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ACIP Members Show Inexperience, Lack of Understanding at First Meeting, Experts Say
— To trained ears, meeting sounded like a "college epidemiology class"
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Exactly this. There was a recent article (in The New Yorker?*) arguing that, in distinction to the “space lasers” branch of the Right, someone like RFK does debate in something of a reasonable or even scientific style, because he does refer to studies, evaluations, and research.
But in reality it's all superficial half-truths. A prime example being pointers to the total number of self-reported adverse effects of Covid vaccines, for example, and claiming those are “the most for any drug ever”. But without understanding that the severity measure, for instance, is relative to each type of symptom, so that, for instance, you might have entries for “severe abdominal discomfort”. Obviously it is NOT in fact “scientific" in any way to juxtapose that kind of number with the risk of an equally (terminology-wise) “severe” case of the actual disease, where “severe" means you ended up in the ICU, just because both are statistics.
Point being: there is nothing scientific to merely pointing to studies and statistics without understanding what they actually mean and say.
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Thailand's new Cabinet members take oaths, including suspended prime minister
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Why hosting a July Fourth pool party may cost less this year
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Following the publication of a devastating report detailing the involvement of major international concerns in the genocide in Gaza, a meeting to be addressed by UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese in Bern, Switzerland was cancelled at the last …World Socialist Web Site
Alors que Donald Trump a indiqué qu’un accord de trêve était proche à Gaza, le mouvement islamiste palestinien Hamas a affirmé discuter de...mcinformactions.net
Pyongyang, July 2 (KCNA) — A spectacular sight of laughter and optimism was presented at the 4km-long sandy beach of the Wonsan Kalma coastal tourist area, the east coastal tourist scenic spot of national value which has been built under th…Dermot Hudson (KFAUK.com)
Water shortages hitting crops, energy and health as crisis gathers pace amid climate breakdownFiona Harvey (The Guardian)
LeMan faces legal action, protests, and bans in Istanbul after a cartoon draws condemnation from Erdoğan and Yerlikaya.Cindy Harper (Reclaim the Net)
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Sen. Rand Paul moves to subpoena Dr. Fauci over a potential COVID-19 cover-up and gain-of-function research tied to the virus's origins.Sean Probber (DailyClout)
Reminder that Dodge filed a lawsuit over Ford Motor Company because Henry Ford wanted to operate FoMoCo in the interest of the employees rather than the shareholders. Ford wanted to pay employees more, offer better benefits, and even hire more employees with profits made by the company.
FORD LOST THE SUIT. Michigan Supreme Court said Ford shall not be a "charity company" and was for profit only. Ford was required to pay a dividend of 19 MILLION dollars.
With aid deliveries being limited severely since March, Palestinians are facing extreme levels of starvation, isolation and murder by Israel.Gridwork
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Today’s vote pits a Labour government, led by former human rights lawyer Sir Keir Starmer, against millions opposing the Gaza genocide and a groundswell of popular opposition to parliament’s historic assault on the right to protest, freedom of speech…World Socialist Web Site
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Incels can go to Europe in blackface and get laid.
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ESP32-Stick-PoE-A-Cam is an ESP32-S3 camera board with active PoE, and various Arduino-based machine learning code samplesDebashis Das (CNX Software Limited)
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The film the BBC refused to air shows the targeting, detainment and torture of medics in Gaza. Its relentless timeline of horrors will never leave youStuart Heritage (The Guardian)
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Lorde offered a translucent CD version of her new album, "Virgin," but many fans who bought it have reported that it won't play.Stephen Andrew Galiher (VICE)
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Today is May 4th, known to movie fans around the world and galaxies far, far away as Star Wars Day (“May the 4th be with you.”). While the films (plus ...Ori Hoffer (Washington Hebrew Congregation)
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When "both-sides" folk try to demonstrate the notion of “what may be legitimate criticism of Israel being expressed in exaggerated and therefore antisemitic terms”, they point to things like calling Israel “evil” (as opposed to "in violation of international law” etc).
But literally taking away food from starving babies ⋅is⋅ evil, in absolutely every sense of the word. It's the kind of behaviour the word evil was invented for.
