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By Lambert Strether of Corrente.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nBird Song of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Northern Mockingbird, Cape Island \u2013 Crewe House, Cape May, New Jersey, United States. \u201cNight-singing from a single perch in the neighbor\u2019s hedge at night; I walked right up and recorded it from just a few meters away.\u201d Lots of variety!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBird brain from the age of dinosaurs reveals roots of avian intelligence\u201d (press release) [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cam.ac.uk\/stories\/roots-of-bird-intelligence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">University of Cambridge<\/a>]. \u201cResearchers have identified a remarkably well-preserved fossil bird, roughly the size of a starling, from the Mesozoic Era. The complete skull has been preserved almost intact: a rarity for any fossil bird, but particularly for one so ancient, making this one of the most significant finds of its kind. The extraordinary three-dimensional preservation of the skull allowed the researchers, led by the University of Cambridge and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, to digitally reconstruct the brain of the bird\u2026 <em>Navaornis<\/em> had a larger cerebrum than Archaeopteryx, suggesting it had more advanced cognitive capabilities than the earliest bird-like dinosaurs. However, most areas of its brain, like the cerebellum, were less developed, suggesting that it hadn\u2019t yet evolved the complex flight control mechanisms of modern birds\u2026 \u2018Modern birds have some of the most advanced cognitive capabilities in the animal kingdom, comparable only with mammals,\u2019 said Professor Daniel Field from Cambridge\u2019s Department of Earth Sciences, senior author of the research. \u2018But scientists have struggled to understand how and when the unique brains and remarkable intelligence of birds evolved\u2014the field has been awaiting the discovery of a fossil exactly like this one.’\u201d \u2022 Neat! (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-024-08114-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The original from Nature<\/a>, which I cannot translate into English.)<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#camps\">About those camps\u2026 <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#blame\">Blame Cannons<\/a>: Biden staffers, Axelrove, Fetterman unload.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#boeing\">Boeing\u2019s management challenges.<\/a>, layoffs.<\/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>Trump Transition<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"43.143293458895\">\n<p>\u201cHouse Probe Into Matt Gaetz Relies On Witnesses DOJ Found Lacked Credibility\u201d [Mollie Hemingway, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/17\/house-probe-into-matt-gaetz-relies-on-witnesses-doj-found-lacked-credibility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Federalist<\/a>]. The deck: \u201cA convicted felon said he was paying the legal fees of Matt Gaetz\u2019s accuser and controlling her.\u201d More: \u201cAmong the many powerful figures in Washington, D.C. opposed to the Gaetz nomination are some who are attempting to thwart it by releasing a report from the House Ethics Committee that will attempt to tie Gaetz to salacious allegations involving child sex trafficking. The report comes years after DOJ dropped its investigation into the same claims on the grounds that the two central witnesses had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2022\/09\/23\/gaetz-no-charges-sex-trafficking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">serious credibility issues<\/a>. Yet these are the same two central witnesses the House Ethics Committee has relied on for its critical report of Gaetz\u2014the same report it is <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/woman-testified-house-ethics-committee-gaetz-sex-17\/story?id=115867555\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">leaking to compliant reporters<\/a> as part of a coordinated effort to thwart his nomination as President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s next attorney general\u2026. The politicized employees at DOJ have shown themselves willing to explore novel legal theories and bend federal rules to the breaking point in pursuit of their most reviled political opponents, most notably former and future President Trump. Gaetz has a reputation as one of the most tenacious cross-examiners of DOJ officials from his perch on the House Judiciary Committee. Yet even the DOJ was unwilling to exploit Greenberg\u2019s unsubstantiated claims \u2014 apart from leaking them to the press to hurt Gaetz\u2019s reputation. They announced <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/26\/the-fbis-matt-gaetz-operation-sidelined-an-effective-republican-voice-at-a-crucial-time-that-was-the-point\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">their closure<\/a> of the investigation in 2022.\u201d \u2022 Worth reading in full for detail on the accuser.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"camps\"\/>\u201cHere Come Trump\u2019s Concentration Camps\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thetyee.ca\/Analysis\/2024\/11\/15\/Here-Come-Trump-Concentration-Camps\/?utm_source=weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=181124\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Tyee<\/a>]. From Canada. \u201c[T]he stocks of private prison corporations have risen since the election, signalling that investors anticipate a flood of federal money to pay for building migrant detention centres. Whatever they might be called, concentration camps will be necessary under this new administration. Project 2025, the dossier of policy proposals to substantially overhaul the American federal government authored by Trump\u2019s supporters, has a chapter on homeland security and border control. It calls for a \u2018significant increase in detention space,\u2019 noting about 100,000 beds would be needed on a daily basis \u2014 up from around 60,000 at present. Even if 100,000 deportees could be arrested every day and flown out the next day, it would take 110 days to ship 11 million people out of the United States. (And with perhaps 200 passengers per flight, that would require 500 passenger jets daily, or their equivalent in trains and buses.) They\u2019d stay in camps until their flight was called.\u201d \u2022 Let\u2019s assume, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c79zxjj0j55o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">as immigrants do<\/a>, that only undocumented immigrants who are guilty of having committed crimes (other than being undocumented) are targeted. \u201cIn 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cato.org\/blog\/new-research-illegal-immigration-crime-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the illegal immigrant criminal conviction rate<\/a> was 782 per 100,000 illegal immigrants.\u201d Assuming we have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c0jp4xqx2z3o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">11,000,000 immigrants<\/a>, that rate implies 86,020 deportees (430 flights in total, not 500 daily for 110 days). Now, I personally don\u2019t think our government should be creating a three-ring binder for how to round people up and put them in detention facilities, because once we use that binder for one purpose, we\u2019ll pull it out and use it for other purposes; I imagine any small-government conservative would agree (\u201cOf all the works of Sauron, the only fair\u201d). It seems to me that this issue would be better addressed through law enforcement at the firm, not law enforcement on the streets, despite any squawking from the American gentry who tend to do such hiring. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/11\/why-the-enthusiasm-for-mass-deportation-a-hard-and-likely-largely-losing-way-to-deal-with-illegal-immigration.html\">Yves takes a look at our operational capacity for this project<\/a>, and has other suggestions here. The entire issue is a good litmus test not only for Trump, but for his staff. Flaky pie-crust loons or nah? NOTE The \u201c13,099 Illegal Immigrant Murderers\u201d talking point that\u2019s running around is a mess, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cato.org\/blog\/there-are-not-13099-illegal-immigrant-murders-roaming-free-american-streets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">per Cato<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>2024 Post Mortem<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"74.217344368478\">\n<p><a name=\"blame\"\/><strong>Deploy the Blame Cannons!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEXCLUSIVE\u2019It\u2019s a blood bath\u2019: Inside the White House blame game as backstabbing staffers and score-settling pundits rock a Democratic Party in crisis\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14085003\/white-house-blame-game-blood-bath.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>]. Fun stuff. This caught my eye: \u201cAs that same former Biden staffer put it: \u2018[Obama\u2019s staffers were] signed up as the saviors of the campaign only to run outdated Obama-era playbooks for a candidate that wasn\u2019t Obama.’\u201d And: \u201cIn the end, no matter who ends up with the blame, the Democratic Party will have to move on to [hopefully not] survive. A new generation of ambitious Democrats are already said to be plotting their 2028 campaigns \u2013 governors such as California\u2019s Gavin Newsom, Michigan\u2019s Gretchen Whitmer and Maryland\u2019s Wes Moore.\u201d \u2022 That\u2019s the bench for 2028? Really? \u201cStature\u201d is not a word that comes to mind. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cJohn Fetterman says Democrats need to stop \u2018freaking out\u2019 over everything Trump does\u201d (interview) [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/john-fetterman-says-democrats-need-stop-freaking-everything-trump-rcna180270\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NBC<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018I\u2019ve said this before, it\u2019s like, clutch those pearls harder and scold louder \u2014 that\u2019s not going to win,\u2019 Fetterman, D-Pa., said. \u2018And that\u2019s been demonstrated in this cycle.’\u201d Fascinating to see \u201cclutch those pearls\u201d make it into mainstream, idiomatic English; \u201cclutch your pearls and head for the fainting couch\u201d was a trope I encountered as a blogger c. 2003 (on the Democrat side. I don\u2019t think Republicans clutch their pearls, but what do they do instead? Grab their guns?). Fetterman on the Democrat loss in PA: \u201c[FETTERMAN:] I pointed out there were two very incredibly unique situations, and one of them was the assassination [attempt]. \u2026 [T]his never happened when it\u2019s the year of an election and when the individual survived. And he responded in a very distinctive way of \u2018fight, fight, fight,\u2019 and it created very powerful kind of imagery. And I felt, \u2018Hey, that\u2019s definitely going to make things even more difficult.\u2019 And then [Elon] Musk. Surrogates are common in our business, but someone like that is different, and I\u2019ve maintained that he can move the needle, and I do believe he did \u2026 that\u2019s why we\u2019ve lost two of our colleagues in the House, and we\u2019ve lost every row office statewide, as well.\u201d \u2022 I don\u2019t like Fetterman much on policy, but he\u2019s worth listening to for the campaign he ran. (Fetterman tactfully doesn\u2019t mention the Shapiro v. Walz controversy, but I think Shapiro would have gone down in the face of \u2018fight, fight, fight\u2019 also. There was absolutely no way the Pennsylvania Republicans were going to lose that race.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom New Jersey to Hawaii, Trump made inroads in surprising places in his path to the White House\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-democratic-states-blue-states-346dbbd11111f9558b69ed137321c630\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>]. \u201cCommon themes emerged in the AP VoteCast data. Voters were most likely to see the economy and immigration as top issues facing the country. More voters said their family\u2019s financial situation was \u2018falling behind,\u2019 compared with 2020. When they voted, Trump supporters were thinking about high prices for gas, groceries and other goods and the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Democrats\u2019 Defeat\u201d [Adam Tooze, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lrb.co.uk\/the-paper\/v46\/n22\/adam-tooze\/the-democrats-defeat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">London Review of Books<\/a> (AG)]. Let me pull out some salient paragraphs: \u201cThe defining feature of US politics in the current era is how small the margins are. This election saw large movements in specific groups: Latino men to Trump; college graduates to Harris; better-off voters to the Democrats; working-class Americans to the Republicans. But it remains a matter of a few percentage points, with the vast majority of the electorate entrenched in two camps and most of the country barely contested. What moves those voters who do change their minds from election to election remains obscure.\u201d And: \u201cBut in terms of defending existing rights and power positions, in terms of retaining the possibility of further change, in terms of preventing the worst, what was at stake on 5 November were the 270 seats in the electoral college. And to have a decent chance of winning them, it was not necessary to build a historic progressive bloc. It was necessary to run a competent campaign and to field candidates capable of presenting America\u2019s reality, both its promises and its challenges, in language that was compelling and reassuring at the same time. Biden and Harris both failed to do that, and Biden\u2019s outrageous refusal to step aside until the last moment robbed the party of any chance of finding a stronger candidate.