{"id":83875,"date":"2024-08-28T22:10:26","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T22:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/28\/200pm-water-cooler-8-28-2024-naked-capitalism\/"},"modified":"2024-08-28T22:10:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T22:10:26","slug":"200pm-water-cooler-8-28-2024-naked-capitalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/28\/200pm-water-cooler-8-28-2024-naked-capitalism\/","title":{"rendered":"2:00PM Water Cooler 8\/28\/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><strong>Bird Song of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Catbirds are in the Mimidae specie (!), like mockingbird and thrashers. Readers have said they like the mimicry, so hopefully MacCaulay Library has enough recordings to keep us all satisfied, at least for a time.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/437576361\/embed\" height=\"431\" width=\"640\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Black Catbird, Aguadas al Sureste de Cozumel, Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico. I think I\u2019m hearing a frog in the background.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a Writer, You Can Never Collect Too Many Endings\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/lithub.com\/as-a-writer-you-can-never-collect-too-many-endings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Literary Hub<\/a>]. \u201cA few years ago, at dusk, I saw an owl swoop into a low branch and start poking its beak into a catbird\u2019s nest. The catbirds inside made a terrible hissing-screeching-gargling sound\u2014like a baby that\u2019s been scalded\u2014and after a moment the owl, for whatever reason, decided it was too much and flew off. After the danger passed, dusk shifted to dark. The night deepened. It struck me that the owl could come back at any moment, and that the catbirds, whose cheery songs I loved and had been listening to all afternoon, lived under perpetual threat. While I didn\u2019t know what story from my life the moment might make a good ending for, I knew it was an ending because in the quiet of its resolution it kept gathering significance. It was factual and also metaphorical. I\u2019ve been those screeching catbirds. I\u2019ve been that owl.\u201d \u2022 I didn\u2019t search for this, I swear! It just randomly showed up in my RSS reader.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#dnc\">The DNC was a superspreading event<\/a>, and adopted a eugenicist masking policy<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#boeing\">Boeing door plug debacle<\/a> reveals shop floor fiasco<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#vermeer\">Vermeer\u2019s tronie<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/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>The Supremes<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cKetanji Brown Jackson Is \u2018Prepared\u2019 If 2024 Election Goes To Supreme Court\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/ketanji-brown-jackson-is-prepared-if-2024-election-goes-to-supreme-court_n_66ce0542e4b0778aee6023ac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">HuffPo<\/a>]. \u201cSupreme Court Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson said in a recorded interview with CBS News that she feels \u2018as prepared as anyone can be\u2019 when asked about the possibility that the 2024 presidential election results will be contested and require the high court\u2019s intervention.\u201d \u2022 However Democrats are gaming 2024 out, I would think they\u2019d want to avoid the Supreme Court. Implying they would use extra-legal methods.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>2024<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Less than one hundred days 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> <a name=\"rcp\"\/>Friday\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RCP<\/a> Poll Averages:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/rcp_2024-08-23.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"948\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-277242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/rcp_2024-08-23.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/rcp_2024-08-23-190x300.png 190w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Good news for Trump in that last week\u2019s deterioration seems to have been slowed, although we shall have to see if Kamala gets a convention \u201cbounce.\u201d Remember, however, that all the fluctuations \u2014 in fact, all the leads \u2014 are within the margin of error. If you read most of the press, you\u2019d think Kamala has this race in the bag. It\u2019s not so. Do note, however, Trump\u2019s deterioration in North Carolina: +2.4 last week to +0.9 this week, when OG pollster Sabato moved it to \u201ctoss-up\u201d status from \u201clean Republican.\u201d No wonder Trump held a rally there this week. NOTE With Kennedy, it would seem, about to drop out, I started tracking the national percentage as \u201cTop Battlegrounds,\u201d where Trump\u2019s shrinking lead is +0.1 this week (as opposed to \u201c5-Way RCP Average, where Harris led by +1.1 last week).<\/p>\n<p>Wypipo:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2024 will be won or lost via White America:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/onGcst4Ep5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/onGcst4Ep5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Only 55% of non-college graduate whites bothered to vote last time. If just 60% did, Trump would have won.<\/p>\n<p>College educated whites went 54% Democratic Party in 2024. If only 50% did, Trump would have won. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uuIMkmGGGg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/uuIMkmGGGg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ib (@Indian_Bronson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Indian_Bronson\/status\/1816213625775784411\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Note that Cook Political Report is OG, so worth paying attention to.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Kamala (D): \u201cCould Kamala Harris really win North Carolina \u2014 and lose Georgia?