Link. I don’t blame the White Left Behind. I don’t much blame the religious fundamentalist. I cannot be a friend to the elite who vote Trump.
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Egypt: a military-authoritarian state.
Link. Democracy is a huge challenge.
Don’t stay at “Sea View resort on the island of Koh Chang”
Link. Thailand’s speech laws are worthy of North Korea.
Trump’s record-breaking spree of federal executions could come to an end under Biden
Link. Added this to the list of 26 reasons I oppose Trump. Any one sufficient by itself.
“United States Cyber Command dived deep into Russian and Iranian networks in the months before the election, temporarily paralyzing some and knocking ransomware tools offline”
Link. I had wondered. Did Trump know?
“bamlanivimab, should be administered as soon as possible after a positive coronavirus test, and within 10 days of developing symptoms”
Link. Reserve for highest risk patients — obese males with lung disease over 70 or adults with Downs syndrome.
“death rate among all patients with Covid-19 was 0.6 percent. By contrast, 1.22 percent of those with developmental disorders and Covid-19 died, as did 3.37 percent of those with intellectual disabilities.”
Link. This study didn’t call out Downs separately.
QAnon Struggles
Link. “Ron Watkins, a 8kun administrator who some believed was Q himself, announced on Election Day that he was stepping down from the site”. No more posts.
Turkish-German immigrant billionaire married COVID vaccine inventors.
Link. “The two billionaires live with their teenage daughter in a modest apartment near their office. They ride bicycles to work. They do not own a car.”
“Restaurants were by far the riskiest places, about four times riskier than gyms and coffee shops, followed by hotels”
Link. Limiting capacity dramatically reduces risks.
“Election officials in dozens of states representing both political parties said that there was no evidence that fraud or other irregularities played a role in the outcome of the presidential race”
Link. “Statewide officials in Texas did not respond to repeated inquiries.”
“From an app’s perspective, the standard scaling mode of the iPhone 12 Mini is not a new size: it’s the same exact pixel dimensions as the 11 Pro, XS, and X”
Link. Good eyes recommended. Bigger than an iphone 8!
“The Intel MacBook Air is no longer for sale”
Link. Damn. I might have bought one.
“If we’re wearing masks and not coming within five feet of each other, we’re safe”
Link. Safer than doing nothing but not “safe”. Be great to study what happens there.
What Went Wrong With Polling?
Link. A complete cluster. Trump’s control of the Left Behind is complete.
“Rudy Giuliani and Steve Bannon are pushing the most extreme election-fraud conspiracies because they want to curry favor with Trump for pardons.”
Link. Trump employs people who tend towards a need for pardons. It is a feature for him. He owns them. Until he isn’t president. Then they may seek revenge.
DOJ Lawyer Resigns in Protest.
Link. I would support some kind of monument to people who left Trump’s service when told to do wrong.
Remember the Loretta Lynch scandal?
Link. We Dems are a fainty bunch. Thinking of Al Franken too.
Barr attacks: “Mr. Barr’s authorization prompted the Justice Department official who oversees investigations of voter fraud, Richard Pilger, to step down from the post within hours”
Link. “weakening a key safeguard that prevents political interference in an election by the party in power.”
Biden COVID-19 Advisory Board
Link. Super-talent. Not Fauci … yet. He’s still engaged.
Aducanumab for Alzheimers: it doesn’t work.
Link. Wonder if Biden FDA will rescind.
Cabotegravir injection 6/year prevents HIV infection in women.
Link. Progress.
“Papa John’s, whose stock is up 32 percent this year, reported surging sales, profits and cash flow and announced a new stock buyback program”
Link. Economy reconfiguring.
Dog Aging Project.
Link. We don’t breed dogs for longevity. That tells me most people don’t want a dog that lives 20 years.
“To calculate dog years, you must now multiply the natural logarithm of a dog’s age in human years by 16 and then add 31”
Link. Dog lifespans vary by breed. Glad that is being studied.
Pfizer 90%: “Because it is made with mRNA, the doses will need to be kept at ultra cold temperatures.”
