It's all gone. They've taken down all the CDC datasets from https://data.cdc.gov/

"Do not fear those who tell the truth. Fear those who try to hide it. They are willing to sacrifice other things."

EDIT at 18.43 CET - the website seems to be BACK UP - looks like for about an hour, from my notifications.
It was done when I posted the original. I wouldn't have posted if it was not.

What may be removed to become 'in compliance', I do not know.

Confidence is not "I know what I'm doing."

Confidence is "I know how to find that out" and "I know how to learn new things" and most importantly "I know when I don't know what I'm doing, so I stop and find someone who does"

Obnoxious blowhards rely on people not understanding this distinction. And they amplify it by framing actual confidence as weakness.

This may be a useful thing to talk about with certain people in your life who are being fooled by fascists.

I shouldn’t have to say this, but me having a different experience than you, as well as me disagreeing with you, doesn’t give you the right to call me an “ignorant pig”, as well as make an even worse public response before blocking me.

If Facebook doesn’t consider that harassment, I’m done. I’ve been treated like absolute shit this year when I’ve been in a lot of physical pain. I don’t deserve it.

Me: posts about a different option for people to follow me, understanding plenty of people aren’t Mastodon zealots.

Some of you: *annoying screeching noises* *hissing* akschully iTs BaD aNd YoU sHoUlDnT pOsT tHaT hErE

Just fucking stop being like that. Or enjoy the mute forever.

I have a friend who’s really into lossless audio.

I give her a lot of FLAC for it.