{"id":86886,"date":"2024-11-08T00:12:29","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T00:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/08\/200pm-water-cooler-11-7-2024-naked-capitalism\/"},"modified":"2024-11-08T00:12:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T00:12:29","slug":"200pm-water-cooler-11-7-2024-naked-capitalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/08\/200pm-water-cooler-11-7-2024-naked-capitalism\/","title":{"rendered":"2:00PM Water Cooler 11\/7\/2024 | naked capitalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div wp_automatic_readability=\"878.98668432794\">\n<p><em><strong>By Lambert Strether of Corrente.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Patient readers, I rebooted the syndemics section, so the politics section is temporarily very light. More soon! \u2013lambert UPDATE All done!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bird Song of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/534462\/embed\" height=\"419\" width=\"640\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Northern Mockingbird, Sharpsburg., Washington, Maryland, United States. Adult Northern Mockingbird imitating the flight song of Willow Flycatcher.\u201d \u201cSharpsburg\u201d makes me think perhaps I should do a tour of Civil War battlefields; I saw \u201cAntietam\u201d in passsing today also.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#biden\">BIden addresses the nation<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#blame\">Deploy the Blame Cannons!<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#ventilation\">Ventilation in schools<\/a> (in Australia and the United States).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#mushroom\">Mushroom color atlas<\/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>2024 Post Mortem<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"139.7540147846\">\n<p>\u201cI told you so\u201d [Sam Kriss, <a href=\"https:\/\/samkriss.substack.com\/p\/i-told-you-so\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Numb at the Lodge<\/a> (DC)]. Good clean fun: \u201cDo you remember Brat Summer? I remember Brat Summer. It was genuinely amazing, one of the most bizarre mass psychological phenomena I\u2019ve ever seen. Before a clock spring popped out of Joe Biden\u2019s forehead on live TV, Kamala Harris was the least popular Vice President in recent US history. There were a lot of reasons for this, but I think the big ones are these. Firstly, she was already deeply unpopular\u20140% polls, remember\u2014before she became VP. Secondly, she\u2019d done absolutely nothing with the position except emit strange and incomprehensible bromides whenever she opened her mouth. But as soon as she became the candidate, despite nothing about her actually changing, her approval rating skyrocketed. It turns out that all you have to do is tell the Democratic base that they ought to like someone, and they\u2019ll just start liking her. I think this is evidence of an extraordinary generosity of spirit.\u201d \u2022 Or <em>Gleichschaltung<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"biden\"\/>\u201cWatch live: Biden addresses nation after Democrats\u2019 election losses\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/video-clips\/4978335-watch-live-joe-biden-speech-after-2024-election-results\/?email=de6397e348baed3cf38db52c4c8540710e88014f&amp;emaila=631dfdfffba4e214671dbfa72d020b8a&amp;emailb=571727e434add056ae72e0b64860723d83c4dd2a8a3297ce87280bff9a58c400&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=11.07.24%20RS%20-%20News%20Alert%20-%20Biden%20speech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hill<\/a>]. \u2022 Clip:<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"nxs-video-iframe\" data-frame-src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/11\/10198456\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" layout=\"responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/redir1.thehill.com\/nxs-video-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\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>BIden: \u201cTo see each other not as adversaries, but as fellow Americans.\u201d Really? So all that stuff about \u201cour democracy,\u201d \u201cfascism,\u201d \u201cHitler\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Nevermind - Emily Litella\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OjYoNL4g5Vg?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><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"blame\"\/>Deploy the Blame Cannons!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy Kamala Harris lost the election\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/11\/06\/how-bidens-vulnerabilities-led-to-a-bloodbath-for-harris-00187807\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. And after Democrats excised Biden from the ticket, [Kamala] rapidly consolidated her moribund party, rallying women, setting TikTok and Instagram creators ablaze with supportive memes and raising eye-popping sums from donors. But the momentum advisers insisted she\u2019d built failed to materialize. She never sufficiently buried Biden\u2019s ghost, severely hamstringing her ability to sell voters on the idea that hers was the turn-the-page candidacy. It happened, simply, because Harris refused to make a clean break from the last four years when voters indicated that\u2019s what they wanted. \u2026 \u2018We ran the best campaign we could, considering Joe Biden was president,\u2019 grumbled one Harris aide granted anonymity to speak freely. \u2018Joe Biden is the singular reason Kamala Harris and Democrats lost tonight.\u201d Another Harris aide said it was clear Biden should have made a graceful exit much sooner, allowing Democrats to hold a primary they believed Harris would have won.\u201d And: \u201cSo resounding was the thumping that some of the party\u2019s next-generation leaders were signaling the need for a deep autopsy of the party\u2019s failures to stop the red wave.\u201d \u2022 Lol. As if. Remember the Unity Reform Commission? <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Time We Have to Hold the Democratic Party Elite Responsible for This Catastrophe\u201d [Jeet Heer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/politics\/democratic-party-elite-responsible-catastrophe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Nation<\/a>]. \u201cThe key to understanding the Trump era is that the real divide in America is not between left and right but between pro-system and anti-system politics. Pro-system politics is the bipartisan consensus of establishment Democrats and Republicans: It\u2019s the politics of NATO and other military alliances, of trade agreements, and of deference to economists (as when they say that price gouging isn\u2019t the cause of inflation). Trump stands for no fixed ideology but rather a general thumbing of the nose at this consensus. The main fact of American politics in the post-Obama era is that an ever larger majority of Americans are angry at the status quo and open to anti-system politics.