Author: Cheryl Rofer
Several developments this week in stories I’ve been following. I finally have some time to post about them. Questions about how SARS-CoV-2 jumped from animals to humans and the so-called Havana Synd
Until very recently, my Twitter experience of Joyce Carol Oates has been to see one of her absolutely off-base tweets dragged. I’ve never been fond of her writing, although a few of her articles

A couple of Twitter threads this morning point to the central problem of strategy in Russia’s war against Ukraine. Rob Farley’s argument with Emma Ashford starts here: Ashford enters here: The gis
I get my news from Twitter. I follow experts in various fields, from universities, think tanks, wherever. I also follow individual reporters and editors who have proved their worth and governmental of

On February 3, a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous materials derailed near the town of East Palestine, Ohio. Fifty cars derailed, ten of which carried hazardous chemicals. Federal investigator
Russia controls one side of the Kakhovka Dam at the end of the Kakhovka Reservoir on the Dneiper River. Back when Russia was withdrawing to the east side of the Dneiper, they exploded a couple of mine
In the comment thread to my first post in this series, Erik comments that you can’t dance to classical music. Well. Music and dance are intimately intertwined. Always have been. The waltz, like twer
Once the balloon is over water, its uncontrolled landing no longer presents a danger to people. A fleet of planes and ships – Coast Guard, Navy, and Air Force – is gathering off the coast
- Teevee open thread: “In a room full of Timothy McVeighs, he kind of looks like Roosevelt” edition
- Music Notes
- The Horror… The Horror…
- On the edge
- Events Moving Quickly In Israel
- “I call you an idiot and you shut up”: the Free Speech Ballad of Kyle Duncan and Matt Taibbi
- Putin Threatens To Put Nuclear Weapons In Belarus
- Omnibus Spam Trash Post
- Right wing paranoia and the Covid vaccines
- Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,318