Re reopening schools, @BorisJohnson & @Keir_Starmer haven't thought this through: they just want too-early reopening 1/

Schools need to be made SAFE b4 reopening & that means more than giving teachers half of a vaccination. 2/

The stats & graphs are clear: Covid cases increased via schools after reopening in September & cases are now increasing in nurseries, left open since Xmas. 3/

Why hurt or kill more people by reopening schools too soon? We need to ensure safety FIRST. 4/

How to make schools SAFE? I’m not an expert but, unlike @BorisJohnson or @Keir_Starmer, I can apply commonsense. Here are my suggestions. 5/

I've got a thread for you. First, this:

Folks is crying on reddit that this is 4chan propaganda. Which, I suppose, technically it is. However...

...4chan didn't make this sheit up.

Is Refusing to Date Trans People Transphobic?
Dating While Trans | The thin line between preferences and

Transgender exclusion from the world of dating

"The results are discussed within the context of the implications for trans persons seeking romantic relationships and the pervasiveness of cisgenderism and

Are Trans People Excluded from the World of Dating?

[If you only follow one link, make it this one. The author compares straight people dating trans people to interracial marriage. NOTE: You can't be straight and date

The societal cynical obsession towards unharmful non-issues, makes them acquiesce to oppression and abuse. Nigerians were brought up to think homosexuality, adoption, abortion, being proud of your bodies and what you wear, being non-religious etc— are all taboos.

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— But there's hardly any energy about how wrong and barbaric sexual harassment and abuse is ETC.

The despicable things that make this country a shithole are normalized, but Nigerians would demonize people for things they shouldn't be demonized for.

When people are obsessed with policing and ostracizating themselves for nonmalignant trivialities, it beclouds the reality of their suffering, and removes the gaze from challenging the oppressor, to challenging the oppressed.

It is always the case that whenever an individual is abused, Nigerians devote their time to utilize their skewed morality to scrutinise the abused — victim-blame and shame, turning a blind eye to the abuser.

The government mirrors this trait because most of its constituents comes from the society itself. That's why we have a government that would rather flex muscles on the vulnerable citizens than tackle the issues that envelop the country.

Friends & Foe story in War and Peace.
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There is a brilliant story about Second Lieutenant Arun Khetarpal, PVC of the Indian Army. The 21 year old made the supreme sacrifice for the Indian Army during the 1971 War with Pakistan in The Battle of Bassantar.
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But the story just begins with the gallant officer’s sacrifice.
Thirty years later in 2001, his father, Brig M L Khetrapal, now 81 years old, decided to visit his birthplace in Sargodha, Pakistan. At the airport itself, he was met by a certain Brig Khwaja Mohammed Naser, who
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took it upon himself to be his host and guide. Brig Naser went out of his way to ensure that Brig Khetrapal had a very satisfying and nostalgic visit to his old home in Sargodha and then insisted that he stay with him as his personal guest at his home.
Brig Khetrapal was ...
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overwhelmed by the kindness & courtesy bestowed upon him by the entire family. He was treated with utmost respect and deference and then on the night before his departure, Brig Khwaja came up to him and confided.

“Sir, there is something I wanted to tell you for many years,
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but couldn't get the opportunity. It's regarding your son Arun. I am the man who killed him.”

“On that night of 16 December 71, I was leading the counter attack of 13 LANCERS against the Indian bridgehead at Basantar. Your son was on the opposite side, standing like a rock.
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@JeffLadish I think because the reward structure of being a bio-ethicist rewards saying level-headed sounding, cautious-sounding, conventional wisdom?

Though I'm not sure why that is.

I guess if you want to radically improve the world, you mostly don't go into a field that is about opining on other people's work, you go into something like Engineering and do the work?

I note that Nick Bostrom is what a Bioethicist should be: he thinks hard about tradeoffs and risks, and crystalizes concepts like the Unilateralist's curse and black ball technologies.

But this is starting from a place of "The world could be vastly better. How do we get there?"

I don't know why bioethics doesn't look more like a field of (less smart) Bostroms.

I guess because everyone's disgust reactions are triggered by the actually good proposals, and in order to make those proposals the consensus of the field a lot of people have to bite the bullet and stick their neck out saying "I know this sounds crazy / absurd / vaguely evil...

Thread - The most dangerous threat to a man's potential is his fried dopamine receptors:

I'll be talking about a problem that most of us deal with in the modern world.

Dopamine imbalance.

I'll be sharing insights and actionable advice that I personally used that have helped deal with this problem.

But first, let us dive into the problem itself.

"Why cook a healthy meal when I can just Uber Eats?"

"Why go meet girls and have real sex when I can just jerk it to porn?"

"Why do meaningful work when I can just hop on social media, create "content" and get validation in form of likes/retweets?"

"Why level up in life, when I can just hop on Runescape and get to level 99 in all skills?"

Now, logically speaking, these questions make no sense.

The reasons as to why you'd do the first instead of the second are obvious...

But, your brain works backward.