\u201d And: \u201cDemocrats will need to radically reform themselves if they want to ever defeat the radical right. They have to realize that non-college-educated voters, who make up two-thirds of the electorate, need to be won over. They need to realize that, for anti-system Americans, a promised return to bipartisan comity is just ancien r\u00e9gime restoration. They need to become the party that aspires to be more than caretakers of a broken system but rather is willing to embrace radical policies to change that status quo. This is the only path for the party to rebuild itself and for Trumpism\u2014which without such effective opposition is likely to long outlive its standard-bearer\u2014to actually be defeated.\u201d \u2022 So the Democrats are doomed then? (I know that parties do reinvent themselves, but this iteration of the Democrat Party seems unusually tenacious.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDems rage against Biden\u2019s \u2018arrogance\u2019 after Harris loss\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/11\/06\/democrats-blame-biden-trump-win-00188092\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cAccording to interviews with nearly a dozen officials and party operatives, Biden squandered valuable months only to end in disaster on the debate stage. And by the time he decided to pass the torch, he had saddled Harris with too many challenges and far too little time to build a winning case for herself.\u201d However: \u201c[Biden] aides and allies contended, Tuesday\u2019s defeat was so comprehensive it\u2019s unclear any Democrat could\u2019ve won under such circumstances. The anti-incumbency anger ignited by inflation that had swept across Europe in recent years finally arrived in the U.S. And as working-class voters shifted decisively toward Trump, they expressed doubt Harris could\u2019ve cobbled together a workable coalition even if she\u2019d had more time to campaign.\u201d And: \u201cBut beyond the policy turning points, critics faulted the president and his close advisers for badly misreading Democrats\u2019 2020 victory as driven by a groundswell of support for Biden himself \u2014 rather than a temporary expression of dissatisfaction over the pandemic and an unpopular incumbent in Trump.\u201d \u2022 Given that Biden, like Kamala, was installed by a cabal, it\u2019s odd to think there was ever a \u201cgroundswell\u201d in Biden\u2019s favor in any case. Third time is the charm, though, so perhaps the <em>next<\/em> candidate elected by the Democrat[ic leadership] will do better.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the Wrong Moves: An Early Autopsy of Kamala Harris\u2019 Campaign\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/all-wrong-moves-early-autopsy-kamala-harris-campaign-opinion-1981678\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Newsweek<\/a>]. Not <em>too<\/em> early, I trust; we wouldn\u2019t want the body to twitch. More: \u201cThe first flawed assumption was that there were further inroads to be made with Republicans who are uncomfortable with Trump. As I argued here recently, most of those people have already switched parties and have been Democrats or Democratic-leaning independents for years. Nothing that Trump did over the past six months, as crazy as this seems, is much different from things he did beginning in 2015. . That means that her closing flurry of campaign stops with former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney and indeed the whole \u201cRepublicans for Harris\u201d effort along with the deeply conservative messaging and rhetoric that the campaign adopted beginning at the Democratic National Convention in August, was likely all for nothing. Worse, it may have actively alienated young people and lower-propensity voters who were looking for change. These are groups of voters who are disproportionately dissatisfied with the status quo, and nothing says \u201cI am the status quo\u201d more than cavorting with a widely disliked Republican congresswoman who is the icon of a long-vanished Republican political coalition that steered the country into several gigantic icebergs in the early 2000s and which no longer has any meaningful political constituency in America.\u201d \u2022 I love the train metaphor, but surely with a billion dollars to spend, the Harris campaign did some internal polling on this? What happened?<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018I\u2019m Profoundly Disturbed!\u2019 Sunny Hostin Denounces Trump Win as a \u2018Referendum On Cultural Resentment\u2019 in Jawdropping A-Block on \u2018The View&#8217;\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/election-2024\/im-profoundly-disturbed-sunny-hostin-denounces-trump-win-as-a-referendum-on-cultural-resentment-in-jawdropping-a-block-on-the-view\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mediaite<\/a>]. Hostin: \u201d And so I worry not about myself, actually, I don\u2019t worry about my station in life. I worry about the working class.\u201d \u2022 No, you really don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe end of an American world\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/en\/opinion\/article\/2024\/11\/06\/the-end-of-an-american-world_6731783_23.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Le Monde<\/a>]. \u201cThe path on which Trump, strengthened for his second term by his party\u2019s success in the Senate, will take his country diverges fundamentally from the one charted by the United States since the end of the Second World War. It marks the end of an American era, that of an open superpower committed to the world, eager to set itself up as a democratic model. It\u2019s the famous \u201cshining city on a hill,\u201d extolled by President Ronald Reagan. The model had been challenged over the past two decades. Now, Trump\u2019s return is putting a nail in its coffin. Trump views the world solely through the prism of American national interests. It\u2019s a world of power struggles and trade wars, which scorns multilateralism. A world where transactional diplomacy replaces value-based alliances. A world, ultimately, where the US president reserves his harshest words for his allies but spares the autocrats, who are seen as partners rather than adversaries.