The intrigue: Walmart and DroneUp will offset the cost of delivery with revenue from other drone-related services, such as insurance inspections,…

People with many initials after their name can't seem to see the problem .... Nothing we've done has worked to…

I predicted this: The World Health Organization (WHO) will make it easier for its member states to introduce digital vaccination…

I'm so old, I remember a year ago when the experts said inflation would be modest and temporary: Ofgem said…

"It may well be that this virus now has mutated so that it's highly contagious but produces, by and large,…

The global elite jet set, currently at Davos, Switzerland via private jet (an estimated 1,500 private jet flights), plan to…

Oxfam added that an annual wealth tax on millionaires of two per cent, and five per cent for billionaires, could…

Covid-19 has a side effect causing people to post long threads on Twitter about Long Covid. https://twitter.com/SBLitAgent/status/1528368646388695040 The thread roughly…

He sponsored legislation for the Federal government to mail N95 masks to everyone in the country. Presumably he did "everything…

“The task in front of us is similar to work we had to do at other points over the past…

If you are over age 59, you are suffering from pre-death so it doesn't matter? CDC: Who should get vaccinated…

Betteridge's Law - a story headline or lead that ends in a question mark means the story is bull shit…

Today: https://twitter.com/JenniferNuzzo/status/1526880827975540741?s=20&t=X3AfU5xGool0EQLYlF4aGw June 2, 2020 - protesting is more important than fighting a virus. Public health technocratic elite are the…

Mike Childs, head of science, policy and research at environmental organization Friends of the Earth, previously described carbon offsetting as…

President Biden descends stairs of Air Force One, entirely by himself, wearing a mask. Then when he approaches a group…

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500 square miles so far, with estimates it may reach 1,000 to 1,500 square miles. Northern New Mexico's still raging…

Read about the hepatitis A outbreak in October 2003 that sickened 660 people and killed four. Source: Parents PACK Personal…

Covid's fatality rate for men was 1.7 times higher, on average, than the rate for women across 38 countries, a…

Public health "experts" have had no clue: in spite of their mitigation strategies, a large majority of the population became…

Very interesting concept: One tech CEO wants remote offices to resemble employee-only coffee shops. Source: The future of the office…

This is the state of modern scientific discourse - sliming anyone you disagree with and engage in name calling, rather…

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1526953767115038727 WHO and the CDC said today that monkeypox appears to be spreading primarily by sexual contact, and primarily between…

Read the whole thing - student kicked out of Union College, New York for not getting a Covid booster shot.…

“If you’re in a gathering of people outside your home, sooner or later you will be exposed to the virus,”…

I'm so old, I remember 1-2 years ago when they were all heroes - now we lay them off: Faced…

Until a week ago, I was fighting hepatitis of unknown origin. Blood tests last Thursday show the infection has gone…

https://twitter.com/ShiraDoronMD/status/1526537933938999297 At least some one is noticing the disconnect between public health and reality. Read the whole thread.

We are now experts on stopping diseases in their tracks: Several key lessons from the pandemic will help to improve…

Anyone still listening to these quacks? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its coronavirus guidance for domestic…

The average price of an EV today is about USD$60,000 with batteries being the largest single component. E Source estimates…

Most of their theories on how to "mitigate" were wrong, so there's that too but let's blame everything else: The…

Here's a list of countries that have banned food exports in the months after the Russia-Ukraine war started, according to…

In West Virginia, Obamacare premiums would spike $1,536 on average if stimulus aid expires. Source: West Virginians will see the…

Nadella told employees that the company is “nearly doubling the global merit budget” and allocating more money to people early…

No kidding: "When the public doesn't trust what the CDC is saying, that also affects the public trust that we…

How does this make sense? Per the CDC's February 2022 seroprevalence study, 75% of kids have had Covid already -…

"If you’re eligible, can you wait?" new guidance asks. Source: The CDC says to think again before getting a second…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiEGVYOruLk&list=PLmWYEDTNOGULG6eg0zgzvRercwqRP6mII https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8Z51no1TD0

This was incredible - and the results even more so. In the past 4 days, this video has been watched…

While U.S. media is still gloomy and fear mongering, the global situation looks much improved: Question: 65% of the world…

Over the last ten years (excluding Covid years) about 10 million people or about 3% of the total US population…

Long time mask advocate gets Covid. You know he was doing "everything right" and still got Covid Past: Peter Hotez…

It was understood in 2006, and again in 2019 when WHO published a paper on pandemic respiratory viruses - and…

Domestic fares continued to surpass 2019 levels due to a rebound in demand and more expensive fuel this year. Source:…

Producer prices were expected to increase 0.5% in April, according to economists surveyed by Dow Jones. Source: Wholesale inflation rose…

Luna, the sister cryptocurrency of controversial stablecoin TerraUSD, has collapsed to nearly $0. TerraUSD, or UST, has been dragged into…

Very interesting concept video. https://twitter.com/verge/status/1524467655767470080

Suicide hotline numbers pinned to top of popular crypto forum Source: ‘I lost my life savings’: Terra Luna cryptocurrency collapses…

I am so old, I remember only a year ago when the experts said inflation would be mild and temporary...…

April 27, 2022: Lifting of Covid mask mandate on US transportation horrifies health experts | Airline industry | The Guardian…

The head of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday China's zero-tolerance COVID-19 policy is not sustainable given what is…

[Washington] Gov. Jay Inslee said he won't lift vaccine mandate for state employees yet Seattle Times Opinion column: "Our bodily…

A study of public electric-vehicle stations in California's Bay Area found that only 72.5% of chargers were operational. California has…

Users of smart televisions and some digital platforms in Russia reported seeing an anti-Ukraine-war message on their screens. Source: Russian…

He said: 'Our "never again" lasted only 77 years.' Source: Ukrainian president Zelensky says 'evil is reborn' as Europe marks…

Read the whole thread - locked inside their apartment for 47 days and counting. https://twitter.com/JaredTNelson/status/1522597026982252544 I'm so old, I remember…

My thoughts, from the very beginning: https://www.tiktok.com/@grahamcweaver/video/7094741351593610542?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc Cryptocurrencies/digital currencies have important roles to play. This video sets expectations correctly -…

May 4th 2022: California renewable energy: State ran nearly 100% on renewables (for 2 minutes) May 8th 2022: (Reuters) -…

Kinda sounds like they adopted U.S. social media policies: The officials called on the country to unify behind the Chinese…

Interesting ideas: Instead of a password, devices could look for your phone over Bluetooth. Source: Apple, Google, and Microsoft want…

The request, if enacted, would allow Russians with a masters or doctoral degree in the fields of science, technology, engineering…

Don't worry - in a few years, President Ocasio-Cortez will cancel these debts too! 'Buy now, pay later' sends TikTok…

I left out "oppression" when I described public health as technocratic elite autocrats but here we are: Newly released documents…

While no cause-effect conclusions could be inferred from this observational analysis, the lack of negative correlations between mask usage and…

Last week, the White House announced it wants Congress to act on new laws that would permit increased monitoring and…

Expert Opinion, September 2021 "The possibility of a 'twindemic' is pretty real this year," said Brian Dixon, the director of…

August 5, 2021 Projection -> Cases to quadruple by October in UtahVaccination and masks are key to keeping children safe…

This was forecast to be a superspreader event. https://twitter.com/vickilynn07/status/1426723615542759424 Like all such forecasts, this one was completely wrong. I marked…

Shanghai faced another blow on Monday as new Covid-19 cases were detected outside quarantine zones in the city after two…

Because they care: San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit system is reinstating a face-mask mandate for riders, making it the…

Projection from December 2021: https://twitter.com/DataDrivenMD/status/1473083518808821761 Actual Result There were a few states that had high numbers of pediatric patients (many…

October 2021: Graven said he’s also preparing for the possibility of another variant. “There will be a day where some…

“This [2021] fire season is going to be worse than last year,” the vice president said. Source: Harris drops by…

As noted in my previous follow up on this failed projection, as of Nov 2021, there had been 459,000 total…

30 states now are hitting hybrid and electric owners with annual fees, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures,…

There's kind of, sort of, a problem with electric vehicles catching fire. Dozens of electric buses will be taken off…

Note - that's 2013-2017. The mix may have changed in 2018-2022. But it seems likely this is a real issue…

Source: EU estimates up to 80% of population has had COVID

But note that Fauci, who takes all sides of every position, said yesterday we were out of the pandemic phase…

Source: Chipotle staffing back at pre-pandemic levels, company is exploring automation, CEO says As noted here many times in the…

Every day during the pandemic there are dueling "experts". If the public is confused about inconsistent, contradictory and incoherent messaging,…

If you want to know the scope of the fiscal nightmare approaching, realize that since January 2020, the United States…

Fully vaccinated travelers to Canada are no longer required to file a "quarantine plan" for entry to Canada. Canada still…

Everyone will have Covid-19 at some point. She undoubtedly "did everything right" and still got it. Vice President Kamala Harris…

Following the record surge in COVID-19 cases during the Omicron-driven wave, some 58% of the U.S. population overall and more…

While not yet a perfect solution, Microsoft has released a video showing how to open up the Microsoft Surface Laptop…

Impressive:The University of Washington has developed a COVID vaccine and will soon have it shipped overseas for use. Source: University…

They should have hired Trevor Jacob for this! Pilots Luke Aikins and Andy Farrington were unable to complete the never-before-seen…

To say the least: Putting vehicle owners in a tough position Source: GM reportedly stops providing battery pack replacements for…

Before mask use became widespread on airplanes and in other places during the pandemic, Festa said, she always became sick…

However, pre-entry COVID-19 tests will still be required for partially vaccinated or unvaccinated travellers ages 12 and older who are…

Would apply to phones, notebook computers, cameras and more: The EU is working to standardize device chargers in an effort…

As I previously noted, VR headsets are difficult to use for those who need eyesight corrective lenses, especially those who…

Modeled scenarios with faster relative growth rates (of Omicron as compared to Delta) indicate that a large surge of infections…

Good summary: Why People Born 1955–1964 Aren’t Baby Boomers | by Nichola Scurry | Atta Girl | Medium "Baby boom"…

Dr. Henry Marsh, neurosurgeon: A British brain surgeon says cycle helmets are too flimsy and can actually create more danger…

Congested cities often have the fewest places to charge EVs. Source: Startups try to make it easier to charge electric…

Another moment in accurate disease model projections: When Ontario lifted public health protective measures in March, the expectation was that…

Just like the weather forecast but with zero accuracy: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched its Center…

Avoids using carbon-based gas for heating, enables using existing furnaces thereby saving huge costs for homeowners, and enables dual heating…

It may be possible to use existing but no longer used oil and gas wells to tap underground geothermal heat…

The Mask Mandate exceeds the CDC's statutory authority and violates the procedures required for agency rulemaking under the APA. Source:…

Everyone seems to have gotten or is getting Covid regardless of being vaccinated or "doing everything right": Denny Mitchell couldn’t…

I'm so old, I remember when public health quacks argued the U.S. should have been more like China in response…

Residents ordered to vacate their own homes, so the State can turn them into quarantine centers to house those testing…

The U.S. government Thursday filed a civil action in federal court in Portland against drone distributor HobbyKing to collect a…

The myth of cloth face coverings will last forever: Much of the public rejoiced when the Centers for Disease Control…

When you hear the word "tech" in the news, it almost always, as in this article, means "software". Not sure…

If we had just done like China, we would have had Covid-19 knocked down 2 years ago. And now here…

Experts said inflation was to be mild and temporary. Amazon on Wednesday added a 5% fuel and inflation surcharge for…

Public health quacks seek more power and control over our lives, even though as seen the past two years, none…

Epidemiology has no control and never had any control over Covid as illustrated by the epicurves. 15 days to flatten…

While fewer Americans than ever are wearing masks and backing mask mandates as a result, per the Ipsos poll, the…

It was not the pandemic but the policies issued by public health officials who fixated on a single disease: All…

This is stupid: Joe Biden will announce Tuesday that his administration will lift the summertime ban on E15 gasoline to…

Shanghai counted more than 20,000 new cases on April 7, but the asymptomatic rate has stood at around 97%, far…

If it is so bad, wouldn't we notice something? Apparently, it is so severe you won't know if you have…

Sad to hear this: Alaska Airlines has announced that by the end of 2023, the Seattle-based carrier’s fleet will consist…

https://www.tiktok.com/@beachlawyerpaul/video/7082975740295269675?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc

As a point of messaging, it is confusing to keep saying the disease is so severe but you don't know…

Serious question - why invest so much in a 4-year degree that probably starts at far less and which has…

Epidemiologists have been wrong about most everything pandemic related. The economists who said the government could print money without worrying…

First Light Fusion, a spin-out from the University of Oxford, has confirmed that it has achieved fusion through a technique…

The US government issued more stimulus money than needed. When economic output fell by $2.3T, the government spent $3 trillion…

It is an election year - as predicted, the pandemic had to vanish by April 1st. My state is suspending…

On Feb 1, 2022, the Chief of Norway's National Institute of Public Health said that "infections will rise when restrictions…

Follow up on Oregon's OHSU disease models for Omicron. Like nearly all models, this was wrong, off in space, as…

Like nearly all forecasts that predicted an event would be a "superspreader" for Covid, this one in Canada was wrong,…

The median price of an EV in February 2022 was $64,685.

Hundreds of Russian soldiers have fled the Chernobyl area after digging trenches into highly contaminated radioactive soil within a "do…

Large study finds no evidence that cellular phone usage causes brain tumors. This more than a decade after prominent public…

OHA, based on faulty data, made false accusations against Family Care, ultimately driving the organization out of business. The Oregon…

Mild childhood head and brain injuries can have long term effects. I know - I've had several TBIs.

Reality: Implicit in the latest guidance is this basic fact: The country is “at the point where we’re not able…

Ooops: All-time pediatric deaths from COVID-19 reported on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's COVID Data Tracker plummeted nearly…

The Science appears to support making Standard Time, not Daylight Saving Time, permanent. Of course, governments are passing laws to…

Many pundits blame oil price hikes after Russia's invasion of Ukraine for the sharp increase in inflation. This chart shows…

I'm so old, I remember when the experts said inflation was to be mild and to be short lived... :Fed…

The intent is to send direct messages to people in Russia informing them of what is happening in Ukraine.

Source: 2022 ID.4 Don't see the problem? I'll give a hint: The ID.4 is rated to tow 2,700 pounds. Don't…

Hacked databases Of 100 Russian databases that were analyzed, 92 had been compromised, said Fowler. They belonged to retailers, Russian…

And then we see this: Famed Russian pianist Boris Berezovsky has shocked the classical world after calling for pressure to…

Newer research suggests many of us with decent incomes "over saved" for future retirement options that may never happen. I…

Tesla, Rivian have raised prices, as has a major battery maker. Source: Tesla Is Not the Only Auto Maker Raising…

This could be due to measurement error - and perhaps inflation (de-valuing of the dollar) really is that bad: Rosenberg:…

Elon Musk warned this week that Tesla faced ‘significant recent inflation pressure’ Source: Tesla raises prices across entire range, with…

Thousands of schools around the country declined to mandate masks, vaccines or frequent testing. They reopened quickly while the nation's…

Have long thought Starbucks, fast food and restaurants make the perfect locations for EV charging: Volvo will install fast chargers…

Tesla has released footage unveiling its pre-fabricated system to deploy new Supercharger stations in record time. This new one in…

This makes no sense: Despite the vaccine's meager level of protection, this flu season has been the second in a…

WASHINGTON — The war in Ukraine has prompted the biggest rethinking of American foreign policy since the Sept. 11, 2001,…

Source: These 28 countries have compulsory military service - Best Citizenships How many countries in the world conscript women? Just…

Source: Over 300 Companies Have Withdrawn from Russia—But Some Remain | Yale School of Management

Russia's central bank on Saturday said it has decided not to reopen stock market trading on the Moscow Exchange from…

Bend Bulletin (newsmemory.com) As I said late last year, the pandemic would be over with by April 1, 2022 as…

Good luck finding a non-Tesla 350 kW DCFC. While the Hyundai Ioniq 5 isn’t the king of range in its…

A measure of an EV's energy efficiency is to look at how many miles it can travel on 1 KWH…

Sweeping sanctions against Putin's oligarchs has led governments to limit and in some cases end their lucrative pay-for-passport programs. Source:…

Source: Pfizer planning to submit data on 4th Covid shot soon, while working on vaccine for all variants France just…

But only the profits and not the expenses: The plan would also establish a quarterly payment program to provide direct…

Oregon drops vaccine mandate for 40,000 staff who are not vaccinated.Unvaccinated Alberta Health Services employees allowed to come back to…

Seems lots of people are now asking this: But in only two short weeks, new questions have arisen as to…

Postwar vision of harmonious world trade was already under pressure; invasion of Ukraine risks further economic fragmentation. Source: Economic Blacklist…

But how many people still have shortwave radio receivers available? The BBC World Service is turning to shortwave to deliver…

And the top 20% of households received about 85% of the benefits. The PPP was launched by the Trump administration…

Best’s Wikileaks-esque entity published what it claimed was a huge trove of files stolen by a member of the Anonymous…

The consumer price index for February was expected to rise 7.8% over the past year, according to Dow Jones estimates.…

The U.S. is extending a requirement that masks are worn on planes, trains and other forms of transportation until the…

For any Tesla employees who is a Ukrainian national and has been asked to return to Ukraine for active duty…

NBC Today show "reporter" tells us how to improve our gas mileage - but in the clip, she is doing…

Public health "thinking" on full display: As another Covid-19 wave recedes across the country, the full toll of the pandemic…

Literally: Whether the masks have been effective against the spread of COVID-19 among passengers on airlines, buses and trains isn’t…

Besides flight bans over Europe and North America, the overwhelming majority of Russia's airline jet fleet is leased from western…

In 2017, US Senators accused Russia of interfering in US energy markets by secretly funding U.S. environmental activist groups. A…

I'm so old I remember when our political leadership lied to us a year ago and insisted inflation would be…

https://youtu.be/mUfwy3f3R4s

But they did everything right: U.S. CDC urges Americans to avoid travel to Hong Kong, New Zealand New Zealand flatten…

Anonymous, the "hactivist" collective movement, claimed credit Sunday for taking over multiple television and streaming channels in Russia to broadcast…

It's not the only backbone connection but it is a large one: Russian Internet Takes a Hit as Cogent Disconnects…

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1500553480548892679

Do not travel to Russia due to the unprovoked and unjustified attack by Russian military forces in Ukraine, the potential for harassment against…

2/3ds of Germany's energy supply comes from Russia. For years, the U.S. warned Germany of building up a dangerous energy…

A random walk generated from coin tosses would be as reliable as many of the models (see last example, below).…

See below for why I do not buy this: According to MacRumors, Apple is in the process of designing high-tech…

Cell phone service providers are shutting down their older 3G services - which means a lot of devices that relied…

From the US Surgeon General's web page: If you send an email to that email address you get this autoreply:…

There are roughly 250,000 technology professionals in the country. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine imperils many of their lives. It has…

Read the thread below, for details. Short summary Russia military is not using encrypted digital radios but unencrypted analog radios…

The global internet domain nonprofit known as ICANN confirmed Tuesday that it has received a letter from the Ukrainian government…

The Swiss-based company building the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany has fired all 106 staff after…

Last Wednesday, a few hours before Russian tanks began rolling into Ukraine, alarms went off inside Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence Center,…

She points out her Dad is Belarusian and Polish and her Mom is mostly Ukrainian, and they all live on…

"Ukraine has returned to Russia," the article, which ran on RIA Novosti and has since been taken down, said. Source:…

Multiple Russian state-run media outlets were hacked across the country to display anti-war messages and Russia's war dead, as President…

One of the world’s most successful ransomware groups is reeling from a massive dump of its own internal data after…

It previously bumped up the time limit from 60 seconds to three minutes in July.. Source: TikTok is extending the…

I've already dropped the mask requirement and on longer wearing one in stores. As case counts continue to fall fast,…

On the wrong axis, but whatever.

