Monday, November 30, 2020

Rumor Control | CISA

https://www.cisa.gov/rumorcontrol


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https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.23.20237057v1

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.23.20237057v1


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Which Coronavirus Vaccine Should You Get? A Subjective Guide.

Which Coronavirus Vaccine Should You Get? A Subjective Guide.

https://slate.com/technology/2020/11/ranking-covid-19-vaccine-possibilities-by-speed-efficacy-joy.html



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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

11 of the best military books we read this year - Task & Purpose

https://taskandpurpose.com/mandatory-fun/best-military-books


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How COVID-19 masks and curfews fuel rage in Huntington Beach - Los Angeles Times

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-11-24/how-covid-19-masks-curfews-fuel-rage-huntington-beach


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From Culinary Dud To Stud: How Dutch Plant Breeders Built Our Brussels Sprouts Boom : The Salt : NPR

There are hundreds of these old varieties. The companies grew them in test plots, and they did, in fact, find some that weren't as bitter. They cross-pollinated these old varieties with modern, high-yielding ones, trying to combine the best traits of old and new spruitjes. It took many years. But it worked. "From then on, the taste was much better. It really improved," 

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/10/30/773457637/from-culinary-dud-to-stud-how-dutch-plant-breeders-built-our-brussels-sprouts-bo


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Conspiracy theories: Why beliefs like QAnon flourish — and how to fight them — explained - Vox

https://www.vox.com/21558524/conspiracy-theories-2020-qanon-covid-conspiracies-why


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Why I’m mourning the closure of the Arecibo telescope.

https://slate.com/technology/2020/11/mourning-arecibo-telescope-closure.html


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The Hillbilly Elegy Trailer Reaction - Why Hillbilly Elegy Minimizes the Appalachian Experience

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a34371638/hillbilly-elegy-trailer-appalachia-minimization-reaction/


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The Hillbilly Elegy Trailer Reaction - Why Hillbilly Elegy Minimizes the Appalachian Experience

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a34371638/hillbilly-elegy-trailer-appalachia-minimization-reaction/


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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Alberta enacts 2nd COVID-19 state of public health emergency. Here’s what it means | Globalnews.ca

https://globalnews.ca/news/7481178/alberta-covid-19-new-restrictions/


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Transmission heterogeneities, kinetics, and controllability of SARS-CoV-2 | Science

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/11/23/science.abe2424.full


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The 21 Best Concert Films of All Time - Paste

https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/concert-movies/the-best-concert-films-of-all-time/?fbclid=iwar2x8vhkyf7kgv9x01sshgkzcvfgxqhl23xpv6rixcaxtjntpaeiuaw6q6c


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Largest COVID-19 contact tracing study to date finds children key to spread, evidence of superspreaders

https://www.princeton.edu/news/2020/09/30/largest-covid-19-contact-tracing-study-date-finds-children-key-spread-evidence


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The COVID warning Jason Kenney should have heeded

https://www.macleans.ca/society/health/coronavirus-in-canada-these-charts-show-how-our-fight-to-flatten-the-curve-is-going/


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Our favorite affordable tablet is hugely discounted for Black Friday 2020

Check out this article from USA TODAY:

Our favorite affordable tablet is hugely discounted for Black Friday 2020

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/reviewedcom/2020/11/24/black-friday-2020-get-amazon-fire-hd-10-big-discount/6391367002/


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Thursday, November 19, 2020

Secretary of State announces results of audit, reaffirms original outcome | WGXA

https://wgxa.tv/news/local/secretary-of-state-announces-results-of-audit-reaffirms-original-outcome


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Quote from The Sentinel: A Jack Reacher Novel by Lee Child, Andrew Child

"He'd never killed anyone with a car. At least not by accident. He'd never had any collisions. Not unintentional ones. His problem was mainly one of temperament. Good driving called for a balance of action and reaction, speed and restraint, measurement and control. A middle ground, stable and sustained. Reacher on the other hand was built for extremes. His default was to move extremely slow or extremely fast. One moment he could appear languid, lazy, almost comatose. The next he could erupt into a frenzy of action, furious, relentless, for as long as necessary, then relapse into serene stillness until the next threat presented itself."

