Internet service provider Aussie Broadband has just launched access the NBN’s latest and fastest consumer NBN speed tier, a 1Gbps service offering unlimited downloads at speeds of up to 1000Mbps, and selling for a surprisingly affordable AU$149 a month.
With a download speed of 1Gbps, this brand new 1000/50 tier is set to be four times faster than what was previously available to consumers, with top speeds formerly maxing out at 250Mbps.
Given Aussie Broadband is the first in the market to offer NBN 1000, the ISP has warned it’s as yet unable to provide definitive numbers on peak evening speeds, with managing director Phillip Britt saying it is a “best effort serviceâ€.
“We think that the plan should achieve off-peak speeds of up to 80-90%, depending on the technology type,†says Britt.
“For the moment, we will be advising customers our peak evening speeds for our 250Mbps plans as a baseline until we have collated enough data from our own network testing.â€
With the peak evening speeds for Aussie Broadband’s NBN250 plans currently listed as 215Mbps, that means you’ll be getting these speeds at the very least – but it’ll likely be a lot faster.
Even if the peak evening speed is just 215Mbps, this NBN 1000 plan will far outpace Aussie Broadband’s NBN 100 deal, which promises a typical evening speed of 86Mbps.
Can you get it?
Before rushing to sign up though, there are a couple of caveats you should be aware of. Namely, the plan is only available on two types of NBN connection – fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) and hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC). And while all FTTP connections can sign up for 1000Mbps, that speed will only work with a select subset of HFC installations – estimated to be roughly 7% of the total.
To see what’s available in your area, check your address on Aussie Broadband’s website – note that you may need to select ‘Build your own’ to see the higher-speed 250Mbps and 1000Mbps plans.
Aussie is also recommending eligible customers get themselves a Wi-Fi router that will be able to cope with the super-fast speeds, going so far as to suggest the Google Nest Wifi, as standard modems may not be able to handle distribution of that higher download bandwidth around the home.
If you’re connected via HFC but have found you can’t access that 1000Mbps tier, there is some slightly consoling news: Aussie Broadband has dropped the prices on its 250Mbps plans to make them more competitive with this new 1Gbps offering.
Aussie Broadband may be the first in the market to offer NBN 1000, but that hasn’t stopped the telco from offering an incredibly competitive plan. For download speeds of up to 1Gbps and upload speeds approaching 50Mbps, you’ll pay just AU$149 a month. Aussie has rightly cautioned potential customers that it’s yet to determine definitive numbers on peak evening speeds, though they’ve put forward 215Mbps as its baseline, so you’ll at the very least get that. Overall, if you’re connected to the NBN through FTTP or one of the lucky 7% of HFC users, this is an insanely good deal.View Deal
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When Anushka Sharma debuted as producer with NH10 (2015), she was very candid about the fact that it was a film people told her to avoid.
As an actress, she was coming off a string of commercial successes including blockbusters like Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012) and PK (2014), and NH10 came as a bit of a shocker to the industry. It’s not every day that a 25-year-old actress, at the top of her game, decides to stake her reputation and throw her weight behind a film that deals with a heavy subject like honour killing.
Anushka Sharma in the film NH10. Image via Facebook
Five years have elapsed since that film hit theatres and Anushka’s Clean Slate Filmz is only getting bigger and bolder. Her latest project as producer, Amazon Prime’s nine-episode series Pataal Lok dropped in mid-May to rave reviews. Many have hailed it to be the best show to have ever come out of India. It paints an unapologetic portrait of the society we live in and shines a spotlight over how discriminatory we are as Indians with anyone who’s seen as different by the majority – Muslims, Dalits, North-Easterners, the LGBTQ community – it’s all there and dealt with. With zero filters.
It takes serious guts to back a show this political and more so during a time when even organising a peaceful protest can land you in prison. We live in times when anything that questions the majoritarian outlook gets labelled as anti-national and in some cases, seditious. It’s been no different with Paatal Lok. From hordes of nationalists calling for a ban of the show to politicians filing cases of sedition against Anushka, it’s obvious the show has pushed some buttons. And, we couldn’t be prouder of her.