One by one, Hong Kong’s government is being forced to move away from key pillars of its strict Covid Zero…

Nuclear Explosion Nuclear explosions can cause significant damage and casualties from blast, heat, and radiation but you can keep your…

https://www.tiktok.com/@person2850/video/7068858411428908293?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id7068063158485059077

This past week I have seen two main stream news reports quoting Bill Gates on Covid - Gates is way…

What is the efficacy of wearing a cloth mask (which studies say is useless) for a fully vaccinated and boosted…

New metrics from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that about 28% of people in the United…

https://twitter.com/mfa_russia/status/1497234734765780997?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1497234734765780997%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com%2F2022%2F02%2F25%2Frussia-ukraine-news-us-europe-impose-sanctions-as-attack-continues.html

There is little any of us, as individuals, can do to affect Russia's invasion of Ukraine. All I can do…

Airbus said it plans to test a hydrogen-powered engine on a modified A380 by the middle of the decade, in…

An essay by a mathematical biologist on why the CDC has lost its way and is now, basically, a useless…

Changes in Covid-19 cases during the past two weeks. The drops are similar in nearly all states regardless of NPI…

And they undoubtedly did everything right but still got Covid: He, his wife and his 5-year-old son tested positive, after…

The nation’s leading health officials said Wednesday that the U.S. is moving closer to the point that COVID-19 is no…

At 2 years into 15 days to flatten the curve, nearly everyone in the country has now had Covid. The…

Last week, Christine Ourmières-Widener, the CEO of TAP Air Portugal, was reported saying, “I am absolutely convinced they will stay forever.”…

What do we make of this? Implies Covid shots will become annual, implies likely mandatory (or mandatory via proxy) Hints…

A top official of India's central bank has compared cryptocurrency to "Ponzi scheme" and suggested an outright ban in its…

General Motors says it will start making Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles again in early April after an eight-month pause due…

It's okay. We can print however much money we need, say the experts: The producer price index was expected to…

I was not expecting this! A new virtualization mainline module makes the process much more efficient and standardized Source: Android…

You may have noticed that while you can change a battery in your DSLR camera, you cannot change a battery…

All those factors may explain why the states with mask mandates haven’t fared significantly better than the 35 states that…

Both were wearing helmets and both suffered fatal head injuries at the ski resort. For the second time in two…

If Russia invades Ukraine, I suspect this is part of an eventual plan by China to take or re-take Taiwan,…

The platform which sold an NFT of Jack Dorsey's first tweet for $2.9 million has halted most transactions because people…

IBM executives discussed in emails how to force out older workers and derided them as “Dinobabies” who should be made…

CDC still refuses that acquired immunity from having Covid has any impact whatsoever on the progression of the spread of…

Nice - the experts blame the public for not taking head injuries seriously: Bob Saget’s death — the result of…

At this point - two years into 15-days-to-flatten-the-curve, it seems this was probably the goal from early on - rule…

February 10, 2022: Inflation surges 7.5%February 20, 2022: Inflation eroded pay by 1.7% over the past year Remember all those…

Software in the radio hangs in the radio boot process upon encountered an errant image sent by KUOW-FM. Apparently the…

I am skeptical of politicians and climate change enthusiasts who propose we completely eliminate all fossil fuels in - select…

Says EV charging can have a business model on par with gas service stations.

The global elite get everything and ignore all rules: A massive steel bridge in Rotterdam is to be partly demolished…

Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the (British) House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle told a gathering of counterparts from some…

An analysis of each of these three groups support the conclusion that lockdowns have had little to no effect on…

Covid predictions? These experts are done with them As this blog has documented, disease models provided little useful information. Their…

In the past few days, I discovered some things about my past. I had not realized until now, just how…

The high temperature today, where I live, is 25 degrees F. The neighborhood mailbox cluster is across the street, outside.…

Culver City, Calif.-based Parallel Systems is testing autonomous battery-electric railcars for short-haul freight operations, and has raised $49.55 million in…

Trevor Jacob competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics on snowboard. Since then he appears to have made his living producing…

About 20 years ago, today's BigTech companies argued that Microsoft was favoring their own products (Internet Explorer) and the entire…

UPDATE FEB 7 - 2022: IRS abandons plan to use facial recognition to access one's tax records. The collection will…

The new web site for ordering free Covid rapid tests limits tests kits to 4 kits per residential address. People…

ANA, Japan Airlines and Emirates were among the carriers that canceled flights over concerns that new 5G service could interfere…

For Maximum EV Efficiency, Stick to 25 Miles an Hour, Ignore Angry Drivers Source: For Maximum EV Efficiency, Stick to…

Many are priced in the $70,000 to $100,000 (or even higher) price range. If EVs sell in quantities - government…

Watch the video at the link. A Wall Street Journal investigation found that TikTok only needs one important piece of…

“I know that for some Americans, the mask is not always affordable or convenient to get,” Biden said in addressing…

For 18 months I have said public health "expert" messaging has been inconsistent, contradictory, illogical and incoherent. Now my thoughts…

Two years late, you finally realize that a respiratory virus cannot be defeated and that any such attempt is doomed…

Fauci says unvaxxed 10x more likely to get Omicron but everyone will get it. What?

He says the data models are meant to be used as tools, not scare tactics .“We don’t want to scare…

If only we did what they had asked of us, right? We did, in fact, and everywhere across the world,…

In January 2022, politicians are seeking a continued ban on evictions of those not paying rent. Depending on where you…

As you may know "experts" who previously told everyone to wear cloth facial coverings now say everyone - including children…

The use of green and blue to show whether a message to a user is made through iMessage or via…

This is what a brain injured retired computer engineer said at least six months ago but what do I know?…

GM made headlines at CES with announcements of new EVs, progress on autonomous vehicles and thousands of orders for its…

With modified quadcopter "drones": This full-contact team sport helps high schools adopt drone education. Source: U.S. Drone Soccer Launches National…

The Chevy Bolt has been stuck on hold due to the battery fiasco. Sounds like Bolt shipments might not resume…

Pluton is a security tech to be embedded inside future CPUs. A bit like moving the Trusted Platform Module (TPM)…

This sort of reality check is devastating to public health messaging integrity. Take the case of Marin County. Willis said…

Electric cars made up nearly two thirds of Norway's new sales in 2021, with Tesla the top selling automobile brand…

Including this blog: Hundreds of projects launched since 2020 show that Chinese police, state media and the military are gathering…

Show Will Close One Day Early on Jan. 7th at 6 p.m. Source: CES to Open With 2200+ In-Person Exhibitors

CDC's Covid-19 tracking web site late on December 31: Now we take 4-day weekends, two weeks in a row. This…

The FAA said Friday an "increased number" of its own employees are testing positive for the virus. That could force…

I save bookmarks of past forecasts for future follow up. Steven Kashkett of USA Today claimed in July of 2020…

Dr. John Campbell is a retired college nursing lecturer, and before that, a nurse practitioner who practiced health care in…

A brain injured idiot noticed this a week ago (posted initially on Twitter earlier than that post): Health officials worried…

Source: Hyundai shutters engine development in shift to electric and hydrogen vehicles

All electric cars experience some degree of range loss in cold weather. For EV owners in colder winter climates, daily…

Researchers say trees set aside as part of cap-and-trade system are releasing carbon as they burn in fires that are…

Mark Zuckerberg thinks we all want to live in a virtual world of interactive experiences, wearing VR helmets or futuristic…

Each user would then need their own VR headset and sharing headsets might be difficult? Virtual-reality headsets tend to leave…

The CES 2022 technology conference is pressing ahead with an in-person show in Las Vegas next week despite the Covid…

Germany - US $1.00 or less, each.India - US $ 3.50UK - freeCanada - free tests given to businesses Source…

This happens when they assume that anyone over age 45 is not a customer for VR - these VR glasses…

This is a very bad idea: A beta tester has claimed she was virtually “groped” in the metaverse VR platform…

The “real estate of the future” is plagued by buggy software, empty servers, and huge opportunities for abuse. .... In…

These things usually come down to which country can offer the best tax break bribes available only to really big…

Widespread quarantines and isolation of 1/5th of the workforce + close contacts may occur over the next few weeks. Currently,…

The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is kind of falling apart. Again. Twitter, Meta/Facebook, T-Mobile, General Motors, Google, Lenovo, AT&T,…

Excellent data source and charts showing excess deaths (or fewer deaths) by county over the course of the pandemic. Very…

I wrote this a few days ago as a joke, a satire. I write a lot of things I never…

A new carbon tax affecting cars and buildings (e.g. heating) A new carbon tax on imports from countries with "weaker…

The result is a jumbled, contradictory response to the omicron variant Source: Americans are tired of Covid, official response to…

Source: Air freight prices to and from Asia | FRED Blog

Source: Intel, Oregon’s largest employer, tells unvaccinated employees they may face unpaid leave in April - oregonlive.com

There's a term called "transversal" skills - referring to one's ability to be 21st century forward thinking, to understand other…

Hmmmmm: My Twitter conversation with the chairman of the Sage Covid modelling committee | The Spectator This UK disease modeler…

The organization responsible for North American electric reliability said on Friday that several parts of the United States could face…

Bitcoin is computationally intensive - which translates into enormous consumption of electricity. There are now hundreds of competing cryptocurrencies, many…

Employees who are not vaxxed by Jan 18th will be put on unpaid leave and eventually terminated.

Pandemics end because most eventually have immunity, or the virus mutates to less bad form. The pandemic appears to be…

Which effectively takes vaccine passports offline: Brazil's health ministry said its website was hit on Friday by a hacker attack…

Prices for American consumers are rising at their fastest annual rate since June 1982.The consumer price index (CPI) rose 6.8%…

The CDC estimates about half of the U.S. population had had Covid-19 from Feb 2020 to Sep 2021. Source: Estimated…

The photo-sharing app has quietly rolled out a pop-up notice prompting users to “try a new account.” Can a fresh…

This has been quite a fiasco for everyone involved: GM won't restart Bolt production until the end of January at…

I bought a Hubsan Zino Mini SE Drone. This is a <250 gram quadcopter with 4k/30p video ability. Tiny! Just…

"Analyzing sixteen years of stolen vehicle numbers from Piedmont, California—a “super user” of ALPRs—this report finds no statistical evidence that…

I made this chart on Nov 30th Dec 1st, and it is up to date as of that day. As…

For a long time I used Mozilla Firefox. Firefox has noticeable impacts on the battery life of my notebook computer…

Got tired of the black background and desired something more appealing. Will see how this goes! Image by James Osborne…

I started a new blog on travel topics - the layout, appearance and content is very different from this blog.…

https://youtu.be/WCawtiU4o1o Image by ELG21 from Pixabay

https://twitter.com/sailorrooscout/status/1464222680731820043 Chise is the anonymous name of a senior scientist who helped develop the Moderna vaccine. Chise has been a…

Many people over age 50-55 were furloughed or cut in layoffs during the pandemic. Many have found it difficult to…

What percentage of reviews on Amazon are fake? According to the 2018 findings on Amazon, the category of products that…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y4kKQEWBTQ A friend just emailed: The M2 money supply is up by over +39% since the start of the pandemic.…

Indoor mask mandate in effect in Santa Cruz Co.An indoor mask mandate is now in effect in Santa Cruz County…

Source: Granny, 63, and granddaughter, 6, are kicked out of hotel by POLICE after she gave bad review | Daily…

I have been wondering about this: Write-downs of power plants, auto factories and fossil-fuel reserves could cause big losses in…

"...all-electric SUVs are the lowest-ranking category, with an overall reliability of below average. A popular belief is that because electric…

This is a huge strategic shift as CVS announces it will gradually close 10% of its stores, as sales increasingly…

Likely reduces labor costs a bit more, may speed up product delivery into customer hands: Starbucks is opening a pick-up…

Covid deaths and infection rates may dip below seasonal flu levels by the middle of next year assuming new dangerous…

Apple made self repair, or even repair by technicians not authorized by Apple, difficult or impossible. Apple announced a reversal…

EV battery experts also underscore that fires in electric vehicles occur at lower levels than gasoline cars. For example, Abuelsamid…

One of the main reasons why people pursue an MBA is to gain access to a diverse and expansive network.…

Students from a large list of university programs can now take courses where group projects are done across time zones,…

One can imagine college administrators using this to justify tuition hikes: Not only do cheaper universities lead to lower average…

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Friday that labor force participation was "quite depressed" compared to pre-pandemic levels. Source:…

The Death of Expertise: The experts assured us inflation was not a problem and just temporary. A year ago. Take…

EVs will be one of the best growth opportunities for electric utilities in decades: The increasing popularity of electric vehicles…

Computer generated social media influencers: Sporting neon hair and flawless skin, Bangkok Naughty Boo is one of a new generation…

Business travel spending this year will likely rise 14% from 2020 to $754 billion, slower than the 21% year-over-year increase…

Source: Foreign students returning to US, but below pre-COVID levels NYU has admitted over 17,000 international students for 2021-22.University of…

Royal Dutch Shell said on Monday it would scrap its dual share structure and move its head office to Britain…

Tesla has started to deploy Starlink antennas at Supercharger stations in an apparent effort to offer satellite-based internet to owners…

"Flight shaming" is a fad out of Europe, where residents vow to not use air travel in favor of cars,…

Major ski area to begin charging a $25 per day parking reservation fee for all weekends and holidays, to reduce…

Of interest to Amateur Radio operators: https://www.instagram.com/p/CWLp8thps-I/ The Icom ID-52 digital radio transceiver was originally going to ship in early…

According to estimates from professional services firm Arup, the COP26 climate summit held in Glasgow, U.K. over the last two…

3 to 5 years back, or so, there was peak interest in "minimalism". Not only is "minimalism" dead but it…

It's like a world where everything is surprisingly real 🙂 https://youtu.be/enMwwQy_noI Saw this last night and had me laughing out…

Source: Austria announces regional lockdowns for the unvaccinated Simultaneously, the Netherlands are poised to begin a "lock down lite" within…

Annual CPI: 6.2% Source: Consumer prices see largest year-over-year spike since November 1990 Some private economists are estimating "real inflation"…

The subscription product includes special features reserved for Twitter power users, such as the ability to undo a tweet or…

The experts assure us this is not really a problem, is minor or temporary or something: Wholesale prices rose 8.6%…

Source: Infrastructure bill mandates new technology to prevent drunk driving — here's how it would work - MarketWatch I do…

Stripping iPhone 13 models down, what iFixit discovered is that Apple has added a small chip (“about the size of…

EV range drops, sometimes quite a bit, in cold weather. Temperature effects the battery chemistry, use of electric heating inside…

Stated another way, about 70% of workers need to go into offices. Only about a third of all workers have…

This forecast did not age well: And there you go: Pandemic should end by mid-year | Coldstreams Business and Tech

In February, as cases were falling rapidly, the disease modelers projected a large rise in daily new cases starting as…

This did not age well: We’ll Have Herd Immunity by April – WSJ | Coldstreams Business and Tech

I forgot to follow up on Eric Feigl-Ding, PhD's typical fear mongering posts from earlier this year. He shared a…

Other than some "follow ups" on prior predictions for the pandemic, I think I have logged everything I wanted to…

Speakers at the Microsoft Ignite technical conference introduced themselves by specifying their gender, ethnicity, appearance and personal pronouns, seemingly in…