\u201d [Nate Silver, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natesilver.net\/p\/could-kamala-harris-really-win-north\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Silver Bulletin<\/a>]. \u201cThe hottest club in the Electoral College is North Carolina. It\u2019s the first state to begin any form of early voting \u2014 county officials will begin mailing out absentee ballots next week! The Cook Political Report just moved North Carolina from \u2018lean Republican\u2019 to \u2018toss-up.\u2019 And in the Silver Bulletin model, it\u2019s the third-most-likely tipping-point state, surpassed only by Pennsylvania and Michigan.\u201d \u2022\u00a0This devalues Pennsylvania, note well.<\/p>\n<p>Kamala (D): \u201cWhy Kamala Harris Is Failing to Gain Traction With the Working Class\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/author\/skyler-adleta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Skyler Adleta<\/a> (electrician), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/why-kamala-harris-failing-gain-traction-working-class-opinion-1945152\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Newsweek<\/a>]. \u201cHarris needs to appeal to conservative-leaning working-class citizens who are in Trump\u2019s camp if she hopes to be elected. Yet her railing against Trump, accompanied by the phrase  in response to Trump\u2019s platform is indicative of a person who completely misunderstands half of the country. , allowing families to have meaningful choices and secure existences. Harris wants to transform this economic nostalgia into something that is viewed as regressive and socially backward, ultimately diminishing our actual longings by portraying them as false ones.\u201d \u2022 Excellent point! Back in the day, when I worked in the factories of Providence, RI, I could have my own apartment and buy a lot of books on my wage of $2.35 an hour, with no overtime. I was not exactly a labor aristocrat!<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cTrump\u2019s Ugly, Shameless New Offer to RFK Jr. Hands Dems a Big Weapon\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/185357\/trump-offer-rfk-jr-hands-dems-big-weapon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The New Republic<\/a>]. First: \u201cBut a consummated Trump-Kennedy bargain\u2014Kennedy endorsing Trump, followed by Trump appointing Kennedy to his transition team or administration\u2014would actually constitute the epitome of corrupt elite self-dealing.\u201d Just stop it. Hillary Clinton made exactly the same sort of deal with Obama in 2008, which I know Greg Sargent is old enough to remember. Next: \u201c[C}onsider that when Kennedy was a third-party candidate and President Biden was still running, many Democrats feared he might appeal to voters who pay little attention to politics\u2014young people, low propensity voters, people disaffected with our institutions\u2014and who also disliked Biden and Trump. The entry of Vice President Kamala Harris into the race has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/08\/14\/decline-2024-double-hater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">caused a decline<\/a> in those so-called \u2018double haters,\u2019 with many moving to Harris. But there are still untold numbers of them out there. With Kennedy not running, his endorsement of Trump could soften their impressions of the former president. What\u2019s at issue here are not voters who were fully committed to Kennedy\u2019s third-party run\u2014they are probably not gettable for Democrats\u2014but still-undecided voters who might as yet prove susceptible to Kennedy\u2019s appeal. They might find the Kennedy name\u2014and his vague associations with environmentalism, hostility to corporate power, and even the health of children, all of which he talks a good game about\u2014reassuring about Trump. If Bobby Kennedy backs Trump, why, how extreme and crazy can he really be?\u201d \u2022 I would turn that argument around. Forget about crazy, because Ashish Jha, Mandy Cohen, and Jeff Zeints are normal-coded loons. What about <em>fascist<\/em>? Would Robert Kennedy <em>and Tulsi Gabbard<\/em> really join a fascist movement?<\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): If this is your metric, and it\u2019s not everyone\u2019s:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Explain in terms of \u201clesser evil\u201d please. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p8VCS64bwe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/p8VCS64bwe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Earnie Banks (@_EarnieBanks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_EarnieBanks\/status\/1828595513232396401\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">August 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Kennedy (R): \u201cRobert F. Kennedy Jr. to Tucker Carlson: We\u2019re Going Through A Political Realignment, Democrats Don\u2019t Trust The People\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2024\/08\/26\/robert_f_kennedy_jr_to_tucker_carlson_were_going_through_a_political_realignment_democrats_dont_trust_the_people.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RealClearPolitics<\/a>]. \u201d It\u2019s really the, you know, the domination of, this, this corrupt merger of state corporate power. And it\u2019s happening in Washington, DC now, where, our democracy has really been subverted by the industries that have taken over the regulatory agencies and they and transform them into sock puppets or corporate profit taking and, and basically wholly owned subsidiaries of the industries they\u2019re supposed to regulate. And the Democrats, for a variety of reasons. And I watch it happen over many, many years, have, have clung to this illusion of these democratic institutions that they\u2019re still democratic and they have a we all have the capacity to judge ourselves on our intentions rather than our actions.\u201d \u2022 Not the best transcript, but not the sort of message one generally hears from <em>either<\/em> party.