Peter Todd @pete@petertodd.org

Homemade split pea and ham soup for lunch...

...because the extra food I bought last February in case of apocalypse isn't going to eat itself. 😂

(though seriously, I'll have to buy some more; preparedness is good)

Signal's down.

We really need a federated/decentralized alternative to it. XMPP is alright. But doesn't do calls last I checked.

Canada Revenue Agency targets artists for possible repayment of emergency benefits - The Globe and Mail
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-canada-revenue-agency-targets-artists-for-possible-repayment-of/

tl;dr: yet another group that Revenue Canada is targeting for supposedly not making enough money to qualify for emergency benefits meant to help people deal with being forced by their government to make no money at all...

In this case, a group of people that is having to pay taxes on income that somehow isn't income.

Dear Revenue Canada: 🖕

Mastodon devs can't stop this quote retweet!

CC: @nvk

Is there anything saunas can't do?

...well, get you to run your own instance I guess. But this can help: https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/run-your-own/

Leeks are just onions that have gotten too close to a black hole and undergone spaghettification.

Curious... So the United Arab Emirates started vaccinating with the Pfizer vax on Dec 23rd¹. They're now at 2nd place w/ 16% vaxed. COVID-19 cases had been flat. But five days later they started skyrocketing _without_ a corresponding increase in testing.

Israel is also rising very fast, despite 25% getting their first dose. Though unlike UAE, cases started rising pre-vax.

Antibody dependent enhancement wasn't ruled out in the trials... hopefully not what's going on.

1) https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-emirates/dubai-to-begin-inoculations-with-pfizer-biontech-vaccine-from-wednesday-idUSKBN28X0E9

Brutal: due to 23 deaths shortly after vaccinating with Pfizer's mRNA vaccine - out of 25,000 who have received the first dose - Norwegian authorities are now recommending that the very old and frail don't get vaccinated.

Looks like the notoriously severe side effects may be bad enough to kill some people. Ugly trade-off, because COVID-19 is also quite deadly in the age group.

Depending on how this goes, might lead to mandatory vaccination for the younger population.

https://trondheim24.no/nyheter/legemiddelverket-har-sett-pa-13-dodsfall-i-etterkant-av-vaksinasjon/

I've never seen a supposed "right wing extremist" remind me so much of the insane hippie lefties I knew in art school. 😂

I'd be really curious to know if Biden is wearing a vented, or unvented, mask under that surgical mask.

If it's unvented, that's just crazy paranoia - masks aren't designed to be worn in pairs, and the extra resistance just makes them worse. If it's vented, he may have a point.

The reporting on this isn't clear, thus promoting paranoia:

https://dailywire.com/news/new-york-times-suggests-wearing-two-masks-instead-of-one

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/denmark-introducing-covid-vaccine-passport

Picture of the new Denmark vaccine passport. To think just a few weeks ago some troll on the Zcash board was vehemently arguing with me that no county would ever mandate them.

lol

Now that Sweden's 2020 mortality statistics have been finalized, we can see the horrifying COVID-19 death toll with a good magnifying glass.

I wonder if this is related to Ron Paul publishing the fact that a nursing New York state nursing home had a wave of covid deaths after vaccinating?

http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2021/january/10/a-nursing-home-had-zero-coronavirus-deaths-then-it-vaccinates-residents-for-coronavirus-and-the-deaths-begin/

Not clear *exactly* what the timeline is on that. Could just be coincidence and the vax didn't have time to kick in. But if not, that's not a good sign re: effectiveness.

The only thing politicians want more than power is tax dollars.

#security