By Lambert Strether of Corrente.
Patient readers, you must be content with this skeletal post, since I am finishing up a post on Covid and celebrities. Talk amongst yourselves! I’ll make it up to you tomorrow, I swear! –lambert
In the meantime, I am not posting on this, because it’s single sourced and even though there’s some agreement from respected aerosol scientists, there’s no real confirmation, and most importantly, I can’t find the document, though if some kind soul wants throw a copy over the transom I would be eternally grateful (address below at the Plant):
Commentary:
My yellow waders, however, stand ready!
Contact information for plants: Readers, feel free to contact me at lambert [UNDERSCORE] strether [DOT] corrente [AT] yahoo [DOT] com, to (a) find out how to send me a check if you are allergic to PayPal and (b) to find out how to send me images of plants. Vegetables are fine! Fungi and coral are deemed to be honorary plants! If you want your handle to appear as a credit, please place it at the start of your mail in parentheses: (thus). Otherwise, I will anonymize by using your initials. See the previous Water Cooler (with plant) here. From EMM:
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