Gerald Haffner

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📌 Vancouver, Canada
Ha! And they say Dutch is a fake language

Via Meidas Touch:

#Biden outperforms polls and wins with over 96% of the vote in South Carolina.

NYT: “an uncertain measure of wider enthusiasm…”

#Trump underperforms polls and wins with just 54% of the vote in New Hampshire.

NYT: “made history” “builds on his momentum”

Did you know that #basicincome experiments have shown time and time again that given the choice, people don't choose idleness? They choose education. They choose entrepreneurship. They pursue culture and care. By guaranteeing survival, universal basic income enables truly living.

Young, athletic, world-class ballerina. Got COVID three times with no problems. Her fourth infection has resulted in severe Long COVID. She went from being a rising star in the ballet world to now barely being able to "cook, grocery shop, shower." And she is stunned by the complacency she sees around her.

The article is behind a paywall, and while I hate to share IP like this, I think it's important people understand the risks we all face by pretending #COVID19 is gone. https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/8494576/wollongong-born-dancer-shares-her-struggle-with-long-covid/

Rising star of Australian ballet's horror nine-month battle with long COVID

The Wollongong-born dancer was in her prime before she got sick.

Illawarra Mercury
Why The Ukraine War Isn't Actually a Stalemate

YouTube
I have been using #Firefox since 2004 and do not intend to stop anytime soon. You need to take it out of my dead hands. What about you? #chrome #opensource #linux #unix #macos
who made this? 😂

"When you drive a massive SUV you’re saying three things: I don’t care about the environment. I don’t care that I’m more likely to kill pedestrians in my car. I don’t care that there isn’t room for my car and others to co-habit smoothly on London’s streets."

#thewaroncars #suvs #london #driving

https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/london-suvs-cars-pollution-climate-change-b1127839.html

Ugly, vulgar and a climate catastrophe — we should ban SUVs in London or tax them to the max

What upsets me most about life in London today? The endless proliferation of “luxury flats” marketed abroad while ordinary Londoners can’t afford to rent a basic home? Yes, that upsets me. The fact that so many young people in the capital are so utterly devoid of manners that they see nothing wrong with listening to their phones on public transport without headphones? Deeply upsetting on an existential, future-of-mankind level. How about grown men often nearly knocking me or my children over on the pavement with their giant-man-baby electric scooters? Yup. Pretty upsetting.

Evening Standard

This pretty much tracks about Elon, no notes. #Elon #Christmas

(Original link: https://twitter.com/SmoothDunk/status/1738606818585088224)

Smooth Dunk (@SmoothDunk) on X

here’s an Elon Musk Christmas Tale. Merry Xmas everyone ❤️

X (formerly Twitter)

Right wing media is again demonizing migrants and refugees for "having cell phones." Look ya'll—never take seriously those who ridicule migrants & refugees for having a smartphone or laptop.

“If they’re refugees how did they get an iPhone???”

Because they’re trying to escape violence, not the 1700s, genius. If you think basic tech access is luxury, survive a month without it.