Notices by AnnaAnthro (annaanthro@mastodon.social), page 5

Supreme Court blocks Biden rules against sex discrimination in schools #lgbtq

https://www.npr.org/2024/08/16/nx-s1-5064627/supreme-court-schools

@liztai I put it on my watch list after that great trailer!

Chinese spy thriller Hidden Blade (2023) edited, directed & written by Cheng Er is streaming now on Kanopy & Viki.

Set in 1938 #Shanghai during Japanese occupation, it stars Tony Leung and Wang Yibo.

It is gorgeously lit & filmed. It slips back & forth in time. In between languages too.

While Leung won a golden rooster for his taunt control in his role, frankly, it is #WangYibo that shines as he glowers, smoked & seethes… Worth a watch. #cdrama

Landslide debris & muddy waters from Chilcotin to reach #BC Lower Fraser River delta today | #Canada

https://nationalobserver.com/2024/08/07/news/landslide-waters-reach-bcs-lower-mainland-today

“ #Vermont’s Front Porch Forum is the friendliest social network you’ve never heard of. “

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/10/front-porch-forum-vermont-research-new-public/

My brother is in Kokanee Lake Park in SE #BC Kootenays region and the BC Parks staff have come up with a nifty way to keep #porcupines from eating hikers and campers tires… Chicken wire skirts!

#Belgium’s Olympian falls ill after swimming in the #Seine.

Belgian Team bows out of triathlon: NPR

https://www.npr.org/2024/08/04/g-s1-15326/belgian-olympic-swimmer-seine-e-coli-triathlet

Students scramble after security breach wipes 13,000 devices

“Students in #Singapore are scrambling after a security breach wiped notes and all other data from school-issued #iPads and #Chromebooks running the mobile device management app Mobile Guardian.”

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/08/students-scramble-after-security-breach-wipes-13000-devices/

How Horror #Kdrama Deals with Rural Space

“Kdrama creators know their audiences are hungry to nurse and confront that feeling.

One 2021 study found that horror media in South #Korea was 40 percent more profitable than the global average.”

https://excitedmark.substack.com/p/horror-kdramas-rural-buddhism-bulgasal?publication_id=2455328&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=1spip

#Florida lawyer pleads guilty to bombing attempt on #China’s embassy in Washington #DC as well as attacks on statues of Mao and Lenin in #Texas.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/02/florida-lawyer-pleads-guilty-bombing-chinese-embassy-christopher-rodriguez

#Linguistic origins - #etymology of the word ‘weird’

http://youtube.com/post/Ugkxvtr5aGmmLrJlhWRywIkoq5jk_NucHSFZ?feature=shared

Henrik Christiansen the Norwegian swimmer, and #Olympics Village chocolate muffins: a love affair #Norway

https://www.npr.org/2024/07/31/nx-s1-5058807/olympics-chocolate-muffins-henrik-christiansen

“Earlier this year, Rustad proposed to repeal the Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, (DRIPA).

It affirms the basic human rights of Indigenous people.

It creates economic certainty & social stability by focusing Crown policy on negotiation rather than litigation as the way to solve #BC’s #Indigenous land question.

As a BC Liberal, he voted to pass the act.”

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/07/25/Rustad-Reckless-Indigenous-Policy-Disastrous/?utm_source=weekly&utm_medium=email

#FIFA strips #Canada of 6 points in #Olympic #soccer, coaches banned a year in drone spying on opponents scandal

A National Embarrassment - Seems a light wrist slap.

https://globalnews.ca/news/10647464/canada-soccer-drone-spying-scandal-fifa/

“Half of the Paris #Olympic athletes are women.

It is the first Olympics to achieve gender parity.

Are discussions about #menstruation and periods in sports still taboo?”

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/paris-olympics-women-periods-1.7273423

“ #Texas sues Biden administration to limit teenage access to birth control.”

It begins.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/26/texas-teenage-birth-control-lawsuit

Celine!!! In the rain!!!

#NASA still doesn't know when two astronauts will be able to come home : NPR

https://www.npr.org/2024/07/25/nx-s1-5051972/nasa-still-doesnt-know-when-two-astronauts-will-be-able-to-come-home

In a first, botanists vote to remove offensive #plant names from hundreds of species

“Some have pushed to restore #Indigenous species names and change offensive ones, such as those in the genus Hibbertia, which was named in honor of English antiabolitionist and plantation owner George Hibbert.

A few #botanists have also proposed getting rid of eponyms honoring humans altogether.”

https://www.science.org/content/article/botanists-vote-to-remove-offensive-plant-names-from-hundreds-of-species

Project 2025’s Plan to Eliminate Public Schools Has Already Started

https://time.com/7001264/project-2025-public-school-closure/