There used to be laws that forbade commoners from dressing like nobles. Nowadays the same thing is achieved by price. (View Post)

If bird flu crosses the species barrier and becomes a pandemic among humans with a high enough death rate you will lock yourself down out of fear. All the people resolving never to lockdown ever agai… (View Post)

One of the less noted differences between the Covid pandemic and previous pandemics is that this time we had intensive care, and there were real medical interventions that could be made to improve th… (View Post)

I didn't go back far enough. They've apparently reported this defection before. It might happen - it wouldn't be a surprise - but I don't think people should be accepting this guy… (View Post)

It's an exclusive from an independent journalist on Twitter who is 15 or 16 years old. Quite a coup for them if accurate, but I'm not sure what track record they have. (View Post)