Coronavirus

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

"Nobody knows anybody who's died from this thing, or knows anybody who's been sick from it"

That is very much the ball, in the sense that it's idiotic nonsense regardless of what man (or woman, in the case of G O'D) happens to be playing it. They did better than me though; I stopped reading myself when the intro tried to tell me that a hypnoanalyst was, apparently, in a privileged position to have a clear global view and understanding of what was going on. That's what's called an appeal to authority (an appeal, precisely, to play the man and not the ball), and a fucking ludicrous one at that.

[astfgyl]

You can support Dave Cullen here "because corporate advertising is not a viable means to sufficiently monetise the important work of independent journalists, philosophers and commentators".

https://computingforever.com/donate/

What has that got to do with it? Every source anywhere wants paying for their time, be it through advertising revenue or private donation. I didn't donate for what it's worth and I do subscribe to The Guardian even though I find myself constantly disagreeing with it.

[astfgyl]

https://twitter.com/CDCgov/status/1350163852948856835

https://twitter.com/CDCgov/status/1350184490338045954

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/deaths-spur-norway-concern-at-covid-vaccine-safety-for-vulnerable-elderly-1.4460430

So what is the point of it again?

[Caomhaoin]

You subscribe to the Guardian? Jaysus. Although I subscribe to the Irish independent, and I buy Le Monde every Sunday to keep the French tipping along and both annoy me frequently.

That Dave Cullen is an awful dose of a man, but I also fail to see the point you are making by pointing out that he would like some cash from his viewers.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

The Guardian is free, you just have to have an account to access certain content, but that's free too. Le Monde is far worse than it; same hugely biased content, paid subscription, and yet absolutely full of ads for bullshit sponsored content. They even paywall content like tribunes/manifestos that are regularly submitted at no cost to the paper by various interest groups. Thankfully, when absolutely necessary, I can read for free via uni library.

[pete]

You can support Dave Cullen here "because corporate advertising is not a viable means to sufficiently monetise the important work of independent journalists, philosophers and commentators".

https://computingforever.com/donate/

What has that got to do with it? Every source anywhere wants paying for their time, be it through advertising revenue or private donation. I didn't donate for what it's worth and I do subscribe to The Guardian even though I find myself constantly disagreeing with it.

I just thought it was funny that he was presumably including himself in the "important work of independent journalists, philosophers and commentators".

[Caomhaoin]

The Guardian is free, you just have to have an account to access certain content, but that's free too. Le Monde is far worse than it; same hugely biased content, paid subscription, and yet absolutely full of ads for bullshit sponsored content. They even paywall content like tribunes/manifestos that are regularly submitted at no cost to the paper by various interest groups. Thankfully, when absolutely necessary, I can read for free via uni library.

The only reason I buy Le Monde is because I like to have a real newspaper on a Sunday and it's almost impossible to get any other French newspaper here from the kiosks. At 3.60 a go, it's a weekly rather than daily self indulgence.

Is the guardian online completely  free? The Irish Indo certainly isn't. There are five of us sharing the one login, 28 a year, each.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Totally free. They live off voluntary contributions and ads. I'd say the paper version of Le Monde is less annoying than the web version.

[Caomhaoin]

The odd entire page of ads for Carrefour aside, it's grand. It also gets to French business before the inevitable Trump/Biden shite, which I get in in more dynamic form right here

[astfgyl]

The Guardian is free, you just have to have an account to access certain content, but that's free too. Le Monde is far worse than it; same hugely biased content, paid subscription, and yet absolutely full of ads for bullshit sponsored content. They even paywall content like tribunes/manifestos that are regularly submitted at no cost to the paper by various interest groups. Thankfully, when absolutely necessary, I can read for free via uni library.

I donated to The Guardian. At the time I felt it was only fair considering how much I was reading it and how often they reminded me that their particular brand of quality journalism was worth a few pence.

The Indo are looking for sick money for the sub.

You can support Dave Cullen here "because corporate advertising is not a viable means to sufficiently monetise the important work of independent journalists, philosophers and commentators".

https://computingforever.com/donate/

What has that got to do with it? Every source anywhere wants paying for their time, be it through advertising revenue or private donation. I didn't donate for what it's worth and I do subscribe to The Guardian even though I find myself constantly disagreeing with it.

I just thought it was funny that he was presumably including himself in the "important work of independent journalists, philosophers and commentators".

I get you now. He must be suffering from delusions of grandeur. I would have him down as a full time conspiracy theorist, and a lot of those theories are wildly speculative at best but even a stopped clock is right twice a day. Might stretch to commentator. Might.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

I go to The Guardian a lot, but I wouldn't pay them for the typo-ridden, buzz-word laden, echo-chamber resounding shite they've been increasingly publishing on a daily basis for the last few years. I am subscribed to the New York Times, although I rarely go there apart from to search the microfiche style archives for work...and the sooner I'm finished with that and can cancel the subscription, the better.

[pete]

I go to The Guardian a lot, but I wouldn't pay them for the typo-ridden, buzz-word laden, echo-chamber resounding shite they've been increasingly publishing on a daily basis for the last few years. I am subscribed to the New York Times, although I rarely go there apart from to search the microfiche style archives for work...and the sooner I'm finished with that and can cancel the subscription, the better.

Cancelling a New York Times subscription via their proper channels involves ringing them or contacting them via Web chat. Sneaky. The worst kind of sneaky haha

[astfgyl]

It was the live text commentary that got me going to The Guardian in the first place. I find their soccer coverage to be decent a lot of the time. Whenever I read the news section I'm dismayed at the bias but I can't think of any source which that doesn't apply to.

Is that serious about the NYT subscription? Sounds like trying to escape the clutches of Eir

[pete]

It was the live text commentary that got me going to The Guardian in the first place. I find their soccer coverage to be decent a lot of the time. Whenever I read the news section I'm dismayed at the bias but I can't think of any source which that doesn't apply to.

Is that serious about the NYT subscription? Sounds like trying to escape the clutches of Eir

Yep still in their terms and conditions, and california is 24/7 because they brought in a law that said l if you could sign up on line then you should be able to cancel online. Obviously they implement a shitty online way. You just know the cancel API is there and used by the person you are ringing/chatting to. It's something that annoys me maybe too much!


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[Mower Liberation Front]

I see there's a politician sponsoring a bill in the NY Senate, A416. It would give the governor, in cases of declared medical state of emergency, the power to forcibly detain anyone even suspected of being in contact with a carrier.
If this law gets passed, I would not put it past Cuomo to announce that he's heard DuhBlasio's been in the vicinity of a case, and have him detained, the cunt is that petty. Well, both of them are that petty.