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As Twitter laid out its action plan for the transitioning of all official White House accounts on Inauguration Day, for the first time an account has been created for Second Gentleman of the USA. The new account not only left social media abuzz but also saw a great surge, gaining more than 4lakh followers just in a day.

US Senator Kamala Harris made history in the 2020 election by becoming the first woman vice-president-elect of USA, and as a result, her husband Douglas Emhoff made history, too. Now, he has officially logged in to @SecondGentleman with his bio reading, “Future Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff. Devoted dad. Proud husband to Vice President-elect Harris.”

On January 20, Democratic leader Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States and his administration will gain control of the official White House Twitter accounts, which include @POTUS, @PressSec and a few others. The news was shared in a tweet by Biden, who announced that @PresElectBiden, will automatically transform into the official @POTUS.

Folks — This will be the account for my official duties as President. At 12:01 PM on January 20th, it will become @POTUS. Until then, I’ll be using @JoeBiden. And while you’re here, follow @FLOTUSBiden @SenKamalaHarris @SecondGentleman and @Transition46.

— President-elect Biden (@PresElectBiden) January 15, 2021

As Emhoff is set to become the first male second spouse in US history, many dubbed it as an iconic moment and ‘second gentleman’ started to dominate trends on the platform.

History is being made: Douglas Emhoff’s new Twitter handle is @SecondGentleman

— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) January 15, 2021

There’s a Second Gentleman. This makes it so real to me. SECOND GENTLEMAN. Look what Kamala Harris did. History. ♥️ https://t.co/RZTVNVOYIp

— Kathleen Smith (@KikkiPlanet) January 15, 2021

I’m now following @SecondGentleman, because he’s a cool dude.
AND HE’S MARRIED TO @KamalaHarris, THE FRIGGIN’ VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!

— Sonia Pacheco (@sonia_pacheco) January 15, 2021

I LOVE that Second Gentleman is trending 🥰🥰 follow @SecondGentleman for the love💖

A historic first. An official “Second Gentleman” putting this in our digital feed for saving this historic digital moment. Congrats to our first @SecondGentleman Mr. Emhoff. pic.twitter.com/0Uwjj5YalL

— Socially Delivered (@WeDeliverSocial) January 15, 2021

I hope all the younger folks out there realize what a really, really big thing it is that we are going to have a female VP. I nearly cry every time I think about it. It’s a really big deal.

— Rose Hartigan (@RoseHartigan) January 15, 2021

Can’t even tell you how happy @SecondGentleman’s handle makes me

— Jane Bisson (@janebisson_) January 15, 2021

We always focus on women as trailblazers, we can’t forget our fellas. Follow @SecondGentleman who is defining himself as a proud husband and dad. Period.

— Marisa Bono (@MarisaBono) January 15, 2021

OMG @SecondGentleman is the best thing I have read in a long long time. 👊👊👊

Go Doug, may you lead the way for men to understand that we are all equal.

— Anna Davidson | Pfizer x 2 | STAT (@PMGPSC) January 15, 2021

Also, for the first time US President-elect has been given a new official presidential Twitter account, but has been forced to start it with zero followers. This is unlike in 2017, when Trump inherited the POTUS account’s 13 million or so followers when it moved from Obama.

Twitter, in a recent blog post, said that as people can watch the Inauguration Day ceremony on the platform, the transitions for all accounts will happen in “real time” on January 20. “These institutional accounts will not automatically retain the followers from the prior administration,” the tech company wrote in the post but did not explained why the decision was made.

However, explaining about gaining followers, the company said that Twitter users who previously followed the institutional White House Twitter accounts or who currently follow the Biden Administration’s current accounts, will receive in-app alerts allowing them to follow the new accounts.

This comes after Trump’s personal and campaign accounts were permanently suspended from Twitter “due to the risk of further incitement of violence,” following the Capitol Hill siege.

“As Twitter will serve as both a venue for people to watch and talk about this political event, and play a key role in facilitating the transfer of official government communication channels, we want to be transparent and clear about what people should expect to see on the platform,” the post read.

The company also explained that like 2017, they will transfer current institutional accounts to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) where the tweets and account history will remain publicly available and the account usernames will be updated to reflect their archived status.

THE Southern Co-op is to start selling out of date food including fruit, vegetables and pasta in a bid to cut down on food waste.

The food is passed its best before date – by up to two days if its fresh or seven days if its dried – and prices will start at 20p.

It means shoppers will be able to pick up discounted tinned fruit, veg, dried pasta and rice, confectionary, condiments, sugar and sweetners, coffee, tea and jams.

From the fresh food aisles, customers can expect to bag bargain soft fruits and fruit juices.

The grub is perfectly safe to eats as long as it’s been stored correctly as the best before date indicates when food is at its best in terms of quality.

Food that has passed its best before date may not taste as good or have a different texture, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA).

Which Southern Co-op stores are running the scheme?

THIRTEEN Southern Co-op stores will be trialling the food waste scheme. These are:

Typically, these dates are applied to the packets of frozen, dried and tinned goods.

It’s food that has passed its use-by date that is unsafe to eat, such as gone-off meat produces or read-to-eat-salads, warns the FSA.

