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By Lambert Strether of Corrente.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nPatient readers, I had a Twitter debacle, and so this is a little bit light. More soon. \u2013lambert UPDATE All done!<\/p>\nBird Song of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Northern Mockingbird, Big Bend NP\u2013Chisos Basin Campground, Brewster, Texas, United States. \u201cSinging lustily before first light.\u201d Indeed! This spectrogram shows the virtuosity very clearly (not all do).<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#transition\">Trump transition:<\/a> Biden meeting, Gabbard, Gaetz.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#blame\">Deploy the Blame Cannons<\/a>! Democrat suicide?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#boeing\">Boeing layoffs<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#love\">\u201cIs the Love Song Dying?\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Politics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo many of the social reactions that strike us as psychological are in fact a rational management of symbolic capital.\u201d \u2013Pierre Bourdieu, Classification Struggles<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p> Capitol Seizure<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"15.906228610541\">\n<p>\u201cJ6 Shocker: Phone companies dispute FBI testimony on pipe bombs suspect, key lawmaker reveals\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/government\/security\/hldcell-companies-refute-fbi-testimony-j6-pipe-bomber-investigation-loudermilk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Just the News<\/a>]. \u201clular carriers have told Congress they possess intact phone usage data from the vicinity where two pipe bombs were planted during the Jan. 6 incident, directly disputing FBI testimony that agents couldn\u2019t identify a suspect because the phone data was corrupted, a key House chairman tells Just the News. The revelations from Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., the chairman of the House Administration oversight subcommittee, adds new intrigue to a debate that has gripped Washington for nearly four years: Why can\u2019t the FBI with so much evidence and manpower identify the suspect who planted the explosive devices at the Democrat and Republican Party headquarters hours before the Capitol was breached\u2026. The concerns about the unsolved Jan. 6 pipe bombs have been heightened by evidence Loudermilk disclosed in the last year showing that then-Vice President-elect Kamala Harris was taken within 10 yards of one of the live bombs on the morning of Jan. 6 because the Secret Service did not do a thorough security sweep. In addition, Loudermilk also provided security camera video footage and still photos of the suspect holding a device that lawmakers believe was a cell phone, further making the phone data a potential case-solving piece of evidence.\u201d \u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/01\/the-famous-gallows-of-january-6-who-what-where-when-and-why.html\">We also don\u2019t know who set up the famous gallows, or why it wasn\u2019t taken down<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden Administration<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"22.707722385142\">\n<p>\u201cSpecial counsel Jack Smith stands down in Trump classified docs case, asks court to halt appeal\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/13\/us-news\/special-counsel-jack-smith-stands-down-in-trump-classified-docs-case-asks-court-to-halt-appeal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Post<\/a>]. \u201cSpecial counsel Jack Smith asked a federal appellate court on Wednesday to halt his appeal in President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s classified documents case, citing the results of the 2024 election. \u2018As a result of the election held on November 5, 2024, one of the defendants in this case, Donald J. Trump, is expected to be certified as President-elect on January 6, 2025, and inaugurated on January 20, 2025,\u2019 Smith wrote to the Atlanta-based 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals. \u2018The Government respectfully requests that the Court hold this appeal in abeyance \u2014 and stay the deadline for the Government\u2019s reply brief, which is currently due on November 15, 2024 \u2014 until December 2, 2024, to afford the Government time to assess this unprecedented circumstance and determine the appropriate course going forward consistent with Department of Justice policy,\u2019 the federal prosecutor added.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump Transition<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"127.36650737586\">\n<p><a name=\"transition\"\/>\u201cTrump triumphantly returns to White House as Biden pledges \u2018smooth transition’\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2024\/nov\/13\/donald-trump-triumphantly-returns-white-house-joe-\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Washington Times<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018I look forward \u2026 to having a smooth transition. We\u2019ll do everything we can to make sure you\u2019re accommodated what you need,\u2019 a smiling Mr. Biden said as he congratulated a man who had relentlessly attacked his mental capacity and branded his administration as a \u2018disaster.\u2019 Mr. Trump also pledged that the transition will be \u2018as smooth as it can get.\u2019 \u2018Politics is tough, and in many cases, it\u2019s not a nice world, but it\u2019s a nice world today,\u2019 Mr. Trump said. They shook hands in front of a roaring fire in the Oval Office.\u201d \u2022 What was burning in the fire? The Epstein tapes and a copy of <a href=\"https:\/\/encyclopedia.ushmm.org\/content\/en\/article\/the-enabling-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Enabling Act<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump reveals exclusively to The Post what he and Biden spoke about at DC meeting\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/13\/us-news\/donald-trump-reveals-what-he-and-biden-spoke-about-at-dc-meeting-really-enjoyed-seeing-each-other\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Post<\/a>]. \u201cPresident-elect Donald Trump told The Post Wednesday that he and President Biden \u201cboth really enjoyed seeing each other\u201d when they sat down for a historic post-election get-together in the Oval Office. \u2018You know, it\u2019s been a long, it\u2019s been a long slog,\u2019 the 78-year-old said during a phone interview as he left Washington. \u2018It\u2019s been a lot of work on both sides and he did a very good job with respect to campaigning and everything else. We really had a really good meeting.\u2019 Trump said Biden was \u2018very gracious.\u2019 \u2018We got to know each other again.’\u201d<\/p>\n<p>BFFs:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.8676470588235\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"5.9764705882353\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden seems happy.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe people can stop wasting their energy defending him now. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HI7groP6CC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/HI7groP6CC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 leahmcelrath.bsky.social (@leahmcelrath) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leahmcelrath\/status\/1856805918966780223\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>So much for all that \u201cour democracy\u201d hoo-ha, then. Also too \u201cfascism.\u201d Dear Lord, these people just turn on a dime!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiden, Trump Die 2 Minutes Apart Holding Hands\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/theonion.com\/biden-trump-die-2-minutes-apart-holding-hands-1850282375\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Onion<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018Only minutes before their deaths, they requested that their hospital beds be pushed together\u2014it\u2019s like they knew what was coming,\u2019 said Marlene Kato, a nurse who confirmed that medical staff at Walter Reed Medical Center, where the two presidents spent their final hours together, were stunned when Biden died at 8:05 p.m. and Trump followed at 8:07. \u2018They were rivals in life, but they came together with love in death. They were both very weak, but turned their heads to face each other and smiled. Biden said, \u2018You were the only one who ever got me,\u2019 and Trump said, \u2018I know.\u2019 I started tearing up right there and then. It was just so beautiful. Then they used their final breaths to request a shared burial plot at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster.\u2019 At press time, a coroner\u2019s report revealed that Trump had strangled Biden and then succumbed to a heart attack two minutes later.\u201d\u2022 Oh.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump Jokes He \u2018Can\u2019t Get Rid\u2019 of Elon Musk Amid Growing Influence\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/trump-jokes-cant-get-rid-elon-musk-1985310\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Newsweek<\/a>]. \u201c\u201dElon won\u2019t go home. I can\u2019t get rid of him\u2014at least until I don\u2019t like him,\u201d Trump joked, acknowledging Musk\u2019s growing presence in his inner circle.\u201d And: \u201cDuring his week-long stay at Mar-a-Lago, Musk has bonded with the president-elect\u2019s family, posing for photos and playing golf, while also joining calls with foreign leaders, including Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. He is also scheduled to meet Argentina\u2019s President Javier Milei at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday. Although the president-elect has often said that Musk likely won\u2019t take on a full-time position due to his other commitments, Musk\u2014who once vowed to stay out of politics\u2014appears to be enjoying his new role.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump\u2019s pick for top intel job has been accused of \u2018traitorous\u2019 parroting of Russian propaganda\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/trumps-pick-top-intel-job-accused-traitorous-parroting-russian-propaga-rcna180073\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NBC<\/a>]. \u2022 The spooks seem unhappy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTulsi Gabbard\u2019s Nomination Is a National-Security Risk\u201d [Tom Nichols, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/newsletters\/archive\/2024\/11\/tulsi-gabbard-nomination-security\/680649\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Atlantic<\/a>]. \u2022 As do <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tom_Nichols_(academic)#Politics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Never Trumper national security goons<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Curious Case of Tulsi Gabbard: Is She a Russian Asset or a Dupe?\u201d [Jonathan V. Last, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebulwark.com\/p\/tulsi-gabbard-russian-asset-or-dupe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Bulwark<\/a>]. \u201cBecause for a decade Gabbard has looked and behaved like a Russian asset.\u201d \u2022 An asset? With a handler? I\u2019ll only believe this if 51 intelligence officials tell me so. (Sorry to go all heuristic on this, I should be assessing all this on the merits, but sheesh.)<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cGaetz resigns from Congress \u2014 possibly skirting long-awaited Ethics report\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/11\/13\/matt-gaetz-resigns-congress-00189488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cDozens of GOP lawmakers indicated that leadership had told them about Gaetz\u2019s resignation before Johnson made the announcement. Many were excitedly spreading the news, glad to be rid of the architect of Kevin McCarthy\u2019s speakership ouster. Gaetz didn\u2019t attend the GOP\u2019s hours-long meeting near the Capitol on Wednesday, where Republicans elected their leadership slate. Johnson said Gaetz had resigned so abruptly because he knew how long it would take to fill the seat if he becomes attorney general\u2026. Other GOP House colleagues believe his decision is actually tied to an Ethics Committee report investigating several allegations including that Gaetz engaged in sex with a minor, which they believe was poised to be released in a matter of days. Gaetz has repeatedly denied wrongdoing and has sought to attack the panel probing various allegations against him. If Gaetz is no longer a member of the House, the report likely won\u2019t be formally released, though it could leak. One House Republican, granted anonymity to speak candidly, tied Gaetz\u2019s resignation to trying to \u2018stymie the ethics investigation that is coming out in one week.’\u201d \u2022 It seems to have been pretty effectively stymied already, but whatever. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump Nominates \u2018Khanservative\u2019 Matt Gaetz as Attorney General\u201d [Matt Stoller, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebignewsletter.com\/p\/trump-nominates-khanservative-matt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BIG<\/a>]. Stoller followed anti-trust in Congress closely. Here\u2019s a telling anecdate about Gaetz:<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"29\">\n<p>At one point during the markup, at 3am or so, [Democrat David Cicilline, actually an anti-monoply ally] allowed an amendment that punched a loophole in one of the bills. The amendment would have let big tech firms purchase companies for less than $50 million in value without much scrutiny. It wasn\u2019t a big deal; everyone was exhausted and wanted to just move along. But at that moment, Gaetz chimed in and said he opposed it. He didn\u2019t win. But he was the only member in either party to say he wanted no loopholes, no matter how small, for big tech.<\/p>\n<p>When the spotlight is on, most people do not want to appear craven. But when the spotlight is not on, when it\u2019s 3 am and the only people who are paying attention are powerful lobbyists from organized money, well, that\u2019s when someone tells you what their priorities are. And in that case, Gaetz said he\u2019d fight for every inch, even if he would get no credit, even if everyone was tired, and even if he was going to lose, and in losing, upset several corporations worth a trillion dollars apiece.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The whole piece is worth reading in full, given that Gaetz seems sound on Lina Khan, defense reform, and surveillance (and actually called for Snowden to be pardoned). So no wonder powerful forces want to take him down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMatt Gaetz once faced a sex trafficking investigation by the Justice Department he could now lead\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-attorney-general-matt-gaetz-justice-department-9d51501fb6ad5c04b5b4113d3a6a584b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>]. \u201cThe federal sex trafficking investigation that began under Attorney General Bill Barr during Trump\u2019s first term focused on allegations that Gaetz and onetime political ally Joel Greenberg paid underage girls and escorts or offered them gifts in exchange for sex. Greenberg, a fellow Republican who served as the tax collector in Florida\u2019s Seminole County, admitted as part of a plea deal with prosecutors in 2021 that he paid women and an underage girl to have sex with him and other men. The men were not identified in court documents when he pleaded guilty. Greenberg was sentenced in late 2022 to 11 years in prison. Federal investigators scrutinized a trip that Gaetz took to the Bahamas with a group of women and a doctor who donated to his campaign, and whether the women were paid or received gifts to have sex with the men, according to people familiar with the matter who were not allowed to publicly discuss the investigation. Prosecutors also investigated whether Gaetz and his associates tried to secure government jobs for some of the women, and scrutinized Gaetz\u2019s connections to the medical marijuana sector, including whether his associates sought to influence legislation Gaetz sponsored, the people have said. Gaetz had remained under investigation by the House Ethics Committee over allegations that he was part of a scheme that led to the sex trafficking of a 17-year-old girl. The committee began its review of Gaetz in April 2021, , and renewed its work shortly after Gaetz announced that the Justice Department had ended a sex trafficking investigation. Over the summer, the committee provided an unusual public update into its long-running investigation, saying its review now includes whether Gaetz engaged in sexual misconduct and illicit drug use, accepted improper gifts and sought to obstruct government investigations of his conduct. Gaetz has categorically denied all the allegations before the committee.\u201d \u2022 Well, I suippose we can expect a leak shortly. (One reason I apply a hermeneutic of suspicion to sex scandals is that long, long ago, an Illinois Republican got taken down over sex club allegations in a set of mysteriously released divorce papers, and the Democrat went on to win. I focused my aghastitude on the scandal, but the winning Democrat was this dude named Barack Obama, who was just another elected at the time.)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>2024 Post Mortem<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"79.163034001744\">\n<p><a name=\"blame\"\/><strong>Deploy the Blame Cannons!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Democrats Committed Suicide This Year\u201d [James K. Galbraith, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.project-syndicate.org\/commentary\/trump-2024-win-blame-the-democratic-party-establishment-by-james-k-galbraith-2024-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Project Syndicate<\/a>]. \u201d Trump\u2019s final tally will be only slightly higher than his 2020 total of 74.2 million votes. For Harris, though, we will see a disastrous decline from the 81.2 million votes that Joe Biden received, and this despite the fact that the voting-eligible population has increased by four million. In other words, Trump gained almost no support in his four-year campaign for redemption. If all the voters were the same, one could even say that he merely got his 2020 supporters to vote for him again. In fact, about 13 million people (most of them eligible voters) have died, and about 17 million have become voter-eligible, implying that Trump replaced his losses about one-for-one, while a decline in turnout cost the Democrats nearly ten million votes. These numbers cast grave doubt on explanations of the result that focus on economic conditions, and still more on the impact of advertising and get-out-the-vote campaigns. The results also deflate analyses based on the \u2018American voter.\u2019\u2026 .\u201d More: \u201cAfter we have ruled out the implausible, at least three reasonable conjectures remain. The first concerns the conditions of voting. In 2020, owing to the pandemic, voting was more accessible than ever before\u2026. In 2024, some \u2013 though not all \u2013 of these expedients no longer existed, after already declining in 2022. It is standard in America to use the structure of voting to help determine the outcome: long lines at the polls discourage turnout, especially among working people with limited time.\u201d Yes, the distinctive competence of the modern political party. More: \u201cA second plausible explanation concerns voter registration. Students and low-income minority citizens move more frequently and usually must re-register every time their address changes. It is highly probable that this burden falls more heavily on Democrats.\u201d And now: \u201cThe third hypothesis turns on the long-standing divisions within the Democratic Party\u2026. The Clintons and Obamas are currently the de facto heads of the centrist faction, and Biden and Harris were their appointees\u2026. The Democratic leadership engineered this situation and must therefore desire it. Win or lose, it remains in control of a vast shadow apparatus: consultants, pollsters, lobbyists, fundraisers, key positions on Capitol Hill. Any concessions to new forces within the party would undermine this control, whereas losses to Republicans do not. The Democratic leadership would far rather lose an election or two \u2013 or even become a permanent minority party \u2013 than open the party to people it cannot control. The 2024 election was, therefore, a suicide. The Democratic leadership was, at best, indifferent to the erosion of voting access, negligent in retaining 2020\u2019s new voters, and proactive in ensuring the abstention of what little remains of its \u2018left\u2019 wing. It tried to cover this up, as usual, with celebrity endorsements and identity politics. As usual, it did not work. But the party\u2019s mandarins and their apparatchiks will be around next time to try again.