In a recent interview to journalist Rajeev Masand, Anushka shared her reasons for wanting to tell this story. She spoke about the normalisation of oppression in today’s society where human beings fail humanity at large for selfish reasons of power and personal gain. It’s the kind of bold statement that gives you a peek into the kind of person she is, politics be damned.
For those who have followed her career closely, none of this is new.
Anushka Sharma in Phillauri.
Her first production, NH10 made a bold statement about the deeply entrenched patriarchy that exists in North India, khap panchayats and honour killings. A violent and disturbing film with a woman in the lead is hardly commercial fare, and the film did receive its fair share of criticism for ruralising an issue that exists in different shades across every stratum of our society. It did, however, bring to light a bunch of social issues and there’s no taking away from that. Ask yourself who else would actually back a project like this. Nobody comes to mind.
Her next two projects might not have dealt with any major political issues but had their fair share of social commentary written in between the lines. Phillauri (2017) was a fantasy-comedy about a ghost living in a tree. When a young man finds that he’s manglik (born under an inauspicious star), his family gets him to marry that very tree before he can get married to his long time girlfriend. Except he then finds that he’s technically married to the ghost in the tree. It’s a humorous take on what most people would call a ridiculous custom in this day and age, but the reality is that this kind of stuff still happens in our country. And isn’t that what good filmmaking is all about – challenging our deeply entrenched notions of the world around us? As the ghost’s back story gets revealed through the film, you get to know that she was a poet but had to write under a pseudonym, because women couldn’t openly do so. Even in what you might think is the most innocuous of comedies, there are hidden layers for those who care to look. And that says a lot about the person backing the content.
Anushka Sharma in a still from Pari. Image from Twitter/@myhardikpandya
Anushka’s next production, Pari (2018) was an equally ambitious project in that it drew from fantasy while telling a tale of horror. The film takes mythological elements (djinns, ifrits) usually associated with fairy tales and throws them into a disturbing tale revolving around a satanic cult. Pari breaks away from the usual tropes seen in Indian horror films by hinging its story around an invisible force – the more imaginative one is, the more one enjoys its deeper layers. And leaving so much to the interpretation of an audience is a bold step for any filmmaker. Anushka also plays the lead role in the film, and drops all pretences of ‘looking good’ for the camera. Covered in blood and grime for most of the film’s running time with dirt under her fingernails, she plays a character none of her peers would be seen getting close to, with or without a bargepole.
It’s in this context that Anushka’s career path has been so different from the other leading ladies of our times. Her filmography as an actor would make anyone envious, but it’s her filmography as a producer that sets her apart.
A couple of years back in an interview to me, she spoke about doing things her own way. “Time has just passed so quickly, but I’m glad I can say I’ve done things on my own terms, have never let anyone push me around, and have found respect amongst the people I work with. I do what I have to do and then I just leave, I’m not attached to it, I don’t even look at the comments. I try to be detached because there’s no point going mental over it.â€
The poster of Paatal Lok, produced by Anushka Sharma’s Clean Slate Filmz.
It’s this detachment from the trappings of being a celebrity that sets Anushka apart. In an industry that’s always taken pride in its façade of ‘perfect poise’ over everything else, Anushka has been questioning the status quo in her typical no-nonsense manner from very early in her career. She was one of the first people to talk about the gender inequality in the industry. During that same conversation with me, she opened up about her early days in the industry. “Male and female contemporaries wouldn’t be treated equally, and everyone would try and normalise it. It still happens, but now there’s pressure because everyone talks about it. I was probably one of the first people to talk about it. Today, it’s reached a point where I don’t want to speak about it anymore but would rather make things happen.â€
While the image she projects through social media channels is an apolitical, measured and careful one, every now and then one gets a glimpse of the person inside but only when she talks about her work. And that’s the kind of person Anushka seems to be – she’d rather let her work talk for itself.