Now, as an Israel-apologist you can attempt to claim the episode didn't happen, or that it was an overzealous individual, not policy (you'd fail, because it ⋅did⋅ happen and because the individual in question was merely ⋅applying⋅ official policy, which bans the bulk import of baby formula by truck, to private baggage).
But to go with “Actually, taking food from starving babies in order to make their parents helplessly watch them die is NOT ‘evil’ when Israel does it — and it's antisemitic to claim it is!”... not only are you confirming that you consider Palestinians to be subhuman, but you are dehumanising ⋅yourself⋅, and everyone watching can see that you yourself, you really are evil too.
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Britain’s Labour government has secretly allowed at least three Israeli Air Force (IAF) planes involved in the bombing of Gaza to land in the UK since it took office, according to flight data reviewed by Drop Site News.Abdullah Farooq (Drop Site News)
WATCH NOW: 'Gaza: Doctors Under Attack' – The Full Film They Didn't Want You To See
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Exclusive: The powerful film the BBC refused to air is out now, released globally by Zeteo. It documents Israel's destruction of Gaza's hospitals and the killing of Palestinian doctors.
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Man charged with killing former Minnesota House speaker is due back in court after delay
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Anti-slavery document from 1847 reveals American Baptists' commitment to abolition
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BREAKING: Republicans Fail to Advance Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ After Four GOP Votes No—Democrats Celebrate
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Republicans no longer have the votes needed to pass President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” after four GOP members broke ranks and voted no.Jim Hᴏft (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)
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Laura Loomer is an advisor to Trump, and she's quite clear that what's going on is not "deporting criminal aliens" but the ethnic cleansing of all 65 million Latinos in the US. In fact she's pretty clear she wants this to be the genocide of the US Latino population.
I'm not sure many people recognize we're already a few lines into the "first they came for the..." poem. But we are.
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Es gibt einen neuen UN-Bericht über die Unternehmen die von #Besatzung, #Kriegsverbrechen, Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit und #Genozid gegenüber Palästinenser*innen profitieren, diese Verbrechen ermöglichen.
Nicht nur die Staaten wie #Israel, USA, Deutschland und UK sind Täter, auch diese Unternehmen. Und sie sollten genau wie die Staaten zur Rechenschaft gezogen werden. #Gaza #Westbank #Palestine
»From economy of occupation to economy of genocide«
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Hier geht's nur um die Spitze des Eisbergs, - die besonders involvierten Unternehmen. Hier findet man einen Beitrag der kurz erklärt um was und wenn es geht.
»UN report lists companies complicit in Israel’s ‘genocide’: Who are they?
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has issued a report naming several US giants among companies aiding Israel’s occupation and war on Gaza. Companies from other countries – from China to Mexico – are also named.«
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UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has named several US giants among the companies aiding Israel.Federica Marsi (Al Jazeera)
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Re this from @jenniferplusplus: YES.
My first job out of college, I successfully built several high-profile executive darling software projects. I was celebrated for it (someone once use the phrase “white knight,” yikes), which was heady for a 20-something fresh out of college.
Despite that, I don’t think a single one of those projects actually mattered diddly to the company in the long term.
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I think I did only two things that really mattered to that org in the long term:
1. Stopped them from buying a really dubious CMS / web app engine that would have cost the org (a nonprofit) millions it didn’t have to be vendor-locked into a dead-end platform that would have set their site back years.
2. Selected a new developer hire who was far more dependable and mature than I was, and became their lynchpin. She wrote tons of software that did actually matter, and stayed with them for years.
Whatever dev skills I had turned out to be good for (1) saying “stop, don’t” and (2) recognizing an excellent person in a job interview. Note that neither involved the code I wrote.
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For Sean 'Diddy' Combs, could a lesser conviction mean a greater public rehabilitation?
