Nordstahl @Nordstahl@qoto.org

Pfizer made a record $100 billion in 2022, almost $57 billion of which was from its #COVID-19 vaccine and Paxlovid.

Yet they still want to charge people $130 per dose, and refuse to share vaccines and treatments with the world.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/31/the-covid-pandemic-drives-pfizers-2022-revenue-to-a-record-100-billion.html

#VaccineEquity

Republicans are too obsessed.

#politics

You don’t own your smart car. Hackers do.

The vulnerabilities are seemingly endless. And while fixes have been deployed, every evolution will bring new vulnerabilities with it.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/01/hackers-discover-that-vulnerabilities-are-rife-in-the-auto-industry/

#SmartCars #Automobiles #Cars #Technology #Hacking

@bookstodon Just finished reading Clytemnestra, by Costanza Casati, and I think it's one of the best books of 2023 so far. I read anything I can get my hands on having to do with Greek Mythology and yet, this story felt fresh and new for me. The author has completed intensive studies in ancient Greek, and ancient Greek literature. The narrative is rich with detail, the storytelling is smooth, and the unique perspective of Clytemnestra from her childhood all the way up to the Trojan War was fascinating. I recommend this for those of you who really dug Circe, The Song of Achilles, Elektra, Ariadne, A Thousand Ships, etc. I think you're gonna dig this one, too. Thanks to #NetGalley and Sourcebooks for this early copy for review. #books #bookstodon #bookreview

It has to start somewhere,
it has to start sometime,
what better place then here,
what better time than now

RATM - Guerrilla Radio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm1nCYOZB-s

#JukeboxFridayNight #Communication

Switzerland #photography #naturephotography #landscapephotography #alps #mountains

Twitter:

“Elon flips shit on an employee who politely told him that the views feature isn’t broken, he just doesn’t have enough clout.”

“This was me, my 6.5-year stint at Twitter comes to an end today. Proud of the work we did and have full confidence the three or four people left will be able to honor Elon’s requests to artificially inflate his view counts (and view counts for advertisers). Not me though 🫡”

#Twitter

@marcelias But only in two generations (1860s and now) has such a large proportion chosen racist treason instead.

My son wants to join the AF 🇺🇸

He’s plotted out his entire future based on the AF Academy — he’s only a freshman in HS 😆

Reminder: Raising the debt ceiling does not increase spending or the federal debt. It simply allows the government to pay bills it has already taken on. Know the truth.

Sleeping beauty.

#cats

Tweety: Beautiful sleeping Bodhisattva

Wrote a little Haiku, one of my favourite types of poetry. Paired it with a couple of my images. Hope you like it.

****
grief is a boulder
it doesn't get less heavy
your arms get stronger
****

#Poetry #Poem #Haiku #writer #writing

Just picked up my cat from surgery and they gave him better drugs than I got after delivering a baby.

My buddy next to me♥️

Retired NFL star Brett Favre is suing Mississippi State Auditor Shad White, accusing the Republican official of “defamation” over comments he made related to Favre’s role in Mississippi’s ongoing welfare scandal.

But the auditor's office says that “everything Auditor White has said about this case is true and is backed by years of audit work by the professionals at the Office of the State Auditor.”
https://www.mississippifreepress.org/30984/brett-favre-sues-mississippi-auditor-shad-white-alleging-defamation-over-welfare-scandal-remarks

What happens when an antisocial billionaire buys a social media platform: a disaster for disaster management.

We need public infrastructure for public services.

Twitter cutoff in Turkey amid earthquake rescue operations: A social media expert explains the danger of losing the microblogging service in times of disaster
https://theconversation.com/twitter-cutoff-in-turkey-amid-earthquake-rescue-operations-a-social-media-expert-explains-the-danger-of-losing-the-microblogging-service-in-times-of-disaster-199580

A dream come true..

Welp, rules are rules.