Historians a 1000 years from now:
“In the year 2020, a great pandemic arrived in the San Francisco Bay region, leading the denizens of the area to build the ‘Great Wailing Bridge’ as a monument to mark their mourning - of the valuable profits that had been lost during the economic shutdown caused by the plague. It was…

If you look closely at the photo above, you’ll see a dog.

Hey, don’t jump to conclusions. Maybe he’s just a roving interstate serial killer.

Now there’s an idea. $1000 budget car made in China versus two humans in $500 luxury sneakers (also made in China).

I doubt that Nissan and Volkswagen are working for the Chinese government.

Oh, good God no. Your shit is definitely not sterile. Even setting aside that its like the perfect environment for pathogens to settle in as soon as it’s out of your butthole - there are just so, so many diseases that are spread by fecal matter (including Covid-19).

What this guy said. A couple years back, I was running (well, jogging) every day and I reached the point where I could run for a mile without having to stop to walk (which sounds pathetic, but seriously, it marked huge improvement). But the problem was that afterwards, I would feel like I wanted to die for the next…

Sneaky Baltimore fact: Nearly all the crab served in Baltimore is shipped from far, far away. The Chesapeake literally does not have enough crab to support the tourist demand + the water of Baltimore harbor and anything living in it is technically not safe for human exposure, much less human consumption.

It’s Canada. They asked politely and said please, so the driver really had no other option.

So this is awkward, but “flatten the curve” actually does mean fewer overall cases. You are correct in that the primary goal of the strategy is to reduce the peak of active cases - but as an additional consequence of limiting the spread of the disease, you do ultimately end up with fewer overall cases. How many fewer…

My speculation is someone desperately trying to pass the car in front, aggravated that they can’t get past and then OMG surprise! oncoming car what do I do - panic, loss of rational decision-making, and so chooses to uselessly flash their brights while not letting off the gas.

How much of the recent success among pickups and light trucks (relative to other classes) might be due to industrial and commercial sales? I’m thinking businesses would still fulfill their fleet orders during the current situation and that might explain the gap in sales?

Your standard F1 team has 100 people in the paddocks to support two cars. Add in the safety personnel, the track maintenance crews, the emergency and medical teams. And there’s no point in racing if you’re not broadcasting, so you need the camera crews, the technical teams, the broadcasting crew. Then the transport to…

Ute?

I admit, I was bit concerned when this article started by citing the theories of an undergraduate.

Miami-Dade county is 2,400 square miles with a population of 3 million. Korea is 38,000 square miles with a population of 51 million. The two aren’t really comparable - except in Covid related numbers. Korea has a population significantly larger than any US state, including a capital city more populous than any…

This feels like an overreaction.

Same. They’re just RPGs in the mold of The Witcher, with an existing backstory. The only core pillar they share with the originals is the historical setting.