50 Most Wholesome Rescue Pet Photos Of This Month BoredPanda
Is the universe conscious? It seems impossible until you do the maths New Scientist
Swedish city to use chicken manure to deter crowds BBC (David L)
Would You Have Fallen for This Phone Scam? Krebs on Security (Robert M)
The Deepfake iPhone Apps Are Here LawFare (David L)
AI Cannot Be Inventors, US Patent Office Rules Vice
#COVID-19
ILO: As job losses escalate, nearly half of global workforce at risk of losing livelihoods International Labour Organization
Elon Musk Tweets ‘FREE AMERICA NOW’ As His Coronavirus Predictions Prove Very Wrong Gizmodo. Kevin W: “Those workers aren’t going to exploit themselves now, are they?”
Science/Medicine
The Health Ministry has detected a mutation of Covid-19 with aggressive infectivity in Malaysia.
Director-General, Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah says, the mutation is linked to Case 26, who had travelled to Shanghai in January. pic.twitter.com/J0F7eMLYTF
— BFM News (@NewsBFM) April 30, 2020
Critical study of Gilead’s Covid-19 drug shows patients are responding to treatment, NIH says STAT. Not new, but see detail. Good sample size but broadcasting results without providing detailed data is not nice, particularly given Chinese study which found no benefit.
Antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 in patients with COVID-19 Nature
We Can’t Get Together Until Tests Get Better Bloomberg
More cases of rare syndrome in children reported globally Guardian
Link identified between dietary selenium and outcome of Covid-19 disease University of Surrey.
Microbe Mappers Are Tracking Covid-19’s Invisible Traces Wired (Dr. Kevin)
These Data Science Wizards Tell Us What’s Really Happening With Coronavirus Popular Mechanics
Covid-19 Literature Updates: Part 3 4/9-4/22 YouTube
This measles study shows how small towns help epidemics spread Futurity (resilc)
How Robots Are on the Front Lines in the Battle Against COVID-19 Smithsonian Magazine
India
Covid-19 Fight: Pinarayi Vijayan Has Become A Prisoner Of His Own Media Image; Communist ‘Kerala Model’ Is Falling Apart Swarajya
Australia/New Zealand
Tasmania coronavirus outbreak traced to two Ruby Princess passengers Guardian
UK/Europe
Sweden says its coronavirus approach has worked. The numbers suggest a different story CNN (Dr. Kevin)
Covid-19 forces Europe to rethink globalisation International Politics and Society (Micael)
1,000-year-old English mill resumes flour production to meet demand during coronavirus pandemic CNN
Middle East
Yemen reports first coronavirus deaths, multiple cases Aljazeera
US
Half of Americans Won’t Trust Contact-Tracing Apps, New Poll Finds ars technica. What decades of behaving badly reaps: “…only 41 percent of American adults have both the technological capacity and the will to use a contact-tracing app.”
Coronavirus: A Tweet At Trump Landed Him Money For Ventilators Buzzfeed
Some School Districts Plan To End the Year Early, Call Remote Learning Too Tough Wall Street Journal
US Marriage Rate Falls to Lowest Level in 120 Years Sputnik (Kevin W)
Over 70% of Tested Inmates in Federal Prisons Have COVID-19, Official Figures Show Time
Iranian scientist contracts coronavirus in U.S. jail Tehran Times
Riots and Escape Attempts Reported in U.S. Juvenile Jails as Coronavirus Spreads Democracy Now!
A Native American woman named Andrea Circle Bear, jailed on a drug charge, becomes the first federal prisoner to die of #coronavirus, hours after giving birth on a ventilator. https://t.co/nawYW3lki0
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) April 30, 2020
Nursing home residents and staff could be in great danger if states open too soon MarketWatch
Memo says California governor will order all beaches closed Associated Press
Los Angeles Offers Free Coronavirus Testing For All Residents HuffPost
Coronavirus: Grocery Stores Limiting Meat Purchases Over Concerns Of A Shortage CBS Los Angeles
A total of 964 members of the New York Police Department out sick with the coronavirus, the NYPD announced Wednesday evening. https://t.co/ys5ZdoWIkO
— CNN (@CNN) April 30, 2020
Political Responses
Trump’s Coronavirus Briefings Should Be Seen in Full New York Magazine
North Carolina Governor Gives Approval For A Fan-Free NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 On Memorial Day Weekend Jalopnik (resilc)
Pelosi fills out Democratic roster on coronavirus oversight panel The Hill
Finance/Economy
US G.D.P. Declined in First Quarter, With Worse Economy to Come New York Times (resilc)
The impact of Covid-19 on emerging markets with Barry Eichengreen Bruegel
Rent Crisis Worsening: Survey Indicates Half of Families Struggling to Pay May 1st Bills ParentsTogether
The global data divide International Politics and Society (Micael)
Why Germany Will Never Be Europe’s Leader Bloomberg (vlade)
Syraqistan
Backing the Wrong Horseman Craig Murray (J-LS). Important.
Trump Transition
Trump’s Coming Victory Over the #MeToo Movement American Conservative
Get him to lie so we can prosecute him’: New docs reveal FBI plan to set up General Flynn in perjury trap RT (Kevin W)
The Flynn documents are out. One line is as significant as it is shocking. Indeed, for those who have long seen a concerted effort to target the Trump Administration, the record fragment will read like a deep sea scroll of a deep state conspiracy.
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) April 30, 2020
AOC, Malcolm Turnbull, and the Famous Leather Jacket Lean Tossup (UserFriendly). Having actually met Turnbull one on one (Australia is fabulously egalitarian, or at least was 20 years ago; just about anyone would give you one meeting if you had an introduction), this is apt (although the Turnbull I met was very natty and his tailoring looked bespoke).
2020
Biden himself should address the Tara Reade allegations and release relevant records Washington Post. Editorial.
Tara Reade allegations stir Democratic unrest Politico
New York state—deadliest failed state in the world.
Naturally, Dem Party hacks see this level of colossal failure and think: “Draft Cuomo!”https://t.co/0Z2omvCgRz
— Mark Ames (@MarkAmesExiled) April 29, 2020
I Love Hillary Clinton — But She Should Stay Miles Away From Biden’s Campaign New York Magazine
Trump Administration Lists Some of Amazon’s Foreign Websites as ‘Notorious’ Counterfeit Markets Politico
Tesla Reports Third Consecutive Quarterly Profit Despite Coronavirus Wall Street Journal
Appearing nightly, the Quest Diagnostics Air Force ars technica. What sexual favors did it take to get this piece published? As a prominent comment notes:
In comparison, both Labcorp (the second largest private testing firm in the country) and the Mayo Clinic just use FedEx for their sample delivery. (….source: I’ve worked for both)
Lyft To Lay Off 17 Percent of Staff As Uber Weighs Even Bigger Layoffs TechCrunch
Op-ed: Pandemic moves Modern Monetary Theory from the fringes to actual US policy CNBC (furzy)
Class Warfare
Economics as Ideology (1): Introduction Policy Tensor (UserFriendly). Today’s must read.
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