And another day of hospitalizations, a 200 foot trash heap, melting ski resorts, leading the world toward ecological collapse, probation, a concerning avian flu strain, twins from 30-year old embryos, and revolutionary cancer therapy comes to a close:
“Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.” — Andy Warhol
Covid Deaths
US: 1,109,851
World: 6,658,620
Covid Cases
US: 101,324,888
World: 653,810,712
Thank You, Dr. Fauci. One of the most dedicated public servants in this nation’s history is stepping down after decades of government service. That this same man is being scurrilously attacked by the world’s richest man on a rapidly degenerating social media platform is a sad but instructive snapshot of our times…But even to try to debate on the merits is to have already lost. This isn’t about facts and the truth. This is about scoring political points. It is about flooding our global discourse with horse manure. It is about attacking the very notion of expertise. It is about saying everything can be true so nothing is true. It is about intimidating scientists and health officials. It is about feeding the MAGA crowd with the red meat of a sacrificial lamb…But that doesn’t mean that all opinions are valid. That doesn’t mean we just dismiss data or experts like Fauci who live in that world and try to use what they have learned to help the rest of us. Fauci and the overwhelming majority of scientists base their conclusions on the best available evidence at the time. All the while, they continue experimenting and innovating in the never-ending search for more knowledge. So thank you, Dr. Fauci, for your service and for your courage. You have been the epitome of steady, and the world has benefited because of it. Godspeed, good doctor. — Once Again, Dan Rather says it beautifully.
Hospitalizations signal rising COVID-19 risk for US seniors. Coronavirus-related hospital admissions are climbing again in the United States, with older adults a growing share of U.S. deaths and less than half of nursing home residents up to date on COVID-19 vaccinations.
Amy Coney Barrett ruled using the n-word does not make a work environment hostile. — Never forget.
A trash heap 62 meters (203 feet) high shows the scale of India’s climate challenge. Some of the 200,000 residents who live in Bhalswa say the area is uninhabitable, but they can’t afford to move and have no choice but to breathe the toxic air and bathe in its contaminated water. Bhalswa is not Delhi’s largest landfill. It’s about three meters lower than the biggest, Ghazipur, and both contribute to the country’s total output of methane gas.
Ski resorts are melting. Here's what that means for winter vacations. But the energy needed for mountain resorts comes at a price, threatening the very premise of a pastime wedded to the natural world and its winter bounty. Ski lifts need power to keep turning all season, resort buildings need energy, snow groomers need fuel and guests need to travel, often creating large carbon footprints from long flights. And faced with the climate crisis and rising temperatures, resorts now need water-thirsty snow cannons to ensure enough of the white stuff for the business to operate. And that doesn't even factor in the physical and visual impact of development on the alpine environment.
The US is a rogue state leading the world towards ecological collapse. It’s not just indifference. It’s an active, and deadly, cavalier attitude towards the lives of others: an example other nations follow.
A Utah Highway Patrol trooper charged with sexual abuse and exposing himself to children has pleaded guilty to three charges and will serve 30 months of probation.
A Highly Lethal Avian Flu Strain Has Scientists Concerned. It is killing thousands of seabirds—which isn’t normal—and mammals, too.
Base editing: Revolutionary therapy clears girl's incurable cancer. Alyssa, who is 13 and from Leicester, was diagnosed with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in May last year. T-cells are supposed to be the body's guardians - seeking out and destroying threats - but for Alyssa they had become the danger and were growing out of control. Her cancer was aggressive. Chemotherapy, and then a bone-marrow transplant, were unable to rid it from her body. Without the experimental medicine, the only option left would have been merely to make Alyssa as comfortable as possible...What happened next would have been unthinkable just a few years ago and has been made possible by incredible advances in genetics. -- If only more money was allocated to science.
Pacific NW parents welcome twins from embryos frozen nearly 30 years ago. Two babies born to a Pacific Northwest couple now hold the record as the longest-ever frozen embryos to ever result in a successful live birth, according to the National Embryo Donation Center.
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Stay safe and stay sane. Good night.
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