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by casefields 6y ago
I wish they would put a "Messaging Czar" in charge with completely authority, to fix that mess. They know their target is iMessage and WhatsApp, yet don't seem to coalesce around any product in particular. Are they too scared
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by casefields 6y ago
But even that isn't the complete picture. It's shouldn't take a shaman, a scholar, and random internet strangers, to explain what the heck they're doing in the audio/video messaging domain.
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by casefields 6y ago
And it was completely wrong: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/04/reopen-liberate... The political tunnel vision was strong with this one.
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by casefields 6y ago
Trump could've federalized the national guard if he wanted to make it ugly. Congressional Research Service: https://fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/LSB10121.pdf Disobeying the commander-in-chief isn't taken
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by casefields 6y ago
Diamond Princess was a very old population, and started off this whole scare campaign that this was going to be Spanish Flu Part 2. It's like doing study within just a nursing home. It won't be representative.
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by casefields 6y ago
Yes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_America_(radio_network)
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by casefields 6y ago
Because the cure maybe worse using draconian lockdowns instead of just social distancing like Sweden: COVID-19 Is Likely to Lead to an Increase in Suicides: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/covid-19-i..
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by casefields 6y ago
Same goes for the Federal Reserve, which is why there's so many conspiracy theories around it: >The stockholders in the 12 regional Federal Reserve Banks are the privately owned banks that fall under the Federal Reserve System. Thes
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by casefields 6y ago
That was Scalia's point in his dissent of the gay marriage decision: Scalia argues in his opinion that the court is increasingly creating policy rather than serving as a neutral arbiter. “Today’s decree says that my Ruler, and the Rule
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by casefields 6y ago
George W. Bush in 2005: 'If we wait for a pandemic to appear, it will be too late to prepare' https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/george-bush-2005-wait-pandem... Bush Administration planning here: https:/&#
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by casefields 6y ago
Mirror: http://archive.md/maTHi
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by casefields 6y ago
Nobody else wants to go down for creating more Hoovervilles than ever thought imaginable. Millions upon millions of lives ruined, but hey we save 100K social security recipients right? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho
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by casefields 6y ago
We aren't worried about economic growth. We are worried about livelihoods. The type of economic devastation that leaves people unable to put food on the table. The civil unrest won't be pretty.
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by casefields 6y ago
Iran, China, and Spain are all already loosening lockdowns. Pretty weird thing to do if they burning people into ashes nonstop.
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by casefields 6y ago
"I am realizing more and more how unusual, unscientific, unmedical, and counterproductive it is for WHO to select the name #COVID19 and reject SARS2. In fact it would be most consistent with medical practice to just call it SARS. Here&
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by casefields 6y ago
New signs suggest coronavirus was in California far earlier than anyone knew: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-11/bay-area...
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by casefields 6y ago
There's already a change in the public narrative. New signs suggest coronavirus was in California far earlier than anyone knew: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-11/bay-area... Whoops.
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by casefields 6y ago
Mazda used them. The 2012 RX-8 being the most recent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wankel_engine
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by casefields 6y ago
But that's how every policy discussion goes. Nothing anyone says at a town hall meeting is novel or unique to the staffs/politicians your talking to. It doesn't mean a person shouldn't speak their mind on topical issues.
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by casefields 6y ago
Yes it does. 2018: Flu stomps the nation, overwhelming ERs and leaving 20 children dead: https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/12/health/flu-surveillance-cdc/i... 2013: Flu Outbreak Overwhelms Hospitals: htt
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by casefields 6y ago
Mirror: http://archive.md/deJvJ
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by casefields 6y ago
Just like with SARS: https://www.nature.com/articles/425915a We really did get the name wrong: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1245791851342229504.html
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New Streaming Service Quibi Has Just Launched with Bite-Sized Shows(comicbook.com)
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by casefields 6y ago
Mirror: http://archive.md/lRgcU
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Covid-19 should be named SARS (by analogy with AIDS)(threadreaderapp.com)
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PBS Frontline – Plastic Wars – The Fight over the Future of Plastics(pbs.org)
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by casefields 6y ago
They don't want to let their prestigious profession become what it essentially is—a body mechanic.
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by casefields 6y ago
On what planet is someone in their late 30s-40s considered young? 40s is prime midlife crisis age for crying out loud. Lumping them in is a clear attempt to push a narrative.
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by casefields 7y ago
And if this ends in a catastrophe, there better be heads on pikes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reign_of_Terror Taking drastic measures for it to cause universal pain and suffering is unacceptable.
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by casefields 7y ago
This is Mao-esqe nonsense. You can't turn off the economy the imagine government is going to divvy up whatever stuff needs dispersing. The Soviet Union tried that.

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