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This is a story about the New York Times and a University, not some jerk. He Was Offended By A Private Video She Sent To A Friend. So He Waited A Year To Post It And Ruin Her Life.

Honestly, I am surprised by this. I wonder if it is variant dependent. Asymptomatic transmission of COVID-19 didn’t occur at all, study of 10 million finds

Out producing is easy. But truly with less energy inputs? 2-Acre Vertical Farm Run By AI And Robots Out-Produces 720-Acre Flat Farm

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Edit: This was supposed to have been posted yesterday.

I have heard from some people who had covid that their biggest complaint was that they could not sleep. The Mysterious Link Between COVID-19 and Sleep

New York is doomed. The Democratic Divide in New York State

A Neighbor Describes What Happened When Law Enforcement Stopped Responding to an Armed Encampment in North Portland

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U.K. variant puts spotlight on immunocompromised patients’ role in the COVID-19 pandemic

The Coronavirus Bill is Also ‘The Most Significant Climate Legislation’ Ever

How $10 Million for Gender Programs in Pakistan Got Tied to a COVID Relief Bill

I posted on this before but I don’t remember reading so much detail on the extinct animals. Archaeologists have discovered tens of thousands of prehistoric paintings of animals and humans in a remote area of Colombia. Some now-extinct animals are depicted, meaning the art is likely more than 12,500 years old.

Not the fall that killed them

Austerity is the problem here, not bankruptcy.

/sarcasm

Yet even in this cross-eyed analysis a premonition of the obvious presses in:

In that scenario, Americans might not take the Covid-19 vaccine, failing to trust in its efficacy and that it won’t severely harm them or their children. They might not trust their criminal justice system, with no incentive to respect a system that allows elites to break the law with impunity. They might not trust the results of a presidential election, behaving as if they live in a banana republic and not a robust, if flawed, democracy.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/12/23/flint-water-crisis-2020-post-coronavirus-america-445459

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New York Had Largest 2019-20 Population Decline of Any State

Study this chart hard. Basic point is that US death rate was set to soar with or without COVID U.S. Death Rate 1950-2020

This does not even address the aerosol question. Masks not enough to stop COVID-19’s spread without distancing: study

Your Christmas Present: Our Political Leaders Are Killing Off New York City

10 years in prison for illegal streaming? It’s in the Covid-19 relief bill