…but as long as there’s this prevailing notion of “We don’t want the lazy or the wrong kind of people getting help,” that’s not going to happen.
Month: August 2021
Florida license plate of the day
This person is truly embracing Florida’s “God’s waiting room” stereotype.
Sign of the day
Some background info:
- Why Is the Intellectual Dark Web Suddenly Hyping an Unproven COVID Treatment? (Vice, June 24, 2021)
- The Ivermectin Advocates’ War Has Just Begun (Vice, July 1, 2021)
- What is Ivermectin? And why are people using it to treat COVID-19? (WCNC Charlotte, August 26, 2021)
- CDC warns against use of anti-parasitic drug ivermectin for Covid-19, as calls to poison control centers increase (CNN, August 26, 2021)
- Are Anti-Vaxers Really Pooping Themselves Because of Ivermectin? (Vice. August 27, 2021)
- Ivermectin, A 40-Year Old Anti-Parasitic Now Embedded In A Covid-19 Culture War (Forbes, August 29, 2021)
- Why You Shouldn’t Take Ivermectin for COVID-19 (Cleveland Clinic, August 30, 2021)
- The Ivermectin Boom Is the Inevitable Product of Our Crass Culture Wars (The New Republic, August 30, 2021)
Meme of the day
Morten Rand-Hendriksen, whom I met during my time as a Microsoftie, has a brilliant “ice-breaker” question that’s perfect for those group intro sessions, where everyone’s trying to get a feel for all the other people in the room.
The question:
A museum calls you and says they want to feature you in their permanent exhibit. But there’s a small catch: They only have room for one artifact, and you only get to choose once. What do you send them?
The answer for me would seem obvious — an accordion — but the question then becomes: Which one? The answer to that question is “The first one”, pictured at the top of this post. It’s the one I took out onto the streets of Toronto on May 1, 1999 and started this whole thing rolling.
What would your artifact be?