{"id":78898,"date":"2024-03-25T18:13:41","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T18:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/25\/200pm-water-cooler-3-25-2024-naked-capitalism\/"},"modified":"2024-03-25T18:13:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T18:13:41","slug":"200pm-water-cooler-3-25-2024-naked-capitalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/25\/200pm-water-cooler-3-25-2024-naked-capitalism\/","title":{"rendered":"2:00PM Water Cooler 3\/25\/2024 | naked capitalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em><strong>By Lambert Strether of Corrente.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Patient readers, I had to cope with Trump\u2019s latest escape. They really shouldn\u2019t break stories just as I\u2019m starting Water Cooler. More soon. \u2013lambert<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bird Song of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/432415691\/embed\" height=\"383\" width=\"640\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Red-winged Blackbird, Southards Pond Park, Suffolk, New York, United States. \u201cMany songs and eight or so varieties of call notes in three cuts from the same bird.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>(1) <a href=\"#books\">Book collecting<\/a> among the youth.<\/p>\n<p>(2) <a href=\"#boeing\">Boeing executives<\/a> auto-defenestrate.<\/p>\n<p>(3) <a href=\"#lsd\">History of blotter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(4) <a href=\"#starbucks\">Where Starbucks is.<\/a>. And where it isn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Look for the Helpers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome young people have become Colorado book collectors without realizing it. Here\u2019s their chance to win $1,000.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/coloradosun.com\/2024\/03\/21\/book-collecting-colorado-young-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Colorado Sun<\/a>]. \u201cThe deadline for the Kirkpatrick Prize for Colorado book collectors under the age of 30 is nearing. Wait. What? Are you serious? There are enough under 30 book collectors in Colorado to warrant a competition and $1,000 prize? Apparently. But here\u2019s the thing, the contestants generally don\u2019t realize they\u2019ve slipped into the world of book collecting. They, like many, tend to mistakenly believe that it\u2019s the province of wealthy older men who wear jackets with patches on the elbows and perhaps berets on their heads \u2014 you know, sort of professorial, sort of eccentric. And they\u2019re called antiquarians, clearly a name that does not invoke \u2018under 30.\u2019 That group certainly makes up a bit of the world of book collectors, Taylor Kirkpatrick said, but in the last decade he\u2019s noticed a growing interest among young people. He started the contest four years ago to encourage that interest. \u2018There\u2019s an annual Rocky Mountain Book and Paper Fair and I would say 10 years ago when you went the population of attendees was in their 50s to 80s,\u2019 he said. \u201cIf you go now, I would tell you the demographic is that it does draw a younger crowd, especially for the ephemera and specialty items.\u2019\u2026 He started the Kirkpatrick Prize to keep that interest growing and to encourage young collectors, who likely consider themselves book lovers, but not collectors. While there have been fewer than 15 entrants in each of the first three years, Kirkpatrick, who is 51, said he hopes to have more than 15 this year \u2014 and for the number to keep growing.\u201d \u2022 So good for Kirkpatrick. There\u2019s a lot to be said for books, besides the fact you can drop them in the tub. They work when the Internet goes down. They don\u2019t cause the same eye-strain that screens can. Plus, you can own them.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>My email address is down by the plant; please send examples of \u201cHelpers\u201d there. In our increasingly desperate and fragile neoliberal society, everyday <em>normal<\/em> incidents and stories of \u201cthe communism of everyday life\u201d are what I am looking for (and not, say, the Red Cross in Hawaii, or even the UNWRA in Gaza). <\/p>\n<p><strong>Politics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo many of the social reactions that strike us as psychological are in fact a rational management of symbolic capital.\u201d \u2013Pierre Bourdieu, Classification Struggles<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>2024<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Less than a year to go!<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/free.timeanddate.com\/countdown\/i8ubjj5e\/n179\/cf100\/cm0\/cu1\/ct0\/cs1\/ca0\/cr0\/ss0\/cac000\/cpc000\/pcfff\/tcfff\/fs100\/szw320\/szh135\/tatTime%20left%20to%20Election%20Day%2C%202024\/tac000\/tptTime%20since%20Event%20started%20in\/tpc000\/mac000\/mpc000\/iso2024-11-05T00:00:00\/bo2\/pd2\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"322\" height=\"137\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cN.Y. appeals court reduces Trump\u2019s bond in his civil fraud case to $175 million, a victory for the former president\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/ny-appeals-court-reduces-trumps-bond-civil-fraud-case-175-million-vict-rcna144659?