The answer is [SPOILER ALERT], you're on your own

 This is about the most unhelpful explanation of anything I've ever encountered.

5 things to know about COVID-19 tests in the age of Omicron

Good luck.

Grump says, make it a happy day

One of the many fault lines in our society exposed by this pandemic…

 …and here I'm talking specifically about the U.S.…is the glaring fact that workers we call "essential" are often also the ones we treat the worst and pay the least. I'm talking about the shelf-stockers and cashiers, the bus drivers and burger flippers, the crop harvesters and baggers and all the many others who work hard at often part-time (or as we like to say, flexibly scheduled) jobs, some of them even on this Christmas Day. 

In the words of New York Governor Kathy Hochul, "Positive cases don't mean you're too sick [to work] and require hospitalization.…We want to make sure our critical workforce ... can get back."

God bless them, every one. They will need it.

(And pay them more.)

Will dieting be your New Year's Resolution?

https://www.azquotes.com/image-quotes/Quotation-George-Bernard-Shaw-No-diet-will-remove-all-the-fat-from-your-body-53-50-12.jpg

We could do better

2021, the year in misinformation: Newsliteracy takeaways

Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow

US delays intelligence center targeting foreign influence

The intelligence community and Congress remain divided over the center’s mission, budget and size, according to current and former officials. While separate efforts to counter interference continue, a person identified this year as a potential director has since been assigned elsewhere and the center likely will not open anytime soon.

More light each day

Starting from scratch

And no, I wasn't there to buy a test. I was there to buy some medicinal chocolate.

When strange bedfellows fly

Biden's COVID home test plan faces supply chain hurdles

On the other hand, Swann said it’ll be easier to distribute rapid tests than COVID vaccines, which have to be held at low temperatures.

That means the Biden administration has more options to deliver tests, Swann added. “As examples, they could use the National Guard, they could partner with Amazon and Target and CVS.”

    [Emphasis mine] 

Available from Apple News https://apple.news/AU_mVRcMLS3OJuIA3j_UyEw

And also it's summer there

Case drop may show South Africa’s omicron peak has passed

Forget about moving to Canada.

Go ahead, tell us how you really feel

Mark Zuckerberg Is TNR’s 2021 Scoundrel of the Year

The nitwit founder of Facebook has created the worst, most damaging website in the world. And we’re just supposed to accept it.

I read somewhere…

 …the practice of displaying lights at this time of year traces back to an ancient civilization that, noticing the sun seemed to be going away, believed building bonfires would help lure it back.

I don't know if that's true <misinformation alert> but if it is, these neighbors are doing their best to pitch in.

Today is the shortest day of the year (9 hours and 3 minutes of sun at this latitude). So now, more light each day and Spring right around the corner.

Stole a what? Where?

Police: Stolen Ohio bridge found, man facing theft charge

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A 58-foot-long (18-meter) pedestrian bridge stolen from an Ohio city last month has been found and a man is facing charges, police said.

Ohio. Round on both ends and hi in the middle. Sort of like…oh, never mind. 

Tree in December