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2Q21: The threat of another QAnon-inspired attack is looming over the Capitol as House lawmakers rush to leave town a day early amid the potential danger, which also calls into question how congressional leaders plan to deal with future credible threats.
Bird Song of the Day
From Peru, another
tour de force. Macaulay supplies waveforms for each audio clip, which is a good way to sort for what might be interesting. Most bird species have similar waveforms for all the clips (differences come from other birds, or buzzing insects, or automobile noises). Not so the mockingbird! Most of the waveforms differm even within species!
#COVID19
At reader request, I’ve added this daily chart from 91-DIVOC. The data is the Johns Hopkins CSSE data. Here is the site.
I feel I’m engaging in a macabre form of tape-watching, because I don’t think the peak is coming in the next days, or even weeks. Is the virus gathering itself for another leap?