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma&amp;taid=66019fae2ced4900012eeee4&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NBC<\/a>]. \u201cA state appeals court ruled that Donald Trump and his co-defendants in the New York civil fraud case have 10 days to post a $175 million bond, down from the $464 million judgment that was originally due Monday. The 11th-hour ruling from a panel of state Appellate Division judges, all appointed by Democratic governors, is a major victory and relief for the former president, whose attorneys had said coming up with the larger bond was a \u201cpractical impossibility.\u201d The ruling also means state Attorney General Letitia James\u2019 office cannot yet begin collecting on the judgment. \u2018I greatly respect the decision of the appellate division and I\u2019ll post the $175 million in cash or bonds or security or whatever is necessary very quickly within the 10 days, and I thank the appellate division for acting quickly,\u2019 Trump said in front of cameras after he left a New York courtroom for a hearing in the hush money case.\u201d And: \u201cThe decision Monday also puts a stay on the part of the original judgment that barred Trump from serving as a public officer of a company, as well as the prohibitions placed on Weisselberg, McConney, Donald Trump Jr. And Eric Trump.\u201d \u2022 Hmm. What\u2019s up with <em>that<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cNew York appeals court cuts Trump\u2019s bond to $175M\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/03\/25\/trump-bond-new-york-civil-fraud-trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Axios<\/a>]. \u201cIt\u2019s a huge win for the former president, who was staring down the prospect of a devastating financial and personal blow if he was unable to post the nearly half-billion-dollar bond by the Monday deadline\u2026. A spokesperson for James in a statement on Monday said that \u2018Trump is still facing accountability for his staggering fraud.\u2019 \u2018The $464 million judgment \u2013 plus interest \u2013 against Donald Trump and the other defendants still stands.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cTrump Bond Reduced to $175 Million as He Appeals NY Fine\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/q02SE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a>]. \u201cThe decision means Trump may be able to push ahead with his appeal without the risk of his assets being seized by New York Attorney General Letitia James for lack of payment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cPeople of the State of New York vs. Donald J. Trump et al.\u201d (PDF) [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycourts.gov\/courts\/ad1\/calendar\/Motions_Word\/2024\/03_Mar\/25\/PDF\/People%20of%20State%20NY%20v%20Trump%20(M-1025).pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division, First Judicial Department<\/a>]. In relevant part: \u201cIt is ordered that the motion is granted to the extent of staying enforcement of those portions of the Judgment (1) ordering disgorgement to the Attorney General of $464,576,230.62, conditioned on defendants-appellants posting, within ten (10) days of the date of this order, an undertaking in the amount of $175 million dollars\u2026.\u201d \u2022 No rationale given.<\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cToday Is the Day That 50 Years of Grifting Finally Comes to an End\u201d [David Cay Johnston, <a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/180078\/trump-50-years-grifting-ends\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The New Republic<\/a>]. \u2022 Premature triumphalism, excusable in a writer, not in an editor.<\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cEric Trump, in Brutal Self-Own, Says Insurance Companies \u2018Were Laughing\u2019 as He Tried to Secure $464M Bond for Donald Trump\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/trump\/eric-trump-in-brutal-self-own-says-insurance-companies-were-laughing-as-he-tried-to-secure-464m-bond-for-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mediaite<\/a>]. Eric Trump: \u201cI went after the largest sureties in the world, the largest sureties in the country. They said, \u2018Eric, the last time we\u2019ve seen a bond that size is when we did the Big Dig of Boston, which was a $25 billion construction project that lasted almost 25 years!\u2019 They\u2019re trying to put my father out of business, they\u2019re trying to take all his resources that he\u2019s trying to put into his own campaign for the presidency\u2026. Leticia James campaigned on this promise, and now they\u2019re making him do something that\u2019s not physically possible! Putting up half-a-billion-dollar bond \u2014 bonds that size don\u2019t exist in this country. A $10 million bond is a large bond. A $15 is million bond is an enormous bond. A half a billion dollar bond? Maria\u2026this is \u2018lawfare..&#8217;\u201d \u2022 The headline seems deceptive to me, when I look at the quote (assuming Trump Fils is telling the truth).<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cTrump to Israel Hayom: Only a fool would have not acted like Israel on Oct. 7\u201d (interview) [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.israelhayom.com\/2024\/03\/25\/trump-to-israel-hayom-only-a-fool-would-have-not-acted-like-israel-on-oct-7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Israel Hayom<\/a>]:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Q: I want to present you with a question I think every world leader has to answer. How would you react if your children or grandchildren were kidnapped by Hamas and underwent the same atrocities many Israelis have experienced since Oct. 7?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[TRUMP:] \u201cI would say I would act very much the same way as you did. You would have to be crazy not to. Only a fool would not do that. That was a horrible attack.