How COVID-19 is affecting society

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

A ranged weapon for the vampire-hunter with a sense of humour.

I’d go with a clown’s squirt flower.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

A Man Coughed on a Wegmans Employee. Now He’s Charged With a Felony. (Published 2020)

George Falcone told an employee at a grocery store in New Jersey that he had the coronavirus, the authorities said.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Sovereignty]

You can get 'tactical' anything these days. For example the pocket sized bag for a small wifi penetration test device is described on the website as tactical.

Tactical Elite upgrade for WiFi Pineapple NANO

Enhance your WiFi Pineapple NANO Basic with this Tactical Elite upgrade kit. Includes Every Day Carry Case, 600D Black PVC, Canvas Anker PowerCore 5000 mAh slim portable battery USB 180° adapter and USB Micro B to A cable WiFi Pineapple morale patch RaLink RT5370 (tertiary radio) 90° in-case 500...

shop.hak5.org

So "tactical" is like "new and improved".

That makes things even worse. Military use is being normalized.

 

[detrius]

You can get 'tactical' anything these days.

(Seriously, though, I have one of those Maxpedition rollypoly dump pouches attached to the shoulder strap of my messenger bag - it's incredibly durable and perfectly sized for a Nalgene bottle.)

 

[Innula Zenovka]

As opposed to a strategic BBQ Apron, I guess.

 

[danielravennest]

As opposed to a strategic BBQ Apron, I guess.

Strategic BBQ requires a bunker.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Innula Zenovka]

This is all about Dominic Cummings, architect of the Vote Leave campaign and now Boris Johnson's special advisor and grand vizier, Svengali to Johnson's Trilby, or Cheney to Johnson's Bush 43, who broke our strict lockdown and quarantine rules.

For the BBC to go after him and the government like this really is quite unusual:

 

[Free]

 

[Free]

Oh ho, snark!

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Anya Ristow]

Amazon prepares propaganda, local stations run it as news.

 

[Arkady Arkright]

Off at a slight tangent, but I do like this story : Anti-porn filters stop Dominic Cummings trending on twitter

 

[Pamela]

Multi generational quarantining. Yes, I cried again.

 

[Romana]

 

[Innula Zenovka]

This is all about Dominic Cummings, architect of the Vote Leave campaign and now Boris Johnson's special advisor and grand vizier, Svengali to Johnson's Trilby, or Cheney to Johnson's Bush 43, who broke our strict lockdown and quarantine rules.

For the BBC to go after him and the government like this really is quite unusual:

And the consequences

 

[Free]

 

[Rose Karuna]

Darwin FTW!

 

[Casey Pelous]

Holy smokes, am I ever OWNED! I can't believe how owned I am! Wow! I hope no one finds out how owned all us libs are by someone doing this -- they might ALL do it.

 

[Veritable Quandry]

I will not be properly owned until they do it while driving 100 mph in their pickups. On a gravel road.