Today Axios reported the vaccines are only 42% effective at preventing infection against the Delta variant in July. Israel is further ahead of us because they vaccinated earlier and show only 16% at this point---which is why they are doing the 3rd shot. https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-vaccines-pfizer-moderna-delta-biden-e9be4bb0-3d10-4f56-8054-5410be357070.html?fbclid=IwAR1Bf0_MdHj7TPfLp6gr7Cq5MJZD1Y_jIFncr79HfSvRuXWymvPU4jLZQsg
Also, the European equivalent to the FDA is looking into new unknown before side effects from the vaccines. https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/eu-drugs-regulator-looking-new-possible-side-effects-mrna-vaccines-2021-08-11/
Had a fun time this weekend at a birthday party and wanted to share my GIF. btw..I learned it's pronounced JIFF with a soft G not GIFF with a hard G. The more you know I suppose.
The Epstein ‘Transparency’ Travesty
The Wall Street Journal | Michael Tracey, March 04, 2026
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-epstein-transparency-travesty-754800af
“Correlation with intelligence isn’t intelligence.”
Why you should not let super computers run everything
Random | Aug 04, 2014[um… it episode# 53 The Ultimate Computer from March 1968]
[From Ellen Burns, Ph.D. on Substack, ~February 28, 2026]
We treat AI systems as if they're performing cognitive tasks, but they're performing statistical tasks that correlate with cognitive outputs
Correlation with intelligence isn't intelligence.
We need to be clear about this distinction
