Notices by David J. Atkinson (meltedcheese@c.im)

@davesdogmaggie @Nonilex It is prudent to assume plans for “special” federal police — probably not #FBI — are being prepared, if not already being implemented. The “Brown Shirt” equivalent are the Proud Boys and similar right wing vigilantes who do the intimidation work. At this stage in Hitler taking power, the Brown Shirts were being double-crossed so Hitler could convince the Generals not to resist, that he would not bypass them. Expected next: Night of the Long Knives.

@chessert @benroyce Hey, give them all the #H5N1 milk they want. At this point, save your own and yourself from the stupidity of crowds.

@Infoseepage @tshirtman @benroyce Scientists in every field know people like this. They waste the air they breathe. In my experience, they all go away. But it might take some time.

@benroyce So what did we learn from #Covid19 that we can use now with #H5N1 ?

@benroyce Uh, you first? BTW, did anybody actually do that? Are they alive?

@StaceyCornelius @BioGeek23 @IntentionallyBLANK @Infoseepage Agreed. But this approach didn’t work out so well with COVID from a public health perspective. One lesson learned: it is up to us as individuals to keep ourselves safe.

@IntentionallyBLANK @BioGeek23 @StaceyCornelius If the virus is in wastewater, how would it get there except from humans?

@MxVerda @breadandcircuses
I just finished reading Hansen et.al., “Global warming in the pipeline” (2023). I weep for my children and grandchildren and all the others who will suffer from humanity’s inexorable drive to live out of balance with nature. It is fair to say that we couldn’t predict the catastrophic implications of the Industrial Revolution. Now it seems too late. #climatechange

https://academic.oup.com/oocc/article/3/1/kgad008/7335889

@thomasfuchs @trochee Sadly, people seem more appalled by being called weird than they do being called racist.

@MylesRyden @KevinMarks @ottaross Great idea. #kamalaharris

Other than #weird, what common, simply understood words or phrases accurately describe the behavior of MAGA and what they advocate?

- unusual
- out-of-bounds
- ridiculous
- radical
- discourteous
- abusive
- unconventional
- ignorant
- …

Your list?

@luckytran Just in time for the authoritarian coup, presently underway. If this were to become law, I would choose disobedience.

@inthehands AFAIK, You run the risk of being denied boarding, or getting bumped because you have not provided the info and thus are not yet fully confirmed. Airlines are required to provide passport data along with the passenger manifest. It has been a few years, but I’ve seen people being hassled over this at a US airport, and in France and Germany.

@GottaLaff Everything about Trump is unprecedented. Insofar as Trump aims to complete his coup d’etat, the RNC would become co-conspirators. I expect them to do it. The GOP as it was is long gone.

@evan IMO, the poll question is ambiguous. If or when there is a viable nation state called Palestine, then I’ll switch from no to yes. Should there be a State of Palestine? Probably. Do the Palestinians deserve democracy and the protection of civil rights? Absolutely yes.

@robertnorlyn @paninid Hamas has disclaimed responsibility for the Palestinian people on numerous occasions, including when they were asked why they did not shelter the people in their tunnels. They asserted the UN is responsible for the health and safety of the people.”The tunnels are for us.” I weep for those in Gaza, all of whom have been used as pawns, or at best, ignored.

@cam @martinvermeer @inthehands Agreed. The situation is precarious and unpredictable. The law, as you define it, may not be sufficient.

@cam @martinvermeer @inthehands It is the enforcement that worries me.

@thomasfuchs I will provide more details later. Busy right now …

@siderea The SecondLife Marketplace does this for people who offer stuff/services within the SecondLife world. Good analytics are provided on views/sales/search terms etc. of every *work* you offer. The catch is, your offerings are only deliverable in-world #SecondLife AFIK. Now, you have me wondering about RL delivery.

@OutOnTheMoors @atomicpoet @Space6host @socialmedianews Well done!