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[FGD135]

Ongoing coronavirus happenings

Argon Dreamcast Evangelion

[LutherBlisset]

I usually don’t link myself here, but what the fucking hell were those guys thinking?

Seems Germans can fake news still.

Ongoing coronavirus happenings

Did this, by the way of nothing, got noted in the US in any way? The chancellor no less was asked about the situation and did not deny the claim that the US tried to get exclusive access Anti-Americanism is not exactly rare in Germany, but this is a bit wild by all means. ETA: foly huck, that offer never existed. Adding this here so more people will see it. ETA 2: didn’t realise the topic was currently closed. Adding content: https://www.aerzteblatt.de/nachrichten/111109/CureVac-Es-gab-ke…

[davide405]

Excellent assessment at the end.

What, me Coronavirus worry? Spring Breakers refuse to quit partying in Miami

That’s brilliant… thanks for sharing. We must protect Mel Brooks at all costs!!! Mainly, because it’s selfish, because maybe not all of us want our older relatives to die so some teens can get their rocks off? It’s not fair to act as if actions have no consequences when they most certainly do. I don’t want us to wreck the economy, because it ruins lives for millions of people. The Great Depression seems far off and a blip, but it was grinding poverty for years for many people. It shortened…

[Mindysan33]

[FGD135]

Ongoing coronavirus happenings

We are lucky to have @docosc fighting against false information.

[Tamsin_Bailey]

More than half of Americans actually think Trump is handling coronavirus well

I can guarantee that at some point that orange fucker will try to take credit for the sudden drop in mass shootings the country is experiencing right now.

Yup.

[chgoliz]

Some righteous indignation:

More than half of Americans actually think Trump is handling coronavirus well

This is why we can’t have nice things. He’s handling it well compared to what? A sponge? Three monkeys stacked on top of each other under a trench coat? A butt boil? He’s lying at every opportunity, even when the truth would serve him better. He’s trying to hide the true number of infected in this country in order to try to save the stock market. Between this ass clown and a butt boil, I’ll still take the butt boil. At least the butt boil won’t lie to my face every damned time I look at it. I…

[Sally_Mahoney]

Fox News scrambled to contain coronavirus as hosts ranted about "hoax"

That “specific type of misinformation” is called a lie.

[LutherBlisset]

Ongoing coronavirus happenings

You want to see extreme desperation in action? If you don’t die, it might work. You’ll be out of work for at least 2 weeks, so timing is important… NO!! This is stupid!

DO. NOT. INFECT. YOURSELF.

ESPECIALLY NOT ON PURPOSE.

[FGD135]

Ongoing coronavirus happenings

We need to uninstall 2020 and then try reinstalling it. The current version has a nasty virus.

[davide405]

Proving someone at the National Park Service has a sense of humor.

Bison scares the heck out of a reporter

[FGD135]

'You've literally got to eat mummy's cooking now.'

One always stands out: Recipe is useless if you don’t include love & affection. Never put anger / hate into your food, the people that eat it will taste it. Clear your mind, speak to the food with kindness, and enjoy the process. Hans 1972’ish As long as I live, that good human lives inside me.

[Papasan]

Gracias!

[FGD135]

[Sally_Mahoney]

9/11 Truthers are still at it about Building 7

Could have just stopped there. I just moved into a new house and there was a semi-dead tree in the front lawn. I cut all the branches down, but the trunk was still there. I tried explaining to it that it was dead. I tried kicking it. I even tried to mulch over it. Still there. Then I realized I was yelling at a log. And I swear-to-god the bark on the branch started smiling and I knew…right then…the log had won. Don’t let the logs win. Don’t reason with idiots.

[Mindysan33]

Trogdor comes in the night, ya’ll…

Watch: New 'Republicans for Law' ad shows GOP voters who no longer support Trump

Dear Republicans: Fuck you. Every single one of you. You did this to America. Forty-plus years of Norquist Doctrine, deregulation, hate-spewing, fear-mongering, jerrymandering, anti-intellectualism, and general sociopathic behavior have culminated in the perfect embodiment of the Republican Party in semi-human form: Donald Trump. You supported Fox News. You supported slashing environmental protections. You supported voter suppression. You supported homophobia and violence against minorities. Yo…

[Tamsin_Bailey]

Pay attention to the Doctor, people, and do your bit.

@docosc

Yeah, we should. It is pointed out in the article, and the major argument against wearing one, that the value to the wearer is likely small, wearing a mask decreases risk to others. That is sufficient reason. It is important to wear a mask properly and handle it safely, and that we not think it is a substitute for all the other mitigation strategies. But it helps to decrease risk of spread, so yes.

[FGD135]

Ongoing coronavirus happenings

I’m not totally sure what you’re asking, but I probably don’t know the answer.

[Tamsin_Bailey]

If only more people were that open and honest.

[Tamsin_Bailey]

When the world struggles the arts are arguably even more important than they were before.
Human expression is really all we have.

@Avery_Thorn

The whole concept of art only being for the wealthy is such a horrible concept and I really wish it would die.

It’s not like we can’t understand and appreciate the finest art with our course, vulgar minds; that only the enlightened wealthy can truly appreciate such things. It’s not like you need to own a work to understand it. It’s not like owning a crate of paintings in a warehouse in a “in-between” place outside of any tax authority that no one has seen in years and that you’ll never actually lay eyes on makes you appreciate art more. It’s not like using art to launder money or your reputation actually makes it easier to see what the artist did. But all that, I can ignore.

What I can’t ignore is my friends who are artists who make art for people at prices which bring the accessibility of owning an original work of art into the budgets of those of us not born with a silver spoon in our mouths are hurt by this myth because if their art is affordable it’s obviously inferior; or the assumption that you just can’t afford it anyway.

Art has always been the domain of the people; and of all the things that the 1/10th of 1% has tried to take from us, it is perhaps the thing that cuts the deepest. We all need to have a connection to the arts; enjoying it, owning it, making it. Art is a base cultural bedrock; and to secede it to the ultra-wealthy is unfathomable.

Please. Make art. Make music. Express yourself. And support the people in your community who do this for us. And this art - folk art, pop art, just plain art - is every bit as important as “fine art”.