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A WESTSIDE crofter has been put under supervision for 18 months and told to carry out 140 hours of unpaid work after admitting two charges relating to keeping livestock. Thomas Jamieson, from Walls, has also been disqualified from holding or keeping more than two dogs and three...
A YOUNG man who lashed out at a former partner, causing her to require emergency dental treatment, has been ordered to carry out 80 hours of unpaid work. Barry Coutts, from Cunningsburgh, pleaded guilty to a charge of assault when he appeared at Lerwick Sheriff Court on...
For young climate activists, the pandemic is the defining moment for action Laura Parker © Photos (Clockwise from top left): Victoria Will, Thomas Jamieson, Rebecca Hale, Thomas Jamieson, Tho... Portraits of climate activists. Clockwise from Top Left: Alexandria Villaseñor, Ghslain Irakoze, Kehkashan Basu, Mayumi Sato, Rosie Mills, and Felix Finkbeiner Of all the trauma of the past year, one moment stands out for Alexandria Villase̴̴nor, a teenage climate activist, as the bellwether of what’s in store for the planet: It was last summer, when toxic wildfire smoke spread...
Garrett’s piece prompted questions as to whether the term “pandemicide” in reference to mass death caused by presidential negligence during an infectious pandemic was a new one. Although Garrett didn’t invent the word, we couldn’t find references to it from earlier than the era of the Trump presidency. A Google search and search through newspaper archives didn’t show that the word “pandemicide” was used to describe any previous historical events. We also didn’t find the word currently listed in any dictionaries we consulted. But it has been used by at least four authors on t...