A conversation with vaccine hesitancy
Excerpted. [VaccineHesitantFriend]: I completely understand that. We are lucky to be here in the US. And I’m doing my part by not getting the vaccine, so those other countries can […]
Podcast: Blindspot
The Tulsa race massacre was 100 years ago. A podcast explores that story. Blindspot: Tulsa Burning.
The march of technology
Apple has come a long way in the area of digital photography. Way in the past, I had a chance to use their first foray into an all digital camera, […]
On feeling safe
On feeling safe Recently, I saw an advertisement for a beach volleyball tournament in Texas, a state that is at the moment undergoing a major COVID-19 outbreak. The advertisement made […]
The blue finger of democracy
In 2005, when elections were restored to Iraq, voters marked their participation by dipping their index finger in blue ink. Texas forbade the use of mail-in ballots for elections beyond […]
COVID-19 Tests
Before May 14, 2020, Texas reporting of coronavirus test mixed results from two different kinds of tests: the PCR tests and the antibody tests. The PCR test looks for the […]
Thelytoky in the honeybee
A Single Gene Causes Thelytokous Parthenogenesis, the Defining Feature of the Cape Honeybee Apis mellifera capensis, by Yagound et al, 2020 That means virgin birth. A single gene controls the […]
Remdesivir Hopes
Remdesivir is an experimental antiviral drug made by the company Gilead. Designed to act against the RNA driven RNA polymerase enzyme in RNA viruses, it was initially tested on Ebola. […]
Podcast suggestion: Invisible Women
99% Invisible is always a thoughtprovoking podcast on how design affects the world around us – but this episode is particularly important. We take design for granted, and only notice […]
Podcast suggestion: Tell Me I’m Fat
An episode of This American Life called Tell Me I’m Fat. It’s riveting and self reflecting of the subtle biases we take for granted, just by judging people’s appearances. It […]