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Tue 2 Jun 2020 19:11

@I_are Actually I recall he used a phrase like “I have had to say over and over again…”

Tue 2 Jun 2020 14:53

@TedJohnsonIII Yes that was the idea. What was so toxic about Obama is people thought there was a movement behind him – it was the perfect demobilization device. Biden we already know is a bastard but as such is vulnerable.

Tue 2 Jun 2020 12:51

@weall212 @neluunaa “he was a quiet man” actually that’s the axe murder. You were referring more to the Bundy type

Tue 2 Jun 2020 12:36

@jhlagado yes it’s a very weird spread pattern, I can’t get my head around the way there’s zero new cases and zero deaths in London right now but it’s raging elsewhere in the country.

Tue 2 Jun 2020 12:34

@misterc2u hint: I don’t much like cops. Self-appointed wannabe cops are not much better.

Tue 2 Jun 2020 12:33

@misterc2u yes it doesn’t mean it’s true – it’s just what I hoped. I suppose you could quibble with the past tense. If you want to be a cop, join the police force, okay?

Tue 2 Jun 2020 11:47

@trnk_c unfortunately speaking as a scholar peer-reviewed publications are only a little bit better

Tue 2 Jun 2020 11:45

@james_e_baldwin yes the super spreader stuff is giving me hope. It’s actually pretty hilarious that it might turn out that Boris Johnson himself personally is responsible for a lot of the spread of the disease in London.

Tue 2 Jun 2020 11:42

@SymonASmith1 I know, it’s kind of amazing. I’m waiting for the backlash against the Tories but it’s not coming.

Tue 2 Jun 2020 11:41

@jhlagado I don’t have an agenda here. I am not committed to any particular course of action. I am trying to figure things out.

Tue 2 Jun 2020 11:40

@jhlagado I know that’s what I just said: there’s best case and worst case scenarios. We kind of know the worst case. (I myself already tweeted a diagram of the Spanish influenza curve you describe.)

Tue 2 Jun 2020 11:39

@wales_steve yes but it’s also realistic to look at history and at least consider what, say, the 3-4 most likely scenarios are. One issue that will become all the more important in the coming years, if we are to survive, is how to combine participatory democracy and respect for expertise

Tue 2 Jun 2020 11:16

@misterc2u I didn’t say I believed it, you know. I always make it clear I don’t know. It’s just one possible scenario. So you’re the one jumping to conclusions.

Tue 2 Jun 2020 11:15

@MordechaiGabai oh I am not saying anything about the recommendations, I’m just wondering about possible good and bad scenarios. We kind of know the bad ones.

Tue 2 Jun 2020 11:14

@FoundGolfClubs oh stop it, I just read something in a paper and wondered aloud. Attacking someone for doing so is pretty fucking obnoxious

Tue 2 Jun 2020 11:13

@LongDesertTrain so what happened to the Hong Kong flu? that’s the conventional narrative.

Tue 2 Jun 2020 02:07

@Itmechr3 that’s something to be scared of. I assume most soldiers would refuse orders to shoot but it only takes one unit… The question is would they then start fighting each other

Tue 2 Jun 2020 01:55

@Itmechr3 there’s much less that the army can do than the cops; they have no training in crowd control; historically when called in they just sit around and look scary.

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Tue 2 Jun 2020 00:13

@Itsnotadistrac1 Calling out the army tends to be a sign of a breakdown of control but let’s see if you can seize the opportunity

Mon 1 Jun 2020 23:49

@michaeljflexer I’m not actually paid specifically to be an anarchist. But yes I am entirely responsible. Come get me Donny!