interesting table published by the Wall Street Journal:

Colorado is experiencing one of its worst wildfires RIGHT NOW:

Why bother writing fiction anymore?

https://twitter.com/FrankyPelvis/status/1470516779793408007

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Now shows a steady uptick rate after recycling the page:

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CoSo seems to be drawing a lot of CPUs now.
The red arrows show where I turned it off:

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This is an interesting group that often hosts virtual, group movies. Scientist discuss topics before and after. Maybe this could be streamed to the virtual movie room?

Collaboration opportunity

If the 3.8B years that life existed on Earth were compressed to 24 hours, flowers would only have appeared at 11:10pm.

The wine snobs in Los Olivos seem a lot different from those in Napa. (Damn if I can't figure out how to turn the photo 90 degrees)

Look what I found while cleaning the office today! Selling it on eBay: http://ebay.us/qiM5fd

Waikiki relaxation.

My monitor lift design is making progress! Ran it through its paces and found a few weaknesses. Going to revise the lead screw and 3D print some spacers to fine-tune the monitor mounts.
(CoSo is forcing the photo to be landscape. Is there a trick?)

This is Tahoe, California. This is Emerald Cove, the most beautiful spot on the lake. We abandoned our Tahoe weekend, but the whole state is covered in smoke.

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I just tried to sign up for Pro after killing the splash screen. Couldn't find an icon to do so. Had to refresh to get the graphic below.
Recommendation: Insert a "Contribute/Join" icon in the upper/lower left. Maybe make it blink for 10 seconds when you log in?

Well, I guess that decides it:

There is a 3x spike in the ICU rate relative to infections.
Historically we had 5.3% of hospitalizations required an ICU.
Today 18.1% of the hospitalized are in an ICU.

That was fast:
"The Capitol grounds are now completely surrounded with fencing."

https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/1347579185892642817

Guns drawn on the House floor.

Fight inside the Capital.

The US Capital is being stormed.