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Clinton Legacy<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cCOVID-stricken Hillary Clinton drops out of Hamptons fundraiser, Bill Clinton steps in with Doug Emhoff: sources\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/08\/28\/gossip\/hillary-clinton-drops-out-of-hamptons-fundraiser-with-covid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Post<\/a>]. \u201cHillary Clinton bowed out of a Hamptons fundraiser for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz on Monday, we hear, after the former secretary of state came down with COVID-19\u2026. The event was held at the home of mega art collectors Lisa and Richard Perry, who are known to house works by Frank Stella, Alexander Calder, Ellsworth Kelly and Donald Judd, among other blue-chip artists. Tickets at the highest tier went for a cool $100,000 each, and an invitation seen by Page Six said, \u2018This is likely to be one of the last small events in the NY area before the election, so it is not to be missed.&#8217;\u201d \u2022 \u201cToday, Covid no longer controls our lives.\u201d \u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2023\/02\/07\/remarks-of-president-joe-biden-state-of-the-union-address-as-prepared-for-delivery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a>, February 7, 2023.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Realignment and Legitimacy<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cNew voting rules in battleground states could affect election results\u201d (transcript) [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/show\/new-voting-rules-in-battleground-states-could-affect-election-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PBS<\/a>]. In Georgia: \u201cI think that there are a lot of very red counties across the country that have been sort of playing with the idea of refusing to certify local election results. But in the past, that has not been successful, basically anywhere that it\u2019s been tried. And I don\u2019t see why it would be different in Georgia. Local boards are under a lot of pressure to certify from the people who live in the community. You can only certify your own election. And so, if you choose not to certify your local results, that means you\u2019re preventing local candidates from taking office. And any of those people could sue. That\u2019s what\u2019s happened in the past when counties across the country have tried to do this. And I think that there probably will be a few counties in Georgia that push their luck here, but probably reverse course very quickly.\u201d \u2022 Lots of interesting details on election officials.\u201d \u2022 Wouldn\u2019t the very red and very blue counties cut their own throats by not certifying?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Syndemics<\/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>Covid 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>, <del><a href=\"https:\/\/biobot.io\/data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Biobot<\/a><\/del>; 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>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>; <a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.verily.com\/?v=SC2_N&amp;l=Oakland%2C+CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Oakland, wastewater<\/a>); CO (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.colorado.gov\/data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cdphe.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/d79cf93c3938470ca4bcc4823328946b#utility=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); CT (<a href=\"https:\/\/data.ct.gov\/stories\/s\/COVID-19-data\/wa3g-tfvc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); DE (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.delaware.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); FL (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/5b9d75ba683849928dc1a49c39ab0b1c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); GA (<a href=\"https:\/\/dph.georgia.gov\/ga-nwss-wastewater-surveillance-reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); HI (<a href=\"https:\/\/health.hawaii.gov\/coronavirusdisease2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); IA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmmwra.org\/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=57\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater reports<\/a>); ID (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.idahopublichealth.com\/district-2\/novel-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, Boise; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idahopublichealth.com\/district-2\/novel-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/data.wastewaterscan.org\/?plantId=1056f05c-0e46-4e3d-b007-c0453ba7dc0d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Central Idaho; <a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.verily.com\/#:SARS-CoV-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Coeur d\u2019Alene; dashboard, <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.srhd.org\/topics\/spokane-county-case-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Spokane County<\/a>); IL (<a href=\"https:\/\/iwss.uillinois.edu\/wastewater-treatment-plants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); 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:\/\/avrpublic.dhhs.utah.gov\/uwss\/\" 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, KF, 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>Transmission: H5N1<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWith Only Gloves To Protect Them, Farmworkers Say They Tend Sick Cows Amid Bird Flu\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/colorado-farmworkers-bird-flu-dairies-chickens-ppe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">KFF Health News<\/a>]. \u201cIn early August, farmworkers gathered under a pavilion at a park here for a picnic to celebrate Farmworker Appreciation Day\u2026. No matter the menu, some dairy workers at the event said they don\u2019t exactly feel appreciated. They said they haven\u2019t received any personal protective equipment beyond gloves to guard against the virus, even as they or colleagues have come down with conjunctivitis and flu-like symptoms that they fear to be bird flu. \u2018They should give us something more,\u2019 one dairy worker from Larimer County said in Spanish. He spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear he\u2019d lose his job for speaking out. \u2018What if something happens to us? They act as if nothing is wrong.