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@reitschuster

Es könnte am Wort ‘Neger’ liegen

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Both sides — pro and anti lockdown, pro and anti vaccine mandate, etc. — accuse each other of being idiots. They’re not going to make progress that way. twitter.com/DrEliDavid/sta…

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RT @ElectionWiz:
WATCH: Massive march against vaccine mandates and Covid restrictions in Melbourne.

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@reitschuster

Fehlzitat

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@NickHudsonCT

Don’t give up — persuasion is always possible.

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I used to live not far from there. twitter.com/diemauerthewal…

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Vorsorgliche Festnahme. Wahnsinn twitter.com/reitschuster/s…

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RT @ClimateWarrior7:
This week's Afghan Fighter of the Week is Abdul (they/them)

Abdul identifies as a genderqueer transbian and has train…

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RT @libsoftiktok:
I’m so glad we “stole” this land. America is so beautiful 🇺🇸

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RT @libsoftiktok:
You know what’s coming up! pic.twitter.com/dOHLuJGert

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RT @reitschuster:
Ich finde es toll, dass uns die Regierung bzw. ihr RKI jetzt auch noch sagt, was wir an Weihnachten essen sollen bzw. was…

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New blog post – a Thanksgiving special!

‘Lying Little Injun’

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RT @Neuro_Skeptic:
"How to attract Wealth and Prosperity" medium.com/@manifestation… Have a backwards brain. Have blue skin lesions. Have one…

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RT @AlexEpstein:
Elizabeth Warren has just sent a letter to energy CEOs complaining about natural gas prices.

What a crock. If not for War…

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RT @SchmiddieMaik:
Ken Jebsen im Mai 2020 😎 pic.twitter.com/5pgaD8gcw5

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RT @MartinHildbrand:
@reitschuster

Naja, gebe dem Ladenbesitzer dennoch eine 💉 von (bislang) drei 💉💉💉möglichen Spritzen. Immerhin hat er ni…

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@reitschuster

Das haben die der Regierung zu verdanken, nicht “Impfverweigerer[n]”.

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New blog post: ‘Extracting References from HTML in Rails’

blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/extracti…

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I think the lying little injun knows damn well why prices have been going up. twitter.com/SenWarren/stat…

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RT @firstofequals:
Let me explain taxes to you midwits... 1/n

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RT @coldxman:
Everyone who is saying that Kyle Rittenhouse would have been found guilty if he were black should recall that Kenneth Walker…

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RT @PR0GRAMMERHUM0R:
Yes, I'm making a meme about it rather than actually fixing it. reddit.com/r/programmerhu… pic.twitter.com/1FUb4Ffbhj

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Half of these is just a German accent. twitter.com/libsoftiktok/s…

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New blog post: ‘Views on Animal Sentience in The Beginning of Infinity’

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RT @TheLaurenChen:
@womensmarch

Get back in the kitchen, the real world is clearly too much for you.

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RT @ZCharapp:
@disclosetv

More disruption to supply chain… seems purposeful now

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RT @SJobs_Stories:
"For me, the most exciting thing in the software area is the Internet, and part of the reason for that is that no one ow…

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RT @ClimateWarrior7:
Do other people have problems with their ICU patients trying to escape? Mine keep trying to un-ventilate themselves an…

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RT @MikeLoychik:
It starts with gun registration, it ends with gun confiscation.

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RT @reitschuster:
Einen Vorteil hat der aktuelle Wahnsinn: Die Masken fallen.
Ich finde: Alle demokratisch gesinnten Geimpften & Ungeimpft…

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RT @CrimeADay:
The USDA requires ice cream to be attractive and have a firm body.

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That Black man could not have had racist intent because those 40 people had power over him. Is what the SJWs would say. twitter.com/StacyThePatrio…

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RT @TheBembridge:
Apparently, you can now be regarded as an anti-vaxxer even if you’re vaccinated. pic.twitter.com/3ecdoBgXko

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RT @ThomasEWoods:
Normal people unite

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“The women who program in C++ are Real Men too.” 😂 twitter.com/PR0GRAMMERHUM0…

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@hubertus_knabe

Wirklich ein Unding

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RT @hubertus_knabe:
Trägt sicherlich zur Glaubwürdigkeit der Bundesregierung in der #Corona-Politik bei...

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German government website said there wouldn’t be mandatory vaccinations. That statement has been removed.

Please don’t follow in Austria’s footsteps… twitter.com/drumheadberlin…

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@KViikari @PeterSweden7

That sucks that Sweden and Denmark (re)introduced vaccine passports. At least they don't have mandates yet.

Re Africa I've heard South Africa has had pretty draconian lockdowns, other than that I'm not sure.

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RT @SwipeWright:
Are we allowed to call the uptick in people coming out as "plural" a social contagion? Or are we expected to believe this…

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@thoughtbot

Typo/bug on thoughtbot.com/blog/rubys-gsu… line 2 in the code block: the quotes around the word 'superstyle' in <div class="superstyle"> need to be escaped or they'll break the string.

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Neuroscientists: it’s the part of the brain responsible for identifying as a horse. As studies show. twitter.com/ClimateWarrior…

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RT @ajzeigler:
As a German you should understand what atrocities can unfold when citizens have no weapons.