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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said Sunday that the State Attorney General Keith Ellison would take the lead in any prosecutions related to the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died on Monday after a white officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes as he pleaded that he could not breathe.Â
Walz’s decision to appoint Ellison, who is Black, take the lead comes after requests from activists and protesters, some City Council members and a civil rights group, who said putting the attorney general on the case would send a strong message that justice will be vigorously pursued. Walz said Ellison has the experience needed to lead the prosecution.
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Earlier Sunday, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman, who had been leading the case, said that he had asked Ellison to help him in the case, and Ellison agreed they would be full partners.
“There have been recent developments in the facts of the case where the help and expertise of the Attorney General would be valuable,” Freeman said. He did not elaborate.
But by Sunday evening, Walz said that “unfortunately, our constituents, especially constituents of colour, have lost faith in the ability of Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman to fairly and impartially investigate and prosecute these cases.”
Derek Chauvin, the 44-year-old white officer who knelt on Floyd, was charged Friday with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. The three other officers who were involved have not been charged, though Freeman and Ellison have said additional charges are still possible. Chauvin and the three other officers were fired last week.
On Sunday, more than 100 people gathered outside Freeman’s demanding the arrests of all four police officers involved in Floyd’s death, and the resignation of Freeman.
Community leaders and organisers have told Al Jazeera that they have been calling for Ellison to handle the case, saying there is a history of mistrust between Freeman’s office and members of the community. Walz said Floyd’s family had also requested Ellison take over, saying, “They were very clear they wanted the system to work for them, they wanted to believe that there was trust.”
Ellison, who was a US congressman before being elected attorney general, has good ties with the community, organisers have told Al Jazeera. He recently helped lead a state working group on police use of deadly force.Â
Australia’s drug regulator has started court proceedings against a “healing church†that promoted a solution containing industrial bleach as a cure for coronavirus, after the church failed to remove advertisements promoting the product from its website.
In May the Therapeutic Goods Administration fined the Australian chapter of the Genesis II Church of Health and Healing more than $150,000 for selling and promoting the solution containing sodium chlorite, a chemical used as a textile bleaching agent and disinfectant. The product is named Miracle Mineral Supplement and Miracle Mineral Solution on the church’s MMS Australia website, which claimed it could prevent and treat a range of diseases including Covid-19. The TGA said the company had breached multiple advertising laws.
At the time, the TGA also informed MMS Australia that it must also immediately remove all advertisements in breach of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989, and warned that court action might be started if the advertisements were not removed within two days. But MMS Australia did not remove the ads. Instead, it updated the website to say those seeking miracle cures should also “pray to The Lord for healing and guidanceâ€.
There is no clinical, scientifically accepted evidence showing that the solution can cure or alleviate any disease. The use of the solution “presents serious health risks, and can result in nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea and severe dehydration, which in some cases can result in hospitalisationâ€, the TGA said.
The TGA has begun federal court proceedings to obtain an injunction restraining MMS Australia and its director, Charles Barton, from advertising or supplying the goods. It will also seek orders that MMS Australia and Barton pay penalties for alleged contraventions of the act.
The MMS Australia website was updated after the fine to say those seeking the bleach solution and other products urgently could add a $5 express shipping voucher to their online shopping basket to jump to the front of the queue.
The website now requires a login to access information. It also states: “By using this website you agree that you will not make complaint, enquiry or give notice to any alleged regulatory authority in relation to any information relating to this website, including but not limited to any names of items mentioned on this website or to any information relating any of the items on this website or to any information contained on this site whatsoever.â€Â
The TGA’s application to the court states that MMS Australia should remove the login requirement “within 72 hoursâ€. MMA Australia should “ensure that access to the website is not subject to the provision of a user name, password, telephone number or any other similar sign-in requirement, with the intention that the website shall be readily accessible by, and able to be monitored by the applicant and officers of the Therapeutic Goods Administrationâ€.
In a statement, the TGA said it was particularly concerned about the harmful effects that can be caused by the ingestion of MMS, and published a safety alert to warn consumers about claims made about MMS for the treatment, cure, prevention or alleviation of disease, including Covid-19.
The TGA’s application to the court says MMS advertisements also made “prohibited representations†about what the solution could do for cancer, herpes and HIV.
