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Thread: https://twitter.com/timkmak/status/1251936242834563073 -- Same people resisting masking, different pandemic #COVID19 #masksforall #publichealth

Today in 1987, I received my Eagle rank award in the Boy Scouts of America, at age 16. I don't regret being involved in scouting at all, but I am hurt and incredibly saddened at all the harm the BSA has done to scouts by not handling abuse within its ranks. A Scout is Trustworthy, indeed.

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This is beyond sobering, to terrifying: https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-out-of-many-one-36b886af37e9

Hubei shut down with 444 confirmed cases, and ended up with close to 70,000 cases and 3,200 deaths.

Arizona "shut down" (not really locked down) March 31, with about 1500 cases.

Evening project: started sewing simple tie-back surgical style cloth masks to donate #covid19 #masks4all

"Klatchian coffee has an even bigger sobering effect than an unexpected brown envelope from the tax man. In fact, coffee enthusiasts take the precaution of getting thoroughly drunk before touching the stuff, because Klatchian coffee takes you back through sobriety and, if you're not careful, out the other side, where the mind of man should not go."

-- Men At Arms, Terry Pratchett

#coffee #humor #reading

So I'm in @yougov's several-hour induction/onboarding meeting with 16 other employees, and it's really cool! History of the company, discussion, overview of goals and vision, overview of products, and more. 😀 Does your company do this?

A neat blog client that uses LiveCode, a modern-day code environment sort of inspired by HyperCard? Cool!

https://andregarzia.com/2020/04/cross-platform-development-with-livecode.html

Welded up a bird-feeder stand for my parents this morning

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Got to introduce my 16yo to Quake 3 Arena today. SO GDM HAPPY. thanks @ioquake3

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Most every song on this list is perfect https://www.spin.com/2020/04/r-e-m-great-songs-that-arent-its-the-end-of-the-world/

What with #stayhomestaysafe and all, a comment from Les Orchard on Twitter inspired me to re-install Quake 3 Arena... behold the return of Mr. Ni.

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Repaired some stuff in #goldfrog around #webmention handling on weird responses (hello amzn redirects)

Books I've read in 2020... http://monkinetic.blog/tag/reading2020

Another Discworld book I hadn't read yet! Yes, a pyramid can be too big. And woe be to the cosmological architects who build it!

Yeah, on a Terry Pratchett tear; this was a new one to me and a lovely read #reading #reading2020 #fantasy

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This Standford daily #covid19 health survey should be an app available for all platforms, promoted by the Whitehouse and CDC, with all responses anonymized and aggregated.

https://med.stanford.edu/covid19/covid-counter.html

The other state with good mail-in ballots is Colorado - 87% white, relatively affluent. I think national mail-in balloting is a great idea, but can't possibly be the only option.

Jared Marcotte on Turnout.rocks: Los Angeles County Primary: Observations in Election Redesign

Some may also advocate for all-mail voting, pointing to states like Colorado and Washington that enjoy higher rates of participation. There are highly migratory populations that have participation problems if mailed ballots are the only option. There’s another concern around mail ballots: with so many jurisdictions looking to quickly switch to this model, no one knows what kind of strain this will put on the postal system.

So yeah, there are going to be issues with mail-in #voting for voters - while eligible - who do not have a permanent address, something many of us take for granted. Ultimately, solutions to fair and free #elections are going to have to be multi-modal.

Seeing calls for national mail-in voting based on success in WA/OR, which seems like a good idea on its face. However I believe those two states are majority white (78%/86% respectively)... anyone looked into how that’s working for poorer and underprivileged communities in those states #voting