🇺🇸🦠 A sea of 650,000 white flags - one for every person who died from coronavirus in the US - is taking shape in front of the Washington Monument at the National Mall. “In America: Remember” by @sbfirstenberg will be on display from Sept. 17 to Oct. 3. #COVID19

Jimmy Carter's advice to a young person. My nephew Matthew, now a @Georgetown sophomore, shared this letter with me yesterday. Five years ago, he wrote to all the living presidents and asked for advice on how to participate in public service. Only Jimmy Carter responded. My nephew has searched online and has found nothing similar so believes it not to be a "form letter." It's a beautiful precis on how to live a life of service. February 11, 2019 To Matthew: Thank you for your letter. I admire your interest in serving our country and appreciate your desire to begin that service as soon as possible. No matter what the future holds, there are a few things that young people must do to ensure success: Study hard in order to excel in college and learn as much as possible about the things that particularly interest you; be tenacious in fulfilling commitments, whether to others or to yourself; volunteer your time and talents to community projects, learning all you can about the specific needs of the country or state in which you live; and treat everyone—family, friends and strangers—with honest and respect. If you do these things, I’m sure you will find satisfaction in whatever career you chose. With best wishes, Jimmy Carter.

New cover of Der Spiegel “What did you think when you observed the drama about the 🚦coalition?” (Germany’s now collapsed traffic light government coalition.) “Men!” Spiegel interview with Angela Merkel

Presidents do not have to be saints, and we hope that a second term for Donald Trump would avoid disaster. But he poses an unacceptable risk to America and the world. If The Economist had a vote, we would cast it for Kamala Harris econ.st/3NKsH2r

Weekend edition of German lefty daily die tageszeitung “50 reasons to love the US — despite everything”

“Acute #COVID19, regardless of #LongCOVID status, is linked to ⬆️ risk of car crashes presumably due to neurologic changes caused by #SARSCoV2.” Odds ratio comparable to driving under influence of alcohol at legal limit or seizure disorder. #MedTwitter neurology.org/doi/10.1212/01…

Breaking - Biden postpones trip to Germany and Angola as monster Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida

I debated whether to share this. I did apologize on the air. But I invite you to read my introspection on @BulletinAtomic of how extreme weather 📈 driven by global warming has changed me. Frankly, YOU should be shaken too, and demand #ClimateActionNow. thebulletin.org/2024/09/hurr…

More than 10,000 people have died in the U.S. in the last 2 months from #Covid19. 😞

A very happy #GermanAmerican Day to all who celebrate. 40 million Americans trace their roots back to those first 13 families and the many that came after. A moving tribute by @POTUS for - w a lookahead to his visit this week w/ @Bundeskanzler. whitehouse.gov/briefing-room…

New cover of Der Spiegel “What she wants” “Kamala Harris — Her plan for America and the world”

Don’t give up bc you’ve been infected before, there is very good reason to reduce the number of times you get reinfected as this new works underscores. Great time to be discussing clean indoor air.

It seems more certain than ever: getting Covid is bad for your brain. This study, which found cognitive effects at 1 year post Covid to be equivalent to brain aging from age 50 to 70, looked only at hospitalized patients. But as Dr. Topol says.... 1/7

X/Twitter user numbers now down by almost a third over the last year in the UK, and by almost a fifth in the US.

55 years ago this month, the US House voted 338-70 for a constitutional amendment to abolish the Electoral College and switch to direct popular vote election (w/ 40% needed to win and avoid top 2 runoff) govtrack.us/congress/votes/9… (D 184-44, R 154-26). Died in Senate.