\u201d \u2022 What\u2019s Le Monde been smoking? France, like Germany, is a vassal state. How on earth is NATO a \u201cvalue-based\u201d alliance? <\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>PA: \u201cWhy Kamala Harris lost the election\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/11\/06\/how-bidens-vulnerabilities-led-to-a-bloodbath-for-harris-00187807\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cThree weeks before Election Day in Pennsylvania, the biggest swing state, Jewish Democrats and their allies met behind closed doors with Harris officials in Pittsburgh, according to four people who attended or were briefed on the discussion. They said the surrogate operation was not up to snuff, a complaint echoed in other key states. They said the Pennsylvania team lacked relationships with key elected officials; that this mattered because it meant validators weren\u2019t effectively being used to help persuade voters to support a candidate they barely knew\u2026. Across the state, in Philadelphia, Latino and Black Democrats held similar private meetings with Harris\u2019 team in the weeks leading up to Election Day, where they made many of the same complaints. And on Wednesday, Democrats were also starting to point fingers at Harris\u2019 data team. A Pennsylvania Democratic strategist, granted anonymity to speak freely, said that the Harris campaign predicted higher turnout in key counties such as Chester and Montgomery in the Philadelphia suburbs. \u2018This is looking like Robby Mook 2.0,\u2019 the person said.\u201d \u2022\u00a0A point upgrade? Ouch!<\/p>\n<p>PA: \u201cHarris concedes, telling supporters \u2018do not despair;\u2019 Pa. Senate race could head to a recount; Harris campaign pushes back on Philly Dem chair\u2019s claims\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/politics\/election\/live\/2024-election-pennsylvania-results-updates-news-20241106.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Philadelphia Inquirer<\/a>]. \u201cice President Kamala Harris\u2019 campaign sharply criticized Philadelphia Democratic Party Chairman Bob Brady after he laid blame with them for lower-than-expected turnout in the city. Brendan McPhillips, a senior adviser to the Harris campaign in Pennsylvania, said in a statement that their team \u2018knocked more than two million doors in the weekend leading up to Election Day, which is two million more doors than Bob Brady\u2019s organization can claim to have knocked during his entire tenure as party chairman.\u2019 McPhillips added: \u2018If there\u2019s any immediate takeaway from Philadelphia\u2019s turnout this cycle, it is that Chairman Brady\u2019s decades-long practice of fleecing campaigns for money to make up for his own lack of fundraising ability or leadership is a worthless endeavor that no future campaign should ever be forced to entertain again.&#8217;\u201d So why is Brady still chair? What does that say about the Party? More: \u201cThe criticism directed at Brady, the longtime head of the Democratic City Committee, came shortly after the former member of Congress told The Inquirer that he felt no responsibility for the red wave that descended on the state. Brady said money was an issue, and criticized the Harris campaign for paying only about \u2018half\u2019 of the money the city committee requested for its get-out-the-vote effort. Those funds, otherwise known as \u201cstreet money,\u201d are used to pay committee members to get out the vote.\u201d \u2022 No walking around money? In Philly? Really?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> Republican Funhouse<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"39.084483338943\">\n<p>\u201cTrump Wins Because He\u2019s Just Better\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/articles\/2024\/11\/06\/trump_wins_because_hes_just_better_151905.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RealClearPolitics<\/a>]. \u201cTrump is noticeably more authentic, relatable, charming, clever, convincing, insightful, intuitive, and fun than Kamala. Trump won on both policy and personality.\u201d \u2022 Back in 2023, Trump visited East Palestine, where Norfolk Southern\u2019s toxic derailment occurred.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2023\/02\/200pm-water-cooler-2-22-2023-2.html\"> I wrote<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"36.327828241123\">\n<p>\u201cWatch: Trump stops at McDonald\u2019s during East Palestine visit\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/fox8.com\/news\/watch-trump-stops-at-mcdonalds-during-east-palestine-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fox8<\/a>]. \u201cWhile visiting the site of the horrific train derailment in East Palestine Wednesday, former President Donald Trump stopped in at a local restaurant \u2014 McDonald\u2019s. \u2018Is everyone willing to accept free food from Trump?\u2019 he asked as he walked into the fast food spot, saying he planned to also purchase food for the local fire and police departments. He told the employees he knew the menu better than them and asked for a \u2018nice array of things,\u2019 while refraining to make an order for himself. Fielding questions from reporters, while getting his photo taken by nearby customers and employees alike, the President said he did not believe deregulation had anything to do with the train incident and that he had traveled to the area to make sure residents were taken care of.\u201d \u2022 On \u201cregulation,\u201d see under Class Warfare; note that none of the reporters asked him about Precision Scheduled Railroading (and Trump, not being a detail person to say the least, probably doesn\u2019t even know). Two Democrats react:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"4.8393393393393\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"12.318318318318\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Combined IQ roughly 50 in the entire town. Trump trashed train safety rules. Now their water and land, not to mention themselves, are poisoned. I live 50 miles away from East Palestine, OH. I&#8217;m sorry for the people, but they made their own beds. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KJE0L761AS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/KJE0L761AS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lincoln Belongs To The Ages (@Mr_Lincoln) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mr_Lincoln\/status\/1628525416251105282\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">February 22, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Always good to see liberal Democrats calling for the deaths of their political opponents; it\u2019s an ever-green trope! Note also the focus on being smart (vs. IQ of 50), the deregulation talking point (it\u2019s Trump\u2019s fault the brake systems are bad, not Precision Scheduled Railroading and the \u201chot box\u201d). Then there\u2019s the usual refusal to accept reponsibility (Trump and Biden killed a million people between them, Biden killed more, and in my view has the greater culpabiliity, because he should have known better than to adopt a policy of mass infection without mitigation). <\/p>\n<p>Personally, I think this is a good look for Trump, and not just because Biden was off swanning about in Kiev; Trump looks good striding around on the February grass in the black coat and red hat, no tie; it\u2019s a much better look than the pomp of Air Force One. Still waiting for quondam Presidential hopeful and Democrat, Sherrod Brown, to show up. Then again, why would be? They\u2019re only citizens.