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By Lambert Strether of Corrente.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nBird Song of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Northern Mockingbird, 350 South Madison Avenue, Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#trump\">Trump<\/a> vs. \u201cthe Deep State.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#boeing\">Boeing<\/a>, post-strike.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#mushrooms\">Mushroom farms and ventilation<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#weeds\">Weeds<\/a> becoming resistant to herbicides.<\/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>Biden Administration<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe did it, Joe\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"4.9015544041451\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"12.476683937824\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden oversaw the single biggest removal of social benefits in American history, which resulted in the single biggest increase in poverty in American history. He called this “Bidenomics.”<\/p>\n<p>Then Kamala said she’d do nothing differently while campaigning in a $62,000 gold necklace. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uhEzzH5SGG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/uhEzzH5SGG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Holding Dems Accountable (From the Left!) (@PushBidenLeft) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PushBidenLeft\/status\/1854871499142053972\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump Transition:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnergy in the executive:\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"5.7520547945205\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"14.158904109589\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Donald Trump\u2019s plan to dismantle the Deep State.<\/p>\n<p>1. \u201cImmediately reissue my 2020 executive order, restoring the President’s authority to remove rogue bureaucrats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>2. \u201cClean out all of the corrupt actors in our national security and intelligence apparatus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>3. \u201cTotally reform\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xhg297uWCe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/Xhg297uWCe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1854716187512651808\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>I ran this in Links this morning, but want to make a few additional comments:<\/p>\n<p>#10 \u201cPush a constitutional amendment to oppose term limits on members of Congress.\u201d I think \u201coppose\u201d is a typo for \u201cimpose.\u201d In any case, term limits are a terrible idea, because they mean that the Legislative Branch can end up with no institutional memory. When we were fighting the landfill in Maine, we discovered that the only people who could interpret the relevant legislation were the bent lawyers from Portland who wrote it, at the behest of the landfill operator.<\/p>\n<p>#5 \u201cLaunch a major crackdown on government leakers who collude with the fake news to deliberately we false narratives and to subvert our government and our democracy.\u201d I wonder what Snowden or Assange would think about that. Or Ellsberg. I see the qualifiers \u201cdeliberately\u201d and \u201cfalse\u201d but they don\u2019t give me confidence. (In fact, if Trump supported whistleblowers, in general, whether for government or industry, he would be giving RFK a lot of help in his dealings with Big Pharma and Big Ag,<\/p>\n<p>#6 \u2013 #9\u2026 Might as well give it a shot (though CDC seems to have made its very own cesspit in Atlanta, so I\u2019m not sure how much good #8 would do.<\/p>\n<p>#2 \u201cClean out all of the corrupt actors in our national security and intelligence apparatus.\u201d This would be wonderful to see (though does it applly to torturers?). When I wrote \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/06\/project-2025-920-pages-of-irritable-mental-gestures-or-a-blueprint-for-fascism.html\">Project 2025: 920 Pages of Irritable Mental Gestures, or a Blueprint for Fascism?<\/a>\u201c, I had a litmus test to see if Project 2025 recommendations for CIA, ODNI, and CISA would be taken seriously: Firings. Perhaps they will.<\/p>\n<p>Amazing, in a good way, to see an elected (albeit not inaugurated) President propose such things. I wonder who put it together? (I really, really don\u2019t like the doomy soundtrack to the video, though.) <\/p>\n<p>2024 Post Mortem<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"107.23440934861\">\n<p><a name=\"blame\"\/>Deploy the Blame Cannons!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Red-District Conqueror Wants Fellow Democrats to Look in the Mirror\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/qogWu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>]. \u201cI\u2019ve had one interaction with Harris, at her Naval Observatory Christmas party.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not super comfortable at that kind of thing. I\u2019d had a couple of beers, and I noticed that almost all of the garlands were plastic. My district grows a hell of a lot of Christmas trees. I was strong-armed into taking a picture. I said, \u201cMadam Vice President, we grow those where I live.\u201d She just walked away from me. There was kind of an eye roll, maybe. My thinking was, it does matter to people where I live. It\u2019s the respect, the cultural regard for farmers. I didn\u2019t feel like she understood what I was trying to say.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Harris was an objectively terrible candidate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018They don\u2019t understand my life\u2019: what the Democrats misread about America\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/ef2de573-c915-450f-a30b-8b417aa02d59\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Financial Times<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018The Democratic brand is pretty bad,\u2019 said Matt Bennett, co-founder of Third Way, a centrist Democratic think-tank. \u2018The country has shifted pretty far to the right, and we were not aware of how deep the problem ran. The voters that we lost\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009looked at Democrats and said: \u2018They don\u2019t understand my life. I don\u2019t want them representing me.’\u201d Centrist dipshits like Third Way <em>built<\/em> the Democrat brand ffs. Stop with the \u201cWho me?\u201d already. But they\u2019re still at it: \u201c\u2018The only way to defeat rightwing populism is through the centre,\u2019 Bennett said. Shrum agreed that having \u2018a moderately liberal, centre-left Democratic party is the only way forward if progressives actually want to win.’\u201d \u2022 [bangs head on desk]. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Shattering of the Democratic Coalition\u201d [Ruy Teixeira, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liberalpatriot.com\/p\/the-shattering-of-the-democratic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Liberal Patriot<\/a>]. \u201cYet Democrats cannot decisively beat their opponents as this election has shown once again. The party is uncompetitive among white working-class voters and among voters in exurban, small town, and rural America. This puts them at a massive structural disadvantage given an American electoral system that gives disproportionate weight to these voters, especially in Senate and presidential elections. To add to the problem, Democrats are now hemorrhaging nonwhite working-class voters across the country. The facts must be faced. The Democratic coalition today is not fit for purpose.\u201d Meme: Never was (though to be fair, if the purpose was gutting the genuine left, they did great). More: \u201cAmong all working-class voters, Trump dramatically widened his advantage, tripling his margin from 4 points in 2020 to 12 points in this election. That included moving from 25 to 29 points among white working-class voters and radically compressing his deficit among nonwhite working-class voters from 48 points in 2020 to 33 points this election. Compare that margin to what Obama had in 2012: according to Catalist, he carried the nonwhite working class by 67 points in that election. That indicates that Democrats have had their margin among this core constituency more than cut in half over the last 12 years. Ouch. So much for the \u2018rising American electorate.\u2019 And it\u2019s time to face the fact that the GOP has become the party of America\u2019s working class. Democrats hate to admit that and mutter that they represent the \u201cinterests\u201d of the working class. But the numerical pattern is now too powerful to be denied. Instead of denying the obvious\u2014or, worse, blaming the dumb workers for not knowing their own interests\u2014Democrats would be well-advised to accept this new reality and seek to change it. Unless they\u2019re content to be primarily the party of America\u2019s well-off. Harris lost voters under $50,000 in household income as well as voters from $50,000 to $100,000 in income. But she did carry voters with over $100,000 in household by 8 points, one place where Harris did improve over Biden in 2020. This is not, as they say, your father\u2019s Democratic Party. Not even close.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf only we had our own Joe Rogan!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"2.4507042253521\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7.3521126760563\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Undersold part of the bro exit from the Dem party is the way that his male supporters were aggressively smeared as toxic sexist Bernie bros. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mQb5ZDP1Sq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/mQb5ZDP1Sq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Krystal Ball (@krystalball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krystalball\/status\/1854520437285298281\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy Democrats won\u2019t build their own Joe Rogan\u201d [Taylor Lorenz, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usermag.co\/p\/why-democrats-wont-build-their-own\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">User Mag<\/a>]. \u201cWhile the right has spent years fostering a symbiotic relationship with alternative media, the left has failed replicate anything like it. There are simply no progressive content creators with Rogan\u2019s cultural impact and online following, and a quick look at the podcast charts or trending channels on YouTube shows the disparity between conservative vs progressive creators\u2019 reach online. Without a network of culturally relevant influential content creators boosting and translating their messaging, the Democratic Party is rapidly losing credibility among younger, predominantly male audiences who have become ardent supporters of influencers that promote a distinctly conservative worldview.\u201d They used to have one, back in the day: It was called the blogosphere. More: \u201cLeftist channels do not receive widespread financial backing from billionaires or large institutional donors, primarily because leftist content creators support policies that are completely at odds with what billionaires want. Left leaning influencers argue for things like higher taxes on the rich, regulations on corporations, and policies that curb the power of elites. Wealthy mega donors aren\u2019t going to start pouring money into a media ecosystem that directly contradicts their own financial interests. And so, progressive creators are left to rely on meager crowdfunding efforts to make a living. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow Trump Won the First \u201cInfluencer Election\u201d\u201d [Taylor Lorenz, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/politics-news\/trump-wins-influencer-election-1236055439\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hollywood Reporter<\/a>]. \u201cFor the past two decades, the media landscape has been transforming. By nearly every metric, legacy media is in decline: average monthly unique visitors to websites for the country\u2019s top 50 newspapers declined 20 percent to under 9 million in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to Comscore data, and the amount of time people are spending consuming legacy media content is getting shorter. The content creator industry, meanwhile, is ascendent. The influencer economy is set to surpass half a trillion dollars by 2027, according to a recent Goldman Sachs report, and 30 percent of consumers trust content creators more than they did six months ago, according to a 2023 report by Sprout Social, an analytics firm.\u201d And: \u201cBut while both campaigns worked overtime to court influencers, their strategies were divergent. The Harris campaign prioritized shortform clips, investing in quick videos and viral remixes on TikTok and Instagram. The Trump campaign went deep and long, investing heavily in longform YouTube podcasts and building partnerships with livestreamers. Ultimately, the latter proved wildly more successful. \u201d \u2022 Long form videos. Now <em>that\u2019s<\/em> interesting.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIowa pollster makes bombshell claim about controversial poll that showed Kamala winning deep red state after Trump\u2019s triumphant victory\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14057867\/Iowa-pollster-Selzer-claim-controversial-poll-Trump.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018Without fear or favor, we used the same method as the final poll this year to show a healthy Trump lead in both 2020 and 2016. Those turned out to capture the mood of the electorate reasonably well, though both took fire from Iowans who doubted the findings could be true.\u2019 She continued an attempt to defend her methodology, which came as a complete shock to voters the weekend prior to the election. \u2018The poll findings we produced for The Des Moines Register and Mediacom did not match what the Iowa electorate ultimately decided in the voting booth today,\u2019 she said. \u2018I\u2019ll be reviewing data from multiple sources with hopes of learning why that happened, and I welcome what that process might teach me.