Pat @Pat@qoto.org

@lscottspencer@mstdn.social

Do you live in the US? More than a million Americans were just killed by the COVID-19 virus because the CDC and others lied to them. Nearly all of those deaths were preventable.

More people have been killed by COVID-19 in the last week than were killed in the 9/11 attack. Every week.

See this thread:
https://qoto.org/@Pat/109679858028890551

and my posts under #CDC #respirator #masks

@lscottspencer@mstdn.social

I fixed a typo. You must have responded at the same time I was fixing it.

FYI, at this point, after the CDC and others have just killed a million of our citizens, I trust the military to protect American lives much more than I trust politicians.

@lscottspencer@mstdn.social

If you were still in the Army and the US government went rogue, what would you do, shoot at the citizens or protect them?

@stux

#TruthBeTold

More and more Russian citizens are beginning to protest against Putin’s ill-gotten wealth, including his opulent mansion.

https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/navalny-makes-allegations-of-putin-wealth-ahead-of-protests/

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#TruthBeTold = A statement that is logically or literally true (or partly true), but seems to imply something that isn’t true or is just plain weird. (for rhetoric, logic or propaganda studies… or just for fun)

#russia #putin #potus #mansion #corruption

@gneilyo @stux

The right to self-defense is a natural right that exists irrespective of any laws that attempt to recognize of prohibit it. That right predates the US Bill of Rights by millennia.

@peterdrake

Try typing "/@peterdrake@qoto.org/" into your browser (without the quote-slashes) and you will have your answer.

@notthatkaren @stux

A child today will most likely suffer a premature death in their lifetime from obesity, diabetes or cancer caused by a poor diet than from any other cause.

@tadbithuman @stux

>"I want to see if I can't see alt text or alt text is not provided. Could someone post something as a test."

Here an example...

@stux

Priorities - to save the most lives...

1. Stop eating meat. More individuals are killed for food than for any other reason. In the US eating meat causes more premature deaths than any other cause. This causes billions of animal deaths and millions of human deaths each year.

2. Wear a respirator and encourage others to wear a respirator. A respirator protects against many deadly respiratory viruses as well as from COVID-19. It is much more risky to go our in public without a properly worn respirator than it is to drive without a seatbelt.

3. Stop drinking alcohol and encourage others not to drink alcohol. It kills many more people than guns do.

4. Don't try drugs that can cause overdoses, like opiates.

5. Eat a healthy diet. Avoid carcinogens like tobacco, meat, and acryramide (from cooked starches like potatoes and toast).

6. Slow down when you drive.

These are where most of the premature deaths come from. Guns are way down the list, but those who run things and control the media want people to believe that guns are a huge problem so they can distract people from the real problems in society.

@stux

Also, FYI, more people have been killed by COVID-19 since you drafted this thread an hour ago, then died in that CA shooting.

@stux

The reason why guns are legal in the US is because the drafters of the Bill of Rights wanted to make sure people could defend their lives and their freedom from anyone who would try to take their lives or freedom away, including an oppressive government.

In the US our country just killed over a million of its own citizens. A government like that, lacking in any conscience or morality could just as easily decide to start rounding up it citizens for who knows what reason. It happened in Germany, it could happen here.

Living in a country like that, I'd say we definitely need to keep our guns -- just in case.

FYI, guns in US are used defensively to protect lives three times as often as they are used to commit a crime.

#2A

@bauglir

So this is the real reason for incorporating MIMO capability in 802.11 radios.

#BlackHelicopter #TinFoilHat

@freemo @rastinza

Next they will say that "Wish You Were Here" had too much flame.

@timely_pace

The internal conductors are also a portion of the load.

@icedquinn

Maybe in a couple of decades one of those spacey billionaires will have a lunar-parkour tour service.

@WyWyWa

Did you know that QOTO has a character limit of 65,535 per toot?

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Here's a cat doing the moonwalk on the moon.

He's sad because his wife just got left behind on Earth.

(details: https://qoto.org/@Pat/109643514025295664 )

#caturday #cat #moon #dance #moonwalk

from: Dancing on the Moon (1935)

@icedquinn

313 will likely change his mind about that in a few decades.

@peterdrake @htdrake

>'htdrake reports that a squirrel knocked down our suet holder, opened it, and ran off the the block of "hot pepper suet".'

Yeah, it doesn't work on the Eastern Gray Squirrel either. Works on mice, though, sometimes.