tingilinde

notes on the business of skiing

For the well-healed and possibly heading for a global warming cliff.

 

anti-vaxxers may be car insurance risks

Maybe... there isn't a causal link, but this is interesting.

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but that the results may relate to “a distrust of government or belief in freedom that contributes to both vaccination preferences and increased traffic risks.” Other explanations, the researchers said, might be “misconceptions of everyday risks, faith in natural protection, antipathy toward regulation, chronic poverty, exposure to misinformation, insufficient resources, or other personal beliefs.”

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wright brothers day

On December 17, 1903 the  aircraft flew 120 ft in 12 seconds at 10:35 a.m. at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. Orville Wright was at the controls of the machine, lying prone on the lower wing with his hips in the cradle which operated the wing-warping mechanism. Wilbur Wright ran alongside to balance the machine, and just released his hold in the photo.  The first sustained and controlled heavier-than-air, powered flight.

leaving early

Mortality rates and voting records. One cost of "owning the libs" is a shorter lifespan. 

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Researchers say the result of this growing polarization is clear: The nation’s overall health profile is going from bad to worse. Americans can expect to live as long as they did in 1996 — 76.1 years, with life spans truncated by higher rates of chronic illnesses, deaths in childbirth and covid.

“I’m not doing this research to be partisan, simplistically supporting one party or another,” said Nancy Krieger, a social epidemiologist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and a co-author on one of the two studies. “This is about looking at the behavior of different actors, some of whom have a lot more power than others to set standards, make demands and allocate resources.”

Krieger said it is fair for people to ask their elected officials, “Are you doing what you should to protect our health?”

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is your dog judging you?

Do they think you have a clue?

from awhile back .. but still fun

yle on bivalent boosters

Effectiveness data on protection against severe disease is out.

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Until now, though, we didn’t know whether they provided additional protection against severe disease and hospitalization. We now have three real world analyses, and things are looking good.

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yo-yo

His latest project - finding nature and people

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The audience, so casually assembled, didn’t know that it was taking part in Ma’s latest project, Our Common Nature, an intentionally broad and searching initiative that explores ways in which we can heal, and enrich, our relationship with the world around us. It has taken him to the Grand Canyon and Acadia National Park, to the Great Smoky Mountains and Hawaii; as it expands beyond national parks, he hopes that it will also lead to Antarctica. And, for a few days in September, it brought him to the coal-rich Appalachians of West Virginia.

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testing what if?

If you're an xkcd fan, THIS is so good!

 

Be sure and check out Greg's comment:-)

 

 

'of' vs 'with'

How do you tell if someone dies of long covid or with long covid?

a tip of the hat to Roland