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 […]
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 […]
The Tulsa race massacre was 100 years ago. A podcast explores that story. Blindspot: Tulsa Burning.
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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. […]
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 […]
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 […]