SecondJon @SecondJon@qoto.org
- Current Life Chapter Title
- Something Smells Terrible
- More Seriously
- Fighting the long defeat
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.
I'm a #Dad of several from toddler to teen, #Husband, #Christian, #Anglican, Unaffiliated #conservatarian, Software #Developer, #Coloradan, Reader of paper #books, Card and BoardGamer, #tea drinker, solving problems and helping millions escape extreme poverty as a #Salesforce #Architect at an amazing nonprofit.
Joined Aug 2018
I haven't checked the news in a few days... Seems it's been eventful. I'm summary... There was an attack on a US embassy in Iraq, Trump branded it the anti-Benghazi and sent in support, no one died, then over the next few days authorized drone or other attacks to kill military leaders of Iran who were not in Iran, but were in Iraq, maybe in connection with this embassy attack. Is that right?
I'm guessing the perpetually exploding talking heads have been exploding, and those who have called every Trump breath a constitutional crisis call this one, and on the other side Trump is hailed as the most heroic hero to every heroically be heroic?
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Mom Spends Full Hour Getting Kids Ready To Play In Snow For Three Minutes https://buff.ly/37yvcxF
2020-01-02, 19:01:06
https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1212811069380550657
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🔁 Michael Knowles Retweeted:
Comfortably Smug @ComfortablySmug
"With Julian Castro out, I am now the only Latino candidate running" - Elizabeth Warren
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Original: https://www.twitter.com/michaeljknowles/status/1212744694423334913
#Elizabeth #Warren
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Six-Year-Old Saying, 'Why Don't We Just Give Everything Away For Free?' Surges To Top Of Democratic Polls #BestOfTheBee2019 https://buff.ly/2Z8jBEG
2020-01-01, 17:00:38
https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1212418365538521088
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You can't stop people from saying bad things about you. All you can do is make them liars.
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Original: https://www.twitter.com/ThomasSowell/status/1212418856494518272
#Mises
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In the book When, The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing, author Daniel Pink recommends embracing and building upon the psychological waves of time we are on, such as the feeling of a starting point every new year (and new month and new week, etc.)
So recommendation : embrace January 1 as a fresh start, start implement a new system of action in the right direction. Then do it again on Sunday or Monday as you start the new week.
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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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#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.
- Current Life Chapter Title
- Something Smells Terrible
- More Seriously
- Fighting the long defeat
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.
I'm a #Dad of several from toddler to teen, #Husband, #Christian, #Anglican, Unaffiliated #conservatarian, Software #Developer, #Coloradan, Reader of paper #books, Card and BoardGamer, #tea drinker, solving problems and helping millions escape extreme poverty as a #Salesforce #Architect at an amazing nonprofit.
Joined Aug 2018