\u2019\u2026 According to numbers provided by the state health department in late August, fewer than 13% of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nass.usda.gov\/Publications\/AgCensus\/2022\/Full_Report\/Volume_1,_Chapter_2_County_Level\/Colorado\/st08_2_011_011.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">state\u2019s dairies <\/a>had requested and received such PPE.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Something to watch:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The bird migration map is starting to heat up.<\/p>\n<p>This\ud83d\udc47 was pretty quiet a week ago or so.<\/p>\n<p>If migratory birds are driving the start of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/H5N1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#H5N1<\/a> outbreaks, and the farmers are not covering it up, we should see things start popping again. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9ETsfXYcFI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/9ETsfXYcFI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lazarus Long (@LazarusLong13) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LazarusLong13\/status\/1828689674765848926\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">August 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Vaccines: Covid<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cA single-dose intranasal live-attenuated codon deoptimized vaccine provides broad protection against SARS-CoV-2 and its variants\u201d [Nature]. Mouse and hamster study. From the Abstract: \u201cDespite the success of spike-protein vaccines in preventing severe disease, long-lasting protection against emerging variants and the prevention of breakthrough infections and transmission remain elusive. We generate , CDO-7N-1, using codon deoptimization. CDO-7N-1 shows highly attenuated replication and minimal or no lung pathology in vivo over multiple passages. It induces robust mucosal and systemic neutralizing antibody and T-cell subset responses, in mice (female K18-hACE2 and male HFH4-hACE2 mice), hamsters, and macaques triggered by a single immunization. Mice and hamsters vaccinated with CDO-7N-1 are protected from challenge with wild-type (WT) SARS-CoV-2 and other variants of concern. Serum from vaccinated animals neutralizes WT SARS-CoV-2, variants of concern (beta and delta), variants of interest (omicron XBB.1.5) and SARS-CoV-1. Antibody responses are sustained and enhanced by repeated immunization or infection with WT SARS-CoV-2. .\u201d \u2022 So human trials, and we wait another year? Nasal vaccines were a missed opportunity for Operation Warp Soeed, and then further advances stalled under Biden, no doubt due to Big Phama. But no little mRNA technology; good!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Transmission: Monkeypox<\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>Infection: Covid<\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sequelae: Covid<\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>Elite Maleficence<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a name=\"dnc\"\/>The memo that started it all:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here&#8217;s the memo that&#8217;s influencing the White House&#8217;s pandemic polices. It advises Biden to:<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Declare the crisis phase of COVID over and push for feeling and acting more normal<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Stop talking about restrictions and the unknown future ahead<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KUiR8YtxYE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/KUiR8YtxYE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOTU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#SOTU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FvkzxEa1kO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/FvkzxEa1kO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Lucky Tran (@luckytran) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/luckytran\/status\/1498771461066080260\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">March 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Apparently, the same policy carried through to masks:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One minor quibble I didn\u2019t mention in the video. Democratic ad makers and news editors. Please delete all b-roll of people in masks. Salts the vibes. Remember: We Are Not Going Back. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iXG8OVdS2j\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/iXG8OVdS2j<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim Miller (@Timodc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Timodc\/status\/1816533994797961277\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The tweet that inspired the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MaskedHottiee\/status\/1827728917832122495\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> #SaltTheVibes<\/a> hash tag\u2026.s<\/p>\n<p>Totally not a superspreader event:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;What is it like being in a room where four years ago this would have been a superspreader event?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There is so much misinformation in this interview. The DNC convention is a superspreader and happening during the peak of one of the largest summer COVID surges of the pandemic. