I am posting this doom and gloom story from Thursday to remind us that Dr Osterholm in the first few weeks of COVID, when everyone else was saying 100 – 250K deaths max, was saying “possibly a million” and we are almost there, so…when he says 5th wave, this duck listens.

This is my favorite Biden story today, mostly because it is so anodyne during a period when every piece reads like a crisis management brief.

In case you are wondering, they are AI, Quantum, Biotech, Semiconductors & Autonomous Systems…so yeah…learn conversational Mandarin now.

How is there not more civic, let’s call it “disenchantment” with the governor? The state is split in half and he does some spectacularly partisan stuff.

The rubber is about to hit the “established law” road, isn’t it?

Per Politico – “The “Hillbilly Elegy” author and Ohio Senate candidate is the target of nearly $1 million in attack ads.”

And the cyber threat continues…

Since we lose our power on the Island when the wind picks up, I image I’ll be @-ing you by candlelight tomorrow. How romantic!

Animals are the best gift we are given on this big blue marble. We should do so much better by them.