David Rasmussen, aka Rasamoto @Bertrecords@qoto.org

It's rare to hear this from them, and so it is quite welcome.

https://secondnexus.com/ken-buck-praises-merrick-garland?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

Unbelievable, the expected CDC "guidance" says that N95's are no better than surgical masks despite the numerous studies that show N95's show a large decrease in infectious disease spread.

If you had any doubts b4 about the CDC becoming a political tool...

Expected CDC guidance on N95 masks outrages health care workers

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/expected-cdc-guidance-n95-masks-outrages-health-care-workers-rcna104854#

#Covid19 #PublicHealth #CDC #CovidIsNotOver

In memory of Grant Vernon Hart, drummer and co-songwriter of the alternative rock and hardcore punk band Hüsker Dü, who died on this day in 2017 from complications of liver cancer and hepatitis

#punk #punks #punkrock #granthart #hüskerdü #huskerdu #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Alabama decided to try it, and the federal panel isn’t pleased. Like, at all. How the state tried to thumb its nose at a SCOTUS voting rights opinion, and how that’s likely to go, in today’s piece. https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/an-alabama-slammer?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

So, I'm just going to be sure I have this straight.

Back in 2019-2020, when #covid19 first burst onto the scene, nobody had any idea what we were dealing with. Out of an abundance of caution people were urged to stay at home, and keep away from other people.

In the almost-four years since then, we have learned exactly what we are dealing with - a disease never dealt with before on this level, that attacks and destroys multiple systems of the body, leaves many people disabled/bedridden, or with any of a huge number of chronic conditions.

It attacks the heart and brains of everyone infected (to varying degrees), and confers no long lasting immunity against future infections (which tend to get worse each time).

But with all that knowledge, we've now dropped any semblance of protection, and actively discourage masking, isolation and cleaning the air.

... Do I have this right?

Freedom of speech is the cornerstone of all freedom. But not all speech is the same, and not all speech qualifies as “free speech.”

As the indictments pile up against Trump and his co-conspirators for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election, we have seen a concerted effort by Trump to claim a ridiculous defense based on “freedom of speech.”

Free speech, according to his cockamamie theory, means he can say whatever he wants to say, regardless of the consequences. He falsely equates his leadership of the criminal conspiracy to destroy American democracy with the act of having a mere opinion or belief.

This defense is unlikely to hold up in a court of law — and it doesn’t hold up in the field of cognitive linguistics, either. Cognitive linguists have long understood that there are different kinds of speech, and that some kinds of speech constitute “speech acts.”

More at FrameLab:
https://framelab.substack.com/p/trumps-criminal-speech-acts-vs-free

⚾ #MLB #Baseball @baseball@a.gup.pe @baseball@chirp.social

Via Jay Cuda @JayCuda
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Division leaders on the 28th of each month this season

Things every reporter knows but none will mention:

—Congress has no constitutional authority over a state prosecutor.
—Jim Jordan has no factual basis for any of his nasty insinuations.

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4169099-jim-jordan-launches-probe-into-georgia-trump-prosecution/

@jaykuo explains the whole thing: https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/free-lawyers-but-big-strings-attached?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Do you ever come up with advice for your enemies, that you would absolutely withhold if you thought there was any chance they'd hear it

Just published
When a nasal vaccine provides superior immune response compared with a shot (2 doses of each). Results from a randomized clinical trial, including vs Omicron, and with less local and systemic adverse effects
https://nature.com/articles/s41541-023-00717-8

39 years ago today

Hüsker Dü at the junkyard photo shoot for Zen Arcade, July 31, 1984

Photo by Mark Peterson

#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #hüskerdü #huskerdu #history #punkrockhistory #otd

“The imperial Supreme Court is something new and dangerous … [W]e must consider more radical options to protect the American form of government.”

https://harvardlawreview.org/forum/vol-136/the-imperial-supreme-court/
#SCOTUS

I agree 100 percent with ICE-T regarding Sinead O’Connor when contrasted with people in general: most people in the world do not stand for anything at all. The vast majority of us stand for our own existence and survival, and not too much else. This is the painful, human truth. If we could see outside and beyond ourselves more often…🙏🏿

#Mastodon #BlackMastodon #SineadOConnor #Sinead

Two hotels, two sets of conspirators, all working toward the same goal: overturning the 2020 election. Jack Smith’s team has pierced the silence around the Willard Hotel and possibly the Trump International Hotel. And that has far reaching consequences. I delve into the deets in today’s piece. https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/conspiracy-to-obstruct-a-tale-of?sd=pf

Has anyone looked into possible Cambridge Analytica-style skulduggery in spreading covid disinfo and propaganda among public institutions? "Let's make every school board in the U.S. believe and behave as though covid is no big deal," that sort of thing?

#Covid #Covid19 #LongCovid @longcovid @novid