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I'm Obsessed With The Two-Toed Sloths at Sea World (Taken (6.24.21)

Darren is getting perturbed with me for posting while drinking in the speakeasy, so I'm gonna just post this as is. I get super annoyed at Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding because he loves to self-reference, pull a lot of I-told-you-sos, and then creates threads that reference numerous other threads that he posted so it's easy to get lost in all of it, but this thread is particularly interesting because it is suggesting that the Delta variant can be contracted from "fleeting" contact, and even outdoors. Hold on to your masks, maybe bring back the goggles. I know Australia doesn't have the vaccination rate we do, but we live in a tourism town, so you never know who or what you're interacting with, even fleetingly. My rant on Tortilla guy is below, too. I've gotta go or this guy might fire me from being his drinking partner. 

Stay safe out there. 

• COVID-19:
• CDC: Nearly every adult COVID-19 death is now "entirely preventable" - Axios (6.22.21)
• White House: 70% of adults 30 and up have 1 dose of COVID vaccine - CIDRAP (6.22.21)
• True sign of COVID-19 vaccine success: Hospital capacity is no longer threatened - The Hill (6.22.21)
• Spread of delta coronavirus variant exposes poorly vaccinated regions to renewed danger - The Washington Post (6.23.21)
• Covid Delta variant is ‘in the air you breathe’: what you need to know about Sydney outbreak strain. Delta strain is significantly more infectious but it spreads the same way as the original virus – including by ‘fleeting’ encounters and respiratory aerosols. - The Guardian (6.23.21)
• Politics: 
• Austin, Milley push back on lawmakers' extremism, critical race theory challenges - Stars and Stripes (6.23.21)
• Opinion: Why does Biden hate the flag, family, grace, God and America? - The Washington Post (6.22.21)
• White House: 
• Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Comprehensive Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Gun Crime and Ensure Public Safety
• Remarks by President Biden and Attorney General Garland on Gun Crime Prevention Strategy
• Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials on the Strategy to Reduce Gun Violence and Violent Crime
• Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, June 23, 2021
• Statement by Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Infrastructure Negotiations
• Readout of Meeting with Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer
• Statement by NSC Spokesperson Emily Horne on National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan’s Meeting with Lieutenant General Aviv Kohavi, Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces
• News:
• Supreme Court Restricts Police Powers To Enter A Home Without A Warrant - kpbs (6.23.21)
• Mesa Fire near the Community of Pala Mesa 
• On the tortilla incident: I already said some of what I wanted, so I'll just stick to this fucknut who took the tortillas to the game in the first place. Bro, you're 40 fucking years old with no kids at the school but felt drawn as an alumnus to attend the game. You say tortilla-throwing was tradition at UCSB. Well, I looked it up and while it has been done, it was also forbidden there for the racist undertones. Even by a known super racist school that breeds incel bros like UCSB. (Beautiful campus, shitty people.) Even by a school whose mascot is Gauchos, which by some very flimsy stretch you might think tortillas are an acceptable way of celebrating victories. You're 40 years old. You know better. And the news channels gave you a free pass --- white fucking privilege even if you're "half-Mexican" ---to say what you wanted and make you look innocent. You're not. You're an asshole and I hope at the very least you get charged with intent to cause a riot or some shit, but you won't because you're from Coronado, the cops in Coronado are from Coronado, and all islanders protect islanders. Doesn't mean you're not a legit fucking scumbag who should be banned from any Coronado High School events in perpetuity (get a life! who goes to their high school's games if you don't even have kids there??).
• Coronado Resident Admits to Buying and Distributing Tortillas – Answers Questions - The Coronado Times (6.23.21)
• Flying tortillas nearly cost UC Santa Barbara - ESPN (12.14.2011)
• How Tortillas Highlight the Highs and Lows of One of College Soccer’s Best Rivalries - From Left Field (6.30.2020)
• Other Reading:
• New Habitat Preserve In North San Diego County Helps California Gnatcatcher - kpbs (6.23.21)