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I mean, sure, idiots who refuse to take the vaccine can use this type of drug. But the people who really need it are the ones who can't take the vaccine for whatever legitimate medical reason.

Do they suspect a variant of concern? Are they testing for that?

Launch them into the sun.

This account is great:

But the Bitcoin blockchain will ensure that he is recognized as the owner of the deposit. Surely.

There's a good chance this ends with people in prison.

Cool I'm sure Google will react the same way when someone steals their code (I know it's an API). EDIT - I am in favour of this opinion, generally, just pointing out that Google is only looking out for its own interests here, not anyone else's. If the situation were reversed, they'd be fighting this tooth and nail.

Came back to one of my favourite albums that I haven't listened to in years: Spiritual Machines, by Our Lady Peace. It's an alt-rock concept album centered around the rise of artificial intelligence and the singularity, and based on the book The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence by Ray Kurzweil. There are interludes between some tracks with Ray Kurzweil's words. I wonder if @legend has heard it before. What's great is that (from I remember of interviews of the period), Raine Maida wrote it so that the songs can be interpreted as normal rock songs, but each are about the interplay between machines and life (with songs told from each POV). This was the last album that featured Maida's signature falsetto in heavy use. IMO, it's their strongest album of the first four (though all were great), and none of the five that followed have even come close. The final three songs of this album are the best consecutive tracks (and message) of any rock album of the period. If anyone wants to listen but doesn't want to invest the time into a whole album, just listen to the final three tracks: All My Friends, If You Believe, and The Wonderful Future. Right Behind You Good normal rock song about machines watching people. Favourite line is "You open up my veins, no I don't feel the same. You open up my brain, but I won't be replaced." In Repair Love this song. About dealing with self-repair by anything that is alive (physical and emotional). Favourite line is "Take this time to figure it out, know the wire, the fuse, the things that you doubt. The wheels, the air, the metal, the mouth. There's something, something." Life This was a big hit in Canada. Regular rock song that builds well. Song about the struggles of being alive. Middle of Yesterday From what I remember, a song told from the POV of a machine that keeps failing, and is sorry, looking back with regret. Are You Sad Slower song about. From what I remember, about a machine/person who is attempting to help another person from within their mind. Made to Heal Song about a machine that helps people. Favourite line, "I'm a thief, a liar, an angel in the fire. I'm a king, a drug, the push that comes to shove. I'm a freak, a star, I'm everything you are. I'm your Jesus. I'm your pride." Everyone's A Junkie About addiction to modern technology and life. All My Friends Tied for my favourite song (along with the next song). Very creepy. Written about human's suspecting that machines have become intelligent and not knowing what to do, suspicious of the control they have over humanity, and the silence from them. A song about paranoia and fear. "Still they sit alone on a hill. Their mechanical thoughts have left them out on their own. They're not buying this." If You Believe The counter to the previous song: Uplifting, and written about a human knowing that the future can be better if we just believe and work together with AI. Guitar tracks on this are intense, especially near the end. I think nine tracks in total at the same time, all done by Mike Turner. Favourite line: "If you believe in the world I'm calling, if you belong in the world I know, you'll be strong." The Wonderful Future About a sentient machine/person, and the relationship (romantic?) between her and a man. There is a hidden interlude/segment 15 minutes after the end of the song where a man speaks to a machine/person far in the future. Best lines: "She builds a strong alibi from the future that's here. She needs to know I'm alive, but I'm flesh and I tear." And also, "She's beautiful and wild, and I can't compare. Wild, it's just not fair. It's just not fair."

I'm aware of this (and have it), but it's less of an issue with a strong central registrar. There's also no real need for titles for anything beyond land.

I was baptized Catholic due to family tradition, but was raised non-religious and have remained so.

It only seems to be a problem in the US. Is there no central registrar for land titles, etc? Because that solves the issue, too. And then get rid of vehicle titles, because they serve no purpose. Just have ownership registered with the government as part of the vehicle registration.

