Pat @Pat@qoto.org

The feature set in Affirmation 7.4 has significantly increased over the previous version.

#NewRelease #features

Captain Kirk in space (for real)

Congratulations to Dr. Chris Boshuizen, Glen de Vries, Audrey Powers, and William Shatner for traveling into space on top of the Blue Origins New Shepard rocket. The Texas launch happened on the morning of October 13, 2021 14:49 UTC.

The 90-year-old Shatner, who played Captain James T. Kirk on the original Star Trek series, is the first Star Trek actor to go into space and the oldest astronaut to boldly go beyond the Kármán line (100 km above sea level).

Video: launch and flight
https://youtu.be/uEhdlIor-do?t=8555

Video: Shatner discusses his experience and how thin the atmosphere is
https://youtu.be/uEhdlIor-do?t=9971

#TruthBeTold

The truth is...

Bozo the Clown wasn't a single person, but several people who played the character. They include Michael Zamakhshari, Hank Werneckfarsborn, Roy Higgs, and others.

To differentiate between the various versions of the character, they are simply referred to as the Z Bozo, the W Bozo, the Higgs Bozo, etc.

#TruthBeTold
#clown #qed #qcd #qm #mass #confusion #electrifying #weak #strong #tv
#dumb #pun

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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)

Created with #Mathlab by "Jahobr".

Source code: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black_and_white_wiggler.gif#Summary

This video explains how the Earth's greenhouse effect works, and it's not the same way that an actual greenhouse works.

(includes a detailed explanation with some math)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUFOuoD3aHw

If the Earth was the size of an apple, the atmosphere would be less than the thickness of the apple's skin.*

The portion of the atmosphere that humans can inhabit and breathe in is only one-fifth the thickness of the apple's skin.

* - where the highest aircraft have flown <40 km (excluding spacecraft, of course)

#Earth #space #air #breathe #aircraft

I just visited a website that stuck 419 cookies on my machine!!!!

A single page on a single site, and they cramped 419 cookies onto my computer.

Also, whenever a site asks me to set cookie options and gives me the option of "only absolutely necessary cookies", somehow they think that doubleclick and youtube cookies are absolutely necessary to make they're site run.

#hack #privacy #browser #WWW

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Here is the definition of "woke":

woke - aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice)

(from “Woke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woke.)

If someone is "woke" they are aware of when a situation is contrary to the ideals exposed by The Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson. That political philosophy was developed by Thomas Hobbs and John Locke, among others. It is the foundation of the United States and many other republics throughout the world.

#woke #race #justice #equal #liberty #blm #usa

#USA #masks #mask #vax #COVID19 #respirator #vaccine

I have one question for all of the anti-maskers and antivaxers in the US...

What have you achieved that was worth the lives of 700,000 Americans?

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Photo courtesy Ralf Roletschek (http://www.roletschek.at) per licenses at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:13-11-12-rechtsmedizin-berlin-charite-by-RalfR-20.jpg

Question "authorities".

#grammar #Leary #60s #English

#math #statistics #Afghanistan #war #US

Final totals
US military deaths in Afghanistan
by administration:

Bush 642
Obama 1737
Trump 63
Biden 13

source: https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/pages/report_ofs_month.xhtml
(defense.gov)

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The truth is...

New evidence points to the supposition that the CoVID-19 vaccine escaped from the lab.

#vaccine #virus #Wuhan #lab #China #COVID19 #coronavirus #CSPAN #LabSafety

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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)

Have you ever noticed that the icon for a pinned toot is actually a thumbtack and not a pin?

#fedi #mastodon #this #is #my #pinned #toot

See some of my previous toots for explanations of what a surgical mask and respirator are. (Respirators are sometimes referred to as "N95 masks")

#masks #respirator #COVID19 #vaccine #Fauci

What type of face mask do you wear?

Since the pandemic started, the US healthcare industry has lost 684,286 customers.

The death rate in the US is now equivalent to a 9/11 attack happening everyday.

#CoVID19 #respirator #vaccine #mask

This mathematical model says that respirators could have stopped COVID-19 in the US...

This study by researchers at Harvard Medical School and other institutions says that if just 40% of the population had worn N95 respirators at the beginning of the outbreak in the US, then the epidemic would never have become established.

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.210699

#COVID19 #masks #pandemic #vaccine #CDC #USA

This is an elastomeric respirator. These respirators provide the best protection and fit (other than units that provide a separate air supply, like SCBA (self-contained breathing aparatus) or PAPR (powered air-purifying respirator)). Elastomeric respirators are designed for reuse and the filters are replaceable. The most effective filters for these respirators are rated N100 or P100 (or P3 in Europe). The respirators usually have an exhalation valve to make breathing easier. If source control is desired, then the exhalation valve should be covered with separate cloth or filter material. (Being careful not to excessively impede breathing.)

#COVID19 #masks #pandemic #vaccine #CDC #virus

(This pic is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic license.
Attribution: Ryssby at English Wikipedia)

This is a respirator, also known as an N95 mask. These respirators have the filter built into the mask and are usually designed for limited use and disposal, although when supplies are short they can be reused as long as they still provide a good fit and are not clogged so as to make breathing difficult. They sometimes have an exhalation valve that allows exhaled air to escape directly without being filtered so as to make breathing easier. The unit in this picture also provides source control.

#COVID19 #masks #pandemic #vaccine #CDC #virus

Pic: Astronaut Kate Rubins wearing a respirator.