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Spain joins in on covidiocy

dimanche 12 février 2023 à 07:17

Spain has joined most of the world in covidiocy by eliminating the rule requiring passengers in public transport to wear masks.

I wonder how the Covid-19 rate will change in the coming four weeks.

Tyre Nichols photos shared

dimanche 12 février 2023 à 03:47

One of the murderers of Tyre Nichols took photos of his bloody corpse and shared copies for fun.

Some people believe that taking a photo of a corpse does wrong to someone. No one has ever given me a rational explanation of how it could do that.

However, sharing such photos for enjoyment bespeaks an attitude of reveling in violence against strangers. We cannot tolerate such perversion in people to whom we give special powers or license to commit violence.

Masking rules, Spain

dimanche 12 février 2023 à 03:47

Spain has joined most of the world in covidiocy by eliminating the rule requiring passengers in public transport to wear masks.

I wonder how the Covid-19 rate will change in the coming four weeks.

Few male sea turtles

dimanche 12 février 2023 à 02:02

Sea turtles are in danger of extinction from global heating. The sex of an egg is determined by the temperature, so heating make them all develop into females. They tend to lay eggs earlier in the year, which will help avoid that problem, but calculations say it won't do enough.

Chinese security backlash

dimanche 12 février 2023 à 01:47

*Chinese-made security cameras to be removed from Australian government buildings.*

They are very wise to do this. You too would be wise to distrust such cameras — but not only the ones made in China!

Chances are these cameras are actually surveillance cameras: they transmit their video to some remote location (perhaps over the internet). Such cameras are always ready to spy on you for someone or other.