This is when I remember a key lesson from long ago. Few of us are unique or alone in our reactions to events. Individual responses to this unnatural period of restriction, concern (if not fear), and uncertainty tend to follow a few patterns. One of them right now is having problems sleeping. More below. https://www.vox.com/22671566/sleep-deprived-insomnia-covid-pandemic-stress-anxiety … Continue reading Another side-effect of the pandemic — we can’t sleep
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This article made me realize NYC was where I should eventually retire
When I ran into this article, I was still living in Columbia, MD and working in downtown D.C. I knew suburban life wouldn't work for retirement -- I wanted what I'd had in Boston where I could get anywhere by walking or on public transit, including cultural events and healthcare. But where? I thought about … Continue reading This article made me realize NYC was where I should eventually retire
iPhone 13 orders outpacing iPhone 12
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/09/16/preorders-for-iphone-13-outpace-iphone-12-likely-due-to-huawei-struggles? Preorders for iPhone 13 outpace iPhone 12, likely due to Huawei struggles Mike Peterson | Sep 16, 2021 Customers in China have placed more than 2 million preorders for Apple's iPhone 13 lineup, surpassing the number of iPhone 12 preorders in 2020, likely because of the void left by high-end Huawei handsets. According to the South China Morning Post, … Continue reading iPhone 13 orders outpacing iPhone 12
Changing minds about vaccination — what works? why?
https://www.salon.com/2021/09/13/changing-your-mind-about-vaccines-people-can-do-it-for-a-number-of-reasons/ Changing your mind about vaccines: People can do it, for a number of reasons Among the shockingly large number of vaccine-averse Americans, many have come around By MATTHEW ROZSA Last week, President Joe Biden announced a series of new policies intended to pressure unvaccinated Americans into getting their COVID-19 shots. There was no pretense of … Continue reading Changing minds about vaccination — what works? why?
Standard wind gusts are increasing and NYC just isn’t ready for that
I read a science fiction story decades ago which posited a climate crisis consisting solely of steadily increasing winds. Eventually people couldn't live above ground and fresh oxygen became difficult to capture as anything above ground level immediately snapped in the wind. We obviously aren't there yet but this story reminded me of the extreme … Continue reading Standard wind gusts are increasing and NYC just isn’t ready for that
NatureQuant — a new way of encouraging the use of nature as medicine
https://apple.news/A-xJJYMGkROOEYCx6N8GiPQ -- OUTDOOR MAGAZINE INNOVATION 2021, 1 BRAIN ON NATURE CONGRATS, YOU JUST EARNED THREE LEAVES! A new app called NatureQuant harnesses the latest nature-is-medicine research to track and rate your time outside. Next up: determining the right dose. THE CORPORATE ORIGIN STORY IS ALMOST PERFECT. ONCE UPON A TIME, A DATA GUY, A SOFTWARE … Continue reading NatureQuant — a new way of encouraging the use of nature as medicine
How can scientists and the informed get thru to those who are clueless about the climate crisis?
https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/can-we-find-a-new-way-to-tell-the-story-of-climate-change? Can We Find a New Way to Tell the Story of Climate Change? An emerging genre of climate memoirs searches for narratives that will not only convince readers of the crisis at hand but galvanize them to do something about it. By David S. WallaceSeptember 15, 2021 Many of us readily accept the fact that … Continue reading How can scientists and the informed get thru to those who are clueless about the climate crisis?
Snopes says CNN correct — 1 in 500 U.S. residents has died of COVID
From the Washington Post, an additional set of facts: it took 19 months for the pandemic in the United States to reach this cruel milestone: covid-19 has killed approximately 1 in 500 Americans. Those deaths were unevenly distributed across the populace by age and race. One in 35 Americans older than 85 died of covid-19. And Native … Continue reading Snopes says CNN correct — 1 in 500 U.S. residents has died of COVID
Biden’s solar energy plan would remake the U.S. electricity system
https://theconversation.com/bidens-proposed-tenfold-increase-in-solar-power-would-remake-the-us-electricity-system-167605 Biden’s proposed tenfold increase in solar power would remake the US electricity system September 10, 2021 8.27am EDT Author Joshua D. RhodesResearch Associate, University of Texas at Austin Disclosure statement Joshua D. Rhodes is a consultant at IdeaSmiths LLC which does energy systems analysis and studies for utilities and environmental groups. At UT-Austin, he has … Continue reading Biden’s solar energy plan would remake the U.S. electricity system
Another way of encouraging employees to vaccinate (from the MTA)
https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/9/12/22667777/no-covid-death-benefit-for-unvaccinated-mta-bus-subway-workers MTA Yanks $500K COVID Death Benefit From Unvaccinated Transit Workers BY JOSE MARTINEZ SEP 12, 2021, 8:57 PM EDT MTA employee gets a shot at a COVID-19 vaccination center at the Jamaica Long Island Rail Road Station in Queens, Mar. 25, 2021. Struggling to get its workforce vaccinated, the MTA has pulled a $500,000 death benefit … Continue reading Another way of encouraging employees to vaccinate (from the MTA)
Two new food places on Manhattan’s UWS
ilovetheupperwestside.com/delice-macarons-opens-at-75th-and-amsterdam/? ilovetheupperwestside.com/el-gallo-taqueria-502-amsterdam-avenue/? New Taco Place Opening on 84th and Amsterdam Mike Mishkin September 12, 2021 Food & Drink El Gallo Taqueria will soon be bringing its tacos to the Upper West Side. The owners tell us they’ll be opening at 502 Amsterdam Avenue, between 84th and 85th Streets, by the end of September. This space was once … Continue reading Two new food places on Manhattan’s UWS
World’s largest carbon-sucking plant begins making tiny dent in emissions
https://apple.news/At34J3uOHSuyGGpncCqTd7Q World’s Largest Carbon-Sucking Plant Starts Making Tiny Dent in Emissions By Ragnhildur Sigurdardottir and Akshat Rathi, Bloomberg News, September 8, 2021, 11:00 AM EDT Startups Climeworks and Carbfix are working together to store carbon dioxide removed from the air deep underground. In Iceland’s barren landscape, a new container-like structure has risen alongside plumes of steam near the Hellisheidi geothermal … Continue reading World’s largest carbon-sucking plant begins making tiny dent in emissions
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