Friday, February 5, 2021

Thursday, February 4, 2021

Jeans protest

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/02/04/iowa-mask-jeans-house-speaker/

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

A former QAnon person changing their mind

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/03/tech/qanon-mom-former-believer/index.html

Sunday, January 31, 2021

Interview with call center scammer in India

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/magazine/scam-call-centers.html

How to care for loved ones remotely when they're in the hospital

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/helping-hospitalized-father-from-afar/2021/01/29/3b86f5d0-55d0-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html

When people slander you online, not a lot of recourse available

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/30/technology/change-my-google-results.html

Successful teams according to Google

https://www.inc.com/justin-bariso/googles-5-step-formula-for-team-success-is-a-master-class-in-emotional-intelligence.html

Denon settings

http://manuals.denon.com/AVRS650H/NA/EN/GFNFSYvdfworfs.php

https://www.aperionaudio.com/blogs/aperion-audio-blog/receiver-set-up

Tree trimming and 'crape murder'

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/pruning-small-trees/2021/01/26/bfbebd24-5b39-11eb-8bcf-3877871c819d_story.html?outputType=amp

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/dont-commit-a-crape-murder/2015/03/17/269d2508-c446-11e4-9ec2-b418f57a4a99_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_14

UV robots for disinfection

https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2021/01/27/hotels-robots-cleaning-hospitality-covid/

CDC advice on school openings

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/world/cdc-schools-reopening.html

COVID-19 possible alternative treatment

https://amp.jsonline.com/amp/6673529002

Supreme Court moots emoluments cases

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-trump-emoluments-/2021/01/25/b243814a-5f1f-11eb-9430-e7c77b5b0297_story.html

Inaugural poetry

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/gorman-performance-vital-poetry/2021/01/22/010c35dc-5c2e-11eb-8bcf-3877871c819d_story.html

Democrats were ready to defend the vote

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/24/us/politics/democrats-trump-election-plan.html

QAnon follower was holding out hope

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/technology/qanon-meme-queen.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/20/qanon-trump-era-ends/

Ideas on combating misinformation

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/media-fight-trump-big-lie/2021/01/15/d3cafa3c-5745-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html

Misinformation dropped after Trump banned from Twitter

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/16/misinformation-trump-twitter/

Two differing reactions in evangelicalism over insurrection

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/opinion/trump-evangelicals.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

Visible people arrested for the incursion at the Capitol, more on the ground reports

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/arrests-capitol-riot/ 

https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-the-capitol-riot-what-the-parler-videos-reveal

https://www.newyorker.com/news/video-dept/a-reporters-footage-from-inside-the-capitol-siege

https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/post-reports/four-hours-of-insurrection/

Couch in a box options

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/13/cnn-underscored/sofa-couch-in-a-box/index.html

Thursday, January 14, 2021

Secret Service not allowed to use the Kushner's bathroom

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/01/14/secret-service-bathroom-ivanka-trump-jared-kushner/

Sunday, January 10, 2021

Arthritis drugs further help severely sick patients

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/01/08/covid-arthritis-drugs-treatment/

Parler cut off by Google, then Apple, then AWS

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/technology/apple-google-parler.html?action=click&module=Alert&pgtype=Homepage

This is crazy - hang Mike Pence was trending on Twitter

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/twitter-trending-hang-mike-pence.amp

Black infant mortality cut in half when delivered by Black doctors

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/black-baby-death-rate-cut-by-black-doctors/2021/01/08/e9f0f850-238a-11eb-952e-0c475972cfc0_story.html

Self-pardon might actually induce charges

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/trump-raffensperger-pardon-prosecute/2021/01/06/a32388fe-4f9d-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html

Authorities more than twice as likely to break up a left-wing protest

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-polices-tepid-response-to-the-capitol-breach-wasnt-an-aberration/

Micro led starting to eliminate green screens

https://www.techradar.com/amp/news/the-mandalorians-microled-displays-could-kill-off-the-green-screen-for-good-heres-why

Pentagon pulled back after backlash from June clearing of park

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/national-guard-trump-protests-washington/2021/01/06/d9b6b968-5065-11eb-b2e8-3339e73d9da2_story.html

