Wed. 02/24 - How Childhood Illness Can Shape Future Immune Response

How the flu you had as a kid could shape your immune response to future flu viruses. A bunch of videos have been going viral showing snow not melting when held up against a flame, but it’s not a conspiracy. It’s science. And the first song produced using the audio recorded on Mars. Sponsors: The Jordan Harbinger Show, jordanharbinger.com/subscribe Audible, audible.com/kottke or text kottke to 500-500 to start your 30-day free trial Links: The immune effects of childhood viruses are even more complicated than we thought (Popular Science) How Childhood Infections Could Shape Pandemics (UPMC) TikTok Users Are Burning Snowballs in Viral Videos to 'Prove' the Snow is Fake (Gizmodo) Snow that doesn't melt! Is it a government conspiracy?! (Hint: no.) (The Bad Astronomer, YouTube) No, the snow isn't government-generated. This is what a snowball does when you take a lighter to it. (Politifact) The episode about the LA musician who helped design the Perseverance microphones (Kottke Ride Home) Hello, Mars (Foxannemusic, Soundcloud) 'Hello, Mars' music video (VideoFromSpace, YouTube) Foxanne: It's real (I knew it) (Foxanne, Bandcamp) Pass n' Puff Football (Indiegogo) Renegades: Born in the USA (Spotify) Buy this ranch and Area 51 will be your next-door neighbor (Boing Boing) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices