Back of the Book

• Covid~19 cases in the whole world - 169,147,111 on Friday.
• Covid~19 deaths in the whole world - 3,515,183 on Friday.
• Covid~19 cases in the United States of America - 33,234,714 on Friday.
• Covid~19 deaths in the United States of America - 593,845 on Friday.
• Covid~19 deaths in the United States of America since our last program - 4,749.
• Covid~19 cases in India - 27,555,457 cases.
• Covid~19 deaths in India - 318,895.
• Covid~19 deaths in India since our last program - 27,564
• The universe - Biggest, most detailed map of the universe receals large scale structures.
• Ranked~Choice voting - Is this going to be something that will have an effect opposite to what its supporters are claiming?
• The Manhattan District Attorney - has impaneled a grand jury to weigh evidence in a criminal probe into former President Donald Trump and his businesses.
• Big Brother - Microsoft president says that with AI enhanced surveillance "1984" could come to pass in 2024.

We talked about a couple of astrophysicists who've created te largest map of the cosmos ever made, and there are some discoveries coming from that effort.

We talked about the World Meteorological Organization saying that there is a 40% chance that by 2025, one year on Earth will be 1.5° C., about 2.7° F., hotter than the pre~industrial level, and we are on track to reach a permanent 3° C., 5.4° F.

Microsoft president Brad Smith told the BBC that he sees danger in AI enhanced surveillance that could bring George Orwell's predictions for 1984, actually happen in 2024. We gave some recent examples that seem to fit that prediction.

We talked about Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. impaneling a grand jury to weigh evidence in a criminal probe into former President Donald Trump and his businesses. We're hoping that Trump goes to prison, but those books are probably pretty well cooked.

We talked about ranked~choice voting and how it will work out in the primary elections.

There is a Web page for this program

• Guests? Guests? We don't got no guests. We don't need no stinkin' guests! -

• Barracuda - Heart
• Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty

• I have a Web site.

• R. Paul is on Twitter.

• WBAI LSB Treasurer's Reports are here.

• If you want to do something to protect your privacy while using regular browsers, like Firefox, you can check out NOSCRIPT which gives you more control over what Web sites can learn about you.

• Search engines help us to find things on the World Wide Web. Most search engines exist not to help you find things but to allow the companies that provide the search service to data mine your searches and then sell your search history to clients so they can spam you. An alternative to getting your privacy compromised is to use the DuckDuckGo search engine.

• If you'd like to keep your browsing history private you can get yourself the Tor Browser. Using the DuckDuckGo search engine is automatic with the Tor Browser, and by accessing the DuckDuckGo search engine from the Tor Browser you are pretty much guaranteed that no one can trace searches back to you.

• Gnu Privacy Guard can help you to encrypt your data and preserve your privacy.

• For those who need some help getting started with Gnu Privacy Guard there is Gentle GPG which does a lot of the work for you.

• For the somewhat more advanced user who wants to protect his or her privacy there is the Tails OS. Tails is a live operating system that you can start on almost any computer from a USB flash drive or a DVD. It allows you to use any computer that will allow you to boot up off a USB flash drive or a DVD and it provides a lot of good security for your on-line activities. You can get the Tails OS here.