The First Person To See ALL 79 Major Groups Of Primates In The Wild | Primates | BBC Earth
It’s taken primatologist Russ Mittermeier 49 years to become the first person to see every major group of primate in the wild, but he’s hoping he won’t be the only one. This is the moment he spots the final one, number 79, the kipunji.
Abbott criticises Johnson’s ‘utterly brazen’ PPE claim
DIANE ABBOTT slammed Boris Johnson for the “utterly brazen” claim yesterday that the government’s inability to source and supply personal protective equipment (PPE) has been “enraging” for him.
Five Guys ‘putting profit before people’s lives’ after opening restaurants
The fast-food chain accused of causing chaotic scenes in Sheffield
FAST-FOOD chain Five Guys was accused of “putting profit before people’s lives” after it reopened dozens of restaurants to sell takeaways, leading to chaotic scenes in Sheffield as social distancing broke down.
Panicked staff abandoned their posts, while some customers gave up and went home – even though they had paid for their meals in advance. Others got inside the restaurant and served themselves.
Late in 2014, I made this Real Neat Blog Award. There are so many bloggers whose blogs deserve more attention. So, I wanted to try to do something about that.
It is the first award that I ever made. I did some computer graphics years ago, before I started blogging; but my computer drawing had become rusty. So, I made the award with this logo then.
It is good to see that this award, which later came back to me, since then has gone to many places of the blogosphere. And that some people have made new logos for it; like the one at the top of this blog post.
The rules of this award are:
Put the award logo on your blog.
Answer the 7 questions asked by the person who nominated you.
Thank the person who nominated you and add a link to their blog.
Nominate any number of people linking to their blogs and let them know you nominated them by commenting on their blogs.
Come up with 7 questions for the people you nominated.
My seven questions for my nominees are:
1. Who is your favourite visual artist?
2. Which is your favourite bird species?
3. Which is your favourite mammal species?
4. What is your favourite insect?
5. What is your favourite plant?
6. Where do most visits to your blog come from?
7. If you would be invited to make a space journey, then to which solar system planet would you like to go?
Jamaican singer Millie Small, who had a worldwide hit with the ska song My Boy Lollipop, passed away at the age of 73. She was the first singer from Jamaica to sell millions of records abroad in the 1960s and was one of the founders of the ska genre.
Small recorded the song in a studio in London in 1964. …
The song was in the Netherlands for two weeks in the VARA Time for Teenagers TV show Top 10 and reached a top 3 position in the charts in the US, the UK, Norway and Ireland. In the US, the song was in the lists between greats such as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. …
“It was the first ska song to break through worldwide, and the influence is still visible today,” said Millie Small in a book about the origin of ska. … “One thing is certain: it has opened the doors to all Jamaican artists who came afterwards.”
One particular incident in Indiana raises questions about how regulators and government officials deal with potential safety violations at the global company. Will Evans of Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting reports.
PRESSES COUNTRY TO REOPEN, CLAIMING ‘VIRUS WILL PASS’ Trump acknowledged there will be “some” deaths as states reopen businesses and other activities, which he has been pushing, as coronavirus cases continue to mount. In an interview with ABC News, reporter David Muir asked the president whether “lives will be lost to reopen the country.” “It’s possible there will be some, because you won’t be locked into an apartment or a house,” Trump said, before claiming people are “dying the other way, too,” citing suicides, drug abuse and the effects of lost jobs. [HuffPost]
TRUMP SHIRKS BLAME FOR PPE SHORTAGE President Donald Trump once again deflected blame for his administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, saying he had been too busy with probes into his conduct as president to ensure the federal stockpile of medical supplies was prepared. “Well, I’ll be honest, I have a lot of things going on,” Trump told ABC News anchor David Muir on Tuesday. On the same day, the president failed to wear a face mask during a visit to a mask-making factory — despite signs saying masks were required. [HuffPost]
WHISTLEBLOWER: TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IGNORED WARNINGS ON MALARIA DRUG, CORONAVIRUS A government scientist says he was ousted from his position after raising concerns that the Trump administration wanted to “flood” coronavirus hot spots with a malaria drug that Trump was pushing despite scant scientific evidence it helped. Rick Bright, former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, alleges he was reassigned to a lesser role because he resisted political pressure to allow widespread use of hydroxychloroquine, the malaria drug favored by Trump. [HuffPost]