A few months back experts said opening schools would be a super spreader event. For the most part, like all…

Or something: Bank of Canada plans to keep eye on climate change impact on inflation | The Star

Can you find a deal on Craigslist vacation rentals? Maybe. Resident of a seaside community has a couple show up…

Oreo cookies, Ritz crackers and Sour Patch Kids will be more expensive in 2022, Mondelez CEO Dirk Van de Put…

Source: Muriel Lezak, Portland’s pioneering neuropsychologist and brain-injury expert, dies at 94 - oregonlive.com Having dealt with a 5" skull…

A majority of states do not require school students to wear face masks in school.A majority of states have ended…

Source: G-20: Prince Charles warns Glasgow summit is last chance to save planet Back on planet reality: Prince Charles tells…

No kidding: Increasingly, even climate scientists are noting that the constant, and often poorly supported doomsaying threaten the credibility of…

Source: Expedia releases 2022 travel hacks including the best time to book airfare and hotels Buy your tickets on Sunday,…

While running endless stories about side effects, alleged deaths, deaths of the fully vaccinated who got Covid, and then run…

Fake Reviews I get email spam like the following - soliciting my purchase of an Amazon product, whose price will…

She just disqualified her self - it does not work this way - at all: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told…

Some forecasts in early summer suggested the U.S. would experience its worse fire season on record. This is a follow…

"Experts" assured us inflation would be minor and temporary. A year ago. Data indicates high inflation and hints the economy…

A very detailed write up of what occurred to TWO Bolts at the same DCFC: Stranded: Greenlots DCFC induces "Conditions…

Labor shortages may be the most intractable of the cost risks that U.S. companies faced in the latest quarter, and…

Source: Facebook wants to re-focus on younger users – Social Panic Facebook sees TikTok-like platforms as having a better strategy.…

As the Mach-E module section detail above illustrates, the Mach-E’s module architecture apparently contains a significant thermal design weakness – the…

Source If, throughout the pandemic, the "experts" had simply said, "We don't know" or "there is much uncertainty" they would…

Aviation could face a historic rupture in its growth trajectory as it grapples with pressures to reduce its impact on…

Study says EV charging can exceed costs of fueling costs: The study has four major findings: There are four additional…

THIS is what they should have said in the spring of 2020 instead of speaking from positions of authority and…

After a months-long fight between Roku and YouTube's parent company Google, Google announced Thursday that it would no longer allow…

Australia detained 5 million people for 262 days: SYDNEY, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Millions in Melbourne are readying to come…

Have you noticed that the media is incapable of using the word infrastructure without prefacing it "crumbling"? English should be…

United CEO Scott Kirby says jet fuel prices generally rise as demand climbs. Source: United Airlines CEO says to expect…

Tesla has dropped AM/FM radios from cars, effectively. If you have an older Tesla and do the $1500 "infotainment" upgrade,…

John Catsimatidis, the billionaire supermarket owner of Gristedes and D’Agostino Foods, warned that food giants such as Nabisco, PepsiCo, and…

America has already slipped into a recession that could be as bad as the 2008 financial meltdown according to key…

I am so old, I remember a few months back when experts said we did not need to worry about…

"I don't think it's smart," Fauci said during a CNN interview after he was shown pictures of college football stadiums…

OHSU says “about 22% of Oregonians are still vulnerable to infection” from the delta variant.The effects of herd immunity for…

Back in May 2021, I showed how the U.S. is proposing to adopt Scandinavian social benefits and taxation: Adopting Scandinavian…

A new research paper written by a team of academics and computer scientists from Spain and Austria has demonstrated that…

Google sends large amounts of obfuscated data from your phone to Google - no one knows what Google is collecting:…

The State is short of the power demanded during some summer periods. Under state de-carboning rules, they are shutting gas…

The global chip shortage could persist for another 2 to 3 years, says the president of Hisense, one of China's…

Republican Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday condemned one of Missouri’s largest newspapers for exposing a flaw in a state database…

Likely an effect of authoritarian rule the past 19 months: Americans once again say the government is doing too many…

California passed it's AB5 law that changed the classification of many workers from independent contractors to being required to be…

While waiting for an order to be fulfilled, I count the number of staff working at fast food restaurants, espresso…

https://www.tiktok.com/@torpilot1/video/7014622502987123973?sender_device=pc&sender_web_id=7018232535068067333&is_from_webapp=v1&is_copy_url=0 A lot of studying. A lot of hours flying aircraft.

But the experts tell us there's not much inflation and even if there were, it's just momentary. We can print…

This Nature item advocates taxing EVs by weight, saying because batteries are heavy, models say EVs will result in more…

I'm so old, I remember when the government officials assured us they can print as much money as needed and…

Some think the government should regulate "The algorithm": Whistleblower Frances Haugen says the software that decides what we see in…

Public health remains stuck in the dark ages, about 200 years ago. As of October 12, 2012, Oregon Health Authority…

Principal defines these Super Savers as people saving either 90% of the maximum in their retirement plan — such as…

During the pandemic, many corporations moved to online training programs - doing away with offline education seminars, workshops, conference sessions.…

I have seen forecasts that Halloween will be a superspreader so of course, Thanksgiving and Christmas are back on the…

Disease model forecasts make astrology look reliable: In the final weeks of this summer, with Covid-19 cases soaring and the…

It's as if Crying Wolf at every opportunity has backfired and absolutely no one is going to pay attention to…

Disease models are essentially useless. Their primary value is to issue scary forecasts, that are wrong. Even when correct, they…

An anonymous hacker claims to have leaked the entirety of Twitch, including its source code and user payout information. The…

Neat! The U.S. Forest Service approved Perimeter Solutions’ fire retardant that’s intended to be used as a preventative measure and…

Re-opening of public schools was going to cause a mass increase in "positive cases". Like nearly all super spreader predictions,…

The U.S. government is secretly ordering Google to provide data on anyone typing in certain search terms, an accidentally unsealed…

This may explain part of the "worker shortage" - much of it may be a self inflicted shortage created by…

No one in public health has a clue how a "supply chain" works: Several industry groups have warned world leaders…

I am fortunate to have good eyesight. However, I do have a distance vision set of eye glasses; I am…

Bedford has just been named a MacArthur Fellow and was also awarded a $9 million, 7-year grant from the Howard…

Is this temporary supply/demand bottlenecks or is it longer term inflation? Shipping bottlenecks that have led to rising freight costs…

At least three promising antivirals that could prevent symptoms and limit transmission of Covid-19 are in clinical trials. Source: A…

Leading up to Labor Day weekend (Sep 4, 5 and 6), the "experts" warned us of a "Surge expected after…

My state's health and science university issued a report in late August projecting that by the end of 2021, about…

Sophisticated global travelers now book two trips around the same time - just in case Covid restrictions cancel one of…

https://twitter.com/thenation/status/1440413526728740871 Saving the planet requires that we stop gaping and gawking at travel blogs and vacation selfies. Instead, everyone who…

I wrote this in August of 2020 as a joke - it was satire and parody of news headlines. Sadly,…

The process of replacing batteries may take many months: GM expects to begin replacing battery modules in recalled Chevrolet Bolt…

Microsoft's new approach is to rely (mostly) upon an Authenticator app on your phone. Whether this is important depends on…

They raised $210 million so far SpaceX CEO Elon Musk helped achieve the St. Jude fundraising goal of the Inspiration4…

Boston Dynamics is the SpaceX of robotics: Hyundai will have Spot help with safety operations at one of its plants…

Fiegl-Ding's claim did not age well. In mid-July, Eric Feigl-Ding, a nutritionist who fashioned himself as an epidemiologist, said the…

Fully vaccinated marathon runners mandated to wear face masks - outdoors - for about one-third of a marathon. Because Trust…

Photo is of Australian government mandatory quarantine facility camp near Darwin: Source: Covid-19: Lockdowns work and we have no alternative…

Another Chevy Bolt EV caught fire this week. This seems to be GM's response: General Motors Co. urged some owners…

Here in the U.S. we get see much news blaming too many unvaccinated for the Delta wave of the pandemic.…

Facebook curates your "news feed". FB promotes posts that have likes, comments or shares, or which are from people you…

February 2021 ACA policy enrollment - 11.3 million: Overall, 31 million people were enrolled in marketplace or Medicaid expansion coverage…

https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1437884711930515456 At the national 9/11 ceremony on Saturday, the politicians were all milling about, out doors, no masks, chatting with…

(Original text had no paragraph breaks - I've added them to improve readability. TL;DR Summary: Public health mitigation measures did…

"Coding" school "boot camps" have become popular. The programs, often six months or so in length, promise to train students…

I wrote about this last May. In Denmark, most workers pay 40% to 70% of their annual income as taxes;…

As I predicted long ago "I think there will be a dramatic recovery in holiday tourism within Europe next year,"…

The CDC reported that 214 children 17-years old or younger have died of COVID-19 nationwide so far this year —…

Toyota's upcoming EV, prefaced by the bZ4X Concept, is said to retain 90 percent of its initial battery capacity after…

Stimulus checks forever some lawmakers are pushing for a fourth round of stimulus aid that would effectively send recurring payments…

The proposal will give Detroit's Big Three automakers a big competitive edge and has drawn criticism from foreign automakers like…

https://twitter.com/OHAOregon/status/1436704847554879488 Click through and read the comments. Seems the public has figured out that N95s likely work, surgical masks have…

The end of sustainable mandates But it appeared that more than three-fourths of fairgoers weren’t wearing masks outdoors, where they…

The Times report stated the odds of a fully vaccinated person contracting COVID-19 on a given day are 1 in…

The Delta variant cycle has peaked. This has nothing to do with mitigation measures, many of which were put in…

Source: CA moves to end sale of gas powered lawn mowers, leaf blowers | The Sacramento Bee Switching to EV…

As of today, vaccination is Federally mandated via proxy. This did not age well: Joe Biden: Covid vaccination in US…

Unplugged, sitting in a parking lot, the burning vehicle also destroyed the two adjoining vehicles including a Maserati. Early Monday…

"Roadmap to Freedom". https://twitter.com/NSWHealth/status/1435774751847305222 The conspiracy theorists appear to have been correct all along. Geesh.

President Biden has proposed that all personal bank records be turned over to the IRS every year. Really. Specifically, the…

Tesla has actually managed to obtain a patent on its wild idea to use lasers to clean debris off of…

In a earlier universe, this would be considered good news. Today, the news focuses on millions losing unemployment benefits. Meanwhile…

Oregon Health and Science University projects that by the end of 2021, nearly 60% of all Oregon residents will have…

Study in Israel found health care workers are more likely to become infected with Covid-19 in the home, than at…

But apparently it is. Red Bull flying - through 2.4 km of roadway tunnels. Insane. Need to watch on FB,…

Business travel is taking a hit as the number of Covid19 cases climbs across the US, a major new study…

The media concluded the as yet unpublished study proves masks work, even cloth masks that the CDC and public health…

Making this a "sticky" post at the top. From time to time, I edit old posts, typically to: Reduce wordiness…

We will now silence those who engage in double wrong think. If you don't know about Sen. Joseph McCarthy you…

https://twitter.com/CDCgov/status/1433517047577726991 The 83% refers to the percent of adults who have antibodies - which could come from vaccination or having…

Probably the single best online resource for tracking Covid. Up-to-date estimates of key covid-19 metrics for your county or state…

On several occasions recently, we've had tracked mail items that, late in the day, are marked "DELIVERY EXCEPTION - UNABLE…

Credentialism is a form of the Appeal to Authority argumentative form. This is considered one of the worst forms of…

If the latest speculation from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is true, it means you could make calls from the mountain or…

They made this exact same forecast for last winter too and it didn't happen: COVID-19 and the flu may hit…

So it will be managed as competently as Covid-19? The new federal office—designed to address what the White House says…

This one was not an EV but a portable stand alone Li-ion battery pack. The failure of a charging portable…

Nearly one-third of the entire U.S. population had been infected with COVID-19 by the end of 2020 — a much…

Governor Gavin Newsom Campaign Rally - Stop the Republican Recall Car Rally THIS IS A CAR RALLY Location: Parking lot…

Investors and analysts are so focused on the steep cost of recalls for carmakers that they haven’t considered the role of…

Cuomo had lied about the deaths due to Covid: New York now reports nearly 55,400 people have died of COVID-19…

The rules are mostly random except everyone now bans bandanas and balaclavas, which the CDC loudly endorsed in April of…

This is UW IHME so take it with a grain of salt: The latest modeling from the IHME indicates that…

True: ‘HOAs are basically neighborhood tyranny systems’ — why people are blasting homeowner’s associations on Twitter - MarketWatch I have…

GM issues third recall for the Bolt, now including batteries up through the 2022 model year - in other words,…

From the 1976 book "Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health", by Ivan Illich. He spoke numerous languages, traveled extensively and…

Scientists sharply criticized the Biden administration’s push to widely distribute Covid booster shots, saying the data provided by U.S. officials…

Over the past two weeks I saw news reports quoting "experts" saying that people would be charged more for health…

I visited this park often as a child, and have been back as an adult several times. Have cross country…

To understand, one only has to look at the poliovirus vaccine that was invented in the 1950s. Distribution started in…

That statement did not age well. As long as you do not need to work, need to visit restaurants, gyms,…

Public health messaging remains incoherent: July and September 2020: Masks are more effective than vaccines - CDC Director Robert Redfield2020…

Finnair, one of the largest airlines in Finland, has announced that since August 16, fabric masks will no longer be…

NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT: Bersin’s idea is to remove the politicians from the decision-making entirely and put it in the hands…

According to internal sources, hotel occupancy on Disney property was expected to be at 93% this upcoming weekend. It is…

Experts warn it's time to invest in higher-quality masks with a tight fit in the wake of the Delta variant,…

The mandate pertains to both vaccinated and unvaccinated visitors. Any time you are within six feet of someone else, outdoors,…

Air travelers create a lot of greenhouse gas emissions that mostly harm other, less well-to-do people. Source: Opinion: Big Tech…

NHS public health directs teams to put plans in place to ensure everyone is above average.

... when states reported Covid related data on a daily basis. Fortunately, Covid is no longer an emergency so many…

What does it mean when the "most powerful nation on earth" loses a war to Afghanistan? Think about that.

Imagine a society where one group of people is blamed for all the society's current ills. Imagine a society where…

I have seen numerous doctors express frustration that the CDC does not collect important data, which is often collected in…

Touches on why our mitigations seem pointless. Read the whole thread. https://twitter.com/julianlewis2012/status/1426626045344686080

For now, job postings that demand vaccination requirements represent only a small percentage of the total listings. However, the trend,…

Someone who wishes to frame you can set up a anonymous email account and email illicit photos to you. Apple…

Now an analysis by a group of US medical researchers on more than 350 studies has found just over 35…

Some in the U.S. think the U.S. would be so much better off if we had only been like Australia:…

This is brilliant - well done. Test your knowledge of how government interventions affected the COVID-19 pandemic. Source: COVID Charts…

U.S. Preparing Plan to Offer Vaccine Boosters, Perhaps By Fall Says it will just be a 3rd shot of the…

I'm so old, I remember a few months ago when mandated vaccinations and vaccine passports would never happen in the…

About as weak a study as you can find: Link between wildfires and COVID cases established. This poor quality paper…

The level of idiocy in the country is amazing. Last spring you could download the PDF file from official government…

The fact checking site never fact checked itself - as their co-founder plagiarized dozens of articles and wrote fake content…

“You’re going to see the delta wave course through probably between late September through October,” Gottlieb said. “Hopefully we’ll be…

If you have read this blog you know that I view most disease models as on par with astrology. I…

Chicago health officials on Thursday reported 203 cases of COVID-19 connected to Lollapalooza, casting it as a number that was…

Six weeks ago today, the governor held a ceremony to reopen. Now she'll announce details of a new statewide mask…

Who would have expected 100% renewable might not yet be ready to power a state 24 x 7 x 365?…

Biden advisor Emanuel now says cloth masks don't work. https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1425507067457064965 What does it say about the skill of the experts…

Employer Mandates Government officials have made clear they want employers to mandate vaccinations and many are already doing so, with…

Application development tools haven been improving for decades and are to the point where many applications no longer require the…

Source: The most vaccine-hesitant group of all? PhDs - The Post (That's a UK based news service). Not the split…

New features build on Total Cookie Protection, simplifying privacy management. Source: Today’s Firefox 91 release adds new site-wide cookie-clearing action…

Imagine Amazon will data mine the NSA repository to figure out how to market more stuff to all of us:…

Well, not random bits of cloth facial coverings, the experts are now saying: Which masks should you not wear? It…

Certain types of facial hair, like beards, can make mask fitting difficult. Masks that fit well protect you better. To…

Since the 1960s, the New Left has argued that we can’t solve any of our major problems until we overthrow…

It's Shroedinger's Vaccine: They both work and do not work simultaneously! We are now at day #528 of 15-days to…

Twitter’s image cropping algorithm prefers younger, slimmer faces with lighter skin, an investigation into algorithmic bias at the company has…

Yesterday, I completed a long cross country driving trip. On the last day, we encountered a restaurant that had just…

This is what happens when "experts" are completely disconnected from real people and real lives: https://twitter.com/Adam_Creighton/status/1423232417339412482?s=20 As someone else said…

About 150 firefighters and more than 30 fire trucks and support vehicles were at the blaze over the weekend as…

The program is said to be in disarray; its unclear if the technology can actually work in the real world…

Source: The shipping company DHL is the first customer for Eviation's electric cargo planes

EV enthusiasts like to say that EVs catch fire 1/10th as often as gas vehicle fires. But gas vehicles do…

But they totally forgot about children under age 12 who cannot be vaccinated. Typical of public health. https://twitter.com/EisenPress/status/1422605373920399360

Good to know. Or something.