\u201d \u2022 I always enjoy Tooze, but for some reason this article reminded me of nobody so much as David Brooks (and his Irish setter, \u201cMoral Hazard\u201d). The trope that popped into my head was \u201c\u2018You can\u2019t buff a turd\u2019 is fractal.\u201d Is any kind of problem-solving in this environment really possible? <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocratic turnout plummeted in 2024 \u2014 but only in safe states\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/11\/15\/2024\/democratic-turnout-plummeted-in-2024-but-only-in-safe-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Semafor<\/a>]. \u201cThe vast majority of votes from this election have been counted, with just a few million ballots outstanding in western states. Total turnout is on track to fall just short of 2020, well ahead of some observers\u2019 expectations on Election Night, when conspiracy theories about more than 10 million \u201cmissing Biden voters\u201d flourished among Democrats. Harris will win fewer votes than President Joe Biden did four years ago \u2014 but the decline was significantly steeper in safely red or blue states than in swing states. Where there was no national campaign spending on turnout, and where voters knew that they were unlikely to change the outcome, Harris ran further behind Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Campaign Finance<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"29.467102574581\">\n<p>\u201cPolitical Ads Can\u2019t Buy the Presidency\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2024-11-14\/spending-1-billion-in-ads-didn-t-win-harris-any-swing-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a>]. The deck: \u201cDemocrats outspent Republicans by more than $300 million in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election. Yet Harris won none of the swing states where the vast majority of spending went.\u201d More: \u201cMoney doesn\u2019t win US elections, but it often helps. In bids for the Senate, the candidate who spends the most is typically the victor. That pattern held this year: In 21 of 33 Senate races, the candidate who spent the most on advertising\u2014generally the major expenditure for a campaign\u2014was the winner\u2026. The link between spending and winning has always been weaker in presidential contests\u2026. Given that turnout had a large impact on election outcomes in 2024, [Adam Bonica, a professor of political science at Stanford University] suggests that, in the future, both parties should consider rethinking their spending. \u2018Maybe it\u2019s not advertising they need to do,\u2019 he says. \u2018Maybe they should be putting more of the resources into mobilization and registration and party building.’\u201d \u2022 Money can\u2019t win an election if you set it on fire and throw it into the air!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOprah town hall cost Harris campaign far more than initially claimed: report\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/oprah-town-hall-cost-harris-campaign-far-more-than-initially-claimed-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FOX<\/a>]. \u201cA new report revealed Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 presidential campaign paid more than double what was previously reported for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/oprah-winfrey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the Oprah Winfrey town hall event<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?data_type=processed&committee_id=C00703975&two_year_transaction_period=2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FEC filings<\/a>, first reported by the Washington Examiner, show the Harris campaign made two $500,000 payments to Winfrey\u2019s Harpo Productions on Oct. 15, a month after Winfrey\u2019s town hall with Harris and weeks before the pair appeared at a Harris Philadelphia rally. Now, two sources have told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/17\/us\/politics\/harris-campaign-finances.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> the full price of the event with Winfrey was closer to $2.5 million\u2026. The bulk of the extravagant spending reportedly went to celebrity appearances and performances and influencer partnerships meant to boost campaign events.\u201d And: \u201cWinfrey, a billionaire, insisted she was \u2018paid nothing\u2019 when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/11\/11\/oprah-winfrey-denies-being-paid-1-million-to-campaign-for-kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">confronted by TMZ<\/a>. A <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/tv\/news\/oprah-winfrey-never-paid-million-kamala-harris-campaign-1236207187\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Harpo Productions spokesperson<\/a> acknowledged to Variety that the company took money from the campaign but claimed it was for \u2018production costs.\u2019\u2026 \u2018Oprah Winfrey was at no point during the campaign paid a personal fee, nor did she receive a fee from Harpo,\u2019 the spokesperson said.\u201d \u2022 I don\u2019t know how Hollywood accounting works, but that statement seems carefully engineered to me.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Republican Funhouse<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"17.306352459016\">\n<p>\u201cAn Appeal to Democratic Voters\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/stevecortes.substack.com\/p\/an-appeal-to-democratic-voters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Patria with Steve Cortes<\/a>]. \u201c[H]ere are the three most compelling reasons to at least consider joining our America First cause \u2014 and to vote Republican into the future. (1) The Democrat Leadership Disrespects You\u2026. (2) The GOP Is Now the Party of Workers; (3) The Democratic Party Obsesses with Social Radicalism.\u201d \u2022 I think \u201cof workers\u201d is telling. \u201cOf,\u201d as opposed to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gettysburg_Address#Text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">of, by, and for<\/a>,\u201d which would imply quite a different party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeague of American Workers President: \u2018Arizonans realize that the American Dream has become out of reach’\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/grandcanyontimes.com\/stories\/657552943-league-of-american-workers-president-arizonans-realize-that-the-american-dream-has-become-out-of-reach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Grand Canyon Times<\/a>]. \u201cSteve Cortes, president and founder of the League of American Workers (LAW), today said that poll results released by his organization show Arizona voters no longer feel the American Dream is reachable. That poll showed 84% of Arizona voters say families in the state cannot live on a single income.\u201d \u2022 More on <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2024\/08\/07\/trump-league-american-workers-steve-cortes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the League of American Workers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Spook Country<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"12.740691489362\">\n<p>\u201cCISA Director Jen Easterly to depart on Inauguration Day\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextgov.com\/people\/2024\/11\/cisa-director-jen-easterly-depart-inauguration-day\/401036\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NextGov<\/a>]. \u201cJen Easterly, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency\u2019s stalwart champion and a figurehead among cybersecurity and intelligence community practitioners, will leave her post Jan. 20 next year when President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated back into the White House, people familiar with her plans said\u2026 The future of CISA in an incoming Trump administration remains uncertain, as GOP allegations of censorship stemming from CISA\u2019s interactions with social media companies \u2014 claims that Easterly has adamantly refuted \u2014 played a prominent role in a recent Supreme Court case, which the Biden administration ultimately won.\u201d \u2022 More on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/11\/the-ballot-is-stronger-than-the-bullet-so-let-the-games-begin.html\">Easterly<\/a> here.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democrats <em>en D\u00e9shabill\u00e9<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"11.728\">\n<p>\u201cAxelrod: Democrats Can\u2019t Approach \u2018Working People\u2019 Like Missionaries And Say, \u2018We\u2019re Here To Help You Become More Like Us’\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2024\/11\/08\/axelrod_democrats_cant_approach_working_people_like_missionaries_and_say_were_here_to_help_you_become_more_like_us.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RealClearPolitics<\/a>]. \u201c\u201dI do have concerns about the way the Democratic Party relates to working-class voters in this country. The only group that Democrats gained within the election on Tuesday was White college graduates, and among working-class voters, there was a significant decline. The only group they won among\u2013 Democrats won were people who make more than a hundred thousand dollars a year. You can\u2019t win national elections that way, and it certainly shouldn\u2019t be that way for a party that fashions itself as the party of working people.\u201d \u2022 Not \u201cfashions itself.\u201d \u201cFancies itself.\u201d<\/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><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"table\"\/><strong>TABLE 1: Daily Covid Charts<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody wp_automatic_readability=\"10.891812865497\">\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Wastewater<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.625\">\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 11<\/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-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-3-300x193.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-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><\/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 9<\/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-ed-natl-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1-300x171.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=\"3.9240506329114\">\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 15:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> National [6] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/covidnetdashboard\/de\/powerbi\/dashboard.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> November 14:<\/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-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-6.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-6-300x170.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitaliztion-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitaliztion-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitaliztion-natl-292x300.png 292w\" 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=\"2.75\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> National[7] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/healthcare-solutions\/covid-19-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a> November 11:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> Ohio[8] <a href=\"https:\/\/clevelandcliniclabs.com\/respiratory-virus-surveillance-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cleveland Clinic<\/a> November 16:<\/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-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-2-300x189.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-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-1-300x196.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 28:<\/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 28:<\/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-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1-300x171.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-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-2-300x213.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-death-positivity-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl-300x175.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-death-ed-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-death-ed-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-death-ed-natl-300x178.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<td wp_automatic_readability=\"138.69982442808\">\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>There are no official statistics of interest today.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"boeing\"\/>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing\u2019s Recent Quality Issues: 5 Key Developments\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/boeing-quality-issues-developments-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Simple Flying<\/a>]. (1) \u201cExecutive resignation amid production restarts\u201d; (2) \u201cFAA mandates a comprehensive quality improvement plan\u201d; (3) \u201cQuality defects discovered in undelivered 787 Dreamliners\u201d; (4) \u201cWhistleblowers expose systemic safety violations\u201d; (5) \u201cOngoing quality issues affect the 737 MAX program.\u201d \u2022\u00a0That\u2019s a lot.<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing strike post mortem: Ortberg has work to do\u201d (excerpt) [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/dpo4l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Leeham News and Analysis<\/a>]. \u201cBoeing CEO Kelly Ortberg\u2019s performance during the IAM strike is getting low marks from the men and women who will do the work that turns Boeing around-\u2013the mechanics, techs, and engineers in the factories, according to those LNA has spoken with. Ortberg came in talking about a \u201creset\u201d in the company\u2019s relationship with its unionized workforce. He took a good symbolic step by announcing he\u2019d relocate to Seattle and work from there. But while Wall Street hailed the move, it didn\u2019t land as well as it could have. Ortberg spent one day in the Renton factory before the strike. \u201d Ouch! More: \u201cLikewise, it\u2019s unclear how much Ortberg was involved in one of the biggest crises his new company faced when he took over: the Machinists Union negotiations.