kravietz 🦇 @kravietz@social.privacytools.io

19th century anti-vaxxers were spreading FUD that people will grow "cowlike appendages" - the first smallpox vaccines were made against cowpox which gave partial immunity against deadly smallpox in humans.

🇺🇸 After Indian Point #nuclear power station was closed, the 1 GW deficit was replaced entirely by fossil fuels. Good job, #greenpeace

Absolutely fantastic infosec shantie by 😂 👍 @RachelTobac

@vfrmedia that's from a Thames Valley Police letter they send to parents in Caversham regarding the recent murder. To be honest, I have no idea what they're talking about but I suppose there must be a totally toxic shitstorm now on Facebook now...

The best fruit teas I've had so far — I just brought them from Poland but should be available on the Internet. Made of actual fruits, like 40% raspberry or 30% pear (plus all the usual filler like hibiscus and apple).

So #parler found a new home 😂

#2020

With all the long-time trends, we might be just as well watching birth of the next Senator or even a President...

French energy company Total withdraws its membership in American Petroleum Institute over long-term disagreement on climate change. Specifically, API's support for fossil gas, opposition to EV and opposition to carbon tax.

An interesting wiretapping implant found in an iPhone of a Russian opposition activist. Equipped with an independent SIM and GPS tracker, it was discovered because whoever installed it also broke speaker and FaceId.

https://www.currenttime.tv/a/proslushka-v-telefone-sobol/31046141.html

Just found a great #NHS resource where they critically comment on popular #health related news stories about supplements, alternative therapies etc. Most of these stories are click-baits that get the #statistics completely wrong even if the underlying research was perfectly sound.

https://www.nhs.uk/news/

12 out of 17 troll networks shut down recently by #facebook were run domestically in their respective countries by political parties, influencers and companies.

"68 years ago tomorrow, on January 13, 1953, the newspaper Pravda published fabricated allegations against some of the USSR’s most prestigious physicians, mostly Jews, describing a vast plot to poison members of the top Soviet political and military leadership." #ussr via @meduzaproject

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Professional Standards Authority suspends the Society of Homeopaths

The Professional Standards Authority has suspended the Society of Homeopaths’ accreditation, after the SoH failed to meet conditions imposed upon it.

https://goodthinkingsociety.org/professional-standards-authority-suspends-the-society-of-homeopaths/

The #parler #hack story

Even better 😀

Russia 1 reports Lukashenko's New Year celebration. Inspect the image carefully 😂

#docker why would you use modern template-based configuration management if you can use monster sed scripts from 80's based on random undocumented environment variables? 🤦‍♂️ 💥 #openoffice

https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE/Docker-CommunityServer/blob/9aa52079e920a34067d97e9e658fd7002fb4c572/run-community-server.sh#L683

This one is from today and has been already linked with the infamous "when the looting starts, the shooting starts" quote, which seems to be highly selectively applied here