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PDE2Z44YzI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/PDE2Z44YzI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Lucky Tran (@luckytran) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/luckytran\/status\/1826774910011887789\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">August 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Except it <em>is<\/em> a superspreader event, exactly like the Olympics (or a Taylor Swift Concert):<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCOVID-19 also attended last week\u2019s Democratic National Convention, infecting \u2018too many&#8217;\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/health\/2024\/08\/27\/dnc-democratic-national-convention-covid-vaccine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chicago Sun-Times<\/a>]. The deck: \u201cHealth officials say they saw no sign of a COVID-19 uptick after the convention, while attendees grumble on social media about getting sick. One union official said he knows at least 14 people who tested positive since attending the convention.\u201d The health officials \u201csaw no sign\u201d <em>because the attendees flew home<\/em>, bringing the virus with them. More: \u201cHow many people came down with COVID-19 after the convention? \u2018Too many. I can\u2019t even put a number on it,\u2019 said Ronnie Reese, Mayor Brandon Johnson\u2019s communications director\u2026. Anthony Driver Jr., executive director of Service Employees International Union Illinois State Council, said he knows at least 14 people who tested positive for COVID-19 since attending the convention. . Many people diagnose themselves with at-home tests. With a virus incubation period of up to two weeks, many out-of-towners may just now be feeling symptoms.\u201d \u2022 There no numbers and there won\u2019t be because \u201cCovid no longer controls our lives.\u201d Except when it does:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wait- didn\u2019t they specifically say at the DNC that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Covid19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#Covid19<\/a> was no more? \ud83e\udd14 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/05llvfY0Rv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/05llvfY0Rv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jerome Adams (@JeromeAdamsMD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeromeAdamsMD\/status\/1827838011419062389\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">August 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>And:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The DNC and COVID: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AU0IkKc9hk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/AU0IkKc9hk<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0n4SdQmWIw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/0n4SdQmWIw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leahmcelrath\/status\/1827797269770571783\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">August 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>And:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A friend who was at the DNC posted a positive test and said the surprise guest was, in fact, Covid.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Read No Shortcuts (@JoshuaPHilll) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshuaPHilll\/status\/1827410452206231873\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">August 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Here are the views of a DNC attendee. The thread is a rich motherlode of PMC entitlement and denial, so I encourage you to click through, if you can. He keeps <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/UijhbHvxWrA?si=DBVZoDm_x8_RwXU8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">returning to the fray<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The DNC was in Chicago. The Uber driver, waiter, &amp; worker is well aware of COVID risk. It\u2019s an assumption to act as if they don\u2019t &amp; it\u2019s irrational to place blame specifically on DNC attendees.<\/p>\n<p>COVID doesn\u2019t just spread at the DNC.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gabrien Gregory (@GabrienGregory) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GabrienGregory\/status\/1827894865516015734\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">August 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Classic! As if DNC attendee, who <em>voluntarily<\/em> attended the shindig in Chicago, is in the same class as the Uber Driver, who <em>necessarily<\/em> must ferry Gregory to and from the venue, to Starbucks, to brunch, because the working class must sell their labor to survive.<\/p>\n<p>The venue was well-ventilated (if believe their literature) but it\u2019s still a 3C\u2019s space (closed, crowded, close-contact) and so a layered approach that included masks would have been the safest approach, had the heatlth of attendees and workers been the priority:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/dnc_venue_ventilation.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"786\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-277525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/dnc_venue_ventilation.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/dnc_venue_ventilation-229x300.png 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>DNC mask policy:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/dnc_policy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"666\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-277526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/dnc_policy.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/dnc_policy-270x300.png 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The DNC adopted the Great Barrington Declaration\u2019s eugenicist policy.<\/p>\n<p>DNC masking policy vs. RNC masking policy:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RNC: Cloth, N95\/KN95, surgical mask allowed to be used as PPE to avoid transmission of viral infection.<\/p>\n<p>DNC: Mask allowed if necessary due to disability, may be asked to take off for security.<\/p>\n<p>We are truly in the upside down. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x6pvSjWl2B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/x6pvSjWl2B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joaqu\u00edn Beltr\u00e1n Free Palestine (@joaquinlife) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joaquinlife\/status\/1828008073186939008\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">August 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>How is it that Democrats have a more vicious and reprehensible masking policy than Republicans?