Posts by harold@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #AdMAixDNsPKXhZSHtw by harold@mastodon.social
2023-12-18T18:41:46Z
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Dancing as the lock-downs were lifted in 2021, prior to the deadly Delta variant, as well as a symbolic mask removal in 2022, are clever, but in the first case dangerous, and in the second case, time will tell.https://jarche.com/2022/03/dancing-in-the-dark/Well, time has told us ...https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/covid-deaths-new-brunswick-1.7061168#covid #NBPoli
(DIR) Post #AdTwOBRxuXmHg09m2C by harold@mastodon.social
2024-01-03T21:54:17Z
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“The political project of normalizing transmitting #COVID and casting basic, scientific mitigations as bad, weird, mean, stupid, and impossible is a fantastic coup for the right. It is the utter rejection of state responsibility for public welfare, paired with the complete shredding of an early-pandemic solidarity that bound those at risk (everyone) together.”https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/how-the-press-manufactured-consent
(DIR) Post #AddkmguCsOEUwSBAg4 by harold@mastodon.social
2024-01-08T00:16:18Z
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I booked my first flight since 2019 today. It will be a full five years in between my life of much travel and my current state of avoiding an incurable disease like #LongCovid Masks and HEPA filters will be in use but it will still be with risks. Meanwhile, 99% of society does not give a shit. This is the new normal :(
(DIR) Post #AhSbgkBrGwH5R0QwIi by harold@mastodon.social
2024-04-29T15:15:09Z
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“About 2 million people in England and Scotland say they are experiencing long Covid, figures reveal, with many reporting their symptoms have lasted two years or longer.”https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/25/about-2m-people-long-covid-england-scotland-ons-figures#LongCovid #Covid
(DIR) Post #AhaSA7YAHnlWrCOnDs by harold@mastodon.social
2024-05-05T01:41:04Z
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I never thought I would live in a time when protesting against genocide would be seen as radical behaviour. There are Nazis in my family. I know what happened. My maternal grandfather, serving in the Wehrmacht, never got a ration card for his family because he would not join the Nazi party. Stand up against genocide, no matter the price.#democracy
(DIR) Post #AhbXZY4bVKezHmTaDI by harold@mastodon.social
2024-05-05T01:48:50Z
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Sadly #Democracy in #Canada will not die with a bang, or a whimper, but with a #Notwithstanding clause
(DIR) Post #AhjV955lzI5DEHxD6W by harold@mastodon.social
2024-05-09T17:40:45Z
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“The enemy is the propaganda campaign that has everyone claiming, loudly and confidently, that #COVID is over, while catching it for the fifth time in four years. The enemy is the utter destruction of public health for the sake of a normal that isn’t coming back.” https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/does-the-public-understand-that-variant
(DIR) Post #AjF9WXEozMs1ASfS0O by harold@mastodon.social
2024-06-23T12:26:59Z
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Seeing people out walking while wearing high visibility clothing today reminds me of this cartoon from 1927#CarCulture
(DIR) Post #AlzIpbeWTA0Vulg6ts by harold@mastodon.social
2024-09-14T01:32:09Z
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My grandfather was in the Reichswehr (look it up). He served 9 years & then served in the German postal service. Hitler took power in 1933. My grandfather refused to join the Nazi party & would not get a ration card for his family. They went hungry but he fished for eel. There was never a photo of Hitler in the home, against regulations. I am seeing the same situation my grandfather did. Grandfather died in 1958 saying that all Germans should wear black because of the shame of WWII. It repeats
(DIR) Post #AmHCMgYy20r7rmBVgG by harold@mastodon.social
2024-09-22T23:07:48Z
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@pavsmith I commuted by automobile for a total of 4 years in my life. I'm 65, so I've been around. Early in my careers I always lived close enough to bike or walk to work. Since 2003 I have worked from home. I have not jumped on a plane for work since 2019. Not intending to do it any time soon. Life is so much better!@drahardja
(DIR) Post #AnvCqxVdqQcmf6kZm4 by harold@mastodon.social
2024-11-11T00:59:24Z
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Pluralistic: #Bluesky and enshittification "I will never again devote my energies to building up an audience on a platform whose management can sever my relationship to that audience at will." —Cory Doctorow 2024-11-02+1https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/ulysses-pact/
(DIR) Post #Ao35aEdtkIPoSiN0AC by harold@mastodon.social
2024-11-14T23:34:26Z
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@futurebird It took me a while to leave and I can see why people with lots of followers would be reticent. I left FB in 2011 and that was much easier.https://jarche.com/2024/11/farewell-little-bird/
(DIR) Post #AoA9DRSBhwuLSRzzV2 by harold@mastodon.social
2024-11-11T02:21:51Z
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Brandolini's Law is going to sink us. There is just too much BShttps://sketchplanations.com/the-bs-asymmetry-principle
(DIR) Post #Aqh5TNPvfpdrGNj7Cq by harold@mastodon.social
2025-02-02T00:19:03Z
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It is seriously time for Canada to apply for EU membership. #CdnPoli
(DIR) Post #Asy1szPGg6RwhPnV7g by harold@mastodon.social
2025-04-11T02:18:14Z
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Some (most) Canadians wonder if the Conservatives can be trusted. Probably not.https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/do-you-believe-the-polls-poilievre-supporters-ask-1.7507437#CdnPoli
(DIR) Post #AtnpkwpOO9IJuGyWRM by harold@mastodon.social
2025-05-06T02:06:16Z
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In 1998 measles was eradicated in Canada, but #PublicHealth has been no match for #PublicStupidity https://health-infobase.canada.ca/measles-rubella/
(DIR) Post #Az7vzxXIIRRDbtmWcy by harold@mastodon.social
2025-10-11T22:03:57Z
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"I'm still mourning the loss of community I used to experience on Twitter. First, I went radio silent and ultimately decided to delete my entire account. When discussing communities, that's one of the things we're warned against. If we put our metaphorical eggs in one basket and something happens to that basket, there's no putting Humpty Dumpty back together again." — @bonni208 https://teachinginhighered.com/2025/10/11/3b-communities/#PKMastery #PKM
(DIR) Post #AzUhEbCIbT7XzlYvo0 by harold@mastodon.social
2025-10-22T22:30:51Z
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"The fascist strain in Silicon Valley, always an undercurrent as Big Tech worked hand-in-hand with the U.S. military, is now dominant. From Thiel to Musk to Zuckerberg to Bezos the power players are all in Trump’s pocket, and he’s in theirs. A deadly symbiotic relationship has formed, one that we have to disrupt if we want a decent future. At the center of this symbiosis sits #AI ..."Warning: Substackhttps://www.jphilll.com/p/ai-needs-fascism
(DIR) Post #AzUhEgKzUa2nwAfRY0 by harold@mastodon.social
2025-10-22T22:33:15Z
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"Fascism needs #AI, just as AI needs #fascism. While oligarchs attempt to force profits out of us because they’ve reached the limit of what they can consensually extract, fascists exert power over us because they’ve gone beyond the limits of what the populace will democratically consent to. Poll after poll shows that people are growing more skeptical of AI."
(DIR) Post #B0zEMF1GHmBIRXjRsu by harold@mastodon.social
2025-12-06T23:10:34Z
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@aral "The main handicap of authoritarian regimes in the 20th century — the desire to concentrate all information and power in one place — may become their decisive advantage in the 21st century.” https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/10/yuval-noah-harari-technology-tyranny/568330/