2:00PM Water Cooler 4/15/2024 | naked capitalism

By Lambert Strether of Corrente.

Affected person readers, I’m ending up one other in my collection of posts on Covid and the economic system. I ought to have gotten an earlier begin. However I didn’t. Discuss amongst yourselves! –lambert P.S. I shall be posting on Alvin Bragg’s case in opposition to Trump tomorrow, so if any of you’ve gotten any tidbits on his court docket look at the moment, please share in feedback.

Chicken Music of the Day

Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Superior Nationwide Forest; Low Lake, Minnesota, United States.

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Contact info for vegetation: Readers, be at liberty to contact me at lambert [UNDERSCORE] strether [DOT] corrente [AT] yahoo [DOT] com, to (a) learn how to ship me a test in case you are allergic to PayPal and (b) to learn how to ship me photographs of vegetation. Greens are wonderful! Fungi, lichen, and coral are deemed to be honorary vegetation! In order for you your deal with to look as a credit score, please place it at the beginning of your mail in parentheses: (thus). In any other case, I’ll anonymize by utilizing your initials. See the earlier Water Cooler (with plant) right here. From AM:

AM writes: “Edgewood RI – 6:03 pm within the yard. Not a breath of wind, plenty of chook exercise.”

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