Anybody want a Corona?

[B]

It's almost as if the liars that first mentioned the lab-leak theory weren't trusted by the broader population to be not-lying. How could this have happened?

[verb_to_trust]

I definitely didn't simp for the Chinese like some did and I hate orange man.

[Bi_3]

It's almost as if the liars that first mentioned the lab-leak theory weren't trusted by the broader population to be not-lying. How could this have happened?

Covered here: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/05 ... trump.html

The punchline:

It is understandable that authorities, including public health experts and journalists, responded to the crisis with initial confusion. But they erred on the side of certainty when they ought to have erred on the side of uncertainty. And the false certainty they embraced at the outset of 2020 hardened into a dogma that they did not question for far too long.

The lab-leak hypothesis may well turn out to be wrong. But that won’t make any of these reports right. The origins of COVID-19 were always hazy, and China’s lack of transparency created significant doubt. Reporters looked at the uncertainty and fell back on an impulse to straightforwardly call out racist lies, even though the evidence to call it lies was quite threadbare.

It is true that most of these outlets were more faithful to the truth than Trump, whose gusher of lies vastly exceeded whatever false claims trickled out of the liberal media. But Trump is not the right standard for journalists. And those who chose to follow the ethos of moral clarity, at the expense of objectivity, misled their audiences.

This pretty much defines where we are in 'Merka right now.

[Bi_3]

4.) STFU BI

I'll vote that. I don't even really care about the Wuhan Lab Theory. The timing of my twitter feed just seems to be tied into your posts on RM somehow.

BI3 is a very valuable member of N&D. Whether you agree or disagree it would be hard to argue that his opinions aren't well researched and thought out. A lot more so than most of us (myself included)

I don't disagree with that.

Appreciate it fellas. My final software development gating exercise at MegaCorp is this week, so once that's done I wont be around as much to shit on B. Hopefully there is another...

[spike]

4.) STFU BI

I'll vote that. I don't even really care about the Wuhan Lab Theory. The timing of my twitter feed just seems to be tied into your posts on RM somehow.

BI3 is a very valuable member of N&D. Whether you agree or disagree it would be hard to argue that his opinions aren't well researched and thought out. A lot more so than most of us (myself included)

I don't disagree with that.

Appreciate it fellas. My final software development gating exercise at MegaCorp is this week, so once that's done I wont be around as much to shit on B. Hopefully there is another...

Can you set up an adversary drone account to monitor B?

[surfndestroy]

It's almost as if the liars that first mentioned the lab-leak theory weren't trusted by the broader population to be not-lying. How could this have happened?

Covered here: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/05 ... trump.html

The punchline:

It is understandable that authorities, including public health experts and journalists, responded to the crisis with initial confusion. But they erred on the side of certainty when they ought to have erred on the side of uncertainty. And the false certainty they embraced at the outset of 2020 hardened into a dogma that they did not question for far too long.

The lab-leak hypothesis may well turn out to be wrong. But that won’t make any of these reports right. The origins of COVID-19 were always hazy, and China’s lack of transparency created significant doubt. Reporters looked at the uncertainty and fell back on an impulse to straightforwardly call out racist lies, even though the evidence to call it lies was quite threadbare.

It is true that most of these outlets were more faithful to the truth than Trump, whose gusher of lies vastly exceeded whatever false claims trickled out of the liberal media. But Trump is not the right standard for journalists. And those who chose to follow the ethos of moral clarity, at the expense of objectivity, misled their audiences.

This pretty much defines where we are in 'Merka right now.

They made their politics the ethics of their journalism.

[B]

Can you set up an adversary drone account to monitor B?

Since that's more or less how I address Bi, this will be interesting.

[Rob]

Is BI saying his project at work is ending therefore he won’t be around as much to post? Makes me sad but also, ?

[B]

Is BI saying his project at work is ending therefore he won’t be around as much to post? Makes me sad but also, ?

My current work keeps me tied to my computer. When COVID work is done, I'll post less because my normal job is to go places and do things.

[Bi_3]

Is BI saying his project at work is ending therefore he won’t be around as much to post? Makes me sad but also, ?

My current work keeps me tied to my computer. When COVID work is done, I'll post less because my normal job is to go places and do things.

It's "sow" not "so" and "ignorance" not "things"




My employer makes everyone go through a trial period and testing scenarios to make sure they have the skills they claim to have. This is to detect resume inflation and nepotism or "hiring your bros". Once you pass that, the real work begins, so less RM for me.

[Bi_3]

Jeez man, you work for Vox or something?

[B]

Jeez man, you work for Vox or something?

I don't know what you're talking about.

[JuanHamm]

This is old news, but I just discovered it so I'm posting it

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/m ... aughn-jaws

What a lunatic Boris is.

[verb_to_trust]

Boris is a huge doomer though

[spike]

rank the doomers

[B]

rank the doomers

1. Verb.

[B]

[JuanHamm]

Just looked this guy up. His claim to fame is losing the same election every two years.

[dimejinky99]

You’re probably all unaware but former advisor to Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings is quite literally demolishing his former boss and the UK government. Fucking all of them under the bus A over the British governments handling of covid. and how. If you Haven’t seen it, you should look it up.

https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2021/05/26/do ... CE4dEArtB0

[96583UP]

maybe there will be a silver lining to covid, in that when vaccines become required to attend school, and all the anti-vaxxers refuse, they will all move to mexico