COVID in China
I caught up on the Osterholm podcast over dinner, and the situation in China sounds terrifying.
Osterholm is the director of Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) in Minnesota. I've found him to be a reliable source.
He thinks the R0 right now in China is ~16, approaching that of measles. He said in some places the case numbers are doubling every day.
https://www.osterholmupdate.com/podcast/episode/54b2a6ee/episode-121-thank-you-dr-jena-part-2
This lighthouse is SO UNIQUE! It's called Þrídrangar, which means "three rock pillars". It is located 4.5 miles (7.2 kilometres) off the southwest coast of Iceland, in the archipelago of Vestmannaeyjar, often described as the most isolated lighthouse in the world. The lighthouse was built there in 1939.
It's such a INCREDIBLE location for a lighthouse, perched on a rock in Iceland's wild surf. Originally constructed and accessible only by scaling the rock on which it is situated, it is now accessible by helicopter since the construction of a helipad.
#photography #photo #photos #landscape #lighthouse #engineering #amazing #travel #world #wonders
I'm encountering a lot of posts lately where people are essentially shaming others for asking questions that they deem to be lazy or ignorant. I fucking detest this mentality.
In asking questions, people also opening the door for discussion, and likely hoping for people's input.
It's a golden opportunity to change someone's mind about something, or get them to see your point of view, but I guess being dickish and dismissive is also an option.
Cloning people who have died
This post about using chatGPT-like technology to make a virtual grandparent you can talk to after they die reminded me of a law-ethics class I took at Stanford in the late '90s.
Scientists had just cloned Dolly the sheep. (My professor was called to the White House for an "emergency ethics meeting," which I still think is super cool.)
https://zirk.us/@futurebird@sauropods.win/109620156129663826
Outgoing Republican congressman says that if Trump is not prosecuted 'then I frankly fear for the future of this country.
#USpol #Congress #Trump
https://www.businessinsider.com/outgoing-gop-rep-kinzinger-trump-must-be-prosecuted-2023-1?amp
...lucky charms
I can't help pushing, or bumping into, big red buttons.
Could explain my marital status.