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adriancjr.bsky.social
From Finland, in our world and our times. Typos galore. Opinions 100% my own.
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My view is that the public health offices using pseudoscience to justify Covid policies paved the way for the fascist takeover of public health by the likes of RFK Jr. The 🧵 below details one such egregious example of pseudoscience tailored to justify bad policy.

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Forgive me for writing a second thread in one day, but this new analysis led by @mark-ungrin.bsky.social deserves your time and attention. osf.io/preprints/me...

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Sen. Tammy Duckworth just said on Colbert, "We should all live long enough to develop a disability," & the audience laughed uncomfortably. I can tell you what they were thinking. It was "Not me. That would never happen to me." & the underlying, unacknowlged premise was "b/c I'm better than that."

submitted 23 hours ago • 72 comments

Been reading about early #ColdWar #Finnish #intelligence #history and man, it’s _wild._ Like, a Social Democrat officer ran the largely privately funded military intelligence, which (among other things) spied upon both the Communists and the civilian security police (SUPO), ...

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

This is the tragedy of Finnish Cold War military and intelligence history: much of it will likely never be known to the wider public as the success of the ”Finlandisation” strategy depended on it being so convincing that the Soviets believed it to be real.

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It is really really sinking in for me the degree to which LLMs are the ultimate expression of right wing anti-intellectualism. Its proponents are literally mocking the idea that anyone would ever want to learn anything, know anything, develop any actual skill, or have a thought of their own.

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Sure is. Oh, he meant *in Iran*.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

For the sake of your long-term health and that of others, please keep in mind that the New York Times has “safewashed” COVID the same way they’ve “sanewashed” Trump. Same outlet, different lies (often lies of omission).

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Masks are under serious threat at being banned widely due to politicization. This would be a public health disaster. If you are only wearing a mask at protests, please consider also wearing them elsewhere. The more people mask, the more we normalize masks and protect them against bans.

submitted 2 days ago • 38 comments

Watch my latest video on data privacy, surveillance, and free speech!!

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New episode with @wendyorent.bsky.social discussing his week’s horrors with science, vaccines, and our failing Medical Establishment. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

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This is, for me, where the Nazi/fascist parallels work best. ‘Good’ people did nothing as the awfulness escalated because they were justifiably terrified of getting their heads kicked in or killed. It’s about comparing similar points in the process as opposed to comparing end days with early ones.

submitted 2 days ago • 31 comments

Nobody is rioting. Nobody is breaking any laws. These are cops in my city of Las Vegas just assaulting and arresting anyone on Fremont Street who looks at them. This is fascism.

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It will be amusing to watch Donald try to persuade Iran to give up their nukes at the same as Donald supports Russia's invasion of a country that gave up their nukes in exchange for a US assurance they wouldn't be invaded. www.axios.com/2025/06/13/t...

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Best image of the day:

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In Georgia, the law is GA Code § 16-11-38 (2024). There's an exception for people who've been told by a doctor or public health agency to mask in order to avoid *spreading* infection, but not for people trying to avoid being infected. All of the folks who said immunocompromised people have... 1/3

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There were more younger people at the #NoKings protest, but there need to be way more. Young people must realize that in 10-20 years, people will be asking what they did at this point in time. Take it from a German-American. The next generation will have serious questions for you.

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We have evolved political systems that favour leaders with few scruples over ones with many.

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

Exactly right. I chose the subtitle to my book very consciously. Two years later, here we are.

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The USA is becoming a Trumpster fire.

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@governorwalz.mn.gov: "The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you're overreacting."

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"It is a profound act of resistance to just tell the truth" @mjsdc.bsky.social on Amicus with ‪@dahlialithwick.bsky.social slate.com/podcasts/ami...

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Samoa has legally adopted a plan that designates 30% of its 120,000 km² ocean territory as fully protected. The nine new MPAs are the first Samoa has created beyond its reefs, and ban activities that could harm marine life or damage marine habitat. buff.ly/z9B9BTP #ShareGoodNewsToo

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