consultation with health experts including Andy Slavitt, former COVID-19 advisor to President Biden and the former Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services under President Obama – every person in the U.S. would receive a free package of three N95 respirator masks. This includes individuals who are experiencing homelessness or living in group settings such as prisons, shelters, college dorms, and assisted living facilities, as well as all workers in health settings, from administrative and janitorial, to food service, doctors, and nurses.
Fifteen senators co-sponsored Sanders’ Masks for All Act including, Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Ed Markey (Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.). Reps. Ro Khanna (CA-17), Lori Trahan (MA-03), and Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) are co-leading the legislation in the House, with more than 30 additional cosponsors.
“As we face the rapidly spreading omicron variant, we should remember that not all face masks are created equal,” said Sen. Sanders. “Congress must demand the mass production and distribution of N95 masks, one of the most effective ways to stop the spread of the Covid virus. It is an absolute scandal that in the richest country in the history of the world, high-quality masks are not more readily available to frontline workers, health care workers, and all Americans. We are proposing that we do what our public health experts and scientists say we must do: provide all of our people with high-quality, N95 masks without cost, which could prevent death and suffering and save huge amounts of health care dollars.”
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2022/01/12/sanders-reintroduces-legislation-give-every-american-lifesaving-n95-masks
January 11, 2022
Jan 11, 2022
Sen. Bernie Sanders talks about the Democratic Party’s relationship with the American working class and connecting with striking workers in red states
Sen. Bernie Sanders Breaks Down Why Working-Class Voters Flock to Republicans in Red States
Jan 11, 2022
Sen. Bernie Sanders talks about the Democratic Party’s relationship with the American working class and connecting with striking workers in red states
December 28, 2021
photographer: Michelle Lynn Fritz
photographer: Hope Carter
photographer: Hope Carter
photographer: Hope Carter
photographer: Hope Carter
PIC BY Don Komarechka / Caters news
PIC BY Don Komarechka / Caters news
Dry ice freezes soap bubbles, forming frost patterns. (photo: Julian Schmuckli)
Photos: Ice Crystals Form on Frozen Bubbles
photographer: Michelle Lynn Fritz
photographer: Hope Carter
photographer: Hope Carter
photographer: Hope Carter
photographer: Hope Carter
PIC BY Don Komarechka / Caters news
PIC BY Don Komarechka / Caters news
Dry ice freezes soap bubbles, forming frost patterns. (photo: Julian Schmuckli)
December 24, 2021
Dec 22, 2021
Animated life reconstruction of a close-to-hatching oviraptorosaur dinosaur embryo, based on the new specimen “Baby Yingliang.”
Video Credit: Lida Xing
Excerpt:
A 72 to 66-million-year-old embryo found inside a fossilised dinosaur egg sheds new light on the link between the behaviour of modern birds and dinosaurs, according to a new study.
The embryo, dubbed ‘Baby Yingliang’, was discovered in the Late Cretaceous rocks of Ganzhou, southern China and belongs to a toothless theropod dinosaur, or oviraptorosaur. Among the most complete dinosaur embryos ever found, the fossil suggests that these dinosaurs developed bird-like postures close to hatching.
Scientists found the posture of ‘Baby Yingliang’ unique among known dinosaur embryos — its head lies below the body, with the feet on either side and the back curled along the blunt end of the egg. Previously unrecognised in dinosaurs, this posture is similar to that of modern bird embryos.
In modern birds, such postures are related to ‘tucking’ — a behaviour controlled by the central nervous system and critical for hatching success. After studying egg and embryo, researchers believe that such pre-hatching behaviour, previously considered unique to birds, may have originated among non-avian theropods.
https://www.geologypage.com/2021/12/exquisitely-preserved-embryo-found-inside-fossilized-dinosaur-egg.html
Preserved embryo found inside fossilized dinosaur egg - 'Baby Yingliang' animated reconstruction
Dec 22, 2021
Animated life reconstruction of a close-to-hatching oviraptorosaur dinosaur embryo, based on the new specimen “Baby Yingliang.”
Video Credit: Lida Xing
Excerpt:
A 72 to 66-million-year-old embryo found inside a fossilised dinosaur egg sheds new light on the link between the behaviour of modern birds and dinosaurs, according to a new study.
The embryo, dubbed ‘Baby Yingliang’, was discovered in the Late Cretaceous rocks of Ganzhou, southern China and belongs to a toothless theropod dinosaur, or oviraptorosaur. Among the most complete dinosaur embryos ever found, the fossil suggests that these dinosaurs developed bird-like postures close to hatching.
Scientists found the posture of ‘Baby Yingliang’ unique among known dinosaur embryos — its head lies below the body, with the feet on either side and the back curled along the blunt end of the egg. Previously unrecognised in dinosaurs, this posture is similar to that of modern bird embryos.
In modern birds, such postures are related to ‘tucking’ — a behaviour controlled by the central nervous system and critical for hatching success. After studying egg and embryo, researchers believe that such pre-hatching behaviour, previously considered unique to birds, may have originated among non-avian theropods.
https://www.geologypage.com/2021/12/exquisitely-preserved-embryo-found-inside-fossilized-dinosaur-egg.html
December 18, 2021
Photos: Michigan Doctor: 'Bernie, what are you doing here?!'
@fshakir
We were driving around Michigan yesterday and Bernie Sanders saw a community health center Cherry Health MI and wanted to pop in.
Doctor: “Bernie, what are you doing here?!”
“Just wanted to thank you for the work you’re doing and hear from you"
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@fshakir
Bernie Sanders standing with the striking Kellogg's workers in Michigan and going to the picket lines
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