\u201d \u2022 I could quarrel with causality (\u201ceconomic conditions\u201d is surely a little slippery), but this conforms in almost every respect to my priors (except one should hardly leave the spooks, the press, and the NGOs out of the \u201cvast shadow apparatus\u201d). So I like it \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump\u2019s Win Leaves Democrats Asking: Where Are Our Bro Whisperers?\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/HCBiU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>]. \u201c[S]ome younger Democrats said a broader strategy shift was in order, especially in terms of how politicians approach nontraditional media. Celebrity appearances and paid endorsements from influencers come across as transactional and inauthentic, they said. \u2018It\u2019s last-second, \u2018Let\u2019s get Beyonc\u00e9 onstage to say we support women,\u2019 but that doesn\u2019t move anyone who wasn\u2019t already going to vote Democrat,\u2019 said Ayem Kpenkaan, a liberal content creator who goes by @bocxtop on social media. As Democrats were casting about for explanations for Mr. Trump\u2019s victory, posts by Mr. Kpenkaan, 25, blaming \u2018alpha male podcasts\u2019 for men\u2019s rightward shift went viral. He suggested that Democrats needed liberal versions of media platforms that are culturally right-leaning but not inherently political \u2014 like Barstool Sports, the popular sports brand that has become so enmeshed in online culture that it has coined a phrase, Barstool conservatism. \u2018We have to make entertaining, engaging content that men want to watch and care about,\u201d Mr. Kpenkaan said. \u201cThen, over time, you pepper in more progressive views.\u201d \u2022 \u201cContent creator\u201d sounds something like a producer of \u201cslop feedstock\u201d to me, but what do I know?<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe State-Level Differences Between the Presidential and Senate Races\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/centerforpolitics.org\/crystalball\/the-state-level-differences-between-the-presidential-and-senate-races\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Larry Sabato\u2019s Crystal Ball<\/a>]. The Abstract: \u201cSplit outcomes between presidential and Senate results saw a resurgence in 2024, as at least four Donald Trump-won states sent Democrats to the Senate. Republicans still took the majority in the Senate because while Sens. Jon Tester (D-MT) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) performed notably better than Kamala Harris, they did not do so by enough to hold their seats. Across most key Senate races, Senate Democrats ran better than Harris in rural parts of their states but were comparatively weak in some suburban counties. In one of Harris\u2019s best states, Maryland, former Gov. Larry Hogan (R-MD) stood out as Republicans\u2019 top overperformer, although Harris\u2019s 26-point margin in the state was too much for him to overcome.\u201d \u2022 Handy map:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/JMC2024111401_Map_1_600.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"433\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-282217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/JMC2024111401_Map_1_600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/JMC2024111401_Map_1_600-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/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>Transmission: H5N1<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"21.146551724138\">\n<p>\u201cBird flu: Canadian teenager is critically ill with new genotype\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/387\/bmj.q2529\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BMJ<\/a>]. \u201cA Canadian adolescent is in a critical condition in a British Columbia hospital after becoming infected with a new genotype of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). The patient, who has not been publicly identified, developed conjunctivitis on 2 November, followed by fever and coughing. While these symptoms have been common in people infected with H5N1 bird flu in North America\u2014until now, all US cases\u2014the teenager in Canada then developed acute respiratory distress syndrome and was admitted to intensive care on 8 November. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCanada: PHAC Confirms HPAI H5N1 Genotype D1.1 In B.C. Human Infection\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/afludiary.blogspot.com\/2024\/11\/canada-phac-confirms-hpai-h5n1-genotype.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Avian Flu Diary<\/a>]. \u201cWe now have the answer to at least 2 of our questions regarding the H5 virus infection in a teenager from British Columbia; according to a statement from the PHAC (h\/t FluTrackers) the subtype has been confirmed to be H5N1 and the genotype is D1.1. \u201d More on D.1.1:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/long_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"632\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-282225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/long_1.png 500w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/long_1-237x300.png 237w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps we should give consideration to invoking the precautionary principle:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/long_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"1300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-282226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/long_2.png 500w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/long_2-115x300.png 115w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/long_2-394x1024.png 394w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>We really shouldn\u2019t play \u201clet \u2018er rip\u201d with H5N1, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/10\/biden-bets-on-let-er-rip-with-a-second-pandemic-grade-virus-h5n1-bird-flu.html\">that\u2019s what we\u2019re doing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Scientific Communication<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"5\">\n<p>Let\u2019s do brunch over at Blue Sky:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/blue_sky_transition.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"1096\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-282232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/blue_sky_transition.png 500w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/blue_sky_transition-137x300.png 137w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/blue_sky_transition-467x1024.png 467w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"\/><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Media<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"14.878542510121\">\n<p>\u201cCovid grifters are (still) wrong: the structure of esoteric knowledge\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/buttondown.com\/abbycartus\/archive\/covid-grifters-are-still-wrong-the-structure-of\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ClosedForm<\/a>]. \u201cI could take a weathered desire path here and argue that these analyses are politically dangerous in addition to being ignorant; that they misidentify the culprits, misunderstand the problems, point people galvanized to \u2018get involved\u2019 down dead-end paths. Someone else can make those arguments. I want to talk about something weirder: the funky thread of esotericism running through the beautiful tapestry of the Covid grifter community and through its associated epistemological stance\u2026. The Covid grifters miss (\u2018miss\u2019 is a bit passive) alternative explanations because they assume that if it is published in a scientific paper, it must be true and must confirm their existing belief. This is a grave misunderstanding of what the scientific literature is. It\u2019s not a repository of truth claims. It\u2019s a body of work produced by people working in a specific political economy, one that incentivizes publishing \u2018statistically significant\u2019 findings (which are not the same thing as actually significant or meaningful findings), and really incentivizes publishing anything about hot topics like, say, a devastating pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Elite Maleficence<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"35.067748091603\">\n<p>The UK, but yikes:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"5.5395189003436\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"13.635738831615\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nosocomial Covid in Wales<\/p>\n<p>‘Number of inpatient Covid-19 cases in hospital in Wales’<\/p>\n<p>On 10 November 2024, at least 67% of inpatient Covid cases in Wales were the result of hospital-acquired SARS-CoV-2 infection\u2026<\/p>\n<p>(PHW data) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HnGsHtf7hL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/HnGsHtf7hL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gwladwr (@gwladwr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gwladwr\/status\/1856686685263692179\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a Better Way to Talk About Fluoride, Vaccines and Raw Milk\u201d [Emily Oster, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/M2XJL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>]. \u201cConsider three topics of much public discussion: measles vaccines, raw milk and water fluoridation. All three represent fault lines between what is said by public health agencies and by Mr. Kennedy and other skeptics. Where their messages differ is in the strength and complexity of the evidence\u2026. My suggestion is that when asked about these topics, health experts provide this level of detail. Simply saying that vaccines are good and raw milk is bad misses specifics that people find important. People often do their research, and if they feel the risks of raw milk have been exaggerated, it can erode their trust. Now perhaps that person is more likely to distrust the vaccine messaging, too. With more information, we provide room for people to drink raw milk but also vaccinate their kids. Which is, basically, a reasonable choice. Providing context also helps people make sense of new information\u2026. Being more nuanced will not be easy for public health agencies. They need to put more trust in their audience\u2026. If health experts share a more balanced message about raw milk, more people might drink raw milk. And, yes, that does entail some increased risk. I am arguing that in exchange you may get higher measles vaccination. It\u2019s not a perfect scenario, but it may mean that fewer people get sick and die. Which, after all, should be the ultimate goal.\u201d \u2022 The problem here is that Oster, an economist, has track record:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.3857142857143\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9.3107142857143\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here’s a horrendous example of COVID misinformation spread by Emily Oster in 2020, which has been proven wrong by research many times since. Please do not listen to any of her advice about public health. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bAnP3rbXEv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/bAnP3rbXEv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Lucky Tran (@luckytran) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/luckytran\/status\/1856856344558440482\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 14, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Just like all the pro-Iraq pundits, still making bank, twenty years later\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>HICPAC meeting today and tomorrow:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"5.209756097561\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"12.373170731707\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2652\ufe0fMore in\ud83e\uddf5\ud83d\udc46\ud83c\udffc<\/p>\n<p>\u2652\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HICPAC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#HICPAC<\/a> Mtg THURS & FRI Nov 14-15\u2757\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2652\ufe0f\u201dCDC\u2019s HICPAC: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COI?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#COI<\/a> & Process Violations Alleged in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheWHN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@TheWHN<\/a> Suppl Complaint 2 Inspector General\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2652\ufe0fImpt fr <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lambertstrether\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@lambertstrether<\/a>\u2757\ufe0f\ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udffc<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd17 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wG4xpZ1XGH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/wG4xpZ1XGH<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u2652\ufe0fPls share\ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udffd<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HCW?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#HCW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/H5N1?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#H5N1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeoplesCDC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@PeoplesCDC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pan_End_It\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@Pan_End_It<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/C19LH_Advocacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@C19LH_Advocacy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cTZ3UTQJ02\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/cTZ3UTQJ02<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 HealthCommunication (@Comm_in_Care) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Comm_in_Care\/status\/1856780080124764336\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>I apologize for not getting to this earlier; mentally, I\u2019m still digging out from the election. Here are the drafts HICPAC has been working from:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"2.7448630136986\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7.8424657534247\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HICPAC is finally giving the public a look at the drafts that they will be discussing and voting on tomorrow: <br \/>Isolation Workgroup \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jqVqN8F6P6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/jqVqN8F6P6<\/a><br \/>Healthcare Personnel Wkgrp \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kJ5EnqTFNM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/kJ5EnqTFNM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Deb Soc \u2013 #KeepMasksInHealthCare #StopTheSpread! (@dsoq) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dsoq\/status\/1856821886081999134\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>For the latest on HICPAC, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/10\/cdcs_hicpac_conflicts_interest_process_violations_alleged_world_health_network_supplemental_complaint_inspector_general.html\">see NC here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"table\"\/><strong>TABLE 1: Daily Covid Charts<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody wp_automatic_readability=\"10.869565217391\">\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Wastewater<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.6190476190476\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> This week[1] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> November 4<\/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-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-2-300x196.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-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><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.6417910447761\">\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> November 9<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> <strong>Emergency Room Visits<\/strong>[4] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#trends_select_7dayeddiagnosed_00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> 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-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-1-300x238.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=\"3.9634146341463\">\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 12:<\/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 8:<\/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-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-4.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-4-300x169.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-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-2-300x273.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Positivity<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\" wp_automatic_readability=\"2.5915492957746\">\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 11:<\/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 9:<\/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-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-1-300x190.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\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-300x199.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=\"3.5862068965517\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> Positivity[9] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#traveler-genomic-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> October 21:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> Variants[10] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#traveler-genomic-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> 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=\"3.76\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> Weekly Deaths vs. % Positivity [11] <a href=\"https:\/\/health.hawaii.gov\/coronavirusdisease2019\/what-you-should-know\/current-situation-in-the-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> November 2:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> 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=\"179.3385614534\">\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. That WHO label, \u201cOmmicron,\u201d has done a great job normalizing successive waves of infection.<\/p>\n<p>[4] (ED) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[5] (Hospitalization: NY) Steadily down.<\/p>\n<p>[6] (Hospitalization: CDC). Actually improved; it\u2019s now one of the few charts to show the entire course of the pandemic to the present day.<\/p>\n<p>[7] (Walgreens) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[8] (Cleveland) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[9] (Travelers: Positivity) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[10] (Travelers: Variants). Now XEC.<\/p>\n<p>[11] Deaths low, positivity down.<\/p>\n<p>[12] Deaths low, ED down.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stats Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Employment Situation: \u201cUnited States Initial Jobless Claims\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/jobless-claims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cThe number of individuals filing for unemployment benefits in the US fell by 4,000 from the previous week to 217,000 on the period ending November 9th, the least since May, and firmly below market expectations of an increase to 223,000. In turn, outstanding unemployment claims fell by 19,000 to 1,873,000 in the last week of October. The results extended the view that the US labor market remains at historically strong levels despite the aggressive tightening cycle by the Federal Reserve in the last quarters, adding leeway for the central bank to slow the pace of monetary loosening should inflation remain stubbornly high.