\u2019 Selzer\u2019s poll for the Register and Mediacom days before the election predicted Harris would win by +3 percentage points. But Donald Trump went on to trounce the vice president by over +13 points in the Hawkeye State\u2026.. However, the state has not always been reliably red, and swung for Barack Obama in both the 2008 and 2012 elections by +9 percent and +6 percent, respectively. Selzer \u2013 who was mercilessly mocked after Iowa went to Trump \u2013 had accurately predicted each of these outcomes going back to 2008, giving her a Nostradamus-like reputation that drew eyeballs to her incorrect Harris poll last week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump and Harris Make Nice After Brutal Campaign Battle\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/articles\/2024\/11\/07\/trump_and_harris_make_nice_after_brutal_campaign_battle_151911.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RealClearPolitics<\/a>]. \u2022 So was all that \u201cFascist!\u201d and \u201cHitler!\u201d stuff complete bullshit?<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Campaign Finance<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"17.646694214876\">\n<p>\u201cHow Elon Musk helped will Trump back to the White House\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3220431\/how-elon-musk-helped-trump-back-to-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Washington Examiner<\/a>]. \u201cMusk\u2019s influence in 2024 shows two things, Ludwig said. One, money is not everything, considering Harris enjoyed far more of it this cycle thanks to ultra-wealthy backers on the Left. But two, wealthy Republicans such as Musk are in a position not only to support candidates financially, but also work in strategic and creative ways to motivate voters.\u201d Hmm. More: \u201cFor now, Musk has landed a valuable spot in Trump\u2019s inner circle. The two have discussed creating a government efficiency board that seeks to reduce federal spending with Musk at the helm. It\u2019s a prospect that, according to some left-leaning watchdogs, could lead to conflicts of interest since Musk\u2019s companies also receive large federal contracts.\u201d \u2022 I\u2019m gonna have to invent a new word for \u201cleft\u201d; it\u2019s irretrievably polluted, since everybody thinks it means liberal, which it doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Republican Funhouse<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"52.148166750377\">\n<p>\u201cThe Most Feared and Least Known Political Operative in America\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2024\/04\/26\/susie-wiles-trump-desantis-profile-00149654\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. From April. \u201c[Susie] Wiles is not just one of Trump\u2019s senior advisers. She\u2019s his most important adviser. She\u2019s his de facto campaign manager. She has been in essence his chief of staff for the last more than three years. She\u2019s one of the reasons Trump is the GOP\u2019s presumptive nominee and Ron DeSantis is not. She\u2019s one of the reasons Trump\u2019s current operation has been getting credit for being more professional than its fractious, seat-of-the-pants antecedents. And she\u2019s a leading reason Trump has every chance to get elected again \u2014 even after his loss of 2020, the insurrection of 2021, his party\u2019s defeats in the midterms of 2022, the criminal indictments of 2023 and the trial (or trials) of 2024. The former president is potentially a future president. And that\u2019s because of him. But it\u2019s also because of her. Trump, of course, is Trump \u2014 he can be irritable, he can be impulsive \u2014 and this campaign is facing unprecedented stressors and snags. It\u2019s a long six-plus months till Election Day. For now, though, nobody around him is so influential, and nobody around him has been so influential for so long. \u2018There is nobody, I think, that has the wealth of information that she does. Nobody in our orbit. Nobody,\u2019 top Trump pollster Tony Fabrizio told me. \u2018She touches everything.\u2019 \u2018Certainly,\u2019 said former Florida Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo, \u2018she\u2019s one of the most consequential people in American politics right now.\u2019 \u2018And nobody,\u2019 said veteran Florida lobbyist Ronnie Book, \u2018even knows who she is.’\u201d \u2022 I had thought Republicans hate women\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI Study Guys Like Trump. There\u2019s a Reason They Keep Winning\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/DlQH7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>]. \u201cYet now Mr. Trump has decisively won back the presidency. I would never claim to have all the answers about what went wrong, but I do worry that Democrats walked into the trap of defending the very institutions \u2014 the \u201cestablishment\u201d \u2014 that most Americans distrust. As a party interested in competent technocracy, we lost touch with the anger people feel at government. As a party that prizes data, we seized on indicators of growth and job creation as proof that the economy was booming, even though people felt crushed by rising costs. As a party motivated by social justice, we let revulsion at white Christian nationalism bait us into identity politics on their terms \u2014 whether it was debates about transgender athletes, the busing of migrants to cities, or shaming racist MAGA personalities who can\u2019t be shamed. As a party committed to American leadership of a \u201crules-based international order,\u201d we defended a national security enterprise that has failed repeatedly in the 21st century, and made ourselves hypocrites through unconditional military support for Israel\u2019s bombardment of civilians in Gaza.\u201d And: \u201d Many voters have come to associate democracy with globalization, corruption, financial capitalism, migration, forever wars and elites (like me) who talk about it as an end in itself rather than a means to redressing inequality, reining in capitalist systems that are rigged, responding to global conflict and fostering a sense of shared national identity.\u201d \u2022 As I\u2019ve been saying, Democrats say \u201cour democracy\u201d for a reason. And if you look at how candidates are chosen, the Republican Party is far more democratic and the Democrat Party. <\/p>\n<p>Why can\u2019t we have a Democrat candidate who can express these ideas so clearly:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"2.9324324324324\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"8.3783783783784\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A fundamental problem in the Democratic Party is that it now has vanishingly few politicians who can articulate this kind of point as cogently as the Republican VP candidate did here. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V0NBrW581Z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/V0NBrW581Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Sirota (@davidsirota) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidsirota\/status\/1854904545354342563\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>(Perhaps all those long-form YouTubes have prepared the conservative voter for a cogent and connected series of arguments, instead of \u201cbrat summer\u201d or whatever.<\/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&list_select_county=all_counties&data-type=Risk&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&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&subtopic=recurring-updates&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: Covid<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"18.949275362319\">\n<p><a name=\"mushrooms\"\/>Parallel technologies:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"4.7523219814241\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"12.356037151703\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mushroom cultivation requires a lot of lab based work \u2013 you’re working in (supposedly) sterile conditions, eg when doing agar work. Laminar flow hoods are required when doing this, otherwise contaminants will kill your efforts (mould will outcompete the mycelium, basically)\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Tutt (@MattTutt1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattTutt1\/status\/1854902174041448758\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Michael Pollan, in <em>The Botany of Desire<\/em>, urges that plants adapt us to their requirements for seed spread and growth by evolving tastes, nutriition, scents, and bright colors. Here we have mushrooms inducing us to breathe clean air, much to our benefit!<\/p>\n<p>Anecdotal but interesting:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"4.4034090909091\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"11.448863636364\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A year ago we installed Far UVC in the dining area of a nursing home. <\/p>\n<p>Since then outbreaks have decreased by 85% and overall resident and staff well being has increased. <\/p>\n<p>This nursing home chose to use all possible tools to ensure their occupants stay safe from viruses.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pn5ZsuK2cG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/pn5ZsuK2cG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BioAbundance (@BioAbundancellc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BioAbundancellc\/status\/1854574900838908320\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Of course, I mistrust any firm with the word \u201cabundance\u201d in its name, especially [checks profile] a Californian one\u2026. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Transmission: Covid<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"10.902284263959\">\n<p>\u201cA Flexible Framework for Local-Level Estimation of the Effective Reproductive Number in Geographic Regions with Sparse Data\u201d (preprint) [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medrxiv.org\/content\/10.1101\/2024.11.06.24316859v1?rss=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">medRxiv<\/a>]. From the Abstract: \u201cOur research focuses on local level estimation of the effective reproductive number, which describes the transmissibility of an infectious disease and represents the average number of individuals one infectious person infects at a given time. The ability to accurately estimate the infectious disease reproductive number in geographically granular regions is critical for disaster planning and resource allocation. However, not all regions have sufficient infectious disease outcome data for estimation.\u201d \u2022 Can\u2019t make head or tail of the rest, but it might be useful to any epidemiologists in the readership.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Transmission: H5N1<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"9.9382716049383\">\n<p>\u201cSerologic Evidence of Recent Infection with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5) Virus Among Dairy Workers \u2014 Michigan and Colorado, June\u2013August 2024\u201d [Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/73\/wr\/mm7344a3.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>]. \u201cHealth officials conducted surveys and serologic testing to identify recent HPAI A(H5) infections among dairy workers in two states. .\u201d \u2022 Do the math:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dairy_cases.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"173\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-281873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dairy_cases.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dairy_cases-300x87.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/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: There are many starred items today, besides yesterday, because a lot of CDC data is released on Friday. Also, New York hospitalization started up again, which is nice.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody wp_automatic_readability=\"10.934535104364\">\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Wastewater<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.6363636363636\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> This week[1]<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> <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-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-281871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-1-300x245.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\/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><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.6619718309859\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong> Variants<\/strong> [3] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/?utm_medium=email&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> November 2<\/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-positivity-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-281868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-natl-300x192.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=\"3.9506172839506\">\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 November 7:<\/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> November 6:<\/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-ny-hospitalization-nyc.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-281872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-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\">\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=\"2.5714285714286\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> 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\"> 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 21:<\/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 21:<\/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\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-281869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-300x186.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-travelers-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-281870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-1-300x209.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> November 2:<\/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> November 2:<\/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-positivty-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-281867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-deaths-positivty-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-deaths-positivty-natl-300x200.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-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-281866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-deaths-ed-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-deaths-ed-natl-1-300x177.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<td wp_automatic_readability=\"134.31883724144\">\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>There are no official statistics of note today.