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: If you were president again, how would you counter the wave of antisemitism in the wake of the war\u2019s outbreak? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[TRUMP:] \u201cWell, that\u2019s because you fought back. And I think Israel made a very big mistake. I wanted to call [Israel] and say don\u2019t do it. These photos and shots. I mean, moving shots of bombs being dropped into buildings in Gaza. And I said, Oh, that\u2019s a terrible portrait. It\u2019s a very bad picture for the world. The world is seeing this\u2026every night, I would watch buildings pour down on people. It would say it was given by the Defense Ministry, and said whoever\u2019s providing that that\u2019s a bad image.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I\u2019m too lazy to find the quote, but IIRC that was how Trump framed the pointlessness of the Iraq War, in 2016; the destruction of buildings genuinely seems to get to him. And on (per Mearsheimer) The Lobby:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>[TRUMP:] Some 15 years ago, Israel had the strongest lobby. If you were a politician, you couldn\u2019t say anything bad about Israel, that would be like the end of your political career. Today, it\u2019s almost the opposite. I\u2019ve never seen you have AOC plus three, these lunatics, frankly. But you have AOC plus three plus plenty of others. And all they do is talk badly about Israel, and they hate Israel, and they hate the Jewish people. And they are open about it. Take a look at some of these, Rashida Tlaib, what she says the way she talks, and they truly hate the Jewish people. And 15 years ago, that would have been unthinkable to be doing that. So Israel has to get, Israel has to get better with the promotional and with the public relations, because right now they\u2019re in ruin. They\u2019re being hurt very badly. I think in a public relations sense.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Kennedy (I): On BitCoin and CBDCs:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bitcoin Magazine asked me about Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and I shared my primary concern: that the Fed\u2019s proposed digital cash could be used as an instrument of control \u2014 similar to China\u2019s oppressive social credit system \u2014 rather than as a tool of empowerment. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qXzrpjmdy7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/qXzrpjmdy7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertKennedyJr\/status\/1771971750370402728\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">March 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Newsom (D): \u201cMove to Protect California\u2019s Indoor Workers From Heat Upended by Cost Questions\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/california-indoor-heat-labor-regulation-newsom-withdraws-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">KFF Health News<\/a>]. \u201cGov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s administration unexpectedly yanked its support from a sweeping proposal that would have protected millions of California\u2019s indoor workers from dangerous heat, saying it can\u2019t endorse it without knowing the projected costs to the state. But the board that oversees worker safety immediately defied the administration Thursday by unanimously approving new standards intended to protect people who work in poorly ventilated warehouses, steamy restaurant kitchens, and other indoor job sites. The showdown represents a setback to the state\u2019s climate and labor policy goals, and throws the fate of the rules into unknown territory. They had been expected to take effect by summer. The move by the Democratic administration angered board members, who called it a \u2018last-minute stunt\u2019 that undermines their regulatory process. It also sparked a protest by warehouse workers, who temporarily shut down the meeting as they waved signs declaring that \u2018Heat Kills!\u2019 and loudly chanted, \u2018What do we want? Heat protection! When do we want it? Now!&#8217;\u201d \u2022 Gavin Newsom, the worker\u2019s friend.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Our Famously Free Press<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cLed by NBC, U.S. corporate media is learning to live with Trump\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/03\/24\/2024\/led-by-nbc-us-corporate-media-is-learning-to-live-with-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Semafor<\/a>]. \u201cFor weeks before NBC News journalists exploded into open revolt Sunday over the network\u2019s hire of a top Donald Trump supporter, the media company that controls three of the top U.S. news networks had been quietly rebuilding its ties to the former president. Network insiders noticed on March 5, when, during MSNBC\u2019s Super Tuesday broadcast of Trump\u2019s primary wins, host Rachel Maddow indicated to producers off-camera that viewers had heard enough from the former president. MSNBC president Rashida Jones told production staff that she wanted to stay with his speech. Maddow mused live about the challenges of taking Trump\u2019s comments on the fly and \u2018allowing somebody to knowingly lie on your air.\u2019 Six days later, CNBC welcomed the former president back to Squawk Box for a phone-in interview primarily conducted by right-leaning host Joe Kernen.