Mobility scooters should have their own bike lane. The sidewalks here erupted in some distant past, and the curb cuts are little cliffs.

It's overwhelming. The videos on my computer are full screen, which feels aggressive, and the words at the bottom are tiny, so I can't read them.

Thanks for the laugh!

We elected you all to represent us in our democracy. You're using strong words, while we the people are getting arrested, maimed, shot, and detained in inhumane conditions. There are things you in power could do/have done, but they are difficult and sometimes dangerous, so you leave us to fight.

How in the world did they come up with "approaching an average of 5 infections per person....?" There's almost no PCR testing, rapid tests are only maybe-useful for active symptomatic infections, and nobody is collecting the data anyway.

I'm so glad you're here, even if just a little bit. You're the reason I stayed over there as long as I did.

I see people wearing masks low on their noses, not fitted, and I understand it because then you can breathe. Pictures like this reinforce the belief that this counts as masking. Lots of people will notice the picture and not read the article. I'm just so tired.

Guardian do better! Both face masks pictured are useless against flu and covid, one providing inadequate filtration, and both being poorly fitted.

I liked the Guardian until this headline. All of my kids work remotely full time, and it's not a vacation. It's work without the commute.
The improvement in work-life balance is not from being indoors but not in corporate offices. The gain is the time not wasted commuting.

I get it now. Half of the available members = 215, so a majority = 216. 217 are Republican, so as you say, Johnson can only lose one vote - after that he loses his majority. I was on the wrong math page. Thanks for being gentle.

They're still ahead by 5: Without LaMalfa or Greene, the partisan breakdown in the House stands at 218 Republicans and 213 Democrats, with four seats vacant. [CNN]

Yes, high viral load. I wish we had something inexpensive that could detect a low viral load that could still get someone else sick.

Now I'm confused. I thought that rapid tests are famous for false negatives, and are useless in asymptomatic cases. FlowFlex has always been one of the better ones, but false negatives are so common that you're supposed to take a 2nd test later to confirm. Has the test improved?

I'm still basking in the glow of a Christmas where 11 of us got together for 3 days unmasked, because everybody PCR tested. Now it's back to the reality of me and my +3 local pod, and nobody else masking. I only go out to the supermarket and the library. But, Oh what a Christmas!

Why does the picture show an old white guy looking down at The Guardian's logo?

Maybe this is all about getting practice hitting small targets in the ocean. Reminiscent of jumping out of a helicopter to "secure" a building full of sleeping people.