Link. Those were the days.
Daily Archives: May 9, 2022
COVID wars: “Mu found itself competing with an even more formidable variant: Delta. Delta was not as skilled at dodging antibodies as Mu, but it was more transmissible”
Link. We can’t yet predict which scary variant will actually win.
Intuit: “pay back $141 million to more than four million Americans who were unfairly charged for tax services that were falsely advertised as free.”
Link. Should have been a $5 billion fine.
“genes can move among complex, multicellular creatures as well, perhaps with help from pathogens”
Link. They behave like an infection that can confer new powers (but usually problems).
XKCD: The Apple Map existential crisis.
Link. The directions and business listings are still mediocre though.
Noah: American is not actually collapsing just yet.
Link. For now he is persuasive.
Saudis and 9/11: “Biden ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation to declassify documents that suggest there may have been a Saudi spy involved.”
Link. Missed that.
“During October–November, unvaccinated persons had 13.9 and 53.2 times the risks for infection and COVID-19–associated death, respectively, compared with fully vaccinated persons who received booster doses”
Link. Pre-Omicron. 50x is astounding.
“Maria Alvarez, 46, a mother and a realtor, said she is pro-choice, but “I really don’t have a strong opinion on it.”
Link. Minuscule sample but affirms my prejudices so I’ll go with it. Most women don’t care – for now. (Also most people don’t care about CO2.)