3.14.2020

Happy Pi Day

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi?wprov=sfti1

A little accurate mapping might help

Coronavirus map: Tracking cases in the U.S. and around the world - The Washington Post


Too many maps of Coronavirus spread resemble those political maps where states are depicted as either all red or all blue. Here are some maps with a sense of proportionality.

(The Washington Post has dropped its paywall on stories about the Coronavirus situation, making them free to all readers.)

You say that like it's a bad thing

The Washington Post: Capitol Hill faced the coronavirus this week with hand sanitizer and a bit of fatalism

"It's kind of pathetic to have to say this but if we go down a road of, say, having members vote from remote locations," he said, "they might just keep on finding excuses to never come back to D.C. again."

3.13.2020

Imagine our relief

Inside Jared Kushner's coronavirus research: a wide net on a giant Facebook group - POLITICO

3.11.2020

There's a right way, a wrong way, and an Army way…

…although it's not always easy to tell the difference.

General potentially exposed to coronavirus at conference where preventing an outbreak was on the agenda  - Europe - Stripes

3.09.2020

Well, that's one way to do it

Venezuela fire: Thousands of voting machines burned - BBC News

And don't forget zombies!

'Contagion' and other pandemic movies are spiking amid coronavirus concerns - The Washington Post

With coronavirus concerns spreading across the U.S., many are looking to thrillers and horror movies for examples of worst-case scenarios and happy endings


No kidding

The U.S. government couldn't shut down the Internet, right? Think again. - The Washington Post

Norms are now broken all the time in Washington. 

3.08.2020

And about time, too

Full worm supermoon will illuminate the sky this weekend - CNN

Traditional and Native American names for each full moon of the year are derived by how they helped to track the seasons. In this case, the ground began to soften in March so that earthworms could appear, drawing more birds to feed, according to the Farmer's Almanac.