I grew up in New York from 1953-1964. Before there was UHF, we had three independent stations (channels 5,9 and 11). We had seven stations (including public television and the networks) I remember Sonny Fox very well. Of the other hosts mentioned, the one I recall the best is Sandy Becker.
How to measure snow in Baltimore
My mother-in-law has curated a very Baltimore way of measuring snowfall. pic.twitter.com/JSxbHXwG4q
— Paul Gessler (@PaulGessler) January 31, 2021
This site has great Baltimore rat merchandise
COVID-19 statistics 1/31/21
Tracking the pandemic in the U.S. Here are the latest figures on COVID-19 cases, deaths and vaccinations across the country. https://t.co/SctFD5zT4s
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 31, 2021
NYT: “N.Y. Severely Undercounted Virus Deaths in Nursing Homes, Report Says; The state attorney general, Letitia James, said the Cuomo administration likely omitted thousands of Covid-19 deaths of nursing home residents.” https://t.co/RjMnQuaHgW
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 28, 2021
Two things happening with COVID data
— Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH (@ashishkjha) January 27, 2021
1. Infections falling across U.S., down about 33% from two wks ago
2. Deaths are climbing — because they lag infections. Will likely peak in 7-8 days
Nonetheless, things are improving and race now is between vaccinations and variants https://t.co/nc393UDMjg
"Tens of thousands of Covid-19 deaths are going unreported in the U.S., with far more missed in counties that strongly supported former President Trump… The figures suggest that political leanings have helped suppress the true scale of deaths." https://t.co/CVdwUaxXSI
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 25, 2021
New cases and hospitalizations are starting to fall pretty quickly in the US. Seems to be a lot of fatalism that new strains will cause a 4th (?) wave. Not necessarily true if we can vaccinate people fast enough and keep other sensible measures in place.https://t.co/dHB4t8PvUm pic.twitter.com/kCohlGMI7G
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) January 25, 2021
Ramping up vaccinations is definitely working. https://t.co/LNsniQDoUp
— Drew Savicki 🦖🦕🦖 (@SenhorRaposa) January 25, 2021
Our daily update is published. States reported 1.7M tests, 118k cases, 95,013 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19, and 2,055 deaths. pic.twitter.com/xnetqNQc72
— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) February 1, 2021
According to Johns Hopkins data, South Dakota is the state with the second-highest number of cases per capita – roughly four times Maine’s number, six times Vermont’s – and the sixth-highest number of deaths per capita. https://t.co/ibrn76loUv https://t.co/XXCQlK5C0o
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 3, 2021
Coronavirus outbreaks 1/31/21
An outbreak of COVID-19 has rippled across the campus of Roman Catholic nuns in southeast Michigan, causing the deaths of nine retired nuns. https://t.co/FKrm7VucpH
— The Detroit News (@detroitnews) January 28, 2021
15 people catch COVID-19 after reportedly attending cat's birthday party https://t.co/VfzqQklUIm pic.twitter.com/zyHyFxEOvU
— New York Post (@nypost) January 22, 2021
Republicans in the Minnesota State Senate gathered for a gala party two days after Election Day. At least four senators in attendance tested positive for the coronavirus in the days that followed. One of them, Senator Jerry Relph, died in December. https://t.co/EvzartlJEW
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 18, 2021
15 Kaiser San Jose patients test positive for coronavirus after Christmas Day outbreak
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) January 14, 2021
The news comes after an outbreak on Christmas Day, when an asymptomatic employee came to work in an inflatable holiday tree costume.https://t.co/hpbg5EHiJw pic.twitter.com/fNLy3YMjsg
An air-powered, inflatable Christmas tree costume worn by a staffer at a California hospital could be linked to an outbreak that infected more than 40 people, killing one, hospital officials say. https://t.co/kgB1Dc5E0J
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) January 4, 2021
44 people who attend Christmas church gathering test positive for COVID-19https://t.co/KXg28Dubtw
— The Great War & Modern Memory (@ps9714) January 1, 2021
145 Costco employees at a store in Washington state have tested positive for Covid-19 https://t.co/vuqA8fuaHi pic.twitter.com/3xIN2MR2UQ
— CNN (@CNN) December 31, 2020
This should be a bigger story—a veterans home visited two weeks ago by COVID positive Missouri Governor is now dealing with a major COVID outbreak. The Mount Vernon Veterans Home has had 31 residents test positive. #LincolnVeteran https://t.co/iuKtnZoetn
— Jess Piper (@EnglishTeach07) October 1, 2020
Anti-vaxxers shut down vaccine site in LA
Sounds like cancel culture to me. If they don’t want a vaccine, they shouldn’t prevent others from getting one.
