Technical Director. Former College Prof, Dabbler in Photos and Jeep Rebuilds. Blogger. Rabid individualist, Promoter of Personal Liberty & Privacy. Swing Dancer
Dec 2, 2021 • 19 tweets • 4 min read
I think it's important to understand how this happened. This wasn't something that occurred spontaneously.
Privacy advocates warned about this from the very beginning, but were thrown to the "conspiracy theory" wolves. 1/n
This began with the "2 weeks to flatten the curve." That became the excuse needed to justify everything from masks, lockdowns, to "voluntary" installation of citizen tracking systems. 2/n
Dec 13, 2020 • 25 tweets • 6 min read
THREAD. AdTube, I mean YouTube, has gone full Lysenko. They are taking down videos and issuing Community Guidelines strikes against anyone who "explicitly disputes the efficacy of local health authority or WHO guidance." 1/n 2/n YouTube has gone further than simply removing videos, however. By issuing strikes, it is deliberately creating a chilling effect on people who might be able to otherwise warn against legitimate danger.
Oct 21, 2020 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
THREAD: California's "guidance" for holiday gatherings are taken from the East German Stasi or Hungarian AVO.
Have more than 2 adult siblings? Make your holiday Sophie's Choice. More than "3 households are prohibited." That quote is bolded in the text.
Nope. "Participating in multiple gatherings with different households... is strongly discouraged."
Oh well. Choose wisely, then. Family politics never cause drama, fortunately.
Jul 10, 2020 • 25 tweets • 7 min read
THREAD:
I've been constantly railing against the *reporting* of COVID, and how poorly the media is in keeping any semblance of honesty and integrity.
Michael Crichton wrote in "State of Fear", “Nothing is so firmly believed as that which is least known.”
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A few months ago I shared a message from the PR campaign inside the UK. This is the organization (SAGE) that prepared the guidelines and recommendation to "sufficiently threaten" the public.
THREAD. This is truly getting scary. We’ve moved beyond creating policies in order to address the pandemic. We're creating policies to address *adhering* to policies. IOW, we're in a phase of the Corona Virus pandemic that's more frightening than the actual virus itself. (1/long)
You've seen stories of police overreach that go beyond sane precautions all over the world. People are getting arrested/fined not for harming others, but for simply *existing* outside of State-approved functions. Take this guy, e.g.: (2/long)
THREAD: Okay, so I've been sharing some information lately, because I'm concerned about the *reporting* of Coronavirus. Had a long twitterconvo with @docrod2008 about this (who is a good friend of mine, btw). But now there is some additional data to back up my concerns 1/n
You may have seen this graphic passed around lately. It shows that the *reporting* of pneumonia deaths is in a sharp decline. 2/n
