My understanding is the technical virological evidence on either explanation is circumstantial. The human evidence is more damning though and points to a lab leak. Like when the lab permanently took their virus database offline in the fall of 2019. As one wag put it, "Why would bat-virus scientists working at a bat-virus lab hide bat-virus data during a local bat-virus outbreak?"

I learned a new word. I was describing my typical week this summer to my friend on the phone, and she taught me the word “estivation”…

I love cream in my coffee so it looks like 5/6. Toast 4, buttered to the edges please. Steak also about 4 (at least cooked) I'm attempting to substitute fish for meat as much as possible.

After hearing my wife strum chords, I first got a flamenco guitar and a comprehensive teach yourself book which I can't find (this was from living in Spain and hearing it and fado in Lisboa in 1984. Soon realised lessons were needed for the technique, it was way beyond adult beginner. Then inspired by Andrés Segovia and David Qualey playing, I got a classical guitar, and a year later a steel strung parlour size folk style. Used terrific books by Frederick Noad mostly, Solo Guitar Playing vols 1 & 2. And attempted some from The Romantic Guitar by Carlos Bonell. And Qualey's music. I realised two things. After decades playing piano my fingers bend only like a piano player, guitarists fingers bend the other way too (the way your teacher stops you doing as a child). Lessons and a lot of concentrated time to learn the various keyboard positions are needed. I got to chapter 11 in the Noad book, this level: [image: 1785771486859-7564.jpg]

So confident, so brave!

@admin @axtremus Thanks so much!

Nobody here but us egos.

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This is quite exciting. An internal version of Astra, OpenAI’s next major model family, solved 10 major open problems in mathematics, quantum complexity, and theoretical computer science. https://x.com/polynoamial/status/2083467194663571701?s=46

A friend married a guy whose middle name was Pucci. He was called Pussy.

Surprised. Black voters are among the most homophobic.

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Ancient mammoth remains and a Nazi shipwreck: Europe’s shrinking rivers reveal past relics https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/31/climate/shrinking-rivers-reveal-past-relics-in-europe?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc&recs_exp=up-next-article-end&tenant_id=related.en

I am going to take up yelling at clouds. Thank you, Steve.

Oddly, and off topic, I didn’t know who he was yesterday but this is the second reference to him I’ve seen today. He broke with Mamdani over the release of names and addresses of everyone subject to pied a terre taxes in NY (which includes him). His line “He took what was a good source of revenue and turned it into a wanted poster”.

LOL