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"A new omicron coronavirus subvariant dubbed XBB.1.5 now accounts for an estimated 40.5 percent of all US COVID-19 cases amid a winter wave that is driving up hospitalizations, particularly in places where XBB.1.5 is most prevalent."

arstechnica.com/science/2023/0

Ars TechnicaNew omicron subvariant surges to 40.5% as COVID hospitalizations riseWith a new year, a new omicron subvariant is here to drive up cases, hospitalizations.

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cc: @Gargron

Took routine PCR COVID test yesterday. I'm positive, just found out. 1st time. Zero symptoms.

Also just learned, recent 3-day classmate house-guest has proudly had NO vaccinations. Has had COVID once before, he/whole family is sick now.

Now so angry I can't see! And infected.

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Two minutes later, a red cardinal flew down fr a tree, landed on a large flat rock and did the hokey pokey, hopping tentatively toward the middle of the rock.

That was when I noticed a single peanut in th shell sitting there. The cardinal grappled w how to lift the nut. After finally securing it, the bird flew off.

The man turned to me.

“The wife is much smarter,” he said in a serious tone. “I’ve known the family for years. I never have to wait when she’s around.”

nytimes.com/2022/12/18/nyregio

www.nytimes.com‘After We Finished Our Meal, Our Waitress Returned to the Table’The upside of eating at small restaurant, a Coney Island day and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.

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“Rock, rock, rock,” I heard a voice repeating. “Rock, rock, rock.”

I was walking up a trail into the Ramble in Central Park when I came upon the voice’s owner: a tall, slender man with a twist of silver hair over one eye.

I waited, not wanting to interrupt whatever it was that he was doing.

“Rock, rock, rock,” he said again in a monotone. “Rock, rock, rock.”

This is truly massive - encryption of Apple cloud data!

"Advanced Data Protection for iCloud will be available to U.S. users by the end of the year and will start rolling out to the rest of the world in early 2023.

Starting with iOS 16.2..."

support.apple.com/en-us/HT2023

Apple SupportiCloud data security overviewiCloud uses strong security methods, employs strict policies to protect your information, and leads the industry in using privacy-preserving security technologies like end-to-end encryption for your data.

"This is how the Japanese Men’s team left the dressing room after their win at the World Cup yesterday... In 2018 they did the same thing and left a thank you note for the hosts in 3 languages...

On top of this... photo's have emerged of large groups of Japanese fans staying behind after the game to clean all of the stands.
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Huge respect for the Japanese national team and their wonderful culture, values and people."
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