Daniel Dvorkin @medigoth@qoto.org

Yes. There are no #vaccine #skeptics. There are:

1. Rational people who accept the overwhelming evidence that vaccines are safe and effective;

2. Traitors to humanity who lie and say they're not; and

3. Credulous fools who listen to group 2 over group 1.

That's it. There is no fourth option.

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"#Vaccines work
#Evolution is real
Human activities cause #climate #change
#Chemtrails don't exist
#HAARP doesn't control the #weather
People landed on the #Moon
And FFS, the #Earth is #ROUND"

Seems like this might be particularly important at the moment.

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@knowprose Or maybe that's just what they want the overlords to think.

Honestly, I'd be okay with Skynet becoming self-aware before January 20th.

I just got a #spam call from a #bot describing itself as an "#AI #volunteer." Uh ...

Yeah, maybe they should have been "alarmed" a couple of weeks ago. That would have done a lot more good.

I know that if we want to have any chance of salvaging the country from this ongoing train wreck, we're going to need to work with a lot of people who have buyer's remorse. And saying "we told you so" isn't going to be productive. But for the moment, I'm just going to indulge myself in a little snark:

WE FUCKING TOLD YOU SO.

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/17/nx-s1-5193867/farmers-agriculture-experts-reaction-trump-rfk-jr-tariffs

@Wileymiller Well that's ... disturbingly appropriate.

@RickiTarr You should get this "Welcome To #Adulthood Starter Pack" on your 18th birthday, and the congratulatory message should absolutely include this vital wisdom.

@ampersine Immediately after taking office, Biden should have started a program of de-Trumpification throughout the federal government. His failure to do so is IMO a big part of the reason for the mess we're in now.

@mike You monster!

@mike By using open source office software, you're actually stealing potential revenue from Microsoft, so sorry, we're going to have to pull your paper.

@mike Well, that's fairly horrifying.

@sheilasmall Yeah, it's epic trolling. I think I see Musk's hand in this.

#Kennedy for #HHS. There is no bottom to this well.

Seen in the wild: "Luckily all our #environmental laws are older than 18 years, so Rep. #Gaetz shouldn't have much interest in them."

Read the whole thread. This is serious. For better or worse (I think we can definitely say "worse" now) #Twitter used to a major way #science news propagated across the internet. Even after #Musk took it over, a lot of people who should have known better kept relying on it. Now we're seeing the consequences of that.

We can't rely on *any* one platform to get our messages out, not even #Mastodon. Post here, on #Bluesky, even on #Facebook while it's still not a *complete* shithole, and on any other platform you think might have a chance of reaching a decent-sized audience.

This applies to science and #politics and everything else, but I think with science it's particularly critical. #Xitter and other right-wing platforms are going to be pushing even more #misinformation than they already are. For #scientists to keep speaking up is one of the best ways to fight back.

@realTuckFrumper Pretty much as expected. 😐

#Gaetz as #AG. That's just ... [chef's kiss]

@Dhmspector Idiocracy looks like sheer genius compared to this shit.