Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Examples of abuse claims settled that show a pattern
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/dc-police-lawsuits/2020/12/24/e986472c-2375-11eb-8672-c281c7a2c96e_story.html
Retirement meta study and impact on health
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/retire-or-keep-working-the-healthly-answer-isnt-that-simple/2020/12/18/c65f60d2-33ef-11eb-a997-1f4c53d2a747_story.html?outputType=amp
Article on critical race theory
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2020/12/23/black-pastors-break-southern-baptist-critical-race-theory/
For future reference/reading.
Another example of voter fraud claims being debunked
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/heres-what-happened-when-a-georgia-lawmaker-scrutinized-the-trump-campaigns-list-of-allegedly-illegal-votes/2020/12/10/1400d628-3b06-11eb-bc68-96af0daae728_story.html
Evangelical support of election doubts leads to doubts about their faith
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/prominent-evangelicals-are-directing-trumps-sinking-ship-that-feeds-doubts-about-religion/2020/12/07/5ad8eb0c-38c3-11eb-9276-ae0ca72729be_story.html
McCarthyism, Trumpism comparison
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/joseph-mccarthy-movement-trumpism/2020/12/04/d6e807ee-3460-11eb-b59c-adb7153d10c2_story.html
Pandemic affect on male friendships
https://www.washingtonpost.com/road-to-recovery/2020/11/30/male-bonding-covid/
CDC's failure early on to create a simple COVID-19 test
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/cdc-covid/2020/12/25/c2b418ae-4206-11eb-8db8-395dedaaa036_story.html
Korea study shows distant infection beyond 6 ft
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/infected-after-5-minutes-from-20-feet-away-south-korea-study-shows-covid-19s-spread-indoors/?amp=1
How I fixed Arlo motion detection, I need to update my rules
https://kb.arlo.com/42/What-are-modes-and-rules-and-how-does-Arlo-use-them
What probably happened with the Stanford Hospital algorithm
Probably focused on preventing deaths rather than infections and didn't take into account the changes in exposure due to changed practices.
https://www.statnews.com/2020/12/21/stanford-covid19-vaccine-algorithm/
Scientific Humor Theory
https://bgr.com/2020/12/22/funniest-joke-ever-study-science/amp/
Benign Violation Theory
- An unsafe violation of a situation
- A flip of the situation so it feels safe
- Both simultaneously
Contrasts and resolutions part of the brain
Change in what is "safe" as diversity of jokes.
17 days latency before safe to do a joke about a serious situation
PPE shortages and need for on-going funding like defense items
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/20/health/covid-ppe-shortages.html
Cialdini - use social proof to increase COVID-19 compliance
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/10/magazine/covid-research-behavior-.html
NIH studying study on allergic reactions to COVID-19 vaccine
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/covid-vaccine-allergic-reactions-study/2020/12/21/e01001d2-431a-11eb-b0e4-0f182923a025_story.html
Russian opposition leader dupes spy into reveal poisoning technique
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/12/21/europe/russia-navalny-poisoning-underpants-ward/index.html
Lawsuit that led to some semi-retractions on certain conservative networks
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/20/business/media/smartmatic-lawsuit-fox-news-newsmax-oan.html
Latine instead of Latinx
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/latinx-latinos-unpopular-gender-term/2020/12/18/bf177c5c-3b41-11eb-9276-ae0ca72729be_story.html
Employers can require COVID-19 vaccine shots
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/18/us/eeoc-employers-coronavirus-mandate.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
Story of Trump Administrations response to COVID-19
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/trump-covid-pandemic-dark-winter/
Trail of particles follows a person
https://scitechdaily.com/safe-social-distancing-alert-long-streams-of-virus-laden-droplets-can-trail-behind-infected-individuals/
Premature birth drop during pandemic
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/19/health/coronavirus-premature-birth.html
Possible hypotheses raised in the article:
- Rest, less stress from commuting
- Avoided infections
- Air pollution drop
- Fewer induced labors due to high blood pressure
Woman tackles black kid she accuses of stealing her iphone
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/12/28/keyon-harrold-racial-profiling-hotel/
Saturday, December 26, 2020
Vaccine doubters changing their mind
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/26/health/covid-vaccine-hesitancy.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
Thursday, December 24, 2020
More examples of African Americans getting inferior medical treatment
So sad.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/12/24/covid-susan-moore-medical-racism/
Lean Cuisine Ratings
Buy again
* Spaghetti and meatballs
* Meatloaf with mashed potatoes
* Lasagna with Meat Sauce
* Chicken Parmesan
* Salisbury steak with macaroni and cheese
* French bread pepperoni pizza
* Tortilla crusted fish
Meh
* Spaghetti with meat sauce
Skip
* Glazed Turkey Tenderloins (whipped sweat potatoes were horrible)
* Fettuccini Alfredo
* Creamy Basil Chicken
Sunday, December 20, 2020
How to convert flac to mp3
https://videoconverter.iskysoft.com/convert-mp3/convert-flac-to-mp3-vlc.html
Saturday, December 19, 2020
Wednesday, December 9, 2020
COVID-19 death toll compared to other historical events
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/11/19/ranking-covid-deaths-american-history/
https://time.com/5815367/coronavirus-deaths-comparison/
Monday, December 7, 2020
Possible approach to PSAs for C19
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/opinion/covid-public-health-messaging.html
Saturday, December 5, 2020
Yet another missed expectation
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/12/05/operation-warp-speed-coronavirus-vaccine-shortfall/