\u201d \u2022 So presumably the Ronna McDaniel flap will die down, even if McDaniel herself turns out to be a sacrificial victim.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>#COVID19<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am in earnest \u2014 I will not equivocate \u2014 I will not excuse \u2014 I will not retreat a single inch \u2014 AND I WILL BE HEARD.\u201d \u2013William Lloyd Garrison<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Resources, United States (National): Transmission (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#county-view?list_select_state=all_states&amp;list_select_county=all_counties&amp;data-type=Risk&amp;null=Risk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>); Wastewater (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/biobot.io\/data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Biobot<\/a>; includes many counties; <a href=\"https:\/\/data.wastewaterscan.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wastewater Scan<\/a>, includes drilldown by zip); Variants (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#variant-proportions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/businesssolutions\/covid-19-index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a>); \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/iowacovid19tracker.org\/hospitals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Iowa COVID-19 Tracker<\/a>\u201d (in IA, but national data). \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/icemsg.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Infection Control, Emergency Management, Safety, and General Thoughts<\/a>\u201d (especially on hospitalization by city).<\/p>\n<p>Lambert here: Readers, thanks for the collective effort. To update any entry, do feel free to contact me at the address given with the plants. Please put \u201cCOVID\u201d in the subject line. Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>ake effect by summer. The move by the Democratic administration angered board members, who called it a \u2018last-minute stunt\u2019 that undermines their regulatory process. It also sparked a protest by warehouse workers, who temporarily shut down the meeting as they waved signs declaring that \u2018Heat Kills!\u2019 and loudly chanted, \u2018What do we want? Heat protection! When do we want it? Now!&#8217;\u201d \u2022 Gavin Newsom, the worker\u2019s friend.<\/p>\n<p>Resources, United States (Local): AK (<a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/af2efc8bffbf4cdc83c2d1a134354074\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AL (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/6d2771faa9da4a2786a509d82c8cf0f7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AR (<a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/633006d0782b4544bd5113a314f6268a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AZ (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.azdhs.gov\/covid19\/data\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); CA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CID\/DCDC\/Pages\/COVID-19\/CalSuWers-Dashboard.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.marinhhs.org\/surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Marin, dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/healthalerts.stanford.edu\/covid-19\/wastewater-dashboard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Stanford, wastewater<\/a>; 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IN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coronavirus.in.gov\/indiana-covid-19-dashboard-and-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); KS (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov\/160\/COVID-19-in-Kansas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/4456bae8a38f4b6180e008477382fff9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Lawrence); KY (<a href=\"https:\/\/louisville.edu\/envirome\/thecoimmunityproject\/dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, Louisville); LA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ldh.la.gov\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/info-details\/covid-19-wastewater-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MD (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.maryland.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); ME (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/dhhs\/mecdc\/infectious-disease\/epi\/airborne\/coronavirus\/data.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MI (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/coronavirus\/stats\/wastewater-surveillance\/dashboard\/sentinel-wastewater-epidemiology-evaluation-project-sweep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/gisportal.state.mi.us\/portal\/apps\/insights\/index.html#\/view\/52bbb104ed574887918f990af9f3debe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.state.mn.us\/diseases\/coronavirus\/stats\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MO (<a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/f7f5492486114da6b5d6fdc07f81aacf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MS (<a href=\"https:\/\/msdh.ms.gov\/page\/14,0,420.html#Mississippi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); <del>MT (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/MapSeries\/index.html?appid=7c34f3412536439491adcc2103421d4b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>)<\/del>; NC (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.ncdhhs.gov\/dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard)<\/a>; ND (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.nd.gov\/health\/coronavirus\/cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.nd.gov\/health\/coronavirus\/cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); NE (<a href=\"https:\/\/atlas-dhhs.ne.gov\/Atlas\/Respiratory_Illness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NH (<a href=\"https:\/\/wisdom.dhhs.nh.gov\/wisdom\/dashboard.html?topic=covid-19&amp;subtopic=recurring-updates&amp;indicator=covid-19-wastewater#tabnavbarid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); NJ (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.nj.gov\/forms\/datadashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NM (<a href=\"https:\/\/cvprovider.nmhealth.org\/public-dashboard.