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Thread—How to respond to your respected old friends and family who, with sadness and concern, encourage you to get vaccinated.Listen. Your distinguished friends in govt, NGOs, and corps are pushing

To #Ohio Gov. @MikeDeWine: I'm Dr. Larry Sanger, Wikipedia co-founder. I'm an Ohioan.1/ I'm beyond being polite. I demand that you clarify the precise conditions under which all our freedoms

1/ Let me "fact-check" the very idea of fact-checking.I have great contempt for fact-checkers. Here's why.When people claim to do a fact-check of some claim, what they purport to do

I'd like to see an intelligent, well-supported argument that we should believe the Covid-19 death count.That isn't too much to ask for, is it? Has anyone ever fairly examined the

Wikipedia's policy to allow powerful anonymous administrators controlling the content of the world's biggest encyclopedia is shockingly irresponsible.I used to find it surprising that the media does not report this.

Folks, I am here to report some bad news about our friends the Democrats. It is hard to believe, but the Democrats of 2020 appear to want:* mass forced closures

1/ Rich, Famous, and Connected Pedophiles: A ListSo many.I am going to stick to those who have been credibly accused or convicted. This could be much longer.JEFFREY EPSTEIN, obviously. Multi-millionaire

Compare how Britannica and Wikipedia introduce the traditional system of Indian medicine called Ayerveda.Britannica is respectful.Wikipedia has no fewer than four dismissive epithets in the first paragraph: "quackery," "pseud

1/ I have learned that the people probably angriest at Wikipedia are Hindus. They are seriously upset that Wikipedia has, at least in their opinion, a thoroughly one-sided view of

California SB145 (https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB145) lets offenders skip registering as a sex offender if they’re 10 years older than the child, at least between ages 14-17. So a 24 year

1/ What kind of person enslaves a child? And for sex?Monsters.Some of these monsters murder the children after they’ve destroyed them, body and mind.Oh, but that’s just a handful of

1/ Dear @OregonGovBrown, @TedWheeler, @GovEvers, @chicagosmayorWe #DemandProtection.The riots—arson, looting, assaults, and yes murders—have gone on for *months* on your watch. We know you want to reform your police forces and