RIP?

Worldwide (Map) 
October 28, 2021 – 245,213,000 confirmed infections; 4,976,400 deaths
November 5, 2020 – 48,136,225 confirmed infections; 1,225,915 deaths
Worldwide vaccinations: 6,903,622,700. That’s almost 7 billion. (World population: 7.753 billion.) Keep it up, vax-positive humans! 

US (Map) 
October 28, 2021 – 45,711,200 confirmed infections; 741,400 deaths
November 5, 2020 – 9,487,470 confirmed infections; 237,730 deaths

SA (Coronavirus portal) 
October 28, 2021 – 2,920,600 confirmed infections; 89,049 deaths
November 5, 2020 – 730,500 confirmed infections; 19,585 deaths deaths

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The Lincoln Project:
Last week in the Republican Party  (0:30 mins)
Ungrateful  (0:30 min)
A view of America, from a rock star and a former president, in 9:26 minutes. A great interview with two extraordinary guys: “Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen talk 'Renegades'" 
Obama’s question: how do we regain a sense of a common American story? Both men agree: “It’s a generational process….”
Are you in?

Healthy planet, anyone?

Everyone clued-in enough to understand the urgency of the climate crisis probably knows that the ocean has become a dumping zone for plastic and that single-use plastic bottles and bags are choking the planet. 

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Here is a list of a dozen of America’s top “dirtiest” climate villains. 
There are many more, in America and around the world. For example, “The world’s largest investment banks have provided more than $700bn of financing for the fossil fuel companies most aggressively expanding in new coal, oil and gas projects since the Paris climate change agreement."  Also, BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard, 3 of the world’s largest money management companies. 
Question: Who are the climate villains in your country? Do you know?

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To successfully emerge from Covid into a fairer, greener future we need to recognise nature as an essential piece of the puzzle: “Net zero is not enough – we need to build a nature-positive future” >> 

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The Guardian’s Greenlight segment promotes The Climate Pledge , Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’s contribution “of his personal $10 billion” to the Bezos Earth Fund - equivalent to more than 7 percent of his net worth.” (Ironically, Bezos recently spent $5.5 billion to be in space for 4 minutes...but who's quibbling? Better to spend something on cleaning up some of what you’re responsible for.)
On the other hand, his former wife, MacKenzie Scott, contributed $5.7 billion in unrestricted donations “to hundreds” of groups. The seven- and eight-figure gifts were the largest many [charities] had ever received." She’s donated $8 billion since 2020. 

Hmm, just showing up ol’ Jeff? Who cares? Compete away, Bezos... and keep it coming, 

Meanwhile, back at the ranch…

RIP laptop? My laptop is riddled with … something… that makes it most frustrating to use. Today, it goes into “the shop” for an overhaul for what's described as “a couple of days…”
We shall see. Post resume asap….