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Inflation: \u201cUnited States Producer Prices Final Demand Less Foods and Energy YoY\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/core-producer-prices-yoy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cThe annual core producer inflation in the US which excludes prices for foods and energy, rose to 3.1% in October 2024, following an upwardly revised 2.9% in the prior month and slightly above market forecasts of 3%.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"boeing\"\/>Manufacturing: \u201cPink slips arrive for laid-off Boeing workers as company begins 10% cut\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/business\/boeing-aerospace\/pink-slips-arrive-for-laid-off-boeing-workers-as-company-begins-10-cut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Seattle Times<\/a>]. \u201cThe cuts are not expected to hit members of the Machinists union, but they did affect members of the engineering union, SPEEA.\u201d \u2022 Won\u2019t they need engineers to design a new plane?<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing hires Northrop executive to take over Pentagon projects\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/aerospace-defense\/boeing-hires-northrop-executive-take-over-pentagon-projects-2024-11-14\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reuters<\/a>]. \u201d Boeing said on Thursday it hired former Northrop Grumman executive Colin Miller to head its Phantom Works research arm within the company\u2019s defense business unit. Miller\u2019s hiring as general manager of Phantom Works at Boeing Defense, Space and Security (BDS) had been in the works before the arrival of new Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg. Boeing\u2019s defense business has been struggling under the weight of budget-busting older contracts, but Ortberg said in October that the unit which makes helicopters, fighter jets and missiles remains \u201ccore\u201d to the company\u2019s future.\u201d \u2022 Not to triage them, then?<\/p>\n<p>Tech: \u201cMark Zuckerberg Wants to Feed You More AI Slop\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/EI8bF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a>]. \u201cGet ready, folks. In much the same way that short videos and viral content took over feeds once populated with posts from our friends and family, the next wave of content will be machine-generated. A progression from personal to viral content and now to AI content seems like a dystopian direction for a social media firm that\u2019s long framed itself as \u201cconnecting people.\u201d But Zuckerberg calls this new trend \u2018promising.\u2019 His view is not unusual in the industry. I\u2019ve spoken to several technology executives who believe that AI-generated content \u2014 which could make up as much as 90% of content on the Internet, according to one wild estimate \u2014 will be accepted as the new normal. AI-generated videos will eventually be called \u2018videos,\u2019 the thinking goes.\u201d \u2022 Nice to see \u201cAI Slop\u201d make it into a Bloomberg headline.<\/p>\n<p>Tech: \u201cLost In The Future\u201d [Ed Zitron, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wheresyoured.at\/lost-in-the-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Where\u2019s Your Ed At<\/a>]. \u201c[E]verybody is affected by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wheresyoured.at\/the-rot-economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the growth-at-all-costs Rot Economy<\/a>, because everybody is using technology, all the time, and the technology in question is getting worse. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/political-text-message-spam-election-stop-2024-11?ref=wheresyoured.at\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">This election cycle saw more than 25 billion text messages sent to potential voters<\/a>, and seemingly every website was crammed full of random election advertising. Our phones are beset with notifications trying to \u2018growth-hack\u2019 us into doing things that companies want, our apps full of microtransactions, our websites slower and harder-to-use with endless demands of our emails and our phone numbers and the need to log back in because they couldn\u2019t possibly lose a dollar to somebody who <em>dared<\/em> to consume their content for free. Our social networks are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wheresyoured.at\/were-watching-facebook-die\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">so algorithmically charged that they barely show us the things we want them to anymore<\/a>, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/opinion\/articles\/2024-11-04\/mark-zuckerberg-wants-to-feed-you-more-ai-slop-on-facebook?ref=wheresyoured.at\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">executives dedicated to filling our feeds with AI-generated slop<\/a> because despite being the <em>customer<\/em>, we are also the revenue mechanism. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wheresyoured.at\/the-men-who-killed-google\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Our search engines do less as a means of making us use them more<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/opinion\/articles\/2023-11-08\/dating-apps-relationship-with-investors-is-on-the-rocks?ref=wheresyoured.at\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> our dating apps have become vehicles for private equity to add a toll to falling in love<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/03\/24\/why-the-183-billion-video-game-industry-cant-quit-microtransactions.html?ref=wheresyoured.at\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">our video games are constantly nagging us to give them more money<\/a>, and despite it costing money and being attached to our account, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/wirecutter\/blog\/you-dont-own-your-digital-movies\/?ref=wheresyoured.at\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">we don\u2019t actually own any of the streaming media we purchase<\/a>. We\u2019re drowning in spam \u2014 both in our emails and on our phones \u2014 and at this point in our lives we\u2019re probably agreed to 3 million pages worth of privacy policies <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/10\/17\/elon-musks-x-is-changing-its-privacy-policy-to-allow-third-parties-to-train-ai-on-your-posts\/?ref=wheresyoured.at\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">allowing companies to use our information as they see fit<\/a>. And these are issues that hit everything we do, all the time, constantly, unrelentingly.\u201d \u2022 You say \u201cunrelentingly\u201d like that\u2019s a bad thing.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 63 Greed (previous close: 67 Greed) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 58 (Greed). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Nov 14 at 1:45:43 PM ET.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Musical Interlude<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"love\"\/>\u201cIs the Love Song Dying?\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/pudding.cool\/2024\/11\/love-songs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Pudding<\/a>]. Horridly mobile-friendly, but data-driven and worth the trouble. Here is one handy (interactive) chart:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/love_song.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"329\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-282234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/love_song.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/love_song-300x165.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Seranade = \u201cYou love someone, and they love you back\u201d; heartache = \u201cBut what happens if you love them, but they just\u2026 don\u2019t? Maybe you broke up, or maybe it\u2019s just unrequited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So how do readers answer the question in the title?<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"zeitgeist\"\/><strong>Zeitgeist Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cJesse Sheidlower answers our questions about \u2018The F-Word’\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/stronglang.wordpress.com\/2024\/11\/05\/jesse-sheidlower-answers-our-questions-about-the-f-word\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Strong Language<\/a>]. \u201cLexicographer Jesse Sheidlower has been researching and writing about f*ck for a f*cking long time: nearly three decades.\u201d This caught my eye: \u201c<em>You cite the Internet Archive as a valuable resource this time around. Any specifics you can share?<\/em> [SHEIDLOWER:] I can\u2019t overstate the importance of the Internet Archive; it might not have been possible to do this edition without it. It holds an immense of amount of material about everything, so you don\u2019t just get mainstream fiction (which is itself, of course, very useful), but all sorts of things you don\u2019t normally think of. For example, high school and college yearbooks are an immensely valuable source for informal writing, but hardly anyone has used them for linguistic research before. I quote over a dozen yearbooks, all from the Internet Archive, in this edition, in many cases providing the earliest example we have: \u201cf*ck \u2019em if they can\u2019t take a joke,\u201d from Baltimore in 1971; \u201cf*ck you and the horse you rode in on\u201d in Massachusetts in 1964; MFWIC \u2018motherf*cker what\u2019s in charge\u2019 from the US Air Force Academy in 1963. This material just can\u2019t be found anywhere else.\u201d \u2022 Good thing the Internet Archive is not in any way vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I should be more of a fan of O\u2019Keefe than I am:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.4858490566038\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"4.7547169811321\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From a Day with Juan IV <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GrCrWy6H4g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/GrCrWy6H4g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Georgia O’Keeffe (@artistokeeffe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/artistokeeffe\/status\/1857035019543314732\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 14, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t pick this one deliberately, it just came across my feed. Something about the actual paint\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><strong>Healthcare<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t vouch for this, but it does seem like something to watch out for:<\/p>\n<p>Have any readers experienced this?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/hospital_billing.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"1111\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-282224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/hospital_billing.png 500w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/hospital_billing-135x300.png 135w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/hospital_billing-461x1024.png 461w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our Famously Free Press<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Onion Says It Has Bought Infowars, Alex Jones\u2019s Site, Out of Bankruptcy\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/QTMAY#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>]. \u201cThe Onion said that the bid was sanctioned by the families of the victims of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, who in 2022 won a $1.4 billion defamation lawsuit against Mr. Jones and his company, Free Speech Systems\u2026. The publication plans to reintroduce Infowars in January as a parody of itself, mocking \u2018weird internet personalities\u2019 like Mr. Jones who traffic in misinformation and health supplements, Ben Collins, the chief executive of The Onion\u2019s parent company, Global Tetrahedron, said in an interview.\u201d \u2022 Should be challenging!<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"wired\"\/><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe brain summons deep sleep for healing from life-threatening injury\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-024-03491-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nature<\/a>]. \u201cImmune cells rush to the brain and promote deep sleep after a heart attack, according to a new study1 involving both mice and humans. This heavy slumber helps recovery by easing inflammation in the heart, the study found\u2026. The implications of the study go beyond heart attack, says Rachel Rowe, a specialist in sleep and inflammation at the University of Colorado Boulder. \u2018For any kind of injury, your body\u2019s natural response would be to help you sleep so your body can heal,\u2019 she says.\u201d\u2022 Hmm. Makes you wonder about <em>other<\/em> forms of inflammation and sleep.<\/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\/11\/200pm-water-cooler-11-13-2024.html\">here<\/a>. From Carla:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/anenomes.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-282218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/anenomes.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/anenomes-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Carla writes: \u201cThe last of our 2024 anemones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet again, kind readers, I tap the sign: More plant images, please. My inventory is still more nervous-making than I would like it to be. Do you have images to send in, especially of autumn produce or winter projects? 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Patient readers, I had a Twitter debacle, and so this is a little bit light. More soon. \u2013lambert UPDATE All done!<\/p>\n
Bird Song of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Northern Mockingbird, Big Bend NP\u2013Chisos Basin Campground, Brewster, Texas, United States. \u201cSinging lustily before first light.\u201d Indeed! This spectrogram shows the virtuosity very clearly (not all do).<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#transition\">Trump transition:<\/a> Biden meeting, Gabbard, Gaetz.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#blame\">Deploy the Blame Cannons<\/a>! Democrat suicide?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#boeing\">Boeing layoffs<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#love\">\u201cIs the Love Song Dying?\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Politics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo many of the social reactions that strike us as psychological are in fact a rational management of symbolic capital.\u201d \u2013Pierre Bourdieu, Classification Struggles<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p> Capitol Seizure<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"15.906228610541\">\n<p>\u201cJ6 Shocker: Phone companies dispute FBI testimony on pipe bombs suspect, key lawmaker reveals\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/government\/security\/hldcell-companies-refute-fbi-testimony-j6-pipe-bomber-investigation-loudermilk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Just the News<\/a>]. \u201clular carriers have told Congress they possess intact phone usage data from the vicinity where two pipe bombs were planted during the Jan. 6 incident, directly disputing FBI testimony that agents couldn\u2019t identify a suspect because the phone data was corrupted, a key House chairman tells Just the News. The revelations from Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., the chairman of the House Administration oversight subcommittee, adds new intrigue to a debate that has gripped Washington for nearly four years: Why can\u2019t the FBI with so much evidence and manpower identify the suspect who planted the explosive devices at the Democrat and Republican Party headquarters hours before the Capitol was breached\u2026. The concerns about the unsolved Jan. 6 pipe bombs have been heightened by evidence Loudermilk disclosed in the last year showing that then-Vice President-elect Kamala Harris was taken within 10 yards of one of the live bombs on the morning of Jan. 6 because the Secret Service did not do a thorough security sweep. In addition, Loudermilk also provided security camera video footage and still photos of the suspect holding a device that lawmakers believe was a cell phone, further making the phone data a potential case-solving piece of evidence.\u201d \u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/01\/the-famous-gallows-of-january-6-who-what-where-when-and-why.html\">We also don\u2019t know who set up the famous gallows, or why it wasn\u2019t taken down<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden Administration<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"22.707722385142\">\n<p>\u201cSpecial counsel Jack Smith stands down in Trump classified docs case, asks court to halt appeal\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/13\/us-news\/special-counsel-jack-smith-stands-down-in-trump-classified-docs-case-asks-court-to-halt-appeal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Post<\/a>]. \u201cSpecial counsel Jack Smith asked a federal appellate court on Wednesday to halt his appeal in President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s classified documents case, citing the results of the 2024 election. \u2018As a result of the election held on November 5, 2024, one of the defendants in this case, Donald J. Trump, is expected to be certified as President-elect on January 6, 2025, and inaugurated on January 20, 2025,\u2019 Smith wrote to the Atlanta-based 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals. \u2018The Government respectfully requests that the Court hold this appeal in abeyance \u2014 and stay the deadline for the Government\u2019s reply brief, which is currently due on November 15, 2024 \u2014 until December 2, 2024, to afford the Government time to assess this unprecedented circumstance and determine the appropriate course going forward consistent with Department of Justice policy,\u2019 the federal prosecutor added.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump Transition<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"127.36650737586\">\n<p><a name=\"transition\"\/>\u201cTrump triumphantly returns to White House as Biden pledges \u2018smooth transition’\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2024\/nov\/13\/donald-trump-triumphantly-returns-white-house-joe-\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Washington Times<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018I look forward \u2026 to having a smooth transition. We\u2019ll do everything we can to make sure you\u2019re accommodated what you need,\u2019 a smiling Mr. Biden said as he congratulated a man who had relentlessly attacked his mental capacity and branded his administration as a \u2018disaster.\u2019 Mr. Trump also pledged that the transition will be \u2018as smooth as it can get.\u2019 \u2018Politics is tough, and in many cases, it\u2019s not a nice world, but it\u2019s a nice world today,\u2019 Mr. Trump said. They shook hands in front of a roaring fire in the Oval Office.\u201d \u2022 What was burning in the fire? The Epstein tapes and a copy of <a href=\"https:\/\/encyclopedia.ushmm.org\/content\/en\/article\/the-enabling-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Enabling Act<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump reveals exclusively to The Post what he and Biden spoke about at DC meeting\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/13\/us-news\/donald-trump-reveals-what-he-and-biden-spoke-about-at-dc-meeting-really-enjoyed-seeing-each-other\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Post<\/a>]. \u201cPresident-elect Donald Trump told The Post Wednesday that he and President Biden \u201cboth really enjoyed seeing each other\u201d when they sat down for a historic post-election get-together in the Oval Office. \u2018You know, it\u2019s been a long, it\u2019s been a long slog,\u2019 the 78-year-old said during a phone interview as he left Washington. \u2018It\u2019s been a lot of work on both sides and he did a very good job with respect to campaigning and everything else. We really had a really good meeting.\u2019 Trump said Biden was \u2018very gracious.\u2019 \u2018We got to know each other again.’\u201d<\/p>\n<p>BFFs:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.8676470588235\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"5.9764705882353\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden seems happy.