Mark @[email protected]

Another resource - Whitehouse pool reports
https://kinja.com/poolreports
There seems to be a regular cycle of reports here. Late evening the day before there is a schedule for the next day. Then a series of either official announcements, a report of "what happened" in a briefing or event. Repeat cycle. I looked for an RSS feed and could not find one - maybe you have to sign in.

The "fine people" hoax and how to combat it
https://blog.dilbert.com/2019/04/30/the-fine-people-hoax-funnel/
Scott Adams has had several discussions about this hoax and has found the rebuttals following a specific order. Here's that order and what you can say at each step. It includes links to relevant information as well.

Happy Birthday to "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"
https://www.broadway.com/buzz/171159/happy-birthday-dear-rocky-38-freaky-facts-about-the-rocky-horror-picture-show/
First shown on August 14, 1975 in London (45 years ago).

Let's do the time warp again!

Another EO affecting ByteDance / TikTok
https://publicpool.kinja.com/subject-order-regarding-the-acquisition-of-musical-ly-1844732563
In this case not allowing the purchase of musical.ly to continue operations in the US etc.

Docker getting rid of old containers
https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/14/docker_container_retention_policy/
A mere 15PB of data hasn't been used by free tier users in over 6 months. You can keep the data if
(1) you use it (push or pull) OR
(2) you pay $5/month for an account
Seems reasonable considering the hundreds of $K / month to store the inactive data.

RIP - HG Wells
https://www.biography.com/writer/hg-wells
Died on August 13, 1946 from "unspecified causes". Author of several great books including "War of the Worlds", "The Time Machine", and "The Island of Doctor Moreau".

A fine socialist.

Nine philosophers write about GPT-3
http://dailynous.com/2020/07/30/philosophers-gpt-3/
All nine together in one long article. Each one take a slightly different look at the product from OpenAI.

Never fear!
https://www.broughtbyvaccines.com
Vaccines (by GSK) will give you your life back.

The "Today Show" had advertising from this organization pointing you to this site.

White House recommendations on school openings
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/School-Opening-Policy.pdf
This list seems reasonable - but I expect them to be ignored by many districts.

One thing I noted is that there is no mention of sanitizing the facility. Perhaps a recognition that contact spread is unlikely.

"Sue" (a T-Rex) was discovered on this day 30 years ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_(dinosaur)
Found in South Dakota, it now is at the Field Museum in Chicago.

@adam @MoeFactz
I was just listening to the August 1 episode about 45 Savage and then found this
https://spectator.us/donald-trump-mad-president-couch-sanity/
A doctor noting that the criteria for narcissism in the DSM does not imply a mental health issue. There are other criteria that must be met to do a proper diagnosis (and they are not).

Yet another fine AF Branco cartoon
https://comicallyincorrect.com/a-f-branco-cartoon-lifesaver-in-chief/
How Trump is trying to save the people and not the states.

What? Black cop assaulted by people chanting "Black Lives Matter"
https://www.jsonline.com/story/communities/west/news/wauwatosa/2020/08/09/wauwatosa-police-officer-joseph-mensah-physically-assaulted/3330610001/
Somehow this hasn't reached the M5M. A cop in Wauwatosa Wisconsin was assaulted at his home and someone used a shotgun on his rear door.

A Swedish doctor perspective on COVID
https://sebastianrushworth.com/2020/08/04/how-bad-is-covid-really-a-swedish-doctors-perspective/
Note in particular the section talking about antibody tests. They are easy to do but a person could have immunity from "T-cells" and have low or no antibody counts. T-cell tests are hard so they are rarely done.

See the link near the end to the follow up article. This describes a discrepancy between the two measures (antibody versus T-cells) which is striking.

Pay for play in Colorado
https://coloradosun.com/2020/08/10/jared-polis-colorado-private-donors-climate-change-immigration/
In this case, Governor Polis' office has a few people with six figure salaries paid for by private companies. The monies are laundered through foundations so there isn't much insight into who is making payments.

Apparently this has been going on for about 40 years - but the M5M seems to ignore it.

PS: I think some anti Hickenlooper ads are making reference to his use of these monies.