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Comment Fact check this (Score 1) 407

by Kungpaoshizi (#61726645) Attached to: Pfizer, BioNTech Vaccine Gets Full Approval From US Regulators
So I've been on both sides of this debate personally, but here's the statistics I know. Of the people I know, family and friends: 1 has come down with covid 3 have had ER visits because of the "vaccine" (it's not a vax it's genetic manipulation) 1 myocarditis-pfizer, 1 stroke as she walked out of the hopsital-jnj, and 1 was submitted 2 nights ago for a massive bloot clot in the stomach and multiple others all over the body The bro-in-law that actually got covid was super sick for a week, no reports of long-term issues

Submission + - Intelligence Analysts Use US Smartphone Location Data Without Warrants, Memo Say (nytimes.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: A military arm of the intelligence community buys commercially available databases containing location data from smartphone apps and searches it for Americans’ past movements without a warrant, according to an unclassified memo obtained by The New York Times. Defense Intelligence Agency analysts have searched for the movements of Americans within a commercial database in five investigations over the past two and a half years, agency officials disclosed in a memo they wrote for Senator Ron Wyden, Democrat of Oregon.

The disclosure sheds light on an emerging loophole in privacy law during the digital age: In a landmark 2018 ruling known as the Carpenter decision, the Supreme Court held that the Constitution requires the government to obtain a warrant to compel phone companies to turn over location data about their customers. But the government can instead buy similar data from a broker — and does not believe it needs a warrant to do so. “D.I.A. does not construe the Carpenter decision to require a judicial warrant endorsing purchase or use of commercially available data for intelligence purposes,” the agency memo said.

Mr. Wyden has made clear that he intends to propose legislation to add safeguards for Americans’ privacy in connection with commercially available location data. In a Senate speech this week, he denounced circumstances “in which the government, instead of getting an order, just goes out and purchases the private records of Americans from these sleazy and unregulated commercial data brokers who are simply above the law.” He called the practice unacceptable and an intrusion on constitutional privacy rights. “The Fourth Amendment is not for sale,” he said.

Submission + - Mira Furlan dies at 65 (bbc.com)

Submitted by The Grim Reefer
The Grim Reefer writes: Babylon 5 and Lost actress Mira Furlan has died at the age of 65, her family and management have confirmed.Furlan played Minbari Ambassador Delenn in the 1990s sci-fi TV drama, Babylon 5, and Danielle Rousseau in the noughties mystery drama, Lost.

Her family told the BBC the Croatian actress died on Wednesday due to complications with West Nile Virus."It is with great sadness that I confirm the passing of Mira Furlan" the statement read."She was a woman full of kindness, strength and compassion." It continued: "She died peacefully at her home in Los Angeles, surrounded by her family.

"We will all continue to celebrate her life and legacy, and know she'll always be here with us."

Comment Re: No way Jose (Score 1) 190

I read the first couple lines... Viruses are not rna based. They do many things, with or without respect to your dna. And no I don't have a problem with pharma companies, but I do have a problem with people who have taken the stance of 'if you're not ok with what the doctors are saying you're scared or something'. The vaccine was created 2 days after the genome was released. They had very, very, very limited trials. I'm going to let others find out what the side-effects are. Meanwhile, I'm very much ok with never going anywhere, I'm an introvert and this is practically what my life was before. Just because people don't understand what it is to be ok with yourself to the point where you can withstand extended isolation.... Not everyone is the same though. But the ignorance comes out when someone who doesn't speak up, finally does. Now what were you saying about knowledge? ;)

Comment Re: No way Jose (Score 1) 190

People like me? I never even mentioned that I wear a mask and gloves if I go out, do you? I also never mentioned I've gone only to a gas station, 5 times since Feb 2020. I'm going to let people like you, who have no idea what the long-term effects are because they were never tested, figure it out.

Comment Re: No way Jose (Score 1) 190

Not afraid, cautious. Extremely. I haven't gone anywhere since beginning of last year.. Been to the gas station a few times, but I know for a fact that people are arguing, with various platforms included, on the merits of wearing gloves and a mask. In the very least, their opinions are based from fear and ignorance. I respect viruses as they have no respect for me. I will wait to see what this vaccine, which was generated 2 days after the genome was released, will really do to people long-term.

Submission + - Autopsies Reveal The Terrible Damage COVID-19 Can Inflict on The Human Brain (sciencealert.com) 1

Submitted by AmiMoJo
AmiMoJo writes: As COVID-19 relentlessly infects more and more of us, scientists are getting a close look at the strange and frightening damage it can inflict on our bodies. We've known since early in the pandemic this disease wreaks havoc on more than just the respiratory system, also causing gastrointestinal conditions, heart damage and blood clotting disorders.

Now, a year into the pandemic, in-depth autopsies of COVID-19 patients have revealed greater details of widespread inflammation and damage in brain tissues. This may help explain the deluge of neurological symptoms that have manifested in some patients, from headaches, memory loss, dizziness, weakness and hallucinations to more severe seizures and strokes. Some estimate that up to50 percent of those hospitalised with COVID-19 could have neurological symptoms that can leave people struggling to do even common daily tasks like preparing a meal. "We were completely surprised. Originally, we expected to see damage that is caused by a lack of oxygen," said physician and clinical director at National Institute of Health (NIH), Avindra Nath. "Instead, we saw multifocal areas of damage that is usually associated with strokes and neuroinflammatory diseases."

Submission + - Scientists Observe Live Cells Responding To Magnetic Fields For First Time (newatlas.com)

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An anonymous reader writes: One of the most remarkable “sixth” senses in the animal kingdom is magnetoreception – the ability to detect magnetic fields – but exactly how it works remains a mystery. Now, researchers in Japan may have found a crucial piece of the puzzle, making the first observations of live, unaltered cells responding to magnetic fields. Many animals are known to navigate by sensing the Earth’s magnetic field, including birds, bats, eels, whales and, according to some studies, perhaps even humans. However, the exact mechanism at play in vertebrates isn’t well understood. One hypothesis suggests it’s the result of a symbiotic relationship between the animals and magnetic field-sensing bacteria. But the leading hypothesis involves chemical reactions induced in cells through what’s called the radical pair mechanism.

Essentially, if certain molecules are excited by light, electrons can jump between them to their neighbors. That can create pairs of molecules with a single electron each, known as a radical pair. If the electrons in those molecules have matching spin states, they will undergo chemical reactions slowly, and if they’re opposites the reactions occur faster. Since magnetic fields can influence electron spin states, they could induce chemical reactions that change an animals’ behavior. In the living cells of animals with magnetoreception, proteins called cryptochromes are thought to be the molecules that undergo this radical pair mechanism. And now, researchers at the University of Tokyo have observed cryptochromes responding to magnetic fields for the first time.

Comment Therapy is not progress.... (Score 1) 109

by Kungpaoshizi (#59421472) Attached to: Pointless Work Meetings 'Really a Form of Therapy'
I think we need to waste an hour and have a meeting about this. If anyone has any questions, please schedule another meeting after this meeting. If anyone has any answers, please schedule another meeting after that one. After you get into the office, and we waste a few hours, let's go to Panchero's for lunch, but no business talk during lunch please.

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