\u201d \u2022 Sadly, the material about Ortberg is mostly behind the paywall; however, it appears that he \u201cwent with Calhoun\u2019s plan\u201d (Calhoun being the previous CEO who was forced out).<\/p>\n<p>Tech: \u201cMaybe Bluesky has \u2018won’\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/anderegg.ca\/2024\/11\/15\/maybe-bluesky-has-won\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gavin Anderegg<\/a>]. \u201cWhen writing about Bluesky, I\u2019ve seen folks mention that it\u2019s either federated or decentralized. I\u2019m here to tell you that it\u2019s currently neither. This one really irks me because the service is getting the credit for work it hasn\u2019t done\u2026.. All this to say: the Bluesky team seems like they\u2019re earnestly working toward a decentralized platform, but they have a lot of work ahead of them. Years of effort, in my estimation. In the meantime, Bluesky is slightly more decentralized than, say, Facebook \u2014 but not by much. Yes, you can host your own data. Yes, you can scrape all of the content on the network. But you can\u2019t do anything with it unless you\u2019re attached to the Bluesky service. I believe this will change with time, but it will be prohibitively expensive and we\u2019re not there yet.\u201d \u2022 With discussion of the advantages of Mastodon\u2019s simple ActivityPub protocol, vs. Bluesky\u2019s complicated AT Protocol (\u201catproto\u201d). I haven\u2019t tried Bluesky, because I\u2019m not sympathetic to liberal Democrats making themselves even more embubbled than they already are. I have tried Mastodon, but compared to Twitter it feels like a provincial backwater. That said, the PMC migrating to a Silicon Valley-centric, not open-source, and enshittifiable platform (yet another platform) is rather telling. Maybe it\u2019s the \u201cBlue\u201d in \u201cBluesky\u201d that triggers them.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 51 Neutral (previous close: 50 Neutral) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 68 (Greed). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Nov 18 at 1:23:03 PM ET.<\/p>\n<p>Rapture Index: Closes up one on Drought. \u201cA very large area of the nation is under general drought conditions\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.raptureready.com\/rapture-ready-index\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rapture Ready<\/a>]. Record High, October 10, 2016: 189. Current: 183. (Remember that bringing on the Rapture is good.) \u2022 Hard to believe the Rapture Index is going <em>down<\/em>. Do these people know something we don\u2019t?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Permaculture<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Way of Mushrooms: Russula, the Trickster Mushroom\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/themeaningofwater.com\/2024\/11\/17\/russula-the-trickster-mushroom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Meaning of Water<\/a>]. \u201cIt was early October on a warm gentle day when I chose to walk a different path in the Trent Nature Sanctuary forest. And there, in the cedar-birch-poplar forest, I discovered beautiful fanned-shaped saprotrophic mushrooms arranged like street trees on a boulevard and stitching an enchanting network of crisscrossing lines of creamy \u2018flowers\u2019 on the forest floor. I noticed that they were arranged in close to what looked like a fairy circle in the thick duff amid dead logs and branches of several fallen poplar and birch trees; no doubt obtaining their nourishment from the decaying wood.\u201d \u2022 But how to identify them?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So few lines:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.28\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"4.096\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fishing Boat near an Island <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/artbots?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#artbots<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/rembrandt?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#rembrandt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HnL3YxvB4w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/HnL3YxvB4w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rembrandt (@artistrembrandt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/artistrembrandt\/status\/1855832084125761749?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 11, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"class\"\/><strong>Class Warfare<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cComment: Was Boeing contract unions\u2019 last big win for now?\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/opinion\/comment-was-boeing-contract-unions-last-big-win-for-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Everett Herald<\/a>]. \u201cYet these contract wins at Boeing, UPS, General Motors and the other two big Detroit automakers, and beyond, expose the limits of organized labor\u2019s power today. These workers belong to unions organized decades ago, and they\u2019ve obtained higher pay and much better benefits through collective bargaining on new contracts. But increasing the number of U.S. workers represented by unions remains difficult. The percentage of U.S. workers belonging to a union continues to shrink, declining to 10 percent of the labor force in 2023. As Joe Biden, arguably the most pro-labor president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt, departs the White House, and Donald Trump\u2019s team gets ready to move back in, I believe that prospects for the growth in union members in the near future appear exceedingly bleak.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"wired\"\/><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTeach Yourself to Echolocate\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/articles\/how-to-echolocate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Atlas Obscura<\/a>]. \u201cfter losing his vision as an infant, Kish taught himself to move around with the help of echolocation. Like bats, Kish uses his mouth to produce a series of short, crisp clicking sounds, and then listens to how those sounds bounce off the surrounding landscape. (Our winged neighbors tend to emit these clicks at frequencies humans can\u2019t hear, but Kish\u2019s clicks are perfectly audible to human ears.) From there, Kish makes a mental map of his environment, considering everything from broad contours\u2014like walls and doors\u2014down to textural details. Kish now teaches echolocation, mostly to students who are blind\u2026. Whatever your sightedness, there\u2019s something to be said for learning to listen more attentively to sonic scenery. Kish believes that vision has a way of blunting the other senses unless people work to really flex them. Deft echolocators, he says, are able to perceive fine differences\u2014distinguishing, say, between an oleander bush (\u201ca million sharp returns\u201d) and an evergreen (\u201cwisps closely packed together, which sound like a bit like a sponge or a curtain\u201d). They\u2019re discovering sonic wonder wherever they go. We asked Kish to tailor a lesson for first-timers just learning to listen to the landscape.\u201d \u2022 Interesting! And I imagine it would work in the dark\u2026 <\/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-11-15-2024.html\">here<\/a>. From Wukchumni:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dusty_mk.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-282431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dusty_mk.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dusty_mk-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wukchumni writes: \u201cDusty the Adventure Dog enjoying fall colors in Mineral King.\u201d Plus the expanse of dry grass.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"donate\"\/><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Water Cooler is a standalone entity <em>not<\/em> covered by the annual NC fundraiser. Material here is Lambert\u2019s, and does not express the views of the Naked Capitalism site. 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Let me briefly explain them. I believe in universal programs that provide concrete material benefits, especially to the working class. Medicare for All is the prime example, but tuition-free college and a Post Office Bank also fall under this heading. So do a Jobs Guarantee and a Debt Jubilee. Clearly, neither liberal Democrats nor conservative Republicans can deliver on such programs, because the two are different flavors of neoliberalism (\u201cBecause markets\u201d). I don\u2019t much care about the \u201cism\u201d that delivers the benefits, although whichever one does have to put common humanity first, as opposed to markets. Could be a second FDR saving capitalism, democratic socialism leashing and collaring it, or communism razing it. 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Bird Song of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Northern Mockingbird, Cape Island \u2013 Crewe House, Cape May, New Jersey, United States. \u201cNight-singing from a single perch in the neighbor\u2019s hedge at night; I walked right up and recorded it from just a few meters away.\u201d Lots of variety!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBird brain from the age of dinosaurs reveals roots of avian intelligence\u201d (press release) [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cam.ac.uk\/stories\/roots-of-bird-intelligence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">University of Cambridge<\/a>]. \u201cResearchers have identified a remarkably well-preserved fossil bird, roughly the size of a starling, from the Mesozoic Era. The complete skull has been preserved almost intact: a rarity for any fossil bird, but particularly for one so ancient, making this one of the most significant finds of its kind. The extraordinary three-dimensional preservation of the skull allowed the researchers, led by the University of Cambridge and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, to digitally reconstruct the brain of the bird\u2026 <em>Navaornis<\/em> had a larger cerebrum than Archaeopteryx, suggesting it had more advanced cognitive capabilities than the earliest bird-like dinosaurs. However, most areas of its brain, like the cerebellum, were less developed, suggesting that it hadn\u2019t yet evolved the complex flight control mechanisms of modern birds\u2026 \u2018Modern birds have some of the most advanced cognitive capabilities in the animal kingdom, comparable only with mammals,\u2019 said Professor Daniel Field from Cambridge\u2019s Department of Earth Sciences, senior author of the research. \u2018But scientists have struggled to understand how and when the unique brains and remarkable intelligence of birds evolved\u2014the field has been awaiting the discovery of a fossil exactly like this one.’\u201d \u2022 Neat! (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-024-08114-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The original from Nature<\/a>, which I cannot translate into English.)<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#camps\">About those camps\u2026 <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#blame\">Blame Cannons<\/a>: Biden staffers, Axelrove, Fetterman unload.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#boeing\">Boeing\u2019s management challenges.<\/a>, layoffs.<\/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>Trump Transition<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"43.143293458895\">\n<p>\u201cHouse Probe Into Matt Gaetz Relies On Witnesses DOJ Found Lacked Credibility\u201d [Mollie Hemingway, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/17\/house-probe-into-matt-gaetz-relies-on-witnesses-doj-found-lacked-credibility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Federalist<\/a>]. The deck: \u201cA convicted felon said he was paying the legal fees of Matt Gaetz\u2019s accuser and controlling her.\u201d More: \u201cAmong the many powerful figures in Washington, D.C. opposed to the Gaetz nomination are some who are attempting to thwart it by releasing a report from the House Ethics Committee that will attempt to tie Gaetz to salacious allegations involving child sex trafficking. The report comes years after DOJ dropped its investigation into the same claims on the grounds that the two central witnesses had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2022\/09\/23\/gaetz-no-charges-sex-trafficking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">serious credibility issues<\/a>. Yet these are the same two central witnesses the House Ethics Committee has relied on for its critical report of Gaetz\u2014the same report it is <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/woman-testified-house-ethics-committee-gaetz-sex-17\/story?id=115867555\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">leaking to compliant reporters<\/a> as part of a coordinated effort to thwart his nomination as President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s next attorney general\u2026. The politicized employees at DOJ have shown themselves willing to explore novel legal theories and bend federal rules to the breaking point in pursuit of their most reviled political opponents, most notably former and future President Trump. Gaetz has a reputation as one of the most tenacious cross-examiners of DOJ officials from his perch on the House Judiciary Committee. Yet even the DOJ was unwilling to exploit Greenberg\u2019s unsubstantiated claims \u2014 apart from leaking them to the press to hurt Gaetz\u2019s reputation. They announced <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/26\/the-fbis-matt-gaetz-operation-sidelined-an-effective-republican-voice-at-a-crucial-time-that-was-the-point\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">their closure<\/a> of the investigation in 2022.