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So... the $750 million the Gates Foundation spent on AZD1222 doesn't count? Bill Gates commits $750M to help Oxford vaccinate the world against COVID-19

Major European nations suspend use of AstraZeneca vaccine Why does this seem like a total knee-jerk response that will end up killing more people than it saves?

Fails to sink a birdie...

Ultimately, I think we're going to need to employ something like blockchain technology to validate the originality of all videos. At least those that are likely to end up in a court of law.

Researchers have had good results from a two week, $10 course of the antidepressant fluxoxamine: The antidepressant fluvoxamine could keep mild COVID-19 from worsening Good news, if it pans out.

Finally got caught up on Resident Alien. Alan Tudyk plays an alien in an alien land brilliantly; the comic timing is spot on. The rest of the drama is mostly conventional, but the town plays the straight man role perfectly. It's well worth a watch.

On US TV, if it jiggles, it gets cancelled alas. I still remember that girls on trampolines show. Yeah, it's totally sexist.

Well, how do you explain the interest in the Khadashians? Many people have zero interest, yet they always manage to remain in the news. It's an attention economy and the Royals get plenty of that. We don't have an equivalent ceremonial post in the US; it's more or less fulfilled by the President, who often is busy battling negative opinion. Maybe that's why some people in the US follow the Royals instead?

Speaking of cable news...

The ugly/scary scenario would be for Texas and other unmasking states to start spiking again, right when the new strains are starting to take off here. He's taking an awful risk just to demonstrate his macho Republican bona fides. Giddy up.

Microscopic wormholes possible in theory Getting closer to a concrete theory that supports the existence of wormholes.

I hear the Russians are trying to push that message.

Well at least as pets we can pick up our own poo.

It's amusing because Trump is very much a RINO. The term is about allegiance to Trump, rather than the individual's Republican credentials. I can't remember how many times Mitt Romney has been labelled a RINO by the Trumpies, but he certainly isn't a Democrat.

September 18-19 is European Heritage Days. It looks us privileged white males get a whole three days. Shall we celebrate?

I hear if you use the wrong pronoun around an Antifa they turn into grammar Nazis.

Even the androids are guilty of mansplaining now.

'Merica.