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Apep

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  1. One of my (tax) colleagues in Oklahoma, a local politician, is working his DC delegation over the purported drop from $10k to $1k per employee and the lack of payout. IOW, there will be Congressional pushback.
  2. Cartoons aren't WFH-friendly? Who knew?
  3. It wasn't good, but it wasn't that bad. There wasn't enough time to properly develop the new characters, even though they actually tried to flesh them out and answer questions. Mystery and open questions are okay. We don't need things wrapped up in tidy packages. And they failed on that score. So arcs could have been cut. I'd say diversity was the weak point, because there were too many humans and human-looking aliens. I'm not asking for much, maybe a Ferengi or an Andorian. A Breen would have been awesome. The deus ex machina solution at the end of the series was telegraphed a mile away. In typical ST fashion, they finally have a decent SF trope, I expect them to ignore the bigger implications forever. They want space soap operas, not SF.
  4. Could have been worse.
  5. It may not be up for a vote, but I just saw them discussing it and taking public comments. We're probably still a day or two behind Dallas.
  6. Here is a good discussion of using CPAPs for less severe cases of ARD, a topic which I touched on last week.
  7. Tarrant County is currently having an emergency meeting to discuss shelter in place.
  8. Unsurprising. One of my friends lives near Baltimore and he reported having to go to the hood to buy TP that fell off a truck.
  9. That’s called an antibody test. China and Singapore have them. Not sure about us.
  10. Shaming people for quarantining or not quarantining? It's hard not to do the latter.
  11. For mild cases of ARDs, (acute respiratory distress), it sounds like CPAPs can be used as ventilators. They can even be improvised from standard ER equipment. They don't require much more than than hoses, masks, and a wall outlet. They can be used with O2 concentrators and a connector to supplement oxygen. If things are really that bad with ventilator supplies, shouldn't we start CPAP/BiPAP drives and decontamination procedures? For example, I have three working CPAPs, a primary, one for travel, and an old one that I never sold on the gray market.
  12. Can we have a major increase in our allotment of daily posrep for the duration of the pandemic? Until this past week I had never hit the cap. I'm hitting it every day.
  13. Good ep, but “I just know things” is kinda lazy writing.
  14. That's possible. It is also possible they knew the WHO pandemic announcement was coming and needed them in the WH. Even if that's not true, that's how they'll need to play it.
  15. The first presumptive case in Tarrant County is the rector at Trinity Episcopal. https://www.fortworthtrinity.org/about/news/covid-19-and-trinity/?fbclid=IwAR2gsK-IdFu2z_LyOxyTZD_vue-mQYMGvjcOXmIlo1nfdwGmBuzp9uw-cao
  16. He's a dentist. He wants to maximize the chances he infects you.
  17. Lactated ringers? WTF are those, part of a HuCow fetish?
  18. If the teacher was writing to a third party robot league trying to blacklist the kid, won't he get crucified under FERPA?
  19. Inspired by the manscaping thread, I shaved my asscrack so that my existing TP stores will be more efficient.
  20. 4, x, x, 2, 3, x, x, 5, 6, 1, 7
  21. I went to Aldi today and it was pretty dead. No one buying a ton except me, and, honestly, I only bought a few extra things compared to my normal monthly shopping trip. Tons of canned goods left. Lots of rice, even the really big bags. They did seem low on beans, but that appears to be a merchandising decision from a few months ago.
  22. The dog could be environmentally contaminated, but that's been one of my big questions. Can dogs get it and, if so, can they spread it to other dogs in adjoining yards (not to mention all the strays)?
  23. Apparently the solution was to have someone other than Frakes direct the episode. Way too deus ex machina at the end.
  24. The series had its moments, but was always a pale imitation of the books. Except for the Winds of Winter episode (and maybe a couple of others), I already couldn't rewatch it.
  25. El Camino would like a word with you.
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