The only question your brain asks is "How can I satisfy this desire as quickly as possible with the least effort possible?"

An online minor sexual abuse racket has been busted by the CBI today.
This is part of an ongoing investigation.
The leader of the gang was arrested from his house in Srinagar. He is being produced in court.
The racket operated and targeted minors online.

Thread begins.

CBI says that they have recently traced and arrested another accused from Chitrakoot in Uttar Pradesh on November 16.
The man is accused of sexually abusing at least 50 minors from the districts of Chitrakoot, Banda & Hamirpur (Uttar Pradesh).
Searches are on across India.

CBI isn't revealing how they got to know about these rackets but sources confirm that they got to know about them while pursuing an "ongoing case" which is under investigation.
A huge cache of data in pen drives, laptops, external hard drives have been recovered from both accused

The accused in Uttar Pradesh used to sell the pornographic material online on dark web. The transactions have been traced.
The man in Srinagar had a conduit, a woman, in Washington DC, and both used to engage in blackmailing minor girls from the USA with incriminating materials.

As per CBI: The accused's partner is living in Washington DC.
"The accused was allegedly operating through his wife, who had agreed to be involved in Master - Slave relationship with the accused and on his direction, she allegedly exploited multiple minors, recorded these abuses"

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Here are some of my BEST points from The Sexcalation System.

1) "TREAT A WOMAN AS SHE ACTUALLY IS - NOT AS YOU WISH SHE WAS."

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2) "The truth is that women are lonely, insecure, sad and bored out of their fucking minds.

They need a COOL GUY to come into their life and save them from themselves.

THAT COOL GUY IS YOU."
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A life of playing it safe like a timid soy boy is not a life worth living."

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4) "THE GAME IS 100% LEARNABLE.

Did you know that 10% of men get 90% of the women?"

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5) "Don’t be a sheep. Think for yourself.

Don’t mindlessly do what the current culture of the times tells you to do.

Don’t be another sheep conforming to the masses."

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Over the last few months through pcrclaims, a core group of lawyers, scientists and other experts have been campaigning hard for an end to PCR data inaccuracies. #PCR #PCRGATE #PCRTest

As a team, we have received nearly 1,000 stories of hardship, disappointment and tragedy. And been moved by the many people out there who are really under pressure as a result of Government policies enacted through PCR data.

So what are we doing?

Through our pro bono network or law firms and individual lawyers, we have been collating witness statements relating to personal harms, harms to children and harms to businesses for ongoing judicial reviews.

We have collectively put thousands of hours into researching, making FOI requests, talking and writing to potential claimants, writing legal letters, researching claim options and interviewing claimants and expert witnesses.

Our team behind the scenes receives and reviews filings and judgments from courts around the world - all offer us all some hope for future cases here in England. So why the delay?

Ram Mandir, Donation or Extortion : A thread

These saffron clad people came to my home and my dad being himself asked these extortionists for their details when they stepped inside my house, to which they harshly said they were Karsevaks, while asking my dad his name, gotra etc.

My dad not wanting to invite trouble took a 200 rupee note out to get rid of them, to which they refused and said they don't even have a receipt for less than ₹1000, and people were donating lakhs, trying to shame him.

My father countered by saying if it was a donation he'll give whatever he wants and that he was an educated person who could sense if it was not a genuine donation drive.

To which they harshly said : "Parhe likhe nahin hain tab hi toh Laal Qile jaise kaand ho jaate hain"

And noted down our house number and left without taking the donation, in a manner that seemed like a subtle threat.

All the extortion going on is going to be used for funding of Saffron Clad Riot Causing Local Militia, which will next terrorize your own neighborhood. Mark this

These saffron clad men won't even cut a receipt for less than a Rs 1000, they don't miss a single house, no one dares ask a question if they're legitimate out of the fear of being marked as an "anti-national" or not hindu enough in front of their neighbors.

I’ve done two interviews in the past day with media about the Twitter/Facebook bans and the Parler shut down.

I’m trying to use these opportunities to stress something is getting lost in all the debates about the action: conversation about free expression is the wrong debate. 1/

It’s pretty clear at this point the First Amendment doesn’t apply. The only people making that argument are craven politicians who are trying to gin up anger.

An expression debate focuses on the content. What I keep underlining is social media is a distribution platform too. 2/

What this means is that when someone gets on and posts conspiracy theory content or seditious incitement, it isn’t a question of whether it will be distributed. The publishing platform has the tools for outreach and connection that let that content travel. 3/

Think about me in my basement printing up some nutty manifesto on my laser printer. I still have a problem of reach. How do I get that message out? I could walk the neighborhood or the city, but I’m limited by time and ability.

Working with others takes social connection. 4/

Publishing through a third-party allows for mass printing, but the real power is distribution. They have marketing, sales, shipping arms to make sure those things end up in the hands of others. 5/

Stolen 😚

My @ is basically because dreamcatcher has helped us Somnias through tough times so dreamcatcher will always be there for us, and we I'll always be there for them.

Among my friends....I guess fighting?