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cQuebec media outlet is reporting possible data falsification at plant where defective Vineyard Wind turbine blades were manufactured\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/budsoffshoreenergy.com\/2024\/11\/08\/quebec-media-outlet-is-reporting-possible-data-falsification-at-plant-where-defective-vineyard-wind-turbine-blades-were-manufactured\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bud\u2019s Offshore Energy<\/a>]. \u201cSee the translated excerpts below from<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiogaspesie.ca\/nouvelles\/actualite\/falsification-possible-de-donnees-chez-lm-wind-power\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> a Radio Gaspesie report<\/a>. This is a massive scandal if true. \u2018Yesterday, the vice-president of global operations at GE Vernova reportedly addressed all employees at the Gasp\u00e9 plant to provide an update on the situation. The investigation, led by GE Vernova\u2019s lawyers, reportedly revealed that employees were asked by senior company executives to falsify quality control data. Data associated with a well-made blade was then associated with poorly made blades. Our sources indicate that this is a widespread practice in the industry. The senior management of the Gasp\u00e9 plant also allegedly implemented a points system that encouraged employees to skip verification steps, thus prioritizing production quantity over quality. Our sources say the points system allegedly involved tight management oversight that bordered on intimidation of employees. The oversized 107m blades that were produced in Gasp\u00e9 for the construction of marine parks are said to be affected. .\u201d \u2022 Yikes!<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"boeing\"\/>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing to refund lost pay to employees furloughed during Machinists strike\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/business\/boeing-aerospace\/boeing-to-refund-lost-pay-to-employees-furloughed-during-machinists-strike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Seattle Times<\/a>]. \u201cIn a goodwill gesture to Boeing employees who were furloughed during the Machinists\u2019 strike, new CEO Kelly Ortberg on Thursday afternoon sent out a message saying the company will return the pay they lost\u2026 A longtime nonunion employee on the quality staff, who asked not to be named to protect his job, said the furloughs had seemed \u2018an odd way of taking care of the people not on strike\u2019 and that they destroyed productivity that month as affected employees like him scrambled to figure out the impact and what to do. \u2018Obviously your time is not spent focusing on work, but on OK, how am I going to handle this? How do I pay my bills? How do I apply for unemployment?\u2019 he said. The staffer said Thursday he\u2019s \u2018really happy\u2019 at the course reversal. \u2018There\u2019s still a lot of mistrust,\u2019 he said. \u2018There\u2019s still this sense of, \u2018Wow, can I trust the company?\u201d And yet, he continued, \u201cthis is a step in the right direction.’\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing Is Exploring Possible $6 Billion Sale for Jeppesen Unit\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/boeing-exploring-possible-6-billion-172035094.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a>]. \u201d Boeing Co. is exploring a sale of its Jeppesen navigation unit as the planemaker draws up a list of assets it could shed to help lighten its $58 billion debt load, according to people familiar with the matter\u2026. Suitors are already circling Jeppesen, which could attract sizable interest from private equity firms as well as other companies, said the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing 737 Production Grinds Forward\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/airlinegeeks.com\/2024\/11\/08\/boeing-737-production-grinds-forward\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Airline Geeks<\/a>]. \u201cWith the approval of a new contract, Reuters reported that Boeing will now take weeks to continue producing 737s in the single digits per month range for some time, citing two unnamed sources briefed on the matter. The company was aiming to produce 38 of its best-selling jets per month prior to the strikes, down from 42 a month before January\u2019s Alaska 1282 incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cUnited Boeing 777 APU Catches Fire at San Francisco Airport\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/08\/united-777-apu-catches-fire-at-san-francisco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Aviation A2Z<\/a>]. \u201cAccording to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing report, United aircraft during pushback from terminal 2, gate 6 experienced a fire in the APU. For those who are not aware of APU, it is actually a small jet engine located in the tail or empennage section of an aircraft. It is used to start main engines and also act as backup in case of engine failure.\u201d \u2022 Oh dear. I have mentally classified the 777 as the last good Boeing airplane, and the only safe one. <\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 61 Greed (previous close: 59 Greed) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 44 (Neutral). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Nov 8 at 1:51:07 PM ET<\/p>\n<p><strong>Permaculture<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"weeds\"\/>\u201cThe Weeds Are Winning\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2024\/10\/10\/1105034\/weeds-climate-change-genetic-engineering-superweeds-food\/?src=longreads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MIT Technology Review<\/a>]. \u201cAccording to Ian Heap, a weed scientist who runs the International Herbicide-Resistant Weed Database, there have been well over 500 unique cases of [herbicide-resistance] in 273 weed species and counting. Weeds have evolved resistance to 168 different herbicides and 21 of the 31 known \u201cmodes of action,\u201d which means the specific biochemical target or pathway a chemical is designed to disrupt. Some modes of action are shared by many herbicides.\u201d Darwin Awards for the industry! More: \u201cFundamentally, the solution is to \u2018not focus solely on herbicides for weed management,\u2019 says Micheal Owen, a weed scientist and emeritus professor at Iowa State University. And that presents a \u201cmajor, major issue for the farmer\u201d and the current state of American farms, he adds. Farms have ballooned in size over the last couple of decades, as a result of <del>rural flight, labor costs, and the advent of chemicals and genetically modified crops that allowed farmers to quickly apply herbicides over massive areas to control weeds<\/del> capitalism. This has led to a kind of sinister simplification in terms of crop diversity, weed control practices, and the like. And the weeds have adjusted.\u201d \u2022 Edit mine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Book Nook<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNeal Stephenson Jumps From Speculative Fancy to Strange History\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/lithub.com\/neal-stephenson-jumps-from-speculative-fancy-to-strange-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Literary Hub<\/a>]. \u2022 Hmm. \u201cInterwar leftism\u201d? Another damn book to read. <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"wired\"\/><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMitochondria Are Alive\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.asimov.press\/p\/mitochondria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Asimov Press<\/a>]. \u201cThe cells within our body are the remnants of an ancient alliance\u2026. Margulis argued that one-and-a-half billion years ago, a primitive eukaryotic cell engulfed an oxygen-utilizing bacterium. But rather than digesting this bacterium \u2014 or conversely, the bacterium destroying its newfound host \u2014 the two cells gradually entered into an endosymbiotic relationship; the host provided nutrients and protection to the bacterium, and the bacterium supplied energy to the host. Margulis argued that this endosymbiosis event was a seminal \u2018innovation engine\u2019 for biological systems, ultimately leading to the modern mitochondrion and chloroplast\u2026. Most biologists today, however, also believe that mitochondria have \u2018devolved\u2019 into little more than membrane-bound organelles, similar to inanimate components like the endoplasmic reticulum or Golgi apparatus. But a swelling tide of scientific evidence about mitochondrial functions and dynamics suggests otherwise \u2014 <em>mitochondria are not just organelles, but their own life forms<\/em>\u2026, Defining mitochondria as \u2018nonliving\u2019 isn\u2019t just a classification mistake, nor a question of word choice. Rather, it is a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature and role of mitochondria. It inherently undermines our understanding of biological systems and deeply influences the tools we build to study them.\u201d <\/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! 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From IM:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/stump.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"481\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-281864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/stump.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/stump-300x241.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>IM writes: \u201cSome photos from Ucluelet on the westiest West Coast.\u201d<\/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. 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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. <br \/>\n <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. Hence my frustration with the news flow \u2014 currently in my view the swirling intersection of two, separate Shock Doctrine campaigns, one by the Administration, and the other by out-of-power liberals and their allies in the State and in the press \u2014 a news flow that constantly forces me to focus on matters that I regard as of secondary importance to the excess deaths. What kind of political economy is it that halts or even reverses the increases in life expectancy that civilized societies have achieved? I am also very hopeful that the continuing destruction of both party establishments will open the space for voices supporting programs similar to those I have listed; let\u2019s call such voices \u201cthe left.\u201d Volatility creates opportunity, especially if the Democrat establishment, which puts markets first and opposes all such programs, isn\u2019t allowed to get back into the saddle. Eyes on the prize! 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Bird Song of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Northern Mockingbird, 350 South Madison Avenue, Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#trump\">Trump<\/a> vs. \u201cthe Deep State.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#boeing\">Boeing<\/a>, post-strike.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#mushrooms\">Mushroom farms and ventilation<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#weeds\">Weeds<\/a> becoming resistant to herbicides.<\/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>Biden Administration<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe did it, Joe\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"4.9015544041451\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"12.476683937824\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden oversaw the single biggest removal of social benefits in American history, which resulted in the single biggest increase in poverty in American history. He called this “Bidenomics.”<\/p>\n<p>Then Kamala said she’d do nothing differently while campaigning in a $62,000 gold necklace. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uhEzzH5SGG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/uhEzzH5SGG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Holding Dems Accountable (From the Left!) (@PushBidenLeft) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PushBidenLeft\/status\/1854871499142053972\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump Transition:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnergy in the executive:\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"5.7520547945205\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"14.158904109589\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Donald Trump\u2019s plan to dismantle the Deep State.<\/p>\n<p>1. \u201cImmediately reissue my 2020 executive order, restoring the President’s authority to remove rogue bureaucrats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>2. \u201cClean out all of the corrupt actors in our national security and intelligence apparatus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>3. \u201cTotally reform\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xhg297uWCe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/Xhg297uWCe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1854716187512651808\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>I ran this in Links this morning, but want to make a few additional comments:<\/p>\n<p>#10 \u201cPush a constitutional amendment to oppose term limits on members of Congress.\u201d I think \u201coppose\u201d is a typo for \u201cimpose.\u201d In any case, term limits are a terrible idea, because they mean that the Legislative Branch can end up with no institutional memory. When we were fighting the landfill in Maine, we discovered that the only people who could interpret the relevant legislation were the bent lawyers from Portland who wrote it, at the behest of the landfill operator.<\/p>\n<p>#5 \u201cLaunch a major crackdown on government leakers who collude with the fake news to deliberately we false narratives and to subvert our government and our democracy.\u201d I wonder what Snowden or Assange would think about that. Or Ellsberg. I see the qualifiers \u201cdeliberately\u201d and \u201cfalse\u201d but they don\u2019t give me confidence. (In fact, if Trump supported whistleblowers, in general, whether for government or industry, he would be giving RFK a lot of help in his dealings with Big Pharma and Big Ag,<\/p>\n<p>#6 \u2013 #9\u2026 Might as well give it a shot (though CDC seems to have made its very own cesspit in Atlanta, so I\u2019m not sure how much good #8 would do.<\/p>\n<p>#2 \u201cClean out all of the corrupt actors in our national security and intelligence apparatus.