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In many ways, this episode leads directly to the McDonald\u2019s and garbage truck stunts. Trump really is very good, and clearly was the better candidate. (And it took Biden a year to make the same visit.)<\/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\/sars-cov-2-in-wastewater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/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, KidDoc, 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>Airborne Transmission<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"29.774691358025\">\n<p><a name=\"ventilation\">\u201cCalls for indoor air quality mandate and $10 billion for school ventilation\u201d [<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2024-11-06\/calls-for-school-ventilation-and-indoor-air-quality-standards\/104559002?utm_source=abc_news_app&amp;utm_medium=content_shared&amp;utm_campaign=abc_news_app&amp;utm_content=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ABC Australia<\/a>]. \u201cA recent study of 60 New South Wales public schools found if windows were shut, classroom carbon dioxide (CO2) levels easily exceeded 2,500 parts per million (ppm), which was \u2018really bad ventilation\u2019, according to Mr Hanmer. In Australia, outdoor CO2 levels sit at around 415ppm. Australia\u2019s National Construction Code specifies indoor CO2 levels should not exceed 850ppm averaged over eight hours, but this is only a guideline. Mr Hanmer said when CO2 went above 1,200ppm, it started to impair people\u2019s cognition, which was a big problem in a classroom environment.\u201d \u2022 So maybe if we ventilate we can come out even on the brain damage. Worth a shot!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVentilation in Schools, Offices, and Commercial Buildings\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/indoor-air-quality-iaq\/ventilation-and-respiratory-viruses#buildings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">United States Environmental Protection Agency<\/a>]. New guidance. \u201cEach year, respiratory viruses are responsible for millions of illnesses and thousands of hospitalizations and deaths in the United States. In addition to the virus that causes COVID-19, there are many other types of airborne respiratory viruses, including influenza (flu) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), that can spread more easily indoors than outdoors since their concentration can build up indoors and people are often closer to each other. One important approach to reduce the spread of common respiratory viruses, is to increase ventilation, which is the amount of air moving in and out of a building. Ventilation removes indoor air that may be concentrated with airborne viruses and replaces it with fresh outdoor air. Ensuring proper ventilation is an important component of promoting good indoor air quality in general.\u201d \u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/adamvanbavel\/status\/1853464105446748441?s=12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Commentary<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/adam_van_bavel.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"661\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-281795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/adam_van_bavel.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/adam_van_bavel-272x300.png 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This is not an endorsement, but here is the Korean nasal spray:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"2.45\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LUCA V Nasal Defense <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ygjkbe430V\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ygjkbe430V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Should be back via Amazon shortly<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Van Bavel (@AdamVanBavel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamVanBavel\/status\/1853636245148332434\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 5, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Transmission: Covid<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"21.825914935707\">\n<p>\u201cCOVID Cases Update: Map Reveals Return of \u2018Very High\u2019 Water Virus Levels\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/covid-cases-update-map-rise-virus-1980638\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Newsweek<\/a>]. \u201cAfter weeks of decline, \u2018very high\u2019 levels of coronavirus have been detected in wastewater samples in the U.S. \u2018High\u2019 levels of viral activity are also on the rise with detections now in five U.S. states, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). \u2018Very high\u2019 levels of viral activity have been detected in Montana, with \u2018high\u2019 levels in Arkansas, Maine, Minnesota, Nebraska and Wyoming.\u201d \u2022 This is their map:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/newsweek_map.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"474\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-281794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/newsweek_map.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/newsweek_map-300x237.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(You can tell that the map wasn\u2019t created by CDC because it\u2019s using red in a sensible way, instead of CDC\u2019s horrid and incomprehensible colorway of greenish pastels). I don\u2019t use this style of map except when I have to (Walgreens). I don\u2019t believe state-level information about tranmission is useful to readers, especially for travel and masking purposes. \u201cCovid is high in Helena, Montana\u201d is useful. \u201cCovid is high in Montana\u201d is not.