At least the cards are on the table. This is what the Left wants. There they said it. Where do you stand in a world of zero sum games with no self-deception, no euphemisms to hide behind?
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If the Wuhan lab-leak hypothesis is true, expect a political earthquake — Guardian
this is the kind of thing that could obliterate the faith of millions. The last global disaster, the financial crisis of 2008, smashed people’s trust in the institutions of capitalism, in the myths of free trade and the New Economy, and eventually in the elites who ran both American political parties.
China reports first human case of H10N3 bird flu
Man was infected in April proving cross species contamination can happen. “This infection is an accidental cross-species transmission,” its statement said. “The risk of large-scale transmission is low.”
Beijing tells critics to back off on lab claims
The probability is that Biden ordered the lab origin probe not because he wanted to, but in order to anticipate developments and revelations he felt were inevitable. Joe doesn’t desire confrontation with China, he seeks to soften it by getting control of the fact-finding process.
Twitter May Start Labeling Your Tweets Based on How Wrong You Are
Documents Reveal Google Made It Nearly Impossible To Hide Your Location Data
Former vice president of Google Maps, Jack Menzel, went so far as to admit that the only way a user could hide their home and work address from the company was by deliberately setting these locations to random addresses
Scientists warn that lab leak theory could irk China
Allegations that COVID escaped from a Chinese lab make it harder for nations to collaborate on ending the pandemic — and fuel online bullying, some scientists say. Nature
‘Some Things May Be True Even If Donald Trump Said Them’
Institutional trust isn’t what it used to be
A moving target
The tree of life
New at the Belmont Club. Humanity has technology but that’s not the problem.
They were experimenting with the equivalent of an atomic bomb
Except the A-bomb was much less dangerous.
The heart of forgetfulness
Child soldiers, unending war, grinding poverty, blood diamonds, blood batteries and now volcanoes. One of the most tragic and forgotten places on earth. More coverage is allotted to George Floyd and Bill Cosby than the Congo.
Israeli AI vs Hamas
Money quote: While the military relied on what was already available on the civilian market and adapted it for military purposes – in the years prior to the fighting – the IDF established an advanced AI technological platform that centralized all data on terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip onto one system that enabled the …
Councilman’s Mercede carjacked by children aged 7 to 11
Complains he was put on hold when he called the police.
Cuomo survives. Has magic ring
Like when the Night King walks through dragon napalm without getting a hair out of place.
Facebook will no longer remove claims that Covid-19 was man-made – CNN
In a way it proves nothing. Assertions are true or false because they are or they aren’t. Facebook has no power over factuality.
The WW2 level fight against who?
The president’s plans to invest in infrastructure, education, health care and more would push federal spending to its highest sustained levels since World War II.
The finger pointing begins
China better find the missing link “Species X” before the public finds out what “gain of function” means.
Intelligent doesn’t mean infallible
Accidents, including deadly ones, caused by software or industrial robots, can be traced to the early days of such technology but they are not a direct consequence of the particulars of the intelligence available in such systems. AI failures, on the other hand, are directly related to the mistakes produced by the intelligence that such …