Link. Our galaxies will be old when they meet.
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The bug-free windshield.
Link. “modern single-crop farms simply lack the diverse plant life necessary to support an insect community.”
The AT&T / Apple eSIM activation fee scam: $30 “discount” and a $30 activation fee
Link. Apple likely gets a kickback.
“NATO had mobilized its rapid response force, a kind of military SWAT team, for the first time in history to deter an enemy.”
Link. Murdoch’s media empire, from Fox to the WSJ, persuaded Putin that Biden was demented and NATO was broken.
Putin: “if they continue doing what they are doing, they risk the future of Ukrainian statehood”
Link. A comically weak threat. Doesn’t even make sense in context of Russian propaganda.
“Chinese companies, determined to regain their market share, began exporting masks below cost, the customers disappeared.”
Link. Supply chain resilience will require tariffs.
“despite the public rhetoric ahead of the invasion that the United States was overstating the threat, Mr. Zelensky privately took the warning more seriously and realized the Russians were intent on capturing or killing him”
Link. Establishing the long term resistance. Article uses “allies” rather like 1942. (iOS autocorrect does not yet recognize “allies”)
“The United States has delivered nearly 70 percent of the $350 million package to Ukraine’s military”
Link. Huge effort.
Not lab leak, wet market.
Link. I had leaned to lab leak but now I’m wet.
“Central Bank increased its reserves from $368 billion seven years ago to $630 billion today. With this war chest, Russia would be well prepared to withstand the inevitable sanctions that would come with the invasion of Ukraine.”
Link. Context.
“Where lions have acquired a taste for the experience, and conditions exist allowing them to climb, they have taken to tree climbing with the leopard-like zeal of converts.”
Link. Like humans they lost tree climbing powers of their ancestors.
COVID anosmia is collateral damage.
Link. No direct nerve infection.
“they’re not only running out of gas, but they are running out of food.”
Link.
Alexander Vindman: “what is amazing, what is shocking is the flawed assumptions of the Russian government. The Russian military is not incompetent….”
Link. “Marco Rubio frankly doesn’t know what he’s talking about. It’s kind of frustrating to watch him spout off. What we would call as, you know, like secret squirrel.”
“Russian authorities have started to crack down and refuse to let people leave.”
Link. Leave Russia that is.
Sen Tim Kaine post-COVID syndrome: “I can do everything I could do before. I don’t lose sleep over it. It’s not painful, it’s not debilitating. It’s just weird”
Link. Very weird. I’d worry about a demyelination syndrome. Hope he gets more answers.
iCloud+ Custom E-mail Domains
Link. Heartburn.
“Western intelligence report said senior Chinese officials told senior Russian officials in early February not to invade Ukraine before the end of the Winter Olympics in Beijing”
Link. “American and European officials have said they find it hard to believe it is mere coincidence that Mr. Putin’s invasion did not start until right after the Olympics.”
Trump admin Army study (Esper): “The study referred to evidence of “interference in political processes” in relation to both the Trump and Brexit elections”
Link. Expected escalation. I doubt Trump saw the report.
Biden: “… had harsh words for private equity companies that are gaining more control of the health care sector”
Link. Ahhh. So good to have a competent president.
“Taiwan announced it sent more than 27 tons of medical supplies to Ukraine, claiming its own membership in the “democratic camp”
Link. “78% of voters polled by CBS said they approved of Biden’s speech.”
Biden is what I voted for. Competency, democracy.
The end of the USSR and the seeds of Russia-Ukraine war. December 2021.
Link. Context.
“Planck-scale phenomena should contribute terms to the Higgs mass that are huge — roughly a hundred million billion times larger than the actual Higgs mass.”
Link. Then the universe would be empty.
The Mount St. Helens Trespasser • Damn Interesting
Link. Great story.
“The thing that will bring down the Russian economy in the long term is the exact same thing that will fight climate change in the long term — shift from fossil fuels to renewables and electric vehicle”
Link. Inspiring Putin exit.
Jane Brody’s alleged last Personal Health column.
Link. Retired — she says. Retrospective on health advice since she started at NYT … in 1965.
“The two largest placebo-controlled trials of [psychedelic] microdosing were published last year, and they both suggest that the benefits people experience are from the placebo effect”
Link.
Fiona Hill on Putin: “Russian World means re-gathering all the Russian-speakers in different places that belonged at some point to the Russian tsardom.”
Link. Must read.
COVID: “one in every 168 American Indian or Alaska Native children, one in every 310 Black children, one in every 412 Hispanic children, and one in every 612 Asian children had lost a caregiver, compared with one in 753 white children.”
Link. The native numbers are insane. Would like deeper dive there.
Pfizer Shot Is Far Less Effective for infection prevention in 5- to 11-Year-Olds Than in Older Kids.
Link. Dose is likely too low. Protects against severe illness.
30% US “Asian” experience COVID discrimination.
Link. Presumably Han appearing Asian. Does not break down abusers by ethnicity or race.
SK Omicron “surge”: “112 deaths in a 24-hour period”
Link. That’s much smaller than US numbers even when adjust for population. Should fall quickly. Amazing vaccine rate.
Big tech is betting that offices are still the future.
Link. Most don’t build robust relationships remotely. Without those bonds small fissures grow.
Dr. Bronner’s, the (privately held) Psychedelic Soap Company.
Link. Private companies are more fun. Definitely read.
Putin was idol of many, not just American GOP.
Link. Really didn’t get much US attention. He was very popular.
Reflecting on decades of dismal progress in mental health.
Link. Genomics was a huge disappointment. Neurosciences not quite as bad, but far from good. Big bets that didn’t work.
“In 2015, Brazil amended a 15-year-old federal law to extend protections for disabled people to those who are overweight, entitling them to preferential seats on public transportation and priority in certain places like banks.”
Link. I’m surprised.
Car rental: “targeting the most possible rentals — effectively competing by offering lower prices — is “not how you maximize profit,” Brian Choi, its chief financial officer, said on the call.”
Link. Years of consolidation allows coordinated price increases.
PS4 wifi can’t connect to eero 6.
Link. An older TV has same issue. Can’t handle the frequency negotiation.
Petraeus on Russia’s ability to occupy Ukraine.
Link. He is cautious, but probably Russia can’t hold Ukraine post invasion.
A couple was in Ukraine to adopt a child. As troops closed in and flights got scarce, they narrowly escaped.
Link. That is commitment. Also courage. And love.
“Jackson’s 8.9 years of prior judicial experience is more than four of the justices currently on the court—Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Elena Kagan, and Amy Coney Barrett—had combined. “
Link.
“you can now delete or move an app from Search”
Link. And create aliases?!
Do You Need Cellular in Your Apple Watch?
Link. No.
Impressions of the Eero 6 mesh wifi
Link. Mediocre app but the hardware is impressive.
Curbsiders Digest #14: “skipping surgery in managing partial meniscus tears, according to a new study in Denmark comparing exercise therapy with surgery in young adults”
Link. This 62yo ignored imaging and just went with exercise. Astonished how well that went.
The fake science industry is healthy and growing.
Link. Scam apps make Apple a lot of money. Same deal.
Finland: “43 percent of Finnish voters support joining Nato, if the president and the prime minister considered membership in the alliance to be in Finland’s best interests.”
Link. Finnish date format is unfamiliar.
Denmark: “Instead of 90% of all Covid-positive deaths being caused by Covid-19, it’s now more like 30% – and the absolute number of deaths has not been going up.”
Link. That’s a handy metric going forward.
“if you’re not infected with E.B.V., your risk of M.S. is virtually zero,”
Link. 90% of us shed EBV in our saliva.