Anti-vaccine protest at Dodger Stadium was organized on Facebook, including promotion of banned "Plandemic" video https://t.co/e44mh6ZzLD
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 2, 2021
Anti-vaccine protesters temporarily shut down major coronavirus vaccine site at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles https://t.co/rkHjPk6xCC
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 31, 2021
Anti-vaxxers and right-wingers shut down Dodgers Stadium vaccine site https://t.co/HzqpebzIJf
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) January 31, 2021
30 anti-vaccine protestors have shut down the largest vaccination site in the US. https://t.co/7nLqXJCx8e
— Chad Loder (@chadloder) January 30, 2021
Dodger Stadium's #COVID19 vaccination site shut down after far-right, antivaxx protesters gather at entrance https://t.co/upSd3KKsy6
— Crawford Kilian (@Crof) January 30, 2021
Trump focused on antifa instead of right-wing extremists
This assessment is spot on based on recent years where I’ve encountered researchers being told to find Antifa and met law enforcement making warnings/fears about Antifa without being able to name a single member or incident of Antifa in their jurisdiction https://t.co/dUTGqheUpp
— Clint Watts (@selectedwisdom) January 31, 2021
Vaccine news 1/31/21
SCOOP: Trump officials spent the fall actively lobbying Congress not to give states the money health officials insisted they need to vaccine some 300 million Americans. At that time the Trump admin had only provided states $200 million. (Thread) https://t.co/u3ZiUuoqfE
— Nicholas Florko (@NicholasFlorko) January 31, 2021
A single dose that doesn’t need intense refrigeration is something to celebrate. https://t.co/yWIi8zLj3K
— Slate (@Slate) January 31, 2021
NEW: A racial gap has opened up in the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination drive, with Black Americans in many places lagging behind white people in receiving shots, an @AP analysis found. It’s a troubling trend given COVID-19’s impact on Black Americans. https://t.co/Per7bNx7EB
— Kat Stafford (@kat__stafford) January 30, 2021
Pain relief medications like Tylenol and Advil are 'perfectly fine' – but only after COVID-19 vaccine, experts say https://t.co/HbGSBrDv6b pic.twitter.com/vuDHpUklfG
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) January 30, 2021
Beggars can't be choosers.
— Annie Karni (@anniekarni) January 29, 2021
//Which Covid Vaccine Should You Get? Experts Cite the Effect Against Severe Disease https://t.co/gPy7E0Iszb
Here's a video @mhc205 made of me explaining how leading COVID-19 vaccines work. https://t.co/WkCzeFNtRt
— Jon Cohen (@sciencecohen) January 29, 2021
How can vaccine resistance be overcome with design? Why do some locations offer psychological advantages?
