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NPR's dashboard:

View the data via state-by-state charts (immediately below), a heat map that shows state risk levels, a table of trends in new...

The video below is 15 minutes long but you don't have to watch the whole thing. Just watch one minute, six seconds and turn it off. If you can.

You...

Busses are a very very dangerous means of transport. Particularly if they are a) in third world countries and b) are travering mountainous roads....

A few months after his diagnosis, Scott decided he didn't want the disease to dominate his life, and sought advice online from other people with...

Thread devoted to the various vaccines in development. Here's a good reference.

Graphic 'splainer that illustrates just how remarkably fast the...

Went to a fairly large gun show today (Lakeland Fla). I was really shocked at the cost of the more collectable firearms. Seriously. These are...

and Cheetah ... united for eternity.

Marge and I returned today from an enjoyable visit to India's two southernmost states, Tamil Nadu (Tamil Home) and Kerela.

We had visited central...

But not politicians. They have their own forum, and we can stipulate that most of them are charlatans or at least charlatan-adjacent.

So this thread...

I am curious about firearm prices over time. Auction houses have prices realized as you can see from the link. In this cae the problem is that the...

I saw this

And got thinking. I had two cases of aircraft problems in flight.

One was when I was flying to DC on a little high wing twin engine...

The Haunting (the 1963 version)
And you should read the book too.

Jusy sayin'

gay

I haven't been following all that closely this year, but I tuned into a game today and saw an interesting factoid:

Four teams have more home runs...

I used to think that the only way to listen to audio was n-channels ... rear speakers, front etc etc. Got a Marantz thingie with Lister's help....

I am surprised we do not have this given SHUT UP! so many fine candidates not named Pyrrho . Notice, I do not use Cunt since, to me, that is a very...

Synopsis of UK media:

Bastard son of ginger polo player and glorious Saint Di marries....a. a...ni..uh African American .who isnt Diana and get...

It already happened in the Southern Hemisphere winter (austral winter), and it’s already happened in the northern hemisphere as well this year

Zero...

A cast is on display at Jarrow. Paper describing the find is here

FTX’s Balance Sheet Was Bad (Matt Levine in Bloomberg)

If a troubled company has a few days to beg potential investors for a bailout before it...

Diet soda is the latest rage. Apparently causes everything. Should I also give up sucralose?

The original SARS
A contagious and sometimes fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus.
SARS appeared in 2002 in China. It spread worldwide...

I don't collect them but I came across this at a show Sunday ...

A common DWM (German Arms and Munitions) 1916 dated pistol. What caught my...

animals rules behind ----this drummer boy

Case example: Japan

Japan was a relative latecomer to getting people vaccinated, but it finally got its act together and the rate of vaccination...

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I hadn't heard of this one until today.

WTF???

At first I asked if this was from The Onion, because honestly after reading I wasn’t sure.

But no, Dr. Zimmerman is really a naturopath and, well,...

I've been out and about a bit this week. Yesterday, I ended up at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry to see Stephenson's Rocket. :)...

I particularly like his How to Defeat an Army of Ice Zombies.

– J. Dig a Pit! D.

Figured we could use a thread for music that doesn't necessarily fall into the Bluesy category or others.

I just came across this youtube channel...

I know I'm spoiling this for some of you, but I think you'll be as excited as I am about this news,

Headline, Times Square New Year's Eve ball...

To make this list my acting skills have to be better than theirs:

Keanu Reeve

Nick Cage

Others?