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S02e15 - Fresh Bones (voodoo haitiano)
I [ don't] want to believe
The truth is [not] out there
Quantas das principais teorias da conspiração das últimas décadas surgiram ou foram impulsionados pelo Arquivo X?
02/11/2021,
Temas: Brasil and the world in crisis ( draft ) Sumário: Miríade e Distopia (2004-2024) Em construção: Coletânea de Poesias - draf...
após a Grande Árvore Mãe
, Av. Geraldo Marques, s.n.
, em um terreno de descarte de entulho
, pouco antes do córrego
, corpo de bombeiros
, tg 04-32
https://www.instagram.com/p/CVyllXevvqx1ZTCx11TiKCnlilXRhBdpPV_Ne00/
Por VanRes, 02/11/2021 v.01.e7;a47 (02/11/2021, 19:15 as 19:45)
5ª viagem ao redor da cidade
hesitancy over the vaccines, recorted from Jonathan Cook
For decades our media have preferred to focus on the problems caused by drunk drivers, or speeding motorists, or even car pollution. But these issues, however significant they are in our daily lives, are overshadowed by the far more terrifying reality that our car and oil-dependent economies are taking a suicidal toll on our species by destroying the climate.
Fixating on one can be a way to avoid thinking about the other.
Something similar seems to be happening with Covid. We fixate on vaccines and “anti-vaxxers”, on mandates and passports – on blaming each other – rather than the reality that our societies and our social contracts were long ago hollowed out by corporate interests that captured the state.
If there is hesitancy over the vaccines it is because a portion of society is not afraid enough of the virus either to overcome their fear of a pharmaceutical industry that long ago put profits ahead of people or to set aside their doubts about the capture of our regulatory authorities by those same corporations.
https://www.unz.com/jcook/is-forced-isolation-of-the-unvaccinated-really-the-lefts-answer-to-the-pandemic/
+ As the reconciliation bill is ripped apart one vital program (prescription drugs, paid family leave, clean energy program) after another (free community college, expanded Medicare coverage for vision & dental, corporate and billionaire tax hikes), I wonder if the Democrats feel like they are participating in their own political autopsy? It looks like that to an outsider.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/10/29/roaming-charges-32/
logistics, supply chain, real state
“Tighter Warehouse Space Adds to the Supply-Chain Squeeze” [Wall Street Journal].
“‘Space in our markets is effectively sold out,’ said Thomas Olinger,
chief financial officer of logistics real-estate firm Prologis Inc., in
an Oct. 15 earnings call. ‘In the last 90 days, supply-chain
dislocations have become even more pronounced, with customers acting
with a sense of urgency to secure the space they need.’…. The squeeze on
distribution space is adding to the broader congestion in supply
chains, from tight container shipping capacity to backups at inland rail
hubs, that has locked down inventory restocking efforts and dragged
down economic recovery efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic. Space has
been particularly hard to find near U.S. ports as shippers and logistics
companies seek out warehouses to store containers and goods. The
surging demand for warehouse space since the pandemic began has been
driven by the move by consumers to online shopping and efforts by
retailers to position goods closer to their customers for faster
delivery. After the pandemic moved more shopping online, ‘a good
percentage of that behavior change, it turns out, has stuck,’ said John
Morris, who leads CBRE’s industrial and logistics business in the
Americas.”
NK
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2021/10/200pm-water-cooler-10-27-2021.html
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Por VanRes, 29/03/2021, v02.e7.a47
da aurora em Conselheiro Lafayete
no breakfast/quebra do jejum
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Manufacturing and logistic:
“Chinese magnesium shortage: Global car industry to grind to a halt within weeks amid ‘catastrophic’ halt” [New Zealand Herald (dk)].
“The world’s largest carmakers and other users of aluminium could be forced to halt production within weeks amid a ‘catastrophic’ shortage of magnesium across Europe. Magnesium is a key material used in the production of aluminium alloys, which are used in everything from car parts to building materials and food packaging. China has a near-monopoly on global magnesium manufacturing, accounting for 87 per cent of production, but the Chinese government’s efforts to reduce domestic power consumption amid rising energy prices have slowed output to a trickle since September 20. In Shaanxi and Shanxi provinces, the world’s main magnesium production hubs, 25 plants had to shut down and five further plants slashed production by 50 per cent as a result of the power cuts Europe is expected to run out of magnesium stockpiles by the end of November. On Friday, a group of European industry associations representing cars, metals, packaging and other sectors issued a joint statement warning of the ‘catastrophic impact’ of the production cuts, which they said had already resulted in an ‘international supply crisis of unprecedented magnitude’. The statement called for urgent action from the EU Commission and national governments to work with China to stave off the ‘imminent risk of Europe-wide production shutdowns.'”
