Jim Parkin @ParkinJim@social.cleverlibre.org
Engineer, European, Brit. I am also https://mobile.twitter.com/parkinjim
parkinjim.bsky.social
#BlackLivesMatter
Joined Nov 2022
Jim Parkin
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RT @PippaCrerar@twitter.com
@guardian@twitter.com Asked last year why she didn't include PPE Medpro in HoL register of interests, her lawyer replied: “Baroness Mone did not declare any interest as she did not benefit financially and was not connected to PPE Medpro in any capacity.” These leaked docs appear to contradict that.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/PippaCrerar/status/1595486888038744100
@kacytillman @yish
<Checks what little I know about that period>
Oh... I bet you could have chosen many.
What did people write about more?
I guess stuff that affected the rich in particular? Gout? Poor teeth due to sugar? Smallpox? The Great Pox? Quack remedies for the above?
@clipperchip @kacytillman more ridiculous than Flat Earth or Lizardmen
Jim Parkin
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I sat by an election denier on the airplane and he started poking me in the arm to be emphatic about his views on people stealing ballots secretly and the airplane was full and I couldn’t move anywhere so I started explaining the yellow fever in very great detail, all the way down to telling him about the bloody vomit that looks like coffee grounds and it worked. He stopped talking to me. The moral of this story is you can’t out-weird an academic; our toolset is too vast. #vastearlyamerica
Jim Parkin
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Just to make people aware there are strains of #Covid in the country which don't show up on Antigen tests.
My son did 3 Antigen tests, 2 different brands, they were all negative, but was referred for a PCR due to his symptoms.
PCR test returned positive today.
Jim Parkin
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@tess_machling @MrPDaniel see also global warming conspiracy theories.
Imagine being a climate scientist who finds evidence that you don't need to worry about fossil fuels.
Not only would you make your career but you'd have oil companies queuing to throw money at you.
Jim Parkin
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My husband and I just got screamed at by an unmasked dude in his black F150 because we wore our N95 respirators while walking our dogs in our own neighborhood.
I am immunocompromised.
But “Iowans do the right thing,” eh @IAGovernor@twitter.com?
No. They. Don’t.
Jim Parkin
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Hello! Please boost this photo of my dog so my new server reaches better federation with the #fediverse! Danke.
@guyverhofstadt and has been pointed out, most of those who voted against are far right or far left
It's one of many gateway drugs to far right conspiracy theories
Jim Parkin
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Ok folks, bit of serious stuff. Anyone watching the new Graham Hancock Netflix series may not realise he is part of wider, nasty, class of pseudo-archaeology underpinned by notions of white supremacy & disregard for established, & proven, archaeological method.
This entertaining lecture by brilliant Steph Halmhofer picks this apart. Well worth watching.
Long & short is archs aren't hiding anything- anyone who says they are, don't know archaeologists!! 🤣
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RT @MarcBodnick
@soledadobrien The Times and Post have decided at the most senior level to take a bothsides approach to mollify and retain GOP advertisers and readers. The anti-Dem/pro-GOP cynicism of Parker, Haberman, Baker supports that.
@dgbassani indeed
I'd rather get my immunity from vaccination
Jim Parkin
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RT @picardonhealth@twitter.com
‘Immunity debt’ is a misguided and dangerous concept. There is no evidence that an individual is worse off for having avoided earlier infection, by @anjahuja@twitter.com https://www.ft.com/content/0640004d-cc15-481e-90ce-572328305798 via @FT@twitter.com @rpezer1@twitter.com #COVID19
Jim Parkin
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Jim Parkin
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Facebook advertising algorithms have concluded that I'm in the market for a PVC maternity catsuit
I'm not overly concerned about AI wiping out humankind just yet.
Jim Parkin
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#FTX and other #crypto companies gave millions of dollars to members of Congress.
Those same members of Congress attempted to block an SEC inquiry into FTX and other crypto companies.
We have legalized bribery in this country.
https://prospect.org/power/congressmembers-tried-to-stop-secs-inquiry-into-ftx/
Jim Parkin
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https://youtube.com/@GoodLawProject This the link for the live stream - “ In conversation with Adam Wagner at 6pm @Narcaware @ChrissieGrech @JohnWest_JAWS @ParkinJim @mattprescott @PeterStefanovic @peterjukes
Engineer, European, Brit. I am also https://mobile.twitter.com/parkinjim
parkinjim.bsky.social
#BlackLivesMatter
Joined Nov 2022
