COVID
Let’s start with this video of Sweden, no lockdown ever, no mandatory mask, no business closures, no school closure. Just a government that provides its citizens with all the information and people have common sense. The evaluation of Sweden’s strategy by a doctor 18 month’s later. They are the envy of every country that currently live in a totalitarian regime (like Australia).
Can Australia still describe itself as a liberal democracy?
Still in lockdown in Australia, it doesn’t seem like people agree with the government strategy.
Australia’s quarantine camp where people wait to be fed, and get told off by the police for drinking a tea. It remind me of another period in time. Also check out life in hotel quarantine locked in a room for 2 weeks with no air – “calm down or you’re gunna get $%#@ gassed”!
Remember when we were “all in this together”, apparently not any more. Chairman Dan has forgotten that those who are vaccinated can still carry and transmit the virus.
Maybe he should focus on Victorian hospital ICU bed capacity. Probably those who are not vaxxed shouldn’t pay any taxes any more if they can’t participate in society. Hundreds of paramedics in Victoria have declined the COVID-19 Vaccine. There appears to be no benefit of keeping kids at home, and closing down schools even with the Delta variant.
Hundreds of people were meeting at the plastic barriers between NSW and QLD to catch up for Fathers day just like in Berlin once upon a time.
NSW CHO is claiming that natural immunity is less effective than vaccines which got debunked by the Internet. Also here’s a study from Israel. She is also making it clear a regular cycle of booster after booster will be required, by everyone.
Access to your human rights will be determined by a vaccine passport that simply blocks entry to your life unless you comply. She has something in her eye and then proceeds to use her mask to wipe her eye. How embarrassing! Also there’s a funny remixed NSW premier speech.
QLD Premier is caught lying saying if borders open, all the kids under 12 are going to die.
In Australia we recommend 12-15 year old get vaccinated, because ours is the best medical regulator in the world, so does that mean the UK is the worst because they say otherwise? UK health body has recommended against vaccinating children 12-15 as the benefits are marginal. However I believe that the gov over there has pressed ahead anyway as there’s a crowd fund to have the courts place an injunction and pause on the roll out. The following is an unfortunate picture choice by Reuters
I think I have a different definition of a “healthy 16 year old”.
A scare campaign going on in mainstream media – Girl caught some random virus in 2012 and ends up in ICU is being reported in 2021. Why do fully vaccinated people need protecting, they are fully vaccinated after all…
Why blame unvaccinated people for your issues? It makes no sense.
Also not what I consider “healthy”
What we have learned from the autopsy of people who die of COVID (warning graphic) is that they end up dying of blood clots and lung problems. I found this presentation about Ivermectine interesting by Dr. Pierre Dudouet, IHU Méditerranée Infection. (in French). Vitamin D supplements seems to make a difference, otherwise make sure you get out each day to get some sunlight!
I found this doctor in the UK who appears to be very open minded gives very balanced view of vaccine and facts, and also goes through his sources and encourages you to do the same. He says get vaccinated. It’s worth binge watching some of his content if you are interested in that stuff. Australia and Melbourne gets a mention in recent video, and that the modelling that’s been done we’re expecting 1300-1500 people to die in Australia in the next 6 months due to the change in policy. Hospital numbers continue to go up.
Here are Australia’s weekly numbers.
The thinking at the moment is that at some stage whether you are vaccinated or not vaccinated, you will get COVID, it’s endemic now. Everyone’s job is to make sure they don’t die.
The latest TGA report is out. More cases of blood clot (or suspected blood clot) for AstraZeneca. The following is what you need to be aware of for Pfizer in regards to heart inflammation – “To 29 August 2021, we have received 293 reports of suspected myocarditis and/or pericarditis following vaccination with Comirnaty (Pfizer). Nine of these reports were in children – 8 boys and 1 girl, all aged 16 or 17 years old. Three cases occurred after the first dose and 6 after the second dose“. Also note that it usually resolves itself after rest, but some people have needed hospital treatment.
State of the world.
People stormed a shopping mall in Paris in protest of shopping malls now require a vaccine passport to enter. There were over 200 separate protest around France. Here it is in Valence. Going shopping in Paris while unvaccinated will result in police beating you with a baton.
Canadian PM is trying to divide the people. Why are kids being used for political gains? Canadian PM is going to use the same authoritarian powers has learned during the COVID crisis to solve climate change, housing crisis and to make sure people are doing the right thing. Protest in Vancouver. Protest in Montreal again. Considering that 83% of the population over 12 has received on dose, and 76% over 12 have received two doses in Canada.
If you are not vaccinated in Nigeria you will now lose access to banking services, coming soon to a western techno-authoritarian country?
Meanwhile police are randomly knocking on doors in Australia to ask about protest. The Australian Gov wants to require you to provide 100 points of ID to use social media and police will have access to everyone’s social media account and it will be linked to your passport. Sounds like China’s social credit score system to me. New laws have also been passed recently that allows the government to spy on you domestically.