\u201d This would be wonderful to see (though does it applly to torturers?). When I wrote \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/06\/project-2025-920-pages-of-irritable-mental-gestures-or-a-blueprint-for-fascism.html\">Project 2025: 920 Pages of Irritable Mental Gestures, or a Blueprint for Fascism?<\/a>\u201c, I had a litmus test to see if Project 2025 recommendations for CIA, ODNI, and CISA would be taken seriously: Firings. Perhaps they will.<\/p>\n<p>Amazing, in a good way, to see an elected (albeit not inaugurated) President propose such things. I wonder who put it together? (I really, really don\u2019t like the doomy soundtrack to the video, though.) <\/p>\n<p>2024 Post Mortem<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"107.23440934861\">\n<p><a name=\"blame\"\/>Deploy the Blame Cannons!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Red-District Conqueror Wants Fellow Democrats to Look in the Mirror\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/qogWu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>]. \u201cI\u2019ve had one interaction with Harris, at her Naval Observatory Christmas party.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not super comfortable at that kind of thing. I\u2019d had a couple of beers, and I noticed that almost all of the garlands were plastic. My district grows a hell of a lot of Christmas trees. I was strong-armed into taking a picture. I said, \u201cMadam Vice President, we grow those where I live.\u201d She just walked away from me. There was kind of an eye roll, maybe. My thinking was, it does matter to people where I live. It\u2019s the respect, the cultural regard for farmers. I didn\u2019t feel like she understood what I was trying to say.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Harris was an objectively terrible candidate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018They don\u2019t understand my life\u2019: what the Democrats misread about America\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/ef2de573-c915-450f-a30b-8b417aa02d59\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Financial Times<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018The Democratic brand is pretty bad,\u2019 said Matt Bennett, co-founder of Third Way, a centrist Democratic think-tank. \u2018The country has shifted pretty far to the right, and we were not aware of how deep the problem ran. The voters that we lost\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009looked at Democrats and said: \u2018They don\u2019t understand my life. I don\u2019t want them representing me.’\u201d Centrist dipshits like Third Way <em>built<\/em> the Democrat brand ffs. Stop with the \u201cWho me?\u201d already. But they\u2019re still at it: \u201c\u2018The only way to defeat rightwing populism is through the centre,\u2019 Bennett said. Shrum agreed that having \u2018a moderately liberal, centre-left Democratic party is the only way forward if progressives actually want to win.’\u201d \u2022 [bangs head on desk]. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Shattering of the Democratic Coalition\u201d [Ruy Teixeira, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liberalpatriot.com\/p\/the-shattering-of-the-democratic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Liberal Patriot<\/a>]. \u201cYet Democrats cannot decisively beat their opponents as this election has shown once again. The party is uncompetitive among white working-class voters and among voters in exurban, small town, and rural America. This puts them at a massive structural disadvantage given an American electoral system that gives disproportionate weight to these voters, especially in Senate and presidential elections. To add to the problem, Democrats are now hemorrhaging nonwhite working-class voters across the country. The facts must be faced. The Democratic coalition today is not fit for purpose.\u201d Meme: Never was (though to be fair, if the purpose was gutting the genuine left, they did great). More: \u201cAmong all working-class voters, Trump dramatically widened his advantage, tripling his margin from 4 points in 2020 to 12 points in this election. That included moving from 25 to 29 points among white working-class voters and radically compressing his deficit among nonwhite working-class voters from 48 points in 2020 to 33 points this election. Compare that margin to what Obama had in 2012: according to Catalist, he carried the nonwhite working class by 67 points in that election. That indicates that Democrats have had their margin among this core constituency more than cut in half over the last 12 years. Ouch. So much for the \u2018rising American electorate.\u2019 And it\u2019s time to face the fact that the GOP has become the party of America\u2019s working class. Democrats hate to admit that and mutter that they represent the \u201cinterests\u201d of the working class. But the numerical pattern is now too powerful to be denied. Instead of denying the obvious\u2014or, worse, blaming the dumb workers for not knowing their own interests\u2014Democrats would be well-advised to accept this new reality and seek to change it. Unless they\u2019re content to be primarily the party of America\u2019s well-off. Harris lost voters under $50,000 in household income as well as voters from $50,000 to $100,000 in income. But she did carry voters with over $100,000 in household by 8 points, one place where Harris did improve over Biden in 2020. This is not, as they say, your father\u2019s Democratic Party. Not even close.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf only we had our own Joe Rogan!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"2.4507042253521\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7.3521126760563\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Undersold part of the bro exit from the Dem party is the way that his male supporters were aggressively smeared as toxic sexist Bernie bros. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mQb5ZDP1Sq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/mQb5ZDP1Sq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Krystal Ball (@krystalball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krystalball\/status\/1854520437285298281\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy Democrats won\u2019t build their own Joe Rogan\u201d [Taylor Lorenz, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usermag.co\/p\/why-democrats-wont-build-their-own\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">User Mag<\/a>]. \u201cWhile the right has spent years fostering a symbiotic relationship with alternative media, the left has failed replicate anything like it. There are simply no progressive content creators with Rogan\u2019s cultural impact and online following, and a quick look at the podcast charts or trending channels on YouTube shows the disparity between conservative vs progressive creators\u2019 reach online. Without a network of culturally relevant influential content creators boosting and translating their messaging, the Democratic Party is rapidly losing credibility among younger, predominantly male audiences who have become ardent supporters of influencers that promote a distinctly conservative worldview.\u201d They used to have one, back in the day: It was called the blogosphere. More: \u201cLeftist channels do not receive widespread financial backing from billionaires or large institutional donors, primarily because leftist content creators support policies that are completely at odds with what billionaires want. Left leaning influencers argue for things like higher taxes on the rich, regulations on corporations, and policies that curb the power of elites. Wealthy mega donors aren\u2019t going to start pouring money into a media ecosystem that directly contradicts their own financial interests. And so, progressive creators are left to rely on meager crowdfunding efforts to make a living. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow Trump Won the First \u201cInfluencer Election\u201d\u201d [Taylor Lorenz, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/politics-news\/trump-wins-influencer-election-1236055439\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hollywood Reporter<\/a>]. \u201cFor the past two decades, the media landscape has been transforming. By nearly every metric, legacy media is in decline: average monthly unique visitors to websites for the country\u2019s top 50 newspapers declined 20 percent to under 9 million in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to Comscore data, and the amount of time people are spending consuming legacy media content is getting shorter. The content creator industry, meanwhile, is ascendent. The influencer economy is set to surpass half a trillion dollars by 2027, according to a recent Goldman Sachs report, and 30 percent of consumers trust content creators more than they did six months ago, according to a 2023 report by Sprout Social, an analytics firm.\u201d And: \u201cBut while both campaigns worked overtime to court influencers, their strategies were divergent. The Harris campaign prioritized shortform clips, investing in quick videos and viral remixes on TikTok and Instagram. The Trump campaign went deep and long, investing heavily in longform YouTube podcasts and building partnerships with livestreamers. Ultimately, the latter proved wildly more successful. \u201d \u2022 Long form videos. Now <em>that\u2019s<\/em> interesting.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIowa pollster makes bombshell claim about controversial poll that showed Kamala winning deep red state after Trump\u2019s triumphant victory\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14057867\/Iowa-pollster-Selzer-claim-controversial-poll-Trump.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018Without fear or favor, we used the same method as the final poll this year to show a healthy Trump lead in both 2020 and 2016. Those turned out to capture the mood of the electorate reasonably well, though both took fire from Iowans who doubted the findings could be true.\u2019 She continued an attempt to defend her methodology, which came as a complete shock to voters the weekend prior to the election. \u2018The poll findings we produced for The Des Moines Register and Mediacom did not match what the Iowa electorate ultimately decided in the voting booth today,\u2019 she said. \u2018I\u2019ll be reviewing data from multiple sources with hopes of learning why that happened, and I welcome what that process might teach me.\u2019 Selzer\u2019s poll for the Register and Mediacom days before the election predicted Harris would win by +3 percentage points. But Donald Trump went on to trounce the vice president by over +13 points in the Hawkeye State\u2026.. However, the state has not always been reliably red, and swung for Barack Obama in both the 2008 and 2012 elections by +9 percent and +6 percent, respectively. Selzer \u2013 who was mercilessly mocked after Iowa went to Trump \u2013 had accurately predicted each of these outcomes going back to 2008, giving her a Nostradamus-like reputation that drew eyeballs to her incorrect Harris poll last week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump and Harris Make Nice After Brutal Campaign Battle\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/articles\/2024\/11\/07\/trump_and_harris_make_nice_after_brutal_campaign_battle_151911.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RealClearPolitics<\/a>]. \u2022 So was all that \u201cFascist!\u201d and \u201cHitler!\u201d stuff complete bullshit?<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Campaign Finance<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"17.646694214876\">\n<p>\u201cHow Elon Musk helped will Trump back to the White House\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3220431\/how-elon-musk-helped-trump-back-to-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Washington Examiner<\/a>]. \u201cMusk\u2019s influence in 2024 shows two things, Ludwig said. One, money is not everything, considering Harris enjoyed far more of it this cycle thanks to ultra-wealthy backers on the Left. But two, wealthy Republicans such as Musk are in a position not only to support candidates financially, but also work in strategic and creative ways to motivate voters.\u201d Hmm. More: \u201cFor now, Musk has landed a valuable spot in Trump\u2019s inner circle. The two have discussed creating a government efficiency board that seeks to reduce federal spending with Musk at the helm. It\u2019s a prospect that, according to some left-leaning watchdogs, could lead to conflicts of interest since Musk\u2019s companies also receive large federal contracts.\u201d \u2022 I\u2019m gonna have to invent a new word for \u201cleft\u201d; it\u2019s irretrievably polluted, since everybody thinks it means liberal, which it doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Republican Funhouse<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"52.148166750377\">\n<p>\u201cThe Most Feared and Least Known Political Operative in America\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2024\/04\/26\/susie-wiles-trump-desantis-profile-00149654\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. From April. \u201c[Susie] Wiles is not just one of Trump\u2019s senior advisers. She\u2019s his most important adviser. She\u2019s his de facto campaign manager. She has been in essence his chief of staff for the last more than three years. She\u2019s one of the reasons Trump is the GOP\u2019s presumptive nominee and Ron DeSantis is not. She\u2019s one of the reasons Trump\u2019s current operation has been getting credit for being more professional than its fractious, seat-of-the-pants antecedents. And she\u2019s a leading reason Trump has every chance to get elected again \u2014 even after his loss of 2020, the insurrection of 2021, his party\u2019s defeats in the midterms of 2022, the criminal indictments of 2023 and the trial (or trials) of 2024. The former president is potentially a future president. And that\u2019s because of him. But it\u2019s also because of her. Trump, of course, is Trump \u2014 he can be irritable, he can be impulsive \u2014 and this campaign is facing unprecedented stressors and snags. It\u2019s a long six-plus months till Election Day. For now, though, nobody around him is so influential, and nobody around him has been so influential for so long. \u2018There is nobody, I think, that has the wealth of information that she does. Nobody in our orbit. Nobody,\u2019 top Trump pollster Tony Fabrizio told me. \u2018She touches everything.\u2019 \u2018Certainly,\u2019 said former Florida Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo, \u2018she\u2019s one of the most consequential people in American politics right now.