\u201d \u2022 Worth reading in full for detail on the accuser.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"camps\"\/>\u201cHere Come Trump\u2019s Concentration Camps\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thetyee.ca\/Analysis\/2024\/11\/15\/Here-Come-Trump-Concentration-Camps\/?utm_source=weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=181124\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Tyee<\/a>]. From Canada. \u201c[T]he stocks of private prison corporations have risen since the election, signalling that investors anticipate a flood of federal money to pay for building migrant detention centres. Whatever they might be called, concentration camps will be necessary under this new administration. Project 2025, the dossier of policy proposals to substantially overhaul the American federal government authored by Trump\u2019s supporters, has a chapter on homeland security and border control. It calls for a \u2018significant increase in detention space,\u2019 noting about 100,000 beds would be needed on a daily basis \u2014 up from around 60,000 at present. Even if 100,000 deportees could be arrested every day and flown out the next day, it would take 110 days to ship 11 million people out of the United States. (And with perhaps 200 passengers per flight, that would require 500 passenger jets daily, or their equivalent in trains and buses.) They\u2019d stay in camps until their flight was called.\u201d \u2022 Let\u2019s assume, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c79zxjj0j55o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">as immigrants do<\/a>, that only undocumented immigrants who are guilty of having committed crimes (other than being undocumented) are targeted. \u201cIn 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cato.org\/blog\/new-research-illegal-immigration-crime-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the illegal immigrant criminal conviction rate<\/a> was 782 per 100,000 illegal immigrants.\u201d Assuming we have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c0jp4xqx2z3o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">11,000,000 immigrants<\/a>, that rate implies 86,020 deportees (430 flights in total, not 500 daily for 110 days). Now, I personally don\u2019t think our government should be creating a three-ring binder for how to round people up and put them in detention facilities, because once we use that binder for one purpose, we\u2019ll pull it out and use it for other purposes; I imagine any small-government conservative would agree (\u201cOf all the works of Sauron, the only fair\u201d). It seems to me that this issue would be better addressed through law enforcement at the firm, not law enforcement on the streets, despite any squawking from the American gentry who tend to do such hiring. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/11\/why-the-enthusiasm-for-mass-deportation-a-hard-and-likely-largely-losing-way-to-deal-with-illegal-immigration.html\">Yves takes a look at our operational capacity for this project<\/a>, and has other suggestions here. The entire issue is a good litmus test not only for Trump, but for his staff. Flaky pie-crust loons or nah? NOTE The \u201c13,099 Illegal Immigrant Murderers\u201d talking point that\u2019s running around is a mess, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cato.org\/blog\/there-are-not-13099-illegal-immigrant-murders-roaming-free-american-streets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">per Cato<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>2024 Post Mortem<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"74.217344368478\">\n<p><a name=\"blame\"\/><strong>Deploy the Blame Cannons!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEXCLUSIVE\u2019It\u2019s a blood bath\u2019: Inside the White House blame game as backstabbing staffers and score-settling pundits rock a Democratic Party in crisis\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14085003\/white-house-blame-game-blood-bath.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>]. Fun stuff. This caught my eye: \u201cAs that same former Biden staffer put it: \u2018[Obama\u2019s staffers were] signed up as the saviors of the campaign only to run outdated Obama-era playbooks for a candidate that wasn\u2019t Obama.’\u201d And: \u201cIn the end, no matter who ends up with the blame, the Democratic Party will have to move on to [hopefully not] survive. A new generation of ambitious Democrats are already said to be plotting their 2028 campaigns \u2013 governors such as California\u2019s Gavin Newsom, Michigan\u2019s Gretchen Whitmer and Maryland\u2019s Wes Moore.\u201d \u2022 That\u2019s the bench for 2028? Really? \u201cStature\u201d is not a word that comes to mind. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cJohn Fetterman says Democrats need to stop \u2018freaking out\u2019 over everything Trump does\u201d (interview) [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/john-fetterman-says-democrats-need-stop-freaking-everything-trump-rcna180270\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NBC<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018I\u2019ve said this before, it\u2019s like, clutch those pearls harder and scold louder \u2014 that\u2019s not going to win,\u2019 Fetterman, D-Pa., said. \u2018And that\u2019s been demonstrated in this cycle.’\u201d Fascinating to see \u201cclutch those pearls\u201d make it into mainstream, idiomatic English; \u201cclutch your pearls and head for the fainting couch\u201d was a trope I encountered as a blogger c. 2003 (on the Democrat side. I don\u2019t think Republicans clutch their pearls, but what do they do instead? Grab their guns?). Fetterman on the Democrat loss in PA: \u201c[FETTERMAN:] I pointed out there were two very incredibly unique situations, and one of them was the assassination [attempt]. \u2026 [T]his never happened when it\u2019s the year of an election and when the individual survived. And he responded in a very distinctive way of \u2018fight, fight, fight,\u2019 and it created very powerful kind of imagery. And I felt, \u2018Hey, that\u2019s definitely going to make things even more difficult.\u2019 And then [Elon] Musk. Surrogates are common in our business, but someone like that is different, and I\u2019ve maintained that he can move the needle, and I do believe he did \u2026 that\u2019s why we\u2019ve lost two of our colleagues in the House, and we\u2019ve lost every row office statewide, as well.\u201d \u2022 I don\u2019t like Fetterman much on policy, but he\u2019s worth listening to for the campaign he ran. (Fetterman tactfully doesn\u2019t mention the Shapiro v. Walz controversy, but I think Shapiro would have gone down in the face of \u2018fight, fight, fight\u2019 also. There was absolutely no way the Pennsylvania Republicans were going to lose that race.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom New Jersey to Hawaii, Trump made inroads in surprising places in his path to the White House\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-democratic-states-blue-states-346dbbd11111f9558b69ed137321c630\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>]. \u201cCommon themes emerged in the AP VoteCast data. Voters were most likely to see the economy and immigration as top issues facing the country. More voters said their family\u2019s financial situation was \u2018falling behind,\u2019 compared with 2020. When they voted, Trump supporters were thinking about high prices for gas, groceries and other goods and the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Democrats\u2019 Defeat\u201d [Adam Tooze, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lrb.co.uk\/the-paper\/v46\/n22\/adam-tooze\/the-democrats-defeat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">London Review of Books<\/a> (AG)]. Let me pull out some salient paragraphs: \u201cThe defining feature of US politics in the current era is how small the margins are. This election saw large movements in specific groups: Latino men to Trump; college graduates to Harris; better-off voters to the Democrats; working-class Americans to the Republicans. But it remains a matter of a few percentage points, with the vast majority of the electorate entrenched in two camps and most of the country barely contested. What moves those voters who do change their minds from election to election remains obscure.\u201d And: \u201cBut in terms of defending existing rights and power positions, in terms of retaining the possibility of further change, in terms of preventing the worst, what was at stake on 5 November were the 270 seats in the electoral college. And to have a decent chance of winning them, it was not necessary to build a historic progressive bloc. It was necessary to run a competent campaign and to field candidates capable of presenting America\u2019s reality, both its promises and its challenges, in language that was compelling and reassuring at the same time. Biden and Harris both failed to do that, and Biden\u2019s outrageous refusal to step aside until the last moment robbed the party of any chance of finding a stronger candidate.\u201d \u2022 I always enjoy Tooze, but for some reason this article reminded me of nobody so much as David Brooks (and his Irish setter, \u201cMoral Hazard\u201d). The trope that popped into my head was \u201c\u2018You can\u2019t buff a turd\u2019 is fractal.\u201d Is any kind of problem-solving in this environment really possible? <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocratic turnout plummeted in 2024 \u2014 but only in safe states\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/11\/15\/2024\/democratic-turnout-plummeted-in-2024-but-only-in-safe-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Semafor<\/a>]. \u201cThe vast majority of votes from this election have been counted, with just a few million ballots outstanding in western states. Total turnout is on track to fall just short of 2020, well ahead of some observers\u2019 expectations on Election Night, when conspiracy theories about more than 10 million \u201cmissing Biden voters\u201d flourished among Democrats. Harris will win fewer votes than President Joe Biden did four years ago \u2014 but the decline was significantly steeper in safely red or blue states than in swing states. Where there was no national campaign spending on turnout, and where voters knew that they were unlikely to change the outcome, Harris ran further behind Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Campaign Finance<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"29.467102574581\">\n<p>\u201cPolitical Ads Can\u2019t Buy the Presidency\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2024-11-14\/spending-1-billion-in-ads-didn-t-win-harris-any-swing-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a>]. The deck: \u201cDemocrats outspent Republicans by more than $300 million in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election. Yet Harris won none of the swing states where the vast majority of spending went.\u201d More: \u201cMoney doesn\u2019t win US elections, but it often helps. In bids for the Senate, the candidate who spends the most is typically the victor. That pattern held this year: In 21 of 33 Senate races, the candidate who spent the most on advertising\u2014generally the major expenditure for a campaign\u2014was the winner\u2026. The link between spending and winning has always been weaker in presidential contests\u2026. Given that turnout had a large impact on election outcomes in 2024, [Adam Bonica, a professor of political science at Stanford University] suggests that, in the future, both parties should consider rethinking their spending. \u2018Maybe it\u2019s not advertising they need to do,\u2019 he says. \u2018Maybe they should be putting more of the resources into mobilization and registration and party building.’\u201d \u2022 Money can\u2019t win an election if you set it on fire and throw it into the air!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOprah town hall cost Harris campaign far more than initially claimed: report\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/oprah-town-hall-cost-harris-campaign-far-more-than-initially-claimed-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FOX<\/a>]. \u201cA new report revealed Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 presidential campaign paid more than double what was previously reported for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/oprah-winfrey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the Oprah Winfrey town hall event<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?data_type=processed&committee_id=C00703975&two_year_transaction_period=2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FEC filings<\/a>, first reported by the Washington Examiner, show the Harris campaign made two $500,000 payments to Winfrey\u2019s Harpo Productions on Oct. 15, a month after Winfrey\u2019s town hall with Harris and weeks before the pair appeared at a Harris Philadelphia rally. Now, two sources have told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/17\/us\/politics\/harris-campaign-finances.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> the full price of the event with Winfrey was closer to $2.5 million\u2026. The bulk of the extravagant spending reportedly went to celebrity appearances and performances and influencer partnerships meant to boost campaign events.\u201d And: \u201cWinfrey, a billionaire, insisted she was \u2018paid nothing\u2019 when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/11\/11\/oprah-winfrey-denies-being-paid-1-million-to-campaign-for-kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">confronted by TMZ<\/a>. A <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/tv\/news\/oprah-winfrey-never-paid-million-kamala-harris-campaign-1236207187\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Harpo Productions spokesperson<\/a> acknowledged to Variety that the company took money from the campaign but claimed it was for \u2018production costs.