If you die within 14 days of vaccination in the US, you will be considered un-vaccinated.
If you ask for proof of vaccination in Florida you will face a $5000 fine. Vladimir Putin Opposes Mandatory Jabs, Says People Should Get Vaccinated Without Coercion. Has the world become so upside down?
Technology
Google AI up-scaling on photo is amazing.
Cable organisation Japanese style. The caballing behind my desk is a mess because I can’t mount any cable management under the desk due to the desk surface being glass.
I’ve been using monkey type to practice my typing at the moment, it has got a minimalist interface and you can reset it with the tab key on your keyboard which makes it quicker to practice. It’s also highly configurable. And you can use it to type in French! Currently my speed is about 80wpm, still haven’t broke the 100wpm barrier yet. I really enjoy typing on my Logitech G915 full sized keyboard with brown switches, I have a Keychron K1 in the office also with brown switches (that I haven’t seen in awhile). But have a 65% Keychron K7 on the way with blue clicky switch. I’m really looking forward to this arriving!
Never plug a USB you find into your computer, that’s how you get hacked. The common method is with a USB rubber ducky. The USB rubber ducky a device that looks like a USB stick, but when you plug it in, the computer actually recognises it as a keyboard, and because it’s recognised as a keyboard, it’s able to execute commands at lightning speed. You can find similar products on Amazon. Here’s an instructional video on how to use a USB rubbery ducky but also how to make one for yourself, all you need is a Raspberry Pi Pico. USB Rubbery ducky is common knowledge, but I’m telling you about it so that you stop plugging free USB into your computer!
Canva will only require employees to come into the office 8 times per year.
Finance and Economics.
Don’t get caught in the Buy now, Pay later debt trap. I’ve never really understood the trend. Mum has always said buy now pay now, if you can’t afford it, don’t buy it.
What using a Bitcoin ATM looks like in El Salvador. 3pm 7th September is when El Salvador bitcoin bill becomes law. Every citizen is getting $30 USD worth of bitcoin. This tweet storm contains a good summary. Also just because the IMF says something doesn’t means it’s true
We should refer to normal fiat currency as “government tokens” at some point. Like AUD should be called Australian flyby points, or USD should be called US flyby points.
Spiritual
The quiet of curfew has reduced the traffic outside to virtually zero at this time of night and I find it unsettling so much that I find myself jumping at shadows sometimes. I find it really creepy when the kids toys trigger and turn on and start singing automatically in the middle of the night, so I make it a conscious effort to go around turning things off. It’s probably a result of my wild imagination and too much scary movie when I was young.
Anyway if you recall what happen last year to Jess, well the strangeness (if you can call it that) has continued into this year. Last week was the anniversary of her father’s passing, and so she went for a walk at the beach, and she was balling her eyes out. Anyway a random old lady comes up to her, and tells her that “she is not alone”, and that her father is near by and also this lady said she was a clairvoyant. What are the chances of that.
Coffee
I’ve taken the philosophy of “Jiro dreams of sushi” (should be on netflix), and applying that to coffee.
I learned about choosing coffee beans. Go for something that comes from a specific place not just a specific country if possible. Don’t buy from supermarket. And those description words are there to tell you about the acidity or how bitter the brew will be. I had once ordered a bag of coffee which had “tropical fruit”, and “winey” as the description words, and that was the worst coffee beans I ever had. It was fine the first time, but then the smell made me want to throw up.
Coffee beans should be stored in air tight container. I have one of these from Amazon on its way.
Where to get beans from? Direct Coffee looks promising, and is where I will be ordering next. I have also used Fox Coffee in QLD, the El Salvador is delicious for my pallet.
I’ve been making my coffee in a Moka pot on the stove, or else it will be in the Aeropress.
So the coffee I have been getting is grounded for you by the online retailer. And I’ve been thinking I would like to grind it myself to see if it makes a difference. I don’t really have room for a full espresso machine, and I don’t have room for a dedicated grinder, so I decided to look into a hand grinder. I’ve settled on the Hario Mini that you can pick up from Amazon, and seems to be well rated among the cheaper grinders and something like 37 bux.
If I enjoy the manual grind experience I might consider the upgrade which seems like it would be to the 1Zpresso JX Pro. The company is pronounced ee-zpresso, because 1 in Chinese is ee, and it’s a Chinese or Taiwanese company. A lot of thought and engineering has gone into it which is something I really appreciate.
Not all bad news.
I am aware that my weekly updates seems to degenerate into a depressing view of the world. But that’s not how I see the world. There is still good, beauty, joy and laughter. You only need to look at a more local individual level that you will see and notice the beauty of life. Here’s some examples:
- Random strangers play piano together at a French train station.
- Ballet street dance.
- Jealous.
- Teacher April fools.
- Surprising grandpa at the restaurant.
- People standing up to bullying.
- What a good kindergarten teacher looks like in online learning.
- Telling family they are expecting triplets.
Have a good week all!