A lot of people stocked up on masks during COVID, and now those masks are collecting dust. Will they still be effective when the next pandemic hits? Do masks expire? A 2019 NIOSH study put it to the test. They measured the fit effectiveness of 293 old N95 masks stored ... Read more| Smart Air
Experienced commercial, tech and CCR diver Ants Stern reviews the Northern Diver Odyssey full face mask I’ve dived with a […] The post Review: Northern Diver Odyssey full face mask appeared first on DIVE Magazine.| DIVE Magazine
The Pandemic That Broke Our Faith in Modeling by Paul Thacker at Brownstone Institute Several incidents in the Covid pandemic’s first two years forced me to confront the uncomfortable reality that American society had cracked apart, fleeing the comfort and safety of accepted knowns to float untethered from logic in a foreign ether far from planet Earth. Welcome to Mars. But prior incidents had already trained and prepared my mind to expect a coming derangement. During the Persian Gulf War a...| Brownstone Institute
Ross Douthat properly laments the influence and power of activists and elites effecting dramatic change outside the democratic process and then trying to survive or sidestep backlash from voters. The post Philanthropy in the drama of postliberal progressivism appeared first on the Giving Review.| the Giving Review
Do Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents really need to wear masks to prevent assaults?| The New Republic
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(A longer and more extensive version of this text was originally published recently: O. Dietrich, J. Notroff, L. Dietrich, Masks and Masquerade in the Early Neolithic: A view from Upper Mesopotamia, Time and Mind 11:1, 2018, 3-21 [external link].) Among early prehistoric masks, those from the Judean Hills and Desert [external link] can be considered … Continue reading Behind the Mask: Early Neolithic miniature masks (and one larger-than-life example) from Göbekli Tepe (and beyond).| The Tepe Telegrams
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Siri Hustvedt’s latest work The Blazing World (2014) is a complex and multi-layered novel that deals with the notion of authorship in the art world. The novel shows an intricate play with the concept of authorship and highlights in particular a form of authorship that is rather restrictive. The fictional author/creator constructs an aesthetic experience … Locked Up: Siri Hustvedt’s ‘The Blazing World’ Read More » The post Locked Up: Siri Hustvedt’s ‘The Blazing World’ first a...| Notes on Metamodernism
Have you ever looked in the mirror and thought, "These ol' human faces just aren't expressive enough?" Perhaps what you need is the Qudi Mask 2, a gadget that lets you wear all your emotions on your robot-screen head while, if you wish, hiding your identity behind it.| New Atlas
How do we get kids back in school safely during the Omicron surge?| Keep Kids Healthy
Face masks work to prevent the transmission of COVID and can help keep kids, many of whom are too young to be vaccinated, from getting COVID.| Keep Kids Healthy
Folks need to understand that RSV might still be coming. If not in the next few months, then maybe this summer. And if there is no summer surge of RSV, then it will likely be back even worse next year.| Keep Kids Healthy
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Free printable Halloween masks for kids to color and wear for an easy Halloween craft.| The Kitchen Table Classroom