Matt Ocko
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33-year-old coronavirus denier with 1.1 million followers dies of COVID-19
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A 33-year-old coronavirus denier died of COVID-19 complications after battling the illness for just over a week. Dmitriy Stuzhuk was a fitness influencer that 1.1 million people follow on Instagram…
Matt Ocko A #COVID19 "take this f-ing seriously" round up: - deny the virus' existence, it denies *yours* - deny the grave side-effects, they deny your health . 18m
U.S. Army vet, 37, who refused to wear a mask dies of COVID-19 on Fourth of July
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During nine years in the military, U.S. Army veteran Richard Rose survived two tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, only to be felled by coronavirus on the Fourth of July. He was 37, thought the virus was hyped, and refused to wear a mask.
Matt Ocko A #COVID19 "take this f-ing seriously" round up: - deny the virus' existence, it denies *yours* - deny the grave side-effects, they deny your health . 18m
‘What are we so afraid of?’ Texas man now knows, his family shattered by coronavirus deaths
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From hoax believer to super-spreader, Tony Green went from wondering “what are we so afraid of?” to “why didn’t I listen?” in a matter of months.
Matt Ocko A #COVID19 "take this f-ing seriously" round up: - deny the virus' existence, it denies *yours* - deny the grave side-effects, they deny your health . 18m
A rare Covid-19 complication was reported in children. Now, it's showing up in adults.
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"This needs to be in the forefront of every intensive care unit physician's mind," said one expert.
Matt Ocko A #COVID19 "take this f-ing seriously" round up: - deny the virus' existence, it denies *yours* - deny the grave side-effects, they deny your health . 18m
Mounting clues suggest the coronavirus might trigger diabetes
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Evidence from tissue studies and some people with COVID-19 shows that the virus damages insulin-producing cells.
Matt Ocko A #COVID19 "take this f-ing seriously" round up: - deny the virus' existence, it denies *yours* - deny the grave side-effects, they deny your health . 18m
The Forgotten Life of Einstein's First Wife
Scientific American Blog Network 1262d 19 tweets
She was a physicist, too—and there is evidence that she contributed significantly to his groundbreaking science
UK and US say Russian military intelligence services were planning a cyberattack on the Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo, originally scheduled for this summer
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From The Guardian. View the full context on Techmeme.
Russia planned cyber-attack on Tokyo Olympics, says UK
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Foreign secretary condemns ‘cynical and reckless’ bid to disrupt Games, before they were postponed
Sacha Baron Cohen: This Time He’s Serious
Maureen Dowd - Nytimes.com 56h 15 tweets
Reviving his Borat character and playing the political activist Abbie Hoffman, the actor feels he “had to ring the alarm bell and say that democracy is in peril this year.”
iOS 14: The worst release to date | ZDNet
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Matt Ocko Apple is making the hideous pile of pus that was Windows in the 00s look good by comparison Siri still refuses to recognize my wife or kids’ names - just won’t do it anymore 🙄 & hey, any device w/ a T2 chip can be pwned ☠️ Apple core s/w dev is 💩 42h
Tom Gauld
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Tom Gauld is a cartoonist and illustrator. He makes weekly cartoons for New Scientist and The Guardian and occasional covers for The New Yorker. He has created a number of comic books including Baking with Kafka, Goliath and Mooncop. He lives and...
World War II hero who drove tank through gate of Dachau concentration camp dies at 95
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Jim Feezel drove a Sherman tank during World War II.
Glymphatic failure as a final common pathway to dementia
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Sleep is evolutionarily conserved across all species, and impaired sleep is a common trait of the diseased brain. Sleep quality decreases as we age, and disruption of the regular sleep architecture is a frequent antecedent to the onset of dementia...
Neo-Nazi pleads guilty in plot to bomb Colorado synagogue
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Richard Holzer, who wanted to blow up a synagogue but was unknowingly in contact with undercover FBI agents, is facing 20 years in prison.
Assad’s Horrible War Crimes Are Finally Coming to Light Under Oath
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A German court is exposing Syria’s systemic atrocities—and ending any hopes of international reconciliation with the regime.
French police make arrests after teacher beheaded in Paris suburb
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French police were questioning nine people in custody on Saturday after a suspected Islamist sympathiser beheaded a school teacher in broad daylight on the street in a Paris suburb, police sources said.
E1123: Emergency Pod! Jason reacts to the iPhone 12 fail & Apple jumping the shark; theories on the lack of innovation: is something big in the works or has Apple lost its magic? - This Week in Startups - Audio
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‎This Week in Startups - Audio: E1123: Emergency Pod! Jason reacts to the iPhone 12 fail & Apple jumping the shark; theories on the lack of innovation: is something big in the works or has Apple lost its magic? on Apple Podcasts
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‎Show This Week in Startups - Audio, Ep E1123: Emergency Pod! Jason reacts to the iPhone 12 fail & Apple jumping the shark; theories on the lack of innovation: is something big in the works or has Apple lost its magic? - Oct 13, 2020
Text messages show raw and intimate exchange between Joe and Hunter Biden
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A raw series of text messages show Joe Biden offering fatherly comfort as his son, Hunter, lamented from a rehab facility about being a “f–ked up addict who can’t be trusted”…
Climate change likely drove early human species to extinction, modeling study suggests
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Of the six or more different species of early humans, all belonging to the genus Homo, only we Homo sapiens have managed to survive. Now, a study reported in the journal One Earth on October 15 combining climate modeling and the fossil record in...
Matt Ocko Title says it all. And why backs teams every day to help “cancel the apocalypse” “Climate change likely drove early human species to extinction, modeling study suggests” 3d