Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. https://t.co/p3cOFN37q0

— Misha. Angel Investor, Photographer, Shitposter (@drethelin) January 14, 2022

Mostly agreed with this. The ways liberals want to hurt me supposedly for my own good is pushing me to be much more libertarian again. No, not alt-right or capital “L” Libertarian. Those people are loonies and don’t understand economics, sociology or really anything.

However, I’m far more worried about those who want to harm me to “help” me than those who just want to harm me. The latter I can fight and win. With the former, that is much harder to do.

Come on people, this aint like coal. Plant-based meat market that was roaring ahead in 2020 has plateaued. https://t.co/c6sPvaLQuM pic.twitter.com/DxsUklkXDW

— Adam Tooze (@adam_tooze) January 13, 2022

After people realized plant-based meat tastes like a slimy garbage can, hard to grow much after that.

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— Yoann Celton (@ary3ss) January 13, 2022

Some people, it’s amazing they made it past kindergarten.

To clarify some statements I’ve made about Long Covid, I believe it’s real, but that it will actually be “long” for about 5-10% of people who have lingering symptoms.

That’s a lot, but not the world-ending apocalypse many are predicting. And Omicron basically won’t produce much Long Covid at all.

NEW: Study on severity of those infected with the #OmicronVariant compared to the #DeltaVariant:
⬇️53% less risk of symptomatic hospitalization
⬇️74% less risk of ICU admission
⬇️91% less risk of death
0⃣Omicron patients required mechanical ventilation
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— Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH (@CDCDirector) January 12, 2022

About what I said well over a month ago was likely.

I don’t even like the original (or Bob Dylan), but that is lovely. I like that you can hear her breathing; makes it more human.