Shoppers will probably want to eat the food shortly after purchasing it from the Co-op, before the quality deteriorates further.

However, only 13 Southern Co-op stores – which is part of the Co-op Group – out of the 201 shops in the south of England will be running the 12-week trial.

It comes after a successful run at two stores in Hampshire – you see the full list of participating stores in the box above.

The retailer said the scheme could be rolled out to more of its shops if it’s a success.

The East of England Co-op has been running a similar scheme since 2017 at all 125 of its shops.

No other supermarket in the UK is currently selling food beyond its best before date, although Morrisons sells boxes of food close to expiry through the Too Good To Go app.

There are also online retailers dedicate to selling food beyond the best before date, such as Approved Food and Cut Price Barry’s.

The goods are sold at a reduced price – one shopper shaved £70 off her grocery bill by shopping for “out of date” food.

The Southern Co-op hopes the move will help tackle the 5million tonnes of food thrown away in the UK every year.

It’s green plans includes reducing its greenhouse emissions from their direct operations by 50% by 2030, compared to 2019.

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Gemma Lacey, director of sustainability and communications at Southern Co-op, said: “People are more aware than ever of the impact of unnecessary food waste.

“We want to go one step further and prove that a large number of products are still tasty and good enough to eat past their “best before” date.

“We hope this will also raise awareness that there are products in the back of people’s cupboards which don’t need to be thrown away.”

Q: I have a couple of questions about the highway connections I use regularly. First up is the Interstate 80/San Pablo Dam Road connection. A couple of years ago plans for a major reconfiguration were announced, detour signs were posted, etc. But since then nothing has happened.

What gives? Was the project canceled?

Steve McLaughlin, Richmond

A: No, delayed, because there was a $65 million funding shortfall to complete the second phase of the interchange. Construction could start in 2022.

Q: My second question is about the interchange between I-680 and Highway 4. A huge amount of work has been done in this area, miles of new concrete poured, but for months I’ve seen hardly any work being done. Meanwhile, those nice, new wide lanes are still off-limits. Again, what’s going on?

Steve McLaughlin

A: Work has been delayed for money reasons on this project, too, and to protect sensitive habitat in the creekbeds. Work began in January 2019, and the project will be completed late this year.

Construction may look stagnant to drivers, but the contractor has been installing drainage systems in the shoulders, constructing concrete barriers on the newly widened bridges and completing improvements on city streets (slope paving, bridge drainage, curbs and gutters, etc.).

Q: I am so thankful that the old cloverleaf interchanges at Highway 4 and 680 and at San Pablo Dam Road and 680 are being re-configured. Yes, it is taking a long time and the challenges of driving through the construction zone are pretty tough.

Currently, there is a very short merge for vehicles entering Highway 4 east from Pacheco Blvd/ Muir Road and those exiting 4 south on 680. When the metering lights are on the entrance ramp, that difficult merge goes relatively smoothly and efficiently. When the metering lights are off (which they usually are), the situation is scary!

Can you suggest to the powers-that-be that metering always be in effect while the construction of that interchange is on-going?

Susan Tiffany-Brown

A: I have done so, and it is being considered.

On-ramp and off-ramp merging will improve after the second phase of the project. This will include widening approximately four miles of Route 4 by adding a third lane in each direction between Morello Avenue in Martinez and Route 242. The project also includes extending Highway 4’s eastbound carpool lane approximately 2 miles.

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TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico  — Rescue workers arriving at a road accident in southern Mexico found a horrific scene: A tractor trailer jammed with as many as 200 migrants crashed into the base of a steel pedestrian bridge, killing 54 and injuring dozens.

The migrants inside the tipped-over trailer were tossed and crushed in a pile of both the living and the dead.

In addition to the 54 killed Thursday evening, at least 53 were injured. It was one of the deadliest days for migrants in Mexico since the 2010 massacre of 72 people by the Zetas drug cartel in the northern state of Tamaulipas.

Volunteer rescuers removed the dead from the pile, while the living scrambled to get out of the twisted debris of the collapsed trailer.

One young man, pinned beneath unmoving bodies, wriggled to free the lower half of his frame, his face wrenched into a grimace as he extracted himself. Nearby, a man blinked, unable to move as he lay on the side of the road. Next to him was an older, stouter migrant whose lifeless eyes stared into the setting sun.

While the Mexican government is trying to appease the United States by stopping caravans of walking migrants and allowing the reinstatement of the “Remain in Mexico” policy, it has been unable to staunch the flood of migrants stuffed by the hundreds into trucks operated by smugglers who charge thousands of dollars to take them to the U.S. border — trips that all too often lead them only to their deaths.

The most severely injured from the accident were carried to plastic sheets on the road. Those who could walk were led, stunned, to the same sheets. Ambulances, cars and pickup trucks were pressed into ferrying the injured to hospitals.

Later, the dead were covered in white sheets, side by side, on the highway.

Rescue workers who first arrived said other migrants who had been on the truck when it crashed had fled for fear of being detained by immigration agents. One paramedic said some of those who hurried into surrounding neighborhoods were bloodied or bruised but still limped away in their desperation to escape.

