Amazon Prime has a rather good docco series "The Silk Road" by a French telejournalist where he traces it all the way from Venice to Xi'an. In dubbed English. (View Post)

Just watched Rogue One again. I maintain that it's a great film, better than any of the main sequence sequel trilogy. I'd even go so far as to say it is perhaps the best Star Wars film othe… (View Post)

I thought that SARS-COV-2 is the name of the virus and COVID-19 is the name of the disease it causes. Like how smallpox was the disease caused by the variola virus. (View Post)

Could one of the the right-wingers getting their knickers in a twist about this please point out the bits where it says either or both of "only white people have these characteristics" or &… (View Post)

Yes, they learned that in some serious cases intubation can be very detrimental and there is a test that indicates if this will be the case. But decreasing death rates, while obviously very welcome, … (View Post)