Link. It will not be our beat vaccine because distribution is so hard. Very novel mechanism of action.
Good riddance to the Trump administration.
Link. Only covers the media names, not all the cabinet secretaries.
“In the 1800s, Napoleon finally authorized permanent bookstands on the parapets of the Seine, popularizing the bouquinistes and making them magnets for students, intellectuals and writers”
Link. Hard times.
3/4 voters said BLM protests were major factor in voting.
Link. The article dodges the question of how votes shifted. I suspect the riots did cost Dems the Senate.
“Like Mr. Trump, Mr. Meadows often mocked reporters who wore masks around him, saying the face coverings muffled their voices”
Link. Asshole. He’ll probably do fine with COVID but a few minor scares would be well deserved.
Maggie Haberman: the master of Trump reporting.
Link. “I don’t think that people fully understand what it’s like when the president of the United States is personally attacking you,” she said, noting that while it’s simply the way Mr. Trump works, among his supporters “there are enough people who think that’s real”
“Truly beyond parody that this obscure, junky-looking parking lot in northeast Philly was the last gasp of the Trump reelection campaign.”
Link. The writers pulled it together for the show finale.
Trump base: “The Roccos got news from a variety of sources — TikTok, QAnon, the pro-Trump comedian Terrence K. Williams, the YouTube mystic Clif High.”
Link. Addicted to assholery. Human are terrible.
COVID tales: rootless capitalists abroad.
Link. Almost all single, mostly 1-2%, well connected, and likely work really long hours. Curious lives.
Animal COVID: “viruses are the leading cause of death in the chimps at Kibale. Even the human common cold can be lethal
Link. Dogs so far do not get sick and have not passed to humans. That we know of.
The story of Fauci and US disease defenses.
Link. Deeply knowledgeable journalist veteran of the HIV era. Fauci in his dotage works 18 hours a day.
Time Machine waits 10 days to tell you that your backup isn’t working.
Link. Ten days. If you ever wanted proof that TM is not a serious backup solution! I can’t find a way to make the warning 1 day — which tells me backup is a lost cause.
SR-71: “Fuel was seeping through the joints, raining down on the hangar floor.”
Link. Expansion joints leaked at room temp. This is old school web hobbyist stuff.
Election 2020 was the Y2K replay we hoped for.
Link. Danger recognized early, intense planning and preparation, disaster averted.
How Biden Won the Presidency.
Link. Urban riots were a huge boost for Trump … but Trump fumbled that gift and Biden handled the challenge. I think without the riots Dems might have taken Senate.
“important next step is for the head of the Government Services Administration to rule that the election results are final, enabling Biden’s transition team to expand its work and gain access to government funds. Biden officials are prepared for legal
Link. Trump appointee.
Oliver Sacks: “When my father asked him why he earned one-tenth of what his colleagues did, Oliver admitted to never charging patients for visits.”
Link. Shared on the nephew’s own passing.
What we need to do about COVID now.
Link. 90%. Hazard pay, paid time off, better masks, smarter masking, air flow. Omitted approaches to outdoor socializing and activities in cold climates.
“Entire offices that do not have prevention protocols in place are being wiped out by the virus.”
Link. North Dakota is an experiment now.
The Trump I remember.
Link. Including two big things he got right.
“He’s afraid. He’s the most insecure, afraid person ever. He’s too afraid to be president. He’s afraid to exercise power. He’s afraid to do the job.”
Link. Plausible but oversimplified.
“there could be as many as 300 million potentially habitable Earths” in our galaxy.
Link. Fermi fans know this could be bad news.
Transition: “So far, officials in Mr. Trump’s government have worked in good faith, according to Biden officials”
Link.
“Trump endorsement a hot commodity for years to come.”
Link. It’s his party.
“He would get his supporters to vote in person, and then he’d seek to invalidate millions upon millions of mailed ballots on the grounds that they shouldn’t be counted for too many days after Election Day.”
Link. Sabotaged himself.