The secretary of the Department of Health said MMS and the bleach solution were not registered in the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods and cannot lawfully be sold as therapeutic goods in the country.
Black activist and prominent social critic Cornel West on Sunday linked the ongoing protests in America to anger over the “vicious legacy of white supremacy†and the “collapse of the legitimacy of leadership.â€
“The beautiful thing is we’re seeing citizens who are caring and concerned. They’re hitting the streets,â€Â the Harvard Divinity School professor told Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday.â€
“The problem is we have a system that’s not responding and seems to be unable to respond,†he added.
While demonstrators across the nation are protesting the death of George Floyd, a Black man who was killed last week during an arrest by white Minneapolis police officers, they’re also erupting against a decaying social order, West indicated.
“What we’re seeing here is the ways in which the vicious legacy of white supremacy manifests in organized hatred, greed and corruption,†West said. “We’re dealing with moral meltdown … We’re witnessing the collapse of the legitimacy of leadership, the political class, the economic class, the professional class. That’s the deeper crisis.â€
He acknowledged that there has been progress against racism, especially for the middle class. But West also cited Malcolm X in reminding Wallace that “you don’t stab folk in the back nine inches, pull it out three inches and say you’re making progress.â€
Asked about the violence and looting in some of the protests, West emphasized that “most of my fellow citizens, God bless them, that are in the streets are there peaceful, or are there marching.â€
He added: “Looting is wrong, but legalized looting is wrong, too … I look at the wickedness in high places first and then keep track of the least of these.â€
“If we’re more concerned about the property and spillover than the poverty, decrepit school systems, dilapidated housing, massive unemployment and underemployment,†West warned, “we’re going to be doing this every five, every 10, every 20 years.â€
Check out what West had to say in the video above. His interview begins at 19:30.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Protesters took to the streets across America again Sunday, with violence flaring in pockets of largely peaceful demonstrations fueled by the killings of black people at the hands of police. A truck driver — apparently deliberately — drove into demonstrators in Minneapolis nearly a week after George Floyd died there after pleading for air as an officer pressed a knee into his neck.
Protests sprang up from Boston to San Francisco, with people stealing from stores in broad daylight in Philadelphia, cities across California and elsewhere. In Minneapolis, the tanker truck sped into a peaceful crowd of thousands on a closed highway, but no one appeared to have been hit, authorities said.
The Minnesota State Patrol tweeted that the driver was apparently trying to provoke protesters and was arrested. Protesters swarmed the truck and jumped on the hood, even as it kept moving. Police then came in force to clear the highway in the city where violence erupted after the death last week of Floyd, who was black. The protests quickly spread to dozens of cities large and small, and have lasted for days.Â
The officer who pressed his knee onto Floyd’s neck for several minutes has been charged with murder, but protesters demand the other three officers at the scene be prosecuted. All four were fired.
“We’re not done,†said Darnella Wade, organizer for Black Lives Matter in neighboring St. Paul, where thousands gathered peacefully in front of the state Capitol. “They sent us the military, and we only asked them for arrests.â€
Minnesota’s governor brought in thousands of National Guard soldiers to help quell violence that had damaged or destroyed hundreds of buildings in Minneapolis over days of protests. The immense deployment appeared to have worked Saturday night, when there was comparatively little destruction.
On Sunday, in a display of force, long lines of state patrolmen and National Guard soldiers were lined up in front of the Capitol, facing the demonstrators, with perhaps a dozen military-style armored vehicles behind them.
For a second day, the protests reached to the White House, where chants could be heard from around 1,000 demonstrators just across the street in Lafayette Park as they faced police in riot gear behind barricades. The scene was defiant but peaceful, though police used flash bangs to stop another group from reaching the park.
As the protests grew, President Donald Trump retweeted conservative commentator Buck Sexton who called for “overwhelming force.â€
Outside the White House, Gabrielle Labrosse-Ellis, 30, from Maryland, held a sign that said, “Humanize black lives.â€
“This is unacceptable. This is the last straw,†she said. “It has to be.â€
Labrosse-Ellis said she planned to leave before dark because she feared a repeat of the violence that occurred Saturday night.
