Whaz Up!?! Monday 28 June 2021
Reading time: 3 minutes
It’s been a slow week, so I’ve added two count ’em two new features: Blogs I’m reading this week and #COVID19 in Cambodia. Otherwise, it is all the happenings around Ye Olde Blogge
A Quickie: Social Determinants of Health + the #COVID19 Pandemic = Huge Drop in US Life Expectancy
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Trump’s gross negligence during the #COVID19 pandemic amounts to genocide. Not only has he reduced the average life expectancy of the US by years, the effects on the life expectancy and health of the American people will be felt for years to come.
The Distortions to Our Expectations Social Media Causes Detrimentimental to Our Democracy
Reading time: 6 minutes
I don’t know about you, but my social media feed is full of disappointment over the DoJ, the DAs, and various and sundry investigations not yet resulting in any lock him up! The kind of distortion of our expectations that social media can create is detrimental to our democracy.
Whaz Up?!? Monday 20 June 2021
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It was a busy week around Ye Olde Blogge: we had Father’s Day replete with dad jokes; Juneteenth with a confusing array of state responses; and a amygdala-ful Twitter thread by rhetoritician, Jennifer Mercieca.
Our Increase In Violent Crime is Trump’s Fault
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You’da thunk that with everyone. — okay all the progressive liberal thinking types — at home most of last year, there’d’ve been no crime to speak of much less murder and mayhem, but no, violence, murder, and gun sales all increased last year. Why? You know why. Trump.
Whaz Up! Monday 14 June 2021
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A new semi-regular column letting you know what’s going on this week with Ye Olde Blogge. This week: school’s out, calling your MoC’s about saving our democracy, economy, and climate, and Cambodian #COVID19 news.
Call Your Senators about Protecting Our Democracy, Economy, and Climate — #HotCallSummer UPDATE
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How can we make a difference with our democracy, economy, and climate? We can call our Members of Congress to support the For the People Act, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, the American Jobs Plan, and reforming the filibuster.
Call Your Senators about Talking to Manchin, Sinema, and Others about Modifying the Filibuster — McQonnell says no SCOTUS Justice for Biden, UPDATE
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Now is the time to make your voice heard in the Senate! Call YOUR senators about ending the filibuster. Don’t call Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema, or anyone but YOUR senators. Urge them to (a) support modifying the filibuster and (b) lobbying Manchin, Sinema, and other moderate Democrats about doing so too.
Ultrasociality: The Size and Complexity of our Society Means We have to rely on Each Other to Survive
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Why is truth, honesty, good-faith negotiations, and expert opinion necessary for us to survive as a people and as a democracy? Because our society is too complex for one person to understand it all completely. We must rely on others to make decisions in our best interest.
A Quickie: Osaka, Mental Health, and Accommodation
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As awareness and acceptance of mental health issues increases in our thoroughly modern world, organizations and people should be more prepared to accommodate those whose needs are not being met. Naomi Osaka is a great example of how the arc of history needs to bend towards accommodation.
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