News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
This is an OPEN THREAD, folks. Chat about any of the stories listed, share links to stories that caught your eye today, and generally have a good time discussing whatever you want.
"Soul" wins best animated motion picture #GoldenGlobes https://t.co/DQbuIsKze5 pic.twitter.com/qzqOSZE1di
— CNN (@CNN) March 1, 2021
Melania Trump is out of the White House, but she left her mark on its public spaces https://t.co/h51yXCm5V4
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 1, 2021
The CDC warns that these figures don't represent the total number of such cases circulating nationwide — just those that have been detected by analyzing positive samples. https://t.co/w4h5vA6MSi
— CNN (@CNN) March 1, 2021
Britain said six cases had been detected of the 'P.1' variant identified in the Brazilian city of Manaus, against which current vaccines appear to be less effective. Two were in South Gloucestershire in England and three in Scotland 2/4 pic.twitter.com/lTh4lbnWja
— Reuters Science News (@ReutersScience) March 1, 2021
Side Note: Just sayin’….
Trumplicans: 'Murica!
— Halo's_RevengeEvolved (@In2019Porge) March 1, 2021
Me: With great freedoms comes great responsibilities and the responsibility of being good stewards or you know, it could be worse, you could have this.
Trumplicans: That's not us!
Me: Yeah, no shit, Sherlock. Wear a damn mask and stfu. https://t.co/BuBEQbv2v2
North Texas man, Daniel Caldwell, accused of spraying chemicals on officers during U.S. Capitol riot https://t.co/kl55KuBF0K
— CBSDFW (@CBSDFW) February 28, 2021
Exclusive: It's another gold mine of research for people looking at militias, neo-Nazis, the far-right, QAnon, and everything surrounding January 6th. https://t.co/7ypqZ6J6hl
— WIRED (@WIRED) March 1, 2021
"It takes time to rebuild an entire system and to process individuals at the border in a safe and just way," DHS Sec. Mayorkas says.
— ABC News (@ABC) March 1, 2021
"It takes time to build out of the depths of cruelty that the administration before us established." https://t.co/dgxXqVzwEK pic.twitter.com/dC8YHmQPrU
NEW: DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas: "To put it succinctly: the prior administration dismantled our nation's immigration system in its entirety…Quite frankly, the entire system was gutted."https://t.co/aMtxgQBBsw pic.twitter.com/MVCEPceMTX
— ABC News (@ABC) March 1, 2021
PHOTOS: In the month since the military coup in Myanmar, the mass protests occurring each day are a sharp reminder of the long and bloody struggle for democracy in a country where the military ruled directly for more than five decades. https://t.co/QpKXnV9VoN
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 1, 2021
The New York Stock Exchange announced Friday that it will delist CNOOC, China's third largest oil company and its largest offshore oil producer https://t.co/RegKssClk0
— CNN (@CNN) March 1, 2021
Radar images capture new Antarctic mega-iceberg https://t.co/oTfuKiVpjX
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 1, 2021
JFK meeting in Oval Office with early volunteers for Peace Corps, which he founded sixty years ago today: pic.twitter.com/F2LPBQN6eP
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) March 1, 2021
Cancer survivor Hayley Arceneaux is set to orbit the Earth aboard SpaceX’s Inspiration4 🚀🌍 pic.twitter.com/MWbenHKRhR
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) March 1, 2021