Outside of the White House, protesters stand feet away from a police line chanting, “George Floyd. Say his name.†pic.twitter.com/clMAEeAuSh
Across America, demonstrators called again for an end to police violence and many joined police in pleading for an end to the looting Many also joined police in pleading for a stop to fires, vandalism and theft, saying it weakened calls for justice and reform.
“They keep killing our people,†said Mahira Louis, 15, who marched with her mother and several hundred others through downtown Boston. “I’m so sick and tired of it.â€
Disgust over generations of racism in a country founded by slaveholders combined with a string of recent racially charged killings to stoke the anger. Adding to that was angst from months of lockdowns brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, which has disproportionately hurt communities of color, not only in terms of infections but in job losses and economic stress.
“Maybe this country will get the memo that we are sick of police murdering unarmed black men,†said Lex Scott, founder of Black Lives Matter Utah. “Maybe the next time a white police officer decides to pull the trigger, he will picture cities burning.â€
The scale of the protests, sweeping from coast to coast and unfolding on a single night, rivaled the historic demonstrations of the civil rights and Vietnam War eras.
Curfews were imposed in major cities around the U.S., including Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle. About 5,000 National Guard soldiers and airmen were activated in 15 states and Washington, D.C.
But still trouble flared.
There was looting on both ends of California, with video in San Jose showing several people in hoods and masks fleeing a Macy’s department store with large bags, while people in Long Beach carried away armloads of clothing and other goods from the smashed windows of stores at a shopping mall after curfew. As police moved in to try to restore order, some protesters ran in to confront the thieves and condemn them for undercutting the message of the demonstration.
In tweets Sunday, Trump blamed anarchists and the media for fueling the violence. Attorney General William Barr pointed a finger at “far left extremist†groups. Police chiefs and politicians accused outsiders of coming in and causing the problems.
At the Minneapolis intersection where Floyd was killed, people gathered with brooms and flowers, saying it was important to protect what they called a “sacred space.†The intersection was blocked with the traffic cones while a ring of flowers was laid out.
Among those descending on Minneapolis was Michael Brown Sr., the father of Michael Brown, whose killing by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, set off unrest in 2014.
“I understand what this family is feeling. I understand what this community is feeling,†he said.
In Indianapolis, two people were reported dead in bursts of downtown violence, adding to deaths reported in Detroit and Minneapolis in recent days.
Buildings around the U.S. were defaced with spray-painted messages, from the facade of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York to the historic Hay-Adams hotel near the White House. Some of Floyd’s gasped last words — “I can’t breathe†— were repeated, alongside anti-police messages.
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As civil unrest over the death of George Floyd and other Black victims of police brutality continued to rock cities across the U.S., lawmakers and leaders implored President Donald Trump on Sunday to cease his inflammatory commentary.
Democrats and some Republicans expressed concern over Trump’s rhetoric, with some saying his comments were fueling violence and exacerbating the tense situation.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told ABC’s “This Week†that she is largely ignoring Trump’s statements, which she said serve as “bait†to divert from the root issues that prompted the protests.
“I think to take his bait time and time again is just a gift to him because he always wants to divert attention from what the cause of the response was,†she said.
“I’m not paying too much attention to what the president says,†Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Trump tweets.
“I think to take his bait time and time again is just a gift to him because he always wants to divert attention from what the cause of the response was.†https://t.co/sVerbxGgdMpic.twitter.com/i6302lt9Yd
Early Friday morning, as demonstrations in Minneapolis again boiled over into violent clashes with police after days of unrest, Trump tweeted calling protesters “THUGS.â€
“When the looting starts, the shooting starts,†the president wrote, invoking a racist phrase originally coined by an aggressive Miami police chief at the peak of the 1960s civil rights protests. Trump later attempted to walk back his use of the phrase.
And on Saturday morning, Trump threatened protesters who had rallied outside the White House with “vicious dogs†and “ominous weapons†if they were to breach the fence. He has also repeatedly lashed out at Democratic leaders as they attempt to control the violence in their cities.
