I think it’s safe to assume it is. Time is EDT I think.
An Early April Fools Joke?
Looks Like Birx is trying to assure her place in hell for helping cause more death and suffering
I thought her mask fashion show instead of a science based briefing and failure to halt Trump’s drink bleach idea were bad, now this.
Source: Former Trump adviser joins company that makes hazardous air cleaners | Ars Technica
Reading her biography it seems to me she’s one of those people who got the degree but really only did good administration work not good science based medicine.
Avoid the Propaganda Site named Substack
Read this article for more info, I think I might have been the beneficiary of a Ponzi scheme
Fascinating Look into the World of Bigoted Comedians
How safe spaces for transgressive humor, both online and in real life, helped breed a hateful ideology
Source: The Comedy Industry Has a Big Alt-Right Problem | The New Republic
Andy Accurately Channels Jim & Alex
“If I had to write the impeachment part all over again, I’d really dumb it down,” James Madison said.
A Free Market Take on the Issue
Those willing to spread misinformation and incite violence have learned a hard lesson about free markets: Private companies don’t have to associate with them.
Go read the whole thing.
Source: Irina Manta and Berin Szóka: Who’s afraid of Josh Hawley? | Guest columnists | stltoday.com
Great One Sentence Summary of How Most Businesses Work in the USA
Not only are these guys shitty at their jobs, they keep each other and themselves in power so they can continue to be shitty at their jobs.
The Threat of Conspiracy
Dr. Novella has a very good piece up about conspiracy theory thinking.
Source: The Threat of Conspiracy Thinking to SBM – Science-Based Medicine
John Cleese Disappoints Me Too
It’s sad when a comedian decides they are old enough to step out of character and reveal what a bigoted moronic asshole they really are.
Source: John Cleese disappoints me
Cory Nails It
The problem is that we’re confusing automated persuasion with automated targeting. Laughable lies about Brexit, Mexican rapists, and creeping Sharia law didn’t convince otherwise sensible people that up was down and the sky was green.
Rather, the sophisticated targeting systems available through Facebook, Google, Twitter, and other Big Tech ad platforms made it easy to find the racist, xenophobic, fearful, angry people who wanted to believe that foreigners were destroying their country while being bankrolled by George Soros.
Source: Cory Doctorow: Zuck’s Empire of Oily Rags – Locus Online
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