[conspire] immunology joke - hah hah

[Ruben Safir]

> 
> Now, that being said, 3 days ago or so, I was fishing with a gentleman
> who was on a ventilator for  6 weeks at Elmhurst Hospital.  He not only
> didn't suffer from any neurological disorder but the SOB caught 2
> buckets of fish and outfished me for most of the afternoon.
> 
> He had just been released from the hospital and the family was out
> celebrating his fortunate return.  He was lucky because, besides the
> obvious, his sister worked at the hospital and visited him regularly.
> I'm certain that emotional support was critical for his recovery.
> 
> 

Congantive dissonnanance secondary to COVID-19 Central Nersous system
Neuropathy>?

http://www.mrbrklyn.com/brooklyn/images/2020_07_fishing/MVI_1678.MP4

You be the judge..


> > 
> > But I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for thoughtful and measured
> > commentary.  See also:
> > http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/lexicon.html#second-idiot
> > http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/lexicon.html#compromise
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect
> > 
> > 
> > There's a set of articles, as the author puts it 'a series on media,
> > accountability, and the public sphere' that I'd like to call to people's
> > attention, particularly the articles in that series by Danah Boyd, one
> > of the sharpest minds I know of.  She has a lot to say about the modern
> > Internet user's tendency to DoS their own minds with confirmation bias
> > while 'doing research', decide that information sources that fails to
> > confirm their priors is 'fake news', and a lot more.
> > 
> >   Anxious about the widespread consumption and spread of propaganda and
> >   fake news during this year’s election cycle, many progressives are
> >   calling for an increased commitment to media literacy programs. Others
> >   are clamoring for solutions that focus on expert fact-checking and
> >   labeling. Both of these approaches are likely to fail — not because they
> >   are bad ideas, but because they fail to take into consideration the
> >   cultural context of information consumption that we’ve created over the
> >   last thirty years. The problem on our hands is a lot bigger than most
> >   folks appreciate.
> >   [...]
> > 
> > And no, Boyd doesn't have a finger-wagging solution.  Best to just read
> > the series.
> > 
> > https://points.datasociety.net/did-media-literacy-backfire-7418c084d88d
> > https://points.datasociety.net/why-america-is-self-segregating-d881a39273ab
> > https://points.datasociety.net/when-good-intentions-backfire-786fb0dead03
> > 
> > 
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> proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
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> DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002
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> 
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> but incompatible with living as a free human being. -RI Safir 2013
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So many immigrant groups have swept through our town
that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological
proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
http://www.mrbrklyn.com 

DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002
http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software
http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive 
http://www.coinhangout.com - coins!
http://www.brooklyn-living.com 

Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and extermination camps, 
but incompatible with living as a free human being. -RI Safir 2013