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) drew comparisons between Trump’s rhetoric now and at the deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017, where he claimed there were some “very fine people†on both sides. Those remarks drew bipartisan backlash. Bottoms said on CNN Sunday that Trump is “making it worse.â€
“This is not about using military force. This is about where we are in America. We are beyond a tipping point in this country, and his rhetoric only inflames that, and he should sometimes just stop talking,†she said.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, also said Trump’s message is intensifying the situation.
“That’s not helpful. It’s not lowering the temperature,†he said on CNN’s “State of the Union†when discussing Trump’s tweets. “It’s sort of continuing to escalate the rhetoric. I think it’s just the opposite of the message that should have been coming out of the White House.â€Â
Republican Governor Larry Hogan of Maryland says President Trump’s comments on the events of the week are “continuing to escalate the rhetoric.”
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), too, spoke out against Trump’s tweets. “Those are not constructive tweets, without any question,†he said on “Fox News Sunday.â€
Scott said that he’d spoken with the president and advised him that it’s “helpful when you lead with compassion.â€
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser, whom Trump targeted a day earlier, told MSNBC’s Chuck Todd on Sunday that Trump should start efforts to calm the nation by “not sending divisive tweets that are meant to hearken to the segregationist past of our country.â€
“And he can start by doing that right now, we certainly urge him to do that,†she said.
Citing top aides in the West Wing, ABC News and CNN reported that there’s a divide within the White House over whether Trump should formally address the nation to call for calm, given his so-far bumpy message and tendency for escalation.
Washington, D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser: “I think that the President has a responsibility to help calm the nation, and he can start by not sending divisive tweets that are meant to hearken to the segregationist past of our country.” pic.twitter.com/z5y40G0Wj1
On CNN’s “State of the Union,†Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), recalled Trump’s “inability to condemn Nazis†in the wake of the Charlottesville rally and other past racist comments, saying Trump “no longer has the capacity to break my heart.â€
Donald Trump is not a leader that anyone should be looking to in these troubled times. He is a divisive president who has failed our country. We must stay focused on the people—and on unraveling institutional racism with the urgency it deserves. pic.twitter.com/zdKaMmM97d
In response to Trump’s comments about the unrest unfolding in her city and around the country, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) said the president had “failed in really understanding the kind of pain and anguish many of his citizens are feeling.â€
“When you have a president who really is glorifying violence, was talking about the kind of vicious dogs and weapons that could be unleashed on citizens, it is quite appalling and disturbing,†she said.
During a speech Saturday afternoon, Trump offered a more composed tone, urging that “healing, not hatred, justice, not chaos are the mission at hand†and said “the memory of George Floyd is being dishonored by rioters, looters, and anarchists.â€
National security adviser Robert O’Brien defended Trump on “CNN’s “State of the Union,†saying the White House supports peaceful demonstrations. When asked about Trump’s inflammatory attacks on protesters and Democratic mayors and use of racist rhetoric, O’Brien insisted, “What he said about those tweets is he wants to deescalate violence and he doesn’t want looting.â€
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Here are a few of events happening this week and how to tune in (all times are Eastern).
Monday
Dr. Perri Klass, a professor of journalism and pediatrics at New York University and a contributor to The New York Times, will answer parents’ questions about daily life during the pandemic. She joinsTara Parker-Pope, the founding editor of The Times’s Well section, to talk about kids, coping, playtime and more.
Enjoy story time with your little one as the children’s author and illustrator Sam Wedelichreads her version of “Chicken Little.†Best for ages 4 to 8.
Gagosian galleries’ latest chapter in its new online series, “Broadcast: Alternate Meanings in Film and Video,†makes its debut. It examines work by the Pop artist Ed Ruscha, the media-art pioneer Nam June Paik, the painter and sculptor Rachel Feinstein and others.
Austin Scott, who starred in Broadway’s “Hamiltonâ€and “Girl From the North Country,†performs a duet with Alexa Cepeda, a singer-songwriter. The Broadway starLaura Osneswill interview the duo, after which they will sing “My Favorite Things,†from “The Sound of Music,†with Ms. Cepeda also on guitar.
