March 19, 2022

NPR's Tim Mak's daily Cats and Dogs of war.

https://twitter.com/timkmak/status/1505183554984038401

March 19, 2022

Optimistic analysis of the war in Ukraine!

This fellow's analyses are highly regarded by military mavens. This one is being retweeted a lot this morning:

https://twitter.com/JominiW/status/1505043913652027393

Long thread.

Combine that with Prof O'Brien's view that Russian losses are being substantially underestimated:

https://twitter.com/PhillipsPOBrien/status/1505076723330826242

Medium thread

Plus this report on Belarus hospitals and morgues:

https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-morgues-russian-soldiers/31760144.html

March 19, 2022

BA.2 Covid in Connecticut

Dr. Grubaugh does the Covid testing for the Yale New Haven system which stretches from Greenwich to New London. BA.2 now constitutes half the new cases but the number of cases in CT have not really increased for a while now.

https://twitter.com/NathanGrubaugh/status/1504530222233919489

Shortish thread.

March 19, 2022

Picked up The Trials of Harry Truman by Jeffrey Frank

Looking forward to reading it. My great interest has always been FDR but I think I need to know more about HST.
I'm particularly interested in his attempt to pass universal healthcare.

March 18, 2022

Some improvements in the situation in Kyiv.

https://twitter.com/olex_scherba/status/1504893465112502282

The time to go on the offensive is obviously when the Russians have lost the initiative and are having problems with resupply. So this is a good sign.

And some good news in the south:

https://twitter.com/MargaretAtwood/status/1504871594388295711

And a sign the Russians are switching to the defensive around Kyiv:

https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1504921997561761795

March 18, 2022

Russia's Daily War Crime

https://twitter.com/johnsweeneyroar/status/1504816133404299271

March 17, 2022

The Wild Swans at Coole - William Butler Yeats

March 17, 2022

The Fields of Athenry - The Dubliners

March 17, 2022

The Wild Colonial Boy from The Quiet Man.