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Daily Archives: January 9, 2021
Black men dying of COVID – the weathering? (“John Henry” in the article)
Link. We think chronic stress chops off telomeres and causes premature aging. Diet and diabetes amplify the effect. (Fears of genetic susceptibility seem unfounded.)
Special olympian: “He was 64. His sister Carole Cusack said the cause was complications from Alzheimer’s disease.”
Link. Alzheimers is the curse of Downs.
Another vulnerable cultist dies in the name of Trump.
Link. Long ago one of my hobbies was visiting cults. They were full of vulnerable people.
“… those of you who are feeling weak tonight, those of you that don’t have the moral fiber in your body, get some tonight,” he said. “Because tomorrow, we the people are going to be here and we want you to know we will not stand for a lie.”
Link. A good overview.
Pooh Xi.
Link. Xi is utterly humorless.
How mountain bike tires work.
Link. So much more than I knew.
Dlive – streaming for deplorables.
Link. “BitTorrent, the peer-to-peer file sharing service, stepped in to buy Dlive. BitTorrent’s parent company, Tron, is owned by Justin Sun, a Chinese cryptocurrency multimillionaire.” Shows micro-currencies can work.
“every sample of serum in the study neutralized the virus, regardless of its mutations, Dr. Bloom said, adding that it would take a few more years before the vaccines need to be tweaked.”
Link. Evolutionary biologists and vaccine specialists cautiously optimistic. It is adapting faster than some expected however.