Dario Susman

Sysadmin, network operator, BOFH, Starfleet engineer.

[A Midwestern Doctor @MidwesternDoc]

Most respiratory viruses (ie COVID) start in the upper airway before reaching the lungs—but they never tell us we can treat them by disinfecting the upper airway. Here I reveal the simple methods many readers reported cured chronic sinusitis, colds & flus
https://t.co/AF1ML200ii

[Pirat_Nation 🔴 @Pirat_Nation]

The European Parliament has voted to keep end-to-end encrypted apps like WhatsApp and Messenger out of the EU’s temporary message-scanning rules.

The proposal extends a temporary law that lets some online services voluntarily scan for child sexual abuse material.

However, apps with end-to-end encryption would be excluded, because scanning messages would require weakening or bypassing that encryption.

[ViroLIEgy @ViroLIEgy]

AntiViral Ep. 11 "The Myth of Virus Origins" breaks down how a belief became a “pathogen,” and how flawed experiments were elevated into dogma.

[Dario Susman @DarioSusman]

https://t.co/z0SeguLRoG

[Jamie Andrews @JamieAA_Again]

Oh look a Peer Reviewed and Published paper on the non existence of Bird Flu.

https://t.co/pSVYa5n6zb

[Jason Bassler @JasonBassler1]

In case you missed it... Palantir and Nvidia are partnering to build sovereign AI systems for U.S. gov't agencies and critical infrastructure.

Two of the biggest beneficiaries of federal contracts are merging to build a “secure AI engine” for the state.

What could go wrong?

[Pirat_Nation 🔴 @Pirat_Nation]

The UK government is looking at new rules that could make YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and other social media platforms show more content from trusted news outlets.

If the proposal goes ahead, news from public service broadcasters like the BBC, ITV, and Channel 4 could appear higher in feeds and search results.
The government says they want to help people find reliable news and reduce misinformation.

The plan is still being discussed, so nothing has been approved yet. If it moves forward, it could change how millions of people in the UK discover news on social media.

[Argentina en Datos @arg_endatos]

RECAUDACIÓN PROVINCIAL POR TIPO DE IMPUESTO

Fuente: @EmpiriaWeb en base a DNAP

[Argentina en Datos @arg_endatos]

COMPOSICIÓN DE LOS INGRESOS DE LAS PROVINCIAS

Fuente: @EmpiriaWeb en base a DNAP

[Santiago González @gauchomalo140]

En el 1er trimestre la inversión cayó 11,6%. "No solamente no crecemos sino que tampoco vamos a crecer", observa @SperoniIris. "Todas las medidas del gobierno apuntan a asfixiar la economía de los comunes y generar un enclave sin impuestos para muy pocos." https://t.co/DJBDHUtwUe

[Michael @_britmonkey]

Another all time greatest UK government consultation moment. They ask me my opinion on downranking my own videos in the youtube algorithm in favour of established networks like BBC and ITV...

and they don't give me the option to disagree!!

[The Little Platoon @PlatoonPod]

The UK government, bastion of truth and integrity that it is, has decided that you are receiving too much misinformation and disinformation online.

It is consulting on a range of measures, which includes forcing social media companies to give added prominence to so-called "trustworthy" Public Service Media providers — chiefly the BBC, ITV, and Channel 4(!)

This would be over and above the media you, as an individual, choose to watch online.

This is important, the government says, because UK PSM is innately trustworthy and "revered around the world," which is presumably why it's losing market share to innately untrustworthy, "polarising" and evil independent content providers.

The fact it is losing market share is prima facie bad, and justifies government intervention.

This would, in effect, give the UK government a degree of control over (for example) YouTube's recommendation algorithm, in order that it can push its preferred views on you via a nominally private company.

Such views include, but are not limited to: men can grow a cervix, noticing crime is racist, we have too many rich people, and Donald Trump is Satan — all good, honest, impartial opinions.

I note without comment that the Culture Secretary, whose department published these proposals, flounced off Twitter two days ago because too many wrong opinions are allowed on the platform.

Meanwhile the likely next Prime Minister was happy to announce a whole raft of his plans on a Reddit AMA.

The government is also considering (I'm not making this up) a "media literacy duty" on PSMs to ensure that people learn to trust them more, and (I'm still not making this up) discounted internet-connected TVs for people on low incomes, so that they know what the government's preferred message is at all times.

If you wish to respond to this consultation, with the appropriate amount of scorn and ridicule, you can do so here:

https://t.co/mE6hHhz70P

If you wish to read the entire green paper for yourself, which contains many more harebrained schemes and proposals, you can do so here:

https://t.co/J9A6Y55CQA

[Derecho enZapatillas @dzapatillas]

Sociedades comerciales, nueva normativa

[Pirat_Nation 🔴 @Pirat_Nation]

WhatsApp is rolling out usernames, letting users chat without sharing their phone number.

Instead of giving someone your phone number, you can share a unique username. This makes it easier to keep your phone number private when talking to new people.

The feature is rolling out in stages, so not everyone will get it at the same time.

- You can create a unique username for your account.
- People will need your exact username to message you.
- There will be no public list of usernames to search.
- Your phone number will still be used to create, verify, and recover your account.
- Some usernames have been reserved to prevent impersonation of well-known people and brands.

[ViroLIEgy @ViroLIEgy]

Assumptions shape the questions science chooses to ask—and just as importantly, the ones it chooses not to investigate.

[IT Guy @T3chFalcon]

NHS Giving Palantir "Unlimited Access" to Patient Data 😳

[avrl ☘ @avrldotdev]

A physicist in 1988 got tired of reading bad compiler textbooks.

So Jack W. Crenshaw wrote one himself & put it out for everyone for free about 40 years ago.

It starts with adding just two numbers & by part 15 you have a basic compiler up & running.

[Pirat_Nation 🔴 @Pirat_Nation]

The U.S. House has passed the KIDS Act.

The bill requires websites with obscene or explicit content to verify users’ ages, creates nationwide online child safety standards enforced by the FTC, and gives parents more tools to manage what their children can do online.

It also requires companies to protect age verification data and not keep unnecessary personal information.

[ViroLIEgy @ViroLIEgy]

When top institutional virologists like @MarionKoopmans admit the field relies on computer code rather than actual physical "viral isolates," it is the ultimate Freudian slip.

[Dario Susman @DarioSusman]

@arg_endatos Que tan confiable es la fuente?