\u2019\u2026 \u2018Oprah Winfrey was at no point during the campaign paid a personal fee, nor did she receive a fee from Harpo,\u2019 the spokesperson said.\u201d \u2022 I don\u2019t know how Hollywood accounting works, but that statement seems carefully engineered to me.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Republican Funhouse<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"17.306352459016\">\n<p>\u201cAn Appeal to Democratic Voters\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/stevecortes.substack.com\/p\/an-appeal-to-democratic-voters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Patria with Steve Cortes<\/a>]. \u201c[H]ere are the three most compelling reasons to at least consider joining our America First cause \u2014 and to vote Republican into the future. (1) The Democrat Leadership Disrespects You\u2026. (2) The GOP Is Now the Party of Workers; (3) The Democratic Party Obsesses with Social Radicalism.\u201d \u2022 I think \u201cof workers\u201d is telling. \u201cOf,\u201d as opposed to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gettysburg_Address#Text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">of, by, and for<\/a>,\u201d which would imply quite a different party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeague of American Workers President: \u2018Arizonans realize that the American Dream has become out of reach’\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/grandcanyontimes.com\/stories\/657552943-league-of-american-workers-president-arizonans-realize-that-the-american-dream-has-become-out-of-reach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Grand Canyon Times<\/a>]. \u201cSteve Cortes, president and founder of the League of American Workers (LAW), today said that poll results released by his organization show Arizona voters no longer feel the American Dream is reachable. That poll showed 84% of Arizona voters say families in the state cannot live on a single income.\u201d \u2022 More on <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2024\/08\/07\/trump-league-american-workers-steve-cortes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the League of American Workers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Spook Country<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"12.740691489362\">\n<p>\u201cCISA Director Jen Easterly to depart on Inauguration Day\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextgov.com\/people\/2024\/11\/cisa-director-jen-easterly-depart-inauguration-day\/401036\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NextGov<\/a>]. \u201cJen Easterly, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency\u2019s stalwart champion and a figurehead among cybersecurity and intelligence community practitioners, will leave her post Jan. 20 next year when President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated back into the White House, people familiar with her plans said\u2026 The future of CISA in an incoming Trump administration remains uncertain, as GOP allegations of censorship stemming from CISA\u2019s interactions with social media companies \u2014 claims that Easterly has adamantly refuted \u2014 played a prominent role in a recent Supreme Court case, which the Biden administration ultimately won.\u201d \u2022 More on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/11\/the-ballot-is-stronger-than-the-bullet-so-let-the-games-begin.html\">Easterly<\/a> here.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democrats <em>en D\u00e9shabill\u00e9<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"11.728\">\n<p>\u201cAxelrod: Democrats Can\u2019t Approach \u2018Working People\u2019 Like Missionaries And Say, \u2018We\u2019re Here To Help You Become More Like Us’\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2024\/11\/08\/axelrod_democrats_cant_approach_working_people_like_missionaries_and_say_were_here_to_help_you_become_more_like_us.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RealClearPolitics<\/a>]. \u201c\u201dI do have concerns about the way the Democratic Party relates to working-class voters in this country. The only group that Democrats gained within the election on Tuesday was White college graduates, and among working-class voters, there was a significant decline. The only group they won among\u2013 Democrats won were people who make more than a hundred thousand dollars a year. You can\u2019t win national elections that way, and it certainly shouldn\u2019t be that way for a party that fashions itself as the party of working people.\u201d \u2022 Not \u201cfashions itself.\u201d \u201cFancies itself.\u201d<\/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><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"table\"\/><strong>TABLE 1: Daily Covid Charts<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody wp_automatic_readability=\"10.891812865497\">\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Wastewater<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.625\">\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 11<\/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-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-3-300x193.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-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><\/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 9<\/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-ed-natl-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1-300x171.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=\"3.9240506329114\">\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 15:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> National [6] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/covidnetdashboard\/de\/powerbi\/dashboard.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> November 14:<\/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-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-6.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-6-300x170.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitaliztion-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitaliztion-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitaliztion-natl-292x300.png 292w\" 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=\"2.75\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> National[7] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/healthcare-solutions\/covid-19-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a> November 11:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> Ohio[8] <a href=\"https:\/\/clevelandcliniclabs.com\/respiratory-virus-surveillance-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cleveland Clinic<\/a> November 16:<\/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-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-2-300x189.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-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-1-300x196.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 28:<\/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 28:<\/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-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1-300x171.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-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-2-300x213.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-death-positivity-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl-300x175.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-death-ed-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-death-ed-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-death-ed-natl-300x178.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<td wp_automatic_readability=\"138.69982442808\">\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>There are no official statistics of interest today.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"boeing\"\/>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing\u2019s Recent Quality Issues: 5 Key Developments\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/boeing-quality-issues-developments-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Simple Flying<\/a>]. (1) \u201cExecutive resignation amid production restarts\u201d; (2) \u201cFAA mandates a comprehensive quality improvement plan\u201d; (3) \u201cQuality defects discovered in undelivered 787 Dreamliners\u201d; (4) \u201cWhistleblowers expose systemic safety violations\u201d; (5) \u201cOngoing quality issues affect the 737 MAX program.\u201d \u2022\u00a0That\u2019s a lot.<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing strike post mortem: Ortberg has work to do\u201d (excerpt) [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/dpo4l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Leeham News and Analysis<\/a>]. \u201cBoeing CEO Kelly Ortberg\u2019s performance during the IAM strike is getting low marks from the men and women who will do the work that turns Boeing around-\u2013the mechanics, techs, and engineers in the factories, according to those LNA has spoken with. Ortberg came in talking about a \u201creset\u201d in the company\u2019s relationship with its unionized workforce. He took a good symbolic step by announcing he\u2019d relocate to Seattle and work from there. But while Wall Street hailed the move, it didn\u2019t land as well as it could have. Ortberg spent one day in the Renton factory before the strike. \u201d Ouch! More: \u201cLikewise, it\u2019s unclear how much Ortberg was involved in one of the biggest crises his new company faced when he took over: the Machinists Union negotiations.\u201d \u2022 Sadly, the material about Ortberg is mostly behind the paywall; however, it appears that he \u201cwent with Calhoun\u2019s plan\u201d (Calhoun being the previous CEO who was forced out).<\/p>\n<p>Tech: \u201cMaybe Bluesky has \u2018won’\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/anderegg.ca\/2024\/11\/15\/maybe-bluesky-has-won\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gavin Anderegg<\/a>]. \u201cWhen writing about Bluesky, I\u2019ve seen folks mention that it\u2019s either federated or decentralized. I\u2019m here to tell you that it\u2019s currently neither. This one really irks me because the service is getting the credit for work it hasn\u2019t done\u2026.. All this to say: the Bluesky team seems like they\u2019re earnestly working toward a decentralized platform, but they have a lot of work ahead of them. Years of effort, in my estimation. In the meantime, Bluesky is slightly more decentralized than, say, Facebook \u2014 but not by much. Yes, you can host your own data. Yes, you can scrape all of the content on the network. But you can\u2019t do anything with it unless you\u2019re attached to the Bluesky service. I believe this will change with time, but it will be prohibitively expensive and we\u2019re not there yet.\u201d \u2022 With discussion of the advantages of Mastodon\u2019s simple ActivityPub protocol, vs. Bluesky\u2019s complicated AT Protocol (\u201catproto\u201d). I haven\u2019t tried Bluesky, because I\u2019m not sympathetic to liberal Democrats making themselves even more embubbled than they already are. I have tried Mastodon, but compared to Twitter it feels like a provincial backwater. That said, the PMC migrating to a Silicon Valley-centric, not open-source, and enshittifiable platform (yet another platform) is rather telling. Maybe it\u2019s the \u201cBlue\u201d in \u201cBluesky\u201d that triggers them.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 51 Neutral (previous close: 50 Neutral) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 68 (Greed). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Nov 18 at 1:23:03 PM ET.<\/p>\n<p>Rapture Index: Closes up one on Drought. \u201cA very large area of the nation is under general drought conditions\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.raptureready.com\/rapture-ready-index\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rapture Ready<\/a>]. Record High, October 10, 2016: 189. Current: 183. (Remember that bringing on the Rapture is good.) \u2022 Hard to believe the Rapture Index is going <em>down<\/em>. Do these people know something we don\u2019t?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Permaculture<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Way of Mushrooms: Russula, the Trickster Mushroom\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/themeaningofwater.com\/2024\/11\/17\/russula-the-trickster-mushroom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Meaning of Water<\/a>]. \u201cIt was early October on a warm gentle day when I chose to walk a different path in the Trent Nature Sanctuary forest. And there, in the cedar-birch-poplar forest, I discovered beautiful fanned-shaped saprotrophic mushrooms arranged like street trees on a boulevard and stitching an enchanting network of crisscrossing lines of creamy \u2018flowers\u2019 on the forest floor. I noticed that they were arranged in close to what looked like a fairy circle in the thick duff amid dead logs and branches of several fallen poplar and birch trees; no doubt obtaining their nourishment from the decaying wood.\u201d \u2022 But how to identify them?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So few lines:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.28\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"4.096\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fishing Boat near an Island <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/artbots?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#artbots<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/rembrandt?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#rembrandt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HnL3YxvB4w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/HnL3YxvB4w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rembrandt (@artistrembrandt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/artistrembrandt\/status\/1855832084125761749?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 11, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"class\"\/><strong>Class Warfare<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cComment: Was Boeing contract unions\u2019 last big win for now?