\u2019 \u2018And nobody,\u2019 said veteran Florida lobbyist Ronnie Book, \u2018even knows who she is.’\u201d \u2022 I had thought Republicans hate women\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI Study Guys Like Trump. There\u2019s a Reason They Keep Winning\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/DlQH7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>]. \u201cYet now Mr. Trump has decisively won back the presidency. I would never claim to have all the answers about what went wrong, but I do worry that Democrats walked into the trap of defending the very institutions \u2014 the \u201cestablishment\u201d \u2014 that most Americans distrust. As a party interested in competent technocracy, we lost touch with the anger people feel at government. As a party that prizes data, we seized on indicators of growth and job creation as proof that the economy was booming, even though people felt crushed by rising costs. As a party motivated by social justice, we let revulsion at white Christian nationalism bait us into identity politics on their terms \u2014 whether it was debates about transgender athletes, the busing of migrants to cities, or shaming racist MAGA personalities who can\u2019t be shamed. As a party committed to American leadership of a \u201crules-based international order,\u201d we defended a national security enterprise that has failed repeatedly in the 21st century, and made ourselves hypocrites through unconditional military support for Israel\u2019s bombardment of civilians in Gaza.\u201d And: \u201d Many voters have come to associate democracy with globalization, corruption, financial capitalism, migration, forever wars and elites (like me) who talk about it as an end in itself rather than a means to redressing inequality, reining in capitalist systems that are rigged, responding to global conflict and fostering a sense of shared national identity.\u201d \u2022 As I\u2019ve been saying, Democrats say \u201cour democracy\u201d for a reason. And if you look at how candidates are chosen, the Republican Party is far more democratic and the Democrat Party. <\/p>\n<p>Why can\u2019t we have a Democrat candidate who can express these ideas so clearly:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"2.9324324324324\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"8.3783783783784\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A fundamental problem in the Democratic Party is that it now has vanishingly few politicians who can articulate this kind of point as cogently as the Republican VP candidate did here. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V0NBrW581Z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/V0NBrW581Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Sirota (@davidsirota) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidsirota\/status\/1854904545354342563\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>(Perhaps all those long-form YouTubes have prepared the conservative voter for a cogent and connected series of arguments, instead of \u201cbrat summer\u201d or whatever.<\/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&list_select_county=all_counties&data-type=Risk&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&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&subtopic=recurring-updates&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: Covid<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"18.949275362319\">\n<p><a name=\"mushrooms\"\/>Parallel technologies:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"4.7523219814241\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"12.356037151703\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mushroom cultivation requires a lot of lab based work \u2013 you’re working in (supposedly) sterile conditions, eg when doing agar work. Laminar flow hoods are required when doing this, otherwise contaminants will kill your efforts (mould will outcompete the mycelium, basically)\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Tutt (@MattTutt1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattTutt1\/status\/1854902174041448758\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Michael Pollan, in <em>The Botany of Desire<\/em>, urges that plants adapt us to their requirements for seed spread and growth by evolving tastes, nutriition, scents, and bright colors. Here we have mushrooms inducing us to breathe clean air, much to our benefit!<\/p>\n<p>Anecdotal but interesting:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"4.4034090909091\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"11.448863636364\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A year ago we installed Far UVC in the dining area of a nursing home. <\/p>\n<p>Since then outbreaks have decreased by 85% and overall resident and staff well being has increased. <\/p>\n<p>This nursing home chose to use all possible tools to ensure their occupants stay safe from viruses.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pn5ZsuK2cG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/pn5ZsuK2cG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BioAbundance (@BioAbundancellc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BioAbundancellc\/status\/1854574900838908320\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Of course, I mistrust any firm with the word \u201cabundance\u201d in its name, especially [checks profile] a Californian one\u2026. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Transmission: Covid<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"10.902284263959\">\n<p>\u201cA Flexible Framework for Local-Level Estimation of the Effective Reproductive Number in Geographic Regions with Sparse Data\u201d (preprint) [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medrxiv.org\/content\/10.1101\/2024.11.06.24316859v1?rss=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">medRxiv<\/a>]. From the Abstract: \u201cOur research focuses on local level estimation of the effective reproductive number, which describes the transmissibility of an infectious disease and represents the average number of individuals one infectious person infects at a given time. The ability to accurately estimate the infectious disease reproductive number in geographically granular regions is critical for disaster planning and resource allocation. However, not all regions have sufficient infectious disease outcome data for estimation.\u201d \u2022 Can\u2019t make head or tail of the rest, but it might be useful to any epidemiologists in the readership.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Transmission: H5N1<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"9.9382716049383\">\n<p>\u201cSerologic Evidence of Recent Infection with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5) Virus Among Dairy Workers \u2014 Michigan and Colorado, June\u2013August 2024\u201d [Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/73\/wr\/mm7344a3.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>]. \u201cHealth officials conducted surveys and serologic testing to identify recent HPAI A(H5) infections among dairy workers in two states. .\u201d \u2022 Do the math:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dairy_cases.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"173\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-281873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dairy_cases.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dairy_cases-300x87.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/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: There are many starred items today, besides yesterday, because a lot of CDC data is released on Friday. Also, New York hospitalization started up again, which is nice.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody wp_automatic_readability=\"10.934535104364\">\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Wastewater<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.6363636363636\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> This week[1]<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> <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-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-281871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-1-300x245.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\/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><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.6619718309859\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong> Variants<\/strong> [3] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/?utm_medium=email&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> November 2<\/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-positivity-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-281868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-natl-300x192.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=\"3.9506172839506\">\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 November 7:<\/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> November 6:<\/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-ny-hospitalization-nyc.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-281872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-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\">\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=\"2.5714285714286\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> 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\"> 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 21:<\/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 21:<\/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\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-281869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-300x186.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-travelers-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-281870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-1-300x209.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> November 2:<\/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> November 2:<\/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-positivty-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-281867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-deaths-positivty-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-deaths-positivty-natl-300x200.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-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-281866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-deaths-ed-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-deaths-ed-natl-1-300x177.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<td wp_automatic_readability=\"134.31883724144\">\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>There are no official statistics of note today.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cQuebec media outlet is reporting possible data falsification at plant where defective Vineyard Wind turbine blades were manufactured\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/budsoffshoreenergy.com\/2024\/11\/08\/quebec-media-outlet-is-reporting-possible-data-falsification-at-plant-where-defective-vineyard-wind-turbine-blades-were-manufactured\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bud\u2019s Offshore Energy<\/a>]. \u201cSee the translated excerpts below from<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiogaspesie.ca\/nouvelles\/actualite\/falsification-possible-de-donnees-chez-lm-wind-power\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> a Radio Gaspesie report<\/a>. This is a massive scandal if true. \u2018Yesterday, the vice-president of global operations at GE Vernova reportedly addressed all employees at the Gasp\u00e9 plant to provide an update on the situation. The investigation, led by GE Vernova\u2019s lawyers, reportedly revealed that employees were asked by senior company executives to falsify quality control data. Data associated with a well-made blade was then associated with poorly made blades. Our sources indicate that this is a widespread practice in the industry. The senior management of the Gasp\u00e9 plant also allegedly implemented a points system that encouraged employees to skip verification steps, thus prioritizing production quantity over quality. Our sources say the points system allegedly involved tight management oversight that bordered on intimidation of employees. The oversized 107m blades that were produced in Gasp\u00e9 for the construction of marine parks are said to be affected. .\u201d \u2022 Yikes!<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"boeing\"\/>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing to refund lost pay to employees furloughed during Machinists strike\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/business\/boeing-aerospace\/boeing-to-refund-lost-pay-to-employees-furloughed-during-machinists-strike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Seattle Times<\/a>]. \u201cIn a goodwill gesture to Boeing employees who were furloughed during the Machinists\u2019 strike, new CEO Kelly Ortberg on Thursday afternoon sent out a message saying the company will return the pay they lost\u2026 A longtime nonunion employee on the quality staff, who asked not to be named to protect his job, said the furloughs had seemed \u2018an odd way of taking care of the people not on strike\u2019 and that they destroyed productivity that month as affected employees like him scrambled to figure out the impact and what to do. \u2018Obviously your time is not spent focusing on work, but on OK, how am I going to handle this? How do I pay my bills? How do I apply for unemployment?\u2019 he said. The staffer said Thursday he\u2019s \u2018really happy\u2019 at the course reversal. \u2018There\u2019s still a lot of mistrust,\u2019 he said. \u2018There\u2019s still this sense of, \u2018Wow, can I trust the company?\u201d And yet, he continued, \u201cthis is a step in the right direction.’\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing Is Exploring Possible $6 Billion Sale for Jeppesen Unit\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/boeing-exploring-possible-6-billion-172035094.