MSNBC had this doctor on to talk about the horrible situation in Gaza.

3 years ago, MedGlobal was born - MedGlobal

By Dr. Zaher Sahloul, MedGlobal President and Co-Founder

Three years ago, I was in Yemen with three other medical volunteers, providing internal medicine and pediatrics services to people suffering from the effects of war and famine. MedGlobal had just been formed. In between medical consultations, we talked about the goals for the future of our organization, dedicated to providing innovative healthcare to crisis-affected and low-resource areas.

I don’t know anything about him - I copy and pasted that for context.

I was listening to in the background so I don’t know how long the interview was. I think ~7 minutes at least. I noticed something very unusual. Almost zero questions. Stephanie Ruhle was interviewing him. Ruhle isn’t rude but it’s her habit to pepper guests with questions. She always does that. I’ve never seen her be so quiet. Also - MSNBC’s PR shtick is that they ask questions and it makes you smarter. I forget an recent tagline - it was something like “Never stop asking questions”.

It’s the norm that anchors/reporters ask a lot of questions. In one way - the lack of questions was really great. He was highly knowledgeable and informed the audience in stark terms about how awful things are. That’s the first time I’ve seen that on CNN or MSNBC. But the producers must have had him on because even though he didn’t pull punches about the medical situation - they knew he was very politic and he’d avoid “politics”.

The end result was that the agent of the chaos, Israel, hardly came up at all. It was like these horrible unfolding health problems were happening all by themselves due to unknown or poorly understood causes.

the part of the body that is crucial and will instantly kill you

I think you answered your own question. He wants to play god and messing with the brain is more fun for him. And if he kills somebody and their family sues him for $100m - what does he care? He can spend literally millions on legal fees to drag the case out for years and years to try to break them. He gets to play god again.

If he wins - he’s on cloud nine. If it looks like he might lose - he can offer them a deal - the money with an NDA. Then he can have private detectives and tech bros follow them around for years and if they break the NDA - he’ll fuck with them by suing them.

I just made myself throw up in my mouth.

expanded to prisoners

I can imagine the plot of a 1980s sci-fi dystopia movie where the evil billionaire says “The implant means they will get time off for good behavior. Or they’ll die an serve a useful purpose.” In the real world it’s ~50 years later and the movie’s flaw is that the evil billionaire is ~100 times as rich.

I feel like finding out this has already occurred would explain a lot of blue check tweets.

Shock the Monkey

Shock the Monkey

Interpretation

Due to its title and the content of the music video, the song is frequently assumed to be either an animal rights song or a reference to the famous experiments by Stanley Milgram described in his book Obedience to Authority (1974). It is neither, but the Gabriel song “We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37)” from his fifth studio album So (1986) does deal directly with Milgram.

Gabriel has described “Shock the Monkey” as “a love song” that examines how jealousy can release one’s basic instincts; the monkey is not a literal monkey, but a metaphor for one’s feelings of jealousy. Gabriel has mentioned that the song’s lyrical motif was inspired by King Kong’s lightning powers in the film King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962).

I know “projection” jokes are a lib thing but it’s that over and over and over again.

Whoa.

Bonus duck photo

Easy there big fella.

Avoiding encounters with ducks is the prime directive or rat psychology, which is why rats like to move into apartment buildings and warehouses and other environments where duck presence is unlikely.

His dream now: car/office in a parking lot

His dream before: heavy metal parking lot

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I don’t think he’d be into metal when he was young but we must make sacrifices for inaccuracy for the sake of comedy.

I wondered what the CDC director had to say so I had a look at her Twitter account.

As a doctor, a mother, and the head of the CDC, I recommend that you get the latest Covid vaccine.

Nitter

Because Elon’s push of the vile blue ticks - the comments are wasteland of idiocy, misinformation, and anger. Example…

Can’t wait for your trial. #Nuremberg2

The CDC director wrote a NYT op-ed too.

archive.today • Opinion | The C.D.C. Director on Why You Should Get the Latest Covid Booster - The New York Times

We live in scary times.

I had a look at their posting history and after about 30 seconds - I found something funny.

They are a conservative but they support unions. etc.

Calls for Starbucks boycott grow amid aggressive union-busting activities - Hexbear

I’m not a fan of their coffee at all. I work in sales, so if a customer wants it. I buy it but otherwise I skip them.

I don’t like their union bashing but I’d have to be a customer to boycott it.

I’m a conservative but I support unions. It’s a check and balance to the system. We need strong unions. I also fully support unions being on the board of companies.

I could rant how I dislike boards. They’re supposed to keep things running and they do a shit Job. They do a great job of making everyone focus on the ceo who is controlled by the board.

“My next guest needs no introduction. But - gosh(!) - I have to say something… She is a truly magical actor who is magical because she is magical. And… I mean… really magical. You know what I mean…”

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And you read the article yet you didn’t even quote the funny bit.

Martin said, “On paper, it looks like this colossal mismatch – one of this country’s most sophisticated jet fighters against a balloon with a putt-putt motor. Was it a sure thing?”

Coincidential trivia

SST will always make me think of a record label.

SST Records

SST Records is an American independent record label formed in 1978 in Long Beach, California by musician Greg Ginn. The company was first founded in 1966 by Ginn at age 12 as Solid State Transmitters, a small business through which he sold electronics equipment. Ginn repurposed the company as a record label to release material by his band Black Flag.

Music writer Michael Azerrad wrote, “Ginn took his label from a cash-strapped, cop-hassled store-front operation to easily the most influential and popular underground indie of the Eighties”.

[…]

SST released many key albums that were instrumental in the development of American alternative rock, including releases by the Minutemen, Hüsker Dü, the Meat Puppets, Soundgarden, Sonic Youth, and Dinosaur Jr. After a peak release schedule in the late 1980s, SST began venturing into jazz releases. SST is now based in Taylor, Texas. Sonic Youth, Soundgarden, Dinosaur Jr., and the Meat Puppets have reclaimed the rights to their respective SST material after leaving the label.

Those can be very creepy too. But sometimes they look like a hipster wearing sunglasses.

Thanks. I’ll try that.

Ninja edit: The clear plastic on top of the LCD was thicker than it would seem necessary so pressing only seemed to touch the LCD a little. There was a temporary change when I pushed down but then it was the same.

It never occurred to me that “largely” could be a liberal/neoliberal weasel word.

I hope it’s just the display stuff and nothing else. I’m looking forward to having a sweet potato.

Edit. The heating element is fine. But unfortunately - the sweet potato was older than I thought and not the greatest. Such is life.