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe people can stop wasting their energy defending him now. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HI7groP6CC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/HI7groP6CC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 leahmcelrath.bsky.social (@leahmcelrath) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leahmcelrath\/status\/1856805918966780223\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>So much for all that \u201cour democracy\u201d hoo-ha, then. Also too \u201cfascism.\u201d Dear Lord, these people just turn on a dime!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiden, Trump Die 2 Minutes Apart Holding Hands\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/theonion.com\/biden-trump-die-2-minutes-apart-holding-hands-1850282375\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Onion<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018Only minutes before their deaths, they requested that their hospital beds be pushed together\u2014it\u2019s like they knew what was coming,\u2019 said Marlene Kato, a nurse who confirmed that medical staff at Walter Reed Medical Center, where the two presidents spent their final hours together, were stunned when Biden died at 8:05 p.m. and Trump followed at 8:07. \u2018They were rivals in life, but they came together with love in death. They were both very weak, but turned their heads to face each other and smiled. Biden said, \u2018You were the only one who ever got me,\u2019 and Trump said, \u2018I know.\u2019 I started tearing up right there and then. It was just so beautiful. Then they used their final breaths to request a shared burial plot at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster.\u2019 At press time, a coroner\u2019s report revealed that Trump had strangled Biden and then succumbed to a heart attack two minutes later.\u201d\u2022 Oh.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump Jokes He \u2018Can\u2019t Get Rid\u2019 of Elon Musk Amid Growing Influence\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/trump-jokes-cant-get-rid-elon-musk-1985310\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Newsweek<\/a>]. \u201c\u201dElon won\u2019t go home. I can\u2019t get rid of him\u2014at least until I don\u2019t like him,\u201d Trump joked, acknowledging Musk\u2019s growing presence in his inner circle.\u201d And: \u201cDuring his week-long stay at Mar-a-Lago, Musk has bonded with the president-elect\u2019s family, posing for photos and playing golf, while also joining calls with foreign leaders, including Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. He is also scheduled to meet Argentina\u2019s President Javier Milei at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday. Although the president-elect has often said that Musk likely won\u2019t take on a full-time position due to his other commitments, Musk\u2014who once vowed to stay out of politics\u2014appears to be enjoying his new role.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump\u2019s pick for top intel job has been accused of \u2018traitorous\u2019 parroting of Russian propaganda\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/trumps-pick-top-intel-job-accused-traitorous-parroting-russian-propaga-rcna180073\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NBC<\/a>]. \u2022 The spooks seem unhappy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTulsi Gabbard\u2019s Nomination Is a National-Security Risk\u201d [Tom Nichols, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/newsletters\/archive\/2024\/11\/tulsi-gabbard-nomination-security\/680649\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Atlantic<\/a>]. \u2022 As do <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tom_Nichols_(academic)#Politics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Never Trumper national security goons<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Curious Case of Tulsi Gabbard: Is She a Russian Asset or a Dupe?\u201d [Jonathan V. Last, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebulwark.com\/p\/tulsi-gabbard-russian-asset-or-dupe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Bulwark<\/a>]. \u201cBecause for a decade Gabbard has looked and behaved like a Russian asset.\u201d \u2022 An asset? With a handler? I\u2019ll only believe this if 51 intelligence officials tell me so. (Sorry to go all heuristic on this, I should be assessing all this on the merits, but sheesh.)<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cGaetz resigns from Congress \u2014 possibly skirting long-awaited Ethics report\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/11\/13\/matt-gaetz-resigns-congress-00189488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cDozens of GOP lawmakers indicated that leadership had told them about Gaetz\u2019s resignation before Johnson made the announcement. Many were excitedly spreading the news, glad to be rid of the architect of Kevin McCarthy\u2019s speakership ouster. Gaetz didn\u2019t attend the GOP\u2019s hours-long meeting near the Capitol on Wednesday, where Republicans elected their leadership slate. Johnson said Gaetz had resigned so abruptly because he knew how long it would take to fill the seat if he becomes attorney general\u2026. Other GOP House colleagues believe his decision is actually tied to an Ethics Committee report investigating several allegations including that Gaetz engaged in sex with a minor, which they believe was poised to be released in a matter of days. Gaetz has repeatedly denied wrongdoing and has sought to attack the panel probing various allegations against him. If Gaetz is no longer a member of the House, the report likely won\u2019t be formally released, though it could leak. One House Republican, granted anonymity to speak candidly, tied Gaetz\u2019s resignation to trying to \u2018stymie the ethics investigation that is coming out in one week.’\u201d \u2022 It seems to have been pretty effectively stymied already, but whatever. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump Nominates \u2018Khanservative\u2019 Matt Gaetz as Attorney General\u201d [Matt Stoller, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebignewsletter.com\/p\/trump-nominates-khanservative-matt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BIG<\/a>]. Stoller followed anti-trust in Congress closely. Here\u2019s a telling anecdate about Gaetz:<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"29\">\n<p>At one point during the markup, at 3am or so, [Democrat David Cicilline, actually an anti-monoply ally] allowed an amendment that punched a loophole in one of the bills. The amendment would have let big tech firms purchase companies for less than $50 million in value without much scrutiny. It wasn\u2019t a big deal; everyone was exhausted and wanted to just move along. But at that moment, Gaetz chimed in and said he opposed it. He didn\u2019t win. But he was the only member in either party to say he wanted no loopholes, no matter how small, for big tech.<\/p>\n<p>When the spotlight is on, most people do not want to appear craven. But when the spotlight is not on, when it\u2019s 3 am and the only people who are paying attention are powerful lobbyists from organized money, well, that\u2019s when someone tells you what their priorities are. And in that case, Gaetz said he\u2019d fight for every inch, even if he would get no credit, even if everyone was tired, and even if he was going to lose, and in losing, upset several corporations worth a trillion dollars apiece.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The whole piece is worth reading in full, given that Gaetz seems sound on Lina Khan, defense reform, and surveillance (and actually called for Snowden to be pardoned). So no wonder powerful forces want to take him down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMatt Gaetz once faced a sex trafficking investigation by the Justice Department he could now lead\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-attorney-general-matt-gaetz-justice-department-9d51501fb6ad5c04b5b4113d3a6a584b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>]. \u201cThe federal sex trafficking investigation that began under Attorney General Bill Barr during Trump\u2019s first term focused on allegations that Gaetz and onetime political ally Joel Greenberg paid underage girls and escorts or offered them gifts in exchange for sex. Greenberg, a fellow Republican who served as the tax collector in Florida\u2019s Seminole County, admitted as part of a plea deal with prosecutors in 2021 that he paid women and an underage girl to have sex with him and other men. The men were not identified in court documents when he pleaded guilty. Greenberg was sentenced in late 2022 to 11 years in prison. Federal investigators scrutinized a trip that Gaetz took to the Bahamas with a group of women and a doctor who donated to his campaign, and whether the women were paid or received gifts to have sex with the men, according to people familiar with the matter who were not allowed to publicly discuss the investigation. Prosecutors also investigated whether Gaetz and his associates tried to secure government jobs for some of the women, and scrutinized Gaetz\u2019s connections to the medical marijuana sector, including whether his associates sought to influence legislation Gaetz sponsored, the people have said. Gaetz had remained under investigation by the House Ethics Committee over allegations that he was part of a scheme that led to the sex trafficking of a 17-year-old girl. The committee began its review of Gaetz in April 2021, , and renewed its work shortly after Gaetz announced that the Justice Department had ended a sex trafficking investigation. Over the summer, the committee provided an unusual public update into its long-running investigation, saying its review now includes whether Gaetz engaged in sexual misconduct and illicit drug use, accepted improper gifts and sought to obstruct government investigations of his conduct. Gaetz has categorically denied all the allegations before the committee.\u201d \u2022 Well, I suippose we can expect a leak shortly. (One reason I apply a hermeneutic of suspicion to sex scandals is that long, long ago, an Illinois Republican got taken down over sex club allegations in a set of mysteriously released divorce papers, and the Democrat went on to win. I focused my aghastitude on the scandal, but the winning Democrat was this dude named Barack Obama, who was just another elected at the time.)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>2024 Post Mortem<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"79.163034001744\">\n<p><a name=\"blame\"\/><strong>Deploy the Blame Cannons!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Democrats Committed Suicide This Year\u201d [James K. Galbraith, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.project-syndicate.org\/commentary\/trump-2024-win-blame-the-democratic-party-establishment-by-james-k-galbraith-2024-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Project Syndicate<\/a>]. \u201d Trump\u2019s final tally will be only slightly higher than his 2020 total of 74.2 million votes. For Harris, though, we will see a disastrous decline from the 81.2 million votes that Joe Biden received, and this despite the fact that the voting-eligible population has increased by four million. In other words, Trump gained almost no support in his four-year campaign for redemption. If all the voters were the same, one could even say that he merely got his 2020 supporters to vote for him again. In fact, about 13 million people (most of them eligible voters) have died, and about 17 million have become voter-eligible, implying that Trump replaced his losses about one-for-one, while a decline in turnout cost the Democrats nearly ten million votes. These numbers cast grave doubt on explanations of the result that focus on economic conditions, and still more on the impact of advertising and get-out-the-vote campaigns. The results also deflate analyses based on the \u2018American voter.\u2019\u2026 .\u201d More: \u201cAfter we have ruled out the implausible, at least three reasonable conjectures remain. The first concerns the conditions of voting. In 2020, owing to the pandemic, voting was more accessible than ever before\u2026. In 2024, some \u2013 though not all \u2013 of these expedients no longer existed, after already declining in 2022. It is standard in America to use the structure of voting to help determine the outcome: long lines at the polls discourage turnout, especially among working people with limited time.\u201d Yes, the distinctive competence of the modern political party. More: \u201cA second plausible explanation concerns voter registration. Students and low-income minority citizens move more frequently and usually must re-register every time their address changes. It is highly probable that this burden falls more heavily on Democrats.\u201d And now: \u201cThe third hypothesis turns on the long-standing divisions within the Democratic Party\u2026. The Clintons and Obamas are currently the de facto heads of the centrist faction, and Biden and Harris were their appointees\u2026. The Democratic leadership engineered this situation and must therefore desire it. Win or lose, it remains in control of a vast shadow apparatus: consultants, pollsters, lobbyists, fundraisers, key positions on Capitol Hill. Any concessions to new forces within the party would undermine this control, whereas losses to Republicans do not. The Democratic leadership would far rather lose an election or two \u2013 or even become a permanent minority party \u2013 than open the party to people it cannot control. The 2024 election was, therefore, a suicide. The Democratic leadership was, at best, indifferent to the erosion of voting access, negligent in retaining 2020\u2019s new voters, and proactive in ensuring the abstention of what little remains of its \u2018left\u2019 wing. It tried to cover this up, as usual, with celebrity endorsements and identity politics. As usual, it did not work. But the party\u2019s mandarins and their apparatchiks will be around next time to try again.\u201d \u2022 I could quarrel with causality (\u201ceconomic conditions\u201d is surely a little slippery), but this conforms in almost every respect to my priors (except one should hardly leave the spooks, the press, and the NGOs out of the \u201cvast shadow apparatus\u201d). So I like it \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump\u2019s Win Leaves Democrats Asking: Where Are Our Bro Whisperers?\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/HCBiU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>]. \u201c[S]ome younger Democrats said a broader strategy shift was in order, especially in terms of how politicians approach nontraditional media. Celebrity appearances and paid endorsements from influencers come across as transactional and inauthentic, they said. \u2018It\u2019s last-second, \u2018Let\u2019s get Beyonc\u00e9 onstage to say we support women,\u2019 but that doesn\u2019t move anyone who wasn\u2019t already going to vote Democrat,\u2019 said Ayem Kpenkaan, a liberal content creator who goes by @bocxtop on social media. As Democrats were casting about for explanations for Mr. Trump\u2019s victory, posts by Mr. Kpenkaan, 25, blaming \u2018alpha male podcasts\u2019 for men\u2019s rightward shift went viral. He suggested that Democrats needed liberal versions of media platforms that are culturally right-leaning but not inherently political \u2014 like Barstool Sports, the popular sports brand that has become so enmeshed in online culture that it has coined a phrase, Barstool conservatism. \u2018We have to make entertaining, engaging content that men want to watch and care about,\u201d Mr. Kpenkaan said. \u201cThen, over time, you pepper in more progressive views.\u201d \u2022 \u201cContent creator\u201d sounds something like a producer of \u201cslop feedstock\u201d to me, but what do I know?<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe State-Level Differences Between the Presidential and Senate Races\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/centerforpolitics.org\/crystalball\/the-state-level-differences-between-the-presidential-and-senate-races\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Larry Sabato\u2019s Crystal Ball<\/a>]. The Abstract: \u201cSplit outcomes between presidential and Senate results saw a resurgence in 2024, as at least four Donald Trump-won states sent Democrats to the Senate. Republicans still took the majority in the Senate because while Sens. Jon Tester (D-MT) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) performed notably better than Kamala Harris, they did not do so by enough to hold their seats. Across most key Senate races, Senate Democrats ran better than Harris in rural parts of their states but were comparatively weak in some suburban counties. In one of Harris\u2019s best states, Maryland, former Gov. Larry Hogan (R-MD) stood out as Republicans\u2019 top overperformer, although Harris\u2019s 26-point margin in the state was too much for him to overcome.\u201d \u2022 Handy map:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/JMC2024111401_Map_1_600.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"433\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-282217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/JMC2024111401_Map_1_600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/JMC2024111401_Map_1_600-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/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>; 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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>Transmission: H5N1<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"21.146551724138\">\n<p>\u201cBird flu: Canadian teenager is critically ill with new genotype\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/387\/bmj.q2529\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BMJ<\/a>]. \u201cA Canadian adolescent is in a critical condition in a British Columbia hospital after becoming infected with a new genotype of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). The patient, who has not been publicly identified, developed conjunctivitis on 2 November, followed by fever and coughing. While these symptoms have been common in people infected with H5N1 bird flu in North America\u2014until now, all US cases\u2014the teenager in Canada then developed acute respiratory distress syndrome and was admitted to intensive care on 8 November. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCanada: PHAC Confirms HPAI H5N1 Genotype D1.1 In B.C. Human Infection\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/afludiary.blogspot.com\/2024\/11\/canada-phac-confirms-hpai-h5n1-genotype.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Avian Flu Diary<\/a>]. \u201cWe now have the answer to at least 2 of our questions regarding the H5 virus infection in a teenager from British Columbia; according to a statement from the PHAC (h\/t FluTrackers) the subtype has been confirmed to be H5N1 and the genotype is D1.1. \u201d More on D.1.1:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/long_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"632\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-282225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/long_1.png 500w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/long_1-237x300.png 237w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps we should give consideration to invoking the precautionary principle:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/long_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"1300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-282226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/long_2.png 500w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/long_2-115x300.png 115w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/long_2-394x1024.png 394w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>We really shouldn\u2019t play \u201clet \u2018er rip\u201d with H5N1, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/10\/biden-bets-on-let-er-rip-with-a-second-pandemic-grade-virus-h5n1-bird-flu.html\">that\u2019s what we\u2019re doing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Scientific Communication<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"5\">\n<p>Let\u2019s do brunch over at Blue Sky:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/blue_sky_transition.