We Are All Blind Men Looking at an Elephant
Our attitude toward big tech has certainly changed. Now we have to protect ourselves against what we were taught to admire for the last 20 years. Don't upload your photos to iCloud anymore. https://apple.news/AJczcSdx0Sma_gjeovY5L_Q
Have You Already Had a Breakthrough COVID Infection? | The New Yorker
The question of what “infection” means is just one of the riddles posed by the late-stage pandemic.
Complicated but good discussion of how to look at the protection offered by vaccines, despite breakthrough infections. I got my third shot.
Notice how investors who got scammed by Theranos got scammed again by HeadSpin. Another vc-backed scammer goes to trial. https://apple.news/AeMDUzS9pRr-I21Kzl9wXBw
You can be sure I will be following this case very closely as two life-long friends of mine are being railroaded in court for defending the rights of sex workers to First Amendment freedoms. This is a free speech case and in the time since these guys were arrested, sex workers have become full members of the creator economy and Only Fans was forced to renege on its decision to ban explicit content. You don't have to like it, but it has a right to exist. https://frontpageconfidential.com/first-amendment-slugfest-breaks-out-at-in-lacey-larkin-case/
There are many perks to being young. One of them is having more immune cells in your mucous membranes. children do not only have many more immune cells in their mucous membranes; they also more quickly produce type I interferons, which are crucial for fighting viruses. https://apple.news/AuyW1bgGRRaaLQXcN5EwXZg
And...this one I wrote myself. It's not news, but it might be interesting. https://medium.com/stealthmode-blog/clubhouse-and-the-elephant-36481d2419e3?sk=4894b7895c6039c251b39a0b1c816dea