<\/p>\n<p>Here is a DNC minder actually getting an attendee to remove their mask:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Watch the woman in the back holding the sign, masked. As they take her pic, I\u2019m willing to bet she was told to take her mask off for a better pic. These are the things that make it on mainstream media, vs a pic of a woman protecting her health &amp; sending phenomenal messaging. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DNC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#DNC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iZ1loOXWma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/iZ1loOXWma<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Karyn Bishof (@K_Bishof) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/K_Bishof\/status\/1828105797643235575?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">August 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the convention, and after all this blows up on Twitter, a Kamala operative posted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@2024voteharris\/video\/7407487148456299822\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">this video to TikTok<\/a>, from where it propagated to Twitter. It shows a masked Kamala with cute children. Here is the Twitter version:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI was waiting to talk to you!\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZBpMOd6q0v\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/ZBpMOd6q0v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 chris evans (@notcapnamerica) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/notcapnamerica\/status\/1828028378257014985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">August 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Being of a suspicious nature, I looked for the provenance of the video. The Kamala operative did not give a date or time. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/08\/200pm-water-cooler-8-27-2024.html#comment-4093535\">alert reader marym<\/a> exercised her mad detective skillz and found the source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wshu.org\/news\/2021-03-26\/harris-promotes-stimulus-at-west-haven-child-development-center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A school in West Haven, CT<\/a>, story published March 26, . So the vibe and the meme is \u201cKamala masks because she cares about kids!\u201d But the video is almost as old as some of the kids. What brain genius on Kamala\u2019s staff did this?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"table\"\/><strong>TABLE 1: Daily Covid Charts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lambert here: Readers, I apologize for butchering the table formatting yesterday; I just spent some time reformating the HTML so it\u2019s not so fragile. Do feel free to bring formatting issues to my attention in comments.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Wastewater<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> This week[1] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> August 20:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> Last Week[2] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> (until next week):<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-277246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-2.png 642w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-2-624x416.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"align: left; margin-left: 0px !important; padding: 9px 0 9px 0;\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-277075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-1-300x258.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Variants<\/strong> [3] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery#variant-proportions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> August 17<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> <strong>Emergency Room Visits<\/strong>[4] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#trends_select_7dayeddiagnosed_00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> August 17 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-277245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-2-300x261.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-cdc-ed-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-276598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-cdc-ed-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-300x178.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Hospitalization<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> New York[5] <a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.health.ny.gov\/daily-hospitalization-summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York State<\/a>, data August 23:<\/td>\n<td> National [6] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/covidnetdashboard\/de\/powerbi\/dashboard.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> August 10:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-12.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-277518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-12.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-12-300x170.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-277459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-3-300x280.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Positivity<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> National[7] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/healthcare-solutions\/covid-19-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a> August 20:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> Ohio[8] <a href=\"https:\/\/clevelandcliniclabs.com\/respiratory-virus-surveillance-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cleveland Clinic<\/a> August 17:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-277077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-1-300x191.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-277125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-2-300x229.