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random notes: COVID-omicron it’s been personally interesting to see how many of our initial assumptions/thoughts around pandemic recovery have turned out to be utterly useless. vaccines were supposed to deliver us the ability to develop herd immunity. fortunately, for COVID-wuhan they seem to have. but the never ending train of variants afflict those of us who’ve been vax’ing to the max. albeit to greater or lesser degrees of severity. it’s clear that COVID-omicron is worse than a case of the sniffles for many fully vax’d folks....

the planet remade author: oliver morton ISBN: 9780691148250 overview - initial notes the premise - yes, the world is going to see significant impacts from climate change and that these risks are worthy of addressing and yes, moving off of carbon based energy (read, fossil fuels) will be incredibly difficult. so, what are you going to do about it? misc. notes termination shock - as a term is a legit thing....

movies save yourselves - far more entertaining than initially expected. this made 2021 the year of the poufe. shirley - elizabeth moss plays menace with glee. not fun, tough to pull away from as well. the assistant - i can’t recall the last time that you loathed a character that you never actually saw on screen so much. oh, and seriously? boner injections are a thing? women in blue (PBS) - predates the murder of george floyd....

20211201 The American Prison System’s War on Reading • Protean Magazine you know, cause of that whole, smuggling in books thing that is trivial to work around. oh, and there’s a grip of cash to be made on charging prisoners MSRP for books. 20211203 Could Covid Lead to Progress? - The New York Times i’m hopeful, but probably not. just in case you forgot you were owned. 20211204 The Mantra of White Supremacy - The Atlantic Xen-on-Nitro: AWS Nitro for Legacy Instances – Perspectives 20211207 On “Succession,” Jeremy Strong Doesn’t Get the Joke | The New Yorker...