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Elite Maleficence<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"33.225225225225\">\n<p>How eugenics plays out in the budget process:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.2204724409449\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.9055118110236\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hey anyone remember this<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bo9piMWGxT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/bo9piMWGxT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JdmwykM68w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/JdmwykM68w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen Semler (@stephensemler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephensemler\/status\/1854011466031972799\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cInside Canada\u2019s chaotic response to avian flu\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/canada\/inside-canada-s-chaotic-response-to-avian-flu-1.7101228\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CTV News<\/a>]. \u201cFor years, Canadian farmers and government agencies have waged a fierce battle against the new wave of avian flu, which experts say is much more transmissible than previous variants of the virus. Now, newly uncovered documents reveal the [Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)] and industry were caught unprepared for the outbreak, which overwhelmed the agency\u2019s resources and forced it to rely on third-party contractors who sometimes broke bio-security rules meant to keep the virus in check. The IJF and CTV News have reviewed thousands of pages of CFIA documentation about their response to the current outbreak, including field reports, manuals on preferred killing methods, internal correspondence and dozens of invoices. The records, which were obtained via access to information law by animal-rights group Animal Justice, paint a picture of the CFIA\u2019s struggle to contain a massive outbreak of avian flu in which more than 11 million Canadian farm birds were killed. Internally, top CFIA officials described the industry, and the agency, as being unprepared for such an outbreak. At times, inspectors described running out of carbon dioxide (CO2) gas \u2014 the preferred tool for euthanizing large numbers of birds. CFIA employees sometimes arrived at farms where many birds were already dead. They also relied heavily on private companies, the documents said, who sometimes failed to follow bio-security protocols meant to stop the spread of the virus. \u2018CFIA has taken the lead to date because industry was not prepared,\u2019 wrote CFIA Atlantic regional veterinary officer Dr. Margaret McGeoghegan in an October 2022 email to colleagues.\u201d \u2022 Well, let\u2019s hope whichever entity ends up running the Trump administration\u2019s response to H5N1 \u2014 assuming the Biden Administration doesn\u2019t manage to let it loose in the transition period \u2014 won\u2019t make the same mistakes.<\/p>\n<p>Now that the election is over, CDC says that Bird Flu Is Bad:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"4.4701086956522\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"11.622282608696\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The timing of this is once again, INTENTIONAL. 5pm on the Wednesday after a horrifying US election. No one is paying attention. And that\u2019s what I have been talking about. It\u2019s the weaponized incompetence that has been causing and is still causing SO. MUCH. HARM. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aaYB8bt0Un\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/aaYB8bt0Un<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Erin C. Sanders, MSN, WHNP-BC (She\/Her) (@ErinSandersNP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ErinSandersNP\/status\/1854314577871216906\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>To be fair, I haven\u2019t checked the CDC site. More on \u201cheadache\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.7445652173913\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"5.2336956521739\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/H5N1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#H5N1<\/a> symptoms may include &#8216;headache&#8217; <br \/>Headache is the right word <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CDCFlu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@CDCFlu<\/a>? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2p1weEDNxl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/2p1weEDNxl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7R437duVyQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/7R437duVyQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Danielle Beckman (@DaniBeckman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DaniBeckman\/status\/1854313416217043055\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Yeah, but which pandemic are they talking about?<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.6984732824427\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"5.4351145038168\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Leaked footage of the CDC handling the pandemic <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uok7C9TJsR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/uok7C9TJsR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Outbreak Updates (@outbreakupdates) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/outbreakupdates\/status\/1853913578987745533\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 5, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Lambert here: I have rebooted Table 1. There are, surprisingly, no bad surprises, except that New York Hospitalization has no new data (my oldest and most reliable data series, sigh). I think that if, during and after the Thanksgiving, there is no surge, I will rethink this presenation.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"table\"\/><strong>TABLE 1: Daily Covid Charts<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody wp_automatic_readability=\"10.957943925234\">\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Wastewater<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.6417910447761\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> This week[1] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> October 28<\/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\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-281790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-300x232.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/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\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-281046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-1-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.6756756756757\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong> <span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span>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> October 26<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> <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> October 26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-281787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-300x276.