Trust has been lost: "The Biden administration's handling of the Delta surge has left Americans confused and frustrated, fueling media…

Good thing this environmental degradation was for a good cause - it stopped Covid dead in its tracks! https://twitter.com/LizAnnSonders/status/1422233985976000517

There are two aspects to this issue: (1) Many gas/petrol stations will disappear and it seems likely that many do…

Laughable: The founder of the world's biggest plant-based meat company has suggested that a tax on meat could help tackle…

Yep. https://twitter.com/AlastairMcA30/status/1421322905053392901

How an EV drive from Boston to New York in a non-Tesla car turned into a nightmare Source: EV charging…

Confusing messaging, again: The Director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Francis Collins, acknowledged that new COVID-19 restrictions are…

Low-code platforms allow ordinary people to develop extraordinary apps that solve everyday business problems. Source: The untapped potential of citizen…

Not yet sure how this works - article does not give sufficient detail: Indiana is testing a new type of…

The Australian government says its COVIDSafe app identified 2,827 potential close contacts from 37,668 encounters in NSW and Victoria. Only…

Amazing - SARS-CoV-2 doesn't target funeral attendees, only targets wedding attendees. Can weddings go ahead? People are not allowed to…

My house is powered by solar photovoltaic panels - why should my use of a gaming PC be prohibited? I…

On the EV1 were many industry firsts and many widely used today in both ICE and EV vehicles. Among the…

https://twitter.com/ValaAfshar/status/1416459344342831112

This will be interesting: EAA AirVenture -- OPENER, a pioneer of electric aerial vehicles for consumer travel, today announced the…

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Tuesday that the company's network of DC fast-charging stations for its electric vehicles, also known as…

Strava, a fitness tracking app created by two former Harvard University rowers, has more than 86 million users and saw…

Like all social media with user generated content, Amazon's reviews have tons of fake reviews: Apple has removed Fakespot, a…

Source: Greenland halts new oil exploration to combat climate change and focus on sustainable development - CBS News Reality: There…

Perhaps for those with genuine high speed, affordable network connections Windows 365-cloud-based computing has value. For those lacking such connections,…

GM said officials with the automaker and LG Energy Solution, which supplies the battery cells, have identified a second "rare…

Sounds Air is looking replace small aircraft, on shorter regional routes, with electric powered aircraft. Notes that maintenance costs will…

Japanese researchers have broken an internet speed record by transferring data at 319Tbps — nearly twice as fast as last…

I recently saw social media comments from a virologist who noted that eventually - nearly everyone in the world will…

In March of 2020, public health told us that wearing medical grade face masks did not work when used by…

Last week, the UK contact dection phone system "pinged" one half million residents who were then forced into isolation for…

For short flights of 100 to 500 miles with 9 passengers. Ravn Alaska said it will buy 50 electric planes…

For 18 months, many of us have lived under a "state of emergency" during which public health "experts" suspended civil…

Public disappointed with government's response to Covid-19, thus, must find a target to blame. White House disappointed with social networks'…

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam, a Democrat, announced Friday that the commonwealth will invest $700 million of federal funds to provide…

"United Airlines Ventures (UAV) announced today it, along with Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) and Mesa Airlines, has invested in electric aircraft…

The Return on Investment was obvious to them: Internet service providers and their trade associations spent more than $230 million…

Cranbrook, BC is one of my favorite small towns. And after this, it still is 🙂 But then, as he…

The third serious Windows print flaw in 5 weeks prompts new Microsoft warning. Source: Disable the Windows print spooler to…

There are numerous videos on Youtube of anti-scam hobbyists successfully scamming or destroying scam call centers in India. This video…

Read the whole thing: Opinion: The unintended harm of subsidizing electric vehicles and charging stations - MarketWatch

This work with Tesla vehicles designed to charge at the 300 KWH rate. Regardless, the Tesla charging network is a…

April 9, 2021: How Cuba Beat the Pandemic: From Developing New Vaccines to Sending Doctors Overseas to Help Others |…

There are now two of the "fixed" (post recall) Chevy Bolt TVs that have caught fire. Previously GM said there…

The Producer Price Index (PPI) was u 7.1% year over year. On a 12-month total basis, the deficit posted $2.6…

As of July 13th, "surge" is the media's favorite new all purpose scary sounding word - surge in Covid cases,…

Go down through the whole thread to see photos (mostly captures from Microsoft Flight Simulator). Very clever design here from…

People also conflate the success of bitcoin as a digital currency with the success of bitcoin as a speculative investment.…

The consumer price index was expected to increase 5% year over year in June, according to economists surveyed by Dow…

Sounds like it. https://youtu.be/sz1LM9kwRLY

Over a week ago, I stopped logging my state's Covid-19 data and doing my own analysis. The state discontinued releasing…

Source: “Bad mergers” and noncompete clauses targeted in Biden executive order | Ars Technica One company I worked for handed…

United Airlines CEO: Kirby stated that personal travel has rebounded and leisure travel has "more than 100 percent recovered." The…

This does not distinguish between those with vaccination immunity and natural immunity - just that they are shown to have…

Following nearly a year and a half of sheltering in place, Oregon reopened for business on June 30. Source: What…

Wow.  This is old news I did not know about until now. Michael Katze, famous for his studies of Ebola…

If you are able to be vaccinated, please do so soon. If you are able to be vaccinated, there is…

Missed this item from last May - this is amazing: IBM Unveils World's First 2 Nanometer Chip Technology, Opening a…

I pointed out in the spring of 2020, and several times since then, that smartphone based Covid-19 tracking apps were…

Back around Memorial Day, the "experts" predicted yet another "surge in new cases":  Follow up in mid June: Post holiday…

The rancor intensified last week, when Urs Hölzle, one of the company's longest-tenured and most senior executives, announced plans to…

Bad feeling about this - we seem to be gradually adopting all of these methods in the West, over time.…

The majority of apps used by iPhone and Android users are made by Apple and Google, according to a study…

To reduce battery power demand, OnePlus phones are, without user permission, prohibiting hundreds of apps from running on the faster…

This summer's (2021) fire season could be as bad as the wildfire season of 2015, which was the worst season…

Trustwave said the ransomware "avoids systems that have default languages from what was the USSR region. This includes Russian, Ukrainian,…

May 4, 2021 - after Delta variant cases increase in India: The United States is closing off non-essential travel from…

US President Joe Biden will soon sign an executive order that will give farmers the right to repair their own…

The goal of Youtube, obviously, is to increase the percent of time you spend watching Youtube, and their ads every…

Prices for graphic cards (GPUs) have skyrocketed this past year. The shortage of the cards appears to have been caused…

That's what they said about winter 2020/2021 too - how did that projection turn out? now health experts are warning…

This outside my usual interests but just saw that the dance company Pilobulus was in the news. In my tech…

https://youtu.be/ssZ_8cqfBlE

They expect 70% of applications to be developed by their internal users rather than software specialists: We started with our…

When these attacks become so large, at some point this will be seen a declaration of war, no different than…

Lidar, or laser-based radar, is a key enabling technology for most auto makers’ self-driving cars. Lidar is good at identifying…

The head of a top American defence contractor has warned that US capability in advanced computing has “shrunk to an…

This a great 11 minute video summarizing the breadth of the fields of computer science and computer engineering. There is…

Sweden's Coop grocery store chain had to shut all 800 retail stores after the attack: The number of victims affected…

The politicians said the collapse was due to climate change: Engineers who have visited or examined photos of the wreckage…

https://twitter.com/james_e_baldwin/status/1411752212716474378 The above author is a Lecturer in history at the Royal Holloway University of London. The '68 pandemic had…

The scientists and epidemiologists directing COVID policy claim there is substantial evidence to support mitigation policies, such as social distancing,…

But note that Twitter thinks "Dear America" requires translation. I selected the option and Twitter said this means, when translated…

It is too early to tell where the epicurve goes next. If it follows the pattern in some other countries…

Now up to the Lambda variant. Models from IHME and ICL suggest we will run out of Greek letters before…

But U.S. residents might not have a way to prove their vaccination status as most states and the Federal government…

(Paraphrased as seen on social media) If you suffer from depression, lack of motivation, irritability, bursts of anger, fear and…

As of this weekend, the Oregon Health Authority will no longer provide Covid test and body count data on the…

If you are able to do so, please get vaccinated against Covid-19. Vaccine and vaccination clinics are both widely available…

The mandate for authenticated identify documents came after 9/11 - 20 years ago. Some states, like mine, took their time…

Taxpayers gave airlines about $300,000 per employee. The Times analysis finds that the money's primary use was bolstering airline share…

https://twitter.com/MichaelRStrain/status/1410365341188997121 R^2 = 0.25. This is not a correlation. In case he deletes the chart

Facebook’s head of Instagram said the service plans to start showing users full-screen, recommended videos in their feeds. “We’re no…

Stunning: 35% of those age 25-64 now have at least a 4-year degree. About 13.1 percent of U.S. adults had…

It is weird that some think the purpose of the Olympics should be political messaging. American Olympians criticized the International…

An aircraft's performance is determined by density altitude. At a high altitude airport, the air is less dense. At a…

To avoid power grid demand problems, residents are asked to please charge EVs early in the day and avoid doing…

The randomness of temperature measurements. At this minute, the weather source provided via Microsoft says it is 105 degrees F…

The high heat here in the PNW over the next few days is caused by a combination of factors, including…

A test aircraft experienced an uncommanded pitch up or down event, eerily similar to the 737-MAX fiasco. This is said…

I had to page about 70% of the way down the news.google.com web page before seeing a Covid-19 related news…

https://twitter.com/drvictoriafox/status/1408867816929841153 I wrote about this issue a year ago. When the prevalence of a disease in the population is less…

As I have written about before - not one of the predicted super spreaders caused an "super" outbreak. Not one.…

I was looking in to some travel options for the Fall of 2021. But with the continued public health confusion…

Persons who have received a Covid-19 vaccination IN Hawaii, may fly to Hawaii with no quarantine or negative Covid-19 test…

This blog provides updated forecasts and comments on current weather or other topics Source: Cliff Mass Weather Blog: The Reason…

A key finding of our study is that pre-existing T-cell immunity to SARS-CoV-2 is contributed by TCRs that recognize common…

"Because of the pandemic", it says: Socialism is getting more popular, and capitalism is fading. Source: America's continued move toward…

(Reuters) -Microsoft Corp on Thursday showed Windows 11, its first major operating system revamp since 2015 with new changes that…

Then why does it not appear in the data? As the U.S. pushes ahead with its reopening, easing mask mandates…

China donated and sold vaccines to many nations in a moved termed "vaccine diplomacy". The effort may have backfired as…

SIP = Shelter in Place In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries implemented social distancing and SIP policies. These…

Massachusetts launched a COVID tracking app, and uh, it was automatically installed?! Source: Even creepier COVID tracking: Google silently pushed…

Right now, the Covid-19 Risk is low in all 50 U.S. states. Yes, but variants, scariants, or what ever. Things…

Google is force-installing a Massachusetts COVID-19 tracking app on residents' Android devices without an easy way to uninstall it. For…

Source: Five reasons you may still want to wear a mask Most reporters still do not understand that a random…

The U.S. remains unprepared for a world that is now, and soon will be even more, mandating use of vaccine…

Disease models remain worthless, on par with astrology with the honesty of alchemy. Daily Cases Forecast Color bands represent 95%…

Based on this (not necessarily random sample), the CDC generally estimates that 40-55% of the U.S. population showed immunity to…

In fact, the Bend hospital saw a drop of 10 patients with COVID-19, from 42 on Friday to 32 on…

NEW YORK (AP) — A new analysis of blood samples from 24,000 Americans taken early last year is the latest…

Source: Novavax: Large study finds COVID-19 shot about 90% effective | KATU

We study the health, behavioral, and economic effects of one of the most politically controversial policies in recent memory, shelter-in-place…

This is a hoot. In a Twitter thread, people post the dumbest Covid-19 things they were required to do. A…

As widespread vaccination and other factors have brought case rates down across the United States, state and local governments’ legal…

The Digiconomist's Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index estimated that one Bitcoin transaction takes 1,544 kWh to complete, or the equivalent of…

https://www.healthweather.us/map?mode=covid_risk&resolution=state

As documented on this blog, none of the past predicted "surges" came true, so let's predict more of them: California…

Fascinating:June 10, 2021: Something big may be about to happen on the sun. “We call it the Termination Event,” says…

This was the experts prediction in June 2020. This did not age well. If lock-down periods are combined with 100%…

ER access can be billed at $30 to $50 per minute, or more. They are extremely expensive points of care.…

Read the whole thread. There are school districts that are proposing to remove advanced math courses because students who take…

Source: Hot inflation may have become scorching in May and is expected to hit a 28-year high

I have written about this trend on many occasions for several years: Source: Former McDonald's CEO warns $15 minimum wage…

See table at the link: States that are Recovering the Quickest from COVID-19

Good thing people still listen to the CDC - but is it okay if the poultry is wearing a face…

Perhaps we should all just publish our returns on the Internet and be done with the pretense of privacy? ProPublica…

In an out-of-consensus forecast, Deutsche Bank is warning of a potential crisis coming from inflation. Source: Deutsche Bank warns of…

One week ago, our local hospital system (3 county monopoly) had every bed in use. While Covid-19 was a factor,…

I use Firefox (mostly) or Brave. I use Google Chrome only to check GMail (no longer my primary email) occasionally…

Currently, Amsterdam is testing autonomous boats that run electric power on the many canals running through the city. Amsterdam has…

The Broken Window FallacyIn Bastiat's tale, a boy breaks a window. The townspeople looking on decide that the boy has…

County health officials reviewed COVID-19 death records and found 411 cases that were "clearly not" caused by the disease. Source:…

From the Kinsa Health Weather Map. At this point, ZeroCovid is not good enough to relax restrictions. Until we achieve…

https://twitter.com/DLeonhardt/status/1400063091245731843 Some things we now know N95s work, certified surgical masks work somewhat less, in medical settings, and home made…

https://twitter.com/Itsjoeco/status/1399855662583140354

Why are masks so ineffective, even if we presume that they are effective? Because almost everybody that is wearing them…

Fort Worth-based American Airlines told crew members that it won’t reintroduce the sale of beer, wine and spirits to main…

Despite all the experts and the media proclaiming post holiday surges - there have been none so far. Let's follow…

I'm so old, I remember a few months ago when they told us that having Covid-19 might not give you…

Researchers from the Scripps Research Institute have found that B-cells after having a common cold coronavirus react with SARS-CoV-1 and…

I am a brain injured idiot with no relevant experience. I make observations and ask stupid questions. This Tweet prompts…

I logged into Google today and they forced me to provide a date of birth. They then prompted to confirm…

https://twitter.com/sailorrooscout/status/1398626567048343552

But "It's different this time" - nothing to see here - move along: Beef prices are surging worldwide, taking meat…

Before the pandemic, a “flying shame” movement, which aims to discourage air travel in favor of greener options like rail,…

It is a mystery why inflation is showing up everywhere; the experts have assured us "But it's different this time".…

The big-box club chain said it’s been seeing accelerating prices across a range of products, including shipping containers, aluminum foil…

The CDC Director told Congress that masks were more effective than vaccines. Repeatedly, the "experts" have told us that "masks…

Biden has proposed increasing spending of taxpayer money by 20%. Rather than find a path to a sustainable debt, the…

I have written about this topic in the past - when we look at the total life cycle energy costs…

Mike Buckley is a British journalist. Just saw a video clip of him advocating for ZeroCovid before society can function…

https://twitter.com/drlucymcbride/status/1397891973395234817

source Time after time after time, "experts" have proclaimed which countries "did everything right". Eventually, most of them end up…

The continued suicide of expertise: It turns out that if you want to protect your skin from the sun’s harsh…

There's a 40% chance that the world will get so hot in the next five years that it will temporarily…

Feigl-Ding projected, with "99% certain" confidence that another "surge is on the way in April or May" due to variants.…

Face masks were to protect others from droplet transmission (for a disease subsequently determined to spread primarily by aerosols and…

Conclusions: Mask mandates and use are not associated with slower state-level COVID-19 spread during COVID-24 19 growth surges. Containment requires…

Photos and videos of several large parties Saturday circulated on social media, showing people standing shoulder-to-shoulder and without masks. Source:…

Oregon allows businesses to have "vaccinated sections". Oh boy. Vaccinated sections will be available to fully vaccinated fans who are…

https://twitter.com/apsmunro/status/1396858104290156549 Read the thread, from a pediatric infectious disease specialist.

Partly due to sudden excess demand, partially limited supply (airlines) and some possibly due to government money printing: Airfare and…

Very few people who have been vaccinated have gotten sick, hospitalized or died due to Covid-19. A total of 933…

Cases are plummeting, which is great news. India has a population 4.26x larger (1.4 billion) than the U.S. When adjusted…

7-day moving average of daily new cases in the U.S. is almost down to 25,000/day. 7-day moving average of daily…

Daily cases are now one-tenth the number of daily flu cases in the middle of a mild flu season, with…

A little more than a year after Governor Gavin Newsom instituted the lockdowns, nearly a third of California restaurants have…

Within 2-3 weeks, daily positive tests will likely drop below 10,000/day. Fauci said a while back that the pandemic is…

The study found 27% have quarantine DIY regrets, with 3 in 4 saying it took “too long” and more than…

In a divorce filing, Melinda said their relationship was “irretrievably broken”. The question now is whether Bill’s reputation is, too.…

From Coindesk, valuation of Bitcoin Meanwhile, the intense energy demands for computation of block chain calculations is giving new life…

It is May, 2021. We have 15 months worth of real world data. Did they look at any real world…

there’s now a freeware mod for MSFS that ads a banner tow to the Cessna 152. That’s right, you can…

Twitter's automatic cropping feature was supposed to automatically crop photos around the people in view. Turns out that it overwhelmingly…

Oddly enough, if you do something wrong, and if the FAA comes after you, the infractions and fines can quickly…

Store requires BOTH proof of vaccination and wearing a mask. A comic book store in Portland's Hillsdale neighborhood is doubling…

Source: Bitcoin Price | BTC Price Index and Live Chart — CoinDesk 20 Blockchain is a useful bit of technology.…

Deaths probably peaking about now.