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Travelers Data<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> Positivity[9] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#traveler-genomic-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> July 29:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> Variants[10] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#traveler-genomic-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> July 29:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-277006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-2-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-277008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-2-300x211.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Deaths<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> Weekly Deaths vs. % Positivity [11]<a href=\"https:\/\/health.hawaii.gov\/coronavirusdisease2019\/what-you-should-know\/current-situation-in-the-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> August 10:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> Weekly Deaths vs. ED Visits [12]<a href=\"https:\/\/health.hawaii.gov\/coronavirusdisease2019\/what-you-should-know\/current-situation-in-the-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> August 10:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-277166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl-300x184.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-277458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\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] (CDC) This week\u2019s wastewater map, with hot spots annotated. Keeps spreading.<\/p>\n<p>[2] (CDC) Last week\u2019s wastewater map.<\/p>\n<p>[3] (CDC Variants) KP.* very popular. XDV.1 flat.<\/p>\n<p>[4] (ER) Worth noting Emergency Department use is now on a par with the first wave, in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>[5] (Hospitalization: NY) A tiny little jump. Let\u2019s watch carefully. (The New York city area has form; in 2020, as the home of two international airports (JFK and EWR) it was an important entry point for the virus into the country (and from thence up the Hudson River valley, as the rich sought to escape, and then around the country through air travel.)<\/p>\n<p>Lambert here: Since things are bad out on the West Coast, I went looking for California hospitalization data to compare with New York\u2019s, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CID\/DCDC\/Pages\/Respiratory-Viruses\/RespiratoryDashboard.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">and found this<\/a>: \u201cDue to changes in reporting requirements for hospitals, CDPH is no longer including hospitalization data on the CDPH dashboard. CDPH remains committed to monitoring the severe outcomes of COVID-19 and influenza, including the impact on hospitals. CDC\u2019s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) will remain open to accept data, and CDC and CDPH strongly encourage all facilities to continue reporting.\u201d Thanks, Mandy!<\/p>\n<p>[6] (Hospitalization: CDC). The visualization suppresses what is, in percentage terms, a significant increase.<\/p>\n<p>[7] (Walgreens) Fiddling and diddling.<\/p>\n<p>[8] (Cleveland) Jumping.<\/p>\n<p>[9] (Travelers: Positivity) Up. Those sh*theads at CDC have changed the chart so that it doesn\u2019t even run back to 1\/21\/23, as it used to, but now starts 1\/1\/24. There\u2019s also no way to adjust the time range. CDC really doesn\u2019t want you to be able to take a historical view of the pandemic, or compare one surge to another. In an any case, that\u2019s why the shape of the curve has changed.<\/p>\n<p>[10] (Travelers: Variants) The new variant in China, XDV.1, is not showing up here.<\/p>\n<p>[11] Deaths low, but positivity up.<\/p>\n<p>[12] Deaths low, ED up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stats Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are no officials statistics of interest today.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"boeing\"\/>Manufacturing: \u201cInside Boeing\u2019s factory lapses that led to the Alaska Air blowout\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/business\/boeing-aerospace\/inside-boeings-factory-lapses-that-led-to-alaska-air-blowout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Seattle Times<\/a> (PI)]. Deck is not, but should be: \u201cAnatomy of a Clusterf*ck.\u201d Do read in full for the horrid details; many of us, I am sure, have been on a similar shop floor. This caught my eye; when they first open the door plug (the one that fell off, later): \u2018Filling in for the veteran mechanic on vacation, the Trainee was perhaps the least equipped to do this atypical job. He\u2019d been at Boeing for about 17 months, his only previous jobs being at KFC and Taco Bell. \u2018He\u2019s just a young kid,\u2019 the Door Master Lead said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tech: \u201cTesla Drivers Say New Self-Driving Update Is Repeatedly Running Red Lights\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-byte\/tesla-fsd-update-red-lights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Futurism<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018Thankfully I stopped it before it ran the light,\u2019 wrote one Redditor user <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TeslaFSD\/comments\/1expeq8\/12513_has_ran_4_red_lights_so_far\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">in a thread with several other Tesla drivers experiencing the same thing<\/a>, \u2018but hopefully Tesla is aware their software is at a very dangerous level right now.\u2019\u2026 This is all happening as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/29\/business\/elon-musk-tesla-robotaxi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Musk pivots Tesla towards robotaxis<\/a>, which have run into their own issues with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/91177678\/cruise-recalls-autonomous-vehicle-fleet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">crashes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-byte\/robotaxis-gather-honk-all-night\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">glitches<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-byte\/crowd-sets-robotaxi-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">unpopularity with pedestrians<\/a>. Will a software patch improve the red light issue? Perhaps. But there\u2019s something that Musk can do that\u2019s low cost and won\u2019t hurt anybody: stop calling the Tesla auto assist software \u2018Full Self-Driving\u2019 until it really is.