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[06:41] schestowitz-TR So many people associated with Wikileaks lose a laptop. So many. "My laptop was stolen from me on the Vienna to Frankfurt train on Saturday" https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2022/11/electronic-grief/ | Source: Craig Murray

[06:41] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.craigmurray.org.uk | Electronic Grief - Craig Murray

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[07:22] Techrightssec I hope Murray had multiple backups.

[07:22] Techrightssec The article and the day's work are of course lost but if the backups were

[07:22] Techrightssec done responsibly it should be less than 24 hours lost.

[07:22] Techrightssec Encryption is another matter though.

[07:26] schestowitz-TR some days ago, when ipfs was having issues 'upstream' (nothing wrong at our end, no changed had been made)

[07:26] schestowitz-TR I turned on ipfs on the pi

[07:26] schestowitz-TR a couple of days later the lockfile got stuck

[07:26] schestowitz-TR I only turned off ipfs there a day ago

[07:26] schestowitz-TR and I noticed no updates in gemini since 25/11

[07:26] schestowitz-TR I deleted the lockfile, reran, but some older articles are not in gemini

[07:26] schestowitz-TR I suspect it limited itself to maybe 10 latest posts -- less than the total in the RSS feeds

[07:26] Techrightssec I can check in a bit, but the weak link in the current work flow is that

[07:26] Techrightssec the links are gathered from RSS.

[07:28] schestowitz-TR yes, but if ipfs is not running, then the weakness does not manifest itself

[07:28] schestowitz-TR after several days of ipfs request timeouts I decided to temporarily run it on the pi, at least for older objects

[07:28] schestowitz-TR ipfs worked like a charm again this morning

[07:28] schestowitz-TR I suspect their hive/network/swarm had some issues with itself, maybe last week and some of this week

[07:28] schestowitz-TR it's hard to find any real news about ipfs

[07:28] schestowitz-TR there are reasons for that

[07:49] schestowitz-TR I think I narrowed down the io issues on "vonick" to quiterss and disk churn

[07:49] schestowitz-TR it not only takes more ram then before

[07:49] schestowitz-TR it would hog io

[07:49] schestowitz-TR leaving other processes on the queue

[07:49] schestowitz-TR the simplest solution, for now, is to close the application

[07:49] schestowitz-TR it's possible that the db itself is not in a good state

● Nov 28

[08:19] Techrightssec Running batch processing of old, missed pages for Gemini.

[08:19] Techrightssec checking

[08:19] Techrightssec Updating Gemini hierarchy and Gemini index

[08:19] schestowitz-TR just expanded camelcase a bit

[08:19] schestowitz-TR some new sites emerge, but not as many as go offline or become inactive and barely active

[08:19] schestowitz-TR the issue isn't so much cleaning feeds or finding enough feeds

[08:19] schestowitz-TR the issue is lack of circulation of information, a lack of journalism

[08:19] schestowitz-TR which in turn means harder to write, rather than repeat (WSL)

[08:38] Techrightssec Done: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/11/

[08:38] schestowitz-TR excellent, thank you!

[08:38] schestowitz-TR biab exercise

[08:41] Techrightssec np

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[09:43] schestowitz-TR was afak last was "np"

[09:43] Techrightssec nothing missed

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[11:53] Techrightssec ack

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[12:01] schestowitz-TR The Decline of COVID-19 Severity and Lethality Over Two Years of Pandemic (Center for Health Emergencies, Bruno Kessler Foundation, Trento, Italy) https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/11/28/covid19-paper-italy/

[12:01] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-schestowitz.com Blog Archive The Decline of COVID-19 Severity and Lethality Over Two Years of Pandemic (Center for Health Emergencies, Bruno Kessler Foundation, Trento, Italy)

[12:05] schestowitz-TR busy with upc these weeks, very crucial time

[12:05] schestowitz-TR I responsed to the journalist after she had sent me email

[12:05] schestowitz-TR the 'proper' way, not Microsoft 'social' 'media'

[12:05] schestowitz-TR upc is a political issue, not a technical or legal issue

[12:05] schestowitz-TR seems to be widepread knowledge... over time

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[13:02] Techrightssec UPC is very important and getting coverage of the problems is crucial

[13:02] Techrightssec in making sure it stays dead. The more companies which get suckered by

[13:02] Techrightssec team UPC, though, the bigger the scandal will grow and the longer they

[13:02] Techrightssec all will try to draw out the admission of its demise.

