I am very proud that we have elected our first ever Woman Vice-President, Kamala Harris. I learned a bit as well from her wearing a “Suffrage White” suit, and connecting back to the 100 year anniversary of the 19th Ammendment. 👏
Current Events
Election +4 days.
Coronavirus Nov. 4, 2020 via New York Times
2:03pm on the day after the 2020 Election.
5:49am on the day after the 2020 Election.
Taking Inventory
Let’s take an inventory for a moment. We are now eight months into the pandemic and it is weighing heavily on people. Here in the midwest it feels very different than it did in Spring. It is all around us. Most people know someone or several people that have had Covid-19. I have …
Keep reading · 4 minutes: Taking InventoryWith a team in Kyiv I’ve been keeping an eye on COVID-19 cases in Ukraine. Infection rates have been growing steadily since mid-summer.
41% of voters already completed voting seems high for the middle of October. I wish this had a comparison to previous years.
As of Oct 15, 68 percent of Edina residents have applied for an absentee ballot and of this total, 60 percent have returned their ballot or, 41 percent of registered voters. - Edina Friday Report for Oct 16, 2020
The autumn wave of the coronavirus has reached a dangerous new stage. The number of new daily cases has risen almost 50 percent in the U.S. over the past month. The situation is even worse in Europe.
For the first time since late March, the per capita number of new cases in Europe exceeds the number in the U.S.
The New York Times, Morning Brief, October 15, 2020.
Facebook and Twitter Have Lost Control
From recent actions I think that we must conclude that Facebook and Twitter have now explicitly acknowledged that their platforms are being used in ways they do not understand, are not able to manage, and without a doubt have an impact in elections. To most people this has been …
Keep reading · 3 minutes: Facebook and Twitter Have Lost Control