🗓 More than half way through #January 2021. Since last month’s calendar post: Electoral college results finalized in the middle of the night[1] despite a violent insurrection[2]. Millions received their first vaccine doses, though new cases grew by many millions more[3].

And yet, Georgia’s Senate seats flipped, and with them the US Senate. 3 days til our next president snaps his fingers with executive orders, undoing damage or putting a stop to bad ideas, like the Keystone XL pipeline[4].

Finally, as of this morning, 2021-01-17, we’ve entered the future of Johnny Mnemonic (1995)[5], as noted by a wake-up call in its opening scene[6]. Time to pop in that USB stick and view it in today’s contexts.

#2021 #Gregorian #LEGO #month #calendar #twentyTwentyOne #31days #noFilter

Previously: https://tantek.com/2020/356/t1/december-winter-solstice

Links:
1. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/01/06/electoral-college-vote-stopped-unclear-when-resume-after-riot/6572441002/
2. https://www.newyorker.com/news/video-dept/a-reporters-footage-from-inside-the-capitol-siege
3. https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/graphics/2021/01/14/covid-vaccine-distribution-by-state-how-many-covid-vaccines-have-been-given-in-us-how-many-people/6599531002/
4. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/biden-keystone-xl-1.5877038
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Mnemonic_(film)
6. https://twitter.com/DatesInMovies/status/1218154517360934912