Many of us don’t want to hear about another thing to do while we all have to #stayathome. Enough already. Let us out. We want to see children, friends, the theater, museums, sporting events, concerts, and go shopping in a mall.

Unfortunately that is going to take a while. Eliot and I do so much online that we are busy day and night. We will probably continue some of the virtual events after the pandemic because many have been entertaining, educational and convenient.

That’s why the new offering from Amazon caught my attention. I’m not crazy about Amazon dominating my life, but that’s the world we live in.

Amazon is now offering virtual classes, sightseeing tours, and shopping experiences on a new platform called Amazon Explore.l

A press release announcing The Explore platform says it currently allows customers to participate in sessions on an invite-only basis. I think that means you apply, and then you get accepted.

I am definitely going to sign up for a few sessions to explore “lessons to landmarks” with the help of instructors and tour guides. They even have personal shoppers.

If this turns out to be a marketing ploy to get us to buy merchandise we can turn it off immediately. Hosts determine the price of the course. The good news is that you can talk to them directly. I don’t think this is a zoom session. The

host is the only person on camera and you chat via the microphone on your laptop, or desktop computer. I guess PJ’s are allowed.

I also understand that instructors are from all over the world and have diverse backgrounds in order to share first hand experiences.

I’m going to try Amazon Explore, but if you beat me to it, let me know what you think so I can tell the others. Go to Amazon and type in “Amazon Explore.” Enjoy!

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Thank You Leslie Mark Alter For The Art Work

I have a business friend who told me years ago that he was working on a new invention that would replace the way autopsies are performed today. I thought he was kidding because he said, “No more slicing and dicing. Computers will be giving dignity back to the dead.” I liked the idea of that but I really couldn’t comprehend the new autopsy process he was describing. It was called “augmented reality.”

I thought about that conversation many times over the years. Every time I watched an episode of “Law and Order” I think of my old friend Charlie and wonder what ever happened to his invention.

Today I got a clue. The WSJ ran a story about the future of autopsies. They were going virtual. I don’t know if my friend is involved but I will try to call him this week if he still has the same number. I learned that digital re­con­struc­tions and ma­chine-learn­ing al­go­rithms are being used to di­ag­nose the cause of deaths.

Read about it here. If you can’t open this link, let me know and I will copy the story for you.

Augmented Reality Offers a Promise of Incision-Free Autopsies

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Why Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos won’t endorse Trump and Biden – Vox

This reminds me of some so called friends who often say to me “I support your efforts Lois but I can’t say it out loud because I might lose patients, business, customers, readers, fans, blah blah.

https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/9/30/21492411/tech-billionaires-endorsements-trump-biden

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Pier 26 Officially Opens to the Public in Tribeca – New York YIMBY

Pier 26 Officially Opens to the Public in Tribeca

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https://youtu.be/gtvCnZqZnxc

I suggest shutting the shades on your windows, even on high floors, because the world’s first jet suit-wearing paramedic could be flying by.

England is experimenting with putting first responders in a 1050 brake horsepower jet suit for speedy rescues. Watch the video, it is amazing.

Richard Browning, founder of Gravity Industries, makers of the jet suit, demonstrated how humans will finally be able to fly. The video shows how you can fly from a valley to a very high elevation like the UNESCO-protected heritage site. The Lake District is known for some of England’s highest peaks.

Browning believes that his new invention will help save lives all over the world. “First responders will be able to reach some patients much quicker than ever before.”

The jet suit was built by using 3D printed parts, specialist electronics and five jet engines. Anyone interested in taking a ride can soar at speeds of 32 miles per hour and ascend to altitudes of 12,000 feet.”

Read more about it here:

https://www.mercurynews.com/video-mountain-rescue-fire-up-the-jet-suit

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My Friend Ray Shared This Letter He Sent To Joe Biden

He also sent the message below to 30 politically connected people including an Obama ambassador and fundraiser, Henry Louis Gates, Jr, Deval Patrick & his campaign managers, Madeleine Albright’s brother, people from The New Yorker & the NYT, Michael Dukakis, and others.

Good afternoon,

I have two degrees from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Donald Trump was a year behind me at Penn. Trump parachuted into Penn from Fordham for his junior and senior years. Beginning in 2016, I joined a group of Penn classmates to investigate whether Trump’s father bribed his way into Penn and paid for others to write his papers and take his tests.

Since Trump, the fake stable genius, is attacking Joe Biden’s education credentials, my classmates and I would like to send the retort below to the Biden Campaign Team for use when under fire

If there are any more “debates,” Trump will continue to denigrate Biden’s education — implying that Trump is better educated and smarter (because of Wharton)

Joe should have a packaged retort:

I have heard from your Penn classmates that your daddy bribed your way into Penn as a junior when you were about to flunk out of FordhamYour classmates have no memory of you being on the Penn campus and because of your 6th grade vocabulary, lack of grammar, and lack of intellectual curiosity, they assume that you didn’t attend class and paid someone to write your papers and take your tests.

By pathetically trying to denigrate my college experience because I couldn’t afford an Ivy League education, you are also denigrating all of the brilliant talented people who have attended state universities and community colleges because those are the best schools their hardworking families could afford.At least they weren’t gullible enough to attend Trump University

Thank you,

Ray

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This is a sermon on racism. It comes from a Rabbi at Temple Emanu-El in New York. Open your eyes before you vote. Understand what is happening to our country. It’s up to you to save America for your children and grandchildren.

https://youtu.be/xem3BGlhtbs

Kol Nidre, Temple Emanu-El, Miami Beach, Fl September 2020

https://youtu.be/WB5af7cqMEU

Lorne Michaels Isn’t Sure ‘S.N.L.’ Can Pull This Off

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/24/arts/television/lorne-michaels-saturday-night-live-chris-rock.html?referringSource=articleShare

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The Gilgo Beach Murders Were a Cold Case. Then a New Police Chief Arrived.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/25/nyregion/long-island-serial-killer-gilgo-beach.html?referringSource=articleShare

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Business owners request Open Restaurant plan for retail
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https://therealdeal.com/2020/09/25/business-owners-request-open-restaurant-plan-for-retail/

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Feinstein’s husband, Richard Blum, the UC regent who backed less qualified student

https://www.mercurynews.com/uc-regent-who-helped-unqualified-student-get-into-cal-identified-as-richard-blum-husband-of-sen-dianne-feinstein
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Conspiracy and Misinformation: How to Talk to Your Family and Friends | Digital Trends

https://www.digitaltrends.com/news/how-to-talk-to-friends-family-about-misinformation-conspiracy-theories/

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How Nordstrom, Kith, Saks, and Other Retailers Are Using Stores and Websites to Help To Vote—Vogue

https://www.vogue.com/article/where-to-register-to-vote-new-york-retailers-designers

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Adequate Vitamin D Levels Cuts Risk Of Dying From Covid-19 In Half, Study Finds

Are you getting enough vitamin D? It could help protect you from an adverse Covid-19 outcome.

Read in Forbes: https://apple.news/A00ct1Pj-Te6bg6lKPXy0tg

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Tesla’s $25,000 Electric Car Means Game Over For Gas And Oil

Tesla’s announcement of a $25,000 car in the next 3 years would mean you could buy a mass-market premium EV for the same price as a regular VW Golf. So why would you purchase the fossil fuel vehicle anymore?

Read in Forbes: https://apple.news/A3dVptTS_SP-q0u7T6-SEng

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Thank you Leslie Mark Alter for this wonderful video.

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