[13:02] schestowitz-TR UPC is a "monster" bigger than any one company

[13:02] schestowitz-TR because it is convergence of several companies, across fields,a dn their controlled regimes and policial parties

[13:02] schestowitz-TR but we must give it a fight

[13:02] schestowitz-TR sometimes we even win

[13:03] Techrightssec Law is on our side AFAIK but the largest problem over time is the

[13:03] Techrightssec lack of accountability and oversight enforcing any aspect of law there.

[13:04] schestowitz-TR yes, exactly

[13:08] schestowitz-TR motto of mine (not inspired any oneone): no regrets as long as you knew you did your best at it

[13:08] schestowitz-TR in the case of the upc, I did my best. whether others join in and help... not my problem. As I did my best

[13:08] schestowitz-TR to get others involved in the issue.

[13:08] schestowitz-TR when orgs crush the law in their path (microsoft, eu, upc), they will struggle to paint critics as "haters"

[13:09] Techrightssec It'd be nice though to get a little help on the sw patent problem from EFF, FSFF, FFII, OSI, or others even if they operating fulling i

[13:09] Techrightssec y independently from TR on it.

[13:11] schestowitz-TR EFF is mostly shit

[13:11] schestowitz-TR I did a 44-min video to show that it did or didn't do on EPO, swpats directive, and swpats in the US

[13:11] schestowitz-TR FSF is not doing much (still better than doing evil)

[13:11] schestowitz-TR FFII 2 pres releases ina year(and some... tweets... boo)

[13:11] schestowitz-TR OSI = Microsoft front group, part time

[13:12] Techrightssec Shit or not, they need to stop ignoring a problem which affects the long,

[13:12] Techrightssec medium, and short term viability of general purpose computing and digital

[13:12] Techrightssec rights.

[13:12] Techrightssec The FSF could stir from its dazed state this once.

[13:12] Techrightssec OSI could grow a pair.

[13:14] schestowitz-TR I'd just defer to what Pieter said about misbehaving orgs

[13:14] schestowitz-TR they won'r reform

[13:14] schestowitz-TR they will go under or keep at it (the "new" agenda)

[13:14] schestowitz-TR I've yet to see an org going bad, then good again

[13:14] schestowitz-TR there is a human flight element

[13:14] schestowitz-TR like gillmore getting the boot (eff)

[13:30] Techrightssec Right, they won't reform but that does not mean they can't be squeezed or

[13:30] Techrightssec cajoled into doing the right thing one more time.

[13:30] Techrightssec ack

[13:30] schestowitz-TR I tried with EFF and OSI

[13:30] schestowitz-TR and nothing came out of it

[13:30] schestowitz-TR they are cajoled by others and better funded interests

[13:30] schestowitz-TR and they love their pocket more than what the orgs stand for

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[15:22] schestowitz-TR cannot think of topics for articles or videos today

[15:22] schestowitz-TR already went through lists of places to check

[15:22] schestowitz-TR i know it is extended weekend in usa

[15:22] schestowitz-TR but still

[15:22] schestowitz-TR got lots of spare time, even slept a lot more lately

[15:22] schestowitz-TR and writing or recording just "for the sake of it"

[15:22] schestowitz-TR always results in low-qualify cruft

[15:23] schestowitz-TR so better not, better silence

[15:29] schestowitz-TR -

[15:29] schestowitz-TR thanks, I will try to contexualise that with "news"

[15:29] schestowitz-TR btw, lanier is a microsofter

[15:29] schestowitz-TR he 'rebranded' some eyars ago as some 'guru' on harms of social control media

[15:29] schestowitz-TR fter some books he wrote

[15:29] schestowitz-TR *after

[15:29] schestowitz-TR I saw an interview with him about that

[15:29] schestowitz-TR he doesn't say anything too novel

[15:29] schestowitz-TR jus rehash

[15:29] schestowitz-TR the media made him what he is

[15:29] schestowitz-TR and then Microsoft hired him

[15:29] schestowitz-TR iirc, he wrote a log in TheEdge along with Jeffrey Epstein

[15:29] schestowitz-TR edge.org

[15:29] schestowitz-TR now he's just some very obese man who pretends to be an expert in whatever he sells a book on

[15:29] schestowitz-TR like vr, hey hi...

[15:29] schestowitz-TR iirc, his claim to fame is some vr stuff

[15:29] schestowitz-TR his latest 'blockbuster' article is in bill's guardian 'uk'

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[16:54] schestowitz-TR still chewing on eff and twitter etc.