Hogwarts house is hufflepuff

If I could dye my hair, probably purple

One of the most fascinating revelations from the Snowden documents was the story of "fourth party collection," which is when the NSA hacks the spy agency of a friendly nation to suck up all the spy data it has amassed on its own people.

https://t.co/8WZ6WJigjU

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It's a devilishly effective spying technique and it surfaces a major risk of mass domestic surveillance - if your internal police get hacked by another nation, then that country can get all of your data. The secret police say they're spying to protect you - some protection!

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Even more mind-blowing is the existence of "fifth-party collection" (spying on a spy agency that's spying on another spy agency) and "SIXTH-party collection" (spying on a spy agency that's spying on another spy agency that's spying on another spy agency) .

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It's also fascinating because it's so obvious in retrospect. Willie Sutton robbed banks "because that's where the money is." Spooks spy on other spooks because that's where the kompromat is: gathered, sorted, filed and analyzed.

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This week, Google's Threat Analysis team published a warning to security researchers to be vigilant about a sophisticated threat-actor that is targeting the infosec

A thread of appreciation for Gloria Purvis:

This past year, I was blessed to be in dialogue with many people within the Academy and the US Catholic Church. I mean no offence to anyone, but, amongst them all, Gloria Purvis was easily the most edifying and impressive. She soared.

I had never met nor spoken to Gloria before my interview with her. I sent a few prompts and questions beforehand to show respect and honesty, but we did not agree to anything too formal in terms of the conversation or content of the interview. We had a time set and that’s it.

The moment the Zoom call connected, we got started, with no chit chat. I felt bad initially for this oversight, but she took to it like a duck to water. I opened asking about framing the conversation around anti-Black white supremacy, citing Du Bois. She took flight.

Not only did she accept the frame, she extended it, citing a far less known, and more radical, essay by Du Bois, weaving it into common associations like Our Lady of Guadalupe. She did this with great enthusiasm, but also humility and even a certain pressure on my chosen source.

Seeing this range in her very first response, I realized I needed to dig deeper. Every move I made she accepted on its own terms but then extended and enriched and even subtly challenged or subverted with great joy. But none of this was even the most impressive part for me.

Whenever something bad happens, people talk about passing a raft of new laws to stop it when the problem is law enforcement actively ignores the laws we already have to address these problems, especially when the perpetrators are white and/or rich.

The problem is not a lack of laws, it's a lack of enforcement.

"More laws!" is a way of looking like they're doing something instead of addressing the elephant in the room, which is that more and more restrictive laws will only end up being weaponized against Black, poor, and other marginalized people.

Because white men, especially those with money and political power, will continue getting a slap on the wrist even when committing crimes that would get someone else a lifetime in prison or shot dead in the street.

Black activists have been pointing this out for years. The impetus behind "defund" was the recognition that white supremacy is baked into to the entire justice system and cannot be fixed without ripping it up by the roots.

It’s frightening slash amazing to watch what topics men can write and speak on, whilst people defend their right to free speech versus which topics women can’t write and speak on whilst people call for them to be killed, sacked, silenced and abused.

Misogyny is alive and well.

Male academics and theorists: Black people have smaller brains. Women need their wombs ripping out. People with disabilities should be locked up. Kill female foetuses. Women bring rape on themselves

World: wow that’s so insightful and thought provoking, we should totally listen

Female academics and theorists: we need to have clear discussions about topics which are controversial, and women need to be able to talk freely and openly about theories and policies without fear of violence or death

World: shut the fuck up you ugly stupid c*nt k1ll yourself

Like we are literally STILL platforming men from all different disciplines who pushed some of the most dangerous and abusive practices, theories and thoughts about groups of people and no one is saying shit. No one is removing them from curriculums or calling for their deaths

But all hell breaks loose when a woman says she has a view on a highly debated and contested theory.

Sorry but I’m not seeing men get silenced, sacked, threatened or abused for arguing about theories. Even the pro-paedophile academics get an easier time than female academics

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We had suspected that we have a number of families who were not on our usual radar who are really struggling, who are soldiering on and not claiming anything or asking for support through the usual channels... including not claiming FSM.

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We decided to phone every family today, just to check in.
15 calls in so far.. 8 families who need help. Who DESPERATELY need help. Food, mortgages, rent, petrol... many in fear of losing their house... jobs... marriages...

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Families telling their children that Santa is in quarantine because they can't afford presents...

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Parents in tears as they tell us that they haven't told anyone because they are desperately trying to keep it together, to manage... because they know that there are others who are 'so much more worse off than us'...

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We are taking immediate action... food parcels, gifts for the kids, signposting to financial support, getting them to sign up for FSM, giving them the 'free data' cards we got from Vodaphone, giving them the details (again) to the county council Winter Grant hub...

Now onto a astrological point. The GREAT CONJUNCTION what a time to be alive‼️‼️ Dec 17th saturn move into Aquarius and Dec 19th Jupiter followed behind. Then finally these 2 giants planets will connect as exactly 0° Aquarius tomorrow. This will free the 3d world from us that has