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"1096\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-282232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/blue_sky_transition.png 500w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/blue_sky_transition-137x300.png 137w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/blue_sky_transition-467x1024.png 467w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"\/><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Media<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"14.878542510121\">\n<p>\u201cCovid grifters are (still) wrong: the structure of esoteric knowledge\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/buttondown.com\/abbycartus\/archive\/covid-grifters-are-still-wrong-the-structure-of\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ClosedForm<\/a>]. \u201cI could take a weathered desire path here and argue that these analyses are politically dangerous in addition to being ignorant; that they misidentify the culprits, misunderstand the problems, point people galvanized to \u2018get involved\u2019 down dead-end paths. Someone else can make those arguments. I want to talk about something weirder: the funky thread of esotericism running through the beautiful tapestry of the Covid grifter community and through its associated epistemological stance\u2026. The Covid grifters miss (\u2018miss\u2019 is a bit passive) alternative explanations because they assume that if it is published in a scientific paper, it must be true and must confirm their existing belief. This is a grave misunderstanding of what the scientific literature is. It\u2019s not a repository of truth claims. It\u2019s a body of work produced by people working in a specific political economy, one that incentivizes publishing \u2018statistically significant\u2019 findings (which are not the same thing as actually significant or meaningful findings), and really incentivizes publishing anything about hot topics like, say, a devastating pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Elite Maleficence<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"35.067748091603\">\n<p>The UK, but yikes:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"5.5395189003436\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"13.635738831615\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nosocomial Covid in Wales<\/p>\n<p>‘Number of inpatient Covid-19 cases in hospital in Wales’<\/p>\n<p>On 10 November 2024, at least 67% of inpatient Covid cases in Wales were the result of hospital-acquired SARS-CoV-2 infection\u2026<\/p>\n<p>(PHW data) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HnGsHtf7hL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/HnGsHtf7hL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gwladwr (@gwladwr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gwladwr\/status\/1856686685263692179\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a Better Way to Talk About Fluoride, Vaccines and Raw Milk\u201d [Emily Oster, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/M2XJL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>]. \u201cConsider three topics of much public discussion: measles vaccines, raw milk and water fluoridation. All three represent fault lines between what is said by public health agencies and by Mr. Kennedy and other skeptics. Where their messages differ is in the strength and complexity of the evidence\u2026. My suggestion is that when asked about these topics, health experts provide this level of detail. Simply saying that vaccines are good and raw milk is bad misses specifics that people find important. People often do their research, and if they feel the risks of raw milk have been exaggerated, it can erode their trust. Now perhaps that person is more likely to distrust the vaccine messaging, too. With more information, we provide room for people to drink raw milk but also vaccinate their kids. Which is, basically, a reasonable choice. Providing context also helps people make sense of new information\u2026. Being more nuanced will not be easy for public health agencies. They need to put more trust in their audience\u2026. If health experts share a more balanced message about raw milk, more people might drink raw milk. And, yes, that does entail some increased risk. I am arguing that in exchange you may get higher measles vaccination. It\u2019s not a perfect scenario, but it may mean that fewer people get sick and die. Which, after all, should be the ultimate goal.\u201d \u2022 The problem here is that Oster, an economist, has track record:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.3857142857143\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9.3107142857143\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here’s a horrendous example of COVID misinformation spread by Emily Oster in 2020, which has been proven wrong by research many times since. Please do not listen to any of her advice about public health. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bAnP3rbXEv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/bAnP3rbXEv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Lucky Tran (@luckytran) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/luckytran\/status\/1856856344558440482\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 14, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Just like all the pro-Iraq pundits, still making bank, twenty years later\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>HICPAC meeting today and tomorrow:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"5.209756097561\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"12.373170731707\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2652\ufe0fMore in\ud83e\uddf5\ud83d\udc46\ud83c\udffc<\/p>\n<p>\u2652\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HICPAC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#HICPAC<\/a> Mtg THURS & FRI Nov 14-15\u2757\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2652\ufe0f\u201dCDC\u2019s HICPAC: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COI?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#COI<\/a> & Process Violations Alleged in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheWHN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@TheWHN<\/a> Suppl Complaint 2 Inspector General\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2652\ufe0fImpt fr <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lambertstrether\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@lambertstrether<\/a>\u2757\ufe0f\ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udffc<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd17 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wG4xpZ1XGH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/wG4xpZ1XGH<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u2652\ufe0fPls share\ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udffd<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HCW?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#HCW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/H5N1?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#H5N1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeoplesCDC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@PeoplesCDC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pan_End_It\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@Pan_End_It<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/C19LH_Advocacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@C19LH_Advocacy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cTZ3UTQJ02\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/cTZ3UTQJ02<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 HealthCommunication (@Comm_in_Care) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Comm_in_Care\/status\/1856780080124764336\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>I apologize for not getting to this earlier; mentally, I\u2019m still digging out from the election. Here are the drafts HICPAC has been working from:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"2.7448630136986\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7.8424657534247\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HICPAC is finally giving the public a look at the drafts that they will be discussing and voting on tomorrow: <br \/>Isolation Workgroup \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jqVqN8F6P6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/jqVqN8F6P6<\/a><br \/>Healthcare Personnel Wkgrp \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kJ5EnqTFNM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/kJ5EnqTFNM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Deb Soc \u2013 #KeepMasksInHealthCare #StopTheSpread! (@dsoq) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dsoq\/status\/1856821886081999134\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>For the latest on HICPAC, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/10\/cdcs_hicpac_conflicts_interest_process_violations_alleged_world_health_network_supplemental_complaint_inspector_general.html\">see NC here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"table\"\/><strong>TABLE 1: Daily Covid Charts<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody wp_automatic_readability=\"10.869565217391\">\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Wastewater<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.6190476190476\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> This week[1] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> November 4<\/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-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-2-300x196.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-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><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.6417910447761\">\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> November 9<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> <strong>Emergency Room Visits<\/strong>[4] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#trends_select_7dayeddiagnosed_00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> 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-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-1-300x238.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=\"3.9634146341463\">\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 12:<\/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 8:<\/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-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-4.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-4-300x169.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-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-2-300x273.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Positivity<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\" wp_automatic_readability=\"2.5915492957746\">\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 11:<\/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 9:<\/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-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-1-300x190.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\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-300x199.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=\"3.5862068965517\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> Positivity[9] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#traveler-genomic-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> October 21:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> Variants[10] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#traveler-genomic-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> 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=\"3.76\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> Weekly Deaths vs. % Positivity [11] <a href=\"https:\/\/health.hawaii.gov\/coronavirusdisease2019\/what-you-should-know\/current-situation-in-the-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> November 2:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> 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=\"179.3385614534\">\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. That WHO label, \u201cOmmicron,\u201d has done a great job normalizing successive waves of infection.<\/p>\n<p>[4] (ED) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[5] (Hospitalization: NY) Steadily down.<\/p>\n<p>[6] (Hospitalization: CDC). Actually improved; it\u2019s now one of the few charts to show the entire course of the pandemic to the present day.<\/p>\n<p>[7] (Walgreens) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[8] (Cleveland) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[9] (Travelers: Positivity) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[10] (Travelers: Variants). Now XEC.<\/p>\n<p>[11] Deaths low, positivity down.<\/p>\n<p>[12] Deaths low, ED down.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stats Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Employment Situation: \u201cUnited States Initial Jobless Claims\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/jobless-claims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cThe number of individuals filing for unemployment benefits in the US fell by 4,000 from the previous week to 217,000 on the period ending November 9th, the least since May, and firmly below market expectations of an increase to 223,000. In turn, outstanding unemployment claims fell by 19,000 to 1,873,000 in the last week of October. The results extended the view that the US labor market remains at historically strong levels despite the aggressive tightening cycle by the Federal Reserve in the last quarters, adding leeway for the central bank to slow the pace of monetary loosening should inflation remain stubbornly high.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Inflation: \u201cUnited States Producer Prices Final Demand Less Foods and Energy YoY\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/core-producer-prices-yoy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cThe annual core producer inflation in the US which excludes prices for foods and energy, rose to 3.1% in October 2024, following an upwardly revised 2.9% in the prior month and slightly above market forecasts of 3%.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"boeing\"\/>Manufacturing: \u201cPink slips arrive for laid-off Boeing workers as company begins 10% cut\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/business\/boeing-aerospace\/pink-slips-arrive-for-laid-off-boeing-workers-as-company-begins-10-cut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Seattle Times<\/a>]. \u201cThe cuts are not expected to hit members of the Machinists union, but they did affect members of the engineering union, SPEEA.\u201d \u2022 Won\u2019t they need engineers to design a new plane?<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing hires Northrop executive to take over Pentagon projects\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/aerospace-defense\/boeing-hires-northrop-executive-take-over-pentagon-projects-2024-11-14\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reuters<\/a>]. \u201d Boeing said on Thursday it hired former Northrop Grumman executive Colin Miller to head its Phantom Works research arm within the company\u2019s defense business unit. Miller\u2019s hiring as general manager of Phantom Works at Boeing Defense, Space and Security (BDS) had been in the works before the arrival of new Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg. Boeing\u2019s defense business has been struggling under the weight of budget-busting older contracts, but Ortberg said in October that the unit which makes helicopters, fighter jets and missiles remains \u201ccore\u201d to the company\u2019s future.\u201d \u2022 Not to triage them, then?<\/p>\n<p>Tech: \u201cMark Zuckerberg Wants to Feed You More AI Slop\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/EI8bF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a>]. \u201cGet ready, folks. In much the same way that short videos and viral content took over feeds once populated with posts from our friends and family, the next wave of content will be machine-generated. A progression from personal to viral content and now to AI content seems like a dystopian direction for a social media firm that\u2019s long framed itself as \u201cconnecting people.\u201d But Zuckerberg calls this new trend \u2018promising.\u2019 His view is not unusual in the industry. I\u2019ve spoken to several technology executives who believe that AI-generated content \u2014 which could make up as much as 90% of content on the Internet, according to one wild estimate \u2014 will be accepted as the new normal. AI-generated videos will eventually be called \u2018videos,\u2019 the thinking goes.\u201d \u2022 Nice to see \u201cAI Slop\u201d make it into a Bloomberg headline.<\/p>\n<p>Tech: \u201cLost In The Future\u201d [Ed Zitron, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wheresyoured.at\/lost-in-the-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Where\u2019s Your Ed At<\/a>]. \u201c[E]verybody is affected by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wheresyoured.at\/the-rot-economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the growth-at-all-costs Rot Economy<\/a>, because everybody is using technology, all the time, and the technology in question is getting worse. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/political-text-message-spam-election-stop-2024-11?ref=wheresyoured.at\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">This election cycle saw more than 25 billion text messages sent to potential voters<\/a>, and seemingly every website was crammed full of random election advertising. Our phones are beset with notifications trying to \u2018growth-hack\u2019 us into doing things that companies want, our apps full of microtransactions, our websites slower and harder-to-use with endless demands of our emails and our phone numbers and the need to log back in because they couldn\u2019t possibly lose a dollar to somebody who <em>dared<\/em> to consume their content for free. Our social networks are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wheresyoured.at\/were-watching-facebook-die\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">so algorithmically charged that they barely show us the things we want them to anymore<\/a>, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/opinion\/articles\/2024-11-04\/mark-zuckerberg-wants-to-feed-you-more-ai-slop-on-facebook?ref=wheresyoured.at\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">executives dedicated to filling our feeds with AI-generated slop<\/a> because despite being the <em>customer<\/em>, we are also the revenue mechanism. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wheresyoured.at\/the-men-who-killed-google\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Our search engines do less as a means of making us use them more<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/opinion\/articles\/2023-11-08\/dating-apps-relationship-with-investors-is-on-the-rocks?ref=wheresyoured.at\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> our dating apps have become vehicles for private equity to add a toll to falling in love<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/03\/24\/why-the-183-billion-video-game-industry-cant-quit-microtransactions.html?ref=wheresyoured.at\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">our video games are constantly nagging us to give them more money<\/a>, and despite it costing money and being attached to our account, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/wirecutter\/blog\/you-dont-own-your-digital-movies\/?ref=wheresyoured.at\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">we don\u2019t actually own any of the streaming media we purchase<\/a>. We\u2019re drowning in spam \u2014 both in our emails and on our phones \u2014 and at this point in our lives we\u2019re probably agreed to 3 million pages worth of privacy policies <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/10\/17\/elon-musks-x-is-changing-its-privacy-policy-to-allow-third-parties-to-train-ai-on-your-posts\/?ref=wheresyoured.at\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">allowing companies to use our information as they see fit<\/a>. And these are issues that hit everything we do, all the time, constantly, unrelentingly.\u201d \u2022 You say \u201cunrelentingly\u201d like that\u2019s a bad thing.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 63 Greed (previous close: 67 Greed) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 58 (Greed). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Nov 14 at 1:45:43 PM ET.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Musical Interlude<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"love\"\/>\u201cIs the Love Song Dying?\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/pudding.cool\/2024\/11\/love-songs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Pudding<\/a>]. Horridly mobile-friendly, but data-driven and worth the trouble. Here is one handy (interactive) chart:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/love_song.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"329\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-282234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/love_song.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/love_song-300x165.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Seranade = \u201cYou love someone, and they love you back\u201d; heartache = \u201cBut what happens if you love them, but they just\u2026 don\u2019t? Maybe you broke up, or maybe it\u2019s just unrequited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So how do readers answer the question in the title?<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"zeitgeist\"\/><strong>Zeitgeist Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cJesse Sheidlower answers our questions about \u2018The F-Word’\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/stronglang.wordpress.com\/2024\/11\/05\/jesse-sheidlower-answers-our-questions-about-the-f-word\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Strong Language<\/a>]. \u201cLexicographer Jesse Sheidlower has been researching and writing about f*ck for a f*cking long time: nearly three decades.\u201d This caught my eye: \u201c<em>You cite the Internet Archive as a valuable resource this time around. Any specifics you can share?<\/em> [SHEIDLOWER:] I can\u2019t overstate the importance of the Internet Archive; it might not have been possible to do this edition without it. It holds an immense of amount of material about everything, so you don\u2019t just get mainstream fiction (which is itself, of course, very useful), but all sorts of things you don\u2019t normally think of. For example, high school and college yearbooks are an immensely valuable source for informal writing, but hardly anyone has used them for linguistic research before. I quote over a dozen yearbooks, all from the Internet Archive, in this edition, in many cases providing the earliest example we have: \u201cf*ck \u2019em if they can\u2019t take a joke,\u201d from Baltimore in 1971; \u201cf*ck you and the horse you rode in on\u201d in Massachusetts in 1964; MFWIC \u2018motherf*cker what\u2019s in charge\u2019 from the US Air Force Academy in 1963. This material just can\u2019t be found anywhere else.\u201d \u2022 Good thing the Internet Archive is not in any way vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I should be more of a fan of O\u2019Keefe than I am:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.4858490566038\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"4.7547169811321\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From a Day with Juan IV <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GrCrWy6H4g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/GrCrWy6H4g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Georgia O’Keeffe (@artistokeeffe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/artistokeeffe\/status\/1857035019543314732\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 14, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t pick this one deliberately, it just came across my feed. Something about the actual paint\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><strong>Healthcare<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t vouch for this, but it does seem like something to watch out for:<\/p>\n<p>Have any readers experienced this?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/hospital_billing.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"1111\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-282224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/hospital_billing.png 500w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/hospital_billing-135x300.png 135w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/hospital_billing-461x1024.png 461w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our Famously Free Press<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Onion Says It Has Bought Infowars, Alex Jones\u2019s Site, Out of Bankruptcy\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/QTMAY#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>]. \u201cThe Onion said that the bid was sanctioned by the families of the victims of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, who in 2022 won a $1.4 billion defamation lawsuit against Mr. Jones and his company, Free Speech Systems\u2026. The publication plans to reintroduce Infowars in January as a parody of itself, mocking \u2018weird internet personalities\u2019 like Mr. Jones who traffic in misinformation and health supplements, Ben Collins, the chief executive of The Onion\u2019s parent company, Global Tetrahedron, said in an interview.\u201d \u2022 Should be challenging!<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"wired\"\/><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe brain summons deep sleep for healing from life-threatening injury\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-024-03491-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nature<\/a>]. \u201cImmune cells rush to the brain and promote deep sleep after a heart attack, according to a new study1 involving both mice and humans. This heavy slumber helps recovery by easing inflammation in the heart, the study found\u2026. The implications of the study go beyond heart attack, says Rachel Rowe, a specialist in sleep and inflammation at the University of Colorado Boulder. \u2018For any kind of injury, your body\u2019s natural response would be to help you sleep so your body can heal,\u2019 she says.\u201d\u2022 Hmm. Makes you wonder about <em>other<\/em> forms of inflammation and sleep.<\/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\/11\/200pm-water-cooler-11-13-2024.html\">here<\/a>. From Carla:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/anenomes.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-282218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/anenomes.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/anenomes-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Carla writes: \u201cThe last of our 2024 anemones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet again, kind readers, I tap the sign: More plant images, please. My inventory is still more nervous-making than I would like it to be. Do you have images to send in, especially of autumn produce or winter projects? 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<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Northern Mockingbird, Big Bend NP\u2013Chisos Basin Campground, Brewster, Texas, United States. \u201cSinging lustily before first light.\u201d Indeed! This spectrogram shows the virtuosity very clearly (not all do).<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#transition\">Trump transition:<\/a> Biden meeting, Gabbard, Gaetz.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#blame\">Deploy the Blame Cannons<\/a>! Democrat suicide?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#boeing\">Boeing layoffs<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#love\">\u201cIs the Love Song Dying?\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Politics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo many of the social reactions that strike us as psychological are in fact a rational management of symbolic capital.\u201d \u2013Pierre Bourdieu, Classification Struggles<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p> Capitol Seizure<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"15.906228610541\">\n<p>\u201cJ6 Shocker: Phone companies dispute FBI testimony on pipe bombs suspect, key lawmaker reveals\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/government\/security\/hldcell-companies-refute-fbi-testimony-j6-pipe-bomber-investigation-loudermilk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Just the News<\/a>]. \u201clular carriers have told Congress they possess intact phone usage data from the vicinity where two pipe bombs were planted during the Jan. 6 incident, directly disputing FBI testimony that agents couldn\u2019t identify a suspect because the phone data was corrupted, a key House chairman tells Just the News. The revelations from Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., the chairman of the House Administration oversight subcommittee, adds new intrigue to a debate that has gripped Washington for nearly four years: Why can\u2019t the FBI with so much evidence and manpower identify the suspect who planted the explosive devices at the Democrat and Republican Party headquarters hours before the Capitol was breached\u2026. The concerns about the unsolved Jan. 6 pipe bombs have been heightened by evidence Loudermilk disclosed in the last year showing that then-Vice President-elect Kamala Harris was taken within 10 yards of one of the live bombs on the morning of Jan. 6 because the Secret Service did not do a thorough security sweep. In addition, Loudermilk also provided security camera video footage and still photos of the suspect holding a device that lawmakers believe was a cell phone, further making the phone data a potential case-solving piece of evidence.\u201d \u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/01\/the-famous-gallows-of-january-6-who-what-where-when-and-why.html\">We also don\u2019t know who set up the famous gallows, or why it wasn\u2019t taken down<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden Administration<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"22.707722385142\">\n<p>\u201cSpecial counsel Jack Smith stands down in Trump classified docs case, asks court to halt appeal\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/13\/us-news\/special-counsel-jack-smith-stands-down-in-trump-classified-docs-case-asks-court-to-halt-appeal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Post<\/a>]. \u201cSpecial counsel Jack Smith asked a federal appellate court on Wednesday to halt his appeal in President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s classified documents case, citing the results of the 2024 election. \u2018As a result of the election held on November 5, 2024, one of the defendants in this case, Donald J. Trump, is expected to be certified as President-elect on January 6, 2025, and inaugurated on January 20, 2025,\u2019 Smith wrote to the Atlanta-based 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals. \u2018The Government respectfully requests that the Court hold this appeal in abeyance \u2014 and stay the deadline for the Government\u2019s reply brief, which is currently due on November 15, 2024 \u2014 until December 2, 2024, to afford the Government time to assess this unprecedented circumstance and determine the appropriate course going forward consistent with Department of Justice policy,\u2019 the federal prosecutor added.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump Transition<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"127.36650737586\">\n<p><a name=\"transition\"\/>\u201cTrump triumphantly returns to White House as Biden pledges \u2018smooth transition’\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2024\/nov\/13\/donald-trump-triumphantly-returns-white-house-joe-\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Washington Times<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018I look forward \u2026 to having a smooth transition. We\u2019ll do everything we can to make sure you\u2019re accommodated what you need,\u2019 a smiling Mr. Biden said as he congratulated a man who had relentlessly attacked his mental capacity and branded his administration as a \u2018disaster.\u2019 Mr. Trump also pledged that the transition will be \u2018as smooth as it can get.\u2019 \u2018Politics is tough, and in many cases, it\u2019s not a nice world, but it\u2019s a nice world today,\u2019 Mr. Trump said. They shook hands in front of a roaring fire in the Oval Office.\u201d \u2022 What was burning in the fire? The Epstein tapes and a copy of <a href=\"https:\/\/encyclopedia.ushmm.org\/content\/en\/article\/the-enabling-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Enabling Act<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump reveals exclusively to The Post what he and Biden spoke about at DC meeting\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/13\/us-news\/donald-trump-reveals-what-he-and-biden-spoke-about-at-dc-meeting-really-enjoyed-seeing-each-other\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Post<\/a>]. \u201cPresident-elect Donald Trump told The Post Wednesday that he and President Biden \u201cboth really enjoyed seeing each other\u201d when they sat down for a historic post-election get-together in the Oval Office. \u2018You know, it\u2019s been a long, it\u2019s been a long slog,\u2019 the 78-year-old said during a phone interview as he left Washington. \u2018It\u2019s been a lot of work on both sides and he did a very good job with respect to campaigning and everything else. We really had a really good meeting.\u2019 Trump said Biden was \u2018very gracious.\u2019 \u2018We got to know each other again.’\u201d<\/p>\n<p>BFFs:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.8676470588235\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"5.9764705882353\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden seems happy.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe people can stop wasting their energy defending him now. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HI7groP6CC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/HI7groP6CC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 leahmcelrath.bsky.social (@leahmcelrath) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leahmcelrath\/status\/1856805918966780223\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>So much for all that \u201cour democracy\u201d hoo-ha, then. Also too \u201cfascism.\u201d Dear Lord, these people just turn on a dime!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiden, Trump Die 2 Minutes Apart Holding Hands\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/theonion.com\/biden-trump-die-2-minutes-apart-holding-hands-1850282375\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Onion<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018Only minutes before their deaths, they requested that their hospital beds be pushed together\u2014it\u2019s like they knew what was coming,\u2019 said Marlene Kato, a nurse who confirmed that medical staff at Walter Reed Medical Center, where the two presidents spent their final hours together, were stunned when Biden died at 8:05 p.m. and Trump followed at 8:07. \u2018They were rivals in life, but they came together with love in death. They were both very weak, but turned their heads to face each other and smiled. Biden said, \u2018You were the only one who ever got me,\u2019 and Trump said, \u2018I know.\u2019 I started tearing up right there and then. It was just so beautiful. Then they used their final breaths to request a shared burial plot at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster.\u2019 At press time, a coroner\u2019s report revealed that Trump had strangled Biden and then succumbed to a heart attack two minutes later.\u201d\u2022 Oh.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump Jokes He \u2018Can\u2019t Get Rid\u2019 of Elon Musk Amid Growing Influence\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/trump-jokes-cant-get-rid-elon-musk-1985310\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Newsweek<\/a>]. \u201c\u201dElon won\u2019t go home. I can\u2019t get rid of him\u2014at least until I don\u2019t like him,\u201d Trump joked, acknowledging Musk\u2019s growing presence in his inner circle.\u201d And: \u201cDuring his week-long stay at Mar-a-Lago, Musk has bonded with the president-elect\u2019s family, posing for photos and playing golf, while also joining calls with foreign leaders, including Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. He is also scheduled to meet Argentina\u2019s President Javier Milei at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday. Although the president-elect has often said that Musk likely won\u2019t take on a full-time position due to his other commitments, Musk\u2014who once vowed to stay out of politics\u2014appears to be enjoying his new role.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump\u2019s pick for top intel job has been accused of \u2018traitorous\u2019 parroting of Russian propaganda\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/trumps-pick-top-intel-job-accused-traitorous-parroting-russian-propaga-rcna180073\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NBC<\/a>]. \u2022 The spooks seem unhappy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTulsi Gabbard\u2019s Nomination Is a National-Security Risk\u201d [Tom Nichols, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/newsletters\/archive\/2024\/11\/tulsi-gabbard-nomination-security\/680649\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Atlantic<\/a>]. \u2022 As do <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tom_Nichols_(academic)#Politics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Never Trumper national security goons<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Curious Case of Tulsi Gabbard: Is She a Russian Asset or a Dupe?\u201d [Jonathan V. Last, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebulwark.com\/p\/tulsi-gabbard-russian-asset-or-dupe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Bulwark<\/a>]. \u201cBecause for a decade Gabbard has looked and behaved like a Russian asset.\u201d \u2022 An asset? With a handler? I\u2019ll only believe this if 51 intelligence officials tell me so. (Sorry to go all heuristic on this, I should be assessing all this on the merits, but sheesh.)<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cGaetz resigns from Congress \u2014 possibly skirting long-awaited Ethics report\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/11\/13\/matt-gaetz-resigns-congress-00189488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cDozens of GOP lawmakers indicated that leadership had told them about Gaetz\u2019s resignation before Johnson made the announcement. Many were excitedly spreading the news, glad to be rid of the architect of Kevin McCarthy\u2019s speakership ouster. Gaetz didn\u2019t attend the GOP\u2019s hours-long meeting near the Capitol on Wednesday, where Republicans elected their leadership slate. Johnson said Gaetz had resigned so abruptly because he knew how long it would take to fill the seat if he becomes attorney general\u2026. Other GOP House colleagues believe his decision is actually tied to an Ethics Committee report investigating several allegations including that Gaetz engaged in sex with a minor, which they believe was poised to be released in a matter of days. Gaetz has repeatedly denied wrongdoing and has sought to attack the panel probing various allegations against him. If Gaetz is no longer a member of the House, the report likely won\u2019t be formally released, though it could leak. One House Republican, granted anonymity to speak candidly, tied Gaetz\u2019s resignation to trying to \u2018stymie the ethics investigation that is coming out in one week.’\u201d \u2022 It seems to have been pretty effectively stymied already, but whatever. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump Nominates \u2018Khanservative\u2019 Matt Gaetz as Attorney General\u201d [Matt Stoller, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebignewsletter.com\/p\/trump-nominates-khanservative-matt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BIG<\/a>]. Stoller followed anti-trust in Congress closely. Here\u2019s a telling anecdate about Gaetz:<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"29\">\n<p>At one point during the markup, at 3am or so, [Democrat David Cicilline, actually an anti-monoply ally] allowed an amendment that punched a loophole in one of the bills. The amendment would have let big tech firms purchase companies for less than $50 million in value without much scrutiny. It wasn\u2019t a big deal; everyone was exhausted and wanted to just move along. But at that moment, Gaetz chimed in and said he opposed it. He didn\u2019t win. But he was the only member in either party to say he wanted no loopholes, no matter how small, for big tech.