Lack of planning too

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-protests-washington-guard-military/2021/01/07/c5299b56-510e-11eb-b2e8-3339e73d9da2_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2021/01/09/military-quick-reaction-force-not-deployed-during-storming-capitol-because-lack-planning-defense-officials-say/

Conservative media didn't cover Reaffensperger call

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/conservative-media-raffensperger-georgia-trump/2021/01/04/d4bdb64e-4ea0-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html

Sunday gravy recipes

https://www.whatscookinitalianstylecuisine.com/2009/06/traditional-sunday-sauce.html?m=1 

The bad luck of incidental illness and vaccines - it was coincidence

https://www.statnews.com/2020/12/28/chance-illnesses-after-covid-19-vaccinations-could-test-public-confidence-even-if-the-problems-are-unrelated/

Unexpected net savings growth in 2020

 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/01/upshot/why-markets-boomed-2020.html

Schools and COVID-19, when community rate is high they contribute, when low no

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/school-coronavirus-spread/2020/12/29/bbfac9d8-3697-11eb-a997-1f4c53d2a747_story.html

Extremist symbols during the Capitol assult

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/09/us/capitol-hill-insurrection-extremist-flags-soh/index.html 

Arrests from assault on the capitol, no antifa

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/us/politics/capitol-arrests.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/2020-election-misinformation-distortions?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage#fbi-says-there-is-no-evidence-antifa-participated-in-storming-the-capitol

Letter from Georgia Secretary of State to Congress on election integrity

 https://sos.ga.gov/admin/uploads/Letter%20to%20Congress%20from%20Secretary%20Raffensperger%20(1-6-21).pdf

Web recap:

https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2021/01/04/voter-fraud-president-trump-secretary-of-state.html

Fact check: yes these were Trump supporters

 https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-capitol-mob-antifa-undercov/fact-check-men-who-stormed-capitol-identified-by-reuters-are-not-undercover-antifa-as-posts-claim-idUSKBN29E0QO

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

Link of sleep to COVID-19

 https://amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/617454/

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


ICU bed availability map

 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/covid-hospitals-near-you.html

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/

Where to stream something

 justwatch.com

Going to try this red sauce recipe

https://www.seriouseats.com/2014/09/the-food-lab-use-the-oven-to-make-the-best-darned-italian-american-red-sauce-ever-recipe.html

https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2014/09/the-best-slow-cooked-italian-american-tomato-sauce-red-sauce-recipe.html

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



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/

Friday, December 4, 2020

Phrases to avoid

 https://www.rd.com/article/phrases-to-avoid-in-conversations-about-race/

Monday, November 30, 2020

Missle interceptor worked

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/us-missile-defense-test/2020/11/17/3778f050-28fe-11eb-b847-66c66ace1afb_story.html

Sunday, November 29, 2020

How to cut a bob haircut

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4pUj9XqHAk&feature=emb_logo

Why mRNA vaccines need to be kept at such low temperatures

 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/11/17/935563377/why-does-pfizers-covid-19-vaccine-need-to-be-kept-colder-than-antarctica

Why fighting disinformation is hard

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/11/20/affidavit-giuliani-vote-fraud/

Combine with This American Life episode

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/724/transcript

There's a belief that there are so many cases of election fraud that even if one example is proven to be false, that there must be some truth there since there are so many accusations.

Add to that that many more people are getting their news not from news stories, but from editorials and you can see how we end up to where we are today.

How to clean an office chair

 https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/how-to-clean-office-chair/

Schools not spreading COVID-19?

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/11/20/covid-19-schools-data-reopening-safety/?arc404=true

More Republicans distrust outcome than Democrats in 2016

 https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/more-republicans-distrust-this-years-election-results-than-democrats-after-2016/

Minneapolis violence as police officers leave

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/minneapolis-police-shortage-violence-floyd/2020/11/12/642f741a-1a1d-11eb-befb-8864259bd2d8_story.html

Cytokine storm may not be what it was first thought for COVID-19

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/08/health/covid-cytokine-storm.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

How to remove arsenic in rice

 https://phys.org/news/2020-11-cooking-rice-arsenic-retains-mineral.amp

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Wow, really?

 https://www.yahoo.com/news/south-dakota-er-nurse-recalls-151800579.html

People not wanting to believe they have COVID-19.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/11/16/south-dakota-nurse-coronavirus-deniers/