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Mr Horter promised another update within weeks but warned "in the meantime, you may want to consider letting your customer base know of this silicon and magnesium availability crisis and also let them know that other products or inputs needed for making billet or slab may also reach a crisis point".
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... the current crisis was a "clear example of the risk the EU is taking by making its domestic economy dependent on Chinese imports".
Europe has grown almost entirely dependent on China for magnesium since Chinese dumping forced the closure of Europe's remaining magnesium production plant in 2001.
"Between 2000 and 2021, China's magnesium production increased from 12 per cent of the global supply to 87 per cent, creating an effective international monopoly on a 1.2 million tonnes per annum market demand," European Aluminium's report said.
"The magnesium sector is only one in a long list of production leakages since the early 1990s.
"European primary aluminium production alone has lost more than 30 per cent of its capacity since 2008. In parallel, China continuously increased production capacity to meet the steady increase in European and global demand for both aluminium and magnesium."
European manufacturers now face "dramatic risks" as China is expected to direct its remaining magnesium production to its own industries, with European companies no longer receiving the necessary raw materials to continue production.
Class Planning October, 27/29, 2021 (Wednesday/Friday) 3rd grade
Summup version
Reading text: Structural racism: what it is and how it works, June 30, 2021, by Vini Lander
Transversal Theme: Ethnic and Racial Relations - Structural Racism
Writing abstract: Main ideas of the text
Reading texts
Talking points:
Cultural Reference: Movies, series episodes, books, events related to the theme
Extended:
Transversal Theme: Ethnic and Racial Relations - Structural Racism
Reading text: Structural racism: what it is and how it works, June 30, 2021, by Vini Lander
Writing abstract: Main ideas of the text
Answer the interrogative pronouns about text : What, who, when, where, how, why (causes), which consequences
Reviewing writing: punctuation, adversative conjunctions (but, although), simple past (did happen/happened)
Reading texts aload in english:
Talking:
Answering 6 WH questions about student example.
What did happen? Whom/where/when/why/how did it happen?
Cultural Reference: Movies, series episodes, books, events related to the theme
(BLM, SAH; MLK/FBI; Stop Asian Hate; Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
Reference: Adapted from: Structural racism: what it is and how it works, June 30, 2021, by Vini Lander (https://theconversation.com/structural-racism-what-it-is-and-how-it-works-158822). Vini Lander is professor of Race and Education and Director of the Centre for Race, Education and Decoloniality in the Carnegie School of Education, Leeds Beckett University )What, whom (who), where, when, why (causes), Which (consequences/example), how
DED -II
*Copiar atividade de uma turma para outra*
Outro ponto para agilizar o processo. Desculpe-me, novamente, se estou sendo redundante.
Lance todas as Atividades Avaliativas do mesmo tipo na sequência.
Por exemplo, lance "Atividades Complementares" de uma turma. Quando terminar, salve e clique em "copiar". Assim copia o cabeçalho (não copia notas ou nomes).
Você só terá que alterar a "Turma" e "bimestre".
O resto do cabeçalho já vem preenchido, com "Disciplina", "Etapa de Matricula", "Valor Máximo", "Descrição da Atividade", "tipo".
Em tempos de processando, e mesmo em tempos normais, agiliza bastante
Prof Vander
postagens relativas a DED
https://vanresnews.blogspot.com/2021/10/ded-em-modulo-processando.html
https://vanresnews.blogspot.com/2021/10/ded-iii-preenchimento-automatico-de.html
https://vanresnews.blogspot.com/2021/10/ded-economize-tempo-ii-copiar-atividade.html
Por Prof. Vander
20/10/2021 - Leituras incomodantes
Cable News’ No. 1 Host Flirts With Fascism (Ari Paul). "These two European leaders [DUDA, from Poland, Orban, from Hungary] have prompted revulsion not just because their platforms are politically extreme, but because they stand against the very ideals—multiculturalism, transnationalism, gay rights and openness in media and academia—that were meant to prevent the kind of nationalistic and authoritarian fervor that resulted in World War II."
