In most places, health officials haven't called for any new COVID restrictions. So how big is the surge, really? And is there anything you should be doing about it? npr.org/sections/healt…

gratitude for who i am, for who i was, and for who i am becoming.

The BA.5 story by Eric Topol. This variant is the most contagious, immune evasive, and potentially deadly and debilitating we’ve seen to date. It is now the dominant variant. And the symptoms are those of viral meningitis. Not a cold, not the flu. 💀 erictopol.substack.com/p/the-ba5-story

BA.5 Will Cause 'Even Greater Surge,' Warns UCSF's Wachter of Highly Infectious COVID Subvariant kqed.org/news/11918781/…

🥲 this.

I’ll never get over how smells and sounds can instantly transport you across space, time and dimensions.

I have to keep reminding people that some San Francisco locals use “Frisco” but I’ve never heard a local use “San Fran.” Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

re-visit. reset. renew. re-evaluate. reset. reflect. reassess. redefine. realign. re-do. re-write. re-learn. reveal. rediscover. remember.

“Thank god the pandemic is over” The pandemic:

I know everyone remembered the 21st night of September yesterday, but did they remember the 22nd of loneliness today? #wevebeenthroughsomanythings

For #DiaDeLosMuertos, Rocky Rivera writes about her mother, her family's original foodie, who taught her to love catfish adobo, fresh sugarcane and Filipino-style spaghetti — and who made her proud to be a first-generation immigrant daughter. kqed.org/arts/13921079/…

this is why the world cup is better in spanish fox sports vs telemundo

Don’t embarrass yourself in front of your friends by saying that burrito you had last night “slapped.” Let Pendarvis H. teach you how to not sound hella goofy when using Bay Area lingo on this episode of #Rightnowish bit.ly/RightnowishEP1…

-in through the nose -out through the mouth

Artist explains the Ticketmaster monopoly

the cost of financial & physical health w/ 2 incurable diseases; lupus & endometriosis is daunting & stressful. Please help share this & lend a hand in my best friend's road to a new normal. thank you. gofund.me/728aaee8 Lupus Foundation of America #lupus #endometriosis

Dele Alli says it all to Gary Neville. ❤️ “That was heartbreaking”.