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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

May 5, 2020: "Life (And Everything Else) Is What You Make It"



YOUR BLACK META is bringing MAXIMUM AWESOME! Music, Mindful, and META!
Art by Will Lyle, of Thorneater.



This week, YOUR META's has inspiration in the form of great quotes from the likes of Dick Gregory, Dr. Seuss, Hannah Arendt, and Ralph Nader! Plus, more inspiration from the lives of Black scientists, environmentalists, and activists, and THE JOURNALISM WE NEED AND DESERVE . . . via WION's Palki Sharma!
Dat 'Rona is primed to set a spell, but we, Meta-listeners, know all about tenacity and staying power. AND WE WILL NOT BE COWED.

“If you always vote for the lesser of two evils, you will always have evil, and you will always have less.”—Ralph Nader (attributed)
"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not."—Dr. Seuss, The Lorax




—Your Black Meta!

TheBlackMetaWKNY@Gmail.com












Support Our Community AND BE INFORMED



This page is dedicated to sharing real-time information, resources, news, and the important conversations we’re having in Kingston and beyond during this time of unprecedented transformation. It's designed to provide aid and support to our community, and to provide a place of connection for everyone affected by this crisis.


Resources include (but aren't limited to): 
  • Community Fund
  • COVID-19-Related Media, Updates, and Livestreams
  • General Resources
  • Information on Giving and Getting COVID-19-Related Help








Community organizations to connect, to listen, and to be heard:




  • https://citizenactionny.org/about
  • https://citizenactionny.org/events/venues/7-grand-st-kingston-ny-12401-usa





  • https://kingstontenantsunion.org/
  • https://kingstontenantsunion.org/events/
  • https://kingstontenantsunion.org/news/





  • https://riseupkingston.org/
  • https://riseupkingston.org/blog






Your Meta will keep you updated regarding local events and demonstrations as we 
hear about them!






FreedomWalker's Sources, Citations, Credits, and Links




COFFEE & GREEN TEA COMBO



  • No credits for this segment




THE SPRUCE
  • Thespruce.com
  • Greatquotes.com - Dick Gregory


MINDFUL MUSEUM



  • Excerpts from the book. "The Secret Life of Plants" by Peter Tompkins & Christopher Bird
  • Ourcityforest.org- African American scientists, environmentalists, and activists you should know part 1, February 19th 2017 by Vincent Gabrielle











beetle's Sources, Citations, Credits, and Links



~ PLAYING for CHANGE ~



"The Weight | Featuring Robbie Robertson and Ringo Starr| Playing For Change | Song Around The World." Playing for Change, Youtube. [5:46]We’re excited to share our newest Song Around The World, “The Weight,” featuring musicians performing together across 5 continents. Great songs can travel everywhere bridging what divides us and inspiring us to see how easily we all get along when the music plays. Special thanks to our partner Cambria® for helping to make this possible and to Robbie Robertson, Ringo Starr and all the musicians for joining us in celebrating 50 years of this classic song. Take a load off and turn it up!!
Dedicated To "The Band":
Rick DankoLevon HelmGarth HudsonRichard ManuelRobbie Robertson  






Playing For Change is a movement created to inspire and connect the world through music, born from the shared belief that music has the power to break down boundaries and overcome distances between people. Our primary focus is to record and film musicians performing in their natural environments and combine their talents and cultural power in innovative videos we call Songs Around the World. Creating these videos motivated us to form the Playing For Change Band—a tangible, traveling representation of our mission, featuring musicians met along our journey; and establish the Playing For Change Foundation—a separate 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to building music and art schools for children around the world. Through these efforts, we aim to create hope and inspiration for the future of our planet. Learn more: http://playingforchange.com. September 18, 2019. https://youtu.be/ph1GU1qQ1zQ


  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playing_for_Change
  • https://playingforchange.com/






~ The More Things Change. . . . ~


Multimedia

  1. "Mary Mallon Spreads Typhoid Across New York City - Drunk History." Comedy Central, Youtube. March 17, 2020. [8:34] Mary Mallon spread typhoid wherever she went, and all because she wouldn’t wash her hands.  About Drunk History:  Based on the popular web series, Drunk History is the liquored-up narration of our nation’s history. Host Derek Waters, along with an ever-changing cast of actors and comedians, travels across the country to present the rich tales that every city in this land has to offer. Booze helps bring out the truth. It's just that sometimes the truth is a little incoherent. https://youtu.be/12wh0lfHb2U
Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites

Mary Mallon (September 23, 1869 – November 11, 1938), also known as Typhoid Mary, was an Irish-born cook believed to have infected 51 people, three of whom died, with typhoid fever, and the first person in the United States identified as an asymptomatic carrier of the disease. Because she persisted in working as a cook, by which she exposed others to the disease, she was twice forcibly quarantined by authorities, and died after a total of nearly three decades in isolation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Mallon


  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asymptomatic_carrier
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Mallon
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_health
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preventive_healthcare
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_health
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarantine
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoid_fever

~ Deadpool Sez WHUUUUUUUUT??? ~
  1. "Ryan Reynolds, Seth Rogen, & Jay Baruchel on Celeb Responses to COVID-19 | Now This." NowThis News. April 7, 2020. Youtube. [3:31] Leave it to the Canadian celebs to get a coronavirus PSA right.  » Subscribe to NowThis: http://go.nowth.is/News_Subscribe » Sign up for our newsletter KnowThis to get the biggest stories of the day delivered straight to your inbox: https://go.nowth.is/KnowThis  In US news and current events today, Ryan Reynolds and other Canadian celebrities are poking fun at celebs for making COVID-19 all about themselves. Reynolds, Rogen, and Barachel’s  matter-of-fact messages come on the heels of many celebrities catching heat for posting arguably tone deaf videos of their lives in self-isolation without noting the impacts the pandemic has had on average citizens. Gal Gadot and other celebrities put together a video singing from self-isolation that quickly went viral. Many people on social media criticized the video as being out of touch with the severity of the pandemic. Instead calling on celebrities to use their wealth to help those suffering. But Reynolds’ messaging is a celeb PSA we can all get behind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4hCwJkhk-U
  2. "Ryan Reynolds, Michael Bublé And More Canadian Celebs Plank The Curve." ET Canada, Youtube. March 24, 2020. [2:10] After Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kicked off the #PlanktheCurve social media challenge, our favourite Canadian celebrities are encouraging us to stop the spread of COVID-19 by staying home. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgs4jo_WVDk
  3. "Ryan Reynolds Raising Money For COVID-19 Relief With 'Boring As F***' T-Shirts." ET Canada, Youtube. April 17, 2020. [1:22] Ryan Reynolds wants to "bring back boring" with some simple "Conquer COVID-19" black and white t-shirts to help support Canada's healthcare industry during the coronavirus pandemic. ET Canada has all the details on the campaign. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etUMIitcC5I












~ Dr.--WHO??? ~




  1. "Dr. Anthony Fauci Cold Open - SNL." Saturday Night Live, Youtube. April 25, 2020. [3:12] Dr. Anthony Fauci (Brad Pitt) addresses the public to decipher the coronavirus misinformation President Trump has been spreading. https://youtu.be/uW56CL0pk0g
  2. "Watch Brad Pitt Portray Dr. Anthony Fauci on ‘SNL’ | NowThis." NowThis News, Youtube. April 26, 2020. [3:01] Watch Brad Pitt transform into Dr. Anthony Fauci for the second remote segment of ‘SNL.’ In US news and current events today, Brad Pitt played Dr. Fauci on the latest episode of ‘SNL.’ Fauci had joked about being played by Pitt in an April 10 interview with CNN's Alisyn Camerota. SNL delivered during its 2nd episode of pre-taped remote segments. Recently, Pres. Trump retweeted the hashtag #FireFauci after Fauci admitted lives could have been saved if Trump acted earlier on COVID-19. Fauci also has repeatedly warned that the U.S. is not doing enough testing. But Trump has remained firm that the U.S. is doing a ‘great job.’ Pitt ended the sketch with a heartfelt message to Fauci and frontline health care workers. https://youtu.be/oiWA4s-4i-A




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Sources for Meta on the Meta: "Cry, Little Sister"


Multimedia


  1. "Indian News Anchor Mocks Trump for Coronavirus 'Treatment' Remarks | NowThis." NowThis News, Youtube. [3:46] April 29, 2020. In US news and current events today, the coronavirus pandemic has become global news as COVID-19 sweeps across the entire world. Many eyes during the coronavirus pandemic are on the U.S. and how the Donald Trump administration respond to the COVID-19 crisis. Donald Trump appointed VP Mike Pence to lead a White House Coronavirus Task Force (that also includes Dr. Anthony Fauci and others), which holds daily press briefings with Donald Trump on coronavirus news and COVID-19 updates.   A comment from President Donald Trump recently, in which he suggested ingesting disinfectant to treat COVID-19, has been criticized widely. Later, Donald Trump walked back his disinfectant coronavirus treatment statement, saying it was sarcasm. Still, that didn't stop this Indian reporter from mocking President Trump on live television. Take a watch.  For more coronavirus updates and news about COVID-19, follow NowThis News. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV_EGB0i1ko




Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites

  1. "Dr. Seuss Quotes." Theodore Seuss Geisel, The Lorax; Goodreads.com. Accessed May 2, 2020. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/4907-unless-someone-like-you-cares-a-whole-awful-lot-nothing

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deforestation
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Seuss
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palki_Sharma_Upadhyay
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revegetation
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohit_Gandhi
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lorax
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lorax_(film)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lorax_(play)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lorax_(TV_special)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WION_(TV_channel)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-sum_game
  • https://quotefancy.com/quote/1339949/Ralph-Nader-If-you-always-vote-for-the-lesser-of-two-evils-you-will-always-have-evil-and
  • http://www.wionews.com/




Sources for Black X-Files: "If Not Us, Then No One"
Multimedia

  1. [Referenced and resourced, but not aired in segment] "Indian News Anchor Mocks Trump for Coronavirus 'Treatment' Remarks | NowThis." NowThis News, Youtube. [3:46] April 29, 2020. In US news and current events today, the coronavirus pandemic has become global news as COVID-19 sweeps across the entire world. Many eyes during the coronavirus pandemic are on the U.S. and how the Donald Trump administration respond to the COVID-19 crisis. Donald Trump appointed VP Mike Pence to lead a White House Coronavirus Task Force (that also includes Dr. Anthony Fauci and others), which holds daily press briefings with Donald Trump on coronavirus news and COVID-19 updates.   A comment from President Donald Trump recently, in which he suggested ingesting disinfectant to treat COVID-19, has been criticized widely. Later, Donald Trump walked back his disinfectant coronavirus treatment statement, saying it was sarcasm. Still, that didn't stop this Indian reporter from mocking President Trump on live television. Take a watch.  For more coronavirus updates and news about COVID-19, follow NowThis News. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV_EGB0i1ko
Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites

  1. "How ultraviolet (UV) radiation causes skin cancer." Cancercouncil.com.au. Exposure to UV radiation is the main factor that causes skin cells to become cancer cells. Almost all skin cancers (approximately 99% of non-melanoma skin cancers and 95% of melanoma) are caused by too much UV radiation from the sun or other sources such as solaria (solariums, sunbeds, and sun lamps). Accessed May 2, 2020. https://www.cancercouncil.com.au/63295/cancer-prevention/sun-protection/sun-protection-sport-and-recreation/sun-protection-information-for-sporting-groups/how-ultraviolet-uv-radiation-causes-skin-cancer/
  2. "Dr. Seuss Quotes." Theodore Seuss Geisel, The Lorax; Goodreads.com. Accessed May 2, 2020. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/4907-unless-someone-like-you-cares-a-whole-awful-lot-nothing
  3. "Hannah Arendt Quotes: The Origin of Totalitarianism." Hannah Arendt, Goodreads.com. Accessed May 2, 2020. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7662360-in-an-ever-changing-incomprehensible-world-the-masses-had-reached-the
  4. "Hannah Arendt Quotes: The Origin of Totalitarianism." Hannah Arendt, Goodreads.com. Accessed May 2, 2020. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7455307-totalitarianism-in-power-invariably-replaces-all-first-rate-talents-regardless-of
  5. "Hannah Arendt Quotes: The Life of the Mind." Hannah Arendt, Goodreads.com. Accessed May 2, 2020. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/87099-the-sad-truth-is-that-most-evil-is-done-by


  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lorax
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-sum_game
  • https://quotefancy.com/quote/1339949/Ralph-Nader-If-you-always-vote-for-the-lesser-of-two-evils-you-will-always-have-evil-and
  • https://www.merriam-webster.com/news-trend-watch/quacksalver-spikes-from-cbs-report-20200426






Music Playlists





FreedomWalker's Playlist:



  1. The Chairman of the Board: "Give Me Just a Little More Time"
  2. Deep Forest: "Deep Forest"
  3. Talk Talk: "Life's What You Make It"




beetle's Playlist:

  1. Brass Against, featuring Liza Colby: "Mother" (cover)
  2. Marilyn Manson: "Cry Little Sister" (cover)
  3. Playing For Change: "The Weight" (cover)




LYRICS



  • Geniuslyrics.com










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