The data is here: CDC COVID Data Tracker 7-day averaged daily positive test cases fell to just about 30,000/day.

"The fact is that bicycling leads to the highest number of ER visits for traumatic brain injury in the U.S.,"…

https://twitter.com/MetroSchools/status/1394307900680679427 Out doors.6 feet apart.Face masks with holes for the brass instruments.Masks for the horn end of the brass instruments.Face…

Let us make sure all children suffer from generalized anxiety disorder: WASHINGTON (SBG) — As the pandemic's hold on our…

Real world tests have demonstrated universal basic income has not accomplished what proponents claimed it would accomplish. Since there is…

https://twitter.com/JenniferNuzzo/status/1394103686616567808 Very little of the fear mongering predictions were correct. Their entire message has been based on fear, and never…

A flaw that allows browsers to enumerate applications on a machine threatens cross-browser anonymity in Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Safari…

Disappointed in BillG for what this is starting to look like: Microsoft Corp.’s directors started a probe into Bill Gates’s…

Preexisting cross-reactivity to SARS-CoV-2 occurs in the absence of prior viral exposure. However, this has been difficult to quantify at…

A video being shared on social media allegedly shows a Poynette teacher berating a student for failing to wear a…

It is all random, all the time: Education and health officials around the country have taken different approaches to testing…

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1393704740480077827 In the UK, public health "experts" provide instructions on how to safely hug family members and others. Apparently to…

"NEW DELHI: The Covid-19 crisis in India is far from over as the country continues to maintain a 7-day daily…

We have a few weeks supply on hand, mostly already distributed to vaccination clinics all around the country. There is…

Yes, the CDC Director said that masks are more effective than vaccines. This was followed by 90+% mask wearing compliance…

And how many different vaccinations must you prove? The idea is controversial within public health because of fairness concerns. Source:…

In recent months, the price of larger TV models has shot up around 30 percent compared to last summer, according…

Classic example. In the UK, schools have been open and children under 12 have never worn face masks. Meanwhile, in…

The rules are a bit of a confusing mess, but for practical reasons, keeping a log of remote controlled aircraft…

CDC announced today that fully vaccinated individuals no longer need to wear face masks when on Zoom teleconference calls, and…

The experts assure us we can print as much money as we need without risk of inflation: The PPI spiked…

Presumably the authors of this study will agree to demonstrate "degrowth" by cutting their own salaries, their departments and their…

An MD/JD takes on the public health establishment for getting so much wrong. Most public health actions came down to…

https://twitter.com/shvetaraju/status/1392457746918821890 I think public health was caught off guard by people that were actually paying attention to what they said…

Redfield first said this in mid-July 2020. Redfield said if Americans wore face masks for several weeks, "we would bring…

A comprehensive resource that ranks the economic competitiveness of states using fifteen equally weighted policy variables Source: Rich States, Poor…

After months of the experts saying the government can print infinite money without inflation because "It's different this time" it…

25 states have eliminated indoor mask mandates as of May 11, 2021. Source: COVID mask mandates: Full list of mandates,…

The small U.S. manufacturers that rushed to produce face masks over the past year are now stuck with hundreds of…

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1391544648372469764 Update: The next day, CDC reported a slightly a higher number (just over 24,000), although still trending downward. Unsure…

A peer-reviewed research has claimed that global ivermectin use can end the COVID-19 pandemic, as the medicine significantly reduces the…

In public health communications there is only fear: More than a year after the pandemic started, Covid-19 is still ravaging…

Gas appliances will still be permitted, for now. The California Energy Commission released a draft building standards code on Thursday…

Apparently, it's time for increased ventilation and actual N95 masks then? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is finally…

An "expert" tells us that we will have another "big wave" in the Fall of 2021. With 70+% having natural…

Also suggests EU states might eliminate the negative Covid-19 test for vaccinated travelers. Member States should allow travel into the…

There is evidence that expanded jobless benefits are keeping some unemployed persons from resuming work life - or at least…

“Our demographers anticipate we will return to slightly positive growth 12 months from now as the pandemic is brought under…

Insider's Ben Winck reported on Friday that along with the disappointing job gains, the unemployment rate rose in April to…

https://twitter.com/IAmTheActualET/status/1390368965994631175 History will not look kindly on what the experts just did. Unfortunately, it will take a different set of…

It is 14 weeks, as of today. Cases have fallen off a cliff since Osterholm not only made his projection,…

Erin Kennedy, a.k.a. RobotGrrl, gives this TedXOttawa talk. Interesting approach to applying robotics and other ideas to simple environmental cleanups.…

I have only shot with mirrorless digital cameras. I bought my first high quality digital camera, a Lumix GH-2, which…

The CDC does not have authority to regulate housing: A federal judge on Wednesday threw out a national eviction moratorium,…

Click through for the entire thread with supporting data for why the CDC's mandate is not based on science. https://twitter.com/TracyBethHoeg/status/1390003215198941185…

March 16, 2021 CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said she was "pleading" with Americans to take precautions, such as wearing masks.…

Experts are worried some Americans are letting up too early -- at a critical time when looming dangers are threatening…

"It's not good public policy what the governors of Arizona, Florida and Texas are doing," Gupta said. "It just doesn't…

KING COUNTY—Experts warn we are on the brink of a 4th wave—as COVID-19 cases have started going up again in…

March 29, 2021 Fauci said a leveling off of new cases at a high rate of infection is "a risk."…

March 30, 2021: (Bloomberg) -- Covid-19 deaths in the U.S. are expected to bottom out in the next two weeks…

March 29, 2029: The U.S. is facing “impending doom” as daily Covid-19 cases begin to rebound once again, threatening to…

April 1, 2021: It’s just a matter of time before the highly contagious UK COVID-19 variant wreaking havoc around the…

April 8, 2021: The threat of COVID-19 could be worse today than it was when Wisconsin saw its peak in…

It's likely too late to stop this upcoming surge, warned Michael Osterholm. Source: Infectious Disease Expert Explains Why Next COVID-19…

One of the nation's largest air shows and aviation conventions, Sun n Fun, was held April 5-10 in Lakeland Florida.…

This is a news report where the comments to the story are written by people who have a better understanding…

More models: Covid-19 cases will likely surge again in the U.S. as the highly contagious B.1.1.7 variant takes hold across…

In the spring of 2020, I was looking at contact tracing data for Utah and they had found that about…

In 1915, chemistry lost its innocence when mustard gas poisoned British troops in Ypres, Belgium. Physics lost its innocence in…

We've been told for months that inflation is low and there is no reason to be concerned, in spite of…

The arguments in favor of consolidation and vertical integration were that it would lower prices. Economists find the opposite -…

For something unrelated, I was researching some of the "social benefits" programs in Norway. This is my summary of what…

Sad to hear this. https://twitter.com/BillGates/status/1389316412259270657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1389316412259270657%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com%2F2021%2F05%2F03%2Fbill-gates-and-melinda-gates-are-splitting-up.html

The U.S. is now a socialist country, I guess. https://twitter.com/LizAnnSonders/status/1389173377882001408 Transfer payments are money provided to individuals by the government,…

Make telemedicine your first choice for most doctor visits. That's the message some U.S. employers and insurers are sending with…

More than a year after the emergence of COVID-19, significant regional differences in terms of morbidity persist, showing lower incidence…

July 21, 2020 A study produced by a team at Oxford University indicated that some parts of the United Kingdom…

The American Federation of Teachers lobbied the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on, and even suggested language for, the…

What? The experts assured us that we can print infinite amounts of money because "It's different this time..." : Warren…

In general, the proposed numbers/percentages have problems - and this is interesting: The U.S. tax system also stands out for…

"Here, on the basis of results from five questionnaire surveys, we find that PEV discontinuance in California occurs at a…

https://twitter.com/bergerbell/status/1388552960859246600 Alas, apparently this line of thinking is common https://twitter.com/BristOliver/status/1380981482953510913

The experts assure us that inflation will remain low: In an appearance on CNBC Friday, CEO Linda Rendle told Jim…

Rather than replace the errant batteries (apparently problem may only affect some vehicles or scenarios), GM dealers will install a…

Giving incentives to have large families is solving which problem? This is in opposition to his "Green New Deal" goals.…

Share price falls 10% in after hours trading. Twitter (TWTR) earnings Q1 2021 Twitter's problem is a high noise to…

What I've been saying since April 2020! Trevor says about the CDC - "The shit you are saying is incoherent"…

I didn't ask his permission but assume he'll let me get away with this. What an interesting observation!

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1387551642573328386 I live in Oregon, which is possibly one of the last states to endure a "wave". From the data…

Oregon, uniquely, among all 50 states, required high school athletes to wear face masks while running in outdoor track and…

This is not new - the World Health Organization documented this trend of pandemic control, in an October 2019 report…

The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines are 94% effective at preventing hospitalizations in the elderly, the CDC said Wednesday. Source:…

The latest data show that getting a shot not only protects vaccinated individuals, it reduces the chance they can spread…

Per this video, it was due to incompetence. You'll need to watch the video to understand - it's pretty bad.…

The CDC says - only just now - that very small groups of fully vaccinated people can get together outdoors…

Conspiracy theorist cannot make up stuff like this. The CDC Director says, apparently, that masks are more effective than vaccines.…

Can we say with any degree of certainty that vaccinated people are unlikely to spread COVID to unvaccinated individuals? The…

Youyang Gu did much better than the the experts at ICL and UW IHME. https://twitter.com/youyanggu/status/1387076342454362112 Public health has stuck with…

https://twitter.com/DaFeid/status/1386953006462246912 My observations Public health experts failed in numerous pronouncements: 15 days to flatten the curve became 15+ months.ICL said…

Obviously, every official in Florida is in on the conspiracy and is hiding the deaths and Covid cases. Because. /satire

https://twitter.com/W7VOA/status/1387079559955324928 Incredibly, this comes AFTER they said that fully vaccinated people may meet together indoors. It took a few weeks…

“The new cases have fallen since that point [March 10] and they’ve really been pretty stable over the last week…

Not sure what he thinks the message is, however. I can think of some interpretations... his full vaccination months ago…

An honest, realistic report without the sensationalizing: A CDC report on vaccine completion status through April 9 showed that 92%…

Saturday Afternoon Saturday, 3 pm: Pfizer BioNTech dose #2 administered for the vaccine. Mildly sore arm started within minutes. Saturday,…

https://twitter.com/cnn/status/1385926769178550279 This has been obvious since a year ago. But WHO stated it was droplet transmission. We adopted DIY face…

CA now has the lowest positivity test rate in the nation, after 30-55% of the population had the disease in…

https://twitter.com/TheAlexKnapp/status/1384140818282291209

Higher prices coming from printing money/deflating dollar/increasing asset valuations, and then demand increasing from "stimulus" dollars and savings pouring back…

Building on and benefiting from that foundation, America’s 2030 target picks up the pace of emissions reductions in the United…

Disease models: The Failure of Imperial College Modeling Is Far Worse than We Knew – AIER True: The exaggerated forecasts…

Everything you know is wrong: The risk of being exposed to Covid-19 indoors is as great at 60 feet as…

To combat that, Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) and Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) proposed on Wednesday the largest student loan cancellation…

Unbelievable - the public health quacks that created this hysteria - not based on any data - deserve tar and…

Last week, I noted a few thought this week was likely the peak in the "4th wave" - more of…

Most Wi-Fi networks transmit a periodic station ID - such as "Home WiFi" or whatever you call your AP. Many…

Source: Biden to propose capital gains tax hike to fund education and child care Turning the U.S. into Denmark is…

It is rare for anyone to follow up on past, bold pronouncements about the future. Such pronouncements tend to be…

Len Cabrera explains the math behind estimating the number of true positive and false positive COVID-18 test results Source: Estimating…

Researchers in Russia have developed a new type of battery technology that they say can charge approximately 10 times faster…

Watch the short video https://twitter.com/kuriharan/status/1384593964292972553

The Federal government has basically printed trillions of "stimulus dollars" in the past 12 months, dramatically increasing the money supply.…

Many think the quaint and tranquil working the land by hand is the future of agriculture. Uh, no, its ont.…

Getting consumer goods in shot is big business for movies and TV series, and items can now be added digitally.…

https://www.facebook.com/Hovery-Hovercraft-OFFICIAL-230003303717350/ I am a hovercraft enthusiast so find this very cool. There are not many of us hovercraft enthusiasts. Yes,…

Saw these shared on social media today. This is the model from last December projecting daily new cases under various…

What politicians and news stories don’t tell you is that America’s bridges have been steadily improving for three decades. Source:…

https://twitter.com/phl43/status/1383412429678288907

https://twitter.com/drklausner/status/1383462397826932741 Be sure to read Dr. Gandhi's reply.

https://twitter.com/phl43/status/1383063525854224389

This is an Oregon beach, photographed earlier this week. As you can see, it is very crowded - hah hah.…

In April 2020, we were told to use face coverings made from any random bit of cloth to stop droplets,…

I'm so old, I remember just a year ago when parks and trails were closed for many months ... now…

https://twitter.com/RobertApter1/status/1382513469040123907

It can reduce risks of developing symptomatic COVID-19 by 81% if not already infected with the virus. Source: Antibody cocktail…

A highly contagious variant of COVID-19 first identified in Britain does not cause more severe disease in hospitalised patients, according…

Inhaled budesonide, a common corticosteroid used to treat asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, can reduce the recovery time for…

Usage of the Johnson and Johnson Covid-19 vaccines is put on "pause". There is so much confusion about relative risk...…

https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1381698639588823040

https://twitter.com/_stah/status/1381537418633961474

Epidemiologists have gotten to work predicting the future if highly contagious COVID-19 variants spread through Quebec, and their findings are…

Hmmmm.... French lawmakers voted late on Saturday to abolish domestic flights on routes than can be covered by train in…

As governors loosen long-lasting coronavirus restrictions, state lawmakers across the U.S. are taking actions to significantly limit the power they…

I guess this means it is now mandatory to have a smart phone in the UK? Also, will they sanitize…

Pfizer said it hopes to make its COVID-19 vaccine available to kids in the 12 to 15-year-old age group before…

https://twitter.com/JenniferNuzzo/status/1380542797439197189

Neighborhood took a power hit late this afternoon. After the power came back, we had no power to two rooms,…

Is this a misinterpretation? Zero Covid strategy in the U.S.? https://twitter.com/devisridhar/status/1380098817782116352

Some one just got caught up with old death reports and dumped them out all in one day. This is…

New research published in the British Journal of Pharmacology indicates that two currently available medications--an antifungal drug and an antidepressant--can…

Source: One in 4 U.S. adults are now fully vaccinated

The government is considering setting miles per gallon requirements so high that few gas vehicles could achieve those goals -…

IMF calls for a tax on "excess profits" made by some companies during the pandemic The IMF also calls upon…

Left me laughing out loud! The mRNA vaccine is “an operating system that takes over the machinery of your cells”…

As explained in detail several times last year, smart phone-based, Bluetooth-based contact tracing apps were never likely to be useful.…

What are the most innovative U.S. states? Source: Geographic Patterns of Innovation Across U.S. States: 1980-2010 | St. Louis Fed…

This is what he said about Texas 4 weeks ago - today Texas achieved the lowest metrics since June of…

Rather than fix the root cause problems, the CDC will enlist public relations consultants and fix this with a propaganda…

This is true - with a reminder that even as a brain injured idiot, I am a retired computer engineer…

FAA regulations require that operating instruction manuals be kept on board aircraft when the aircraft is in operation. Pilots can…

People can be infected with SARS-CoV-2 through contact with surfaces. However, based on available epidemiological data and studies of environmental…

Source: A new law would require employees to save for retirement - MarketWatch The law would mandate automatic payroll deductions…

Justice Clarence Thomas suggested Monday that tech platforms could be regulated like utilities in what would be a major shift…

The U.S. has far too much real estate devoted to retail: According to Credit Suisse, the United States has more…

Justice Stephen Breyer, who wrote the majority opinion in the case, agreed that Google’s use of the code was protected…

The company expects to fully exit the mobile phone business by the end of July. Source: South Korea's LG to…

NNT is the number needed to treat to result in one positive outcome. Stated another way, how many people need…

This says the decision to do just the first of the two-dose vaccines, and delay the second dose for a…

Outdoor protests in June of 2020 said not to be a source of Covid-19 spread. There isn’t evidence that Black…

Just an observation about the "4th wave". The first 3 waves had similar upwards slopes in the epicurves (yellow lines…

Depending on where you lived, here are some of the insane things public health encouraged one year ago, to stop…

In addition to protecting the vulnerable, universal masking salves the fears of those who are at risk of infection. Once…

The Pfizer vaccine produces an "off the scale" immune response that is likely to protect against the Brazilian variant of…

https://twitter.com/CDCgov/status/1377312255088472064

Last month’s volumes are still less than half of March 2019 levels with business and international travel still mostly stalled,…

Last year, a study in Ontario, Canada proved that face masks worked - until, apparently, they didn't anymore: TORONTO (Reuters)…

April 1 - Google has updated its Android OS default camera app with a new "mask filter". The apps uses…

Not an April 1st joke either https://twitter.com/angie_rasmussen/status/1373074579267092480 She, below, is being sarcastic but we can see where others will start…

This entire article misses the elephant in the room: The decision to open up vaccinations to all ages requires careful…

Source: Pfizer says its COVID-19 vaccine is 100% effective in children ages 12-15 Is "Surge" a militaristic white supremacy verb?…

Domestic airfare prices are expected to rise 4 percent to 5 percent every month until summer 2021, said Adit Damodaran,…

No one gave any thought to this side effect of face masks - there was and is no plan for…

The surge in good news continues ... Source: New CAD$2 Test Can Accurately Detect COVID-19 Antibodies in a Drop of…

This would be the idea, of course, as the surge in good news grows: In fact it is becoming increasingly…

Smart phone contact tracing apps are a technology whose time never arrived: Months after agency officials said they were actively…

Among unvaccinated participants, 1.38 SARS-CoV-2 infections were confirmed by reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) per 1,000 person-days.§ In contrast, among…

Sounds like quite a fiasco - Tesla double billed people - for entire cars! Tesla double-charged some customers for new…

A single dose of Pfizer or Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccines was 80% effective in preventing coronavirus infections, according to a new…

Original Earlier this week, I saw a reporter post on social media that the job of journalists is to find…

https://twitter.com/RichardTol/status/1376078197117358085

The next time your local politician or public health director tells you it's Based on ScienceTM, show them this: Non-drug…

And these "rules" are completely different from one district to another because its random Covid-theatrics not based on evidence: kindergarten…

"Daily positive tests" are increasing in some states while decreasing in others. There is little consistency between measures undertaken and…

Pete Buttigieg, the transportation secretary, said that the White House is weighing a mileage tax and special bonds to fund…

One dose of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine offers an immune response similar to that generated by infection and could also offer…

Kansas officials confirmed on Thursday that a 68-year-old Atchison County woman experienced anaphylaxis and died after she received a COVID-19…

Watch for most of the rest to now follow this: Rutgers University is one of the first U.S. colleges to…

And estimated 1.6 BILLION masks have ended up in the ocean: They're also creating a worldwide pollution problem, littering streets…

A new law will require the Mississippi Department of Education to set a computer science curriculum for K-12 schools by…

I had on my reminder list to check back on the situation in Texas, two weeks after their state removed…

A mathematician looks at much publicized studies claiming a large reduction in life expectancy due to Covid-19 - and finds…

This is spot on: Even if you hate the idea, make a tour of the nearest Walmart in your proposed…

One year ago, the tech sector jumped in with a plan to develop smart phone based contact detection apps. These…

This is so cool! A piece of the Wright brothers’ first airplane is on Mars. NASA’s experimental Martian helicopter holds…

The company depends upon the very fossil fuels it purports to abhor. Source: The True Face of the North Face…

On March 12th, Oklahoma removed remaining Covid restrictions and ended all indoor mask requirements. As of March 23d, here is…

There is no simple, one size fits all answer to that question. This online article, though, provides an excellent explanation…

Source: Israel, New Zealand OK sale of virus killing nasal spray

Krispy Kreme will give away free doughnuts to people who show their COVID-19 vaccination card at any location in the…

15 days to flatten the curve morphed into "Zero Covid". At this point, its all about power trips by public…

Source: U.S. air travelers top 1.5 million for first time since March 2020

Policy makers created economically devastating policies last year, then used that as an excuse to spend trillions of dollars on…

The safety and efficacy analysis of the vaccine was based on 32,449 participants in a phase 3 trial. Source: AstraZeneca…

Fortunately, all those sacrifices stopped the progression of Covid-19 dead in its tracks and the disease is no longer a…

In 2020, I saw one public health officer say the Constitution may be suspended during a pandemic. Unfortunately, I did…

Bill Gates has become a parody of living the green life: Bill Gates says he buys green aviation fuel, uses…

Jan 11-12, 2021: Thousands of University of Alabama football fans partied in the street near campus after the Crimson Tide…

When middle and high school students go back to campus, they'll have the option to wear a lanyard that keeps…

The media has made it seem that asymptomatic cases are weird; in fact, it is estimated 72% of polio cases…

New data? There was never any data to support the 6 foot rule. In fact, no one even knows where…

In a retrospective study of individuals tested for COVID-19, vitamin D levels above those traditionally considered sufficient were associated with…

Meanwhile, back in lock down havens schools remain mostly closed ... because epi-astrology! Schools in the state have avoided major…

The surge upon surge in good news is growing exponentially. May be we are seeing a tsunami of good news,…

Most of the world has had 1 meter spacing for all, a few places had 1.5 meters, and North America…

A new study by researchers in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering suggests that coronaviruses may be vulnerable to ultrasound vibrations,…

More than 20% of blood donations to the American Red Cross from unvaccinated people in the first week of March…

"The recovery in flying has been faster than they anticipated," says the head of the airline's pilot union. Source: Alaska…

https://twitter.com/MonicaGandhi9/status/1371852080995037187

Interesting to see early reviews of this era. And none of them are particularly nice. Francois Balloux, an infectious-disease epidemiologist…

As a victim decades ago, of a GRE testing error - for which they did not notify us students but…

Six-to-eight new immunizations may complete clinical studies and undergo regulatory review by the end of the year, Soumya Swaminathan, the…

Exclusive: Ocugen plans to sell 100 million Indian vaccine doses in U.S. in 2021 Source: Exclusive: Ocugen plans to sell…

a 2015 study found the richest 20 percent of Americans received 90 percent of these generous EV subsidies. Source: Electric…

More media is noticing that public health this past year was quackery disconnected from the reality: For too long, America…

“Effective as of March 15, 2021, the titles of Elon Musk and Zach Kirkhorn have changed to Technoking of Tesla…

Apple Inc is moving forward with self-driving car technology and is targeting 2024 to produce a passenger vehicle that could…

The reasons for spelling "vaccine" as "vacksine" is to slide past the Twitter auto-censor bots. This finding is interesting and…

"Experts" have been predicting surge upon surge, 4th waves, etc, due to variants. Except in South Africa reality is not…

Unfortunately, I know this all too well - very sorry she had to endure this: "2 years ago in March…

Having gotten my first MMR vaccine a week ago, over age 60, aren't I the timely one ahead of the…

Thousands of pupils and their families are having to isolate needlessly, and missing more days after months away from classrooms…

I drive a 2015 Honda Fit and love it; in fact its the 2nd Honda Fit that I own. Unfortunately,…

Novavax Inc's COVID-19 vaccine was 96% effective in preventing cases caused by the original version of the coronavirus in a…

Many governments and organizations are seeking to turn tourism in a post pandemic world into an elites-only experience. Many have…

Tonight, President Biden will tell states to open up vaccinations to all adults beginning May 1, that he would like…

Texas eliminated mandatory face mask requirements; 16 states have now done that or never had a mandate. Some say dropping…

The typical annual premium for job-based coverage in 2020 was $7,470 for individuals and $21,342 for family coverage, according to…

I actually was vaccinated this week! Seriously. For MMR. Yep, measles, mumps and rubella - even though I'm over 60,…

Source: Governor Cuomo Announces Quarantine for Domestic Travel Will No Longer Be Required Starting April 1st | Governor Andrew M.…

Pfizer said its Covid-19 vaccine blocked 94% of asymptomatic infections in an Israeli study – a result CEO Albert Bourla…

Acknowledges cloth masks do not work: He is a very widely quoted nutritionist, epidemiologist, health economist from Harvard University demanding…

My state - chart made in late December 2020 Nationally (March 2021) And again, note the CDC's own statements. High…

Just imagine what might happen if we let "experts" censor speech on social media. Oh wait, we don't need to…

Boeing sold 82 new airplanes in February with new sales outpacing cancellations for the first time since November 2019. Source:…

The advice is excessively cautious. Reading the "expert" views you might conclude that vaccines are useless. And then we will…

But you know we can just print money to infinity without problem: Inflation is just warming up, but by late…

Every time I hear another claim about "variants" I think they are referring to a rock band: The Variants. Many…

In order to put a price on carbon, governments use sciency-y techniques to come up with estimates - but rely…

Pre-pandemic there were published peer reviewed papers that found lockdowns only worked in limited circumstances, right at the very beginning…

For about six weeks, "experts" have been warning us of a huge surge in new cases due to "variants". That…

This drug might be available by summer of 2021. Much more here. Source: Ridgeback Biotherapeutics and Merck Announce Preliminary Findings…

She's younger than me yet I won't be eligible to try signing up until mid-2021 - this is nothing more…

https://twitter.com/celinegounder/status/1368256689082925058 https://twitter.com/andrewbostom/status/1368240795707379716 This will be worth follow up in April.

As far back as 2016, I wrote that many restaurants, especially fast food, would replace wait staff with self service…

News reports say it may be until 2023 or 2024 (depending on region) before airline travel is restored to 2019…

Our T-cell immunity response is effective against all existing variants, says study. See here. This is a real bummer for…

(Reuters) - Ample, a seven-year-old San Francisco startup, wants to skirt one of the big hurdles to widespread adoption of…

I think in the U.S. the government sees this as a feature. Am expecting very large tax hikes to be…

Companies such as Walmart and GE created the outsourced, offshore manufacturing boom. Globalization was the future and it would be…

Agree: Nuclear power has to overcome a baneful reputation garnered by association with the atomic bomb and radioactive disasters, but…

Bummer. We need to find more negative spin on this. A crucial wing of the immune system appears to be…

CASTING CALL – RURAL OREGONIANS We’re casting rural Oregonians for a pro-mask photoshoot. The images will be used by the…

Well, duh: “This is great news — the Pfizer vaccine not only provides protection against becoming ill from SARS-CoV-2 but…

But some of the most vocal testing proponents are less worried about the declines in screening. From a public health…

Outstanding team work by far more people than we normally realize are involved: 2 pilots rescued by US Coast Guard…

Increasing demand for gasoline will drive up pricesIncreasing demand for autos as people begin driving more miles againIncreasing demand for…

As Amazon lobbies for a higher minimum wage, experts say that the company is not making the decision solely out…

NEW YORK (AP) — Best Buy said Thursday that it laid off 5,000 full-time store workers earlier this month, even…

January 28th and on February 1st I said peak deaths were likely behind us, contrary to then current news reports:…

That is all.

Band practice. This is a great HS band (seriously) - have seen them in performance many times. But this is…

Today is the new annual national holiday commemorating how we ended Covid-19 in just 15 days in 2020!!!!!!!

The same for 2020/2021's Covid-19 disease models: For decades, climate change researchers and activists have used dramatic forecasts to attempt…

https://twitter.com/GenChuckYeager/status/1365052647271759879

We need a plan to unwind the fear, the panic and the hysteria. We have no plan while epiastrologists feed…

Good for consumers and the environment: Laptops these days are slimmer, sleeker, and lighter than ever—but their repairability and configurability are…

I do not think such a delay will happen as the financial costs are far too great to everyone: A…

Well, considering that 1% is 1.11 million, yeah 50 is "far less"! There are about 50 confirmed cases of reinfection…

Global supply chains and free markets are so 2020 now ... Biden to press for $37 billion to boost chip…

In my state, as previously noted, as deaths increased the state got further behind. The effect was to time shift…

I saw this on social media. It dates back at least to April of 2020 but is just as relevant…

Do Americans really need the amount of treatment that our health care system is used to providing? .... Despite the…

There will be growth but on the other hand, much retail has done fine so far. The services area, like…

After many EVs caught fire, a defect was identified inside the individual battery cells. The company will not replace the…

I'm so old, I remember a year ago when global supply chains were the future. During the pandemic, the U.S.…

"Stimulus checks" are the government borrowing from your future taxes to give you money now. It is not really free…

Good grief. Public health communications has been a bonfire of idiocy since day #1: Recent public messaging harps on the…

Looking at the latest economic data reveals V-shaped recoveries in many goods-based indicators; while services has more catch-up to do.…

Early damage and "shake" reports help seismologists quickly understand the quake's impact. But the loss of communications typical after a…

More cracks forming in the epidemiological firewall of terror. Today, a major newspaper runs this lengthy article using the "surge"…

The superstore chain will begin giving out COVID-19 inoculations across California this week. Source: Costco begins providing COVID-19 vaccines in…

Public health "experts" and pundits loudly proclaimed that the Feb 8 Superbowl would be a "Superspreader" event that would "kill…

Feb 21: Israel launches vaccine privilege: "Shops were open to all, but access to gyms, hotels and theatres was limited…

Joint statement of the US FDA and USDA: there is no credible evidence of food or food packaging associated with…

If you do not get vaccinated, then life restrictions will continue indefinitely. Social isolation, face masks and lock downs forever.If…

Specifically, Fauci said they expect data on children's vaccine trials in Q1 of 2022. Then after that comes authorization and…

Public Health Agency Canada presented the following model projection to a government Health Committee this week. Yes, the yellow and…

More flip flopping on masks - most people don't know it but OSHA rules for N95 masks mandate no beards.…

With "experts" suggesting the pandemic is winding down on its own, possibly as soon as April - the media is…

The company said it found no indication the breach allowed customers to be hacked. Source: Microsoft says SolarWinds hackers stole…

Summary There were no holiday surgesThe acceleration in new cases flipped in mid November before the holidaysOn February 18, 2021,…

Drove across town at mid-day. Counted 15 school buses on the road late this morning. Schools partially re-open next Monday.…

(This did not age well. Everything anyone says is random noise.) Expert says its over by spring time [of 2020]:…

A new study suggests that the brains of non-partisans function differently than those of partisans. Source: Non-partisan brains differ from…

The cause been right out there all this time. Obviously, the pandemic waves correlate with solar sunspots! We don't know…

Their thesis: College educated workers, in general, will see their wages rise sharply from age 25 to 40 or so.…

Semiconductor plants - perhaps five of them - were ordered shut down, in Texas, due to the state's failed electricity…

Identify your conclusion.Cherry pick to prove that which you assume to be true, is true. You'll learn more from the…

This in a rural county - the "surge upon surge" in  stupidity is growing exponentially: C.O. cross-country HS athletes must…

They might have added - but did not - how the 15-days to flatten  has turned into "forever". Public health…

Liam Thorp is the politics editor of the Liverpool Echo, in the UK. https://twitter.com/LiamThorpECHO/status/1361959447971643392?s=20

The commission’s finding follows a five-year investigation triggered by employee complaints, which cited investigations by The Oregonian into Intel’s layoff…

From useless epidemiological disease projection models to this - time to stop taking models seriously except as the butt of…

Florida reported far fewer coronavirus cases in the week ending Sunday [Feb 14], adding 49,390 new cases. That's down 12.7%…

The number of patients currently hospitalized for Covid-19 has fallen by -50% - cut in half - since the peak…

About 2 weeks ago, I placed an order for an electronics item that was to ship on February 12th. That…

BRITS may have to show a vaccine passport to go to a pub or restaurant Dominic Raab suggested today. Source:…

Festivals in the Netherlands have started revealing plans for 2021 editions following the Dutch government announcing it aims to allow…

After many failed model projections, does anyone take the UW's IHME's astrologist's forecasts seriously? If you do take them seriously,…

And you know that many will spin this as a negative: Modern millionaires: How a percentage of Americans made their…

The following countries have removed many restrictions for travelers who have vaccine privilege: CyprusEstoniaGeorgiaIcelandLebanonPolandRomaniaSeychellesThailand Suspect this list will be far…

Dr. Fauci, July 18, 2020: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci on Friday praised New York…

38 deaths were reported yesterday - a large increase from our daily pattern. 8 of the 38 deaths occurred in…

Epidemiological disease models have proven worse than astrology. They are constructed with the integrity of alchemy. ICL has been ground…

Geesh. 45 second mind blowing video clip. https://twitter.com/airport_girl/status/1360346164474839045

Bummer. We want more gloom and doom. Surely there is a way to spin this into negativity? Study finds patients…

This linked story has a good explanation of EV battery tech and how a component failure may have led to…

Source: Planning 500,000 charging points for EVs by 2025, Shell becomes the latest company swept up in EV charging boom

They are planning for "at home" staff to return starting in September, but say it will probably be a gradual…

No, this will not happen - there is no science to justify this nor will people put up with it.…

Which EVs have the best electric car range? The EPA provides range estimates for every electric vehicle, but they don't…

Vaccine for kids age 12+ may be available in the summer, and the younger kids by September. Source: Fauci: Vaccines…

Toyota plans to launch two fully-electric vehicles in the US the year, the automaker has announced, in addition to a…

I recently learned about people who lost jobs because they Liked a social media post - the post was okay…

As noted previously, the 15-days to flatten the curve meme was a public health lie... Oh, sorry, we meant a…

It's getting crowded 🙂 : Chinese spacecraft enters Mars' orbit, joining Arab ship

Oregon only does short term disease modeling (about 4 weeks), via the Institute for Disease Modeling in Bellevue, WA. Their…

One dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine offers two-thirds protection against coronavirus, data seen by the U.K. government suggests. Source: U.K.…

That has become increasingly clear in countries such as Brazil, South Africa and the United Kingdom, where fearsome “variants of…

The findings suggested that inhaled budesonide reduced the risk of urgent care or hospitalization by 90 percent within the study…

Note: Due to a delay in laboratory reporting, OHA received a large quantity of approximately 3,000 negative electronic laboratory results (ELRs)…

https://youtu.be/pLcqJ2DclEg Note - this video mistakenly references the Chevy Volt when it should be the Chevy Bolt EV. Notes that…

For the most part, how the news is reported to the consumer has changed little in decades, perhaps a century.…

Salesforce, San Francisco’s largest private employer, will permanently allow most workers to stay home for two or more days a…

This means that the strategy of dosing more people, more rapidly, with the first dose, is likely a good one…

As I discovered, and informed my state's public health office about, the time shifting of death reports had incorrectly moved…

The Emirates Mars mission, named the Hope probe, has made the UAE the first Arab country and the fifth globally…

I'm so old, I remember Neil Ferguson's projection of 2.2 million deaths in the U.S. by last spring, and Christopher…

Yep. That's how the evolution of viruses work, actually: “There is no reason to think the South African variant will…

The next chart graphs the daily change in U.S. hospital census. This shows that the drop off at right, is…

For the first time in the entire pandemic, the Kinsa Forecast Model (Kinsa, Oregon State University) forecasts falling cases next…

Epidemiologists remain stuck: Second, we did not find any evidence of decreased risk of transmission in individuals who reported mask…

The Sturgis South Dakota motorcycle rally was held August 6-15, 2020. We were assured that this would be a major…

Kinsa Model This Week Kinsa Model Forecast Next Week Forecasts falling cases in all but 2 states. Both states had…

You can just download the original PDF file for the blank cards from public health web sites: By sharing photos…

Thanks to government public health offices, ou can download a blank PDF copy of the vaccination record and fill it…

Who needs conspiracy theorists when we have this? Jeez. David Ismay, Massachusetts Undersecretary for Climate Change Speaking at a Vermont…

As such, the pandemic will not be solved by spring 2021, health experts said. It will not be over in…

Although there were modest gains in payrolls last month, big jumps in the average workweek and aggregate payrolls support consumption.Household…

For most bus usage, range is not an issue. They are probably quieter and are not idling when stopped to…

The 24-year-old founder of Virgil Capital, which ran two cryptocurrency hedge funds, admitted to duping investors out of almost $100…

As noted in a previous post listing multiple hospitals doing this - this is a nationwide phenomena of hospitals selling…

This topic is the subject of many social media posts. There is sort of a semi-official account that one loses…

Fearful of the damage that may occur from the continued surge in good news, epidemiologists are striking back. WE HAVE…

The surge in good news is global. Epidemiologists are preparing counter measures.

