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Examples of coronavirus outbreaks

My experience with online grocery shopping

I never shopped for groceries online until the pandemic. I don’t drive so I usually bartered a dinner out with a friend in return for a trip for grocery shopping.

Since the pandemic, I have been getting groceries delivered from Safeway and am overall satisfied with the process. I’ll keep doing it after the pandemic is over

It’s not quite the same as ordering from restaurants with the delivery services.  When you order, you select a time in the future – there’s no ASAP.  This is different than the restaurants: Some items that appear to be in stock will not be available by the time your order is delivered and you won’t be charged for them.  I would say I get about 3/4 of the stuff I order.  You get a receipt several hours before your order is delivered.  You can let them substitute if items are out.  That has worked out fine but I still don’t get everything.  One time, I ordered jalapeno cheese bagels and they were going to substitute cinnamon raisin bagels.  I got jalapeno cheese bagels in a bag labeled cinnamon raisin – see the pictures.

Another example. I have ordered a 2-pound bag of plums three times. Twice I got one plum and one time I got about half a dozen. You would think they know I would like more than one. The plum I got yesterday was loose in the grocery bag and had the price sticker on it – see the picture.

The delivery fee can be paid annually or by the order.  I would say if you get groceries once a month, the annual plan is worth it.  The fees per order depend on the length of time for the delivery window you select – one, two or four hours.  You will be notified when your order is being delivered similar to the restaurant services.  The food comes in regular grocery bags and they do keep the refrigerated stuff together and the frozen stuff together

Here’s an article on online grocery shopping.

How a permanent shift toward online grocery shopping means less innovation, fewer new brands – The Washington Post

Relish finally wins a Hot Dog Race at the Orioles game

Relish had lost all of his races against Mustard and Ketchup this year. The races are animated videos shown on the scoreboard.

Before the big win:

Great Twitter thread on how to commercialize Juneteenth

Some great bitter humor here. Make sure to scroll through the replies.

What’s going to happen when Juneteenth and Father’s Day both fall on June 19th?

Covers: Hot Fun in the Summertime

“Hot Fun in the Summertime” (1969) is one of the many great songs by Sly and the Family Stone. I saw them twice in concert and they were incredible. There aren’t a lot of covers because nobody could match the original version.

The vaccine divide – stats and risks for unvaccinated people

Undervaccinated red states are nowhere near herd immunity as dangerous Delta variant spreads

Tweets on discrimination against Black farmers

https://twitter.com/ZerlinaMaxwell/status/1403405679185076228?s=20

Black farmers were systematically targeted by the U.S. government through racist USDA practices, denial of federal aid, and violence. The result: a 90% loss of Black-owned farmland from the early 1900s to the late 1990s.www.naacpldf.org/case-issue/b…

— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) 2025-10-26T21:41:09.336Z

Black Farmers Index – an organization dedicated to bringing business and visibility to Black farmers

Baltimore City Hall

Baltimore City Hall was completed in 1875.

These are picture I took in the 1970s after City Hall had been remodeled.

Baltimore City Hall, Holliday Street, Baltimore, Baltimore (Independent City), MD (loc.gov)

The cover of a booklet that was published when City Hall was remodeled in 1976.

Don’t dismiss Trump and his cult members as “crazy” or “insane”

This is not mental illness. This is evil. This is bad people or normal people doing bad things. Do you think that the 70% of Republicans who think Biden was not elected fairly are mentally ill? This is millions of people. I think most of them are regular people who have chosen to believe and do bad things. Don’t use mental illness as an excuse. These are sane people who know what they’re doing. Just because it’s terrible and we haven’t seen anything like it here doesn’t mean they are insane.

I frequently object to the mental illness explanations on Twitter: