2021.05.24 Oxygen Enema
Life is like a box of chocolates. - Forrest Gump
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Show Notes
Apologies, our dear Audient. The release of this episode was delayed much longer than expected
Alternative Titles
- Eagle Death Spirals
- Moar Death Spirals
RIP and Infected
Indigenous Deaths in Custody
Domestic Violence
Palestine
COVID-19
- FSA: 604,087 (last week 600,533)
- Worldwide: 3,479,591 (last week 3,406,343)
- India: 303,751 (last week 278,751)
- Brazil: 449,185 (last week 436,862)
- Australia: 910
Follow Up
ALP finally has a policy on the Indue card https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/may/23/labor-promises-to-scrap-privatised-cashless-welfare-card-if-elected
Private health insurance in a death spiral? https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/may/20/australias-private-health-insurance-industry-in-a-death-spiral-report-says
Belarus https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/24/belarus-seizure-blogger-ryanair-flight-us-outcry
Eagle Death Spirals https://twitter.com/FeelGoodPage11/status/1385873308961280006
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCe7MiStE5o
Sultan Qaboos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuH3yaAYJWE
Things
Volcanos (in Africa?!) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/22/nyiragongo-volcano-erupts-in-eastern-congo
Zimgarn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur_(continent)
Mammals breathing through their anus https://phys.org/news/2021-05-mammals-anus-emergencies.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azBkMZuqu0c
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfluorodecalin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peritoneal_dialysis
ISIS up, Boko Haram down https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/21/isis-linked-fighters-in-nigeria-cant-claim-reward-for-boko-haram-leader-says-us
Ceuta and Melilla, Morocco and Polisario: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/23/blm-activist-sasha-johnson-in-critical-condition-after-gunshot-to-the-head
Relations between Morocco and Spain have been strained after Madrid decided to allow Brahim Ghali, the leader of the Polisario Front, to be hospitalised in northern Spain after he contracted Covid-19. The Polisario Front has long fought for the independence of Western Sahara from Morocco.
Israel can’t stop poking the bear https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/23/backed-by-israeli-police-jewish-settlers-storm-al-aqsa-compound
Dramoa in Samoa: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/24/coup-claim-as-samoas-elected-leader-locked-out-of-parliament
Colombia: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/5/22/the-colombian-protests-reflect-a-deep-legitimacy-crisis https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-56967209
Oman https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/24/rare-protests-in-oman-over-jobs-draw-massive-police-response https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuH3yaAYJWE
Stacks
Bezos... Jeff Bezos https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/amazon-mgm-acquisition-talks-9-billion-1234975168/ https://variety.com/2021/film/news/mgm-amazon-james-bond-sale-1234979005/
Right to repair https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-20/microsoft-and-apple-wage-war-on-gadget-right-to-repair-laws
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