Peter Todd @pete@petertodd.org

@DickForgetsHeRunsServices @alan8325 @drgo The interesting question will be at what point does the government start cracking down on electronics and machining/3d printing supplies?

@DickForgetsHeRunsServices @alan8325 @drgo The funny thing about this is "a lot of work" is relative: I'd much rather put that work into something I know - electronics - than something I don't - chemistry. :)

@DickForgetsHeRunsServices @alan8325 @drgo But yeah, no way to actually do that with any existing gun without pretty big changes.

@DickForgetsHeRunsServices @alan8325 @drgo There's probably a way to use existing brass bullets with the primer removed. Eg with a pin that projects into the bullet, and driven with high enough voltage to generate a spark.

With a tungsten electrode from a welder no reason why it wouldn't be able to do thousands of shots.

@DickForgetsHeRunsServices @alan8325 @drgo Though these days electric ignition is a potential replacement for primers:

https://www.forgottenweapons.com/remington-etronx-electrically-primed-ammunition-video/

@alan8325 @drgo I mean, that's really cool and all...

...but can you really compare it black powder, whose production methods can be so low tech that the hardest part might be collecting enough urine... 😂

@manuelv The problem is masks just don't work well enough. Surgical masks aren't designed to protect against respiratory diseases, so they have low filtration % and don't even attempt to stop leakage. In lab tests in ideal circumstances, 50% filtration is a common number; in realistic tests I've seen papers measuring just %10 due to leakage.

Surgical masks are designed to stop splashing, which doesn't appear to be a big problem with covid.

If masks made a big difference it'd be obvious.

@drgo ...and muskets can be used with actual gunpowder, which is a lot easier to make from scratch than smokeless powder.

@drgo The ban is specific to *vented* masks. The idea being masks are to protect others, not you. Meanwhile, the aerodynamics mean masks inherently do a better job protecting you than others...

@drgo What about gunpowder?

There's always muskets... 😂

Shocking video obtained by CSW's legal team showing Bitcoin developer Gregory Maxwell engaging in MATERIAL SUPPORT OF TERRACE!!!

https://www.reddit.com/r/bsv/comments/l3peo2/punishment_of_god_wright_court_filings_expose/

@verretor "Jeff Bezos is literally the top expert on mail in the country and he doesn't trust mail-in ballot elections

What does that tell you?"
https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1353152748590682112

😂

Perhaps the most ridiculous thing about this is high quality N95 masks, worn correctly and consistently, probably do work at protecting you.

But the only way you're going to wear them consistently is if they have vents. Without vents, they're way too hard to breath through for any length of time.

Meanwhile, rather than allowing that option to exist for people actually at risk, we got campaigns to ban them. A 75 year old can't wear one on a plane here in Canada.

How it started : "If people just wore these homemade cloth masks, this would be over in a few weeks!"

How it's going: "Germans will be mandated to wear either single-use filtering facepiece respirator (FFP) surgical masks or FFP-2 masks, such as N95s."

Fact is, nearly 100% of the mask wearing in the past year has been performative nonsense. A political symbol rather than a science-based intervention.

A global spend of ~$150 billion+, wasted.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2021/01/20/germany-mandates-medical-grade-masks/

Mail in voting: secure enough for America. Not secure enough for Amazon. 😂

https://www.outkick.com/jeff-bezos-amazon-mail-in-votes/

@excellion@bitcoinhackers.org Can you guys make some actual BSV socks, so we can have some of our own?

@Veese@paypig.org Congrats!

Shame definitely helps keep my weight down.

@QSourceX @hiram9 @JLS1125 @colonelj @healthnut @DiamondTNT @Maria47aKowi @Raynbo@rayn.bo @Joe@rayn.bo @Patriot_Pack @patriotpast Re-read what I said: I was referring to what people *think* the % is, not what it actually is.

Survey of covid-related beliefs in the US: https://covid19pulse.usc.edu/

Shows media fear mongering at work: the average % perceived chance of dying from covid in the <39 age range is 11%

That's literally multiple orders of magnitude too high. Likely true in Canada here too, as I've found plenty of people here who thought they had similar chances of dying from it.

The most disturbing is that local teachers seem to be telling kids they're at high risk of dying. Frankly that lie is child abuse.