The surge in good news continues: The decline appears to be a global phenomenon, with new infections falling worldwide for…

I wrote about this last week. Plummeting Covid numbers complicate the political push for $1.9 trillion in new spending. This…

There was a surge in epidemiologists saying there would be a surge in post holiday cases of Covid-19. There was…

Will make an announcement later as to how the passport might also be used for activities other than travel (festivals,…

Antiviral drug: An obscure plant-based antiviral drug is "highly effective" against COVID-19, a new study has shown. Researchers at the…

Update Feb 4th. And the committee is holding another secret meeting. There will be no public agenda, notes or video…

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1356591721728126978

https://twitter.com/COVID19Tracking/status/1356316711331381248 More here. They intend to publish links to alternative data sources that are now available to the public.

Summary Vaccine passports are here and rolling out. They will initially be used for travel and may be required. It…

February 2020 - Certified masks do not work when used by the public April 2020 - Uncertified cloth masks made…

While seniors wait, young, healthy, non-frontline hospital workers are getting vaccine https://youtu.be/cAAp0DmpCDU

In December 2020, the operation costs per rider for WES was $108, compared to $9.32 for MAX light rail and…

Marketers say COVID vaccines create hope for quick return of in-person events Leans toward Q4 for restarting in person events.…

If you are not in a prioritized group, then you are at the back of the line. Reuters has created…

On Thursday at 3 am, the National Securities Clearing Corporation requested a $3 billion deposit from Robinhood. It appears that…

Of the 13 million Americans who got at least one dose between Dec. 14 and Jan. 14, 63% were women…

Dr. Stephen Hoge, president of American biotechnolgy company Moderna, said he's hopeful that vaccines can help the U.S. population achieve…

Understandably, we all use 7-day, or 14 or 15-day or even 30 day moving averages to review trends. This is…

Therefore, according to Carbone and his colleagues, a combination of vaccinations and infections should produce herd immunity soon, possibly by…

Another one of those 15-days-to-flatten the curve ideas that turned into "forever". They never had an exit strategy and they…

A long time ago, park staff would push a pile of burning embers off of Glacier Point in Yosemite National…

60% of Americans believe colleges should drop the SAT

Why you're seeing coronavirus vaccine selfies all over Facebook and Twitter - CNET If you read the instructions, it says…

The Oregon Health Authority stopped providing biographical details for each death, such as age, county, gender, date of a positive…

Whoa - this is a huge deal on so many levels - Boeing confirms 787 Dreamliner production is moving from…

Cool! Likely doing chip design work there. Source: Microsoft poaches Intel VP for big new Hillsboro engineering site - oregonlive.com…

True ... One critical sector is transportation, which generates 28% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions — more than either electric power production…

Previously, I transcribed about 1,600 Oregon Covid-19 death records by hand and discovered the public facing presentation of deaths was…

Am thinking contractors, local businesses, etc could all be in the pick up EV market. For one thing, range is…

Much to my blown out brain's surprise, Oregon today fixed the problem with inappropriate daily death reports. As I previously…

U.K. variantBrazil variantSouth Africa variantCalifornia variantChina or Wuhan virus Every variant has been named and identified by the media based…

Wrote this on September 18, 2020 but only now making it public. It is as crazy as it sounds, times…

Source - Covid Tracking Project

It is becoming unanimous - cloth masks do not work: Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the CDC during the Obama…

The coronavirus pandemic in the United States has raged almost uncontrollably for so long that now, even if millions of…

Source: Dr. Fauci: Double mask during Covid makes common sense, more effective The astrology behind face masks seems to have…

"990 mile" range - haha. What a scam.

Source: US Currently Hospitalized | The COVID Tracking Project Page down for more charts. This is a great reference. It…

https://twitter.com/EpiEllie/status/1353063720339992579 This enables the privileged wealthy to outsource their risk to low paid grocery workers, InstaCart deliveries and so on.…

I am so old, I remember back when public health "Experts" said protesting was more important than fighting a virus.…

A public health "expert" tells the BBC that we may have travel restrictions in place for another 1 to 2…

I would prefer to be writing positive things about tech, energy, transportation too. Unfortunately, I have a very low tolerance…

They've known this for almost 100 years: Confronting new, more transmissible variants of the coronavirus and a winter spike in…

Austria now joins France and the White House in saying that cloth masks do not work. Austria now mandates use…

White House staff required to use N95 masks because they know cloth masks basically do not work. During her first…

Good grief. I noted this last April - over the span of 3 days the public health quacks went from…

Founders, executives and tech employees of all ranks, who normally are based in Silicon Valley, have been moving out of…

Paleontologists finally have their first good look at a dinosaur's butt - CNET

Several investment firms have suggested this: “Our view is by summer — by Independence Day — we will be free…

The stream of social media photos of celebrities and health care workers getting vaccinated has become obnoxious. I am glad…

In reality, adoption of contract tracing apps by citizens was largely sporadic and unenthusiastic. A trio of researchers in Australia…

If you carried a cell phone with you near the Capitol on January 6th, the FBI will be contacting you.…

Microsoft joins GM in self driving vehicle initiative. To unlock the potential of cloud computing for self-driving vehicles, Cruise will…

Janet Yellen on Tuesday suggested lawmakers "curtail" the use of Bitcoin amid terrorism concerns.Yellen said cryptocurrency transactions were used "mainly…

Insurrection nounan act or instance of rising in revolt, rebellion, or resistance against civil authority or an established government. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/insurrection?s=t…

This part is likely negative for the environment: Biden administration will also pursue direct-consumer rebates to encourage American car buyers…

Hmmmm....: Trump pardons former Google engineer who stole trade secrets Before leaving [Google], Levandowski downloaded a trove of Google’s self-driving…

The story does not explain how this works so we presume that sending guaranteed checks to everyone means guaranteed higher…

Does this mean the conspiracy theorists were correct? 2020 was a trial run? Geesh. Sir Lindsay Hoyle told a gathering…

If we assume all measures work, then we prove all measures work. And of course, we ignore the time dimension:…

The FCC Enforcement Bureau issued today an advisory to remind licensees and operators in the Amateur and Personal Radio Services…

Locking people up like prison inmates was no better than less restrictive measures: The peer reviewed study, which was conducted…

Rent in San Francisco has declined 27% since the start of the pandemic, the sharpest decline in the country, according…

Remember, I am idiot who observes things and asks stupid questions. The low incidence of influenza is attributed to the…

In other words, the coronavirus will become “endemic,” a pathogen that circulates at low levels and only rarely causes serious…

State health chief said the state appeared not be seeing as big a post-Christmas surge as it had expected. Source:…

FB, IG, Twitter and now YouTube have shut down Donald Trump.Twitter deleted Tweets from the official U.S. government account @POTUS…

Once immunity is widespread in adults, the virus rampaging across the world will come to resemble the common cold, scientists…

Source: Figure 1 - 1918 Influenza: the Mother of All Pandemics - Volume 12, Number 1—January 2006 - Emerging Infectious…

"Harvard Summer School suspended all study-abroad programming for the summer of 2021, citing concerns over the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic." Source:…

Development of global travel safety standards while acknowledging individual countries may have unique requirements at a given point in time…

This means continued travel restrictions, mandatory Covid-19 testing before and after flights, and travel industry's desire for "vaccine passports" will…

His personal account is gone, all of his past tweets are hidden or deleted Trump has now been de-platformed on…

January 8, 2021: TORONTO (Reuters) - Ontario is considering “more extreme measures” on top of the widespread lockdowns in place,…

More in my previous post. Facebook has now banned Trump's accounts indefinitely on both FB and IG.

What happened today was disgusting: World leaders react to ‘disgraceful’ mob attack on U.S. Capitol - oregonlive.com This was insurrection…

Disease model projections have proven close to worthless. Perhaps like a stopped clock, they might get close once in a…

Chart shows the total number of passenger for each week, during the pandemic. This is a better way of looking…

U.S. may give out two half-volume doses of Moderna vaccine to double the number of people who could get preliminary…

In Phase 1b, how do you prove that you are a defined essential worker in the defined categories? Earlier today,…

For domestic travel, families will likely continue to do so via cars and RVs. RV sales exploded in 2020 -…

This part of the post was written on September 4th, but not published until December 30. On September 4th, the…

The conversations are a treat for the astronauts as well. “You’re talking to someone and looking right down at where…

I deleted my last FB/IG app from a device yesterday. I still had IG running on one Android tablet but…

True: ...Facebook has been selling them ad targeting that is unreliable to the point of being fraudulent.The documents feature internal…

Travel restrictions, lock downs and face masks forever! Because reasons! Models have found that strict border closures could have helped…

I'm so old, I remember posting this a week ago: 15 days to flatten the curve!Oh, may be a monthTwo…

This information comes from the CDC ACIP recommendations updated on December 20, 2020. The suggested dates, in parenthesis, are my…

DJI products can still be sold in the U.S., but DJI is prohibited from buying parts from U.S. suppliers. Thus,…

Source: Volkswagen facing 'massive' shortage of electronic parts And laptop computers and smart phones. I've had one electronics related item…

Not saying this is good or bad - only that few seem to understand that "stimulus" checks are the government…

https://youtu.be/WijoL3Hy_Bw This is off topic for this blog but WOW. Incredible journalism. Stunning story. A city dying due to its…

Very, very cool: First, Microsoft will continue to pay the wages of hourly workers of vendors that provided services on…

Probably not a good idea: “I liken it to giving the keys of a sports car to a 12-year-old,” said…

As electric vehicle sales rise across Europe, more charging stations are needed. Power grids are trying to meet increasing energy…

Awesome! BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese lunar capsule returned to Earth Thursday with the first fresh samples of rock and…

Just 10 days ago, the Oregon Health Authority said that the overwhelming majority of Oregonians have been complying with guidance…

Private carriers FedEx and UPS have cut off delivery service for some retailers, sending massive volumes of packages to the…

Tesla's "less than the cost of petrol" claim no longer cuts the mustard Source: Tesla Supercharging now more expensive than…

Was reading up on something else which led to this item on the 1968-1970 influenza pandemic. Very interesting. The 1968…

It looks like first availability of vaccinations is not until summer of 2021. What does that mean for when life…

Source: Covid 19 Risk Tool from Johns Hopkins University The online calculator uses data to estimate your  mortality risk, based…

“I think there might be too many M.B.A.s running companies,” Tesla’s chief executive says. Source: Elon Musk Decries ‘M.B.A.-ization’ of…

2020 models have been so bad at times as to be amusing. This looks like progress though: A new class…

The UW IHME random number generator projects up to 1 million new cases on January 10th.  MIT has their own…

The CDC recommended Friday that people now wear masks in all indoor settings, with the sole exception of their own…

He was awesome: Chuck Yeager, the historic test pilot portrayed in the movie “The Right Stuff,” is dead at the…

On March 27, 2020, four days after Oregon's lock down when in to effect, the Oregon Health Authority issued a…

YouTube will ask you to rethink posting that comment if AI thinks it's offensive - CNET In other words, humans…

Idiotic virtue signaling to the max: Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi and Jon Stewart have a pandemic-year message for fellow…

Does this mean the CDC is saying that face masks did not work to prevent the spread of Covid-19 as…

Facebook is accused of hiding job openings from potential U.S. applicants so that it could recruit temporary foreign workers (i.e.…

There's a web site for that! Here, members of the public compete to help the U.S. government solve problems big…

I think my state (Oregon) peaked in new positive test results on Nov 21st, peaked in new hospitalizations on Nov…

Kinsa model down to just 3 states still in an accelerating trend and all 3 of those may now be…

Computer aided design (CAD) tools like Autodesk Inventor or Solidworks - are difficult to learn to use. Most available online…

Seems this could run into problems with people who have experienced injuries, disabilities and mental health issues: Facial expressions and…

Update: On December 15th, the Oregon Health Authority reported 54 deaths (all of these deaths took place across about six…

I posted this on the blog in recent months but I am an idiot who knows nothing: "You're getting to…

Paper even finds that when new cases are dropping, there are 5.5 times more stories about increasing cases! Heh! That's…

Across the food and grocery industry, the holidays are starting to resemble the panic of the pandemic spring, when the…

The order, which takes effect Monday and will last until at least Dec. 21, exempts church services and protests, which…

For Sunday through Saturday, there was a 3.4% increase in traveler during Thanksgiving week versus the prior week. Which is…

Advice to all children - you have a Fifth Amendment right to remain silent and not answer their questions: Next…

Expecting this to be an historic event, I started taking notes - copious notes in early 2020. In this very…

Airlines are an Americans with Disability Act-free zone: It should be noted that all airlines mentioned recommend that any customers…

In the UK, chocolate confection manufacturers are under the rule of law to reduce sugar in chocolate products by 20%.…

According to research at CMU, 89% of those surveyed wear a face mask, as required. Source: Home - COVIDcast -…

Alongside the scaling of EV production, GM expects that the cost of its Ultium batteries will drop by 60 percent…

Of interest. However, if not already familiar with the concepts of how machine learning work, this still might be a…

This is wild. Slightly drugged out driver doing 100 mph crashes his (?) Tesla sending hot batteries flying into nearby…

After two support cables broke at Arecibo Observatory, the facility is in danger of a catastrophic collapse, prompting the National…

Boeing originally failed in its design and implementation of the 737 MAX. Now, though, after long scrutiny and evaluation, it…

This could be a legal mine field - Youtube to run ads even on videos that have not signed up…

Agree. “My prediction would be that over 50% of business travel and over 30% of days in the office will…

An analysis of nearly 500 Covid-related apps worldwide shows major differences in how much data they expect you to give…

This report's conclusions are what I observed with the eyeball-o-matic Stat-O-Meter since the beginning - there are rarely correlations between…

This blog has long pointed out that costs of automating work functions have plummeted just as the costs of labor…

Samsung scientists have created an interactive slim-panel holographic display that increases the viewing angle for 3D videos by 30 times.…

This is an huge blow to the Chevy Bolt EV line - they have confirmed five vehicles had their batteries…

Can energy usage data tell us anything about the quality of our programming languages? Last year a team of six…

Based on population per state, the number of new Covid-19 cases occurring in the past week is about the same…

40+/-% of cases due to in-home contacts, and 20+/-% due to close social contacts, mostly inside homes: Social gatherings seem…

“Travel broadens us because we learn by our successes. When you’re in a new place you are having all kinds…

It means that in its Amazon Go grocery stores, currently up and running at 27 locations in the US, people…

Says Rahm Emanuel, former Chicago Mayor, Congressional Representative and former Obama Chief of Staff, said this in this news interview.…

A study by the University of California-Davis showed that in California, people with income over $150,000 per year purchase a…

Those who have taken apart the electrical connections that connect a 220 v wall outlet to an EV find there…

The title is a serious question. I have a computer located in the loft of an outdoor shop. The shop…

BMW has sold the i3 since 2013, and up through last year, also sold the Range Extender version world wide,…

The DJI Mini 2 quadcopter is quite a nice unit, and its under 249 grams. In some countries, that low…

Combines self reported data and information such as heart rate, from fitness trackers and smart phones to identify potential Covid-19…

"Kids who code early start thinking of themselves as people who can create. In the future, you can either be…

In The Price of Panic, a detailed, albeit dated, overview of the world's Covid-19 response, the authors note the use…

The results of the Nov 3 national election remain unclear. We do not yet know who won all races. But…

As in 400% too high: One of the most alarming charts presented by the government when it announced the latest…

A 91 page study was published by WHO in October 2019, just as the pandemic got underway: “Non-Pharmaceutical Public Health…

For several months, the media - and social media - have repeatedly told us about regions, states or countries that…

Several months ago, I posted the following on the "Oregon Covid-19 Data" page (Since deactivated as I am no longer…

They finally removed all doubt. https://youtu.be/dPn6fT6BrcQ They apparently got the idea from the public health department in Argentina. Children are…

I have been perplexed as to why places with long standing face mask mandates have seen explosions in cases months…

I'm sold old, I remember when Germany did everything right. April 2nd: Germany has remarkably few coronavirus deathsApril 4/May 6:…

Looks like all of these areas have had mandated face mask requirements in effect since April-May - with fines on…

A surge in online purchases during the pandemic means that parcel delivery services are struggling to keep up with shipments.…

Locally (and typical of other areas), 40% of Covid-19 cases originate from a close family contact inside one's own household.…

EU is twice as bad as the U.S. You may remember that the EU did mostly everything right and the…

I am so old, I remember when countries that had flaky electrical grids were referred to as "third world": PG&E…

Oregon - 7 day moving average of total daily tests versus positive test results. Data for most recent two weeks…

40% come from household family members and 20% from close social contacts: An epidemiologist says even though most are exposed…

Re-running this post with a few minor updates. Contact tracing apps do not track surface or air contacts across time…

Positive test case counts, body counts, by country, and you can see historical trend curves too. Just click on a…

The magenta dots at bottom indicate when various parts of the UK made face masks mandatory, initially only on public…

Fascinating insights in this video. Well worth watching, maybe even important to watch. You can fast forward through it, if…

He is Director of the UCL Genetics Institute, University College London and this is his tweet.