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NV (<a href=\"https:\/\/nvhealthresponse.nv.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/empower.unlv.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Southern NV); NY (<a href=\"https:\/\/mbcolli.shinyapps.io\/SARS2EWSP\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); OH (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.ohio.gov\/dashboards\/other-resources\/wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); OK (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/51657c21386d4f1a962b1853c76ec589\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); <del>OR (<a href=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/app\/profile\/oregon.health.authority.covid.19\/viz\/OregonsCOVID-19DataDashboards-TableofContents\/TableofContentsStatewide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>)<\/del>; PA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.pa.gov\/topics\/disease\/coronavirus\/pages\/Cases.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); RI (<a href=\"https:\/\/ri-department-of-health-covid-19-data-rihealth.hub.arcgis.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); SC (<a href=\"https:\/\/scdhec.gov\/index.php\/covid19\/covid-19-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); SD (<a href=\"https:\/\/doh.sd.gov\/COVID\/Dashboard.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); TN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/health\/cedep\/ncov\/data.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); TX (<a href=\"https:\/\/txdshsea.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/4ae43eefd0f641d59d35c3df82ee59cc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); UT (<a href=\"https:\/\/udwq.shinyapps.io\/sarscov2_surv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); VA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/coronavirus\/see-the-numbers\/covid-19-in-virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); VT (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthvermont.gov\/disease-control\/covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); WA (<a href=\"https:\/\/doh.wa.gov\/emergencies\/covid-19\/data-dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.bfhd.wa.gov\/cases-and-roadmap-to-recovery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); WI (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.wisconsin.gov\/covid-19\/wastewater.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); WV (<del><a href=\"https:\/\/oehs.wvdhhr.org\/news\/oehs-coivd-19-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a><\/del>); WY (<del><a href=\"https:\/\/covidwastewatermonitor.wyo.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a><\/del>).<\/p>\n<p>Resources, Canada (National): Wastewater (<a href=\"https:\/\/health-infobase.canada.ca\/covid-19\/wastewater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Government of Canada<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Resources, Canada (Provincial): ON (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.publichealthontario.ca\/en\/Data-and-Analysis\/Infectious-Disease\/COVID-19-Data-Surveillance\/Wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); QC (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspq.qc.ca\/covid-19\/donnees\/eaux-usees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><em>les eaux us\u00e9es<\/em><\/a>); BC (<a href=\"https:\/\/bccdc.shinyapps.io\/respiratory_wastewater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); BC, Vancouver (<a href=\"https:\/\/metrovancouver.org\/services\/liquid-waste\/testing-for-the-covid-19-virus-in-wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Hat tips to helpful readers: Alexis, anon (2), Art_DogCT, B24S, CanCyn, ChiGal, Chuck L, Festoonic, FM, FreeMarketApologist (4), Gumbo, hop2it, JB, JEHR, JF, JL Joe, John, JM (10), JustAnotherVolunteer, JW, KatieBird, LL, Michael King, KF, LaRuse, mrsyk, MT, MT_Wild, otisyves, Petal (6), RK (2), RL, RM, Rod, square coats (11), tennesseewaltzer, Tom B., Utah, Bob White (3). <\/p>\n<p>Stay safe out there!<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Immune Dysregulation<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cA prognostic model for SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infection: Analyzing a prospective cellular immunity cohort\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S1567576924003473\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">International Immunopharmacology<\/a>]. \u201c. After breakthrough infection with SARS-CoV-2, there was a decrease in effector T cells and an increase in na\u00efve T cells. The assessment of cellular immunity prior to breakthrough infection can serve as a prognostic tool for SARS-CoV-2 infection.