<\/p>\n<p>When the spotlight is on, most people do not want to appear craven. But when the spotlight is not on, when it\u2019s 3 am and the only people who are paying attention are powerful lobbyists from organized money, well, that\u2019s when someone tells you what their priorities are. And in that case, Gaetz said he\u2019d fight for every inch, even if he would get no credit, even if everyone was tired, and even if he was going to lose, and in losing, upset several corporations worth a trillion dollars apiece.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The whole piece is worth reading in full, given that Gaetz seems sound on Lina Khan, defense reform, and surveillance (and actually called for Snowden to be pardoned). So no wonder powerful forces want to take him down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMatt Gaetz once faced a sex trafficking investigation by the Justice Department he could now lead\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-attorney-general-matt-gaetz-justice-department-9d51501fb6ad5c04b5b4113d3a6a584b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>]. \u201cThe federal sex trafficking investigation that began under Attorney General Bill Barr during Trump\u2019s first term focused on allegations that Gaetz and onetime political ally Joel Greenberg paid underage girls and escorts or offered them gifts in exchange for sex. Greenberg, a fellow Republican who served as the tax collector in Florida\u2019s Seminole County, admitted as part of a plea deal with prosecutors in 2021 that he paid women and an underage girl to have sex with him and other men. The men were not identified in court documents when he pleaded guilty. Greenberg was sentenced in late 2022 to 11 years in prison. Federal investigators scrutinized a trip that Gaetz took to the Bahamas with a group of women and a doctor who donated to his campaign, and whether the women were paid or received gifts to have sex with the men, according to people familiar with the matter who were not allowed to publicly discuss the investigation. Prosecutors also investigated whether Gaetz and his associates tried to secure government jobs for some of the women, and scrutinized Gaetz\u2019s connections to the medical marijuana sector, including whether his associates sought to influence legislation Gaetz sponsored, the people have said. Gaetz had remained under investigation by the House Ethics Committee over allegations that he was part of a scheme that led to the sex trafficking of a 17-year-old girl. The committee began its review of Gaetz in April 2021, , and renewed its work shortly after Gaetz announced that the Justice Department had ended a sex trafficking investigation. Over the summer, the committee provided an unusual public update into its long-running investigation, saying its review now includes whether Gaetz engaged in sexual misconduct and illicit drug use, accepted improper gifts and sought to obstruct government investigations of his conduct. Gaetz has categorically denied all the allegations before the committee.\u201d \u2022 Well, I suippose we can expect a leak shortly. (One reason I apply a hermeneutic of suspicion to sex scandals is that long, long ago, an Illinois Republican got taken down over sex club allegations in a set of mysteriously released divorce papers, and the Democrat went on to win. I focused my aghastitude on the scandal, but the winning Democrat was this dude named Barack Obama, who was just another elected at the time.)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>2024 Post Mortem<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"79.163034001744\">\n<p><a name=\"blame\"\/><strong>Deploy the Blame Cannons!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Democrats Committed Suicide This Year\u201d [James K. Galbraith, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.project-syndicate.org\/commentary\/trump-2024-win-blame-the-democratic-party-establishment-by-james-k-galbraith-2024-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Project Syndicate<\/a>]. \u201d Trump\u2019s final tally will be only slightly higher than his 2020 total of 74.2 million votes. For Harris, though, we will see a disastrous decline from the 81.2 million votes that Joe Biden received, and this despite the fact that the voting-eligible population has increased by four million. In other words, Trump gained almost no support in his four-year campaign for redemption. If all the voters were the same, one could even say that he merely got his 2020 supporters to vote for him again. In fact, about 13 million people (most of them eligible voters) have died, and about 17 million have become voter-eligible, implying that Trump replaced his losses about one-for-one, while a decline in turnout cost the Democrats nearly ten million votes. These numbers cast grave doubt on explanations of the result that focus on economic conditions, and still more on the impact of advertising and get-out-the-vote campaigns. The results also deflate analyses based on the \u2018American voter.\u2019\u2026 .\u201d More: \u201cAfter we have ruled out the implausible, at least three reasonable conjectures remain. The first concerns the conditions of voting. In 2020, owing to the pandemic, voting was more accessible than ever before\u2026. In 2024, some \u2013 though not all \u2013 of these expedients no longer existed, after already declining in 2022. It is standard in America to use the structure of voting to help determine the outcome: long lines at the polls discourage turnout, especially among working people with limited time.\u201d Yes, the distinctive competence of the modern political party. More: \u201cA second plausible explanation concerns voter registration. Students and low-income minority citizens move more frequently and usually must re-register every time their address changes. It is highly probable that this burden falls more heavily on Democrats.\u201d And now: \u201cThe third hypothesis turns on the long-standing divisions within the Democratic Party\u2026. The Clintons and Obamas are currently the de facto heads of the centrist faction, and Biden and Harris were their appointees\u2026. The Democratic leadership engineered this situation and must therefore desire it. Win or lose, it remains in control of a vast shadow apparatus: consultants, pollsters, lobbyists, fundraisers, key positions on Capitol Hill. Any concessions to new forces within the party would undermine this control, whereas losses to Republicans do not. The Democratic leadership would far rather lose an election or two \u2013 or even become a permanent minority party \u2013 than open the party to people it cannot control. The 2024 election was, therefore, a suicide. The Democratic leadership was, at best, indifferent to the erosion of voting access, negligent in retaining 2020\u2019s new voters, and proactive in ensuring the abstention of what little remains of its \u2018left\u2019 wing. It tried to cover this up, as usual, with celebrity endorsements and identity politics. As usual, it did not work. But the party\u2019s mandarins and their apparatchiks will be around next time to try again.\u201d \u2022 I could quarrel with causality (\u201ceconomic conditions\u201d is surely a little slippery), but this conforms in almost every respect to my priors (except one should hardly leave the spooks, the press, and the NGOs out of the \u201cvast shadow apparatus\u201d). So I like it \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump\u2019s Win Leaves Democrats Asking: Where Are Our Bro Whisperers?\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/HCBiU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>]. \u201c[S]ome younger Democrats said a broader strategy shift was in order, especially in terms of how politicians approach nontraditional media. Celebrity appearances and paid endorsements from influencers come across as transactional and inauthentic, they said. \u2018It\u2019s last-second, \u2018Let\u2019s get Beyonc\u00e9 onstage to say we support women,\u2019 but that doesn\u2019t move anyone who wasn\u2019t already going to vote Democrat,\u2019 said Ayem Kpenkaan, a liberal content creator who goes by @bocxtop on social media. As Democrats were casting about for explanations for Mr. Trump\u2019s victory, posts by Mr. Kpenkaan, 25, blaming \u2018alpha male podcasts\u2019 for men\u2019s rightward shift went viral. He suggested that Democrats needed liberal versions of media platforms that are culturally right-leaning but not inherently political \u2014 like Barstool Sports, the popular sports brand that has become so enmeshed in online culture that it has coined a phrase, Barstool conservatism. \u2018We have to make entertaining, engaging content that men want to watch and care about,\u201d Mr. Kpenkaan said. \u201cThen, over time, you pepper in more progressive views.\u201d \u2022 \u201cContent creator\u201d sounds something like a producer of \u201cslop feedstock\u201d to me, but what do I know?<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe State-Level Differences Between the Presidential and Senate Races\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/centerforpolitics.org\/crystalball\/the-state-level-differences-between-the-presidential-and-senate-races\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Larry Sabato\u2019s Crystal Ball<\/a>]. The Abstract: \u201cSplit outcomes between presidential and Senate results saw a resurgence in 2024, as at least four Donald Trump-won states sent Democrats to the Senate. Republicans still took the majority in the Senate because while Sens. Jon Tester (D-MT) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) performed notably better than Kamala Harris, they did not do so by enough to hold their seats. Across most key Senate races, Senate Democrats ran better than Harris in rural parts of their states but were comparatively weak in some suburban counties. In one of Harris\u2019s best states, Maryland, former Gov. Larry Hogan (R-MD) stood out as Republicans\u2019 top overperformer, although Harris\u2019s 26-point margin in the state was too much for him to overcome.\u201d \u2022 Handy map:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/JMC2024111401_Map_1_600.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"433\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-282217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/JMC2024111401_Map_1_600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/JMC2024111401_Map_1_600-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/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. 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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>Transmission: H5N1<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"21.146551724138\">\n<p>\u201cBird flu: Canadian teenager is critically ill with new genotype\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/387\/bmj.q2529\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BMJ<\/a>]. \u201cA Canadian adolescent is in a critical condition in a British Columbia hospital after becoming infected with a new genotype of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). The patient, who has not been publicly identified, developed conjunctivitis on 2 November, followed by fever and coughing. While these symptoms have been common in people infected with H5N1 bird flu in North America\u2014until now, all US cases\u2014the teenager in Canada then developed acute respiratory distress syndrome and was admitted to intensive care on 8 November. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCanada: PHAC Confirms HPAI H5N1 Genotype D1.1 In B.C. Human Infection\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/afludiary.blogspot.com\/2024\/11\/canada-phac-confirms-hpai-h5n1-genotype.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Avian Flu Diary<\/a>]. \u201cWe now have the answer to at least 2 of our questions regarding the H5 virus infection in a teenager from British Columbia; according to a statement from the PHAC (h\/t FluTrackers) the subtype has been confirmed to be H5N1 and the genotype is D1.1. \u201d More on D.1.1:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/long_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"632\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-282225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/long_1.png 500w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/long_1-237x300.png 237w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps we should give consideration to invoking the precautionary principle:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/long_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"1300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-282226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/long_2.png 500w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/long_2-115x300.png 115w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/long_2-394x1024.png 394w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>We really shouldn\u2019t play \u201clet \u2018er rip\u201d with H5N1, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/10\/biden-bets-on-let-er-rip-with-a-second-pandemic-grade-virus-h5n1-bird-flu.html\">that\u2019s what we\u2019re doing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Scientific Communication<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"5\">\n<p>Let\u2019s do brunch over at Blue Sky:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/blue_sky_transition.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"1096\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-282232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/blue_sky_transition.png 500w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/blue_sky_transition-137x300.png 137w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/blue_sky_transition-467x1024.png 467w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"\/><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Media<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"14.878542510121\">\n<p>\u201cCovid grifters are (still) wrong: the structure of esoteric knowledge\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/buttondown.com\/abbycartus\/archive\/covid-grifters-are-still-wrong-the-structure-of\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ClosedForm<\/a>]. \u201cI could take a weathered desire path here and argue that these analyses are politically dangerous in addition to being ignorant; that they misidentify the culprits, misunderstand the problems, point people galvanized to \u2018get involved\u2019 down dead-end paths. Someone else can make those arguments. I want to talk about something weirder: the funky thread of esotericism running through the beautiful tapestry of the Covid grifter community and through its associated epistemological stance\u2026. The Covid grifters miss (\u2018miss\u2019 is a bit passive) alternative explanations because they assume that if it is published in a scientific paper, it must be true and must confirm their existing belief. This is a grave misunderstanding of what the scientific literature is. It\u2019s not a repository of truth claims. It\u2019s a body of work produced by people working in a specific political economy, one that incentivizes publishing \u2018statistically significant\u2019 findings (which are not the same thing as actually significant or meaningful findings), and really incentivizes publishing anything about hot topics like, say, a devastating pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Elite Maleficence<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"35.067748091603\">\n<p>The UK, but yikes:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"5.5395189003436\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"13.635738831615\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nosocomial Covid in Wales<\/p>\n<p>‘Number of inpatient Covid-19 cases in hospital in Wales’<\/p>\n<p>On 10 November 2024, at least 67% of inpatient Covid cases in Wales were the result of hospital-acquired SARS-CoV-2 infection\u2026<\/p>\n<p>(PHW data) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HnGsHtf7hL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/HnGsHtf7hL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gwladwr (@gwladwr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gwladwr\/status\/1856686685263692179\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a Better Way to Talk About Fluoride, Vaccines and Raw Milk\u201d [Emily Oster, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/M2XJL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>]. \u201cConsider three topics of much public discussion: measles vaccines, raw milk and water fluoridation. All three represent fault lines between what is said by public health agencies and by Mr. Kennedy and other skeptics. Where their messages differ is in the strength and complexity of the evidence\u2026. My suggestion is that when asked about these topics, health experts provide this level of detail. Simply saying that vaccines are good and raw milk is bad misses specifics that people find important. People often do their research, and if they feel the risks of raw milk have been exaggerated, it can erode their trust. Now perhaps that person is more likely to distrust the vaccine messaging, too. With more information, we provide room for people to drink raw milk but also vaccinate their kids. Which is, basically, a reasonable choice. Providing context also helps people make sense of new information\u2026. Being more nuanced will not be easy for public health agencies. They need to put more trust in their audience\u2026. If health experts share a more balanced message about raw milk, more people might drink raw milk. And, yes, that does entail some increased risk. I am arguing that in exchange you may get higher measles vaccination. It\u2019s not a perfect scenario, but it may mean that fewer people get sick and die. Which, after all, should be the ultimate goal.\u201d \u2022 The problem here is that Oster, an economist, has track record:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.3857142857143\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9.3107142857143\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here’s a horrendous example of COVID misinformation spread by Emily Oster in 2020, which has been proven wrong by research many times since. Please do not listen to any of her advice about public health. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bAnP3rbXEv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/bAnP3rbXEv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Lucky Tran (@luckytran) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/luckytran\/status\/1856856344558440482\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 14, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Just like all the pro-Iraq pundits, still making bank, twenty years later\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>HICPAC meeting today and tomorrow:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"5.209756097561\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"12.373170731707\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2652\ufe0fMore in\ud83e\uddf5\ud83d\udc46\ud83c\udffc<\/p>\n<p>\u2652\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HICPAC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#HICPAC<\/a> Mtg THURS & FRI Nov 14-15\u2757\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2652\ufe0f\u201dCDC\u2019s HICPAC: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COI?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#COI<\/a> & Process Violations Alleged in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheWHN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@TheWHN<\/a> Suppl Complaint 2 Inspector General\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2652\ufe0fImpt fr <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lambertstrether\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@lambertstrether<\/a>\u2757\ufe0f\ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udffc<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd17 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wG4xpZ1XGH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/wG4xpZ1XGH<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u2652\ufe0fPls share\ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udffd<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HCW?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#HCW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/H5N1?