Yes, I'm using Zwift right now. I'm not sure whether it's the best program for what I have in mind. I don't really care for the "social" aspect of Zwift. I don't want to race. I want to do structured training.

You'll see who's on the right side of history in the coming famine and me with my built-in power packs. My body has stored more calories than you could ever possibly imagine.

Matt Yglesias shut down by his boss.

@bachophile said in A Shaky Future?: @Axtremus correct but not exactly The mouth and nose and eyes don’t open directly into the skull. But in the base of the skull are numerous foramina (small holes) to allow passage of nerves and blood vessels in and out. So yes it would leak but not through a large orbit or open mouth. Interesting, I looked up the skull’s structure in the “Complete Anatomy” app and I see what you mean. Thanks.

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2020/07/08/stop-getting-tested-ohio-lawmaker-encourages-residents-stop-best-practice-fighting-covid-19/5397318002/ 'STOP GETTING TESTED!' Ohio lawmaker encourages residents to stop best practice in fighting COVID-19

Well, well, well, isn't that a staggering surprise.

@George-K said in Cliff Notes on Things that are Racist: @jon-nyc Chess is racist because half the pieces are white, I assume? And they go first...

@xenon said in Seattle City Councilwoman: @Copper naw, there are problems. Running a small biz is harder. Business formation is down. It’s easier for large companies to capture regulators. There are more parts of the economy becoming “winner takes all” It’s harder to hold down a blue collar job. Things are changing - and this creates resentment which in turn creates political instability. But again - none of the things above require you to tear the system down to tackle. None of that is even remotely true. In fact in every case you mention the law requires equality to be enforced, and it is. The largest corporations in this country are afraid of nothing more than being accused of racism against minorities. And you don't even have to scare them anymore, they are true believers.

I'll bet it was delicious, you have the gift, the touch, the desire! Even I like salmon. We have a lot here in the northwest. You can catch it yourself, with expensive fishing licenses. Or, go up the river to Cascade Locks or around there, where the Native Americans sell on the side of the road. They have no restrictions on how many they can catch and sell. Otherwise, the limit is 2. I went out over a year ago, and caught my usual 0.

6 feet is probably the most widely known scientific fact in the world today. 6 feet is gospel. You cannot argue with 6 feet Arguing with 6 feet is worse than murder

Plain old red beans and rice with andouille is a great pleasure.

A protester is arrested. For something; it doesn't matter what. He is processed and tossed in a cell. Protester: "Hey! What about my phone call?" Guard: "What phone call? We did away with phone calls. Law enforcement cutbacks, you know. Protester: "Where's my public defender?" Guard: "Public defender? Son, you don't get a public defender. We did away with those, too. Awful money burners, they were." Protester: "I have the right to a legal defense!" Guard: "Not anymore. And before you ask, you don't get a bail hearing, either. You're my guest until your actual trial." Protester: "You can't do that! Guard: "Can. Did." Protester: "I have rights!" Guard: (Laughs.) Protester: "Well, when's my trial?" Guard: "Couldn't say. Eight, ten months. Maybe a year." Protester: "But -- but -- but -- Guard: "You're getting a taste of criminal prosecution in much of the rest of the world, boy. Y'all pitched statues right and left until you got it. How do you like it so far?" Protester: "I want everything to go back the way it was!" Guard: "Tell you what. Get your pals to fish the Columbus statue out of the Inner Harbor and put it back on its pedestal, and I'll put in a good word for you. How's that?" Protester: "They won't do that. It would violate their principles." Guard: "Then it's tough noogies for you, Sunny Jim. Eat your oatmeal. You'll feel better."

I’d say it already has...

Accredited diploma mills. Easy to pass courses when learning from home. Inflated grades, eventually a degree with less work. Why not? Thanks, Harvard!

@George-K said in "Stolen Land": @xenon said in "Stolen Land": I mean - isn’t the whole country “Indian "Native American" land”? Are people starting g to hand over property deeds yet? FIFY... But yeah, exactly. The entire continent is "stolen land." Be it by the British, the Spaniards, Portuguese, Dutch... well, the list is long. At least make your outrage consistent. I really and I mean really wish the Dutch would resteal it. All of it.

@xenon said in President Kanye West?: So Kanye's an idiot: On the topic of a potential covid vaccine: “It’s so many of our children that are being vaccinated and paralyzed. So when they say the way we’re going to fix Covid is with a vaccine, I’m extremely cautious. That’s the mark of the beast. They want to put chips inside of us, they want to do all kinds of things, to make it where we can’t cross the gates of heaven.” I keep picturing a guy inoculating little kids playing Iron Maiden in the background. FWIW, I've filed my taxes while listening to that album.

Why?

@bachophile said in Age cohorts of positive cases over time: @jon-nyc maybe. But even with transient Titer levels of antibodies, immune memory makes a big difference when there is a rechallenge of the immune System, antibody levels rise much more dramatically and quickly. Providing the antigens remain the same. So it is advantageous to have a some degree of previously infected out there. The reason we need a flu shot every season is that it’s a new virus each time. This corona virus seems a lot more stable so far. Any chance at attenuation? If so, how long can that take?