\u201d \u2022 Hmm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Princess of Wales reveals diagnosis, doctors warn of mysterious cancer \u2018epidemic&#8217;\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2024\/03\/23\/doctors-warn-abdominal-cancer-epidemic-princess-diagnosis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>]. \u201cThere is significant confusion among researchers as to what might be causing the trend, although most agree it is unlikely to be down to a single factor\u2026. Researchers are also beginning to turn their sights on possible changes to the microbiome to explain the trend\u2026. However, despite growing theoretical enthusiasm, scientists are hindered by the difficulty in conducting the necessary long-term cause-and-effect studies needed to draw a link between what people eat and their risk of the disease\u2026. Models based on global data predict that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/health-fitness\/conditions\/cancer\/cancer-signs-testing-treatment-king-charles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the number of early-onset cancer cases will increase by around 30 per cent between 2019 and 2030<\/a>, a markedly faster increase than the previous 30 years.\u201d \u2022 Huh. Since 2019. Huh.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>TABLE 1: Daily Covid Charts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LEGEND<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) <span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> for charts new today; all others are not updated.<\/p>\n<p>2) For a full-size\/full-resolution image, Command-click (MacOS) or right-click (Windows) on the chart thumbnail and \u201copen image in new tab.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[1] (Biobot) Our curve has now flattened out at the level of previous Trump peaks. Not a great victory. Note also the area \u201cunder the curve,\u201d besides looking at peaks. That area is larger under Biden than under Trump, and it seems to be rising steadily if unevenly.<\/p>\n<p>[2] (Biobot) Backward revisions, I hate them.<\/p>\n<p>[3] (CDC Variants) As of May 11, genomic surveillance data will be reported biweekly, based on the availability of positive test specimens.\u201d \u201cBiweeekly: 1. occurring every two weeks. 2. occurring twice a week; semiweekly.\u201d Looks like CDC has chosen sense #1. In essence, they\u2019re telling us variants are nothing to worry about. Time will tell.<\/p>\n<p>[4] (ER) \u201cCharts and data provided by CDC, updates Wednesday by 8am. For the past year, using a rolling 52-week period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[5] (Hospitalization: NY) Looks like a very gradual leveling off to a non-zero baseline, to me.<\/p>\n<p>[6] (Hospitalization: CDC) Still down. \u201cMaps, charts, and data provided by CDC, updates weekly for the previous MMWR week (Sunday-Saturday) on Thursdays (Deaths, Emergency Department Visits, Test Positivity) and weekly the following Mondays (Hospitalizations) by 8 pm ET\u2020\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>[7] (Walgreens) Leveling out.<\/p>\n<p>[8] (Cleveland) Flattening.<\/p>\n<p>[9] (Travelers: Posivitity) Now up, albeit in the rear view mirror.<\/p>\n<p>[10] (Travelers: Variants) JN.1 dominates utterly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stats Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Economy: \u201cUnited States Chicago Fed National Activity Index\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/chicago-fed-national-activity-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cThe Chicago Fed National Activity Index edged up to a three-month high of 0.05 in February 2024 from a downwardly revised -0.54 in January, signalling a slight increase in economic growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cUnited States Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/dallas-fed-manufacturing-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cThe Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas\u2019 general business activity index for manufacturing in Texas decreased to -14.4 in March 2024, down 3.1 points from -11.3 in the previous month.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Finance: Is there wheel repo?<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Renting tires and wheels?<\/p>\n<p>Is this just an Atlanta thing? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/63xa1yiIK0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/63xa1yiIK0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gas Biz Guy (@gas_biz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gas_biz\/status\/1771999163061809539\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">March 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"boeing\"\/>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing CEO to Step Down in Overhaul Sparked by Safety Crisis\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/BcMFs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a>]. \u201cCEO Dave Calhoun will leave the company at the end of 2024, while Chairman Larry Kellner will not stand for re-election, Boeing said in a statement. Stan Deal, who leads Boeing\u2019s commercial airplanes division, will also retire immediately. Chief Operating Officer Stephanie Pope [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boeing.com\/company\/bios\/stephanie-pope\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">came up through finance<\/a>] will take on Deal\u2019s role, the company said.