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MV Hondius · Andes Orthohantavirus: Debrief

MV Hondius · Outbreak Monitor V5 Doppler Snippets  ·  The Heat Is On  ·  Outbreak Monitor MV Hondius · Andes Orthohantavirus Version 5. Status as of 25 June 2026. The 45-day monitoring window has closed. Thirteen cases, three deaths, one outstanding origin question. The ship is back in service. The answer is not yet in. Version 5.0  ·  MV Hondius Cluster  ·  ANDV · Andes Orthohantavirus  ·  Sources: WHO, ECDC, RIVM, CDC, virological.org, Pathoplexus, Nextstrain Current Status · 25 June 2026 Cases: 13 total  ·  12 confirmed, 1 probable Deaths: 3  ·  2 confirmed hantavirus, 1 probable  ·  CFR 23% Quarantine: Closed 18 June 2026 (RIVM)  ·  All contacts negative on exit testing Risk assessment: Very low (ECDC/WHO)  ·  Likelihood of further cases: very low Origin: Chile ruled out ...

Paying to Disappear the Wind 🌬️

Paying to Disappear the Wind The Heat Is On  ·  Filed Jointly Paying to Disappear the Wind A US federal judge told the administration it could not ban offshore wind. So the administration bought the wind out instead. The bill, so far, is $2.5 billion of public money, and the only thing built is a gas terminal in Texas. North American Desk  ×  Chinese Desk Start with the part that sounds invented. The United States government is spending $2.5 billion to make energy stop existing. Not to build a power station. To unbuild four of them, before a single turbine turned. Exhibit 01 · The Switch Here is how a policy arrives at that. In December a federal judge vacated the executive order that tried to halt offshore wind. The order was unlawful, the court found, arbitrary and capricious. The administration lost. It chose not to appeal. It changed the verb. It stopped b...

The Lobby has a Gender Problem

The Lobby Has a Gender Problem | Doppler Snippets Doppler Snippets  ·  Consumer Tech + Culture LOBBY STATUS: ACTIVE The Lobby Has a Gender Problem Forty percent of Asian gamers are women. You wouldn't know it from the voice chat. By Nasir Ali  ·  Sustainability Analyst, Cricket Coach, PUBG player  ·  Pune With input from players in India, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the UAE My cousin Idris is twelve years old and significantly better at PUBG than I am. Two years of this, and I have made my peace with it. Last year he told me, with the calm authority of someone who has actually read the patch notes, that female avatars have a smaller hitbox than male ones. Marginal but measurable. In a late-game firefight where every pixel counts, that margin is real. He switched avatars on the spot, for no reason beyond the numbers. His f...