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“And, being 92, she is not troubled by Biden’s age. “Seventy-seven seems still pretty young to me,” she reported.”

Posted on September 3, 2020 by jgordon

Link. The widow Rogers is a fun interview.

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7,000-plus Missouri college students have tested positive for COVID-19.

Posted on September 3, 2020 by jgordon

Link. “none of the college-age students have become seriously ill”. Really? Out of 7,000? Something doesn’t add up.

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“To me, the signs on the American horizon are flashing blood red.”

Posted on September 3, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Where to run? Canada can’t absorb millions of US refugees.

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Left demonstrators attacking homes of Dem mayors.

Posted on September 3, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Trump’s best friends. Also, idiots.

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Intoxication, psychiatric disorders, spit fear, and police restraint – another story.

Posted on September 3, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Spit fear is irrational. Stop the hood. Beyond that, what is safe restraint?

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“… the utter contempt Trump and the entire Republican party have for the basic concept of democracy”

Posted on September 3, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Obama spoke of this. The Trump base, 40% of Americans, dislikes majority rule.

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“Pompeo wins. Congratulations to the worst secretary of state in American history!”

Posted on September 3, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Tillerson was the wrong person, but Pompeo is evil.

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Learn WordPress site.

Posted on September 2, 2020 by jgordon

Link. It’s complicated.

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“Western civilization is doomed—and immigration, political correctness, transgenderism, the culture, the establishment, the left, and the “Dems” are responsible”

Posted on September 1, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Ingraham can’t handle the truth.

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Walmart prime: “Walmart+ will require an order of at least $35,”

Posted on September 1, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Walmart RIP. Also, Amazon Prime student rate very low. We use our son’s rate.

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China bus outing: 1/3 infected. Air conditioning

Posted on September 1, 2020 by jgordon

Link. “The only factor that may have mitigated the risk of infection was sitting near a window that could be opened, or near the door.”. Implications for offices

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“several female soldiers said they worried that officers at Fort Hood had not moved swiftly to crack down on men and women who they say have preyed on those they believe to be weaker”

Posted on September 1, 2020 by jgordon

Link. and women?

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“the pathology of Covid-19 is likely the result of Bradykinin Storms rather than cytokine storms,”

Posted on September 1, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Simulation based.

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“Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday announced that he and wife Priscilla Chan are donating $300 million to increase voter turnout and bolster state and local election security efforts.”

Posted on September 1, 2020 by jgordon

Link. I am surprised. How could this help Trump?

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“iOS 13.7 lets you opt-in to the COVID-19 Exposure Notifications system without the need to download an app”

Posted on September 1, 2020 by jgordon

Link. I will do this of course.

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Thermal throttling with 16-inch MacBook Pro

Posted on September 1, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Inlike to by older models that are well understood

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Aukey’s 12-in-1 USB-C Hub Lets You Connect Up to Three Monitors to Your Laptop

Posted on September 1, 2020 by jgordon

Link. These hubs are getting crazy. Needs major power supply.

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LG unveils battery-powered air-purifying face mask.

Posted on September 1, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Workings mysterious, unclear if output filtered. Might be popular in healthcare.

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“Attorney General William Barr’s recent decision to remove the head of a Justice Department office that helps ensure federal counterterrorism and counterintelligence activities are legal”

Posted on September 1, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Prepare general strike.

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“Moderna’s vaccine needs to be shipped and stored at -20 C (minus four Fahrenheit), while the Pfizer/BioNTech one needs to be at -70 C (-94 F)”

Posted on August 31, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Even MN isn’t that cold.

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Voice Control’s Dictation is different from macOS dictation

Posted on August 31, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Headache time. Wonder if VCD has double entry bug.

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Good Products by John Siracusa

Posted on August 31, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Stuff he likes. Influences me

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“crucial unemployment provisions were devised largely by Senator Ron Wyden, Democrat of Oregon”

Posted on August 31, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Mnuchin at least did not oppose

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Why the US abandoned contact tracing.

Posted on August 31, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Phone spam, robocallers, Fox, Murdoch, Trump, no budget, unbiquitous identity theft and phone fraud, out of control infection, social media … don’t even try.

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Sen. Ron Johnson’s lies about postal service.

Posted on August 31, 2020 by jgordon

Link. He’s scum.

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The Hatch Act means a lot outside of Trump appointees

Posted on August 31, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Another reason to vote them out.

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Amazon held liable for defects in its third party goods.