\u201d And <a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/airline-ceo-demand-meeting-boeing-board-directors-march-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the airlines haven\u2019t even met with the Board<\/a> yet! More: \u201cThe changes come amid growing customer frustration with Calhoun and Deal as a crisis centering on the planemaker\u2019s manufacturing quality and safety shows no signs of receding nearly three months after a fuselage panel blew out of an airborne 737 Max in January.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing CEO, other executives stepping down amid safety crisis\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/business\/business-news\/boeing-ceo-dave-calhoun-slew-executives-step-safety-crisis-rcna144882\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NBC<\/a>]. \u201cHow many times can \u2018won\u2019t happen again\u2019 happen again?\u201d Bank of America Corp. analyst Ronald Epstein wrote in a report in January. \u2018Both Boeing and [Boeing parts supplier] Spirit [AeroSystems] need a drastic cultural overhaul. This cultural change won\u2019t come from FAA mandates, congressional hearings, internal memos, or one-hour all hands meetings. For culture to move from corporate jargon to being embodied in the habits and minds of both workforces, we see it as necessary for Boeing and Spirit to drastically rethink the ways they have operated.&#8217;\u201d \u2022 So, defenestration.<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing whistleblower John Barnett was spied on, harassed by managers, lawsuit claims\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/markets\/boeing-whistleblower-john-barnett-spied-harassed-managers-lawsuit-claims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FOX<\/a>]. \u201cThe lawsuit, filed to the U.S. Department of Labor, says in January 2017, Barnett was notified that his name was \u20181 of 49\u2019 listed in an e-mail on a supervisor\u2019s desk titled \u2018.&#8217;\u201d \u2022 Oh, right. Not <em>that kind<\/em> of hit list.<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cBlind Items Revealed #4\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.crazydaysandnights.net\/2024\/03\/blind-items-revealed-4_23.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Crazy Days and Nights<\/a>]. \u201cA detective who thinks a very recent whistleblower death is not a suicide says someone tried to recently kill him. John Barnett\/Boeing.\u201d \u2022 This is a gossip site, so take with a truckload of salts. Nevertheless:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Articles about the Boeing whistleblower&#8217;s death are saying &#8216;no one has suggested foul play by Boeing.&#8217; <\/p>\n<p>Really? Then I suggest there was foul play by Boeing. There, someone suggested it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UkHjGpEmNR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/UkHjGpEmNR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matthewstoller\/status\/1769907427011371497\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">March 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: Crapification:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019ve been using electric toothbrushes for about a decade now. <\/p>\n<p>The first one I got lasted me 7 years.<\/p>\n<p>The second one 2 years.<\/p>\n<p>The third one 1.5 years.<\/p>\n<p>Same brand, same model.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bojan Tunguz (@tunguz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tunguz\/status\/1772043143464075374\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">March 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>My father bought a Bakelite electric coffee grinder in 1964. Still going strong. I thought I\u2019d get something a little more up-date, bought a streamlined Braun coffee grinder at Macy\u2019s, when we had Macy\u2019s. It lasted a year. So it goes!<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear &amp; Greed Index: 68 Greed (previous close: 71 Greed) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 69 (Greed). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Mar 25 at 12:55:59 PM ET.<\/p>\n<p>Rapture Index: Closes up one on Food Supply. \u201cMany nations have a shortage of food\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.raptureready.com\/rapture-ready-index\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rapture Ready<\/a>]. Record High, October 10, 2016: 189. Current: 187. (Remember that bringing on the Rapture is <em>good<\/em>.) NOTE on #42 Plagues: \u201cThe coronavirus pandemic has maxed out this category.\u201d More honest than most! \u2022 <\/p>\n<p><strong>The 420<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"lsd\"\/>\u201cFor Brilliant Color: Packaging the First LSD Blotter\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thereader.mitpress.mit.edu\/for-brilliant-color-packaging-the-first-lsd-blotter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The MIT <\/a>Press]. \u201cIn contrast to today, when psychedelics are imagined to be medicines, party favors, or indigenous sacraments, many LSD users in the 1960s imagined their favorite substance as a kind of media. Like the increasingly technological media of the postwar world, LSD filters, transforms, and amplifies non-drug phenomena. Ghost played with this association by disguising his acid as film stock promising \u201cbrilliant color.\u201d Each sheet was wrapped inside mylar, which not only protected the acid from damaging UV light, but also discouraged suspicious parties from opening the package on a whim, potentially destroying unexposed film. This \u201cmedium is the message\u201d idea permeated acid discourse and marketing. Other examples include \u201cWindow pane,\u201d \u201cClearlist,\u201d and some of the first printed LSD blotters, which featured electric light bulbs.