Covid-19 deaths march on in the United States. These are the cases and deaths from states with over 7 million in population as of August 9, 2020. Data accessed with NCoVUtils @ https://github.com/epiforecasts/NCoVUtils . Click to enlarge the charts! Note that some retroactive one days totals for cases and deaths are unmitigated outliers.
"...the Dark Lord Sauron forged in secret a master Ring, to control all others. And into this Ring he poured his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life." - from 'The Fellowship of the Ring' (movie) Image from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SARS-CoV-2_scanning_electron_microscope_image.jpg
Sunday, August 9, 2020
Saturday, August 8, 2020
Palantir is now in charge of US and Britain Covid-19 data
I missed the news cycle that put Palantir in charge of the US and Britain's Covid-19 data. Some links below:
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
The POD is in?
Links on educational PODs:
Is it a fad? Is it an elaborate study group?
Recent Articles on PODS
- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/22/parenting/school-pods-coronavirus.html
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/07/22/huge-problem-with-education-pandemic-pods-suddenly-popping-up/
- https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/07/20/pandemic-pods-are-fundamentally-reshaping-k-12-education/
- https://www.heritage.org/education/commentary/pandemic-pods-are-fundamentally-reshaping-k-12-education
- https://www.nola.com/news/coronavirus/article_65db8dfe-d27d-11ea-902a-0324827a4c55.html
- https://www.vox.com/2020/7/28/21340222/learning-pods-covid-private-pandemic-education-school
- https://reason.com/2020/07/29/why-pandemic-pods-are-the-ultimate-in-parent-driven-education-innovation/
Selling POD Tech in a Box?
Already the Critics
- https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/why-parents-are-forming-learning-pods-and-how-they-might-deepen-inequality
- https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/08/04/the-pod-problem-desperate-bay-area-parents-seek-imperfect-solutions/
- https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/education/the-learning-curve-the-dystopian-future-of-learning-pods/
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