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a>]. \u201d Boeing Co. is exploring a sale of its Jeppesen navigation unit as the planemaker draws up a list of assets it could shed to help lighten its $58 billion debt load, according to people familiar with the matter\u2026. Suitors are already circling Jeppesen, which could attract sizable interest from private equity firms as well as other companies, said the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing 737 Production Grinds Forward\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/airlinegeeks.com\/2024\/11\/08\/boeing-737-production-grinds-forward\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Airline Geeks<\/a>]. \u201cWith the approval of a new contract, Reuters reported that Boeing will now take weeks to continue producing 737s in the single digits per month range for some time, citing two unnamed sources briefed on the matter. The company was aiming to produce 38 of its best-selling jets per month prior to the strikes, down from 42 a month before January\u2019s Alaska 1282 incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cUnited Boeing 777 APU Catches Fire at San Francisco Airport\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/08\/united-777-apu-catches-fire-at-san-francisco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Aviation A2Z<\/a>]. \u201cAccording to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing report, United aircraft during pushback from terminal 2, gate 6 experienced a fire in the APU. For those who are not aware of APU, it is actually a small jet engine located in the tail or empennage section of an aircraft. It is used to start main engines and also act as backup in case of engine failure.\u201d \u2022 Oh dear. I have mentally classified the 777 as the last good Boeing airplane, and the only safe one. <\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 61 Greed (previous close: 59 Greed) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 44 (Neutral). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Nov 8 at 1:51:07 PM ET<\/p>\n<p><strong>Permaculture<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"weeds\"\/>\u201cThe Weeds Are Winning\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2024\/10\/10\/1105034\/weeds-climate-change-genetic-engineering-superweeds-food\/?src=longreads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MIT Technology Review<\/a>]. \u201cAccording to Ian Heap, a weed scientist who runs the International Herbicide-Resistant Weed Database, there have been well over 500 unique cases of [herbicide-resistance] in 273 weed species and counting. Weeds have evolved resistance to 168 different herbicides and 21 of the 31 known \u201cmodes of action,\u201d which means the specific biochemical target or pathway a chemical is designed to disrupt. Some modes of action are shared by many herbicides.\u201d Darwin Awards for the industry! More: \u201cFundamentally, the solution is to \u2018not focus solely on herbicides for weed management,\u2019 says Micheal Owen, a weed scientist and emeritus professor at Iowa State University. And that presents a \u201cmajor, major issue for the farmer\u201d and the current state of American farms, he adds. Farms have ballooned in size over the last couple of decades, as a result of <del>rural flight, labor costs, and the advent of chemicals and genetically modified crops that allowed farmers to quickly apply herbicides over massive areas to control weeds<\/del> capitalism. This has led to a kind of sinister simplification in terms of crop diversity, weed control practices, and the like. And the weeds have adjusted.\u201d \u2022 Edit mine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Book Nook<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNeal Stephenson Jumps From Speculative Fancy to Strange History\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/lithub.com\/neal-stephenson-jumps-from-speculative-fancy-to-strange-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Literary Hub<\/a>]. \u2022 Hmm. \u201cInterwar leftism\u201d? Another damn book to read. <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"wired\"\/><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMitochondria Are Alive\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.asimov.press\/p\/mitochondria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Asimov Press<\/a>]. \u201cThe cells within our body are the remnants of an ancient alliance\u2026. Margulis argued that one-and-a-half billion years ago, a primitive eukaryotic cell engulfed an oxygen-utilizing bacterium. But rather than digesting this bacterium \u2014 or conversely, the bacterium destroying its newfound host \u2014 the two cells gradually entered into an endosymbiotic relationship; the host provided nutrients and protection to the bacterium, and the bacterium supplied energy to the host. Margulis argued that this endosymbiosis event was a seminal \u2018innovation engine\u2019 for biological systems, ultimately leading to the modern mitochondrion and chloroplast\u2026. Most biologists today, however, also believe that mitochondria have \u2018devolved\u2019 into little more than membrane-bound organelles, similar to inanimate components like the endoplasmic reticulum or Golgi apparatus. But a swelling tide of scientific evidence about mitochondrial functions and dynamics suggests otherwise \u2014 <em>mitochondria are not just organelles, but their own life forms<\/em>\u2026, Defining mitochondria as \u2018nonliving\u2019 isn\u2019t just a classification mistake, nor a question of word choice. Rather, it is a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature and role of mitochondria. It inherently undermines our understanding of biological systems and deeply influences the tools we build to study them.\u201d <\/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>. 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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. 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<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Northern Mockingbird, 350 South Madison Avenue, Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#trump\">Trump<\/a> vs. \u201cthe Deep State.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#boeing\">Boeing<\/a>, post-strike.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#mushrooms\">Mushroom farms and ventilation<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#weeds\">Weeds<\/a> becoming resistant to herbicides.<\/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>Biden Administration<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe did it, Joe\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"4.9015544041451\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"12.476683937824\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden oversaw the single biggest removal of social benefits in American history, which resulted in the single biggest increase in poverty in American history. He called this “Bidenomics.”<\/p>\n<p>Then Kamala said she’d do nothing differently while campaigning in a $62,000 gold necklace. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uhEzzH5SGG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/uhEzzH5SGG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Holding Dems Accountable (From the Left!) (@PushBidenLeft) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PushBidenLeft\/status\/1854871499142053972\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump Transition:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnergy in the executive:\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"5.7520547945205\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"14.158904109589\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Donald Trump\u2019s plan to dismantle the Deep State.<\/p>\n<p>1. \u201cImmediately reissue my 2020 executive order, restoring the President’s authority to remove rogue bureaucrats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>2. \u201cClean out all of the corrupt actors in our national security and intelligence apparatus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>3. \u201cTotally reform\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xhg297uWCe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/Xhg297uWCe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1854716187512651808\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>I ran this in Links this morning, but want to make a few additional comments:<\/p>\n<p>#10 \u201cPush a constitutional amendment to oppose term limits on members of Congress.\u201d I think \u201coppose\u201d is a typo for \u201cimpose.\u201d In any case, term limits are a terrible idea, because they mean that the Legislative Branch can end up with no institutional memory. When we were fighting the landfill in Maine, we discovered that the only people who could interpret the relevant legislation were the bent lawyers from Portland who wrote it, at the behest of the landfill operator.<\/p>\n<p>#5 \u201cLaunch a major crackdown on government leakers who collude with the fake news to deliberately we false narratives and to subvert our government and our democracy.\u201d I wonder what Snowden or Assange would think about that. Or Ellsberg. I see the qualifiers \u201cdeliberately\u201d and \u201cfalse\u201d but they don\u2019t give me confidence. (In fact, if Trump supported whistleblowers, in general, whether for government or industry, he would be giving RFK a lot of help in his dealings with Big Pharma and Big Ag,<\/p>\n<p>#6 \u2013 #9\u2026 Might as well give it a shot (though CDC seems to have made its very own cesspit in Atlanta, so I\u2019m not sure how much good #8 would do.<\/p>\n<p>#2 \u201cClean out all of the corrupt actors in our national security and intelligence apparatus.\u201d This would be wonderful to see (though does it applly to torturers?). When I wrote \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/06\/project-2025-920-pages-of-irritable-mental-gestures-or-a-blueprint-for-fascism.html\">Project 2025: 920 Pages of Irritable Mental Gestures, or a Blueprint for Fascism?<\/a>\u201c, I had a litmus test to see if Project 2025 recommendations for CIA, ODNI, and CISA would be taken seriously: Firings. Perhaps they will.<\/p>\n<p>Amazing, in a good way, to see an elected (albeit not inaugurated) President propose such things. I wonder who put it together? (I really, really don\u2019t like the doomy soundtrack to the video, though.) <\/p>\n<p>2024 Post Mortem<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"107.23440934861\">\n<p><a name=\"blame\"\/>Deploy the Blame Cannons!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Red-District Conqueror Wants Fellow Democrats to Look in the Mirror\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/qogWu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>]. \u201cI\u2019ve had one interaction with Harris, at her Naval Observatory Christmas party.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not super comfortable at that kind of thing. I\u2019d had a couple of beers, and I noticed that almost all of the garlands were plastic. My district grows a hell of a lot of Christmas trees. I was strong-armed into taking a picture. I said, \u201cMadam Vice President, we grow those where I live.\u201d She just walked away from me. There was kind of an eye roll, maybe. My thinking was, it does matter to people where I live. It\u2019s the respect, the cultural regard for farmers. I didn\u2019t feel like she understood what I was trying to say.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Harris was an objectively terrible candidate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018They don\u2019t understand my life\u2019: what the Democrats misread about America\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/ef2de573-c915-450f-a30b-8b417aa02d59\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Financial Times<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018The Democratic brand is pretty bad,\u2019 said Matt Bennett, co-founder of Third Way, a centrist Democratic think-tank. \u2018The country has shifted pretty far to the right, and we were not aware of how deep the problem ran. The voters that we lost\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009looked at Democrats and said: \u2018They don\u2019t understand my life. I don\u2019t want them representing me.’\u201d Centrist dipshits like Third Way <em>built<\/em> the Democrat brand ffs. Stop with the \u201cWho me?\u201d already. But they\u2019re still at it: \u201c\u2018The only way to defeat rightwing populism is through the centre,\u2019 Bennett said. Shrum agreed that having \u2018a moderately liberal, centre-left Democratic party is the only way forward if progressives actually want to win.’\u201d \u2022 [bangs head on desk]. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Shattering of the Democratic Coalition\u201d [Ruy Teixeira, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liberalpatriot.com\/p\/the-shattering-of-the-democratic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Liberal Patriot<\/a>]. \u201cYet Democrats cannot decisively beat their opponents as this election has shown once again. The party is uncompetitive among white working-class voters and among voters in exurban, small town, and rural America. This puts them at a massive structural disadvantage given an American electoral system that gives disproportionate weight to these voters, especially in Senate and presidential elections. To add to the problem, Democrats are now hemorrhaging nonwhite working-class voters across the country. The facts must be faced. The Democratic coalition today is not fit for purpose.\u201d Meme: Never was (though to be fair, if the purpose was gutting the genuine left, they did great). More: \u201cAmong all working-class voters, Trump dramatically widened his advantage, tripling his margin from 4 points in 2020 to 12 points in this election. That included moving from 25 to 29 points among white working-class voters and radically compressing his deficit among nonwhite working-class voters from 48 points in 2020 to 33 points this election. Compare that margin to what Obama had in 2012: according to Catalist, he carried the nonwhite working class by 67 points in that election. That indicates that Democrats have had their margin among this core constituency more than cut in half over the last 12 years. Ouch. So much for the \u2018rising American electorate.\u2019 And it\u2019s time to face the fact that the GOP has become the party of America\u2019s working class. Democrats hate to admit that and mutter that they represent the \u201cinterests\u201d of the working class. But the numerical pattern is now too powerful to be denied. Instead of denying the obvious\u2014or, worse, blaming the dumb workers for not knowing their own interests\u2014Democrats would be well-advised to accept this new reality and seek to change it. Unless they\u2019re content to be primarily the party of America\u2019s well-off. Harris lost voters under $50,000 in household income as well as voters from $50,000 to $100,000 in income. But she did carry voters with over $100,000 in household by 8 points, one place where Harris did improve over Biden in 2020. This is not, as they say, your father\u2019s Democratic Party. Not even close.