Nuyorican Poets Cafe of the Lower East Side of Manhattan offers a virtual open mic night. Hosted by Caridad De la Luz, the poet and playwright, the night will have at least 25 performance slots for art of all types. Those who are brave enough can sign up to perform starting 24 hours before the event.
The Sazerac House in New Orleans hosts a free evening dedicated to its namesake cocktail. Mixologists will teach viewers the history of the drink as well as tips and tricks to perfect it. A list of the needed ingredients will be provided after registration (it’s a mix of absinthe, brandy and bitters, to start.) Registration required.
One of San Francisco’s best-known L.G.B.T.Q. bars, the Stud, hosts a drag show to kick off Pride Month.
When 9:30 p.m. Where Search “Drag Alive†at eventbrite.com, donation of $1 or more required.
Saturday
The doors at Marie’s Crisis may be closed, but the storied Greenwich Village piano bar’s show-tune singalongs continue each night. This evening’s entertainment will be kicked off by Franca Vercelloni, a longtime Marie’s performer who sees herself as “the dominatrix†of piano bar musicians. Don’t forget to contribute to the performers’ virtual tip jars via Venmo.
When 5 p.m. Where Marie’s Group Facebook Page(Note: This is a private group. Be sure to request to join at least a few hours before showtime.)
Sunday
As part of its Artist Series, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center is streaming videos of concerts from its archives, followed by a live Q. and A. with a featured performer. This week, it’s the pianistGilbert Kalish with vocal soloists and other musicians.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro rallied supporters protesting against the Supreme Court for investigating the right-wing leader, mingling with the crowd and riding a police horse, as one of the court’s justices compared the risks to Brazil’s democracy with Hitler’s Germany.
Sunday’s rally took place in defiance of the advisory on social distancing to help contain the spread of the coronavirus that has already killed more than 29,000 people in Brazil.Â
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Deepening a political crisis during one of the world’s worst novel coronavirus outbreaks, Bolsonaro has condemned the top court for investigating his interference in police affairs and opening an inquiry into alleged libel and intimidation campaigns run by his supporters on social media.
The former army captain and defender of Brazil’s 1964-1985 military government has denounced the investigations, suggesting “absurd orders” should not be followed and warning that the court may “plunge Brazil into a political crisis”.
Bolsonaro flew in a military helicopter over the rally in Brasilia where protesters held banners calling for shutting down Brazil’s Congress and top court, known as the STF.
One said: “Military Intervention – close Congress and the STF now.”
Supreme Court Justice Celso de Mello, who is responsible for investigating a former justice minister’s allegation that Bolsonaro tried to meddle with law enforcement for personal reasons, said the president’s supporters were seeking a military dictatorship.
Shaking hands with supporters
“We must resist the destruction of the democratic order to avoid what happened in the Weimar Republic when Hitler, after he was elected by popular vote … did not hesitate annulling the constitution and imposing a totalitarian system in 1933,” de Mello told other judges in a message seen by Reuters.
A person familiar with the matter confirmed the authenticity of the message, which was also reported in Brazilian newspapers. De Mello’s office said the message was “exclusively personal”.
Bolsonaro has said his aims are democratic and that his opponents are trampling the Constitution in their efforts to depose him.
Sunday’s rally was held in defiance of the advisory on social distancing to help contain the spread of the coronavirus that has already killed more than 29,000 people and infected more than 500,000 others [Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters]
After his helicopter ride, the president walked to the rally and shook hands with supporters, wearing no face mask despite its use being mandatory in the capital to fight the coronavirus outbreak.
He then mounted a police horse and trotted past the crowd.
On Saturday night, a group of masked backers of Bolsonaro marched to the court carrying torches to call for its closure.
During Sunday’s demonstrations in Sao Paulo, opponents of Bolsonaro took to a main avenue to protest against “fascism” and clashed with riot police who intervened to stop them getting close to a rally by supporters of the president.
Police used tear gas to push back a crowd of people hurling stones.
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