— Bloomberg CityLab (@CityLab) January 29, 2021
We explore the architecture of mass vaccination: https://t.co/52vnchtVCR
Moderna says laboratory tests have shown its COVID-19 vaccine could protect against the U.K. strain but that it is less effective — while still meeting efficacy benchmarks — against the strain identified in South Africa. https://t.co/HeRTPOhFnC pic.twitter.com/8Z41HulpzS
— WebMD (@WebMD) January 28, 2021
How ethical has the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine been? WebMD Chief Medical Officer @drjohnwhyte speaks with @ArthurCaplan, Professor of Bioethics at @nyulangone. https://t.co/xMFKt8KgnB
— WebMD (@WebMD) January 28, 2021
How to prepare for the COVID-19 vaccine
The coronavirus is mutating, writes John M. Barry. Will our vaccines keep up? https://t.co/ebVERPf1OH
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) January 28, 2021
Some LA city firefighters are still opting out of the COVID-19 vaccine despite being among the first in line. An LAFD fundraising org is trying incentives like a raffle and gifts, including bikes, gift cards and home security cameras https://t.co/pUgV4KYP7R
— LAist (@LAist) January 27, 2021
Health officials are racing to keep up with a pair of mutated Covid strains — further complicating a pandemic response already likely to consume most of Biden’s first year https://t.co/P4yzH7TCLP
— POLITICO (@politico) January 26, 2021
Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine works against the new mutant strains. Is that enough?https://t.co/GmeRKDAXIN
— TIME (@TIME) February 1, 2021
More on the Capitol insurrection mob
They all belong in jail.
Joshua and Jerod Hughes are accused of confronting Capitol Police cop Eugene Goodman, who heroically diverted the mob away from the Senate chambers. https://t.co/FirAG1ZOP1
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) February 1, 2021
Three members of the Oath Keepers, a far-right paramilitary group, have been charged with conspiring to breach the U.S. Capitol, but they didn’t act alone. They were accompanied by 10 other Oath Keepers during the Jan. 6 insurrection. https://t.co/uRzAYuxSrA
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 30, 2021
Before Jan. 6, Jordan Revlett’s claim to fame was as the fourth-place winner of the 2019 “She Thinks Her Farmer’s Sexy” contest, sponsored by Owensboro, Kentucky, insurance agency Ohio Valley Insurance. But now he'll be known for something else entirely. https://t.co/ZNOYXhp1zA
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) January 26, 2021
Texas real estate agent Jenna Ryan flew on a private jet to Washington, D.C. She told a realty blog that she works 15 hours a week and makes “a ton of money and sells a ton of homes." Now she would like you to fund her defense for her riot-related arrest. https://t.co/iiEcBLOwyu
— Meryl Kornfield (@MerylKornfield) January 22, 2021
NJ gym owner Scott Fairlamb, who protested Gov. Murphy's coronavirus restrictions, is now charged with beating a Capitol police officer during the Jan. 6 riot. pic.twitter.com/mgLeQ6tH1N
— Aaron Katersky (@AaronKatersky) January 22, 2021
NEW: Garret Miller of Dallas Co arrested for US Capitol riot
— William Joy (@WilliamJoy) January 22, 2021
FBI says he posted a selfie on FB, commented “just wanted to incriminate myself a little lol”
When someone tweeted those inside were infiltrators, Miller replied “Nah we stormed it” and “Assassinate @AOC”
(@wfaa) pic.twitter.com/4Wlvlafi6Q
NEW: The Texas lawyer fired for his role in the Capitol riot has filed an extensive lawsuit asking a federal judge to install Trump as president, dissolve Congress, and enjoin the FBI not to arrest him please. Me @Salon https://t.co/DLsR8ZMyVS
— Roger Sollenberger (@SollenbergerRC) January 22, 2021
JUST IN: A man who repeatedly bludgeoned a police officer at the Capitol with a hockey stick — captured in a now-famous video of the insurrection — was arrested in Michigan today. https://t.co/Y44L5q0Dzl pic.twitter.com/YwpFaraMym
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) January 21, 2021
Houston cop arrested for storming the US Capitol insists he just wanted to view 'art on the walls' https://t.co/9E1vncMTla
— deray (@deray) January 21, 2021
Proud Boys member in latest wave of arrests over U.S. Capitol riots https://t.co/FTrrSpA2ls pic.twitter.com/XNIlLQ74J3
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 20, 2021
