NY’s Automatic Voter Registration Law Hailed As “Profound Reform” To Elections – Gothamist

Assemblymember Latrice Walker said AVR put the state on the right side of history, “by acknowledging years of voter suppression.”

Source: NY’s Automatic Voter Registration Law Hailed As “Profound Reform” To Elections – Gothamist

L.A. COVID-19 hospitalizations spike, bring grim projections – Los Angeles Times

In October, fewer than 150 patients infected with the coronavirus were being admitted daily into hospitals. By late November, that number had doubled to about 300 patients a day — as high as it’s ever been in the entire pandemic. And now it has more than doubled yet again, to roughly 700 new hospital patients daily, just a few days before Christmas. That rate is bringing crisis to L.A. County.

Source: L.A. COVID-19 hospitalizations spike, bring grim projections – Los Angeles Times

En route to another corona closure? Gov’t to convene on Wednesday – The Jerusalem Post

“We have missed the ‘tightened restrain’ train,” Edelstein said during a visit to a senior living center where vaccination was launched on Tuesday. “We wasted precious time and the infection rate leaves us no choice but to close.” According to the Health Ministry, there were 3,594 new cases on Monday – some 4.2% of people screened tested positive. When adjusted to remove those who were screened as part of general virus surveys, the percentage is around 5%.  Of all those who were infected, 472 were in serious condition and 119 were on ventilators. The death toll hit 3,111.

Source: En route to another corona closure? Gov’t to convene on Wednesday – The Jerusalem Post

Over and over again – https://youtu.be/kdboU4i7x7k

“Listen to a Random Forest”

Tree.fm lets you tune into the sounds of different forests from around the world, bringing a taste of forest bathing to those who are staying at home, people in cities, or anyone else who needs to hear remote wild places. The sounds are taken from this crowdsourced forest soundmap that I featured a few months ago. Feature request: a “take me to another random forest in 10 minutes” button.

Source: “Listen to a Random Forest”