I harvested the last of the carrots for the season. I can’t remember the variety on the left, the ones on the right are dragon carrots (Daucus carota). This is all from just half of one of our raised beds, 16 square feet of garden, less than 2m². After putting three 5-gallon buckets of greens in one of our compost piles, the yield checked in at 18 pounds (8 kilograms)

I’ve more than once written about supply chain issues, providing unscientific anecdotal reports of what I’ve seen in my little neck of the woods. There’s a Dollar Tree a mile from where I live that’s slowly gotten emptier and emptier ever since the coronapocalypse started. Part of the problem is likely due to the fact that much of what they sell comes from China, but even items from the U.S. are thinly stocked, if at all. Gossner shelf-stable milk from Utah for instance hasn’t been on the shelves for months. In many parts of the store, shelves are bare and they’ve been reducing hours because of staffing shortages:

Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:

As the CME’s Volume Gets Pumped, the Bitcoin ETF’s Quirky Structure Could Explain Some of It

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Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

Top Florida Health Official Refused to Wear Mask

Florida’s top public health official was asked to leave a state Senator’s office this week after refusing to don a mask in her office.
Sen. Tina Polsky, who was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer in August, asked state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and his two legislative aides to leave her office after Ladapo refused to comply with her request to put on a mask.

Endemic Covid-19 Has Arrived in Portugal. This Is What It Looks Like.

Claims that a Harvard study showed COVID-19 vaccines are ineffective misrepresent the conclusions from the authors; fail to account for the study’s limitations

Austria Threatens Lockdown for Unvaccinated

Unvaccinated people in Austria could face new lockdown restrictions if coronavirus case numbers continue to rise, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said.
Schallenberg announced that if the number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care units reaches 500, or 25% of the country’s total ICU capacity, entry into businesses such as restaurants and hotels will be limited to those who are vaccinated or recovered from the virus.
If the number reaches 600, or one-third of total ICU capacity, the government plans to impose restrictions on unvaccinated people. In this case, they would only be allowed to leave their homes for specific reasons.

Politics:

Yuge Flop: Michael Flynn Headlines Sparsely Attended Pro-Trump, Anti-Vaxx Event

GOP Lawmaker Backs Fundraiser for Rioters

It Can Happen Here

“What we know historically is that a failed coup is a trial run for a successful coup. Usually when you fail in a coup, something happens to you — and Mr. Trump, nothing has happened to him.”

Willard Hotel Was Insurrection ‘Command Center’

How Facebook Fueled the Insurrection

French Politician Tied to Far-Right Abduction

A former politician who called for the overthrow of the French government has been charged with terrorism in connection with what authorities have said was an extreme-right plot to attack vaccination centers, a masonic lodge and other targets.

Serendipity:

Will Apple be the last US tech giant left in China?

Why Hollywood is Reluctant to Stop Using Real Guns as Props

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Oklahoma Issues First Gender Neutral Birth Certificate

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