David Rasmussen, aka Rasamoto @Bertrecords@qoto.org

https://mstdn.social/@tracingcovid/109566959707596444

https://www.smh.com.au/national/post-christmas-covid-wave-looms-as-some-get-infected-for-a-fifth-time-20221222-p5c86j.html “We’ve certainly seen people who have had COVID a few times: they’ve been hospitalised with their 3rd or 4th or 5th infection & that’s the one that’s turned out to be more significant and more severe.”

My list of the ten best films of 2022. https://bit.ly/3C5IZgU

#film #cinema #TCMParty #movies #BlackMastodon #Mastodon

BREAKING: Pele, the greatest male footballer ever, has passed away at age 82. My deepest condolences to Pele’s family and the people of Brazil. May Pele forever rest in power. 🙏🏿 #Brazil #Brasil #BlackMastodon #Mastodon #Pele

He wasn't going first.

#Putin

George Santos⁩ keeps giving contradictory explanations for his mystery millions, which he used to finance his House campaign. Read my newest article for his latest story, which doesn’t add up. And please share this one.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/12/george-santos-devolder-mystery-millions-lies/

On January 13, I'm breaking my five-year sabbatical from talks and speaking at @NewYork_CM—the world's largest face-to-face creative community, entirely volunteer-run—on the month's theme: Sanctuary. Live music by the great @JOANPOLICEWOMAN. Free with RSVP https://www.themarginalian.org/live/

George Santos lied about everything, but he only confessed to a few. The rest is out there, along with the truth. The deeper reporters have dug, the more bizarre things get. Here’s where things stand and what we can expect in the coming weeks and months. My piece is out, don’t forget to subscribe to become a regular weekday recipient of my newsletter!
https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/george-santos-confessed-to-lying?sd=pf

I will add that masking/distancing/vaccination is all good, but what we REALLY need is forced PM2.5 air filtration in all public spaces. Schools, hospitals, universities, shops, restaurants, cinemas: on trains, buses, planes, and passenger ships. And ESPECIALLY schools and hospitals. These premises have always been viral disease amplifiers, but filtration stops it spreading at source.

Every year at Christmas now I think about Christmas 8 years ago when I nearly died with my wife, child and in-laws.

I share this every year over on the Bird Site and will share it here now.

It was Christmas Eve. 9 year old was just 1. We were staying at my in-laws who had an acreage just outside Red Deer at the time. We went to bed a bit late but the night was good. 1 year old wasn’t up too much.

My son has been asking a lot of questions this Christmas season, and I'm worried it might be the last year he believes that Bitcoin is real.

Why do we call them “central banks” and not “apex creditors”?

Is Elon Musk going to turn into the same sort of joke that Trump has become? | Arwa Mahdawi - Musk’s cult-like fans haven’t entirely lost faith in their leader yet, but it’s getting a lot harder for him to keep up his imageI hate it when I have to do this but here goes: I was wrong. I was very, very wrong. Back in October, when Elon Musk’s... #twitter #theguardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/24/is-elon-musk-going-to-turn-into-the-same-sort-of-joke-that-trump-has-become

As we await the findings of Jack Smith and the ultimate (painfully slow) verdict of Merrick Garland, we can take some solace in the January 6 committee’s criminal referral of a lawless man: obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the US, conspiracy to make a false statement and for inciting or assisting an insurrection.