Can't link anything at the moment, but my understanding is: AZ vaccine may be causing a rare autoimmune response that causes clotting (instead of just a normal immune response) The type of clotting is different (and more serious) then regular clotting The risk of clotting is very, very low, and most common in people under 35 (and apparently, women, who are always more susceptible to blood clotting) AZ was also not tested properly on older people (not enough in trial)—that was a separate issue, and as it turns out, not even an issue at all (works well in old people) So initially Canada said it could only be used on people under 65 (due to trial issues), but then lifted that. Now, it can't be used on anyone under 55 (pending study) My guess is that the restriction will also be lifted when it's determined the risk is something like 1 in 200,000 (or lower), which is still far, far lower than the risk of getting COVID-19 and having it develop into severe illness Separate from this, there are other current concerns with the AZ vaccine: In trials in South Africa (where the B1.351 variant originated), the AZ vaccine was only 10% effective in stopping transmission HOWEVER, this was only the efficacy of stopping someone from getting it. Of the people that got it, it appears that no one died, or became severely ill It is believed that the weakness towards the B1.351 variant is because the AZ vaccine does not provoke as strong an antibody response against this variant as the mRNA vaccines. However, it does seem to provoke a strong t-cell response, which is the long-lasting immunity Think of it this way: B1.351 infects the body. Normal antibodies swarm it and know it's foreign, but can't remember how to fight it, so it multiplies a bit, and you start to get flu-like symptoms. T-cells kick in (the reinforcements) and find it, stopping it from getting worse, and then they wipe it out. So the AZ vaccine is not quite as good (currently) as the mRNA vaccines, and probably a bit less effective than the J&J vaccine (which uses similar tech, but there have been no head-to-head trials, of course). So in a system where we have unlimited mRNA vaccines right now, I'd say sure, skip the AZ (and J&J) and get Pfizer or Moderna. However...we don't have unlimited supply, even in places like the US which are vaccinating very quickly. So the answer is (as health leaders are saying): the best vaccine is the one you can get right now. This is why I convinced my (and my wife's) parents to get the AZ shots that were available in my city 2 weeks ago. Better to get a good vaccine (and the AZ vaccine is good!) now than a great vaccine at some indeterminate point in the future. This is especially true as the B1.351 variant isn't widespread or dominant in Canada right now, it's the B.1.1.7 variant (in most of Canada), or the P1 variant (in BC). Both of those are far more deadly (and contagious) than the original strain, so the chances of catching them get higher each day. Hell, if the AZ vaccine was the only vaccine for the entire world, we could still wipe COVID-19 out (especially since they are making an updated version for the variant strains). The real risk at this point isn't getting a bad vaccine, it's allowing the virus to continue to spread and mutate in a way that makes the existing vaccines ineffective, wiping out everything we've done.

Absolutely. Fine, charge the rich nations. Everyone else should get it for cost.

While true...they should still be fought against by any means necessary. Sure, turnout might not drop, and people will wait in 8-hour lines to vote because it matters. But No one in a western nation should have to wait more than 10 minutes in line to vote.

My mom, her partner, and my father-in-law all got their AstraZeneca first shots just over two weeks ago, so should be pretty protected now. My mother-in-law just got her first AZ shot this morning. So that's a big relief. I'm guessing my wife and I should be getting our shots early June.

P1 variant (Brazil?) is spreading in Vancouver area. Appears to be quite dangerous.

I think means that it's a perfectly legitimate example of Islam for Fox News, then!

I mean, this guy's an idiot...but I wouldn't be mad if they did strip the MLB's protection! Sports leagues (privately run!) shouldn't have protected monopolies.

Bow before The Trudeau!

Tucker is mad because Trudeau (who once wore a head covering out of respect while on a trip to India) is detaining people without consent when they enter Canada in order to complete a mandatory quarantine period. Love that the two separate photos they use of Trudeau are from foreign trips where he wore local ethnic clothing.

I think most statues are pretty boring so I am in favour of removing 90% of them. If you're going to have monuments, have them reproduce historic acts. Like who wouldn't want a life-sized Apollo 11 lunar lander statue with Armstrong stepping down on the lander?

Sir John A. Macdonald statue to be removed from Regina's Victoria Park | CBC News WWW.CBC.CA Regina's city council voted seven to four Wednesday to remove the statue of Sir John A. Macdonald from Victoria Park. The statue will be put into storage for up to a year while a new home is found. Big news in my city. John A. Macdonald is basically the founding father of Canada (if we use American parallels). He was also, however, a massive racist who approved the plan to starve thousands of Indigenous families off their land in the prairie provinces as Canada expanded westward. He was also a notorious drunk who was often shit-faced during Parliament. So yeah, he was instrumental in gaining Canada's independence from the UK at the time...but he wasn't a good person, even by the standards of the 1860s. Glad his statue is being put in storage.