2:00PM Water Cooler 12/10/2024
Bird Song of the Day
Northern Mockingbird, Spencer, Indiana, United States.
"Still singing incessantly through the night. All these audios recorded from bathroom window at 3:27, 3:33, 3:58, and 4:01 (last one does have passing car—amazing how much noise it makes). As I was leaving could hear another individual singing off to the E."
***In Case You Might Miss…
* Trump, the world's greatest troll. * Hegseth et al. still alive. * "RuissiaGate Remnants"; * The Claims Adjuster roundup. ***Politics
"So many of the social reactions that strike us as psychological are in fact a rational management of symbolic capital." ―Pierre Bourdieu, Classification Struggles
***Trump Transition
World's Greatest Troll (1):
"The Governor of the Great State of Canada" 🇺🇲
World's Greatest Troll (2):
Here are my new Trump Perfumes & Colognes! I call them Fight, Fight, Fight, because they represent us WINNING. Great Christmas gifts for the family. Go to https://t.co/8O1nm58fxA. Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!
*** The #Resistance
Sanctuary cities resist Trump's deportation plan. It could cost their residents.
While a post-election poll by YouGov for CBS News shows that a massive 73% of adults want President-elect Donald Trump to prioritize the repatriation of illegal migrants, the [Denver Mayor Mike Johnston] pledged to not only have Denver police “stationed at the county line to keep (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) out” but also that “you would have 50,000 Denverites there.” Johnston said it would be like a “Tiananmen Square moment” and answered yes when questioned whether he’d be ready to go to jail. That moment soon passed, however, as lawyers apparently explained to the mayor that armed resistance to the federal government is often called — wait for it — insurrection.
***COVID Resources
* COVID Transmission (CDC); * #wastewater-surveillance" target="_blank">Wastewater (CDC, Biobot; includes many counties; Wastewater Scan, includes drilldown by zip); * Variants (CDC; Walgreens); * Iowa COVID-19 Tracker (in IA, but national data); * Infection Control, Emergency Management, Safety, and General Thoughts (especially on hospitalization by city). ***Airborne Transmission
AirFanta 3Pro Review – A High-Performance Yet Affordable Air Purifier
After having the 3Pro set up inside my office for over two weeks now, I am happy to be able to present my full review of the device. For anyone unaware, this purifier is designed to filter a massive amount of air (we will discuss the CADR and more soon!) at a relatively affordable price. It does this by being essentially a pre-assembled CR (Corsi-Rosenthal) Box – a form of air purifier that was itself created due to the need for affordable and effective air purification devices. While the 3Pro doesn’t embrace the typical DIY aspect of traditional CR Boxes, it has the advantage of having proven performance (no need to worry about whether your DIY box is effective!) and being ready to go out of the box. However, perhaps my favourite aspect of this device over traditional CR Boxes is how easily obtainable it is. While this probably isn’t an issue for anyone in the U.S. or Europe, I find it hard to source good HEPA filters in New Zealand at an affordable price. The 3Pro ensures I don’t run into this issue.
***TABLE 1: Daily Covid Charts
Lambert: CDC’s wastewater page loaded. No Thanksgiving surge that I can see.
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