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by throwkeep 5y ago
It does have to do with tech. Social media, and Twitter in particular, enables and encourages the behavior the author is talking about.
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by throwkeep 5y ago
Not yet, that's apparently coming, assuming Sam is correct about his source being reliable. If that's the case, what we're seeing now is a slow rollout. Presumably to get the population comfortable with officials talking abou
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by throwkeep 5y ago
That's what I'm trying to figure out too. The narrative is the biggest change so far. Low quality videos and eye witness reports aren't exactly new. Sam Harris, who I consider trustworthy, was given a heads up about what&#x27
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Jon Stewart on Vaccine Science and the Wuhan Lab Theory(youtube.com)
5 points by throwkeep 5y ago|3 comments
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by throwkeep 5y ago
Right, if you want to drain the swamp, shouldn't pardoning Assange and Snowden be the first thing you do?
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by throwkeep 5y ago
Wikileaks releases source material. Corporate mass media does some investigative journalism, while manufacturing consent and generating clickbait.
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by throwkeep 5y ago
Yang was treated terribly because he's an outsider and not part of the establishment. See also Bernie, Trump, Tulsi. The GOP, DNC and corporate media were all against them during the primaries.
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by throwkeep 5y ago
Same, I don't understand it. Also still surprised that Google sold them.
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by throwkeep 5y ago
Jon Stewart just made that point yesterday too: “I think we owe a great debt of gratitude to science,” Stewart said. “Science has, in many ways, helped ease the suffering of this pandemic, which was more than likely caused by science.” (1)
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Non Disclosure Denied(dilbert.com)
23 points by throwkeep 5y ago|1 comments
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by throwkeep 5y ago
> First is the idea that Government spending is bad. It's not saying that all spending is bad. The point is to have some pushback so it's not so wastefully spent. Some efficiency would be welcome by all, I think.
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by throwkeep 5y ago
Make it a holiday and move the election to the day after tax day: "Elections should be held on April 16th- the day after we pay our income taxes. That is one of the few things that might discourage politicians from being big spenders.&
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Michael Burry: “Greatest Speculative Bubble of All Time in All Things”(twitter.com)
14 points by throwkeep 5y ago|3 comments
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National Parks Are Overcrowded and Closing Their Gates(wsj.com)
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by throwkeep 5y ago
That's a vital aspect. Kenny vs Spenny is an example of this too, I think. You wouldn't be able to capture that authenticity with a top down approach.
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by throwkeep 5y ago
That's why I recommend using https://aaa.aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa... for your urls.
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by throwkeep 5y ago
The loudest "anti" voices tend to be those who engage in the very thing they advocate against. It's so common there must be a term in psychology for it.
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Is Anti-Semitism Generic?(hoover.org)
4 points by throwkeep 5y ago|1 comments
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by throwkeep 5y ago
I could see Coinbase as the world's bank and stock market all in one. Or a pets.com cautionary tale. Check back in a decade or two!
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Make the Pause on Gain of Function Research Permanent (2015)(scientificamerican.com)
4 points by throwkeep 5y ago|1 comments
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Video shows brazen theft at S.F. Walgreens as shoplifting drives out retailers(sfchronicle.com)
29 points by throwkeep 5y ago|4 comments
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by throwkeep 5y ago
It would be interesting to see how many of those who thought they had it prior to Feb/March 2020 ended up getting Covid later, as it would mostly rule those anecdotes out.
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by throwkeep 5y ago
Don't most US cities have social services that provide shelter, food and other assistance? [How nice that this is getting downvoted. It's a legit question. I have family members who are social workers and know these services exist
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Watchdog to review NIH grants that likely includes money connected to Wuhan lab(cnn.com)
5 points by throwkeep 5y ago|0 comments
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by throwkeep 5y ago
The majority of Americans engage in lifestyle inflation. That's a major issue generally.
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Common Misconceptions (Chia)(chia.net)
1 points by throwkeep 5y ago|0 comments
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by throwkeep 5y ago
In a community of Olympians, the idea of not training on the weekend would be considered laughable and a non starter. It's the same in any field if you want exceptional results.
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Contra Smith on Jewish Selective Immigration(astralcodexten.substack.com)
2 points by throwkeep 5y ago|0 comments
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by throwkeep 5y ago
Agree, it also doesn't help that we haven't been building enough new housing to keep up with growth.
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by throwkeep 5y ago
"Considering the urgency of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, detection of various new mutant strains and future potential re-emergence of novel coronaviruses, repurposing of approved drugs such as Ivermectin could be worthy of attention.

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