2021-12-23
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Horseshit
celebrity gossip
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Jack Dorsey’s hot Web3 takes are apparently too much for Andreessen to handle
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Billionaire Jeff Green leaves Mormon church, donates $600K to LGBTQ organization
COVID / VaxCult
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U.S. authorizes Pfizer oral Covid-19 treatment, first for at-home use
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South Africa’s omicron coronavirus outbreak subsides as fast as it grew | Hacker News
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FDA Releases More Data On "Adverse Reactions" To Pfizer Vaccine
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Graph of the “no smell” complaints for the top three Yankee Candles on Amazon
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Supreme Court will hear challenge to Biden Covid vaccine mandates on January 7th
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Rapid immune response in children protects them from COVID-19, genetic study finds.
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Pre-pandemic cognitive function and Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy: cohort study
study members with a lower baseline cognition score were markedly more likely to be vaccine hesitant. Adjustment for mental and physical health plus household shielding status had no impact on these results, whereas controlling for educational attainment led to partial attenuation but the probability of hesitancy was still elevated (1.52; 1.37, 1.67). There was a linear association for vaccine hesitancy across the full range of cognition scores (p for trend: p < 0.0001).
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Quebec considers asking hospital workers with COVID-19 to stay on the job
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China locks down 13m to contain Covid outbreak ahead of Olympics
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To block omicron, wear an N95 or other high-filtration mask
With another coronavirus variant racing across the U.S., once again health authorities are urging people to mask up indoors. Yes, you've heard it all before. But given how contagious omicron is, experts say, it's seriously time to upgrade to an N95 or similar high-filtration respirator when you're in public indoor spaces. "Cloth masks are not going to cut it with omicron," says Linsey Marr, a researcher at Virginia Tech who studies how viruses transmit in the air.
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Police chief on unpaid leave; tells officers to fake Covid-19 vaccinations
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On The Edge Of A Worker Revolt
The problem with all of this is that it was so obvious, and I feel stupid for not seeing it coming. Since the pandemic's beginning, America (and many other countries, but this is the one I live in) have taken half-hearted approaches to lockdowns and mask mandates. Still, some people have acted as if their civil liberties are being eroded because they have to cover their mouths or can’t go somewhere without a vaccine.
I am 100% certain that we’re going to see a bigger, nastier great resignation in 2022, because customers act like animals and workers are treated like animals. This holiday season is going to be a super spreader of both COVID and self-involved maniacs that believe that anyone providing a service owes them a blood debt.
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Omicron: Half of colds will be Covid, warn UK researchers - BBC News
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Unvaccinated friend is roughly 20 times more likely to give you Covid
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Administration Rejected October Proposal of “Free Rapid Tests for the Holidays”
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Israel Considers 4th Vaccine Dose, but Some Experts Say It's Premature
Culture War / Re segregation / Faith Fights
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America is now in fascism’s legal phase
The contemporary American fascist movement is led by oligarchical interests for whom the public good is an impediment, such as those in the hydrocarbon business, as well as a social, political, and religious movement with roots in the Confederacy. As in all fascist movements, these forces have found a popular leader unconstrained by the rules of democracy, this time in the figure of Donald Trump.
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Are Americans less likely to reply to emails from Black people?
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‘Greatest Generation’ survey during WWII runs counter to its wholesome image