Weekly Facebook 2021-12-20 (Sun Dec 26 22:15:34 2021)
For the record, no I didn’t.
#whatAboutBobSun Dec 26 17:22:32 2021
Weekly Facebook 2021-12-20
Out and about: the county fair grounds has had a drive up COVID testing station for months and it’s mostly been quiet, a few or no cars had become typical. You know where this is going.
Today all lanes were backed up and there was a cop car restricting one entrance for traffic control. Gonna be a big week for new cases.
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Sun Dec 26 13:54:46 2021
Weekly Facebook 2021-12-20
This is a little more seasonal. I call this the atheists Christmas song
A sentimental song about Christmas. This version is taken from the Australian ‘Ready For This?’ DVD. Every year, all proceeds from the sale of (either version of) this song during the months of November, December and January, go to an organisation which supports children and/or adults on the autism spectrum. This year, 2024, that will be Aspect in Australia.
If you have it already, you may fancy gifting it via iTunes, along with the socks, jocks or chocs… or you can donate directly to Aspect here: https://www.autismspectrum.org.au/donate/
December 2012: “It’s been six years since I wrote my little tribute to Christmas, and I’ve finally recorded a studio version. Huzzah!”
You can download it internationally from iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/album/white-wine-in-the-sun-single/id583324717
and for “non-apple people”, it’s on Amazon (UK) here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/White-Wine-in-the-Sun/dp/B00AHK84ME/ and Amazon (US) here: http://www.amazon.com/White-Wine-in-the-Sun/dp/B00AHI77UG/.
tx
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Sun Dec 26 12:53:37 2021
Weekly Facebook 2021-12-20
I like to listen to Tim Minchin but here’s the thing:
Horton really did hear a who in the story.
Filmed at the Hammersmith Apollo in London in 2009. From the Ready For This? DVD.
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Sat Dec 25 20:04:44 2021
Weekly Facebook 2021-12-20
What does Kafka-esque mean?
I love this story.
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Fri Dec 24 15:46:54 2021
Weekly Facebook 2021-12-20
https://youtube.com/?v=OeG3dwk8D6w
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Fri Dec 24 12:47:39 2021
Weekly Facebook 2021-12-20
This is my urgent favorite source of COVID information. At the end is a report of how its going in Africa
Half of people in the UK with a common cold have a covid cold Check out Wefwafwa’s channel for more about our community health work in Uganda, https://www.youtube.com/c/WefwafwaAndrew
ONS, 13th December 2021 to 19th December 2021 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/coronaviruscovid19infectionsurveypilot/24december2021
England
Percentage of people testing positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), 2.83%
1,544,600 people in England had COVID-19
One in 35 people
London 1 in 20 people had COVID-19
Wales, One in 45
Northern Ireland, one in 40
Scotland, one 65 people
SA data
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/south-africa/
SA hospital data
UK data
https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-omicron-daily-overview
Tim Spector
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIGC310hPoI&t=142s
Omicron, similar cold type symptoms to delta in the first few days
Omicron cases have less anosmia
Fever is less common
Having 5 or more symptoms less common with omicron than delta
More breakthrough infections with delta, after 2 or 3 doses of vaccine
Common colds less transmissible than omicron just now
One in two chance common cold symptoms will test positive for covid
Therefore, test for colds
Avoid people who have a cold
Pings are now too slow to be effective
Omicron onset, 2 days rather than 5 for delta
Omicron will run its course faster, all over in 4 or 5 days
Infection risk after 8 days in negligible
IOM, back to work when symptoms resolve and 2 lateral flow tests
From 17,000 omicron cases
https://covid.joinzoe.com/post/the-20-symptoms-of-covid-19-to-watch-out-for
https://covid.joinzoe.com/post/everything-we-know-so-far-about-omicron
https://joinzoe.com/learn/category/covid
https://joinzoe.com/learn/new-omicron-variant
Runny nose
Headache
Fatigue (either mild or severe)
Sneezing
Sore throat
(NHS test and trace is not telling users of their Omicron status anymore)
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Thu Dec 23 18:10:17 2021
Weekly Facebook 2021-12-20
What’s more annoying, silly questions with thousands or millions of likes and responses, or the half dozen people (usually the same ones) who insist on commenting about how stupid the questions are?
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Wed Dec 22 15:51:28 2021
Weekly Facebook 2021-12-20
It’s not the estimate I want but this sounds about right. Looking for the parties of 2024.
With Omicron on the rise, what might next year have in store? Nicholas Christakis is director of the Human Nature Lab at Yale University and author of the bestseller “Apollo’s Arrow.” He speaks with Hari Sreenivasan about the next phase of the pandemic.
Originally aired on December 20, 2021.
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Wed Dec 22 15:21:35 2021
Weekly Facebook 2021-12-20
I shouldn’t be surprised too much but Python has a “goto” command. I haven’t seen one of those in the wild in decades.
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Wed Dec 22 11:21:31 2021
Weekly Facebook 2021-12-20
For what seemed like a good chunk of my life (it was about a third at the time), I worked on a VAX and we were at pains to point out that the plural was VAXen. There’s a part of me that twitches when I read vax in its newer use.
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Mon Dec 20 14:24:57 2021
Weekly Facebook 2021-12-20
I am sure that I’ve suggested to at least some of the folks reading this that learning the vi editor is a good idea. I’ve been doing that for about 32 years, and I still learn things. This article has a bunch of things that I’ve missed so far.
The shortcut for ctrl-N that repeats the long word you already typed once is worth the time to read this.
https://www.moolenaar.net/habits.html
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Mon Dec 20 11:04:30 2021
Weekly Facebook 2021-12-20
I know I’ve been posting about these a lot. The 6 lectures are now available all at once. This is the first one, and if you load this one, the second is available on the side, etc (assuming you haven’t disabled that)
Laurie Anderson presents, Spending the War Without You: Virtual Backgrounds. The River is the first in a series of six lectures, looking at the challenges we face as artists and citizens as we reinvent our culture with ambiguity and beauty. The talk will consider spending time in the slowdown – time in music and stories.
About the Speakers
Presented by Laurie Anderson, one of America’s most renowned – and daring – creative pioneers. Known primarily for her multimedia presentations, she has cast herself in roles as varied as visual artist, composer, poet, photographer, filmmaker, electronics whiz, vocalist, and instrumentalist.
Moderated by Claire Chase, Professor of the Practice at the Harvard University Department of Music.
About the Norton Lectures
The Charles Eliot Norton Professorship in Poetry was endowed in 1925. Harvard’s preeminent lecture series in the arts and humanities, the Norton Lectures recognize individuals of extraordinary talent who, in addition to their particular expertise, have the gift of wide dissemination and wise expression. The term “poetry” is interpreted in the broadest sense to encompass all poetic expression in language, music, or the fine arts.
| 00:00 The River |
| 52:11 Q & A |
Recorded on 02/10/21
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