[16:54] schestowitz-TR now sure i have anything new or witty to say just yet

[16:54] schestowitz-TR *not

[16:54] schestowitz-TR even though about it on the way to the shop and back

[16:54] schestowitz-TR writer's block

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[17:00] schestowitz-TR the slant du jour is,

[17:00] schestowitz-TR saying "bad" things (saying something about what's bad) is "illegal" because "privacy"

[17:00] schestowitz-TR "CoC" takes that to another level

[17:08] schestowitz-TR 100 day blogging challenge: Let's get those RSS feeds going again: Dissociated Press https://dissociatedpress.net/2022/11/28/100-day-blogging-challenge-lets-get-those-rss-feeds-going-again/ Source: Joe Brockmeier

[17:08] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-dissociatedpress.net | 100 day blogging challenge: Lets get those RSS feeds going again: Dissociated Press

[17:08] schestowitz-TR this is what we want! back to blogs!!

[17:09] Techrightssec :) :)

[17:44] schestowitz-TR i think I know what video to make... while afk I got an idea

[17:44] schestowitz-TR herding people from twitter to mgemini and rss/blog challenges

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[18:19] Techrightssec ack

[18:19] schestowitz-TR OTA in a moment...

[18:19] schestowitz-TR daemonfc has taken covid-19 very very violently

[18:19] schestowitz-TR after 4 shots

[18:19] schestowitz-TR he is 37

[18:20] Techrightssec :(

[18:20] Techrightssec I hope he survives unscathed

[18:20] schestowitz-TR DaemonFC: ^

[18:20] DaemonFC 38

[18:20] DaemonFC Thank you.

[18:21] schestowitz-TR you look 37 ;-)

[18:21] DaemonFC I have a 3 PM appointment to see the NP.

[18:21] DaemonFC I chose Highland Park CVS Minute Clinic and 3 PM because I know that's usually when that NP that Mandy saw is there.

[18:21] DaemonFC She didn't give us crap about not wanting to prescribe Paxlovid.

[18:22] DaemonFC So you go with what you know. :)

[18:36] schestowitz-TR who took it harder?

[18:36] schestowitz-TR you or mandy, so far? (day 1)

[18:36] schestowitz-TR different genetics, same vaccination

[18:41] DaemonFC I got it much worse.

[18:41] DaemonFC I couldn't move last night to get water and a pouch of Tylenol pills sitting right next to me.

[18:42] DaemonFC I had to dial him on my phone using my nose because it hurt too bad to move anything other than my head.

[18:43] schestowitz-TR so there might be long-lasting damage

[18:43] DaemonFC Then once the Tylenol kicked in, I got up and drank some hot mint tea and gave my throat a few blasts of Vick's numbing spray.

[18:44] DaemonFC so there might be long-lasting damage

[18:44] DaemonFC Too soon to tell.

[18:44] DaemonFC Hopefully, they give me Paxlovid and it works.

[18:44] DaemonFC schestowitz-TR, The COVID is much worse at night.

[18:45] DaemonFC It hits you hard at night while you're trying to sleep. This is the second night it did that, and then it lets up a bit during the day.

[18:46] schestowitz-TR don't know what Paxlovid

[18:46] schestowitz-TR just the brand, "Paxlovid"

[18:46] schestowitz-TR what chemical it is and what it does

[18:46] schestowitz-TR there must be SOME side effects

[18:47] schestowitz-TR "chilling man, start upping your antibodies"

[18:48] DaemonFC It's an antiviral drug.

[18:48] schestowitz-TR how does it work?

[18:48] DaemonFC The other one is Merk's Molnupiravir, but they don't use that much because it's not as effective.

[18:49] DaemonFC Paxlovid is a protease inhibitor and a medication booster that causes the protease inhibitor to stay in your system longer.

[18:49] DaemonFC It basically inhibits viral proteins from coming together in a way that they can invade more cells.

[18:50] schestowitz-TR so it's for survivor

[18:50] schestowitz-TR won't prevent infection either

[18:50] schestowitz-TR hence, masks, distance

[18:50] schestowitz-TR still most effective

[18:50] schestowitz-TR if you can afford to

[18:52] DaemonFC Mom thinks she's coming down with COVID again.

[18:52] schestowitz-TR congrats

[18:53] schestowitz-TR maybe she though it's a one-trick pony

[18:53] schestowitz-TR many love to think that

[18:53] schestowitz-TR my mom got it thrice already

[18:53] DaemonFC Says symptoms began today. But she thinks it was that nurse's aid that goes around with her mask hanging down.

[18:53] DaemonFC Came to speak with her for 15 minutes that way last week then tested +.

[18:53] schestowitz-TR I asked if a fourth one is there already, she through it was a mean wish

[18:53] schestowitz-TR because she likes to socialise like a superspreader

[18:53] schestowitz-TR and covid minimiser

[18:53] DaemonFC I wasn't near her long enough ago that it would be from me.