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#H5N1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeoplesCDC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@PeoplesCDC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pan_End_It\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@Pan_End_It<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/C19LH_Advocacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@C19LH_Advocacy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cTZ3UTQJ02\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/cTZ3UTQJ02<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 HealthCommunication (@Comm_in_Care) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Comm_in_Care\/status\/1856780080124764336\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>I apologize for not getting to this earlier; mentally, I\u2019m still digging out from the election. Here are the drafts HICPAC has been working from:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"2.7448630136986\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7.8424657534247\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HICPAC is finally giving the public a look at the drafts that they will be discussing and voting on tomorrow: <br \/>Isolation Workgroup \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jqVqN8F6P6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/jqVqN8F6P6<\/a><br \/>Healthcare Personnel Wkgrp \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kJ5EnqTFNM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/kJ5EnqTFNM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Deb Soc \u2013 #KeepMasksInHealthCare #StopTheSpread! (@dsoq) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dsoq\/status\/1856821886081999134\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>For the latest on HICPAC, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/10\/cdcs_hicpac_conflicts_interest_process_violations_alleged_world_health_network_supplemental_complaint_inspector_general.html\">see NC here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"table\"\/><strong>TABLE 1: Daily Covid Charts<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody wp_automatic_readability=\"10.869565217391\">\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Wastewater<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.6190476190476\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> This week[1] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> November 4<\/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-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-2-300x196.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-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><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.6417910447761\">\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> November 9<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> <strong>Emergency Room Visits<\/strong>[4] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#trends_select_7dayeddiagnosed_00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> 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-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-1-300x238.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=\"3.9634146341463\">\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 12:<\/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 8:<\/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-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-4.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-4-300x169.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-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-2-300x273.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Positivity<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\" wp_automatic_readability=\"2.5915492957746\">\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 11:<\/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 9:<\/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-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-1-300x190.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\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-300x199.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=\"3.5862068965517\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> Positivity[9] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#traveler-genomic-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> October 21:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> Variants[10] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#traveler-genomic-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> 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=\"3.76\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> Weekly Deaths vs. % Positivity [11] <a href=\"https:\/\/health.hawaii.gov\/coronavirusdisease2019\/what-you-should-know\/current-situation-in-the-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> November 2:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> 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=\"179.3385614534\">\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. That WHO label, \u201cOmmicron,\u201d has done a great job normalizing successive waves of infection.<\/p>\n<p>[4] (ED) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[5] (Hospitalization: NY) Steadily down.<\/p>\n<p>[6] (Hospitalization: CDC). Actually improved; it\u2019s now one of the few charts to show the entire course of the pandemic to the present day.<\/p>\n<p>[7] (Walgreens) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[8] (Cleveland) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[9] (Travelers: Positivity) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[10] (Travelers: Variants). Now XEC.<\/p>\n<p>[11] Deaths low, positivity down.<\/p>\n<p>[12] Deaths low, ED down.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stats Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Employment Situation: \u201cUnited States Initial Jobless Claims\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/jobless-claims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cThe number of individuals filing for unemployment benefits in the US fell by 4,000 from the previous week to 217,000 on the period ending November 9th, the least since May, and firmly below market expectations of an increase to 223,000. In turn, outstanding unemployment claims fell by 19,000 to 1,873,000 in the last week of October. The results extended the view that the US labor market remains at historically strong levels despite the aggressive tightening cycle by the Federal Reserve in the last quarters, adding leeway for the central bank to slow the pace of monetary loosening should inflation remain stubbornly high.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Inflation: \u201cUnited States Producer Prices Final Demand Less Foods and Energy YoY\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/core-producer-prices-yoy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cThe annual core producer inflation in the US which excludes prices for foods and energy, rose to 3.1% in October 2024, following an upwardly revised 2.9% in the prior month and slightly above market forecasts of 3%.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"boeing\"\/>Manufacturing: \u201cPink slips arrive for laid-off Boeing workers as company begins 10% cut\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/business\/boeing-aerospace\/pink-slips-arrive-for-laid-off-boeing-workers-as-company-begins-10-cut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Seattle Times<\/a>]. \u201cThe cuts are not expected to hit members of the Machinists union, but they did affect members of the engineering union, SPEEA.\u201d \u2022 Won\u2019t they need engineers to design a new plane?<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing hires Northrop executive to take over Pentagon projects\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/aerospace-defense\/boeing-hires-northrop-executive-take-over-pentagon-projects-2024-11-14\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reuters<\/a>]. \u201d Boeing said on Thursday it hired former Northrop Grumman executive Colin Miller to head its Phantom Works research arm within the company\u2019s defense business unit. Miller\u2019s hiring as general manager of Phantom Works at Boeing Defense, Space and Security (BDS) had been in the works before the arrival of new Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg. Boeing\u2019s defense business has been struggling under the weight of budget-busting older contracts, but Ortberg said in October that the unit which makes helicopters, fighter jets and missiles remains \u201ccore\u201d to the company\u2019s future.\u201d \u2022 Not to triage them, then?<\/p>\n<p>Tech: \u201cMark Zuckerberg Wants to Feed You More AI Slop\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/EI8bF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a>]. \u201cGet ready, folks. In much the same way that short videos and viral content took over feeds once populated with posts from our friends and family, the next wave of content will be machine-generated. A progression from personal to viral content and now to AI content seems like a dystopian direction for a social media firm that\u2019s long framed itself as \u201cconnecting people.\u201d But Zuckerberg calls this new trend \u2018promising.\u2019 His view is not unusual in the industry. I\u2019ve spoken to several technology executives who believe that AI-generated content \u2014 which could make up as much as 90% of content on the Internet, according to one wild estimate \u2014 will be accepted as the new normal. AI-generated videos will eventually be called \u2018videos,\u2019 the thinking goes.\u201d \u2022 Nice to see \u201cAI Slop\u201d make it into a Bloomberg headline.<\/p>\n<p>Tech: \u201cLost In The Future\u201d [Ed Zitron, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wheresyoured.at\/lost-in-the-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Where\u2019s Your Ed At<\/a>]. \u201c[E]verybody is affected by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wheresyoured.at\/the-rot-economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the growth-at-all-costs Rot Economy<\/a>, because everybody is using technology, all the time, and the technology in question is getting worse. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/political-text-message-spam-election-stop-2024-11?ref=wheresyoured.at\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">This election cycle saw more than 25 billion text messages sent to potential voters<\/a>, and seemingly every website was crammed full of random election advertising. Our phones are beset with notifications trying to \u2018growth-hack\u2019 us into doing things that companies want, our apps full of microtransactions, our websites slower and harder-to-use with endless demands of our emails and our phone numbers and the need to log back in because they couldn\u2019t possibly lose a dollar to somebody who <em>dared<\/em> to consume their content for free. Our social networks are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wheresyoured.at\/were-watching-facebook-die\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">so algorithmically charged that they barely show us the things we want them to anymore<\/a>, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/opinion\/articles\/2024-11-04\/mark-zuckerberg-wants-to-feed-you-more-ai-slop-on-facebook?ref=wheresyoured.at\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">executives dedicated to filling our feeds with AI-generated slop<\/a> because despite being the <em>customer<\/em>, we are also the revenue mechanism. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wheresyoured.at\/the-men-who-killed-google\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Our search engines do less as a means of making us use them more<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/opinion\/articles\/2023-11-08\/dating-apps-relationship-with-investors-is-on-the-rocks?ref=wheresyoured.at\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> our dating apps have become vehicles for private equity to add a toll to falling in love<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/03\/24\/why-the-183-billion-video-game-industry-cant-quit-microtransactions.html?ref=wheresyoured.at\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">our video games are constantly nagging us to give them more money<\/a>, and despite it costing money and being attached to our account, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/wirecutter\/blog\/you-dont-own-your-digital-movies\/?ref=wheresyoured.at\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">we don\u2019t actually own any of the streaming media we purchase<\/a>. We\u2019re drowning in spam \u2014 both in our emails and on our phones \u2014 and at this point in our lives we\u2019re probably agreed to 3 million pages worth of privacy policies <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/10\/17\/elon-musks-x-is-changing-its-privacy-policy-to-allow-third-parties-to-train-ai-on-your-posts\/?ref=wheresyoured.at\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">allowing companies to use our information as they see fit<\/a>. And these are issues that hit everything we do, all the time, constantly, unrelentingly.\u201d \u2022 You say \u201cunrelentingly\u201d like that\u2019s a bad thing.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 63 Greed (previous close: 67 Greed) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 58 (Greed). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Nov 14 at 1:45:43 PM ET.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Musical Interlude<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"love\"\/>\u201cIs the Love Song Dying?\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/pudding.cool\/2024\/11\/love-songs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Pudding<\/a>]. Horridly mobile-friendly, but data-driven and worth the trouble. Here is one handy (interactive) chart:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/love_song.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"329\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-282234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/love_song.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/love_song-300x165.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Seranade = \u201cYou love someone, and they love you back\u201d; heartache = \u201cBut what happens if you love them, but they just\u2026 don\u2019t? Maybe you broke up, or maybe it\u2019s just unrequited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So how do readers answer the question in the title?<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"zeitgeist\"\/><strong>Zeitgeist Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cJesse Sheidlower answers our questions about \u2018The F-Word’\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/stronglang.wordpress.com\/2024\/11\/05\/jesse-sheidlower-answers-our-questions-about-the-f-word\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Strong Language<\/a>]. \u201cLexicographer Jesse Sheidlower has been researching and writing about f*ck for a f*cking long time: nearly three decades.\u201d This caught my eye: \u201c<em>You cite the Internet Archive as a valuable resource this time around. Any specifics you can share?<\/em> [SHEIDLOWER:] I can\u2019t overstate the importance of the Internet Archive; it might not have been possible to do this edition without it. It holds an immense of amount of material about everything, so you don\u2019t just get mainstream fiction (which is itself, of course, very useful), but all sorts of things you don\u2019t normally think of. For example, high school and college yearbooks are an immensely valuable source for informal writing, but hardly anyone has used them for linguistic research before. I quote over a dozen yearbooks, all from the Internet Archive, in this edition, in many cases providing the earliest example we have: \u201cf*ck \u2019em if they can\u2019t take a joke,\u201d from Baltimore in 1971; \u201cf*ck you and the horse you rode in on\u201d in Massachusetts in 1964; MFWIC \u2018motherf*cker what\u2019s in charge\u2019 from the US Air Force Academy in 1963. This material just can\u2019t be found anywhere else.\u201d \u2022 Good thing the Internet Archive is not in any way vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I should be more of a fan of O\u2019Keefe than I am:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.4858490566038\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"4.7547169811321\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From a Day with Juan IV <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GrCrWy6H4g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/GrCrWy6H4g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Georgia O’Keeffe (@artistokeeffe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/artistokeeffe\/status\/1857035019543314732\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 14, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t pick this one deliberately, it just came across my feed. Something about the actual paint\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><strong>Healthcare<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t vouch for this, but it does seem like something to watch out for:<\/p>\n<p>Have any readers experienced this?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/hospital_billing.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"1111\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-282224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/hospital_billing.png 500w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/hospital_billing-135x300.png 135w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/hospital_billing-461x1024.png 461w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our Famously Free Press<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Onion Says It Has Bought Infowars, Alex Jones\u2019s Site, Out of Bankruptcy\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/QTMAY#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>]. \u201cThe Onion said that the bid was sanctioned by the families of the victims of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, who in 2022 won a $1.4 billion defamation lawsuit against Mr. Jones and his company, Free Speech Systems\u2026. The publication plans to reintroduce Infowars in January as a parody of itself, mocking \u2018weird internet personalities\u2019 like Mr. Jones who traffic in misinformation and health supplements, Ben Collins, the chief executive of The Onion\u2019s parent company, Global Tetrahedron, said in an interview.\u201d \u2022 Should be challenging!<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"wired\"\/><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe brain summons deep sleep for healing from life-threatening injury\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-024-03491-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nature<\/a>]. \u201cImmune cells rush to the brain and promote deep sleep after a heart attack, according to a new study1 involving both mice and humans. This heavy slumber helps recovery by easing inflammation in the heart, the study found\u2026. The implications of the study go beyond heart attack, says Rachel Rowe, a specialist in sleep and inflammation at the University of Colorado Boulder. \u2018For any kind of injury, your body\u2019s natural response would be to help you sleep so your body can heal,\u2019 she says.\u201d\u2022 Hmm. Makes you wonder about <em>other<\/em> forms of inflammation and sleep.<\/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\/11\/200pm-water-cooler-11-13-2024.html\">here<\/a>. From Carla:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/anenomes.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-282218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/anenomes.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/anenomes-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Carla writes: \u201cThe last of our 2024 anemones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet again, kind readers, I tap the sign: More plant images, please. My inventory is still more nervous-making than I would like it to be. Do you have images to send in, especially of autumn produce or winter projects? 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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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