Watching (for 9.357 presentation):

https://www.greencorridor.info/

Sad story of a cold epidemic in a chimpanzee group kill 30% of the group. A lot of transmission from humans. Now required to wear masks and keep distance: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10329-020-00819-0

Applications of DL to conservation: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/9/eaaw0736

Good overview pictures of tool use; and sad pictures of mom carrying around deceased infant https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10329-018-0654-y

https://www.greencorridor.info/en/videos/

Nut cracking.

Pestle pounding

Tap scanning by aye aye

Reading:

Ch. 12 of  https://www.psychology.uga.edu/sites/default/files/Fragaszy%20%26%20Crast%202016%20Functions%20of%20the%20Hand%20in%20Kivell%20et%20al%20Evol%20of%20the%20Hand.pdf

https://www.nhbs.com/the-evolution-of-the-primate-hand-book

The Evolution of the Primate Hand Anatomical, Developmental, Functional, and Paleontological Evidence

(includes how aye aye curls just thumb to hold things, since other fingers are too long to curl around object)

How did I get here:

Cats lol. Cat pawing at food puzzle. Surprisingly adept with food puzzles. Class topic is hands though – so primates.

COVID

Continuing M / R meetings for current project – “flattening the transit curve” – now thinking primarily about advise for which businesses to stagger. Alarming statistic: In Chelsea, 80% of residents already going to work as “essential services” !! Unfair burden.

Disturbing to hear Fauci barred by White House from testifying in Congress.

Why is social distancing a partisan issue??

Still need to finish op-ed.

Not sure what’s taking so long (2.5 weeks already!!)… Really disappointed that US is re-opening. We didn’t shut down just for hospital capacity – but also to buy time for PPE. The governor has a lot of requirements for businesses – should we not also have requirements of our government? And lack of confronting racial disparities; what is the plan?

Feeling sad that I had so much energy the first time around. But hard to combat vocal minority of protests.

Testing

After a while, still not understand how this works! https://www.zerobase.io/testing

https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-learning-how-to-dance-b8420170203e
Covers need for mandatory QR codes, or opt-out. Masks mandate.

Other

https://coronavirus.1point3acres.com/en Good tracker made by “first generation chinese american”

https://covidactnow.org/state/GA Looks like pivoting to effect of early lifting now.

We’re past 60k deaths I believe. 1k+ deaths daily.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html

Racial disparities are inexcusable

COVID-19 Status Report | Georgia Department of Public Health

https://www.covid19sim.org/

New site on testing

#TestAndTrace: A Strategy to Contain COVID-19 Outbreaks

Notes:

8tracks is back alive?? Neat.

Over the weekend:

Exercise

Remember “morning exercises” in middle school. Also, “plaza dances” (usually for older people).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_calisthenics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3kOoaT-OLw

My dad managed 1.5 minutes, we managed 5 minutes. Room for improvement! Something to get my blood pumped in the mornings.

Succulents + Plushie

Pattern for plushie

Dishes:

Baked sweet and sour cauliflower

Leftover from soymilk making (soak beans 5 hours; put in machine) + lao gan ma sauce

Watermelon peel (soy sauce, garlic, pepper)

Soymilk

Bean sprouts

 

Cat: 150 cal wet food (friskies meaty bits, 5.5 oz)
50 cal dry food (purina pro plan diet, 1 oz)
4-5 dental kibbles (greenie’s, 1.4 * 5 = 7 cals)

Vet said ~215 cals a day is goal

Current weight (on human scale): 13.5 lbs
Goal weight: ~.25 lb / week, 12.5 lb at end of month

Need to: file dental paperwork, make sure absentee voting in order

3-Ingredient Orange Chicken Sauce Recipe

Sauce Ingredients:
1 Cup BBQ Sauce Sweet Baby Ray’s
1 Cup Sweet Orange Marmalade Smucker’s
2 TBSP Soy Sauce
Crispy Chicken Ingredients:
3-4 Chicken Breasts We used 3
1 Cup Flour/1 Cup Cornstarch You can use both or either/or
2 Eggs
Oil We used vegetable oil

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.youtube.com/watch?v=lSywnzA-iTU

ORANGE CHICKEN SAUCE —– A few drops of cooking oil 1 tablespoon of brown sugar 1 teaspoon of white sugar 0.5 cup of orange juice Half a thumb size of young ginger – grated 3 cloves of grated garlic 1 tablespoon of black vinegar 0.5 tablespoons of dark soy sauce Some cornstarch solution (add enough to the sauce to thicken to your liking)

 

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.alyonascooking.com/easy-orange-chicken-recipe/

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Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken

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Sweet and Sour Chicken

• Ketchup – and plenty of it – for a tanginess and colour. I don’t eat a lot of ketchup, but it’s a must for this dish.
• Malt vinegar – it’s the best type of vinegar I’ve found for getting the ‘right’ touch of sourness.
• Brown sugar – for rounded sweetness, and to counteract any bitterness in the vinegar.
• Pineapple chunks in pineapple juice – yep, rather than chopping up a fresh pineapple, I find pineapple chunks actually work better, and the juice is an all-important element to the sweet–tangy flavour of the sauce.

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https://www.tasteandtellblog.com/sweet-and-sour-chicken/

 

• -lace the cornstarch in one shallow bowl, and the eggs in another shallow bowl. Beat the eggs lightly.
• Take each piece of chicken and dredge it in the cornstarch. Then dip it in the egg. Transfer that to a skillet with oil that has been heated over medium-high heat. And yes – you dip in the cornstarch then the egg – this is a little different than a lot of other recipes.
• Cook the chicken in batches, just until it is browned. The chicken will bake in the oven, so this is just to brown and crisp up the chicken, not to cook it through. Transfer the chicken to a baking dish.
• In a bowl, combine your sauce ingredients – sugar, ketchup, vinegar, soy sauce and garlic powder. Pour this mixture over the chicken in the baking dish.
• Bake the chicken at 325ºF for an hour, stirring it every 15 minutes.
• Serve the sweet and sour chicken over rice and be prepared to never want to get it for take out again!

https://therecipecritic.com/baked-sweet-and-sour-chicken/