d6 items of interest week of february 17

Both Plessner and Simmel acknowledge that one can fail to realise the potential of an existence beyond what Heidegger calls the “They”, but crucially, this potential only arises in society and the abhorred distantiality is functional in this realisation. Again, both acknowledge that there is a price to be paid, the loss of warmth and certainty through alienation. But the prize to be won is individual freedom and opportunities for human development which is why Plessner calls for an outright heroism in defence of alienated sociability which affirms ‘the entire essential complex of society for the sake of the dignity of the individual and the social whole’ (Plessner 1999: 69f.).

It has been previously reported that Trump had trouble breathing and a fever on Oct. 2, the day he was taken to the hospital, and the types of treatment he received indicated that his condition was serious. But the new details about his condition and about the effort inside the White House to get him special access to an unapproved drug to fight the virus help to flesh out one of the most dire episodes of Trump’s presidency..

Only eight of the 74 member state GOP’s central committee opposed the punishment in a vote that did not proceed to a formal count. The censure document accused Cheney of voting to impeach Trump, even though the House didn’t offer him “formal hearing or due process.” That followed a 145 61 secret ballot vote this past week in the nation capital in which House Republicans overwhelmingly rebuffed a rebellion by hard right conservatives to toss Cheney from leadership over her impeachment vote. “We need to honour President Trump.

Heard people say, this vaccine, it only going to be 60% against this particular variant. There were many years where our flu shots were 60% effective, and it does a really good job of keeping the flu down. So, 60%, that a whole lot better than 0.60% and then you throw on top of that masking, social distancing, and sanitizing the way we become accustom, we still do a very good job getting control of the pandemic if people would do that.

If a company becomes victim of a cyberattack, not only are they at danger of a huge financial loss but also risk facing grave damage to their reputation. In fact, some companies also face legal damages such as penalty in some cases. Financial damage can occur as hackers get access to sensitive company data with highly private information around their business plans, deals, and even data around finances.