As an aside, the article by @Andy_Cooke is an excellent one, and is not - I believe - a million miles different from how London expanded in the 1920s and 1930s. Done right, it could (a) increase the … (View Post)

This is why social media fucks us all: https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/12/people-will-share-misinformation-that-sparks-moral-outrage/ (View Post)

I presume you've watched American Juggalo: https://youtu.be/GDixIy0xOjY?si=Ir3cTVCIL2H4mxD_ (View Post)

Because they see cockups caused by laziness and inattention everyday in their work, but rarely see actual conspiracies? (View Post)

Even if they had found infected animals at the wet market, it wouldn't preclude the lab leak. A junior technician could have been bitten by a bat, and passed the virus onto their wife who worked… (View Post)