#My wife would ask, ‘Is he gonna die?’

#My wife would ask, ‘Is he gonna die?’

“My wife would ask, ‘Is he gonna die?’” The Dude was not okay. Jeff Bridges is opening up more about his harrowing near-death experience battling COVID and cancer. In an interview set to air on CBS “Sunday Morning” this Sunday, the 72-year-old recounted how serious his fight with lymphoma became after getting diagnosed with COVID…

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#Right turn vs. free speech and other commentary

#Right turn vs. free speech and other commentary

“Right turn vs. free speech and other commentary” Conservative: Right Turn vs. Free Speech Govs. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) and Greg Abbott (R-Texas) are not “marginal actors” in “the conservative movement,” notes Paul Matzko at The Dispatch. So their recent anti-speech moves against Disney and Big Tech suggest the “old fusionist detente between social and business conservatives…

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#Apple plant’s Shanghai workers revolt over lockdowns: report

#Apple plant’s Shanghai workers revolt over lockdowns: report

“Apple plant’s Shanghai workers revolt over lockdowns: report” Worker unrest is on the rise at the Shanghai factory of a major supplier for Apple gadgets, with protests at times turning violent in response to draconian “COVID zero” lockdowns. Workers at the Quanta Computer plant — which makes Apple’s MacBook laptops — have been under strict…

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#How COVID restrictions could lead to more unusual illnesses

#How COVID restrictions could lead to more unusual illnesses

“How COVID restrictions could lead to more unusual illnesses” The world might be looking at an unfortunate new normal for how viruses spread. Doctors and medical experts are seeing a bizarre return of diseases that were mainly on hiatus during the aggressive spread of Covid — and the general population, especially children, are especially susceptible…

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