NEW: Proud Boys organizer Joseph Biggs arrested in Florida in connection to the riot at the US Capitol earlier this month, adding to the growing list of federal cases against those who took part in the mob. https://t.co/f1tRlKPLRC
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 20, 2021
The Capitol rioter who smoked pot in a senator's office has been arrested — > from @WilliamTurton & @KartikayM for @business https://t.co/djluUryRne via @bpolitics
— Mike Shepard (@MikeShepard4) January 18, 2021
Another direct connection to @RepBoebert https://t.co/lkQWeYFKJC
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) January 18, 2021
Another wild insurrection affidavit, this one about a University of Kentucky student. (The FBI was helped by an article in a student newspaper, the @KyKernel.) https://t.co/ttTEgnFC5a pic.twitter.com/jZCUXJVxaN
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 18, 2021
Biden judges are coming
The White House is quietly working with Senate Democrats to ensure Biden has a steady stream of nominees for the federal courts, according to people familiar with the matter.https://t.co/9N9aDVuG0h
— Axios (@axios) March 4, 2021
After Trump, Democrats set out on a mission to 'repair the courts' https://t.co/SyBbEk0ZnN
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 30, 2021
"Democrats now have a choice of whether to bypass the Blue Slip tradition or to continue allowing Republicans to play by different rules." @cdkang76 Biden can advance racial justice, but only if Democratic senators ditch an old tradition https://t.co/DKTO7QtmkM via @usatoday
— JodyRabhan (@JRabhan) February 8, 2021
Tobias speculated a # of judges couldn't fathom letting Trump pick their replacements, so they hung on for Biden.
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) January 27, 2021
"Trump was so nasty to federal judges and so counter to the rule of law that he repelled many federal judges."
President Biden plans to move on judicial nominations, acting more swiftly than Obama and attempting to undo some of what Trump did.
— Matt Viser (@mviser) February 3, 2021
And he’s going to have a lot of potential vacancies. An in-depth look with @amarimow — and @AdrianBlancoR @PostGraphics: https://t.co/eaT1DbbEa3 pic.twitter.com/N4L7Kvnvx1
Many right-wing supporters treat Rittenhouse like a hero
He should be treated like a criminal.
“That donation also carried a comment, reading: ‘God bless. Thank you for your courage. Keep your head up. You’ve done nothing wrong.’” https://t.co/swdOJ8Yitw
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) April 16, 2021
Holy hell. https://t.co/jarXPHwXT6
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) January 31, 2021
Kyle Rittenhouse flashed hate symbols, posed with Proud Boys in a Wisconsin bar, prosecutors say https://t.co/c9rNHyQQXk
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 14, 2021
"The defendant then remained with these 'Proud Boys' for the entire time he was in the bar," the motion states.”
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) January 14, 2021
Kyle Rittenhouse. White trash… https://t.co/HGjxWaozJL
Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse’s new merchandise site signals "new era" of criminal defense https://t.co/ld36VsZZbx
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 23, 2020
.@mehdirhasan: If Kyle Rittenhouse was named, say, Khalid Rehman, we know things would look very different.https://t.co/39Gvt8daKn
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) November 25, 2020
You know, if I'd killed a few people – even if I thought it was in self-defense – it would haunt me for the rest of my life. I'm not sure I'd be smiling like I'm at Disney World after a washed up actor and the My Pillow guy bailed me out. https://t.co/QVFxXHf3Aw
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) November 24, 2020
The same day a Black mother struggled to raise money to cover her son’s funeral costs, Kyle Rittenhouse finished amassing $2 million in donations. https://t.co/93ERzhJb9g
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) November 24, 2020
In case you were wondering how Kyle Rittenhouse’s family paid for his $2 million bond after he fatally shot two people protesting police killings in Kenosha. https://t.co/1HA9D4wnvQ
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) November 21, 2020
Sad! 