I’m a science and technology writer and my job often entails taking complex scientific data and translating it for a general audience. So as a public service allow me: You big Orange Ultramaroon and Pompeous Pompadour, nature made this bug. Period. A Rush rant isn’t evidence. Evidence is evidence. There are plenty of issues to […]
Corona Diaries 12—Milestones, Flyovers and Shame
4/28 We passed a million-victim milestone today. Three million worldwide, which means that the US accounts for 1/3rd of all global infections. The Blue Angels and Thunderbirds roared overhead at exactly 2:00 to celebrate our valiant healthcare workers and I of course, nose buried in my screen, forgot about them coming. Even as the world’s […]
Corona Diaries 11—The Great Disinfectant Debate cont’d
4/27 Cont’d Not unlike the sound a puppy makes when you stick its nose in the mess it just made, Trump railed and howled against the “lame-stream” media that treated him so unfairly. This brought about a lively debate on the role of the media in my FB newsfeed that I entitled: Skin in the […]
Corona Diaries 10—How Do You Sign ‘Don’t Drink Bleach’?
4/27 It’s Monday and I bid you welcome to the mouth of madness. I didn’t say that last Friday. Or I did. I’m not taking any questions. I didn’t say what I said. I didn’t say what I said I said. I certainly didn’t say what YOU said I said. The media misreported what I […]
Corona Diaries 9—Who is that masked man?
4/26 He’s somebody who gives a $hit. To clarify. Every time I go out in public, I’m wearing the mask. I’m not wearing it to protect myself. It doesn’t work that way. I’m wearing it to protect you and demonstrate that I am a good citizen. We should ALL be wearing them. Hell, I have […]
