No Families, No Children, No Future

Vaccine incentives matter

Locked-down California runs out of reasons for surprising surge

And We Should Trust You Now, Dr. Fauci, Because …?

Lava lake continues growing inside Halemaumau Crater on Hawaii island

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

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.

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

Some Chilling Public Speaking History

CALIFORNIA: Despite strict lockdowns, ICUs are filling up.

Each year this tax net would gather up a new crop of taxpayers for the next decade. The range of people it proposes to ensnare is staggering: every student attending college in California, anyone having a major medical procedure at a California hospital and needing an extended in-state recovery period, and those who spend two months in California away from New York or London winters. Under California tax law, there is no distinction between a nonresident from Minnesota and a nonresident from Dubai.Assembly Bill 2088 proposes calculating the wealth tax based on current world-wide net worth each Dec. 31. For part-year and temporary residents, the tax would be proportionate based on their number of days in California. The annual tax would be on current net worth and therefore would include wealth earned, inherited or obtained through gifts or estates long before and long after leaving the state.The proposed wealth tax would fall on a star high-school or college athlete who grows up in California but becomes a wealthy professional in another state after graduation.

LA County Concedes: People Must Be Allowed to Worship Inside Churches

Much funnier then the title suggests. Germany and Europe Could Fall Short on Vaccine Supplies

Capella Space’s new satellite is eerily observant

Bellingcat Can Say What U.S. Intelligence Can’t

CISA: SolarWinds Not the Only Initial Attack Vector in Massive Breach

They Stole It Fair And Square

Drug Reverses Age-Related Mental Decline Within Days

The Orion spacecraft is now 15 years old and has flown into space just once

Has China’s Economy Already Gone Bust?

Nowhere To Go

Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th birthday

Solid State Batteries — They’re Everywhere! They’re Everywhere!