— The Sentinel: A Jack Reacher Novel by Lee Child, Andrew Child
https://a.co/gCGMx6M


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Quote from The Sentinel: A Jack Reacher Novel by Lee Child, Andrew Child

"The shirt was tight across his shoulders, and also around his gut. It was like he'd once been in shape but was struggling to stay that way and wasn't ready to admit he might not make it."

— The Sentinel: A Jack Reacher Novel by Lee Child, Andrew Child
https://a.co/dTxFxDz


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Here's How to Think About the Danish Mask Study | MedPage Today

https://www.medpagetoday.com/blogs/vinay-prasad/89778


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RNA vaccine - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA_vaccine


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Fact Sheet: DNA-RNA-Protein – microBEnet: the microbiology of the Built Environment network

https://microbe.net/simple-guides/fact-sheet-dna-rna-protein/


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How We Can Stop the Spread of Coronavirus by Christmas | Time

https://time.com/5912705/covid-19-stop-spread-christmas/


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Here's How to Think About the Danish Mask Study | MedPage Today

https://www.medpagetoday.com/blogs/vinay-prasad/89778


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Working from home with weak internet? There's a device to fix that

Check out this article from USA TODAY:

Working from home with weak internet? There's a device to fix that

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/11/19/amazon-google-expect-wifi-mesh-routers-top-holiday-sales/6340659002/


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Sunday, November 15, 2020

The Biggest Industries In The United States - WorldAtlas

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/which-are-the-biggest-industries-in-the-united-states.html


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17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Direct Election of U.S. Senators | National Archives

the Senate was seen as a "millionaire's club" serving powerful private interests.

https://www.archives.gov/legislative/features/17th-amendment


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Best Netflix original TV shows of 2020 (so far) - Insider

https://www.insider.com/netflix-original-tv-shows-ranked-2020


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Google releases predictions of popular holiday gifts from Apple iPhone, PlayStation 5 to Fat Brain Simpl Dimpl

Check out this article from USA TODAY:

Google releases predictions of popular holiday gifts from Apple iPhone, PlayStation 5 to Fat Brain Simpl Dimpl

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/shopping/2020/11/12/google-holiday-shopping-gift-ideas-top-100-predictions-christmas/6248799002/


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Tens of thousands rally in DC to support outgoing President Trump; at least 20 arrested as protesters clash with counter-protesters

Check out this article from USA TODAY:

Tens of thousands rally in DC to support outgoing President Trump; at least 20 arrested as protesters clash with counter-protesters

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/11/14/trump-rally-washington-dc-million-maga-march-updates/6283411002/


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Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Casual models & prob

https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2011/2011.02677.pdf





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Outdoors: Taking the scenic route to Fat Man's Loop | Local | azdailysun.com

https://azdailysun.com/news/local/outdoors-taking-the-scenic-route-to-fat-mans-loop/article_f5794ae9-f5fc-59ea-ba52-c62976acbd80.html


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How James “the Amazing” Randi Hindered His Own Movement

How James "the Amazing" Randi Hindered His Own Movement

https://slate.com/technology/2020/11/james-amazing-randi-skeptic-movement.html



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Tuesday, November 03, 2020

Back to Basics: Make Cocktails Normal Again - The Bulwark



Back to Basics: Make Cocktails Normal Again - The Bulwark
https://thebulwark.com/back-to-basics-make-cocktails-normal-again/

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Monday, November 02, 2020

He Already Saw the Election as Good vs. Evil. Then His Tractor Burned. - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/01/us/politics/trump-tractor-fire-nebraska.html


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North Carolina’s Police Attack on Election Marchers Had a Long History Behind It

North Carolina's Police Attack on Election Marchers Had a Long History Behind It

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/10/north-carolina-election-march-attack.html



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Donald Trump trashes COVID-19 doctors, compares himself to Jesus

Check out this article from azcentral:

Donald Trump trashes COVID-19 doctors, compares himself to Jesus

https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/ej-montini/2020/11/01/donald-trump-trashes-covid-19-doctors-compares-himself-jesus/6111306002/


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