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-281785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-300x172.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\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.8961038961039\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> New York[5] <a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.health.ny.gov\/daily-hospitalization-summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York State<\/a>, data October 23:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> National [6] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/covidnetdashboard\/de\/powerbi\/dashboard.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> October 31:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-281047\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-11.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-11-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-281786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-150x150.png 150w\" 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\" wp_automatic_readability=\"2.7179487179487\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> National[7] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/healthcare-solutions\/covid-19-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a> November 4:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> Ohio[8] <a href=\"https:\/\/clevelandcliniclabs.com\/respiratory-virus-surveillance-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cleveland Clinic<\/a> November 2:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-281791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-2-300x195.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\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.6363636363636\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> Positivity[9] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#traveler-genomic-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> October 14:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> Variants[10] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#traveler-genomic-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> October 14:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-281044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-3-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-positivity.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-281788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-positivity.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-positivity-300x165.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\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.7777777777778\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> 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> October 28:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> Weekly Deaths vs. ED Visits [12] <a href=\"https:\/\/health.hawaii.gov\/coronadisease2019\/what-you-should-know\/current-situation-in-the-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> October 28:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-deaths-positivity.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-281784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-deaths-positivity.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-deaths-positivity-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-deaths-ed-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-281783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-deaths-ed-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-deaths-ed-natl-300x177.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<td wp_automatic_readability=\"170.73963325863\">\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) Good news!<\/p>\n<p>[2] (CDC) Last week\u2019s wastewater map.<\/p>\n<p>[3] (CDC Variants) KP.* still popular. XEC has entered the chat.<\/p>\n<p>[4] (ED) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[5] (Hospitalization: NY) Steadily down.<\/p>\n<p>[6] (Hospitalization: CDC). Actually improved.<\/p>\n<p>[7] (Walgreens) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[8] (Cleveland) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[9] (Travelers: Positivity) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[10] (Travelers: Variants). Now XEC.<\/p>\n<p>[11] Deaths low, positivity down.<\/p>\n<p>[12] Deaths low, ED down.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stats Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Employment Situation: \u201cUnited States Initial Jobless Claims\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/jobless-claims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cThe number of individuals filing for unemployment benefits in the US edged higher by 3,000 from the previous week to 221,000 in the last week of October, aligned with market expectations. Despite the slight increase, the count remained well below averages from earlier in the month, continuing to point to some degree of resilience in the US labor market. \u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Tech: \u201c16 U.S. States Still Ban Community-Owned Broadband Networks Because AT&amp;T and Comcast Told Them To\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techdirt.com\/2024\/11\/07\/16-u-s-states-still-ban-community-owned-broadband-networks-because-att-and-comcast-told-them-to\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TechDirt<\/a>]. \u201cFor years we\u2019ve noted how U.S. broadband is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techdirt.com\/2023\/09\/20\/as-net-neutrality-debate-reheats-remember-the-real-problem-is-telecom-monopoly-power\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">expansive, patchy, and slow<\/a> thanks to mindless consolidation, regulatory capture, regional monopolization, and limited competition. That\u2019s resulted in a growing number of pissed off towns, cities, cooperatives, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techdirt.com\/2021\/02\/18\/chattanooga-built-own-broadband-network-now-top-ranked-work-home-city-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">city-owned utilities<\/a> building their own, locally-owned broadband networks in a bid for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techdirt.com\/2023\/05\/31\/community-owned-broadband-network-again-tops-list-of-most-popular-isps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">better, cheaper, faster broadband<\/a>. Regional giants like Comcast, Charter, or AT&amp;T could have responded to this organic trend by offering better, cheaper, faster service. But ultimately they found it far cheaper to undermine these efforts