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The Bezzle: \u201cSuper Micro: Fresh Evidence Of Accounting Manipulation, Sibling Self-Dealing And Sanctions Evasion At This AI High Flyer\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/hindenburgresearch.com\/smci\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hindenberg Research<\/a>]. \u201cSuper Micro Computer Inc. is a $35 billion server maker based in Silicon Valley, California that has ridden the wave of AI enthusiasm. Our 3-month investigation, which included interviews with former senior employees and industry experts as well as a review of litigation records, international corporate and customs records, found glaring accounting red flags, evidence of undisclosed related party transactions, sanctions and export control failures, and customer issues.\u201d \u2022 The shorts have entered the AI chat. About time.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear &amp; Greed Index: 52 Neutral (previous close: 52 Neutral) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 51 (Neutral). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Aug 28 at 12:57:20 PM ET.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Permaculture<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow 8,000 Food Forests Grew Africa\u2019s Great Green Wall\u201d (video) [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1LCTVO_Y5Rs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">YouTube<\/a>]. Dubious about tree planting, because we need forests, not trees. What do readers think?<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"How 8,000 Food Forests Grew Africa&#039;s Great Green Wall\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1LCTVO_Y5Rs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For NC on food forests, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2014\/08\/permaculture-food-forest-garden-quarter-acre-home-lot.html\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2013\/05\/forest-gardening-edible-landscapes-and-urban-permaculture.html\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2012\/02\/edible-forests.html\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2020\/03\/edible-forest-gardens-a-quick-review-of-a-very-beautiful-and-useful-book.html\">here<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2015\/08\/how-many-edible-forests-are-there-in-the-united-states.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"gallery\"\/><strong>Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He saw the insulators (!):<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"de\" dir=\"ltr\">View of Malakoff Hauts de Seine <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NTpmYTgVNQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/NTpmYTgVNQ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1VoUGvDzmH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/1VoUGvDzmH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Henri Rousseau (@artrousseau) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/artrousseau\/status\/1789677973261492442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">May 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"vermeer\"\/>\u201cMasterful Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer rendered famous \u2018Girl with a Pearl Earring\u2019 during Golden Age\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/girl-pearl-earring-painting-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FOX<\/a>]. \u201cThe painting depicts a woman, but it\u2019s not a portrait, but rather a \u201ctronie,\u201d according to the Maurithshus museum, which is a painting of an imaginary figure.\u201d \u2022\u00a0So, word of the day: tronie. Amazingly, this FOX story is straight-up informative, with no angle at all that I can see (at least not a FOX-level angle). Maybe I was ahead of the zeitgeist on this gen-u-wine, human-made art thing, and others have the same thirst.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"wired\"\/><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe flow state: the science of the elusive creative mindset that can improve your life\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/article\/2024\/jul\/20\/flow-state-science-creativity-psychology-focus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Guardian<\/a>]. \u201cStudies suggest that entering the flow state can enhance our performance in activities such as sports or music, and improve our creativity and wellbeing. The late Hungarian psychologist Mih\u00e1ly Cs\u00edkszentmih\u00e1lyi, who first coined the term flow, went as far as to call it \u2018the secret to happiness.\u2019 So what is it? And how can we enter this sometimes elusive brain state? Cs\u00edkszentmih\u00e1lyi began his investigations in the 1970s, after interviewing hundreds of participants about the ups and downs of their lives. Contrary to the assumption that we are happiest while resting, he found that the peaks often involved very high levels of mental focus. The specific activity did not seem to matter \u2013 it could be swimming, playing the violin or performing brain surgery. .\u201d \u2022 Which the neoliberal workplace, for example, seems determined to take away from us.<\/p>\n<p><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\/08\/200pm-water-cooler-8-27-2024.html\">here<\/a>. From Carla:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/hibiscus.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-277520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/hibiscus.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/hibiscus-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Carla writes: \u201cPerennial Hibiscus with dew on the leaves.\u201d Lovely! 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