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Lockdown Update Day 316
BBC: Covid-19: 'Poor decisions' to blame for UK death toll, scientists say
BBC: Covid map: Coronavirus cases, deaths, vaccinations by country
Petition: Memorial day for all the victims lost to covid
Brookings: What the Capitol insurgency reveals about white supremacy and law enforcement
Politico: Yes, It Was a Coup Attempt. Here’s Why.
What Trump tried is called a “self-coup,” and he did it in slow motion and in plain sight.
Politico: ‘Like a Ghost’ in the White House: The Last Days of the Trump Presidency
In the aftermath of the Capitol riot, Trump’s White House became an insular refuge for a self-absorbed leader detached from the people who had rejected him.
Vox: What Reconstruction teaches us about white nationalism today
Historian Eric Foner on the long tradition of white nationalists clashing with Black people exercising their rights.
Vox: The Capitol Hill mob wanted to intimidate Congress. It’s working.
After receiving death threats, Republicans say they’re afraid to vote to impeach.
The Atlantic: The Capitol Rioters Weren’t ‘Low Class’
The business owners, real-estate brokers, and service members who rioted acted not out of economic desperation, but out of their belief in their inviolable right to rule.
The Atlantic: The Conservative Cult of Victimhood
Trump was a perpetrator who thought himself a victim, and American society has indulged that same illusion among Trump supporters.
Medium: The Most Terrifying Threat to America Is Middle-Class White Guys Cosplaying a Fascist Uprising
We have seen the enemy, and he is Greg from Accounting
Vox: Biden’s “all of government” plan for climate, explained
Rejoining the Paris agreement is just the start of Biden’s climate and clean energy policy.
(No tweets today, but goodness doomscrolling has changed. It's 'MISERY / BIDEN ANNOUNCES RAINBOWS FOR ALL / DEATH / BIDEN TELLS PUTIN TO GET STUFFED / COVID / BIDEN ABOLISHES YET ANOTHER EVIL THING / DISCRIMINATION / LOOK AT BIDEN'S DOGS!...' It's nice. Mostly cause all the depressing stuff is from the UK.)
And something funny to liven things up. From 'Death to 2020' (on Netflix) which you should definitely watch:
And finally, because it's beautiful - The moon photographed over 28 days at the same place and at the same time:
(From here.)
BBC: Covid map: Coronavirus cases, deaths, vaccinations by country
Petition: Memorial day for all the victims lost to covid
Brookings: What the Capitol insurgency reveals about white supremacy and law enforcement
Politico: Yes, It Was a Coup Attempt. Here’s Why.
What Trump tried is called a “self-coup,” and he did it in slow motion and in plain sight.
Politico: ‘Like a Ghost’ in the White House: The Last Days of the Trump Presidency
In the aftermath of the Capitol riot, Trump’s White House became an insular refuge for a self-absorbed leader detached from the people who had rejected him.
Vox: What Reconstruction teaches us about white nationalism today
Historian Eric Foner on the long tradition of white nationalists clashing with Black people exercising their rights.
Vox: The Capitol Hill mob wanted to intimidate Congress. It’s working.
After receiving death threats, Republicans say they’re afraid to vote to impeach.
The Atlantic: The Capitol Rioters Weren’t ‘Low Class’
The business owners, real-estate brokers, and service members who rioted acted not out of economic desperation, but out of their belief in their inviolable right to rule.
The Atlantic: The Conservative Cult of Victimhood
Trump was a perpetrator who thought himself a victim, and American society has indulged that same illusion among Trump supporters.
Medium: The Most Terrifying Threat to America Is Middle-Class White Guys Cosplaying a Fascist Uprising
We have seen the enemy, and he is Greg from Accounting
Vox: Biden’s “all of government” plan for climate, explained
Rejoining the Paris agreement is just the start of Biden’s climate and clean energy policy.
(No tweets today, but goodness doomscrolling has changed. It's 'MISERY / BIDEN ANNOUNCES RAINBOWS FOR ALL / DEATH / BIDEN TELLS PUTIN TO GET STUFFED / COVID / BIDEN ABOLISHES YET ANOTHER EVIL THING / DISCRIMINATION / LOOK AT BIDEN'S DOGS!...' It's nice. Mostly cause all the depressing stuff is from the UK.)
And something funny to liven things up. From 'Death to 2020' (on Netflix) which you should definitely watch:
And finally, because it's beautiful - The moon photographed over 28 days at the same place and at the same time:
(From here.)