[18:53] schestowitz-TR but got 4 shots

[18:53] DaemonFC Yes, church, work idiots.

[18:54] DaemonFC Work is the Catholic church even though healthcare.

[18:54] DaemonFC So they get COVID in there all the time because religious bullshit on top of hiring idiots.

[18:55] schestowitz-TR superstitution can be lethal

[18:55] DaemonFC Church people aren't brilliant, you know.

[18:55] schestowitz-TR like cancer patients who threw away the pill

[18:55] schestowitz-TR and relied on teleevengelists

[18:55] DaemonFC Germs become "God is punishing that person for some sin in their life.".

[18:55] DaemonFC Yes, like cancer.

[18:55] DaemonFC Same exact thing there.

[18:55] schestowitz-TR repent!!

[18:55] schestowitz-TR and heal! HEEEEL dog!

[18:56] DaemonFC schestowitz-TR, I think I'll recover but I sure wasn't trying to get it.

[18:56] DaemonFC And I know you can get it 5-6 times in rapid succession.

[18:56] DaemonFC Immunity is not durable to this. You've got a few months, perhaps.

[18:56] schestowitz-TR 1)it still mutates

[18:57] schestowitz-TR 2) it mutates faster when more people contract it

[18:57] schestowitz-TR and (2) is why the current strategy is inane

[18:57] DaemonFC Yes, "breakthrough" infections.

[18:57] schestowitz-TR they will never stop it

[18:57] DaemonFC Lots of them, you know.

[18:57] schestowitz-TR people will just get more ill over time

[18:57] schestowitz-TR and fatalities will be higher

[18:57] schestowitz-TR not per capita fatalities

[18:57] schestowitz-TR but fatalities overall

[18:57] schestowitz-TR they likely deal with a biolological weapons

[18:58] schestowitz-TR likely leaks by ACCIDENT in the Wuhan lab

[18:58] schestowitz-TR and they can't put the genie back in the mottle now

[18:58] schestowitz-TR bootle

[18:58] schestowitz-TR *bottle

[18:58] schestowitz-TR and it keeps mutating

[18:58] DaemonFC You'd think a biological weapon would be more deadly than this, though.

[18:58] schestowitz-TR another incarnation might hit young people hearder

[18:58] schestowitz-TR lots of dead babies

[18:58] schestowitz-TR government: no,no, it's milsd

[18:58] schestowitz-TR it's OK, let it do its thing

[18:58] DaemonFC Unless maybe it's just to harass another country so they can never get their economy to work right again.

[18:59] schestowitz-TR biological weapon need sto spread

[18:59] schestowitz-TR check

[18:59] DaemonFC Ironically, this is happening TO China now, where the government was experimenting on it.

[18:59] schestowitz-TR needs to be hard to combat

[18:59] DaemonFC People want to rip Xi's head off and shit down his neck.

[18:59] schestowitz-TR easier to deny

[18:59] DaemonFC Their government is destabilizing.

[18:59] DaemonFC Don't be fooled.

[18:59] DaemonFC It did to them perhaps what its job was to an "enemy country".

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[19:13] DaemonFC And now it's time for a sneezing fit, apparently.

[19:13] schestowitz-TR :(

[19:13] schestowitz-TR don't suppose you do blog posts atm

[19:13] DaemonFC Should I?

[19:14] DaemonFC Near as I can tell, I'm getting this as hard as most people do who aren't vaccinated.

[19:14] DaemonFC It's pretty crazy.

[19:15] DaemonFC I'll be back in a few hours.

[19:17] DaemonFC Oh, I was looking at the clock I didn't turn back an hour.

[19:24] schestowitz-TR should you? maybe later

[19:24] schestowitz-TR take notes

[19:25] schestowitz-TR or use irc logs for pointers

[19:25] schestowitz-TR yes, people who get the shots take it harder than any shots i ever took

[19:25] schestowitz-TR i don''t feel anything after taking them

[19:25] schestowitz-TR all of them get the RealThing later

[19:25] schestowitz-TR and all of them feel it VERY well

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[22:45] DaemonFC schestowitz-TR, They couldn't prescribe Paxlovid because it's dangerous if you have high blood pressure and it interacts with 3 of my other meds. One potentially life threatening.

[22:45] DaemonFC So I asked the Nurse Practitioner "What about Molnupirovir?".

[22:46] DaemonFC She goes, "What's that?". I said, "The Merck pill. It has a different mode of action. Can we try that?".

[22:46] DaemonFC So that's what I'm on now.

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