Monday, March 07, 2022

A potential antiviral for SARS and SARS-like coronaviruses

The Real Reason the Pandemic Killed Small Restaurants Slate


Australia pledges $578 million for surveillance, research in Antarctica Reuters


Ukraine crisis: Japan should discuss Nato-like nuclear weapons sharing, Shinzo Abe says South China Morning Post



The legend of the horned rabbit of the West High Country News


The election for the future of the internet Lowy Institute


Amazon’s $31B ad business, explained Trung Phan, SatPost


It’s Tough to Build a Corporate Culture in a Remote-Work World Wired. Correct. Your genuine hands-on corporate culture is for prolesessential workers, not for WFHers.

Dairy in the Americas: How Colonialism Left Its Mark on the Continent Sentient Media


THE VACCINES ARE UNDERPERFORMING:  Pfizer Covid vaccine was just 12% effective against omicron in kids 5 to 11, study finds. Pointless to vaccinate them then, especially because kids that age rarely get sick anyway. But Karens demanded it, so . . .


FASTER, PLEASE:  A potential antiviral for SARS and SARS-like coronaviruses


"Good writers make you want to read, but great writers make you want to write." Matt Labash on what made P.J. O'Rourke  great  


"War makes philosophers out of soldiers, who often strive to understand why things are thus and not otherwise” 



Andy Warhol, Value Of Creativity, And Crypto

Andy Warhol, innovation expert Clayton Christensen, and Etherum creator Vitalik Buterin walk into the bar. They don’t start out talking about crypto, but like everyone else, they end up there. - O'Reilly

A WEAPONIZED NARRATIVE: Russian Oligarchs Must Choose Between Their Money And Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin — he’s crazy and delusional…

…It’s an insistent topic, one with characteristics of a weaponized narrative employed in “narrative warfare.” A weaponized narrative can create psychological vulnerabilities in an adversary’s population. We’ve seen Putin weaponize narratives.

But can a weaponized narrative create vulnerabilities in a specific adversary?