I realised a while back that I've been spending too much time and emotional energy on Twitter, generally in futile arguments with people who have read-only minds.

I've decided to cut back; my new year's resolution. I've deleted Twitter from my phone, will try access only from pc

Viral spread: Peter Hotez on the increase of anti-science aggression ... - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists ift.tt/oD09qVY

The woman’s prison problem: Simple solution.
Nobody with testicles allowed as inmate or staff.
New prisoners offered castration.
Essential male visitors e.g. solicitors must wear chastity belts for duration of visit. Let the geldings run with the fillies.

Will Twitter in the U.K. survive the online safety bill? Social media will face jail time for failing to achieve the impossible. I know of no age verification that would keep out the more determined children. Nobody within reach of U.K. law will take responsibility for moderation

After more than 95,000,000 doses of C19 vaccines administered in Canada, there have been a total of 1,129 myocarditis/pericarditis events.

That's a rate of 1.14 and 1.70 per 100,000 for Pfizer and Moderna respectively. All resolved with no permanent damage or disability. [1]

Guess when we discovered that covid had a massive cardiovascular and thrombotic potential? Yes, at the very beginning of the pandemic in 2020. Guess when we discovered these problems extended into #LongCovid ? Yes, very soon, already in spring to summer/autumn 2020

I’m not particularly fond of profanity but Twitter has pulled me up today for comparing alleged evidence to the excrement of bovines and another term of similar medium robustness. Is Twitter to be reduced to words like darn? Are we to substitute euphemisms for speech?

Crime has plummeted in the United Kingdom. Compared with the year before the pandemic, burglary is down 28%, robbery down by 23%, vehicles offenses have fallen by 19%, knife crime by 9%, firearm offenses are down 10%, and homicides have decreased by 5%. ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…

Just got my bivalent booster. I picked a place where I could talk to the pharmacist about aspiration. As I suspected it’s not that they don’t do it they aren’t allowed to. Predictably he thought I’d heard on u-tube, but I cited this from the BMJ pmj.bmj.com/content/98/116…

Let's say the official advice has changed. At first the vaccine wasn't recommended for pregnant women, now it is. I don't know why the advice changed, probably results from abroad. Perhaps because of cases which showed Covid to be more dangerous to pregnancy than anticipated.

Guy in next cubicle just now pulling off what sounds like about 20’ of toilet paper? Is that normal? Am I strangely frugal?

Isn’t this pointless? The Russians will be monitoring the stored reserves and will further cut back supply if they see reserves building up.

Cold showers as German city of Hanover reacts to Russian gas crisis bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur…

A form of democracy for the 21st century

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