Mpox (“Monkeypox”) Round-Up: History, Wastewater, R0, and Is It Airborne? (Yes)
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. The balance between the length of this post and the reseach done to write it turned out to be a
Links 8/18/2024 | naked capitalism
The banana apocalypse is coming. Can we stop it this time? ZME Science Can Art Save the “Post-Apocalyptic” Salton Sea? Sapiens Pandemics Structure and inhibition
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/16/2024 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Patient readers, it’s been a very long week in the real world and I’m tired. So, this Water Cooler isn’t
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/15/2024 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day I looked for another species of songbird that mimics, and came up with the Thrasher.
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/14/2024 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day I looked for another species of songbird that mimics, and came up with the Thrasher.
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/13/2024 | naked capitalism
More Blue on the map. Trump still leads nationally, but some swing states moving toward Kamala. In particular, I’m no insider, but if I were
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/12/2024 | naked capitalism
Like test kits flying off the shelves, ambulance sirens are another proxy for positivity: I wonder if there’s an equivalent of ShotSpotter, but for ambulances.
Mask Bans Slowly Spread [cough, cough] in States and Localities
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. In the companion post to this piece (“Eight Reasons Mask Bans Are Beyond Stupid“) I dealt with the talking points
The Problem with Pronatalism: Pushing Baby Booms to Boost Economic Growth Amounts to a Ponzi Scheme
Yves here. We’ve posted from time to time on alarmed media stories about how birthrates are declining around the world and at a faster rate