A Tesla battery researcher showed updated test results pointing to batteries lasting over 15,000 cycles or the equivalent of over…

I noticed today that there have been comments in Nature.com and The Lancet Respiratory Medicine about the false positive problem…

Costs likely to be $50 to $100 before flight (I have seen prices of $125 or more as well), per…

There have been reports like this in other areas of the country too: SAMMAMISH, Wash. – Sammamish Police are investigating…

The NY Times writes that pandemic fatigue has set in and people want to get on with their lives -…

Boeing sees the advent of the "mobile executive" and most engineering, marketing, finance work no longer need be done in…

In the past we did not like shopping at Best Buy. Upon entering the store you were assaulted by blue…

How should the public begin to make sense of the flurry of sometimes contradictory scientific views generated by the Covid-19…

In the 14 days before illness onset, 71% of case-patients and 74% of control participants reported always using cloth face…

Many Governors and public health officials asserted they have supreme power in a public health emergency. One public health official…

Today, Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA) made an ass of herself by telling straight up lies about the ACA, affordability and…

Face Mask, Public Polices and Slowing the Spread of COVID-19: Evidence from Canada, September 24th. They examined and compared communities…

Saturday is World Mental Health Day, and decades of research show hope is a robust predictor of mental health. Not…

I stopped reading Ars Technica when I reached the last 5 words: The distinction between a program and an API…

What could possibly go wrong? The social network said it'll add more warnings and restrictions on misleading tweets from US…

The extent of California's wild fire smoke today. Air quality where I live in the PNW is now "unhealthy" for…

Here is a video clip of a Walmart-based drone delivery of items to residential home. You may have to fast…

The data shown here is from the State of Oregon and is provided by the Oregon Health Authority. One week…

Nikola has admitted the truck used in their promotional video did not work and had been towed to the top…

We view our own health care providers as benevolent and altruistic. Unfortunately, many of them work for blood sucking evil…

In this CNBC news video, the CEO of Electrify America says they have a charger within 150 miles of 96%…

3 days after official launch the UK's contact tracing app is a mess: Users who report symptoms but then get…

California will ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars to combat climate change starting in 2035, a move that could…

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Experts say spending too much time on social media can be damaging to your mental health, especially…

2 weeks ago, my desktop PC died - it was obvious the liquid cooling system had failed (1 of 2…

Source: Dual GPU Gaming Gives Up the Ghost as Nvidia Ends SLI Support - ExtremeTech

I have predicted for some time that general vaccine availability would be in Q2 of 2021, however I am an…

Day #8 of AQI's in the 400 to over 600 range. Was 438 a short time ago. They originally thought…

This post was originally written on September 18, 2020 but not published at the time. It has gone live on…

Global area burned 2003-2015, chart from NASA, based on satellite monitoring. Their data only goes up through 2015. Source: Researchers…

We are now at one week of Air Quality Index values hitting around 500 +/- each day. The outside air…

The Air Quality Index (AQI) is a numeric indicator of local air quality. Since last Thursday night, our AQI has…

This is significant: AMA, AOPA, EAA and Google’s sister company, Wing, urge FAA to Make Essential Changes to Remote ID…

On Monday, Public Health Wales disclosed that it accidentally leaked the personal data of 18,105 Welsh residents who tested positive…

In the past I had some comments on Neil Ferguson's disease model and have repeatedly noted its poor quality. This…

With wild fires out of control in west coast states, the new meme is to blame all of them on…

Disease models have been a fiasco from day one: We can refer to a natural experiment in Sweden for some…

Wildfires-and-solar-panels: The heavy ash sediment has been known to reduce power production by as much as 30% or more if…

Radio "Scanners" have long been used by media, press, and volunteer responders[1] to listen to public safety communications in the…

Walmart announces an annual subscription called Walmart Plus, similar to Amazon Prime. But this: He added that Walmart will face…

Apple and Google, which built APIs for apps to use to do contact tracing have switched plans - rather than…

EPA mileage estimates are sort of bizarre. In EVs, once the range is 200+ miles, the more important factor is…

"We've got a tough year ahead until there's a vaccine," United CEO Scott Kirby said. "The good news is, I…

Select "Controls", then "T-Rudder" (should already appear in the Controls list - may have to scroll to the right) Set…

Colleges are racing to sign deals with “online proctor” companies that watch students through their webcams while they take exams.…

A couple of days ago, there was the usual doom and gloom reporting about how it might not be possible…

Update: This says several U.S. states have rolled out contact tracing apps. Plus, Google and Apple just announced they are…

The Federal Reserve announced a significant change in how it manages interest rates by saying it plans to keep rates…

The model will only be sold in Europe and Japan, where it goes on sale in late October. Honda expects…

Launching a company, even in the best of times, is one of the most challenging exercises a person can go…

Health care workers, "essential" workers, those age 65 and older, and those with underlying health conditions - up to perhaps…

Page down to see the 14-day trend for each U.S. state. Most states are trending downwards. The most comprehensive visualization…

Commentary: I love Android phones, but Android tablets stink as an investment. Source: Don't bother with Android tablets - CNET…

Software development tools have enabled more people, with less training, to develop software solutions. Few topics garner cheers and groans…

Interesting idea - until the control link breaks. Xwing is testing a Cessna that's controlled from the ground, not the…

We have social distancing, physical distancing, six foot spacing, face masks, schools closed and more. But what if these public…

Some of the factors that shape the frequency and severity of wildfire in California, like drought, record high temperatures and…

With a confidence interval between zero and infinity: A team led by Northwestern’s Daniel Peters decided to have a particularly…

Millions of homes in California are enduring rolling black outs. The power system operator acknowledged that as demand spiked, due…

What I have learned in watching news reporting on Covid-19: Places that do well tend to eventually do badly .…

Source: SpaceX Starlink speeds revealed as beta users get downloads of 11 to 60Mbps | Ars Technica Upload speeds were…

This batch of manufactured vaccines will be targeted at low-income countries. Since February, the foundation has donated more than $350…

You just know this is coming - It's time to start writing future headlines in the absurd style media has…

In the data drawn from apps, each cellphone is typically represented by an alphanumeric identifier that isn’t linked to the…

“If you take cash, on the other hand, and you think about it from a purchasing power standpoint, if you…

The National Security Agency issued new guidance on Tuesday for military and intelligence-community personnel, warning about the risks of cellphone…

Source: T‑Mobile Launches World’s First Nationwide Standalone 5G Network | T‑Mobile Newsroom

All defendants have a right to review the evidence before them. When software applications produce a conclusion, then the software…

Sort of correct but said with an axe to grind approach: The widespread view that fossil fuels are “dirty” and…

There are news stories, at least in my state, of workers protesting or striking against their employer for not being…

They were an ill conceived "great idea doomed to success". Seemed like a great idea but in practice, they are…

Employers seize on slumps to purge more expensive, more experienced workers, study warns Source: Bye, boomer: the coming cull of…

Twitter's security was so great, only a teen could take over their entire network. A Tampa teenager is in jail,…

HobbyKing sells radio control model aircraft, subsystems and parts. For quite some time, they sold dozens of models of transmitters,…

The news is (mostly) great: VR, Steam, TrackIR, night flying, tons more. Source: Flight Simulator hands-on: Microsoft looks different 20,000…

To be released later in August, the new MS Flight Simulator presents stunning graphics and realistic out the window views.…

Looks like nearly all news outlets went with this fake headline. Some even said the U.S. economy contracted 32 or…

Nobel economist Paul Krugman, Election night, 2016, writing in the NY Times: Nobel economist Paul Krugman, July 28, 2020: As…

More than 100 MBA programs were closed from 2014 to 2018: Several U.S. business schools have closed their struggling full-time…

Reports to the FAA of "drone sightings", used by Congress and the FAA to drive forth draconian remote identification and…

Claims they've turned it off due to "industry conversation" about such technology. The tech is kinda useless when everyone is…

Twitter’s oversight over the 1,500 workers who reset accounts, review user breaches and respond to potential content violations for the…

I originally posted this in an online drone/camera forum. This information may be helpful to a wider audience. Judging from…

The video-call boom means that, months into the pandemic, it is still hard to buy many webcam models. Source: No…

I am so old, I remember when Google's motto was "Don't be Evil": Google for several years has collected app-usage…

Newer Tesla EVs and the BMW i3 do not provide AM radios. The Bolt EV does but there are reports…

In my comments to the FAA regarding their NPRM to require mandatory Remote ID and data logging into cloud-based data…

Translation: Twitter had no security and still has no security over private information. Source: Exclusive: More than 1,000 people at…

When Youtube originally announced they would auto-detect music copyright violations, I noted that they could not tell the difference between…

This would be illegal hiring practices: The Big T is also looking for hip, young revolutionary actuaries to help make…

FAA stole a video clip from will known RC Youtube producer XJet, cropped the video to remove his water mark,…

Covid-19 tracking app sharing possible location data with Google Source: Covid-19 tracking app sharing possible location data with Google Smart…

This mandatory tax software (for tax filing) is required to be used by all companies doing business in China: Three…

Why does a GM web site page feature a Tesla and Tesla charging cable? GM’s all-new modular platform and Ultium…

The United Arab Emirates and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre have begun their first… Source: United Arab Emirates begins…

Well before the pandemic, I found myself visiting local stores only to find they are out of stock or do…

My new blog with an entirely facetious title: Global Research Institute for Pandemic Nonsense and Rants | A diverse, international…

Several people involved in the events that took down Twitter this week spoke with The Times, giving the first account…

If you forget a password with Apple products, you have a choice: Receive a code sent to "your other Apple…

Read the whole thing  -  Twitter blog post update. It's pretty clear they still do not have a full handle…

This appeared in the Microsoft Store - and the video graphics that accompany this item appear to be from the…

The extraordinary hacking spree that hit Twitter on Wednesday, leading it to briefly muzzle some of its most widely followed…

This bad: A Twitter hack shut down key National Weather Service accounts during severe weather Wednesday night. Source: Twitter Hack…

Today, the entire Twitter network was taken over by hackers who then took over perhaps thousands of accounts and used…

Update: There appears to have been  a massive hack on Twitter involving many hundreds of accounts, if not more.  According…

2035 is 15 years from today. Presidential candidate Joe Biden unveiled his plan to eliminate all carbon-based fuels for electricity…

The GPS-based contact tracking system was hardly used; the app will continue to have a Bluetooth "close encounter" detector but…

Public school programs have long advised students to pursue their passion. Mike Rowe - and others before him - have…

In May, a report said Iceland had achieved the largest penetration of any virus-tracking app, with 38% of its 364,000…

Close enough for government work, eh? “If we would use the software only [to identify subjects], we would not solve…

In February or early March, if you wore a mask, you were publicly humiliated and the subject of antagonism on…

The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, HuffPost, and scores of other apps may have accessed your passwords and other…

TikTok app on iPhone has been copying the contents of the "clipboard". Now that your clipboard is shared across devices,…

The Segway brand will no longer make its two-wheeled, self-balancing namesake. Source: Segway ends production

[embed]https://www.facebook.com/GriffonHoverwork/posts/1746460335507483[/embed] Interesting concept, using hovercraft-like technology to create a "floating" covered area on a sensitive surface. See the above for…

A meme has been established that smart phone contact tracing apps need at least 60% adoption to provide any benefit.…

The UK has since abandoned its NHSX developed app and is now moving on to a new app based on…

France was one of the first Western countries to build an app to track exposure to the coronavirus, but sluggish…

Their Isle of Wight trial taught them several things - and the UK has now postponed the roll out of…

The Japanese government has pledged to fix within a week bugs that have caused its coronavirus contact-tracing smartphone app to…

Update: The UK government terminated its contact tracing app trial, on going since the beginning of May and will now…

Says they've identified a total of ... one person: The PM told Australians in April the contact tracing app was…

If you live in California, you can pretty much charge any EV, nearly anywhere. About 1/3d of all EV charging…

A software update allows Ford police SUVs to sterilize themselves. Source: Ford kills COVID-19 with ingenious car heater hack

Good explanation: Update on T-Mobile Network Issues | T-Mobile Newsroom For reasons unknown, utilities, communications and airlines are always incredibly…

The network outage was related to the company’s 5G rollout, Deutsche Telekom AG Chief Executive Officer Tim Hoettges said in…

These were very high level - executive level - staff who undertook a vicious harassment campaign: Ex-execs arrested for alleged…

No surprise: More than 7 in 10 Americans won’t use contact-tracing apps, data shows | Ars Technica With 30% agreeing…

Cool stuff: Plate tectonics vs. erosion—what sets the height of a mountain range? | Ars Technica And the answer is:…

One of the first national coronavirus contacts tracing apps to be launched in Europe is being suspended in Norway after…

To further improve access to housing, employment, and credit opportunities, we are introducing a new personalized advertising policy for certain…

Some countries have suspended all inbound mail (such as Peru, Panama and more) - while about 80 countries currently lack…

For obvious reasons, actually: GM CEO Mary Barra believes it will take decades for EVs to become more common than…

Companies switching to remote workforces will probably hire more staff overseas, outside the U.S. Source: Twitter, Apple, Google and Facebook…

Last week, Singapore pulled the plug on its own Bluetooth-based smart phone contact tracing app: Covid-19 tracking apps were hailed…

Told 'ya: Testing of the small devices, which can be worn on the end of a lanyard or carried in…

Source: Calculated Risk: Comments on May Employment Report Economists had forecast an additional loss of 8.3 million jobs in May,…

It's a great story—but here's what NASA told us. Source: Ham Radio ISS - How to Call Space Station Astronauts…

This is why there are numerous review channels, especially for high value items like cameras - affiliate marketing is lucrative:…

Many corporations moved large offices out of suburbs to downtown locations viewed as appealing to young millennials: And with each…

The linked report is a very thorough analysis of what is being done in countries throughout the world in regards…

First: India mandates workers use COVID-19 tracing app, France rolls out tracing tool and other tracking efforts | MobiHealthNewsThe WSJ…

Two years ago, Europe introduced the world's toughest data privacy legislation, putting on notice the tech giants of the world…

I previously wrote about covid tracking apps and that what a "tracking app" is varies tremendously by country. Please read…

Yes! This is a permanent elimination: The University of California board of regents, in a landmark move that could reshape…

Don't think it worked for me: There’s mounting evidence that brain damage has the power to unlock extraordinary creative talents.…

The biggest challenge for these apps going forward is adoption. The more phones that opt-in to the system, the more…

The shift to remote work has led some companies to come up with quick digital solutions for tasks that have…

In memory of Capt. Jenn Casey and the difficult times faced by the RCAF Snowirds right now. These photos taken…

According to the U.S. government: Energy efficient. EVs convert over 77% of the electrical energy from the grid to power…

Those of us who have seen Neil Ferguson's ICL Covid sim model have the same views as this computational epidemiologist:…

When people mention "Covid tracking apps" it would be useful to first define what is meant by "Covid tracking app".…

This is not perplexing but by design: Stock market has the richest valuation in 18 years even as profit outlook…

“The technology is more or less … I wouldn’t say useless,” says Gestur Pálmason, a detective inspector with the Icelandic…

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Mandatory physical distancing measures, temperature checks and filling out medical history questionnaires prior to airplane flights, possible Covid-19 testing before…

I will not comment on Covid-19 and only make a few comments on the publicly available source code. This is…

FAA Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseMay 5, 2020Contact: pressoffice@faa.gov WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced…

Short-term rental hosts are launching their own direct-booking websites in an effort to diversify their business after years of mounting…

Clear as mud. Hilarious. Watch on her Instagram page or on the stolen version posted by someone else on Youtube.…

C. Medical Factors and Conditions .... The medical evaluation is designed to identify general medical conditions that place employees who…

DERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WHP) - The Hershey Company announced Friday that it is committing $1 million to acquire, install and…

A UK doctor posted a Youtube video claiming that HEPA vacuum filter bags contain fiberglass. That claim has since been…

Many people wonder why there are protests against lockdown/house arrests without stopping to ask: perhaps its because of the incoherent,…

Experts believe that at least half the population needs to use contact-tracing apps for them to work. The challenge will…

As I noted, every page on their web site should say "For Entertainment Purposes Only": Epidemiologists are criticizing an influential…