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RT @Jenni2161:
More footage from Rome ,WOW !!! pic.twitter.com/xEQAiplvbU

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@Cheeseo76847269

Because nobody wants to look far-right. That way you can intimidate them into agreement: aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/argume…

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RT @BrittPettibone:
Massive protest in Vienna, Austria today against the new lockdown, plus mandatory vaccinations which the tyrannical Aus…

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@boysek @MichaelPSenger

Ah. When you write "100% of the population is not vaccinated" that's ambiguous. It can either mean 'nobody is vaccinated' or 'not everyone is vaccinated'.

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@boysek @MichaelPSenger

No, I was asking you for clarification.

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@KViikari @PeterSweden7

Nowhere else has vaccine mandates yet AFAIK so pretty much anywhere would be better in that regard.

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@KViikari @PeterSweden7

Sweden and Denmark are good from what I hear. There are also several states in the US that are good (e.g. Florida and Texas), for those who can come to the US.

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@boysek @MichaelPSenger

You're saying if even one person isn't vaccinated, nobody is?

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@BankableInsight

On mobile I see only ads and no cities.

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RT @ANothlich:
Impfpflicht in Österreich. Schon wieder hatten die angeblichen Verschwörungstheoretiker Recht.

Nächste Haltestellen: Pflich…

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@PR0GRAMMERHUM0R

The first truly intelligent AI

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@MarcusB41039520 @ClimateWarrior7

Fine or imprisonment according to the Guardian.

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RT @ClimateWarrior7:
Great news comrades! Austria has finally accepted my recommendations. Unvaccinated people will be put in prison after…

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@ks445599

I haven't, but yeah, rights are being taken away from everyone that even the worst of criminals have and should have.

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Just saw the fourth five-star review of the German BoI 🙏😄

amazon.de/dp/B09D7BS999

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@PeterSweden7

My advice to all Austrians: LEAVE NOW. blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/leave-au…

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New blog post. As Austria is turning into a medical dictatorship before our very eyes, I urge all Austrians to LEAVE their country NOW.

blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/leave-au…

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@MichaelPSenger

My advice to all Austrians: LEAVE NOW
blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/leave-au…

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RT @ClimateWarrior7:
It's almost that time of year again when we traditionally have an autumn lockdown.

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@madeofmistak3

Elon, possibly, Bernie depends how much more damage he does.

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Showing off how his lie leads to frustration for his kids. twitter.com/codinghorror/s…

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RT @firstofequals:
These measures are sadly necessary because of the callous unvaxxed. We will soon have little alternative but to rehouse…

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RT @ClimateWarrior7:
Should the unvaccinated be shot?

Yes: 92%
No: 7%

Via @YouGov

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German health 'authorities' are effectively forcing those who don't wish to get vaccinated to catch the virus. Read why that is in this comment: blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/lockdown… twitter.com/HumanRights4UK…

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NYT getting ready to spread panic about the regular flu now.

Also it's 'public-health' not 'public health'. twitter.com/nytimes/status…

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RT @ThomasEWoods:
Does every lizard person like to use the pointless and unnecessary "Let me be clear"?

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'Leisure of any kind is forbidden.'

That says it all. twitter.com/MichaelPSenger…

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RT @WalesOnline:
Independent cinema brazenly vows it won't implement 'nonsensical' Covid pass scheme despite fierce criticism and risk of h…

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“Just as in the material realm the plundering of a country’s wealth is accomplished by inflating the currency—so today one may witness the process of inflation being applied to the realm of rights.”

— Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness twitter.com/libsoftiktok/s…

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@NickHudsonCT @MichaelPSenger

The necessity of 'boosters' alone makes me wonder how effective the vaccines can possibly be.

Is 35k people enough to be considered a 'herd'?

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@MichaelPSenger

I’m guessing using Gibraltar is tricky because their n is really small.

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The moment you agree to ‘buy back’ your freedom you’ve lost it. Freedom is non-negotiable. twitter.com/Humble_Analysi…

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RT @michaelmalice:
hey @lyft can you have a setting so that i can only have he/him drivers, for my safety

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@DeathBattleBot

Towelie all the way.

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RT @AlexEpstein:
It's been 4 days since @LinkedIn took down this popular COP-26-eviscerating video without explanation. Help fight against…

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@prof_mayer @valleycruiser

Gegen welche Krankheit muesste man sich nach derselben Logik nicht impfen lassen?

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New blog post: ‘Chapter Order in The Beginning of Infinity’

I propose an order of chapters in which to read BoI that should make the concepts easier to understand.

blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/chapter-…

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RT @bgmasters:
The Second Amendment is not about duck hunting. pic.twitter.com/aOgpljZ0P8

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Musk has surely paid orders of magnitude more in taxes than you you fucking crybaby. twitter.com/RBReich/status…

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@krlwlzn

Sales tax, corporate tax, various taxes for employees, property taxes, inheritance tax, trade tariffs. The list goes on…

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@MagnetThatcher

Yea it’s mostly not cash but what other people would be willing to pay for those assets and yet the owner of those assets is called greedy. Makes no fucking sense.

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It takes a real special strain of ignorance to think billionaires pay less in taxes than school teachers. twitter.com/RBReich/status…

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New blog post: ‘Lockdowns Are a Collectivist-Altruist Nightmare’

blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/lockdown…

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