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Friday, 12 July 2024
Study suggests reinfections from the virus that causes COVID-19 likely have similar severity as original infection
NIH: “Researchers also found that lower levels of albumin, a protein made by the liver, may indicate a higher risk for reinfection.”
The Supreme Court Just Complicated America’s Bureaucracy
Nicholas Creel, Newsweek: “In terms of how regulations such as this exist constitutionally, we must first dispel the commonly held belief that only the legislature makes law.”
Monday, 8 July 2024
We Finally Know What Turned on The Lights at The Dawn of Time
Michelle Starr, ScienceAlert: “Their analysis revealed that, not only are these dwarf galaxies the most abundant galaxy type in the early Universe, they are far brighter than expected. In fact, the team’s research shows that dwarf galaxies outnumber large galaxies by 100 to 1, and their collective output is four times the ionizing radiation usually assumed for larger galaxies.”
Sunday, 7 July 2024
Why is the pundit class so desperate to push Biden out of the race?
Rebecca Solnit, The Guardian: “We are deciding whether this nation has a future as a more-or-less democratic republic this November, and on that rides the fate of the earth when it comes to acting on climate change. If the US falters at this decisive moment in the climate crisis, it will drag down everyone else’s efforts.”
Tuesday, 2 July 2024
The minoritarian power imbalance that gave Trump immunity
Philip Bump, The Washington Post: “It’s how the system works.”
Monday, 24 June 2024
With Millions Suffering, Long COVID is Devastating the Economy
Salvatore Mattera, World Health Network: “But what about the US? […] The country as a whole now has more jobs than before COVID, but there are actually fewer US-born workers than there were in 2019. The US appears to be importing the healthy workers it needs…. Scholars have noted that inflation surged rapidly in Europe following the Black Death: The plague killed too many people, and those who survived demanded much higher wages …”
Saturday, 22 June 2024
Silicon Valley Is Turning Into Its Own Worst Fear
Ted Chiang: “The whole idea that disruption is something positive instead of negative is a conceit of tech entrepreneurs.”
Thursday, 20 June 2024
H5N1 Update
Katelyn Jetelina, MPH PhD: “In other words, Michigan is actively looking for H5N1, and it’s reflected in the numbers. For example, they set up a texting program with farm workers asking about their symptoms regularly. This is how they found the third human case in the U.S.”
Wednesday, 19 June 2024
June 19, 1984: X Window System
Jeffrey Powers, Today In Tech History: “This is not the ultimate window system, but I believe it is a good starting point for experimentation.”
Tuesday, 18 June 2024
Drowning in code: The ever-growing problem of ever-growing codebases
Liam Proven, The Register: “… resulting in a teetering stack of dozens of layers of flakey unreliable code, which in turn needs thousands and millions of people constantly patching the holes in it, and needs customers to pay to get those fixes fast, and keep paying for them for years to come.”