“Biden discusses $1.9 trillion top line for economic package and tells Democrats free community college is out” [CNN]. “President Joe Biden informed House progressives Tuesday afternoon that the final bill to expand the social safety net is expected to drop tuition-free community college, a major White House priority, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. And the President discussed a $1.75 to $1.9 trillion price tag [over ten years] for the sweeping spending package, according to a person familiar with the talks. While the number is not finalized, it is far closer to West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin’s $1.5 trillion top line [over ten years] than progressives’ number, which was $3.5 trillion [over ten years]. Moreover, he indicated that the child tax credit — a key Democratic priority — would likely be extended for one additional year, much shorter than what many in their party wanted, one of the sources said. The child tax credit will also likely be means tested, keeping with what Manchin had wanted. Biden also indicated to the group that they would reduce the proposed funding for so-called homecare for the elderly and disabled — down to less than $250 billion, sources said. Democrats had wanted to keep the funding at $400 billion. The President told progressive lawmakers that negotiators are weighing reducing the duration of the paid leave benefit outlined in the package to four weeks, down from a proposed 12 weeks, according to three sources familiar with the meeting.”
Commodities: “Dune Is the Sci-Fi Epic Commodities Traders Have Always Wanted” [Bloomberg]. “At its heart is the spice—the reason Arrakis is so valuable, the (nominal) reason the Atreides are sent there, and the reason the house’s bitter rivals, the Harkonnens, are so keen to wrest the planet back from them. It’s here that the eyes of any commodities traders in the audience will light up as they realize, for what seems like the first time, there’s a blockbuster tailored to their exact interests.” And the ending: “[W]hile not every element manages to come together perfectly, the framing does provide a solid bedrock for the action playing out on screen, as well as an opportunity to reflect on the economic systems that shape our world. If greed is intrinsic to capitalism and inevitably leads to conflict and inequality, that, and sandworms, should be avoided at all costs.”
Shipping: “They’ve been stuck for months on cargo ships now floating off Southern California. They’re desperate” [Los Angeles Times]. “Some 300,000 of these migrant merchant sailors have been stranded on vessels at sea or in ports around the world, according to the International Transport Workers’ Federation, a London-based trade union that is among the maritime agencies lobbying governments to address what’s been labeled the “crew-change crisis.” They endure unbroken monotony and growing desperation. Their unions and charity groups describe exhaustion, despair, suicide and violence at sea, including at least one alleged murder on a cargo ship headed to Los Angeles…. Imagine weeks at sea or at anchor without the ability to contact loved ones, spotty Wi-Fi connections at ports, living on a food budget that amounts to $7.50 per person, per day. Imagine living in cramped quarters, confined to a 680-foot by 98-foot ship for months longer than you agreed to, your direct contact limited to a couple of dozen other crew members. And the coronavirus has added a two-fold stress increase.”
“From Kellogg’s to John Deere, who is striking right now — and why?” [Today]. And the deck: “Workers across the country are demanding better pay and working conditions.”
19.10.2021 - leituras incomodantes e outras leituras
As leituras que mais me incomodaram ontem foram:
- conto: "Son" de John Updike;
- para biografia de Richard Falk, a resenha de Walden Bello: Zionism’s Bête Noire: How Richard Falk Became an Intellectual Pariah. Falk foi UN's Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian Occupied Territory
Outras leituras que me moveram ontem:
poema: "Sedução", de Adélia Prado, em Bagagem. verso: "É de ferro a roda dentada dela.]
capítulo sobre Álvares de Azevedo em "Formação da Literatura Brasileira - Vol II" de Antônio Cândido
artigo: TAVARES, Luma Nunes. Os desafios na produção do texto dissertativo-argumentativo nas aulas de LínguaPortuguesa dos alunos do 3º ano do ensino médio. 2018.
postagem sobre a necessidade de expressar a raiva por Richard Murphy com preâmbulo de Yves Smith: It’s OK To Be Angry. How Else Will We Change the World?
releitura, conversa e revisão do texto 13° "a seleção do tempo" (ínfimos - infinitos)
episódio "Mass", de Raised by wolves
Qual de suas leituras mais te incomodou ontem?
