Mostly for my personal reference. These are some of my favourite sites for tracking coronavirus cases.
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Thursday, July 16, 2020
Digitally Removing the Confederate Flag from Old Films
I saw the following posted as a comment on an article about whitewashing of black characters and thought it was a very good comment, and thus worthy of a blog post:
And honestly, I agree with this idea.
Furthermore, organizations like Netflex could even take a stand on this issue by refusing to display films like "Smokey and the Bandit" and others until the studios which own their rights take the necessary steps to remove the confederate flag from any film where the flag doesn't need to be there.
While we are fixing this problem, can we also got back to old movies and REMOVE something digitally that very often doesn't need to be there?
Eg. The Confederate Flag.
There is a time and place for the confederate flag, like in Civil War movies or in films where racism plays an important role, but films like "Smokey and the Bandit" however, wherein two of the protagonists are driving around in a black Trans Am with a confederate flag on the front next to the license plate... That is unnecessary.
Yes, the villain in the film (the evil sheriff Buford T. Justice) is a racist bigot, so racism does play a role in the film... But if anyone should have the confederate flag on his car, it should be the racist sheriff. Not the protagonist.
This problem can be seen in other films too. "Smokey and the Bandit" is hardly the exception.
We should also be digitally removing the confederate flag from many other movies and even TV shows. Eg. Dukes of Hazard should definitely remove all the confederate flags.
If the Washington Redskins can finally change their racist name, isn't it time we digitally remove unnecessary symbols of racism from films?
And honestly, I agree with this idea.
Furthermore, organizations like Netflex could even take a stand on this issue by refusing to display films like "Smokey and the Bandit" and others until the studios which own their rights take the necessary steps to remove the confederate flag from any film where the flag doesn't need to be there.
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Advertise on my personal blog for $10 per post
Wait, did you read that correctly?
Yes, just $10 USD to get a blog post on my personal blog.
It isn't a lot, but it is affordable. It is a small blog, but growing.
If you're a musician, in a band, selling pianos... Whatever it is you are selling (concert tickets, used guitars, etc) just send an email to the address below. My advertising manager will handle your request. (I have outsourced the advertising to a 3rd party so that I don't personally have to deal with people.)
Email lilithgallery@gmail.com to inquire about advertising your guest post on my site.
Yes, just $10 USD to get a blog post on my personal blog.
It isn't a lot, but it is affordable. It is a small blog, but growing.
If you're a musician, in a band, selling pianos... Whatever it is you are selling (concert tickets, used guitars, etc) just send an email to the address below. My advertising manager will handle your request. (I have outsourced the advertising to a 3rd party so that I don't personally have to deal with people.)
Email lilithgallery@gmail.com to inquire about advertising your guest post on my site.
Thursday, June 11, 2020
Do you want to get Radiation Poisoning from your food?
Doug Ford.
The name brings fear to the minds of many people in Ontario.
Doug Ford is the Premier of Ontario, and he is a jerk. A real nasty jerk. He wants to dump nuclear waste in Bruce County, close to the town of Teeswater. The Teeswater River (and the underground aquifer beneath the region) supplies the drinking water to:
If you live Ontario you've eaten food many times from Bruce County. Guaranteed. You've drank the milk. You've eaten the cheese. You've eaten beef, pork, turkey and chicken. You've eaten the corn, the potatoes, the soy products. You've drank Aquafina water.
Even if you are a vegan and don't eat milk and dairy, you should still care where your soy products and other vegetables are grown and where your bottled water comes from.
And that is why you should care.
If you care about what you eat, then you should protect what you eat. Learn more at:
https://www.protectsouthbruce-nodgr.org/
If you care write to Doug Ford. Tweet him. Phone him and leave an angry voicemail.
Share this post. Copy/paste it to other websites. Share it on Facebook. Share it on Twitter. Share the memes below.
Show that you care about your food and where it comes from.
Protect your food and your health from Doug Ford.
The name brings fear to the minds of many people in Ontario.
Doug Ford is the Premier of Ontario, and he is a jerk. A real nasty jerk. He wants to dump nuclear waste in Bruce County, close to the town of Teeswater. The Teeswater River (and the underground aquifer beneath the region) supplies the drinking water to:
- Tens of thousands of people.
- Dairy cows.
- Water for agricultural farming (corn, potatoes, soy beans and more).
- Water for Aquafina bottled water.
- Cattle, pigs, turkeys and chickens. Bruce County is the Beef Capital of North America, but it also produces a lot of other meat products.
If you live Ontario you've eaten food many times from Bruce County. Guaranteed. You've drank the milk. You've eaten the cheese. You've eaten beef, pork, turkey and chicken. You've eaten the corn, the potatoes, the soy products. You've drank Aquafina water.
Even if you are a vegan and don't eat milk and dairy, you should still care where your soy products and other vegetables are grown and where your bottled water comes from.
And that is why you should care.
If you care about what you eat, then you should protect what you eat. Learn more at:
https://www.protectsouthbruce-nodgr.org/
If you care write to Doug Ford. Tweet him. Phone him and leave an angry voicemail.
Share this post. Copy/paste it to other websites. Share it on Facebook. Share it on Twitter. Share the memes below.
Show that you care about your food and where it comes from.
Protect your food and your health from Doug Ford.
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Coronavirus Prediction
So the number of global coronavirus cases quadrupled during the last 3 weeks from 500,000 to 2 million.
I get my coronavirus stats at https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
Doing some math we should expect the following when it comes to prediction the virus numbers:
Now you might think, okay, that is a lot... We will be near the peak sometime in August. It could happen sooner, or later, depending on how much people try to quarantine and self-isolate to slow down the spread. But it is going to continue to spread. We cannot quarantine everyone. We still need to be able to buy food/toilet paper/etc.
But by the end of 2020 I am predicting 1.5 billion cases unless we manage to quarantine and isolate people so we can keep the numbers lower.
Presently the coronavirus is killing 20% of the people who get it.
So about 300 million deaths. That puts it on par with 4 times the total death count of WW2 (75 million people died during WW2).
Of course... Some people are calculating the total differently. I have seen other estimates of 100 to 400 million deaths. It really depends on how many people get it.
The biggest deciding factor of course is how much people are self-isolating. If lots of people refuse to isolate then the number will be much higher. If many people do the right thing and self isolate then we can expect a lower number.
I get my coronavirus stats at https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
Doing some math we should expect the following when it comes to prediction the virus numbers:
- May 6th, 8 million coronavirus cases.
- May 27th, 32 million coronavirus cases.
- June 17th, 128 million coronavirus cases.
- July 8th, 600+ million coronavirus cases.
Now you might think, okay, that is a lot... We will be near the peak sometime in August. It could happen sooner, or later, depending on how much people try to quarantine and self-isolate to slow down the spread. But it is going to continue to spread. We cannot quarantine everyone. We still need to be able to buy food/toilet paper/etc.
But by the end of 2020 I am predicting 1.5 billion cases unless we manage to quarantine and isolate people so we can keep the numbers lower.
Presently the coronavirus is killing 20% of the people who get it.
So about 300 million deaths. That puts it on par with 4 times the total death count of WW2 (75 million people died during WW2).
Of course... Some people are calculating the total differently. I have seen other estimates of 100 to 400 million deaths. It really depends on how many people get it.
The biggest deciding factor of course is how much people are self-isolating. If lots of people refuse to isolate then the number will be much higher. If many people do the right thing and self isolate then we can expect a lower number.
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