Link. Micromort level in range of routine activities.
Monthly Archives: June 2020
“protective proteins made in response to an infection — may last only two to three months, especially in people who never showed symptoms while they were infected.”
Link.
The QAnon Caucus: “central theme is that President Trump is a near-messianic figure who is besieged by threats from evil government officials.”
Link. Not “near”.
MPLS PD: “The department has said it does not employ warrior-style training … but the union has offered to pay for officers to receive it from outside vendors.”
Link. The union is a huge problem
“Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, the Dakotas, Utah, Virginia and Wyoming — have killed belt-use bills.” 1985.
Link. Fascinating read. Auto industry lobbied FOR seatbelts to delay airbags. Which was, actually, also the right choice.
14 Solar System sites
Link. Many new to me.
Anker Thunderbolt 3 docks.
Link. $200 to $300 but if reliable I’d consider the $300 version.
“Over 250,000 mariners are stranded at sea, even though they are at least a month past the end of contracts that typically last three to nine months”
Link.
Big Oil recycles tobacco playbook: CO2 is freedom.
Link. Remember when Philip Morris sponsored Black sports?
Trch startups disrupt business of fencing stolen good.
Link. “while internet platforms are good at guaranteeing authenticity, they can’t guarantee that the items for sale aren’t stolen.” Don’t carry a fancy purse.
NYT milkshake hysteria illustrates sickness of police unions.
Link. Police union leadership are not smart people.
“When Carrillo turned to leave, the man tackled him, disarmed him and held him until police arrived and arrested him.”
Link. This is insane. Right wing terrorists, crazy violence. Also, was the home owner a Ninja?
“Trump said that Xi should go ahead with building the camps, which Trump thought was exactly the right thing to do.”
Link. After Trump tried to do a deal with Xi to support Trump reelection. Stuff he was impeached for. That McConnell supports.
NASDAQ bubble: Hertz sells shares
Link. As the dimensions coverge the dead walk free.
This MacBook Charger Hub Fixes One of Apple’s Biggest Laptop Sins: Removing the Memory Card Slot
Link. My non-Retina Air is still best Mac ever made
“Personally, I would not. Of course not,”
Link. Fauci on the Idiot’s rally.
EU Antitrust targets Apple App Store.
Link. So far EU has been all bark, no bite. Apple ignores them.
Resistance grows to Apple’s rule.
Link. At this point almost anything that hurts Apple will be good for Apple’s customers.
“I knew right then and there that the world had gone mad.”
Link. The weirdest bike boom. Twin Cities monster parts vendor, QBP, laid off 85 people when COVID first hit. Now they can’t fill orders.
neither “Tim Gallaudet, NOAA’s deputy administrator, nor Neil Jacobs, the acting NOAA administrator, had authorized the press release backing Trump—instead, the order reportedly came from Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who issued threats to fire Ja
Link. Rotten.
Historian looks at racism and policing in America.
Link. We are so much in the shadow of American slacery.
Cultural manifestations of illness.
Link. “Soldier’s Heart”. “Mitral valve prolapse”. Nosology of disease is fascinating.
Lanmodo Night Vision Driving aide
Link. We need this built in.
Scalzi on why creatives may not issue a BLM press release
Link. Evert megacorp I deal with has sent me a BLM message from their Ad department.
“Tulsa’s BOK Center, the site of the rally, has canceled or postponed all other events until July 30 over coronavirus concerns.”
Link. Oklahoma rally will be indoors. A new test of disease behavior.
Microlastic pollution is universsl now.
Link. This is going to be painful.
NYT epidemiologista: “school was so important — both for their own careers and for their children’s development — that they were willing to take a risk that they would not for something less valuable.”
Link. Teachers on the front lines.
Online Learning: “it was largely the nondigital measures that mattered most”
Link. Personal contact.
“Jones’ site shows far more people with the illness than the state reports”
Link. Florida governor is lying.
“Daily cases have grown six-fold from their nadir last month, in part because of infections linked to schools, including more than 100 from a single one in Jerusalem”
Link. Shit.
Genetically modified mice are COVID model.
Link. No symptoms. Replicates in brain.
“A tiny mutation in the coronavirus genome may stabilize the spike proteins that protrude from the virus and allow it to infect more cells”
Link. Lovely.
Minneapolis officers’ letter, rallies add to voices for change – StarTribune.com
Link. A positive development. Includes a former union head.
Polio vaccine as COVID defense: stimulate innate immune system.
Link. Similar to BCG discussions.
Chinese twitter-bot net details.
Link. Aimed at overseas Chinese, seemingly ineffective even before takedown.
“So far, no covid-19 cases have been linked to the Memorial Day crowds who were infamously photographed bunched together and not wearing masks at the Ozarks”
Link. By June 15 we will know if MPLS protests had any significant effect.
Melania Trump bio: she’s a lot like Donald.
Link. Committed to Barron, but also pushing Trump to power. They conceivably get along.
“at least 27 state and local health leaders have resigned, retired or been fired since April across 13 states”
Link. GOP War on Science continues. Trump leadership st work.
“South Korea’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday reported 45 new cases, a daily rise that has been fairly consistent since late May”
Link. We need bidirectionally protective masks.
ARM-based Mac: what to expect.
Link. An expert’s predictions. I don’t see any benefits for what I do.
“If you have iBooks Author books you’d like to import into Pages for further editing, we have a book import feature coming to Pages soon”
Link.
Discontinuing iBooks Author and iTunes U.
Link. Apple disappoints.
iCloud Backups Deleted After 180 Days.
Link. Surprise!
“Zoom closed the account to comply with Chinese law.”
Link. As US collapses China rules apply.
WaPo COVID tracker.
Link. I’d missed this one.
“City and county departments nationwide responded to 62 percent fewer fires between 1977 and 2013, even as the number of career firefighters increased 56 percent since 1983”
Link. Regulation that worked. Like seatbelts.
Everyday racism for a Black female ER doc.
Link. Each one small, but they add up. Not certain “looking young” always counts though.
South Minneapolis post offices destroyed in riots.
Link. Why burn the PO?
Against the spirit of The Terror.
Link. Mass excitements, even in a good cause, have casualties. Remember Robespierre.
Tim Scott, only black GOP senator, seeks to answer national call to fix racist policing.
Link. This is worth reading.