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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#IT #socialmedia #surveillance #privacy #politics #democracy
"We've spent the decade letting our tech define us. It's out of control"
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/29/decade-technology-privacy-tech-backlash
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As Qoto is mostly for STEM professionals, you might be interested in some STEM-related articles I have written in 2019.
1. The inaccurate accurate test for foetal abnormalities.
https://ionainstitute.ie/the-inaccurate-accurate-tests-for-foetal-abnormalities/
2. Ireland must have a debate about gene-editing
https://ionainstitute.ie/ireland-must-have-a-debate-about-gene-editing/
3. The grim reality of surrogacy in Ukraine.
https://ionainstitute.ie/the-grim-reality-of-surrogacy-in-ukraine/
4. Time for a bigger spotlight on rogue fertility clinics.
https://ionainstitute.ie/time-for-a-bigger-spotlight-on-rogue-fertility-clinics/
5. No strong evidence that free contraception will reduce abortion rate.
https://ionainstitute.ie/no-strong-evidence-that-free-contraception-will-reduce-abortion-rate/
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Thankfully this happened in texas where right to carry laws means any shooter in a public space isnt likely to get very far.
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The minimum wage law is very cleverly misnamed. The real minimum wage is zero — and that is what many inexperienced and low-skilled people receive as a result of legislation that makes it illegal to pay them what they are currently worth to an employer.
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Original: https://www.twitter.com/ThomasSowell/status/1211015912926699520
#Mises #Killed
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Rude Mother Fails To Put Baby On Silent Mode Before Church Service https://buff.ly/2PQSjNN
2019-12-28, 21:00:15
https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1211029114234245125
#uspol Low-income workers experience fastest wage increase in more than a decade
Spurred by a bustling global economy that includes $17 trillion in new valuation and record highs for American stock markets, low-income earners in America are seeing their wages increase at a faster rate than any time during the last decade.
https://disrn.com/news/low-income-workers-experience-fastest-wage-increase-in-over-a-decade
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Dems Worried If Impeachment Fails They'll Have To Nominate Electable Candidate #BestOfTheBee2019 https://buff.ly/2Iq3Y1Q
2019-12-28, 00:00:04
https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1210711977913438214
@freemo
And I wish I knew a way to mute notifications on a specific thread. :/
@freemo I just finished reading Loserthink, Scott Adams' new book. On this very happening thread right now, it's tempting to reply to posts with photos of pages from this book. I found myself engaged in what he calls Loserthink early on, tried to pull back from debating the meanings of words, but moral equivalency, ends justifying means, and more unhelpful ways of thinking are quite readily on display. I'm glad I read the book recently.
Each of my kids got a stocking and 4 gifts for Christmas. But they can't have free reign over their gifts until their rooms are clean... Still not that motivated to clean their rooms. Maybe by next Christmas?
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🔁 Michael Knowles Retweeted:
Spencer A. Klavan, gay class traitor @SpencerKlavan
Merry Christmas, Jesus is an actual dude who was born and is God and died so now you can live forever. All of that is real! Yay!
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Original: https://www.twitter.com/michaeljknowles/status/1209886335475027968
#Christmas #God #Jesus
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We’ve just had the best decade in human history. Seriously | Spectator USA
Let nobody tell you that the second decade of the 21st century has been a bad time. Extreme poverty has fallen below 10 percent of the world’s population
https://spectator.us/just-best-decade-human-history-seriously/
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Just a reminder, the house vote on impeachment wasnt even supported by all democrats. 2 democrats voted against it and all republicans voted against it. They couldnt even get support from democrats and they knew damn well they couldnt get support for 2/3 of the senate.
I hate trump and want him out of office as much as anyone, but the impeachment caused me to loose all respect for democrats.
It looks more like a desperate attempt to manipulate the 2020 election and win, rather than any real attempt at impeachment. Sad thing is they probably hurt their cause more than helped. I know I have lost what little respect for the democrats I had despite my hatred of trump.
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Articles Of Impeachment Updated To Read 'Orange Man Bad' https://buff.ly/38K6o7b
2019-12-22, 20:30:17
https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1208847245929537543
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🔁 Scott Adams Retweeted:
James Pethokoukis @JimPethokoukis
This is a tough chart for Democrats.
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Original: https://www.twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/1207996857403760640
#Chart #Democrats
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🔁 Scott Adams Retweeted:
Anton (Tony) Lazzaro 🇺🇸 @GOPtony
Shocking admission from the mainstream media.
Obama attempted to jail journalists...
“Donald Trump’s never done that.”
RT this moment of truth from the fake news!
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Original: https://www.twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/1208115747416944641
#Obama #Trump
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Another half marathon distance run this morning (14+ miles total). That's 6 in the last 7 weeks. Feeling pretty good considering I couldn't jog a 5k 3 or 4 months ago.
Most of these half marathon runs have been in sub freezing temporatures. Not sure if that makes them easier or harder. Certainly seemed easier when I went from Colorado to sea level for one of them.
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Some of my absolute favorite Tolkein quotes:
“A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.” -- The Children of Hurin
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” -- The Fellowship of the Ring
“A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities.”
"Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.” -- The Fellowship of the Ring
“What do you fear, lady?" [Aragorn] asked.
"A cage," [Éowyn] said. "To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.” -- Return of the King
“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?. . .If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if we're partisans of liberty, then it's our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can!”
“But I have been too deeply hurt, Sam. I tried to save the Shire, and it has been saved, but not for me. It must often be so, Sam, when things are in danger: some one has to give them up, lose them, so that others may keep them.” -- The Return of the King
#LOTR #tolkein #quotes #english #writing #LordOfTheRings #quote
Back to my original theory, then, that this is about putting a permanent cloud over the presidency to guard the Supreme Court in case Ruth needs to be replaced. "You can't have a president in the middle of impeachment appoint justices! "
Professor Who Testified for Democrats: Actually, Trump Isn't Impeached Yet
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
