If a business model requires that a person be compensated for less than they need to survive, it is not a viable business model. If the skill is that simple, it should be automated. If it cannot, it requires a complex system, called a Human, and requires just compensation. Otherwise some other support structure is keeping that person alive - such as food stamps. Therefore we are all subsidizing that business and should be paying for it directly if we need it.

I love it when I shake up the bee's nest: https://twitter.com/jurban1997/status/1384522357105070081

@Alfred What time is it?

Looks like the threat is real.
San Francisco PD and the FBI just caught someone making explosives in an RV.
https://twitter.com/SFPD/status/1350325185421864960

I don't think we've had a war where over 4000 soldiers were dying per day on a sustained basis.
But that is what is happening today in our hospitals due to COVID-19.

COVID Update:
The cumulative Death count is now 375471.
The average daily death rate over the past 7 days was 3327.
Over the previous 7 days it was 2669.
Death Counts:
Most recent daily: 4022
The day before: 4056
A week ago: 3866
The past 7 days: 23170
The daily average was 3310
The previous 7 day period: 18505. That daily average was 2644.
Deaths per Hour:139
Seconds to Next Death: 26

Bank robber: Now that I've been caught, please don't rob banks.

https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1349492130578919425

Never let a good disaster go to waste.
What are your silver linings of this pandemic?
Mine:
- Stronger connection with friends
- Food-sharing with neighbors
- San Francisco parklets for restaurants
- More acceptance of Zoom calls for business mtgs that would require hours of travel
- Appreciation of being outside, and going outside for walks
- Lunches with my wife

@th3j35t3r
I did succeed just now, but it took some effort.
Unless you want to filter out those less-capable people (Ha!) you might consider lowering the friction to sign up.

@th3j35t3r
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:

David Quintavalle is 'apparently' the guy who threw the fire extinguisher at the Capitol policeman that died.
This is some potentially validating data: https://wikibioin.com/david-quintavalle-wiki/

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.

COVID-19 Update
Deaths per Hour: 135
Seconds to Next Death: 27
First time below 30 seconds.
We - Are - Losing

The cumulative Death count is now 365597.
The average daily death rate over the past 7 days was 3191. Over the previous 7 days it was 2634.
Death Counts
Most recent daily: 1999
The day before: 3544
A week ago: 1461
The past 7 days: 22241. The daily average was 3178.
The previous 7 day period: 18294. That daily average was 2614.

FBI arrests the man carrying the zipties.
One more down!
https://twitter.com/coldbrewedtool/status/1348386008786726919

AOC said an interesting thing today. To paraphrase: What if a foreign leader (i.e. Putin) arrived in DC and incited the crowd to violence that lead to the storming of the Capitol. What would be the government's reaction?

The Trumpist should be distinguished from the Republicans.
This fractures the party.
It also helps others to identify the current and future insurrectionists.
Create the honeypot.
Create Trumplicans.

There is too much to unpack in this one: The Louder the Monkey, the Smaller Its Balls, Study Finds

https://www.vice.com/en/article/kb7eew/the-louder-the-monkey-the-smaller-its-balls-study-finds-42361364663309

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

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