148 welcome to maskworld (continued)

Welcome to maskworld.

In maskworld, we entertain outdoors.

Maybe in a hoop of privacy.

In a parking space "parklet."

Or several parking spaces.

It's a little harder to get the whole street closed, but we're working on it.

In maskworld, we've got lots of rules, but nobody is quite sure which ones are totally necessary, and which are hygiene theater.

And people are looking to upgrade their housing situation.


Somehow you get the feeling this is all going to work out ok for them.

This video was shot in the canary islands, where the videographer ran across these kids at a marina.

Hitchhiking their way across the Atlantic. 

Lots of islands and island nations have visa rules in effect that force you to have some money in the bank, but I guess this is all inside the EU.

And they're kids!

Or was it this ebike?

People in the ebike community are freaking out, they want you to know this is really a motorcycle, not a bicycle with assist.

Anyway, this one looks badass, too.

How can there be two world's most powerful bikes?

Here's what I had to say:

File under: uh-oh.

2,000 businesses here, 20 employees there, and suddenly, we're looking at a very serious economic shift. I'm not even calling it a recession or a depression, this is a straight up call to change.

"I can feel it, coming in the air tonight, oh Lord."

So these researchers overcame all kinds of hurdles to catch "live" aerosolized Cov2 in a (non-tubed) patient's room, and yet, because it's science, this is still a hypothesis.

Our national trends don't really tell the whole story, but still, this is generally good news.


Hope today you have the best day ever. 

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