“For millennia the pods floated in space like spores, propelled by solar winds, occasionally landing on inhabited planets where they would replace the dominant species by spawning emotionless, stony-eyed replicas...” (Invasion of the Body Snatchers)
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The oak apple or oak gall is caused by chemicals injected by the larva of the gall wasp
The wasp lays eggs in leaf buds. The larvae feed on the gall tissue resulting from their secretions
The gall protects the developing larvae until they undergo metamorphosis into adults
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Questioned about his govt’s repeated inexplicable failures to try & control #COVID19 at airports & lack of action to protect the UK from a new Brazilian variant of #coronavirus@BorisJohnson appeared to mutter “oh god” under his breath.
2/. Whilst adherence & enforcement of lockdown rules is vital, the rules need to be clear & adequate support is essential.
I’m not against fining Covidiots who knowingly breach #COVID19 guidance but can we ALSO punish govt ministers who knowingly & repeatedly ignore the science?
3/. On positive note, Prof Reicher says “collective resilience is supplanting a psychology of individual frailty”
As we expand our capacity for cooperation the role of the state becomes “more to do with scaffolding & supporting communal self-organisation” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
“Alone in his decaying pleasure palace, Charles Foster Kane continued to direct his falling empire…vainly attempting to sway, as he once did, the destinies of a nation that has ceased to listen to him." (Citizen Kane) #Trump
2/. Citizen Kane should be viewed as it was intended: as a warning from history
In 1933 Herman Mankiewicz, who co-wrote the screenplay for Citizen Kane, wrote a screenplay about Hitler
The Mad Dog of Europe predicted a future genocide, but was never made
3/. “Farewell to the arts, to eloquence.” (Mary Shelley)
We naturally turn to science for solutions to #COVID19, but the arts shouldn't be ignored
Art & literature not only help us make sense of the world & our responses to it, but can also help uncover truths & offer warnings.
There were a number of highlights, but this version of Sweet Thing by @davidmcalmont, accompanied by @cliffordslapper on the piano, was a spine-tingling.
The scenes on Capitol Hill are the latest - most shocking -proof of what will happen when anger & division are deliberately & incessantly stoked for years on end
Step 2: Sow division
With Trump in US & Brexit in UK, a genie has been let out of the bottle
1/. At 10am, a London court will assess #JulianAssange’s bail application days after they blocked his extradition to US
Whilst the charges that he still faces cast a dark shadow over journalism, his release on bail would be a ray of hope for #Assange.
2/. “The threat to press freedom is maintained.”
Chomsky speaking ystdy, points out that the decision to refuse #JuliaAssange’s extradition on medical grounds whilst accepting the frivolous charges against him, is a “perfect outcome” for US govt. #Assange
3/. Amnesty Intn’l supports #JulianAssange's bail application based on his right not to be arbitrarily detained, his right to health & his right to private & family life.