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Joanne Kearsley, the coroner, found that he "died as a result of a severe respiratory condition caused due to prolonged exposure to mould in his home environment" and "action to treat and prevent the mould was not taken".

Curious why academics in #Canada may be reluctant to speak on the #genocide in #gaza Fear of censorship & reprisal, doxing, #hate & accusations of antisemitism. @bhaggart post explains why our article on the political weaponization of antisemitism was difficult to write, & how the war is chilling academic speech in Canada critical of Israeli policies. #academicfreedom #genocideingaza #FreePalestine

This review consists of a systematic assessment of climate change adaptation literature to elicit major trends, discourses, and patterns in how local knowledge is conceived. We report on conceptual and geographic trends within the literature, including the practice of assessing local knowledge against scientific benchmarks, and present results of a textual network analysis that illustrates overlap and co-occurrence among different characterizations of local knowledge. In critically assessing ...

These mortality reductions appear immediately, the economists concluded, "and they persist for at least 10 years." The effects were so large that the recession effectively provided 4% of all 55-year-olds with an extra year of life. And in states that saw big jumps in unemployment, people were more likely to report being in excellent health. Recessions, it would seem, help us stay fitter, and live longer. So what could the explanation be? How does higher unemployment lead to longer life? The...

This week, an anti-colonial uprising broke out in Kanaky, an archipelago in the South Pacific. Kanaky was named “New Caledonia” by British colonizer James Cook and has been occupied by France under that name since the 19th century. The Kanaks are black indigenous peoples of the islands whose cultures face genocide from white French “immigrants” who drive them from their lands and impose capitalism. For more general information: https://www.infolibertaire.net/?s=Kanaky France is a member of ...

“What people aren’t doing is wearing masks, demanding clean air, or otherwise mitigating. The relationship between continual, forcible #COVID reinfection and long-term social and economic consequences … has been purposely obscured …. #media players and politicians have framed public health and economic health as opposing goals. Mitigations and protections were labeled ‘restrictions’ and portrayed as punishments, rather than collective care empowering us” #COVID19 #health https://www.thegaunt...

Vic Govt @DanielAndrewsMP must release Aboriginal people from prison NOW before there are blak deaths in custody. This letter from families whose loved ones died in custody says #CleanOutPrisons before its too late: https://t.co/rMkUddsb2o #COVID19Vic #BlackLivesMatterAustralia https://t.co/a1PKw7Ie6Q

Israel continues to hold 80 Palestinian doctors and medical workers from Gaza and 15 from the occupied West Bank.