Engineer on @googlechrome. Involved in CSS and W3C standards. Previously @mozilla, @w3ctag. Mastodon: @dbaron@w3c.social
Rockville, Maryland, USA
Joined March 2008
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Good COVID-19 news: Monkeys given an old-fashioned, inactivated virus vaccine made by China's Sinovac fended off SARS-CoV-2. It also didn't cause harm. Researchers not connected to work have cautious optimism. Human trials underway.
sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/…
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A photo of an urban environment I like [30/N]:
6 Chome-2, Kita 8 Jonishi, Kita Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0808, Japan
日本〒060-0808 北海道札幌市北区北８条西６丁目2
October 2015
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
So Trump signed a proclamation which is much narrower than what he made it out to be in the tweet, but it will still affect many people. Quick thread to explain:
1. It DOES NOT cover people who are in the U.S and changing status to PR, or extending it
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
First known U.S. coronavirus death occurred on Feb. 6 in Santa Clara County -- three weeks earlier than the previous first report in WA sfchronicle.com/health/artic…
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Today had unusually few meetings -- given my meeting schedule there was no rush to get ready in the morning for my first meeting of the day... which is about to start now, at 10pm.
That's the @w3ctag life...
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
We haven’t yet used the full arsenal at our disposal to fight COVID-19 and stop its transmission, writes Jim Yong Kim.
And he should know—he’s a co-founder of @PIH.
I urge every policymaker to read his advice.
newyorker.com/science/medica…
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This seems pretty close to the "nobody goes there anymore because it's too crowded" argument (i.e., reporting on the data points that go against the trend), except that major cities aren't inherently crowded, they're just refusing to allow sufficient housing to be built.
America’s Biggest Cities Were Already Losing Their Allure. Then Came Coronavirus. What Happens Next? @smervosh nyti.ms/3ajz32C
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Exclusive: Contamination at CDC lab delayed rollout of coronavirus tests. This account confirms for the first time the contamination’s role in undermining the test and the CDC’s failure to meets its lab standards. @DWillmanNews washingtonpost.com/investiga…
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
.@Propublica talked to frontline experts from Italy, Spain, Germany, Singapore, Taiwan & South Korea + U.S. experts incl. @ASlavitt & @Farzad_MD about what it'll take to safely reopen the U.S.
Here's what we learned:
propublica.org/article/coron…
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
The U.S. cannot safely reopen until coronavirus testing is at least *tripled*, experts say. New from @haeyoun, @TroyEricG and me:
nytimes.com/interactive/2020…
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A photo of an urban environment I like [29/N]:
Shiba 5-Chome, Minato-ku, Tōkyō-to, 〒105-0014, Japan (border of 24-ban/26-ban)
日本〒105-0014 東京都港区芝5丁目 (24番/26番)
April 2018
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
So bashing WHO for uncritically sharing the skewed info it was getting from China in early January is basically...bashing WHO for complying with the legal guidance set out by the member states.
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A photo of an urban environment I like [28/N]:
rue Saint-André des Arts, 75006 Paris, France
November 2018
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
BOOM: After @MITEcon published a study by @jeffeconomist blaming the subway for coronavirus spread, we got @alon_levy to debunk it — which they do in EPIC takedown fashion. buff.ly/3biHXyC @Tri_State @TransitCenter @RegionalPlan
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Very pleased to report that our JAMA paper on public health interventions with the epidemiology of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan based on analysis of 32,000+ lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases in Wuhan till Mar 8 appeared on April 10. See below for a summary.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
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I most likely had this developed at Ferranti-Dege, which closed in 2006: thecrimson.com/article/2006/…
Back when I was 20, digital cameras did technically exist, but most people still used film cameras (which cost money per photo). Thus most of us had much fewer photos (of ourselves, and other things), and thus much fewer good photos. #MeAt20 #GrandCanyon
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
The outdated and dangerous 85th percentile rule is dead in Oregon - BikePortland.org bikeportland.org/2020/04/15/…
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Our new website: Model Laws for Deep Decarbonization in the U.S., with links to 1,500+ enacted & model laws & other resources for reducing GHG emissions. A resource for federal, state and local legislators to act on climate change. We're drafting more. bit.ly/3b9PTC3
20 law firms have signed up for pro bono drafting of model laws to implement the 1000+ recommendations for deep decarbonization in our book. bit.ly/2SPCINm We still need more to cover all 35 chapters. See "How Lawyers Can Help Save the Planet." bit.ly/2JxSs6U
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
I saw a draft State Department memo that warned pausing U.S. funding to the World Health Organization would bolster China, undermine important global work to stop the pandemic, and risk American lives propublica.org/article/trump…
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