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SlowLandscapes
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They asked Grok to fix the trade deficit between the US and every single country/territory and it spit out a bunch of insane numbers and empty places.
April 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Fight for democracy. Push back. Elbows up. Democracy, even though it's flawed, is worth it. I promise you.

And pushing back WORKS.
March 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Authoritarians also use "transnational violence" to undermine democracy. That's when an authoritarian regime enacts violence against citizens who are visiting or living in a different country.

Like India did, when it had Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar assassinated on Canadian soil.
March 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
your home?) There are surveillance cameras on every street that know where you came from, where you've been, and where you're going, as well as your usual patterns and activities.

And China is sharing this technology with its allies.
March 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
What I learned from Autocracy Inc. 🧵

Anne Applebaum is a Pulitzer-prize-winner and investigative journalist who has written extensively on the subjects of Russia and authoritarianism.
March 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
New meme just dropped.
February 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Something has quietly changed behind the scenes of Meta.

1. Crypto-scam delivered to me via Instagram stories

2. Russian Foreign Ministry advertised to me on Facebook
February 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
February 25, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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3.5⭐️/5

A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James

A dark and dense fictional account of Jamaica during the late 1970s.

Centres on the attempted assassination of Bob Marley, the CIA's meddling in Jamaican democracy, and the 1980s drug boom in NYC.
February 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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February 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Sources.
February 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Keep these strategies in mind to reduce the odds of contracting both the common flu and bird flu this flu season.
February 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
There is a risk of H5N1 combining with the seasonal flu to create a pandemic virus.
February 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
For H5N1 to become a pandemic virus, some key mutations need to happen.
February 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The appearance of D1.1 in cows poses particular risks to human health.
February 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
D1.1 is more common in wild and poultry birds and causes more serious human symptoms.
February 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM
B3.13 is prevalent in cows and causes milder human symptoms.
February 12, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Two strains of the virus are of current relevance to human health. They have different sources and different symptoms.
February 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Dairy cows seem to be the greatest risk of transmission to humans at this time. H5N1 can spread by various means.
February 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
What You Need to Know About Bird Flu Part 2: Pandemic Potential 🧵
February 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
2.5/5⭐️

Scenes felt disconnected to me, and I wasn't sure what the story here was. Author threw a lot of disparate elements at a promising world: aliens, shadow gov agencies, angels, telepathy, teleportation, quantum mechanics, zombies. Was a lot to digest and I never fully sorted it out. #booksky
February 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
8/8.

Sources of data for further reading.
February 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
7/8.

Bird Flu samples can be taken from mud, making the environment a potential source of transmission. Mammal-to-mammal transmission is suspected, but unconfirmed.
February 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
6/8.

Bird Flu is fatal for house cats. Keep cats away from poultry birds, discontinue feeding raw food, and discontinue feeding raw milk.
February 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
5/8.

Most human cases are linked to the strain present in cows. Humans get Bird Flu from cows by drinking with raw milk, interacting with sick animals, or interacting with the environment sick animals are living in.
February 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM