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The effect of masks on a serious music concert
Yesterday afternoon, for the first time in more than a year and half, I went to Lincoln Center for a chamber music concert at Alice Tully Hall. Outside the hall, there was a short line where friendly Lincoln Center people … Continue reading
Posted in COVID-19, The Facts of Life
Tagged Alice Tully Hall, Brahms, Calidore String Quartet, chamber music, Lincoln Center, masks, Nicky Swett, pandemic masks, Puccini, Shostakovich, Webern
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Today’s Dumb Thing Award goes to…
See, this is what Twitter is for, when Ron Filipowski cites Madison Cawthorn for his constitutional scholarship, to wit: Constitutional scholar Madison Cawthorn says it would be illegal for airlines to require vaccines because, “you actually have a constitutionally protected … Continue reading
Posted in COVID-19, political campaigns, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged Madison Cawthorn, Ron Filipowski
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“It is sad.” What is sad?
From Harper’s Weekly Review, another comment causing me to think I need a new category called Stupid Abject Cruelty of Capitalists, Emphasis on the Stupid: It was found that, among COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers, Moderna has shipped the largest proportion of … Continue reading
Posted in COVID-19, The Facts of Life
Tagged COVID vaccines, Harper's, Moderna, Stephane Bancel
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