Things I have recently spotted that may
be of interest to someone else: Christianity: BioLogos discusses "Christian" conspiracy theories, about COVID-19.
Education: Grammarphobia tells us why we say "fourteen," instead of "onety-four."
Grammarphobia also gives us the history of the words "butt" and "buttock," and explains their relationship.
Health: CNN asks what things will be like if we don't develop a COVID-19 vaccine, and reminds us that there are some serious infectious diseases without vaccines, and not for lack of trying. (Think AIDS, for one.)
Gizmodo points out that taking temperatures is not a fool-proof way of checking for COVID-19 infection.
You may (or may not) have seen the Plandemic video. Here is a documented story from lifehacker debunking it, and another from National Public Radio, doing the same. Here is a report from the Snopes web site.
Politics: (or something) FiveThirtyEight says that the recent jobs report, bad as it is, doesn't really cover all the people who are out of work.
Gizmodo reports that there is considerable overlap between COVID-19 misinformation and climate change denial.
Sixty Minutes reports that the Trump administration terminated a virus research grant for no good reason.
FiveThirtyEight has studied voting by mail, and finds considerable variety in how it's used. There's no particular advantage to either party.
Science: NPR reports that a black hole, about 1,000 light-years away, has been found.
The Ryugu asteroid has been photographed from very close, like on the asteroid, and the results are remarkable.
Sports: Gizmodo reports on a basketball backboard and hoop that adjusts its position so that almost all shots go through the hoop.
The graphic used in these posts is from NASA, hence, it is free to use like this.
Thanks for looking!
