We live in an age of miracles and folks might be oblivious to the fact with news of toxic train derailments, domestic terrorism, a war that hopefully won’t get bigger, and a pandemic eclipsing them. What about the return of unidentified aerial phenomena? Tripping on substances? Artificial intelligence? This stuff is ‘magic’ and it makes us all magicians. While we may be covered in dirt, it’s because we’re busy digging the foundation for a better tomorrow promising greater miracles as yet unimagined. Even if your nose is harder than your science, Ross Douthat has quite a refreshing take on the zeitgeist. One bit of bad news going unenumerated in the previous list of links is Havana Syndrome. Why? Havana Syndrome Unlikely To Have Hostile Cause according to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence which declassified more documents concerning Havana Syndrome emphasizing low confidence in the phenomenon being caused by adversarial actors. In tangential mainstream news about low confidence, Julian Barnes tries to fill his slow news day by repeating the Wall Street Journal‘s headline of Lab Leak Most Likely Caused Pandemic, Energy Dept. Says. Again it’s being said with low confidence. Get your vaccine, wear your mask, act like an adult because if you don’t we’re going to sic a demon on you. Or at least hope you suffer from sleep paralysis. Say what?! Sana Panjwani has a tale to tell as she reveals “I Wake Up Paralysed In A Living Nightmare. This Is What It’s Like To Have Sleep Paralysis. (CS)
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