Question for #IT experts: i have some youtube videos on a #youtube channel (educational scientific communication)- recently i have been getting dozens of very weird, nonsensical comments- see picture- any idea what it might be?

Iranian Prince Reza Pahlavi said a regime change in Iran would solve many global problems in an interview with Fox News on Sunday amid regional tensions following Iran’s attack on Israel last week. Drawing a distinction between the Iranian people and the Islamic Republic, Pahlavi

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Given Iran's willingness to use lethal force to crush dissent, it would be unwise to count on significant political change in Tehran any time soon. chathamhouse.org/2024/10/lastin…

#Superspreading of #SARSCoV2: a systematic review and meta-analysis of event attack rates and individual transmission patterns | Epidemiology & Infection | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/48220zq Maria Van Kerkhove Emily S Gurley Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Fully expecting demonstrations and vandalism in front of the factories supplying these weapons… or not

It’s really sadly funny to read the Jews want to… invade Turkey/control the world economy/control Hollywood/exterminate the Palestinians/replace whites with browns in Europe (delete as appropriate according to your leanings)- when really all we want is to be left f*****g alone.

Our New global #LongCovid study from 25 places in 17 countries across 4 continents is out today BMJ Global Health: 70% in HICs vs 45% in LMICs affected. #LC is a global disabling event. This study highlights the importance of global harmonised protocols & long-term sequelae

Large-scale global study on Long Covid highlights need for investment in research, care & support in LMICs as well as HICs Pandemic Sciences Institute ISARIC Janet Scott Long Covid Support psi.ox.ac.uk/news-and-opini…

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Meeting two dictators on one day - busy day for the UN Secretary-general.

I worked for the United Nations - i still believe that at least World Health Organization (WHO) has a positive influence- but my faith in the organization as a neutral force for good is deeply shaken- it is weak and at the mercy of nefarious states and organizations

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I am trying to get my head around the idea and voting thing in the US. Lets say i go on holidays to the US next week- i can just turn up to a voting station and cast a ballot???

All i get on twitter nowadays is a) jews+israel are evil and b) palestinians+arabs are evil, fuelled by an algorithm that compels to scroll scroll scroll- Except for a few nuanced accounts- the whole thing is poison- so i’m deleting the all. Keeping the account for now. Bye!

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Galilean pride goes global! The Azrieli Faculty of Medicine – Galilee, אוניברסיטת בר-אילן m is now an official ASPHER member! 🌍 Looking forward to international collaborations, professional standard‑setting & global public health impact from the Galilee to Europe!

What- forced displacement of up to 4 million people into a zone of conflict and no one cares? No demonstrations? How surprising. theguardian.com/global-develop…

One simple concept in Yuval Noah Harari #nexus is helping me making sense of the world lately: information is not about truth, it is about maintaining order. The outrage comes from the expectation that information should always be truth when it serves an entirely different purpose.