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A Federal Judge has blocked plans by the Trump Administration to roll back healthcare protection for transgnder peopleAnd in the sort of surreal bullshit that we should be used to by now, but thankfully aren't,
Trump also lambasted New Zealand for it's "Big surge" in COVID 19 cases. New Zealand has recorded 13 new cases that day, and has had 22 deaths from COVID 19 since the START of the pandemic. Sigh...
A virtual Democractic Convention is underway,
with, to the surprise of no one, Michele Obama making the best speech of the opening night.
In the UK, there was a spectacular U-turn by the Government (after days of "There will be no U turn" of course)
over how exam marks would be awarded following a large outcry over not only how the ranking had been made, but how they penalised porrer areas in particular.And in a move that is widely seen as more politically convenient than wise,
Englands public health body is being dissolved (in the middle of a global-pandemic) to be replaced by a new body....And in Belarus, protests over the recent election continue, with the President being heckled repeatedly at public appearances.In infinitely lighter news, Phineas and Ferb are getting a new movie length special on Disney+
"Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe" 12 foot tall superhero haybales in Northern Ireland with facemasks on..." What more needs to be said? :)
Amboseli National Park in Kenya has reported 170 new elephant calfs being born in 2019, and overall the country has seen its elephant population increase from 16,000 elephants in 1989 to 34,800 by the end of 2019!And "Doctor Who: Time Fracture", an "Immersive Theatrical Adventure" has been announced,
with a trailer and everythingRandom question of the week - What was the first piece of music you bought for yourself, be it download, CD, tape or vinyl (album or single.. yes, I AM that old)