Taiwan has gone 200 days without a single locally transmitted case of Covid-19. [theguardian.com]
Vanity Fair's cover story profile of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Reading this, I really worry about how much weight we're placing onto this one person, supporters and detractors alike. [vanityfair.com]
A study indicates that, alongside self-reported symptoms, "wearable devices like Fitbit are capable of identifying cases of COVID-19 by evaluating changes in heart rate, sleep and activity levels". [scripps.edu]
The LIGO experiment has been incredibly successful, detecting 50 gravitational wave events in the past 5 years. "As surreal as it seems, the detection of gravitational waves has now become commonplace..." [ligo.org]
Raised on 3 TV channels & the local newspaper, baby boomers are ill-equipped to navigate the digital media landscape and are being radicalized by Fox News, talk radio, and social media. "It feels like he's been indoctrinated into a cult." [huffpost.com]
"The data shows that the Republican party in 2018 was far more illiberal than almost all other governing parties in democracies" akin to autocratic parties in Hungary and Turkey. [theguardian.com]
A Vanderbilt University study indicates that areas in Tennessee where people don't wear masks are seeing much higher Covid-19 hospitalization rates than in areas where masks are mandated and worn. [vumc.org]
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