Posted on August 31, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Amazon has made a lot fron counterfeits and fraudulent goods.

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A symmetric rash puzzle

Posted on August 30, 2020 by jgordon

Link. I was thinking vasculitis. Wrong.

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Long term Airbnb rentals for college learning pods.

Posted on August 30, 2020 by jgordon

Link. YouTube influencers pioneered, before them reality TV. I see the appeal.

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Taiwan prepares for Chinese invasion – without allies

Posted on August 30, 2020 by jgordon

Link. A nuclear deterrent would be handy

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“After his death, Schinella’s wife discovered a large collection of bondage and S&M gear that had been hidden in his house, along with 24 guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition.”

Posted on August 30, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Very senior US military intelligence official. Killed himself as new wife fled.

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Breonna Taylor death and context

Posted on August 30, 2020 by jgordon

Link. I think NYT is saying there was likely legal cause for a search but the judge erred in nature of search and police were incompetent at best.

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“no one seems to have considered the problems which can be caused by orphaned snapshots, so they’re a key macOS feature which is essentially unmaintainable”

Posted on August 30, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Too complex for humans.

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“RealFarmacy, which according to Avaaz is on track to become one of the largest health misinformation networks in the world, received an astonishing 581 million views in a year.”

Posted on August 30, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Money for Facebook.

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“Canada increased its maximum payment to about $4,800 per child per year (in American dollars), and quickly reduced child poverty by a third”

Posted on August 29, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Canada has had this for at least 50 years, a kind of guaranteed income. Helped feed me.

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Replacing a Time Capsule with a Synology NAS for multiple users

Posted on August 29, 2020 by jgordon

Link. I wrote the original article in 2015 and updated it in 2020 when an OS update killed one of my machine backups. This kind of end-user “how to” article is hard to find in the twilight of the web.

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“Some apps legitimately need location access, and once that’s granted there’s little that can be done to protect you”

Posted on August 29, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Don’t give location data to anyone but Apple?

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“Trying to get a job at a legitimate tech company after staying at Facebook through 2020 will be like trying to get a job at a legitimate news publication after a stint at Fox News.”

Posted on August 29, 2020 by jgordon

Link. I wish that were true.

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Intimidating math theorem’s elegant proof.

Posted on August 29, 2020 by jgordon

Link. I loved Huang’s description of how he plugged away at it as a secret hobby for many years. Helped falling asleep at night, solved when writing grant application.

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China’s concentration camps mapped.

Posted on August 27, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Xi will go down in history with Stalin, Mao, and Hitler.

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“Changes in Spotlight Search on iOS and iPadOS 14 beta, a significant update to its Applebot support page, and an increase in crawling from AppleBot signify that Apple may be launching a search engine soon.”

Posted on August 27, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Google search results lousy in many domains. They are vulnerable.

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“administration officials have suddenly started referring to the pandemic in the past tense”

Posted on August 27, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Of course.

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Kyle Rittenhouse profile.

Posted on August 27, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Almost certainly cognitive disabilities, could be my special needs son. Insane that he had a weapon.

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“Almost 10% of patients with COVID-19 infection have a prolonged QTc interval on admission”

Posted on August 26, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Explains why HCQ was unexpectedly toxic. It’s generally a safe medication…

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“University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Diseases Research and Policy director Michael Osterholm told Stat. “The two foundational organizations in this country for public health really have been the CDC and the FDA and the credibility of both has

Posted on August 26, 2020 by jgordon

Link. The Party of Trump will destroy all science.

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Abbott’s $5 Covid-19 Rapid Antigen Test Gets Emergency-Use Status From FDA – WSJ

Posted on August 26, 2020 by jgordon

Link. “Abbott said Wednesday it plans to ship tens of millions of the newly authorized tests in September, with plans to increase production to 50 million tests in October.” I will buy.

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“The FDA can no longer call itself an independent and science-based regulatory agency,” Luciana Borio, former acting FDA chief scientist, told BioCentury.”

Posted on August 26, 2020 by jgordon

Link. FDA down. CDC down. HHS down. NIH?

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“presenting oneself as a Black activist is the most effective disinformation tactic for driving online engagement”

Posted on August 26, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Russia and Iran.

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CDC testing guidelines not written by CDC.

Posted on August 26, 2020 by jgordon

Link. The CDC has fallen.

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HIV “cure” without immune system transplant

Posted on August 26, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Mechanism too complex for article to describe

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