\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/opinion\/comment-was-boeing-contract-unions-last-big-win-for-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Everett Herald<\/a>]. \u201cYet these contract wins at Boeing, UPS, General Motors and the other two big Detroit automakers, and beyond, expose the limits of organized labor\u2019s power today. These workers belong to unions organized decades ago, and they\u2019ve obtained higher pay and much better benefits through collective bargaining on new contracts. But increasing the number of U.S. workers represented by unions remains difficult. The percentage of U.S. workers belonging to a union continues to shrink, declining to 10 percent of the labor force in 2023. As Joe Biden, arguably the most pro-labor president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt, departs the White House, and Donald Trump\u2019s team gets ready to move back in, I believe that prospects for the growth in union members in the near future appear exceedingly bleak.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"wired\"\/><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTeach Yourself to Echolocate\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/articles\/how-to-echolocate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Atlas Obscura<\/a>]. \u201cfter losing his vision as an infant, Kish taught himself to move around with the help of echolocation. Like bats, Kish uses his mouth to produce a series of short, crisp clicking sounds, and then listens to how those sounds bounce off the surrounding landscape. (Our winged neighbors tend to emit these clicks at frequencies humans can\u2019t hear, but Kish\u2019s clicks are perfectly audible to human ears.) From there, Kish makes a mental map of his environment, considering everything from broad contours\u2014like walls and doors\u2014down to textural details. Kish now teaches echolocation, mostly to students who are blind\u2026. Whatever your sightedness, there\u2019s something to be said for learning to listen more attentively to sonic scenery. Kish believes that vision has a way of blunting the other senses unless people work to really flex them. Deft echolocators, he says, are able to perceive fine differences\u2014distinguishing, say, between an oleander bush (\u201ca million sharp returns\u201d) and an evergreen (\u201cwisps closely packed together, which sound like a bit like a sponge or a curtain\u201d). They\u2019re discovering sonic wonder wherever they go. We asked Kish to tailor a lesson for first-timers just learning to listen to the landscape.\u201d \u2022 Interesting! And I imagine it would work in the dark\u2026 <\/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-11-15-2024.html\">here<\/a>. From Wukchumni:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dusty_mk.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-282431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dusty_mk.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dusty_mk-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wukchumni writes: \u201cDusty the Adventure Dog enjoying fall colors in Mineral King.\u201d Plus the expanse of dry grass.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"donate\"\/><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Water Cooler is a standalone entity <em>not<\/em> covered by the annual NC fundraiser. Material here is Lambert\u2019s, and does not express the views of the Naked Capitalism site. 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Let me briefly explain them. I believe in universal programs that provide concrete material benefits, especially to the working class. Medicare for All is the prime example, but tuition-free college and a Post Office Bank also fall under this heading. So do a Jobs Guarantee and a Debt Jubilee. Clearly, neither liberal Democrats nor conservative Republicans can deliver on such programs, because the two are different flavors of neoliberalism (\u201cBecause markets\u201d). I don\u2019t much care about the \u201cism\u201d that delivers the benefits, although whichever one does have to put common humanity first, as opposed to markets. Could be a second FDR saving capitalism, democratic socialism leashing and collaring it, or communism razing it. 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<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Northern Mockingbird, Cape Island \u2013 Crewe House, Cape May, New Jersey, United States. \u201cNight-singing from a single perch in the neighbor\u2019s hedge at night; I walked right up and recorded it from just a few meters away.\u201d Lots of variety!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBird brain from the age of dinosaurs reveals roots of avian intelligence\u201d (press release) [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cam.ac.uk\/stories\/roots-of-bird-intelligence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">University of Cambridge<\/a>]. \u201cResearchers have identified a remarkably well-preserved fossil bird, roughly the size of a starling, from the Mesozoic Era. The complete skull has been preserved almost intact: a rarity for any fossil bird, but particularly for one so ancient, making this one of the most significant finds of its kind. The extraordinary three-dimensional preservation of the skull allowed the researchers, led by the University of Cambridge and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, to digitally reconstruct the brain of the bird\u2026 <em>Navaornis<\/em> had a larger cerebrum than Archaeopteryx, suggesting it had more advanced cognitive capabilities than the earliest bird-like dinosaurs. However, most areas of its brain, like the cerebellum, were less developed, suggesting that it hadn\u2019t yet evolved the complex flight control mechanisms of modern birds\u2026 \u2018Modern birds have some of the most advanced cognitive capabilities in the animal kingdom, comparable only with mammals,\u2019 said Professor Daniel Field from Cambridge\u2019s Department of Earth Sciences, senior author of the research. \u2018But scientists have struggled to understand how and when the unique brains and remarkable intelligence of birds evolved\u2014the field has been awaiting the discovery of a fossil exactly like this one.’\u201d \u2022 Neat! (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-024-08114-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The original from Nature<\/a>, which I cannot translate into English.)<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#camps\">About those camps\u2026 <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#blame\">Blame Cannons<\/a>: Biden staffers, Axelrove, Fetterman unload.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#boeing\">Boeing\u2019s management challenges.<\/a>, layoffs.<\/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>Trump Transition<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"43.143293458895\">\n<p>\u201cHouse Probe Into Matt Gaetz Relies On Witnesses DOJ Found Lacked Credibility\u201d [Mollie Hemingway, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/17\/house-probe-into-matt-gaetz-relies-on-witnesses-doj-found-lacked-credibility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Federalist<\/a>]. The deck: \u201cA convicted felon said he was paying the legal fees of Matt Gaetz\u2019s accuser and controlling her.\u201d More: \u201cAmong the many powerful figures in Washington, D.C. opposed to the Gaetz nomination are some who are attempting to thwart it by releasing a report from the House Ethics Committee that will attempt to tie Gaetz to salacious allegations involving child sex trafficking. The report comes years after DOJ dropped its investigation into the same claims on the grounds that the two central witnesses had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2022\/09\/23\/gaetz-no-charges-sex-trafficking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">serious credibility issues<\/a>. Yet these are the same two central witnesses the House Ethics Committee has relied on for its critical report of Gaetz\u2014the same report it is <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/woman-testified-house-ethics-committee-gaetz-sex-17\/story?id=115867555\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">leaking to compliant reporters<\/a> as part of a coordinated effort to thwart his nomination as President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s next attorney general\u2026. The politicized employees at DOJ have shown themselves willing to explore novel legal theories and bend federal rules to the breaking point in pursuit of their most reviled political opponents, most notably former and future President Trump. Gaetz has a reputation as one of the most tenacious cross-examiners of DOJ officials from his perch on the House Judiciary Committee. Yet even the DOJ was unwilling to exploit Greenberg\u2019s unsubstantiated claims \u2014 apart from leaking them to the press to hurt Gaetz\u2019s reputation. They announced <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/26\/the-fbis-matt-gaetz-operation-sidelined-an-effective-republican-voice-at-a-crucial-time-that-was-the-point\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">their closure<\/a> of the investigation in 2022.\u201d \u2022 Worth reading in full for detail on the accuser.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"camps\"\/>\u201cHere Come Trump\u2019s Concentration Camps\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thetyee.ca\/Analysis\/2024\/11\/15\/Here-Come-Trump-Concentration-Camps\/?utm_source=weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=181124\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Tyee<\/a>]. From Canada. \u201c[T]he stocks of private prison corporations have risen since the election, signalling that investors anticipate a flood of federal money to pay for building migrant detention centres. Whatever they might be called, concentration camps will be necessary under this new administration. Project 2025, the dossier of policy proposals to substantially overhaul the American federal government authored by Trump\u2019s supporters, has a chapter on homeland security and border control. It calls for a \u2018significant increase in detention space,\u2019 noting about 100,000 beds would be needed on a daily basis \u2014 up from around 60,000 at present. Even if 100,000 deportees could be arrested every day and flown out the next day, it would take 110 days to ship 11 million people out of the United States. (And with perhaps 200 passengers per flight, that would require 500 passenger jets daily, or their equivalent in trains and buses.) They\u2019d stay in camps until their flight was called.\u201d \u2022 Let\u2019s assume, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c79zxjj0j55o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">as immigrants do<\/a>, that only undocumented immigrants who are guilty of having committed crimes (other than being undocumented) are targeted. \u201cIn 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cato.org\/blog\/new-research-illegal-immigration-crime-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the illegal immigrant criminal conviction rate<\/a> was 782 per 100,000 illegal immigrants.\u201d Assuming we have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c0jp4xqx2z3o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">11,000,000 immigrants<\/a>, that rate implies 86,020 deportees (430 flights in total, not 500 daily for 110 days). Now, I personally don\u2019t think our government should be creating a three-ring binder for how to round people up and put them in detention facilities, because once we use that binder for one purpose, we\u2019ll pull it out and use it for other purposes; I imagine any small-government conservative would agree (\u201cOf all the works of Sauron, the only fair\u201d). It seems to me that this issue would be better addressed through law enforcement at the firm, not law enforcement on the streets, despite any squawking from the American gentry who tend to do such hiring. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/11\/why-the-enthusiasm-for-mass-deportation-a-hard-and-likely-largely-losing-way-to-deal-with-illegal-immigration.html\">Yves takes a look at our operational capacity for this project<\/a>, and has other suggestions here. The entire issue is a good litmus test not only for Trump, but for his staff. Flaky pie-crust loons or nah? NOTE The \u201c13,099 Illegal Immigrant Murderers\u201d talking point that\u2019s running around is a mess, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cato.org\/blog\/there-are-not-13099-illegal-immigrant-murders-roaming-free-american-streets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">per Cato<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>2024 Post Mortem<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"74.217344368478\">\n<p><a name=\"blame\"\/><strong>Deploy the Blame Cannons!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEXCLUSIVE\u2019It\u2019s a blood bath\u2019: Inside the White House blame game as backstabbing staffers and score-settling pundits rock a Democratic Party in crisis\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14085003\/white-house-blame-game-blood-bath.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>]. Fun stuff. This caught my eye: \u201cAs that same former Biden staffer put it: \u2018[Obama\u2019s staffers were] signed up as the saviors of the campaign only to run outdated Obama-era playbooks for a candidate that wasn\u2019t Obama.’\u201d And: \u201cIn the end, no matter who ends up with the blame, the Democratic Party will have to move on to [hopefully not] survive. A new generation of ambitious Democrats are already said to be plotting their 2028 campaigns \u2013 governors such as California\u2019s Gavin Newsom, Michigan\u2019s Gretchen Whitmer and Maryland\u2019s Wes Moore.\u201d \u2022 That\u2019s the bench for 2028? Really? \u201cStature\u201d is not a word that comes to mind. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cJohn Fetterman says Democrats need to stop \u2018freaking out\u2019 over everything Trump does\u201d (interview) [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/john-fetterman-says-democrats-need-stop-freaking-everything-trump-rcna180270\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NBC<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018I\u2019ve said this before, it\u2019s like, clutch those pearls harder and scold louder \u2014 that\u2019s not going to win,\u2019 Fetterman, D-Pa., said. \u2018And that\u2019s been demonstrated in this cycle.’\u201d Fascinating to see \u201cclutch those pearls\u201d make it into mainstream, idiomatic English; \u201cclutch your pearls and head for the fainting couch\u201d was a trope I encountered as a blogger c. 2003 (on the Democrat side. I don\u2019t think Republicans clutch their pearls, but what do they do instead? Grab their guns?). Fetterman on the Democrat loss in PA: \u201c[FETTERMAN:] I pointed out there were two very incredibly unique situations, and one of them was the assassination [attempt]. \u2026 [T]his never happened when it\u2019s the year of an election and when the individual survived. And he responded in a very distinctive way of \u2018fight, fight, fight,\u2019 and it created very powerful kind of imagery. And I felt, \u2018Hey, that\u2019s definitely going to make things even more difficult.\u2019 And then [Elon] Musk. Surrogates are common in our business, but someone like that is different, and I\u2019ve maintained that he can move the needle, and I do believe he did \u2026 that\u2019s why we\u2019ve lost two of our colleagues in the House, and we\u2019ve lost every row office statewide, as well.\u201d \u2022 I don\u2019t like Fetterman much on policy, but he\u2019s worth listening to for the campaign he ran. (Fetterman tactfully doesn\u2019t mention the Shapiro v. Walz controversy, but I think Shapiro would have gone down in the face of \u2018fight, fight, fight\u2019 also. There was absolutely no way the Pennsylvania Republicans were going to lose that race.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom New Jersey to Hawaii, Trump made inroads in surprising places in his path to the White House\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-democratic-states-blue-states-346dbbd11111f9558b69ed137321c630\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>]. \u201cCommon themes emerged in the AP VoteCast data. Voters were most likely to see the economy and immigration as top issues facing the country. More voters said their family\u2019s financial situation was \u2018falling behind,\u2019 compared with 2020. When they voted, Trump supporters were thinking about high prices for gas, groceries and other goods and the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Democrats\u2019 Defeat\u201d [Adam Tooze, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lrb.co.uk\/the-paper\/v46\/n22\/adam-tooze\/the-democrats-defeat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">London Review of Books<\/a> (AG)]. Let me pull out some salient paragraphs: \u201cThe defining feature of US politics in the current era is how small the margins are. This election saw large movements in specific groups: Latino men to Trump; college graduates to Harris; better-off voters to the Democrats; working-class Americans to the Republicans. But it remains a matter of a few percentage points, with the vast majority of the electorate entrenched in two camps and most of the country barely contested. What moves those voters who do change their minds from election to election remains obscure.\u201d And: \u201cBut in terms of defending existing rights and power positions, in terms of retaining the possibility of further change, in terms of preventing the worst, what was at stake on 5 November were the 270 seats in the electoral college. And to have a decent chance of winning them, it was not necessary to build a historic progressive bloc. It was necessary to run a competent campaign and to field candidates capable of presenting America\u2019s reality, both its promises and its challenges, in language that was compelling and reassuring at the same time. Biden and Harris both failed to do that, and Biden\u2019s outrageous refusal to step aside until the last moment robbed the party of any chance of finding a stronger candidate.\u201d \u2022 I always enjoy Tooze, but for some reason this article reminded me of nobody so much as David Brooks (and his Irish setter, \u201cMoral Hazard\u201d). The trope that popped into my head was \u201c\u2018You can\u2019t buff a turd\u2019 is fractal.\u201d Is any kind of problem-solving in this environment really possible? <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocratic turnout plummeted in 2024 \u2014 but only in safe states\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/11\/15\/2024\/democratic-turnout-plummeted-in-2024-but-only-in-safe-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Semafor<\/a>]. \u201cThe vast majority of votes from this election have been counted, with just a few million ballots outstanding in western states. Total turnout is on track to fall just short of 2020, well ahead of some observers\u2019 expectations on Election Night, when conspiracy theories about more than 10 million \u201cmissing Biden voters\u201d flourished among Democrats. Harris will win fewer votes than President Joe Biden did four years ago \u2014 but the decline was significantly steeper in safely red or blue states than in swing states. Where there was no national campaign spending on turnout, and where voters knew that they were unlikely to change the outcome, Harris ran further behind Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Campaign Finance<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"29.467102574581\">\n<p>\u201cPolitical Ads Can\u2019t Buy the Presidency\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2024-11-14\/spending-1-billion-in-ads-didn-t-win-harris-any-swing-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a>]. The deck: \u201cDemocrats outspent Republicans by more than $300 million in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election. Yet Harris won none of the swing states where the vast majority of spending went.\u201d More: \u201cMoney doesn\u2019t win US elections, but it often helps. In bids for the Senate, the candidate who spends the most is typically the victor. That pattern held this year: In 21 of 33 Senate races, the candidate who spent the most on advertising\u2014generally the major expenditure for a campaign\u2014was the winner\u2026. The link between spending and winning has always been weaker in presidential contests\u2026. Given that turnout had a large impact on election outcomes in 2024, [Adam Bonica, a professor of political science at Stanford University] suggests that, in the future, both parties should consider rethinking their spending. \u2018Maybe it\u2019s not advertising they need to do,\u2019 he says. \u2018Maybe they should be putting more of the resources into mobilization and registration and party building.’\u201d \u2022 Money can\u2019t win an election if you set it on fire and throw it into the air!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOprah town hall cost Harris campaign far more than initially claimed: report\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/oprah-town-hall-cost-harris-campaign-far-more-than-initially-claimed-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FOX<\/a>]. \u201cA new report revealed Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 presidential campaign paid more than double what was previously reported for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/oprah-winfrey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the Oprah Winfrey town hall event<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?data_type=processed&committee_id=C00703975&two_year_transaction_period=2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FEC filings<\/a>, first reported by the Washington Examiner, show the Harris campaign made two $500,000 payments to Winfrey\u2019s Harpo Productions on Oct. 15, a month after Winfrey\u2019s town hall with Harris and weeks before the pair appeared at a Harris Philadelphia rally. Now, two sources have told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/17\/us\/politics\/harris-campaign-finances.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> the full price of the event with Winfrey was closer to $2.5 million\u2026. The bulk of the extravagant spending reportedly went to celebrity appearances and performances and influencer partnerships meant to boost campaign events.\u201d And: \u201cWinfrey, a billionaire, insisted she was \u2018paid nothing\u2019 when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/11\/11\/oprah-winfrey-denies-being-paid-1-million-to-campaign-for-kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">confronted by TMZ<\/a>. A <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/tv\/news\/oprah-winfrey-never-paid-million-kamala-harris-campaign-1236207187\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Harpo Productions spokesperson<\/a> acknowledged to Variety that the company took money from the campaign but claimed it was for \u2018production costs.\u2019\u2026 \u2018Oprah Winfrey was at no point during the campaign paid a personal fee, nor did she receive a fee from Harpo,\u2019 the spokesperson said.\u201d \u2022 I don\u2019t know how Hollywood accounting works, but that statement seems carefully engineered to me.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Republican Funhouse<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"17.306352459016\">\n<p>\u201cAn Appeal to Democratic Voters\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/stevecortes.substack.com\/p\/an-appeal-to-democratic-voters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Patria with Steve Cortes<\/a>]. \u201c[H]ere are the three most compelling reasons to at least consider joining our America First cause \u2014 and to vote Republican into the future. (1) The Democrat Leadership Disrespects You\u2026. (2) The GOP Is Now the Party of Workers; (3) The Democratic Party Obsesses with Social Radicalism.\u201d \u2022 I think \u201cof workers\u201d is telling. \u201cOf,\u201d as opposed to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gettysburg_Address#Text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">of, by, and for<\/a>,\u201d which would imply quite a different party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeague of American Workers President: \u2018Arizonans realize that the American Dream has become out of reach’\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/grandcanyontimes.com\/stories\/657552943-league-of-american-workers-president-arizonans-realize-that-the-american-dream-has-become-out-of-reach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Grand Canyon Times<\/a>]. \u201cSteve Cortes, president and founder of the League of American Workers (LAW), today said that poll results released by his organization show Arizona voters no longer feel the American Dream is reachable. That poll showed 84% of Arizona voters say families in the state cannot live on a single income.\u201d \u2022 More on <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2024\/08\/07\/trump-league-american-workers-steve-cortes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the League of American Workers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Spook Country<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"12.740691489362\">\n<p>\u201cCISA Director Jen Easterly to depart on Inauguration Day\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextgov.com\/people\/2024\/11\/cisa-director-jen-easterly-depart-inauguration-day\/401036\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NextGov<\/a>]. \u201cJen Easterly, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency\u2019s stalwart champion and a figurehead among cybersecurity and intelligence community practitioners, will leave her post Jan. 20 next year when President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated back into the White House, people familiar with her plans said\u2026 The future of CISA in an incoming Trump administration remains uncertain, as GOP allegations of censorship stemming from CISA\u2019s interactions with social media companies \u2014 claims that Easterly has adamantly refuted \u2014 played a prominent role in a recent Supreme Court case, which the Biden administration ultimately won.\u201d \u2022 More on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/11\/the-ballot-is-stronger-than-the-bullet-so-let-the-games-begin.html\">Easterly<\/a> here.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democrats <em>en D\u00e9shabill\u00e9<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"11.728\">\n<p>\u201cAxelrod: Democrats Can\u2019t Approach \u2018Working People\u2019 Like Missionaries And Say, \u2018We\u2019re Here To Help You Become More Like Us’\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2024\/11\/08\/axelrod_democrats_cant_approach_working_people_like_missionaries_and_say_were_here_to_help_you_become_more_like_us.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RealClearPolitics<\/a>]. \u201c\u201dI do have concerns about the way the Democratic Party relates to working-class voters in this country. The only group that Democrats gained within the election on Tuesday was White college graduates, and among working-class voters, there was a significant decline. The only group they won among\u2013 Democrats won were people who make more than a hundred thousand dollars a year. You can\u2019t win national elections that way, and it certainly shouldn\u2019t be that way for a party that fashions itself as the party of working people.\u201d \u2022 Not \u201cfashions itself.\u201d \u201cFancies itself.\u201d<\/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><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"table\"\/><strong>TABLE 1: Daily Covid Charts<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody wp_automatic_readability=\"10.891812865497\">\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Wastewater<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.625\">\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 11<\/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-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-3-300x193.