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Covid-19 in prisons

mercredi 16 septembre 2020 à 02:00

A nurse working a privatized immigration prison describes how the management disregard Covid-19, gratuitously allowing it to spread to prisoners and staff.

Global heating denialist at NOAA

mercredi 16 septembre 2020 à 02:00

The saboteur in chief has appointed a global heating denialist to the management team at NOAA, in charge of climate research there.

One of the practices used to shelter denialists is calling them "skeptics". CNN's article does this, but please don't repeat that practice. To be a skeptic means that one is not convinced and wants to do more investigation to determine what is happening. By contrast, Legatos is denying what is well established. He is no "skeptic", he is a denialist.

In general, skepticism is a wise and useful attitude towards claims until they are demonstrated, but it can be carried too far. For instance, there are times when skepticism about an approaching danger must be set aside. When it is time to join the bucket brigade to put out a fire, objecting that there is no proof this fire can spread is not an acceptable excuse for refusing to help put it out.

Thank you letter

mercredi 16 septembre 2020 à 02:00

*A Thank You Letter From Coronavirus to My Enablers in the United States.*

This is not from The Onion.

Covid-19 death cult

mercredi 16 septembre 2020 à 02:00

The wrecker is still actively spreading Covid-19 to his death cult, and now we have proof that he is knowingly lying to them when he denies the danger.

Don't be distracted into disputes about when Bob Woodward really ought to have published this fact. It is a side issue, and it is being raised as a distraction. I see no reason to assume his news would have had more impact in May or July than it has now.

Youtube recommendations

mardi 15 septembre 2020 à 02:00

It is useful to recall that four years ago YouTube's recommendation algorithm recommended pro-bullshitter videos far more often than pro-Clinton videos.

This does not prove that the algorithm was intentionally designed for that result. Perhaps they were; but we know that right-wingers have learned how to manipulate recommendation algorithms; perhaps these results are a reflection of that. We know that they do not reflect a majority preference for the bullshitter, since he lost the popular vote.

Google's response amounts to, "Do not try to judge our actions without the full information that we won't let you have."