Ongoing coronavirus happenings

Fan of Calvin & Hobbes…
Snowman-_Snowman_Prophets_of_Doom

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At roughly 1600-year intervals.

I know that by some weird coincidence, sanity would suddenly assert itself, but I’d really like to recommend that Trump and his vile maggots (and maggots-in-law) all start receiving radium enemas “up inside there”, you know, as a preventative measure.

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Inshallah, with the rule of law still in place, we’ll be needing a bigly bigly powerful light to shine brightly on That Family and Their Syndicate:

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https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/18/lockdown-protests-spread-coronavirus-cellphone-data

“It’s the phones!”

It’s not the fucking phones, dumbass.

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He’s weak! Not a fighter! Should have drunk bleach! It was created in a Chinese Lab! It was caused by a 5G tower! Obamagate! Fake News!

I can go on, but not as long as they can.

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:musical_score: you may grow up to be a mule^H^H^H^H conspiracy theorist!

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The sheer scope, the exhaustion, the required stamina and focus require to dispel lies with truth… it is truly exhausting. I hear you!

And uh Garry Kasparov also hears you.

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Anyone else seeing a “Sorry, cannot load this topic, try again later” notice on this particular topic? It goes away after a few seconds, but what and why?

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I have not… maybe try and get a screen shot and share with @orenwolf?

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The internet is full. We’re going to have to go back to scratching tally marks on rocks.

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Your browser may be a bit overwhelmed. Or you might be having a connection issue. I’ve had luck with similar messages restarting my browser.

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Honestly, that was my guess too. And now I am not getting it, so who knows?

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I’ll ping about it, but there’s a reason Discourse cuts off topics at 10k, they do tend to get unwieldy, both for anyone trying to catch up, and from a technical perspective.

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This is a great reminder to take frequent breaks, especially from this thread. My recommendations:

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I recommend kitten therapy. One of our barn cats (the one smart enough to not get trapped and snipped) had kittens and they are so cute and cuddly right now. The world cannot be totally lost if it contains such metaphysical cuteness.

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Maybe time to close this thread with a link to a new thread? Sorry, “discussion” (I think “thread” is a Discourse dirty word. I’m surprised they don’t ■■■■■ it.)

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I’ve asked for guidance on that front, it may be unrelated, so I want to confirm first.

Apologies for anyone experiencing issues!

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State won’t name nursing homes where seniors are dying because it’s … bad publicity?

Business must be protected from its own failings at all costs, apparently.

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