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-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><\/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 9<\/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-ed-natl-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1-300x171.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=\"3.9240506329114\">\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 15:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> National [6] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/covidnetdashboard\/de\/powerbi\/dashboard.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> November 14:<\/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-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-6.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-6-300x170.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitaliztion-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitaliztion-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitaliztion-natl-292x300.png 292w\" 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=\"2.75\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> National[7] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/healthcare-solutions\/covid-19-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a> November 11:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> Ohio[8] <a href=\"https:\/\/clevelandcliniclabs.com\/respiratory-virus-surveillance-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cleveland Clinic<\/a> November 16:<\/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-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-2-300x189.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-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-1-300x196.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 28:<\/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 28:<\/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-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1-300x171.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-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-2-300x213.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-death-positivity-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl-300x175.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-death-ed-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-death-ed-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-death-ed-natl-300x178.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<td wp_automatic_readability=\"138.69982442808\">\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>There are no official statistics of interest today.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"boeing\"\/>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing\u2019s Recent Quality Issues: 5 Key Developments\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/boeing-quality-issues-developments-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Simple Flying<\/a>]. (1) \u201cExecutive resignation amid production restarts\u201d; (2) \u201cFAA mandates a comprehensive quality improvement plan\u201d; (3) \u201cQuality defects discovered in undelivered 787 Dreamliners\u201d; (4) \u201cWhistleblowers expose systemic safety violations\u201d; (5) \u201cOngoing quality issues affect the 737 MAX program.\u201d \u2022\u00a0That\u2019s a lot.<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing strike post mortem: Ortberg has work to do\u201d (excerpt) [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/dpo4l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Leeham News and Analysis<\/a>]. \u201cBoeing CEO Kelly Ortberg\u2019s performance during the IAM strike is getting low marks from the men and women who will do the work that turns Boeing around-\u2013the mechanics, techs, and engineers in the factories, according to those LNA has spoken with. Ortberg came in talking about a \u201creset\u201d in the company\u2019s relationship with its unionized workforce. He took a good symbolic step by announcing he\u2019d relocate to Seattle and work from there. But while Wall Street hailed the move, it didn\u2019t land as well as it could have. Ortberg spent one day in the Renton factory before the strike. \u201d Ouch! More: \u201cLikewise, it\u2019s unclear how much Ortberg was involved in one of the biggest crises his new company faced when he took over: the Machinists Union negotiations.\u201d \u2022 Sadly, the material about Ortberg is mostly behind the paywall; however, it appears that he \u201cwent with Calhoun\u2019s plan\u201d (Calhoun being the previous CEO who was forced out).<\/p>\n<p>Tech: \u201cMaybe Bluesky has \u2018won’\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/anderegg.ca\/2024\/11\/15\/maybe-bluesky-has-won\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gavin Anderegg<\/a>]. \u201cWhen writing about Bluesky, I\u2019ve seen folks mention that it\u2019s either federated or decentralized. I\u2019m here to tell you that it\u2019s currently neither. This one really irks me because the service is getting the credit for work it hasn\u2019t done\u2026.. All this to say: the Bluesky team seems like they\u2019re earnestly working toward a decentralized platform, but they have a lot of work ahead of them. Years of effort, in my estimation. In the meantime, Bluesky is slightly more decentralized than, say, Facebook \u2014 but not by much. Yes, you can host your own data. Yes, you can scrape all of the content on the network. But you can\u2019t do anything with it unless you\u2019re attached to the Bluesky service. I believe this will change with time, but it will be prohibitively expensive and we\u2019re not there yet.\u201d \u2022 With discussion of the advantages of Mastodon\u2019s simple ActivityPub protocol, vs. Bluesky\u2019s complicated AT Protocol (\u201catproto\u201d). I haven\u2019t tried Bluesky, because I\u2019m not sympathetic to liberal Democrats making themselves even more embubbled than they already are. I have tried Mastodon, but compared to Twitter it feels like a provincial backwater. That said, the PMC migrating to a Silicon Valley-centric, not open-source, and enshittifiable platform (yet another platform) is rather telling. Maybe it\u2019s the \u201cBlue\u201d in \u201cBluesky\u201d that triggers them.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 51 Neutral (previous close: 50 Neutral) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 68 (Greed). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Nov 18 at 1:23:03 PM ET.<\/p>\n<p>Rapture Index: Closes up one on Drought. \u201cA very large area of the nation is under general drought conditions\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.raptureready.com\/rapture-ready-index\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rapture Ready<\/a>]. Record High, October 10, 2016: 189. Current: 183. (Remember that bringing on the Rapture is good.) \u2022 Hard to believe the Rapture Index is going <em>down<\/em>. Do these people know something we don\u2019t?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Permaculture<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Way of Mushrooms: Russula, the Trickster Mushroom\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/themeaningofwater.com\/2024\/11\/17\/russula-the-trickster-mushroom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Meaning of Water<\/a>]. \u201cIt was early October on a warm gentle day when I chose to walk a different path in the Trent Nature Sanctuary forest. And there, in the cedar-birch-poplar forest, I discovered beautiful fanned-shaped saprotrophic mushrooms arranged like street trees on a boulevard and stitching an enchanting network of crisscrossing lines of creamy \u2018flowers\u2019 on the forest floor. I noticed that they were arranged in close to what looked like a fairy circle in the thick duff amid dead logs and branches of several fallen poplar and birch trees; no doubt obtaining their nourishment from the decaying wood.\u201d \u2022 But how to identify them?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So few lines:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.28\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"4.096\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fishing Boat near an Island <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/artbots?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#artbots<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/rembrandt?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#rembrandt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HnL3YxvB4w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/HnL3YxvB4w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rembrandt (@artistrembrandt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/artistrembrandt\/status\/1855832084125761749?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 11, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"class\"\/><strong>Class Warfare<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cComment: Was Boeing contract unions\u2019 last big win for now?\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/opinion\/comment-was-boeing-contract-unions-last-big-win-for-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Everett Herald<\/a>]. \u201cYet these contract wins at Boeing, UPS, General Motors and the other two big Detroit automakers, and beyond, expose the limits of organized labor\u2019s power today. These workers belong to unions organized decades ago, and they\u2019ve obtained higher pay and much better benefits through collective bargaining on new contracts. But increasing the number of U.S. workers represented by unions remains difficult. The percentage of U.S. workers belonging to a union continues to shrink, declining to 10 percent of the labor force in 2023. As Joe Biden, arguably the most pro-labor president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt, departs the White House, and Donald Trump\u2019s team gets ready to move back in, I believe that prospects for the growth in union members in the near future appear exceedingly bleak.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"wired\"\/><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTeach Yourself to Echolocate\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/articles\/how-to-echolocate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Atlas Obscura<\/a>]. \u201cfter losing his vision as an infant, Kish taught himself to move around with the help of echolocation. Like bats, Kish uses his mouth to produce a series of short, crisp clicking sounds, and then listens to how those sounds bounce off the surrounding landscape. (Our winged neighbors tend to emit these clicks at frequencies humans can\u2019t hear, but Kish\u2019s clicks are perfectly audible to human ears.) From there, Kish makes a mental map of his environment, considering everything from broad contours\u2014like walls and doors\u2014down to textural details. Kish now teaches echolocation, mostly to students who are blind\u2026. Whatever your sightedness, there\u2019s something to be said for learning to listen more attentively to sonic scenery. Kish believes that vision has a way of blunting the other senses unless people work to really flex them. Deft echolocators, he says, are able to perceive fine differences\u2014distinguishing, say, between an oleander bush (\u201ca million sharp returns\u201d) and an evergreen (\u201cwisps closely packed together, which sound like a bit like a sponge or a curtain\u201d). They\u2019re discovering sonic wonder wherever they go. We asked Kish to tailor a lesson for first-timers just learning to listen to the landscape.\u201d \u2022 Interesting! And I imagine it would work in the dark\u2026 <\/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-11-15-2024.html\">here<\/a>. From Wukchumni:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dusty_mk.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-282431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dusty_mk.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dusty_mk-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wukchumni writes: \u201cDusty the Adventure Dog enjoying fall colors in Mineral King.\u201d Plus the expanse of dry grass.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"donate\"\/><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Water Cooler is a standalone entity <em>not<\/em> covered by the annual NC fundraiser. Material here is Lambert\u2019s, and does not express the views of the Naked Capitalism site. 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Let me briefly explain them. I believe in universal programs that provide concrete material benefits, especially to the working class. Medicare for All is the prime example, but tuition-free college and a Post Office Bank also fall under this heading. So do a Jobs Guarantee and a Debt Jubilee. Clearly, neither liberal Democrats nor conservative Republicans can deliver on such programs, because the two are different flavors of neoliberalism (\u201cBecause markets\u201d). I don\u2019t much care about the \u201cism\u201d that delivers the benefits, although whichever one does have to put common humanity first, as opposed to markets. Could be a second FDR saving capitalism, democratic socialism leashing and collaring it, or communism razing it. I don\u2019t much care, as long as the benefits are delivered. <br \/>\n <br \/>\nTo me, the key issue \u2014 and this is why Medicare for All is always first with me \u2014 is the tens of thousands of excess \u201cdeaths from despair,\u201d as described by the Case-Deaton study, and other recent studies. That enormous body count makes Medicare for All, at the very least, a moral and strategic imperative. And that level of suffering and organic damage makes the concerns of identity politics \u2014 even the worthy fight to help the refugees Bush, Obama, and Clinton\u2019s wars created \u2014 bright shiny objects by comparison. 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