Weekly Roundup, February 25, 2022
371 Supporters (down 1 from last week) Target : 400 Please Join Here Good morning What a surreal week it has been, and I don’t just mean countries abandoning all Covid controls and …
February 2022
Thoughts on Ukraine (and the World) 24 February 2022
I have a sense we’re watching history unfold at present. I’ve always wondered how major conflicts – world wars – really truly started, because they’ve always seemed irrational and avoidable, and surely sensible people …
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Covid-19 Diary : Thursday February 24, 2022
It is extraordinary to see the way that the people – the politicians – who bleated the loudest about “following the science” are now following it into strange places. For example, in England, the …
A Portable Luggage Scale Helps You Pack Right
It was bad enough when airlines started charging for bags, and worse when they dropped the limit for a “standard” bag from 70lbs to 50lbs. But now some of the worst airlines are reducing …
Covid-19 Diary : Sunday February 20, 2022
Scotland has decided it will stop releasing Covid statistics showing the different hospitalization and death rates based on whether patients have been vaccinated or not. Public Health Scotland described the statistics as “very simple”, …
Weekly Roundup, February 18, 2022
372 Supporters (unchanged from last week) Target : 400 Please Join Here Good morning I was looking at used car prices this week, and realized the statistic in a chart part-way down this …
Covid-19 Diary : Thursday February 17, 2022
The trucker protests against vaccine mandates continue in Canada, and have been echoed here and in other countries too. I noted an interesting comment – many tens of thousands of truckers are said to …
Covid-19 Diary : Sunday February 13, 2022
One of the side effects of the intense controversies over issues that should be unemotional and factual – ie, things like Covid vaccines and treatments – is what I perceive to be a reluctance …
Weekly Roundup, February 11, 2022
372 Supporters (unchanged from last week) Target : 400 Please Join Here Good morning Many thanks to the people who kindly responded to my request last week to act as a “brains trust/focus …
Covid-19 Diary : Thursday February 10, 2022
“The science has changed”. That’s a statement being expressed way too often at present. That is of course a nonsense statement. Science doesn’t change. Our understanding of science might change, but not the …
Will the Frontier-Spirit Merger Save Passengers Billions, As Claimed?
Every airline merger, ever, has always been accompanied by two extremely dubious claims: (a) The merger will improve passenger experiences, give them more choices, and lower fares (b) No jobs will be lost, no hubs …
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Covid-19 Diary : Sunday February 6, 2022
There’s been growing pressure on Spotify to deplatform Joe Rogan. Ostensibly this is due to his imagined sin of daring to invite two impeccably credentialed experts onto his show to talk about Covid. One …
