5) Talmudic law
“In high school, [Interim U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon] spent hours each day studying the Talmud, an effort that she has said prepared her to study law.” (NYT)
An Ambitious Prosecutor Quits Rather Than Do Trump’s Bidding
4) And don’t come out until …
3) You can measure “adult playfulness,” but why?
Adult Playfulness Trait Scale (APTS) and User Guidelines
“The Adult Playfulness Trait Scale (APTS) is designed to measure the disposition to engage in playful behavior, specifically the tendency to invoke a free, uninhibited mindset to pursue fun, enjoyment, or amusement often in a spontaneous fashion.”
Apparently, playfulness promotes resilience.
Some call it “lemonading.”
Have You Tried Lemonading? Researchers Tout the Power of Playfulness in Tough Times
2) Mr. Creosote explained
Understanding the desire for dessert (Science)
“This work advances understanding of the drive to eat sweet food when already full.”
1) Good news from the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
“Very good to see Gerald Parker named to take on this critical role around pandemic preparedness. He has worked on hard problems in this field his whole career, knows how government and policy work, has longstanding expertise around human and animal health and infectious diseases. Need people like him in senior roles to lead efforts to prepare for and respond to H5N1 and whatever biological threats lie ahead.”
Gerald Parker to be new head of pandemic office as bird flu threat grows
The bona fides of the commenters also are encouraging.
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