14 Aug
Weather
Expectations
Week 33
Day
226 Flag Today 71°/50°
Wind 12 mph
Gusts 21 mph
Risk of fire: Moderate Active
Fire: 64 miles away
Nearest Lightning: 22 miles
away Humidity: 50%
Air Quality: Moderate Mostly Cloudy Windy
July Averages: Temps: 82°\51° 9
days with rain
Today’s Observances:
Kool-Aid Day thru-16 Link
Military Marriage Day
National Lizard Day Link
National Navajo Code Talkers Day
Rabi'-al-Awwal-9/11 Link
Romance Awareness Day Link
Shop Online For Groceries Day
Social Security Day
St. Maximillian Kolbe Day (Ham Radio Saint) Link Link
V-J Day
World Calligraphy Day Link
Weekly Observances:
Sturgis
Rally: 7-16 Link
Elvis Week: 8-16 Link
Assistance Dog Week: 9-15
National Resurrect Romance Week: 9-15
Weird Contest Week: 9-15
National Bargain Hunting Week: 9-15
World
Karaoke Championships: 10-13 Link
Safe + Sound Week: 10-16 Link
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over: 12-9/7 Link
World
Photography Week: 12-26 Link
National
Hobo Week: 13-16 Link
Great
American Stamp Days: 14-17
Fresh Quotation:
Today’s Reflection:
Another cooler, cloudier day. I even put on a long sleeve shirt
before going outside.
When I was young and in school, seeing a teacher in a different
public place was weird and unusual. For me, seeing today’s political pundits
who are also selling products on TV is weird.
Trump likes to talk. Here is the word count for his rants in 2026:
Iran War: 56K, construction projects: 45K, Foreign policy: 42K and the Economy:
40K. No wonder some are tired of this.
Historical events
Cool to know:
A baby puffin is called a "puffling."
To feed its chick, a puffin parent will carry around 10 fish
in its beak at one time, but the biggest recorded haul is a whopping 62 fish,
according to Audubon Project Puffin.
Today in
Science:
Will the mRNA flu shot
work better than a regular seasonal one? What the science says
Moderna’s newly approved
vaccine could allow manufacturers to respond more rapidly to changing influenza
strains.
On 5 August, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted approval to Moderna’s mRNA-based flu vaccine, mFLUSIVA, for adults aged 50–64, and accelerated approval for adults aged 65 and older. Moderna say it will be available “in a few weeks” to be rolled out for the 2026–27 flu season in the United States.
Researchers welcomed the
decision, noting that the vaccine’s mRNA platform allows it to be rapidly
reformulated to match circulating influenza strains. “This approval is very
important and can be a great game changer” because the platform could help
solve the problem of slow manufacturing, says Emanuele Montomoli, a researcher
in hygiene and public health at the University of Siena, Italy.
The vaccine is also
being reviewed by regulatory agencies in the European Union, Canada and
Australia. A related product has already been permitted for use in Europe: in
April, the European Commission approved Moderna’s combined seasonal influenza
and COVID-19 mRNA vaccine mCombriax.
Tests on more than
40,000 adults showed that 2% of people who received the mFLUSIVA vaccine
(called mRNA-1010 before FDA approval) developed a laboratory-confirmed case of
flu, verified through testing and symptoms reports1. By comparison, 2.8% of
those who received a standard dose of a comparator non-mRNA vaccine developed
symptoms.
“The key questions
regarding immunogenicity, efficacy and safety have been addressed, which
enabled the licensure of mFLUSIVA,” said Raffael Nachbagauer, vice-president of
infectious-disease research at Moderna in Cambridge, Massachusetts, who is
involved in mFLUSIVA trials.
But scientists still
have questions about how this vaccine will perform when it’s rolled out to
millions of people. Moderna has agreed with the FDA to conduct a confirmatory
phase IV trial to research the efficacy relative to an enhanced vaccine in
people aged 65 and older, says Nachbagauer.
Picture of the Day:
The team of Utkarsh
Mishra, Michael Petrasko, and Muir Evenden claimed the Galaxies category prize
with Majestic Sombrero Galaxy. Upon closer inspection, you can see
where it gets its unusual name: the faint galaxy does indeed resemble a hat.
“The Sombrero is a well-documented galaxy, yet astrophotographers still find
ways to tease more majesty from it. To see the misty remnants of previous
collisions surrounding the galaxy, itself floating alone in the void, is just
exquisite,” notes judge Steve Marsh.
Harper’s Index from Funny Times:
Chance that an American believed that the
government was concealing information about moon landings in 2016: 1 in 5
Last year: 1 in 3
Today’s Birthdays:
Mila Kunis Movie
Actress 43 years old
Birthplace Chernivtsi, Ukraine
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Halle Berry Movie
Actress 60 years old
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Magic Johnson Basketball
Player 67 years old
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Steve Martin Movie Actor
81 years old
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Marcia Gay Harden Movie
Actress 67 years old
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Jackee Harry TV Actress
70 years old
Birthplace Winston-Salem, NC
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Tim Tebow Football
Player 39 years old
Birthplace Makati, Philippines
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Catherine Bell TV Actress
58 years old
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That’s
All for Now
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