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf only we had our own Joe Rogan!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"2.4507042253521\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7.3521126760563\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Undersold part of the bro exit from the Dem party is the way that his male supporters were aggressively smeared as toxic sexist Bernie bros. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mQb5ZDP1Sq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/mQb5ZDP1Sq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Krystal Ball (@krystalball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krystalball\/status\/1854520437285298281\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy Democrats won\u2019t build their own Joe Rogan\u201d [Taylor Lorenz, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usermag.co\/p\/why-democrats-wont-build-their-own\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">User Mag<\/a>]. \u201cWhile the right has spent years fostering a symbiotic relationship with alternative media, the left has failed replicate anything like it. There are simply no progressive content creators with Rogan\u2019s cultural impact and online following, and a quick look at the podcast charts or trending channels on YouTube shows the disparity between conservative vs progressive creators\u2019 reach online. Without a network of culturally relevant influential content creators boosting and translating their messaging, the Democratic Party is rapidly losing credibility among younger, predominantly male audiences who have become ardent supporters of influencers that promote a distinctly conservative worldview.\u201d They used to have one, back in the day: It was called the blogosphere. More: \u201cLeftist channels do not receive widespread financial backing from billionaires or large institutional donors, primarily because leftist content creators support policies that are completely at odds with what billionaires want. Left leaning influencers argue for things like higher taxes on the rich, regulations on corporations, and policies that curb the power of elites. Wealthy mega donors aren\u2019t going to start pouring money into a media ecosystem that directly contradicts their own financial interests. And so, progressive creators are left to rely on meager crowdfunding efforts to make a living. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow Trump Won the First \u201cInfluencer Election\u201d\u201d [Taylor Lorenz, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/politics-news\/trump-wins-influencer-election-1236055439\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hollywood Reporter<\/a>]. \u201cFor the past two decades, the media landscape has been transforming. By nearly every metric, legacy media is in decline: average monthly unique visitors to websites for the country\u2019s top 50 newspapers declined 20 percent to under 9 million in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to Comscore data, and the amount of time people are spending consuming legacy media content is getting shorter. The content creator industry, meanwhile, is ascendent. The influencer economy is set to surpass half a trillion dollars by 2027, according to a recent Goldman Sachs report, and 30 percent of consumers trust content creators more than they did six months ago, according to a 2023 report by Sprout Social, an analytics firm.\u201d And: \u201cBut while both campaigns worked overtime to court influencers, their strategies were divergent. The Harris campaign prioritized shortform clips, investing in quick videos and viral remixes on TikTok and Instagram. The Trump campaign went deep and long, investing heavily in longform YouTube podcasts and building partnerships with livestreamers. Ultimately, the latter proved wildly more successful. \u201d \u2022 Long form videos. Now <em>that\u2019s<\/em> interesting.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIowa pollster makes bombshell claim about controversial poll that showed Kamala winning deep red state after Trump\u2019s triumphant victory\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14057867\/Iowa-pollster-Selzer-claim-controversial-poll-Trump.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018Without fear or favor, we used the same method as the final poll this year to show a healthy Trump lead in both 2020 and 2016. Those turned out to capture the mood of the electorate reasonably well, though both took fire from Iowans who doubted the findings could be true.\u2019 She continued an attempt to defend her methodology, which came as a complete shock to voters the weekend prior to the election. \u2018The poll findings we produced for The Des Moines Register and Mediacom did not match what the Iowa electorate ultimately decided in the voting booth today,\u2019 she said. \u2018I\u2019ll be reviewing data from multiple sources with hopes of learning why that happened, and I welcome what that process might teach me.\u2019 Selzer\u2019s poll for the Register and Mediacom days before the election predicted Harris would win by +3 percentage points. But Donald Trump went on to trounce the vice president by over +13 points in the Hawkeye State\u2026.. However, the state has not always been reliably red, and swung for Barack Obama in both the 2008 and 2012 elections by +9 percent and +6 percent, respectively. Selzer \u2013 who was mercilessly mocked after Iowa went to Trump \u2013 had accurately predicted each of these outcomes going back to 2008, giving her a Nostradamus-like reputation that drew eyeballs to her incorrect Harris poll last week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump and Harris Make Nice After Brutal Campaign Battle\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/articles\/2024\/11\/07\/trump_and_harris_make_nice_after_brutal_campaign_battle_151911.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RealClearPolitics<\/a>]. \u2022 So was all that \u201cFascist!\u201d and \u201cHitler!\u201d stuff complete bullshit?<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Campaign Finance<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"17.646694214876\">\n<p>\u201cHow Elon Musk helped will Trump back to the White House\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3220431\/how-elon-musk-helped-trump-back-to-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Washington Examiner<\/a>]. \u201cMusk\u2019s influence in 2024 shows two things, Ludwig said. One, money is not everything, considering Harris enjoyed far more of it this cycle thanks to ultra-wealthy backers on the Left. But two, wealthy Republicans such as Musk are in a position not only to support candidates financially, but also work in strategic and creative ways to motivate voters.\u201d Hmm. More: \u201cFor now, Musk has landed a valuable spot in Trump\u2019s inner circle. The two have discussed creating a government efficiency board that seeks to reduce federal spending with Musk at the helm. It\u2019s a prospect that, according to some left-leaning watchdogs, could lead to conflicts of interest since Musk\u2019s companies also receive large federal contracts.\u201d \u2022 I\u2019m gonna have to invent a new word for \u201cleft\u201d; it\u2019s irretrievably polluted, since everybody thinks it means liberal, which it doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Republican Funhouse<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"52.148166750377\">\n<p>\u201cThe Most Feared and Least Known Political Operative in America\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2024\/04\/26\/susie-wiles-trump-desantis-profile-00149654\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. From April. \u201c[Susie] Wiles is not just one of Trump\u2019s senior advisers. She\u2019s his most important adviser. She\u2019s his de facto campaign manager. She has been in essence his chief of staff for the last more than three years. She\u2019s one of the reasons Trump is the GOP\u2019s presumptive nominee and Ron DeSantis is not. She\u2019s one of the reasons Trump\u2019s current operation has been getting credit for being more professional than its fractious, seat-of-the-pants antecedents. And she\u2019s a leading reason Trump has every chance to get elected again \u2014 even after his loss of 2020, the insurrection of 2021, his party\u2019s defeats in the midterms of 2022, the criminal indictments of 2023 and the trial (or trials) of 2024. The former president is potentially a future president. And that\u2019s because of him. But it\u2019s also because of her. Trump, of course, is Trump \u2014 he can be irritable, he can be impulsive \u2014 and this campaign is facing unprecedented stressors and snags. It\u2019s a long six-plus months till Election Day. For now, though, nobody around him is so influential, and nobody around him has been so influential for so long. \u2018There is nobody, I think, that has the wealth of information that she does. Nobody in our orbit. Nobody,\u2019 top Trump pollster Tony Fabrizio told me. \u2018She touches everything.\u2019 \u2018Certainly,\u2019 said former Florida Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo, \u2018she\u2019s one of the most consequential people in American politics right now.\u2019 \u2018And nobody,\u2019 said veteran Florida lobbyist Ronnie Book, \u2018even knows who she is.’\u201d \u2022 I had thought Republicans hate women\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI Study Guys Like Trump. There\u2019s a Reason They Keep Winning\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/DlQH7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>]. \u201cYet now Mr. Trump has decisively won back the presidency. I would never claim to have all the answers about what went wrong, but I do worry that Democrats walked into the trap of defending the very institutions \u2014 the \u201cestablishment\u201d \u2014 that most Americans distrust. As a party interested in competent technocracy, we lost touch with the anger people feel at government. As a party that prizes data, we seized on indicators of growth and job creation as proof that the economy was booming, even though people felt crushed by rising costs. As a party motivated by social justice, we let revulsion at white Christian nationalism bait us into identity politics on their terms \u2014 whether it was debates about transgender athletes, the busing of migrants to cities, or shaming racist MAGA personalities who can\u2019t be shamed. As a party committed to American leadership of a \u201crules-based international order,\u201d we defended a national security enterprise that has failed repeatedly in the 21st century, and made ourselves hypocrites through unconditional military support for Israel\u2019s bombardment of civilians in Gaza.\u201d And: \u201d Many voters have come to associate democracy with globalization, corruption, financial capitalism, migration, forever wars and elites (like me) who talk about it as an end in itself rather than a means to redressing inequality, reining in capitalist systems that are rigged, responding to global conflict and fostering a sense of shared national identity.\u201d \u2022 As I\u2019ve been saying, Democrats say \u201cour democracy\u201d for a reason. And if you look at how candidates are chosen, the Republican Party is far more democratic and the Democrat Party. <\/p>\n<p>Why can\u2019t we have a Democrat candidate who can express these ideas so clearly:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"2.9324324324324\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"8.3783783783784\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A fundamental problem in the Democratic Party is that it now has vanishingly few politicians who can articulate this kind of point as cogently as the Republican VP candidate did here. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V0NBrW581Z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/V0NBrW581Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Sirota (@davidsirota) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidsirota\/status\/1854904545354342563\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>(Perhaps all those long-form YouTubes have prepared the conservative voter for a cogent and connected series of arguments, instead of \u201cbrat summer\u201d or whatever.<\/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&list_select_county=all_counties&data-type=Risk&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&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&subtopic=recurring-updates&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: Covid<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"18.949275362319\">\n<p><a name=\"mushrooms\"\/>Parallel technologies:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"4.7523219814241\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"12.356037151703\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mushroom cultivation requires a lot of lab based work \u2013 you’re working in (supposedly) sterile conditions, eg when doing agar work. Laminar flow hoods are required when doing this, otherwise contaminants will kill your efforts (mould will outcompete the mycelium, basically)\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Tutt (@MattTutt1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattTutt1\/status\/1854902174041448758\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Michael Pollan, in <em>The Botany of Desire<\/em>, urges that plants adapt us to their requirements for seed spread and growth by evolving tastes, nutriition, scents, and bright colors. Here we have mushrooms inducing us to breathe clean air, much to our benefit!<\/p>\n<p>Anecdotal but interesting:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"4.4034090909091\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"11.448863636364\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A year ago we installed Far UVC in the dining area of a nursing home. <\/p>\n<p>Since then outbreaks have decreased by 85% and overall resident and staff well being has increased. <\/p>\n<p>This nursing home chose to use all possible tools to ensure their occupants stay safe from viruses.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pn5ZsuK2cG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/pn5ZsuK2cG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BioAbundance (@BioAbundancellc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BioAbundancellc\/status\/1854574900838908320\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Of course, I mistrust any firm with the word \u201cabundance\u201d in its name, especially [checks profile] a Californian one\u2026. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Transmission: Covid<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"10.902284263959\">\n<p>\u201cA Flexible Framework for Local-Level Estimation of the Effective Reproductive Number in Geographic Regions with Sparse Data\u201d (preprint) [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medrxiv.org\/content\/10.1101\/2024.11.06.24316859v1?rss=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">medRxiv<\/a>]. From the Abstract: \u201cOur research focuses on local level estimation of the effective reproductive number, which describes the transmissibility of an infectious disease and represents the average number of individuals one infectious person infects at a given time. The ability to accurately estimate the infectious disease reproductive number in geographically granular regions is critical for disaster planning and resource allocation. However, not all regions have sufficient infectious disease outcome data for estimation.\u201d \u2022 Can\u2019t make head or tail of the rest, but it might be useful to any epidemiologists in the readership.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Transmission: H5N1<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"9.9382716049383\">\n<p>\u201cSerologic Evidence of Recent Infection with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5) Virus Among Dairy Workers \u2014 Michigan and Colorado, June\u2013August 2024\u201d [Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/73\/wr\/mm7344a3.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>]. \u201cHealth officials conducted surveys and serologic testing to identify recent HPAI A(H5) infections among dairy workers in two states. .\u201d \u2022 Do the math:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dairy_cases.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"173\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-281873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dairy_cases.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dairy_cases-300x87.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/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: There are many starred items today, besides yesterday, because a lot of CDC data is released on Friday. Also, New York hospitalization started up again, which is nice.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody wp_automatic_readability=\"10.934535104364\">\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Wastewater<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.6363636363636\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> This week[1]<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> <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-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-281871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-1-300x245.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\/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><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.6619718309859\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong> Variants<\/strong> [3] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/?utm_medium=email&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> November 2<\/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-positivity-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-281868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-natl-300x192.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=\"3.9506172839506\">\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 November 7:<\/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> November 6:<\/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-ny-hospitalization-nyc.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-281872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-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\">\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=\"2.5714285714286\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> 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\"> 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 21:<\/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 21:<\/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\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-281869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-300x186.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-travelers-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-281870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-1-300x209.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> November 2:<\/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> November 2:<\/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-positivty-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-281867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-deaths-positivty-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-deaths-positivty-natl-300x200.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-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-281866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-deaths-ed-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-deaths-ed-natl-1-300x177.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<td wp_automatic_readability=\"134.31883724144\">\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>There are no official statistics of note today.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cQuebec media outlet is reporting possible data falsification at plant where defective Vineyard Wind turbine blades were manufactured\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/budsoffshoreenergy.com\/2024\/11\/08\/quebec-media-outlet-is-reporting-possible-data-falsification-at-plant-where-defective-vineyard-wind-turbine-blades-were-manufactured\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bud\u2019s Offshore Energy<\/a>]. \u201cSee the translated excerpts below from<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiogaspesie.ca\/nouvelles\/actualite\/falsification-possible-de-donnees-chez-lm-wind-power\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> a Radio Gaspesie report<\/a>. This is a massive scandal if true. \u2018Yesterday, the vice-president of global operations at GE Vernova reportedly addressed all employees at the Gasp\u00e9 plant to provide an update on the situation. The investigation, led by GE Vernova\u2019s lawyers, reportedly revealed that employees were asked by senior company executives to falsify quality control data. Data associated with a well-made blade was then associated with poorly made blades. Our sources indicate that this is a widespread practice in the industry. The senior management of the Gasp\u00e9 plant also allegedly implemented a points system that encouraged employees to skip verification steps, thus prioritizing production quantity over quality. Our sources say the points system allegedly involved tight management oversight that bordered on intimidation of employees. The oversized 107m blades that were produced in Gasp\u00e9 for the construction of marine parks are said to be affected. .\u201d \u2022 Yikes!<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"boeing\"\/>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing to refund lost pay to employees furloughed during Machinists strike\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/business\/boeing-aerospace\/boeing-to-refund-lost-pay-to-employees-furloughed-during-machinists-strike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Seattle Times<\/a>]. \u201cIn a goodwill gesture to Boeing employees who were furloughed during the Machinists\u2019 strike, new CEO Kelly Ortberg on Thursday afternoon sent out a message saying the company will return the pay they lost\u2026 A longtime nonunion employee on the quality staff, who asked not to be named to protect his job, said the furloughs had seemed \u2018an odd way of taking care of the people not on strike\u2019 and that they destroyed productivity that month as affected employees like him scrambled to figure out the impact and what to do. \u2018Obviously your time is not spent focusing on work, but on OK, how am I going to handle this? How do I pay my bills? How do I apply for unemployment?\u2019 he said. The staffer said Thursday he\u2019s \u2018really happy\u2019 at the course reversal. \u2018There\u2019s still a lot of mistrust,\u2019 he said. \u2018There\u2019s still this sense of, \u2018Wow, can I trust the company?\u201d And yet, he continued, \u201cthis is a step in the right direction.’\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing Is Exploring Possible $6 Billion Sale for Jeppesen Unit\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/boeing-exploring-possible-6-billion-172035094.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a>]. \u201d Boeing Co. is exploring a sale of its Jeppesen navigation unit as the planemaker draws up a list of assets it could shed to help lighten its $58 billion debt load, according to people familiar with the matter\u2026. Suitors are already circling Jeppesen, which could attract sizable interest from private equity firms as well as other companies, said the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing 737 Production Grinds Forward\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/airlinegeeks.com\/2024\/11\/08\/boeing-737-production-grinds-forward\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Airline Geeks<\/a>]. \u201cWith the approval of a new contract, Reuters reported that Boeing will now take weeks to continue producing 737s in the single digits per month range for some time, citing two unnamed sources briefed on the matter. The company was aiming to produce 38 of its best-selling jets per month prior to the strikes, down from 42 a month before January\u2019s Alaska 1282 incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cUnited Boeing 777 APU Catches Fire at San Francisco Airport\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/08\/united-777-apu-catches-fire-at-san-francisco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Aviation A2Z<\/a>]. \u201cAccording to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing report, United aircraft during pushback from terminal 2, gate 6 experienced a fire in the APU. For those who are not aware of APU, it is actually a small jet engine located in the tail or empennage section of an aircraft. It is used to start main engines and also act as backup in case of engine failure.\u201d \u2022 Oh dear. I have mentally classified the 777 as the last good Boeing airplane, and the only safe one. <\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 61 Greed (previous close: 59 Greed) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 44 (Neutral). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Nov 8 at 1:51:07 PM ET<\/p>\n<p><strong>Permaculture<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"weeds\"\/>\u201cThe Weeds Are Winning\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2024\/10\/10\/1105034\/weeds-climate-change-genetic-engineering-superweeds-food\/?src=longreads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MIT Technology Review<\/a>]. \u201cAccording to Ian Heap, a weed scientist who runs the International Herbicide-Resistant Weed Database, there have been well over 500 unique cases of [herbicide-resistance] in 273 weed species and counting. Weeds have evolved resistance to 168 different herbicides and 21 of the 31 known \u201cmodes of action,\u201d which means the specific biochemical target or pathway a chemical is designed to disrupt. Some modes of action are shared by many herbicides.\u201d Darwin Awards for the industry! More: \u201cFundamentally, the solution is to \u2018not focus solely on herbicides for weed management,\u2019 says Micheal Owen, a weed scientist and emeritus professor at Iowa State University. And that presents a \u201cmajor, major issue for the farmer\u201d and the current state of American farms, he adds. Farms have ballooned in size over the last couple of decades, as a result of <del>rural flight, labor costs, and the advent of chemicals and genetically modified crops that allowed farmers to quickly apply herbicides over massive areas to control weeds<\/del> capitalism. This has led to a kind of sinister simplification in terms of crop diversity, weed control practices, and the like. And the weeds have adjusted.\u201d \u2022 Edit mine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Book Nook<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNeal Stephenson Jumps From Speculative Fancy to Strange History\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/lithub.com\/neal-stephenson-jumps-from-speculative-fancy-to-strange-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Literary Hub<\/a>]. \u2022 Hmm. \u201cInterwar leftism\u201d? Another damn book to read. <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"wired\"\/><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMitochondria Are Alive\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.asimov.press\/p\/mitochondria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Asimov Press<\/a>]. \u201cThe cells within our body are the remnants of an ancient alliance\u2026. Margulis argued that one-and-a-half billion years ago, a primitive eukaryotic cell engulfed an oxygen-utilizing bacterium. But rather than digesting this bacterium \u2014 or conversely, the bacterium destroying its newfound host \u2014 the two cells gradually entered into an endosymbiotic relationship; the host provided nutrients and protection to the bacterium, and the bacterium supplied energy to the host. Margulis argued that this endosymbiosis event was a seminal \u2018innovation engine\u2019 for biological systems, ultimately leading to the modern mitochondrion and chloroplast\u2026. Most biologists today, however, also believe that mitochondria have \u2018devolved\u2019 into little more than membrane-bound organelles, similar to inanimate components like the endoplasmic reticulum or Golgi apparatus. But a swelling tide of scientific evidence about mitochondrial functions and dynamics suggests otherwise \u2014 <em>mitochondria are not just organelles, but their own life forms<\/em>\u2026, Defining mitochondria as \u2018nonliving\u2019 isn\u2019t just a classification mistake, nor a question of word choice. Rather, it is a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature and role of mitochondria. It inherently undermines our understanding of biological systems and deeply influences the tools we build to study them.\u201d <\/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! 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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. <br \/>\n <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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