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EarBliss, 19oct2020: SHENZOU, by Biosphere.


In which Izzy considers making an unwise move.


Daily running route yard signage report for 18oct2020: out of 92 houses, there are 16 Tumor/Pestilence signs (+/-0) in front of 9 houses (+/-0), and 1 Biden/Harris sign (+/-0) in front of 1 house (+/-0); with 15 days and 13 hours remaining until the 2020 election, voting is underway in Ohio.


Four years ago today, as I lay dying in the ER from diabetic ketoacidosis, I learned that I had Type One Diabetes and that, should I survive, my life would never be the same. I did, and it hasn’t. I wrote about those memories and more in today’s MacroParentheticals dispatch.


Links, 17oct2020

Cleveland Hospitals’ Private Police “Border Patrol” Comes Under Scrutiny, via ProPublica.

Italian police break up counterfeit wine ring, via CNN.

Biden Wants to Transform America (Really), via The Atlantic.

Medieval Europeans didn’t understand how the plague spread. Their response wasn’t so different from ours now, via The Washington Post.

No vaccine for cruelty, via The Economist.

The industries that won’t recover without a vaccine, via Axios.

Simone Giertz built a selfie photo booth for her dog out of Legos and it’s perfect, via The Verge.


Day eight: ballot received.


Daily running route yard signage report for 17oct2020: out of 92 houses, there are 16 Tumor/Pestilence signs (+/-0) in front of 9 houses (+/-0), and 1 Biden/Harris sign (+/-0) in front of 1 house (+/-0); with 16 days and 13 hours remaining until the 2020 election, early voting is underway in Ohio.


EarBliss, 16oct2020: LESSENING, by Ralph Kinsella.


Mail-in ballot status, on this, the seventh day of my mailbox vigil: no democracy today.


Daily running route yard signage report for 16oct2020: out of 92 houses, there are 16 Tumor/Pestilence signs (+/-0) in front of 9 houses (+/-0), and 1 Biden/Harris sign (+/-0) in front of 1 house (+/-0); with 17 days and 13 hours remaining until the 2020 election, early voting is underway in Ohio.


Still in a good mood: so wonderful to see THE WEST WING family back in action, no matter how briefly. What I want now: a return to the series, with Sterling K. Brown as the president.


Mail-in ballot status, on this, the sixth day of my mailbox vigil: no democracy today.


Daily running route yard signage report for 15oct2020: out of 92 houses, there are 16 Tumor/Pestilence signs (+/-0) in front of 9 houses (+/-0), and 1 Biden/Harris sign (+/-0) in front of 1 house (+/-0); with 18 days and 12 hours remaining until the 2020 election, early voting is underway in Ohio.



Links, 14oct2020

Earth’s next mini-moon might be space junk from the 1960s, via The Verge.

New research explores authoritarian mind-set of Trump’s core supporters, via The Washington Post

Japanese jazz pianist recovering from surgery after New York City subway attack, via CNN.

Here’s Doom running on a Samsung fridge thanks to xCloud, via The Verge.

Stevie Nicks on art, ageing and attraction: ‘Botox makes it look like you’re in a satanic cult!’, via The Guardian.

New Covid Cases Jump 16% in Rural Counties, Breaking One-Week Record, via The Daily Yonder.

Why the Pandemic has Affected Britain and Japan So Differently, via The Economist.


Mail-in ballot status, on this, the fifth day of my mailbox vigil: no democracy today.


Daily running route yard signage report for 14oct2020: out of 92 houses, there are 16 Tumor/Pestilence signs (+/-0) in front of 9 houses (+/-0), and 1 Biden/Harris sign (+/-0) in front of 1 house (+/-0); with 19 days and 11 hours remaining until the 2020 election, early voting is underway in Ohio.



This week, at Parenthetical Recluse… Of Frictional Thoughtspeed.


Daily running route yard signage report for 13oct2020: out of 92 houses, there are 16 Tumor/Pestilence signs (+/-0) in front of 9 houses (+/-0), and 1 Biden/Harris sign (+/-0) in front of 1 house (+/-0); with 20 days and 13 hours remaining until the 2020 election, early voting is underway in Ohio.


EarBliss, 12oct2020: YUSEF LATEEF PLAYS YUSEF LATEEF VOL. ONE, by Yusef Lateef.



Reading, 12oct2020



Daily running route yard signage report for 12oct2020: out of 92 houses, there are 16 Tumor/Pestilence signs (+/-0) in front of 9 houses (+/-0), and 1 Biden/Harris sign (+/-0) in front of 1 house (+/-0); with 21 days and 12 hours remaining until the 2020 election, early voting is underway in Ohio.