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There is a new chess variant: Random Chess

Dear chess fans, if Fischerrandom (or Chess960 or Freestyle Chess) is still too conventional for you, then you might want to go one step further and try out "Random

Because I love my job, I am a bartender

Being a bartender is much more than serving drinks behind a counter. It is a profession that combines the mastery of mixology, hospitality and the ability to create

In a day; I tried drinking 4 different coffee variants

Hi Hive Lovers For coffee lovers, curiosity about the taste of coffee prepared using various brewing techniques and mixtures is a sensation in a taste adventure.

New Scariant For The Proletariat: Make America Scared Again

by @dollarvigilante on The Dollar Vigilante View my bio on Vigilante.TV: If you think the new “virus” is scary, wait until you find out what’s really going on! TCV

Coming soon...

Here we go again...

It's on the horizon... Images: pixabay, nova.bg Collage by: @vasilstefanov Godspeed!

Unfortunately Crazy House

Congratulation to all winners: Unfortunately we have no video because I was in late to register my games. The tournament was very funny with big surprises (I won

BQ.1.1 taking over soon.

BQ.1.1 is now almost overtaking BA.5 as the most prevalent coronavirus variant in the US. This variant is more immune evasive than BA.5. Fortunately preliminary

Older eligible people should seriously start thinking about boosting up.

If you know older people who haven't had a booster lately, please encourage them to get one. It's like a 2/3 reduction in risk of death from COVID, possibly more

not another variant...

Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Says 2 Teens Killed by Pfizer Shot

A report made by Dr. James Gill, the chief medical examiner for the state of Connecticut and the 2021 President of the National Association of Medical Examiners,

CDC Nowcast shows death of Delta and Omicron sub lineage dominance.

The CDC Nowcast is now breaking out BA.1.1 from B.1.1.529 (BA.1). BA.1.1 is a sub-lineage of BA.1 (the original strain). BA.2 is not a sub-lineage of BA.1, but a

Contagions and deaths caused by the new Omicron variant

Introduction The countdown is on, and nothing that lowers the alert levels for the delicate situation of the coronavirus pandemic is trending again in the news portals,

Early Omicron hot take from health care briefing in South Africa.

I'm watching an hour-long briefing from 12/14 by the biggest healthcare admin firm in South Africa. Some really interesting things. IT'S STILL EARLY, CONSIDER ALL

Milder it may be, but disruptive nevertheless.

If the early data is accurate on Omicron's immune evasion we may see a pretty disjointed Omicron wave given still significant gaps on first/second doses and a lot

Omicron round up - Potentially milder, but dominant by early next year.

South Africa doesn't test for the coronavirus that much and deaths at home often don't get an accurate recording of cause of death, so their confirmed coronavirus

Early Omicron data in the States.

New CDC report on the first US Omicron cases. As of December 8th, we have had 43 known Omicron cases in 22 states. Earliest case was November 15th with international

An update on South Africa, then a longer discussion on COVID in the US.

South Africa continues to post rapidly growing case rates, and it's now almost all Omicron. Still no solid read on how severity compares to Delta. (Most of the data

A good summary of vaccine evidence for Omicron.

tl;dr - 2 doses of Pfizer (and presumably Moderna) will provide almost no protection against infection, but hopefully still good protection against severe disease

Thoughts on Omicron from round the block.

South Africa is still seeing a rapid increase in cases, but this weekend's numbers (Sunday and Monday) might hint at a slowdown, they're more off-trend than the