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| Orca Experience at Sea World (Taken 2.20.22) |
I had been looking forward to President's Weekend because I thought it would be a chance to reset a little bit. Instead I've just been a zombie. My sleep patterns are worse than ever. I worked at Soda Bar on Saturday and we went to Sea World on Sunday, but it took everything I had just to get out and do anything. I guess I forgot that I prefer the weekdays when the world feels a little less crowded, a little less claustrophobic.
I did my best to dodge the news, but between countries and states just deciding the pandemic is over and the feeling that there's not one thing we can do about the situation in Europe except just watch, everything starts to feel a little out of control. My wheels just start spinning sometimes and I start imagining every horrible doomsday scenario and I have to pull myself back in. I'm trying to just live my little life in this little corner of our little pocket in the world, but sometimes it is a lot. So today I tried to turn my attention away from news and just watched new-to-me shows on Hulu. I buzzed through Creamerie, a dark comedy from New Zealand about a post-plague world in which only women survived, and now am watching Jann, a comedy about an aging singer-songwriter who finds an aggressive young manager who plots her comeback. It's pretty entertaining and distracting, most of all, which we all need sometimes.
I'm sure Tuesday will be a better day. I can go back to my routines and the small things I can control and get some fresh air and some quiet time and mostly focus on the the abundance of goodness around me instead of the minute by minute news cycle of psychopathic authoritarians doing some old fashioned dick-swinging. Que será, será.
Stay safe out there.
- COVID-19:
- California 1st state to debut plan that treats COVID-19 as endemic - Becker's Hospital Review (2.18.22)
- Supervisor Nathan Fletcher, local business owner react to California's endemic plan - kpbs/npr (2.18.22)
- Unmasking comes too soon for some still wary of COVID’s wiles - Bloomberg (2.18.22)
- Omicron subvariant should be a separate variant of concern, researchers say - Becker's Hospital Review (2.18.22)
- More contagious version of omicron spreads in U.S., fueling worries - npr/kpbs (2.21.22)
- Opinion: Pandemic predictions are tricky. Except this one: U.S. hospitals are not ready for the new normal - STAT News (2.21.22)
- Politics:
- War fears grow as Putin orders troops to eastern Ukraine - AP News (2.21.22)
- News:
- Canada parliament backs Trudeau on emergency powers - BBC News (2.21.22)
- Other Reading:
- Can the Salton Sea geothermal field prevent the coming lithium shortage? - UC RIverside (2.18.22)
- When drivers kill, victims' families often feel let down by justice system in San Diego - kpbs/npr (2.21.22)
- Government:
- White House
- Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials on Russia and Ukraine
- FACT SHEET: Executive Order to Impose Costs for President Putin’s Action to Recognize So-Called Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics
- Executive Order on Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Continued Russian Efforts to Undermine the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine
- Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate regarding the Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting Certain Transactions with Respect to Continued Russian Efforts to Undermine the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine
- Readout of President Biden’s Call with President Macron of France and Chancellor Scholz of Germany
- Readout of President Biden’s Call with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine
- Statement by Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Russian Announcement on Eastern Ukraine
- Statement from Press Secretary Jen Psaki
- Readout of President Biden’s Call with President Emmanuel Macron of France
- Readout of President Biden’s National Security Council Meeting
- Statement from Press Secretary Jen Psaki on President Biden’s Briefings on Ukraine
- Remarks by Vice President Harris in Press Gaggle
- Remarks by Vice President Harris at the Munich Security Conference
- Remarks by Vice President Harris and President Zelenskyy Before Bilateral Meeting
- State Dept
- Secretary Blinken’s Call with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba
- Secretary Blinken’s Call with People’s Republic of China (PRC) State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi
- Kremlin Decision on Eastern Ukraine
- Department of State Presence in Ukraine
- G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on Russia and Ukraine
- Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry “Implementation Plus: Global Climate Action in 2022”
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 2.21.22 8:21pm):
- 425,942,053 Known Cases/72,537,565 28-Day New Cases
- 5,890,818 Known Deaths/287,822 28-Day New Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- American Academy of Pediatrics Children and COVID-19 Dashboard
- JHU
- 78,529,099 Cases/7,589,888 28 Day New Cases
- 935,990 Deaths/66,040 28-Day New Deaths
- CDC Data Tracker:
- California COVID-19 Stats:
- State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
- Vaccination progress dashboard
- Coronavirus: Resources for Californians
- San Diego County
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