I hope this isn’t a dumb question, but if the mortality rate of this flu is so aggressive, could it end up burning out before it spreads too widely?

This is the only good selfie I’ve taken in awhile.

This is tangentially related, but Bevins shared some info about DPRK’s initial political system after WWII that conflicted with what the Blowback guys reported. In The Jakarta Method, he mentioned that the Soviets had a heavy hand in influencing the political structure in the North, which also included violence and imprisonment. However, Noah and Brendan said that the Soviets were very hands off while the Koreans organized their political committees, and that stories of Soviet influence were very overblown. Is it possible to know on which side the truth lies?

Glad her surgery was successful! Hopefully she’ll be feeling better soon.

Ok I pull up