SecondJon @SecondJon@qoto.org
I'm interested in being just not civil, but excellent in interacting with others of different viewpoints in an online world where we can so viciously defend our echo chambers and be so dismissive of other perspectives.
Because this is less and less possible here, I'm largely offline and am not sure if I'll be returning. It was fun back when civility was a trend on qoto.
Joined Aug 2018
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An 88-year-old lady with dementia has had to wait for days to get surgery after a hip fracture, due to personnel shortages at a hospital in Norway.
Our public health system has been like this for years. Understaffed and underfunded. It offers universal healthcare as best it can, but it's always on the verge of collapse.
We pay some pretty steep taxes in this country, but it never seems to be enough.
If I had the money for it, I'd pay for some insurance. I don't want to be at the mercy of this system when I get old.
Our public health system has been like this for years. Understaffed and underfunded. It offers universal healthcare as best it can, but it's always on the verge of collapse.
We pay some pretty steep taxes in this country, but it never seems to be enough.
If I had the money for it, I'd pay for some insurance. I don't want to be at the mercy of this system when I get old.
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The Internet never forgets. There's a nonzero chance this will happen to your Mastodon thoughts as well.
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RT @MichaelJordaan@twitter.com
Picture paints a thousand posts
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/MichaelJordaan/status/1075294637642928129
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Hoping to figure out one day whether I actually liked Java or if it's just Stockholm syndrome
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RT @libertarianfrog@twitter.com
If you are not as disgusted by a Hammer and Sickle as you are by a Swastika then the education system has failed you.
After listening to the very fun 12 Days of Christmas medley by Straight No Chaser, I've had that Rains Down in Africa song stuck in my head. For 3 days. This has to stop.
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RT @AndrewScheer@twitter.com
Thankfully, more Canadians are seeing the light on this scam! Source: @Dolighan@twitter.com @TheTorontoSun@twitter.com
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/AndrewScheer/status/1073373974837379072
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Cheery QOTD:
"Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them."
— Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand
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Missing emails. Deleted texts. Missing 302’s. Cell phones smashed. Phones wiped clean. Hard drives not produced for evidence. Leaked docs to friends & news. Media has the FISA docs. What a Banana Republic America has become under this previous Administration. #Sickening
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@Elizafox "hm i dont like this build system, i should make my own that's even more inferior and frustrating"
- maintainers of several projects
- maintainers of several projects
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Netflix users, beware: Netflix aims to entice you to watch programming by tailoring the thumbnail images users see based on personal data such as preferences in genres and location. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/23/arts/television/netflix-race-targeting-personalization.html
Original tweet: https://twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1073952572799676417
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Via twitter:
BREAKING NEWS!!!
In the first ever randomized clinical trial, we demonstrated that parachutes did NOT prevent death or major injury compared to control in individuals jumping from aircraft.
Published today in the BMJ https://www.bmj.com/content/363/bmj.k5094
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Facebook has patented technology that predicts who else lives in your household based on photos you shared. Maybe you should be keeping them to yourself...
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nicolenguyen/facebook-household-prediction-patent
Fascinating. The majority in both parties want their party to move away from the left.
Not in the graphics but significant in these stats: 50% of Democrats identifying as liberal (a big increase in the last decade) , 70% of Republicans identifying as conservative (a fairly stable percent for the last decade and more) .
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Democrats Favor More Moderate Party; GOP, More Conservative
Given a choice, rank-and-file Democrats would prefer that their party shift to the center rather than the left, while Republicans favor a more conservative than moderate GOP.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/245462/democrats-favor-moderate-party-gop-conservative.aspx
"sorry"
Facebook's latest privacy scandal: The private photos of millions of users were accidentally shared with 1,500 apps
"We're sorry this happened," Facebook said in a statement after disclosing yet another privacy failing.
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I'm interested in being just not civil, but excellent in interacting with others of different viewpoints in an online world where we can so viciously defend our echo chambers and be so dismissive of other perspectives.
Because this is less and less possible here, I'm largely offline and am not sure if I'll be returning. It was fun back when civility was a trend on qoto.
Joined Aug 2018