Por VanRes, 20/10/2021 (20/10/2021, 06:35 a 06:50)
"O avanço do agronegócio, em meio à estagnação da renda per capita nacional, pressupôs uma ampla cobertura estatal viabilizada por
desoneração fiscal providenciada pela Lei Kandir, que eximiu as exportações de produtos primários do pagamento do ICMS (1996),
pela isenção tributária de lucros e dividendos (1995) e pela
seguida valorização cambial e
prática das altas taxas de juros a enaltecer a
conversão de empresários industriais em comerciantes, rentistas e neoextrativistas."
https://outraspalavras.net/crise-brasileira/pochmann-assim-o-brasil-regride-130-anos/#:~:text=O%20avan%C3%A7o%20do,rentistas%20e%20neoextrativistas.
saccharin, aspartame, and sucralose. “Sweeteners hurt the ability of gut bacteria to keep us well: Israeli study” [Times of Israel].
Three less common sweeteners,
acesulfame potassium (Ace-K),
advantame, and
neotame,
did not have this effect.
“Artificial sweeteners cause a “breakdown in communication” among gut
bacteria, changing the microbiome and potentially increasing the risk of
disease, Israeli scientists say. Gut bacteria keep people healthy, but
to do so they need to be present in the right balance. This is
maintained in part by a communication mechanism that bacteria use,
called quorum sensing, which enables bacteria to detect and respond to
cell population density by regulating their own genes, affecting their
behavior. ‘Artificial sweeteners disrupt that communication, which
indicates that artificial sweeteners may be problematic in the long
run,’ said Dr. Karina Golberg, who led the peer-reviewed study published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.”
the three most common sweeteners all impeded bacterial communication: saccharin, aspartame, and sucralose.
Three less common sweeteners,
acesulfame potassium (Ace-K),
advantame, and
neotame,
did not have this effect.
“Christie: 2020 Joe Biden ‘is now officially dead and buried'” [The Hill], by Caroline Vakil - 10/03/21
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said on Sunday that 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden "is now officially dead and buried" after the president went to Capitol Hill in an attempt to break an impasse among Democrats on a bipartisan infrastructure bill and a massive social spending package
“‘It’s the death of 2020 Joe Biden. When he went to the Hill, 2020 Joe Biden is now officially dead and buried,’ [Chris] Christie said on ABC’s ‘This Week.’ ‘The guy who ran against the progressives, ran against Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, ran to be a uniter in this country, ran saying he was going to force compromise. And he went up to Capitol Hill, and he capitulated to the progressives, the liberals in his party.’ ‘And why should we be surprised? He couldn’t stand up to the Taliban. How could we expect him to stand up to AOC?’ he added, referring to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), before ‘This Week’ co-anchor Jonathan Karl called his comments a ‘partisan take.'”
“Progressives’ mobilization delusion” [Matt Yglesias, Slow Boring]. “One of the biggest problems with mobilization theory is that in politics (and also other spheres of life), there are a lot of opportunists. And by moving from a straightforward question like ‘is this popular?’ to something harder to measure like ‘does this mobilize voters?’ a lot of people who have specific agendas can make up hazy reasons why you need to prioritize their issues.”
“Why Democrats’ climate goals may test their Latino appeal” [Associated Press]. “Last year, Biden won Cameron County, which encompasses Brownsville and is about 90% Hispanic. But Trump’s margin of the vote increased there by 20 percentage points over 2016. Farther north, Trump flipped oil- and gas-producing, but still heavily Hispanic, Jim Wells and Kleberg counties. ‘We are very dependent on oil and gas. That’s the reason you saw those numbers,’ said [said Mayra Flores, a 35-year-old respiratory care practitioner and organizer for Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign], who was born in Mexico, came to the United State at age 6 and picked cotton every summer growing up after age 12. ‘That’s what people do. That’s where they work.'”
neoliberal playbook:
(1) Degrade public health by underfunding and corruption,
(2) watch it
fail in a very public test, and
(3) replace it with coercion. Best of
all, in future you can go directly to coercion!
05/10/2021
left’s favorite floating signifier: neoliberalism.[Vulgar Marxism].
To grease the wheels of accumulation, every president from Jimmy Carter through George W. Bush helped build out a new model of governance that
cut corporate taxes,
dismantled welfare,
deregulated industry,
broke labor power, and
promoted financialization.
This is the original meaning of what is now the left’s favorite floating signifier: neoliberalism. In George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead, a preacher explains the emergence of the undead by intoning: “When there is no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth.” Well, when there is no more labor to profitably exploit in the periphery, capital will deepen exploitation in the core. If capitalism is a vampire that “only lives by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks,” as Marx described it, then neoliberalism is a zombie, returning to feast on the flesh of loved ones after picking the bones of strangers clean.