Favorites December 27th 2021
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If we see a space war between an eccentric billionaire and a totalitarian techo-empire, you are never again allowed to complain that you didn't get the sci-fi future you were promised
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CN Wire @Sino_Market
Isn't this more action thriller than sci-fi?
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#vaccine not only reduce morbidity, mortality, and the transmission of the virus, but can also provide much needed relief and peace of mind
"We estimate that COVID-19 vaccination reduces anxiety and depression symptoms by nearly 30%. "
#mentalHealth
nber.org/papers/w29593
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I bet loved ones getting vaccinated also reduces anxiety.
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Gasoline is the most-consumed petroleum product in the United States, mostly by individual passenger cars carrying one person less than 6 miles.
eia.gov/energyexplaine…
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If you're trying to lower emissions, it's not about stoves or plastics, it's about cars.
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Important > Looks like Biden's National Labor Relations Board may finally be moving toward declaring that Uber & Lyft drivers & DoorDash delivery workers are not independent contractors who can't unionize, but are instead employees with a right to unionize
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I think that the innovation of these systems is centralized dispatch across a large number of drivers. It doesn't seem to me that keeping drivers as contractors is central to the system working. But I guess we might finally find out
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Interesting. Omicron appears to elicit good protection against Delta (driven largely by vaccinated crowd) secureservercdn.net/50.62.198.70/1…
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Well that's some good news, especially if Omicron ends up really being less severe.
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