A conversation with an American oncologist. Amazingly parroting the Trump line. It will be over soon. Priority is to get back to work. 60,000 deaths, not a problem, people die all the time. He shows absolute contempt of politicians, but seems to have completely swallowed the Republican dogma about the Corvid crisis. He feels himself to be immune from influence because he is presumably a medical expert. We start by sharing our means of coping with the strange new reality. To me, his strategy seems to be getting lost in Trump's happy land. [06:58:54]: the trick is to set boundaries and deal with real personal issues [06:59:06] Me: the outside world is a story you are free to ignore [06:59:17] Bill Lovejoy: For me, RL is challenging and you never know what is around the next corner [06:59:19] Me: I have my house, my dog, all day to cook ... [07:01:10] Bill Lovejoy: Life hasn't changed much for me, except that I watch my daughter more than usual. I still go to work e

Li Wenliang (Chinese: 李文亮; pinyin: Lǐ Wénliàng; 12 October 1986 – 7 February 2020) was a Chinese ophthalmologist who worked as a physician at Wuhan Central Hospital. Li warned his colleagues in December 2019 about a possible outbreak of an illness that resembled severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), later acknowledged as COVID-19. He became a whistleblower when his warnings were later shared publicly. On 3 January 2020, Wuhan police summoned and admonished him for "making false comments on the Internet". Li returned to work and later contracted the virus from an infected patient (who had been originally treated for glaucoma). He died from the disease on 7 February 2020, at age 33. A subsequent Chinese official inquiry exonerated him and the Communist Party of China formally offered a "solemn apology" to his family and revoked its admonishment of him. According to a formerly relevant calendar, Li died on February 7, 2020. The previous calendar dated from th

Amanda Taco AmandaTaco: you find the life you want if you keep trying [09:00:17] Adam: but as to "trying to find" I think you need to get yourself organized to find your car keys [09:00:23] Adam: and work up to the goal of life --------------------- There is an " essential " analogy between the mind and what your mind makes of its surroundings. Sometimes it's best to understand the hopeless mess in your head by looking around the hopeless mess of your house.  If your home is a jumble of randomly-stored crap you can't bring yourself to throw away, perhaps your mind is no different. You can sort things out in either world by simply going through the mess and putting things where they belong. It can be exhausting in real life, but hey we have a lot of time these days! Do you have junk that has not seen the light of day in 30 years? Is somebody else in charge of organizing your home so you can never find a damn thing? Think about it.