About 200 migrants may have been packed into the truck, said Guatemala’s top human rights official, Jordán Rodas. That number is not unusual for migrant smuggling operations in Mexico, and the weight of the load — combined with speed and a nearby curve — may have been enough to throw the truck off balance, authorities said.

Luis Manuel Moreno, head of the Chiapas state civil defense office, said about 21 were seriously injured and were taken to hospitals. The federal Attorney General’s Office said three were critically injured in the crash, which happened on a highway leading from the Guatemalan border toward the Chiapas state capital.

Sitting beside the overturned trailer, Celso Pacheco of Guatemala said the truck felt like it was speeding and then seemed out of control.

Most aboard were from Guatemala and Honduras, he said, estimating eight to 10 young children among them. He said he was trying to reach the United States, but now expected to be deported to Guatemala. Authorities said there also were migrants from Ecuador, the Dominican Republic and Mexico aboard.

Marco Antonio Sánchez, director of the Chiapas Firefighter Institute, said ambulances brought victims to three hospitals, three or four at a time. When there weren’t enough ambulances, they loaded them into pickup trucks, he said.

Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei tweeted: “I deeply regret the tragedy in Chiapas state, and I express my solidarity for the victims’ families, to whom we will offer all the necessary consular assistance, including repatriation.”

Pope Francis, who visited Chiapas in 2015 and has made the plight of migrants a hallmark of his papacy, sent a telegram of condolences Friday to the archbishop of Tuxtla Gutierrez, offering prayers for the dead and their families, and for the injured.

The truck had originally been a closed freight module of the kind used to carry perishable goods. The container was smashed open by the impact. It was unclear if the driver survived.

Those who spoke to survivors said they told of boarding the truck in Mexico, near the border with Guatemala, and of paying between $2,500 and $3,500 to be taken to Mexico’s central state of Puebla. Once there, they would presumably have contracted with another set of smugglers to take them to the U.S. border.

In recent months, Mexican authorities have tried to block migrants from walking in large groups toward the U.S. border, but the clandestine and illicit flow has continued.

In October, in one of the largest busts in recent memory, authorities in the northern border state of Tamaulipas found 652 mainly Central American migrants jammed into a convoy of six cargo trucks heading toward the U.S. border.

Irineo Mujica, an activist who is leading about 400 migrants on a nearly 1 1/2-month march across southern Mexico, blamed Thursday’s tragedy on Mexico cracking down on migrant caravans.

Mujica and his group had almost reached the outskirts of Mexico City, after weeks of dealing with National Guard officers who tried to block the march. Mujica said the group would stop and offer prayers for the dead migrants.

“These policies that kill us, that murder us, is what leads to this type of tragedy,” Mujica said.

In fact, they are two very different groups. Caravans generally attract migrants who don’t have the thousands of dollars needed to pay smugglers.

Migrants involved in serious accidents are often allowed to stay in Mexico at least temporarily because they are considered witnesses to and victims of a crime, and Mexico’s National Immigration Institute said it would offer humanitarian visas to the survivors.

The agency also said the Mexican government would help identify the dead and cover funeral costs or repatriation of the remains.

Mass deaths of migrants are something that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has been desperate to avoid, even as his administration has accepted requests from the U.S. government to stem the flow of migrants moving north.

“It is very painful,” he tweeted about the crash.

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Santa Mierda de los perros de San Lazaro! Another top Castronoid military official bites the dust and is instantly cremated. And so many generals and colonels have died that news media seem to have lost count. According to some sources, this brings the total of deaths in the top ranks to eight. According to others, the number is nine. All in a single month….and most of them clustered in a two week period.

As Hamlet might say, there’s something rotten in the kingdom of Castrogonia. The top brass — the men who really run the country — is quickly being replaced by a younger generation. Granted, these military men were all in their 70’s and , 80’s. But this sort of sudden mass extinction does smell like a purge.

Loosely translated from 14yMedio:

Reserve brigadier general, Arnoldo Ferrer Martínez, died in Cuba at the age of 81, as reported on Monday by the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) in a note broadcast on national television. With the death of Ferrer Martínez, there are eight high-ranking soldiers who have died on the island in less than a month without the cause of death being specified in any of the cases.

Ferrer Martínez was a combatant in column number 1 under the command of Fidel Castro in the Sierra Maestra and, together with his brother Harold Ferrer Martínez, participated in various actions of the Rebel Army. He was also a member of the Third Front Doctor Mario Muñoz under the orders of Juan Almeida Bosque until 1959.

After that year, he held responsibilities within the FAR as tank company chief, battalion and infantry division chief, and head of the Territorial Troop Militia preparation center.

Ferrer Martínez, who was a member of the Communist Party of Cuba, was in command of the General Staff of the province of Havana and Pinar del Río and was sent to fight in Angola. According to the Granma newspaper, he was also the second chief of staff of the Western Army.

“His body was cremated and his ashes deposited in the veterans’ pantheon of the Colón Necropolis where they will remain until their subsequent transfer to the Mario Muñoz Third Front mausoleum in the province of Santiago de Cuba,” the statement details.

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