- I came across Kit Sims Taylor while researching the history of Appletree Cove (the bay around Kingston, Washington). His website, “appletreecovegraphics.com”, came up during a search of the Internet Archive. I checked the website out of curiosity and found the work of photographer. The website went offline in 2012 with his passing, but fortunately the Internet Archive made some captures so that people can forever see his work.
- World Report 2024: China (hrw.org)
In late 2022, the Chinese government abruptly ended its draconian “zero Covid” policy. As much of the population—and the medical establishment—was unprepared, Covid-19 infections, hospitalizations, and deaths surged. Officially, the government estimated that there were 60,000 “excess deaths” in December 2022; a US academic study put the figure at 1.87 million deaths between December 2022 and January 2023. The true toll will likely remain unknown due to severe censorship.