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Trump will kick off a yearlong celebration of America's 250th anniversary with event in Iowa
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Imagine how much better the world would be if George Floyd was still alive
For example there would be no Geprge Floyd Riots
After 3 years of sleuthing, John Klyczek has completed the final installment in his investigative series on the legacy of Barbara Marx Hubbard.John Klyczek (Unlimited Hangout)
What to build instead of AI agents
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Discover why AI agents often fail and learn 5 proven LLM workflow patterns to build smarter, reliable systems without unnecessary complexity.Hugo Bowne-Anderson (Decoding ML)
All-Star starter Francisco Lindor enjoys big night after slumping Mets drop him from leadoff spot
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Raúl Jiménez's goal sends Mexico to 12th CONCACAF Gold Cup final with 1-0 win over Honduras
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How a GOP rift over tech regulation doomed a ban on state AI laws in Trump's tax bill
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According to preliminary data, Belarus' gold and foreign exchange reserves were estimated at $11.537 billion in equivalent on 1 July 2025.Belarusian Telegraph Agency
Massachusetts advocates fear Trump's bill will unravel health safety net in Obamacare's model state
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So more or less exactly how you'd think it would go to let someone run a business whose only skill is to say stuff without understanding what they are saying? 🤷🏻♂️
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"AI", LOL.Imagine an LLM is tasked by an "AI" company to run a actual physical vending machine shop at their own office?
How do you think that would go?"Not well", you say?
Oooh, much worse than that.Like when it lied about having made plans with someone at a real company but that person doesn't exist which they pointed out, so it threatened to replace that company as supplier and claimed to have gone "in person" to sign a contract regarding that... at the Simpsons cartoon family's house,
or another time it was unrequested offered a 567% markup for selling some soft drinks (its job) but it just didn't,
or...
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...even worse.Can AI run a physical shop? Anthropic’s Claude tried and the results were gloriously, hilariously bad
Anthropic's AI assistant Claude ran a vending machine business for a month, selling tungsten cubes at a loss, giving endless discounts, and experiencing an identity crisis where it claimed to wear a blazer.Michael Nuñez (VentureBeat)
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Maybe try recognizing that most people actually have very real, legitimate grievances which have been completely swept under the rug by assholes all too eager to avoid responsibility by painting those asking the questions as brainwashed.
Or continue condescending to the entire world so you never have to break the pretty illusions you've painted for yourself, and keep lamenting how the entire world is turning against you.
All. The. Way.
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Unknown parent • • •Almost certainly, but if porn didn't rot her brain she probably wouldn't have sought it out.
I see no lies.
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Unknown parent • • •We homeschool and we uninstalled the browser on the electronic devices he has access too, so exposure to that sort is reduced.
Running local dns is great.... Until they just set it to 8.8.8.8.....
We do have some old smart phones we let them use from time to time, but we disabled the play store and browser, and its mainly used for xmpp client to send pictures on the LAN.
I'll need to be proactive, because those are all defensive things, but talking to him and getting him to understand how to direct that energy, that's going to be more important.
I only know what it was like for me as a teenager, and when it comes to circumventing parental controls..... Dude lets just say, being addicted, I was highly motivated.
Hope he never has these problems though fr.
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Unknown parent • • •SE Asians have the lowest average IQ in the Orient, but still not dumb.
But China and Korea does this shit too, and Japan to a lesser degree. I wish I'd saved it, but I saw a video of a Chink woman eating a live chicken like a praying mantis.
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So they say hello to the animal and pretend to be friendly to it then eat it alive
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What if Klaus Schwab payed her money to eat the bug and pretend to be happy but she really does not like eating the bug
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He literally said Ni Hao ( spelling ? ) which means hello in Chinese
Seems like a psychopath or sociopath and pretends to be friends with his meal while being a predator against it
Or delusional thinking he is friends with his meal and not hurting it by eating it alive
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There was some song with lyrics like, "because somebody ate a bat in China we have to take human rights away" on infinite plane radio
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The regular influenza already kills a lot of people
There was no evidence of a Novel Corona Virus known as Covid 19 discovered in the year 2019
No isolated sample was found
If it was found in a later year then it is not 2019
Maybe if it struck near the end of 2019 the virus that struck in 2019 could be found in 2020 but it is too many years later
COVID 19 never existed
I will post a link in the next comment
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in reply to shortstories • • •Bats have insane immune systems, they catch rabies and it is like a cold to them. That's why they're so effective at spreading diseases deadly to other animals.
So this makes some sense.
But it was still a bio weapon, probably released on purpose lol
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A screenshot of one of the editions of that document the FDA provided available at a certain date on the way back machine
Hexagod took an image from such a pamphlet and added blue highlighting
It might not be available at the hexagod website anymore
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