via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techdirt.com\/2023\/06\/02\/telecom-lobbyists-have-had-the-fcc-under-their-boot-heel-for-7-straight-years-and-nobody-much-seems-to-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">regulatory capture<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techdirt.com\/2024\/01\/03\/republicans-trying-to-kill-program-that-brings-affordable-broadband-to-the-poor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">congressional lobbying<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2015\/04\/comcast-brings-fiber-to-city-that-it-sued-7-years-ago-to-stop-fiber-rollout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">lawsuits<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techdirt.com\/2023\/04\/24\/dumb-state-laws-blocking-community-broadband-could-mar-historic-subsidy-efforts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">protectionist state laws<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techdirt.com\/2014\/08\/04\/minority-astroturf-group-gets-comcast-affiliated-news-site-to-remove-article-about-minority-astroturfing-net-neutrality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">misleading disinformation<\/a>. Currently <a href=\"https:\/\/communitynets.org\/content\/state-state-preemption-stalled-moving-more-competitive-direction?mc_cid=229ee1be3f&amp;mc_eid=eb527a594e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">sixteen states have laws<\/a> \u2014 usually ghost written by regional telecom monopolies \u2014 restrict or outright ban community broadband. Some of these laws are outright bans on community broadband, basically letting Comcast or AT&amp;T veto your local infrastructure voting rights. Others erect elaborate, cumbersome restrictions on the financing and expansion of such networks and pretend that\u2019s not a ban. The good news: The Institute For Local Self Reliance (where I study and write about broadband access) notes that these sixteen laws are <a href=\"https:\/\/communitynets.org\/content\/state-state-preemption-stalled-moving-more-competitive-direction?mc_cid=229ee1be3f&amp;mc_eid=eb527a594e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a notable reduction from the 21 state laws we had in 2020<\/a>. What caused the change? The pandemic home education and telecommuting boom highlighted the essential nature of broadband (or more accurately, the expensive, sluggish, terrible nature of monopoly options).<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear &amp; Greed Index: 60 Greed (previous close: 57 Greed) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 46 (Neutral). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Nov 7 at 2:06:30 PM ET.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Permaculture<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cGardens reduce seasonal hunger gaps for farmland pollinators\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/royalsocietypublishing.org\/doi\/10.1098\/rspb.2024.1523\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences<\/a>]. \u201cGardens can benefit pollinators living in surrounding farmland landscapes, but the reason for their value is not clear. Gardens are no different from many semi-natural farmland habitats in terms of the quantity of floral resources (pollen and nectar) they produce, but the timing of their resource supply is very different, which may explain their value. We show that gardens provide 15% of overall annual nectar in farmland landscapes in Southwest UK, but between 50% and 95% during early spring and late summer when farmland supplies are low. Gardens can therefore reduce seasonal nectar gaps experienced by farmland bumblebees. Consistent with this pattern, bumblebee activity increased in gardens relative to farmland during early spring and late summer\u2026. We show that over 90% of farmland in Great Britain is within 1 km of a garden and therefore positive actions by gardeners could have widespread spillover benefits for pollinators across the country. Given the widespread distribution of gardens around the world, we highlight their important interplay with surrounding landscapes for pollinator ecology and conservation.\u201d \u2022 Land use very different in the UK, I think, but the principle is the same.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"mushroom\"\/>\u201cHome\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mushroomcoloratlas.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mushroom Color Atlas<\/a>]. \u201cThe Mushroom Color Atlas is a resource and reference for everyone curious about mushrooms and the beautiful and subtle colors derived from dyeing with mushrooms. But it is also the start of a journey and a point of departure, introducing you to the kaleidoscopic fungi kingdom and our connection to it. My hope is that through this Atlas everyone will be inspired to learn more about the mycological world, and begin to understand the importance of the networks, connections and symbiotic relationships that live in our forests. Most importantly, understanding our impact on these delicate networks and our role as stewards of the land, bringing positive change to our local environments and our planet.\u201d \u2022 Some swatches:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/mushrooms.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"267\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-281796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/mushrooms.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/mushrooms-300x134.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Book Nook<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time to radicalize your book club\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/lithub.com\/its-time-to-radicalize-your-book-club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Literary Hub<\/a>]. \u201cIt\u2019s important to get together \u2014 it\u2019s time to activate your communities: your book club, your running group, your knitting circle, your group texts. We have to draw those bonds of community tighter. We don\u2019t have time to wait four years\u2026. To quote Kwame Ture, it\u2019s the \u2018height of bourgeois propaganda\u2019 to think that your \u2018responsibility is limited to a one-day vote. Politics is every day, every minute.\u2019 Get your book club and your communities involved. Let\u2019s start inviting each other into community organizations, mutual aid groups, unions, and political organizations working for something brighter. It\u2019s time for solidarity and collective action.\u201d \u2022 Fair enough, but \u201calways has been.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Musical Interlude<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmptyset \u2013 ash\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/neural.it\/2024\/11\/emptyset-ash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">neural.it<\/a>]. \u201cJames Ginzburg and Paul Purgas, aka Emptyset, mark the fiftieth release for the Subtext label (founded by Ginzberg) with Ash. It is somewhat of a return to the label\u2019s roots\u2013 the duo recorded the album in 2023 in Bristol, the city where Subtext was founded. Emptyset take advantage of spatialized recording techniques, dynamic controls, and a series of analogue machines, giving life to polymorphic, synthetic and sculptural compositional structures, echoing the sound system culture which have been central to everything that has emerged from Bristol since the nineties.\u201d \u2022 Bristol is the home of Massive Attack, so, interesting. I\u2019m not sure I like this, but here it is anyhow:<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2350958136\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/emptyset1.bandcamp.com\/album\/ash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ash by Emptyset<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Symphony of Terror\u201d (press release) [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newswise.com\/articles\/a-symphony-of-terror\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NewsWise<\/a>]. \u201cThe screech of a dissonant violin, a ghostly whisper, a cry in the night, a sinister laugh, a distant rumble, a howling wind. These unsettling sounds are the stuff of horror films and haunted houses. They can make our blood run cold\u2026. [P]sychoacoustics measures a sound\u2019s timbre or quality on a scale of bright to dark. A joyful sound is generally \u2018bright,\u2019 energetic, harmonious and richer in the high frequencies. However, if the timbre is more dissonant, high frequencies can also arouse fear or terror because of their resemblance to human screams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"wired\"\/><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe English Paradox: Four Decades of Life and Language in Japan\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tokyodev.com\/articles\/the-english-paradox-four-decades-of-life-and-language-in-japan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TokyoDev<\/a>]. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Powerful Density of Hypertextual Writing\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/kottke.org\/24\/11\/the-powerful-density-of-hypertextual-writing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kottke.org<\/a>]. Keying off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/11\/02\/opinion\/vote-harris-2024-election.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">this New York Times opinion piece<\/a>: \u201cWhat makes this piece so effective is its plain language and its information density. This density is a real strength of hypertext that is often overlooked and taken for granted. Only 110 words in that paragraph but it contains 27 links to other NYT opinion pieces published over the last several months that expand on each linked statement or argument. If you were inclined to follow these links, you could spend hours reading about how unfit Trump is for office. A simple list of headlines would have done the same basic job, but by presenting it this way, the Times editorial board is simultaneously able to deliver a strong opinion; each of those links is like a fist pounding on the desk for emphasis\u2026 [B]am! bam! bam! bam! bam! Here! Are! The! Fucking! Receipts! How the links are deployed is an integral part of how the piece is read; it\u2019s a style of writing that is native to the web, pioneered by sites like Suck in the mid-90s. It looks so simple, but IMO, this is top-notch, subtle information design.\u201d \u2022 100% correct, and of course this is one approach any blogger will be very famliar with. That said, while style is its own truth, it is not truth, and perhaps not even a partial truth.<\/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\/10\/200pm-water-cooler-10-16-2024.html\">here<\/a>. From SK:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/rainbow_2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-281792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/rainbow_2.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/rainbow_2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/rainbow_2-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/rainbow_2-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/rainbow_2-624x468.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>SK writes: \u201cYou\u2019ve been skirting the edges, so thought I\u2019d send you this. There are plants there\u2026 It was sprinkling ever so lightly this AM when I went out front to get the paper. There were spots of blue sky amidst the still-pink low clouds, but arcing over all was a complete rainbow. Ten minutes later boy #2 sent me this shot, from 5 miles away, looking across Corte Madera Creek at Mt. Tamalpais.\u201d I suppose I could make an occasional exception for spectacular natural phenomena. But where are the ponies?<\/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. Material here is Lambert\u2019s, and does not express the views of the Naked Capitalism site. 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 three or four days I get worried. 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Let me briefly explain them. I believe in universal programs that provide concrete material benefits, especially to the working class. Medicare for All is the prime example, but tuition-free college and a Post Office Bank also fall under this heading. So do a Jobs Guarantee and a Debt Jubilee. Clearly, neither liberal Democrats nor conservative Republicans can deliver on such programs, because the two are different flavors of neoliberalism (\u201cBecause markets\u201d). I don\u2019t much care about the \u201cism\u201d that delivers the benefits, although whichever one does have to put common humanity first, as opposed to markets. Could be a second FDR saving capitalism, democratic socialism leashing and collaring it, or communism razing it. I don\u2019t much care, as long as the benefits are delivered.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nTo me, the key issue \u2014 and this is why Medicare for All is always first with me \u2014 is the tens of thousands of excess \u201cdeaths from despair,\u201d as described by the Case-Deaton study, and other recent studies. That enormous body count makes Medicare for All, at the very least, a moral and strategic imperative. And that level of suffering and organic damage makes the concerns of identity politics \u2014 even the worthy fight to help the refugees Bush, Obama, and Clinton\u2019s wars created \u2014 bright shiny objects by comparison. 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