\u201d \u2022 Like this:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/kodak.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-268984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/kodak.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/kodak-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/kodak-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/kodak-768x995.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/kodak-624x808.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Class Warfare<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlayground bullies do prosper \u2013 and go on to earn more in middle age\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2024\/mar\/24\/playground-bullies-do-prosper-and-go-on-to-earn-more-in-middle-age\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Guardian<\/a>]. \u201cChildren who displayed aggressive behaviour at school, such as bullying or temper outbursts, are likely to earn more money in middle age, according to a five-decade study that upends the maxim that bullies do not prosper. They are also more likely to have higher job satisfaction and be in more desirable jobs, say researchers from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iser.essex.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Institute for Social and Economic Research<\/a> at the University of Essex. The paper, published today, used data about almost 7,000 people born in 1970 whose lives have been tracked by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2021\/jul\/28\/a-third-of-middle-aged-uk-adults-have-at-least-two-chronic-health-issues-study\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">British Cohort Study<\/a>. The research team examined data from primary school teachers who assessed the children\u2019s social and emotional skills when they were 10 years old in 1980, and matched it to their lives at the age of 46 in 2016.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"starbucks\"\/>If you\u2019re considering internal exile, here\u2019s a handy map:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There are some specific areas of the US remote enough to be very interesting. This Starbucks map humorously illustrates it. <\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Big 6&#8221; regions of American remoteness are:<\/p>\n<p>Texas Big Bend, Great Basin, Idaho Rockies, Montana Hi-Line, Michigan UP, and N. Maine. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Sst98otyNH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/Sst98otyNH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 VB Knives (@Empty_America) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Empty_America\/status\/1771649599226122636\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">March 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact information for plants<\/strong>: Readers, feel free to contact me at lambert [UNDERSCORE] strether [DOT] corrente [AT] yahoo [DOT] com, to (a) find out how to send me a check if you are allergic to PayPal and (b) to find out how to send me images of plants. Vegetables are fine! Fungi, lichen, and coral are deemed to be honorary plants! If you want your handle to appear as a credit, please place it at the start of your mail in parentheses: (thus). Otherwise, I will anonymize by using your initials. See the previous Water Cooler (with plant) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/03\/200pm-water-cooler-3-22-2024.html\">here<\/a>. From SR:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/autumn_leaves.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-268982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/autumn_leaves.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/autumn_leaves-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/autumn_leaves-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/autumn_leaves-624x832.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>SR writes: \u201cShot in Staunton River State Park in remote southern Virginia.\u201d Autumn leaves, but what\u2019s revealed after the snow melts, too.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"donate\"\/><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Water Cooler is a standalone entity <em>not<\/em> covered by the annual NC fundraiser. So if you see a link you especially like, or an item you wouldn\u2019t see anywhere else, please do not hesitate to express your appreciation in tangible form. Remember, a tip jar is for tipping! <em>Regular positive feedback both makes me feel good and lets me know I\u2019m on the right track with coverage<\/em>. When I get no donations for five or ten days I get worried. More tangibly, a constant trickle of donations helps me with expenses, and I factor in that trickle when setting fundraising goals:<\/p>\n<p>Here is the screen that will appear, which I have helpfully annotated:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-226891\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/contribution.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"606\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/contribution.png 606w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/contribution-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>If you hate PayPal, you can email me at lambert [UNDERSCORE] strether [DOT] corrente [AT] yahoo [DOT] com, and I will give you directions on how to send a check. 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