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  • It’s snowing blood in May.

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    brendaB

    https://www.news18.com/news/tech/there-is-red-snow-falling-in-antarctica-but-is-not-all-doom-and-gloom-2518589.html

  • Something new I learned today

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    L

    Wednesday is...

    Link to video

  • Whither Sweden?

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    George KG

    alt text

  • Clapper - what he said, and what he swore are different

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    George KG

    Next thing you know, they'll be telling us it was an internet video.

  • Trump valet tests positive for SARS-CoV-2

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    jon-nycJ

    Above that was the Pence news.

    My quote about nursing homes was swiped from twitter. Maybe Cuomo made a similar observation.

  • It'll go away without a vaccine

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  • RIP Roy Horn (of Siegfried & Roy) - SARS-CoV-2 victim

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  • Forbes - How to fill the mainframe legacy skills gap (COBOL)

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    jon-nycJ

    Actually it wasn’t Y2K now that I think about it but decimalization. Right around the same time.

    Remember when stocks quoted in fractions?

  • Looking for a snarky title to this thread...

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    L

    @brenda said in Looking for a snarky title to this thread...:

    Aqua's sister reported as latest Hot Spot for COVID-19.

    OMG. Haha. Hole in one.

  • What to tip?

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    89th8

    Hopefully all landlords including commercial landlords are being relaxed with rent payments. It’s a big ripple effect...

  • The jobs report is worse than you thought

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  • Major spread in the Ohio prisons

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    LuFins DadL

    Prisons, Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Cruise Ships, and now (apparently) Apartment Buildings. The lesson here seems to be don't be locked up in a confined space with sick people.

  • There is only one strain of SARS-CoV-2

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    Doctor PhibesD

    I'm not a big fan of certainty when it comes to complicated stuff, and that first guy sounds awfully certain.

  • Today, 75 years ago

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    CopperC

    and another

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

  • Blood Test Promising as Colorectal Cancer Screen

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    MikM

    I heard about this last year when I was working for the Cologuard folks. My thought on them was 'yeah, you have the easier test now, but it is not as accurate as a 'scope and there are others out there working on better testing'. In other words, Cologuard will be a thing of the past in ten years and you had better find something else quick. I know they are working on a liver test as the next offering, but it is a blood test too, so not sure how innovative it really is. They bought Genomic Sciences while I was there so they now own Oncytype DX testing.

  • Ventilators are not a panacea

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    MikM

    Makes sense to me. Numbers generally do not lie and both Mass Gen and Deaconess are first rate. I have worked for Mass Gen. Great place.

  • Tonight’s dinner

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    MikM

    Thanks, Jon. Looks delicious, bookmarked.

  • Holy #*%}, The Simpsons Strike Again

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    89th8

    Horace, genius.

  • X Æ A-12

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    89th8

    Kyle.

  • Back in 2015, science told us that licking subway poles was "probably" safe

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    Doctor PhibesD

    I bet she's licked a few poles in the subway.