The news thread

[Shhon]

[DJChameleon]

Stop using biometrics

Last week, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in California released a ruling that concluded state highway police were acting lawfully when they forcibly unlocked a suspect's phone using their fingerprint. You probably didn't hear about it. The case didn't get a lot of coverage, especially because the courts weren't giving a blanket green light for every cop to shove your thumb to your screen during an arrest. But it's another toll of the warning bell that reminds you to not trust biometrics to keep your phone's sensitive info private. In many cases, especially if you think you might interact with the police (at a protest, for example), you should seriously consider turning off biometrics on your phone entirely.

[Psy-Fi]

George Santos dons red lipstick, long wig and feather boa in drag queen revival on Cameo: 'Where's the zhush?'

[SGR]

In a first, AstraZeneca admits its Covid vaccine can cause rare blood clots

[Trollheart]

In a first, AstraZeneca admits its Covid vaccine can cause rare blood clots

This is old news. We knew this during the pandemic, which was why most people didn't want to take it, and would ask (like me, for both Karen and myself) which vaccine we were getting?

[SGR]

This is old news. We knew this during the pandemic, which was why most people didn't want to take it, and would ask (like me, for both Karen and myself) which vaccine we were getting?

Huh. It's the first I've ever heard of it.

[Trollheart]

Huh. It's the first I've ever heard of it.

From three years ago.

https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/astrazenecas-covid-19-vaccine-ema-finds-possible-link-very-rare-cases-unusual-blood-clots-low-blood-platelets

[SGR]

From three years ago.

https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/astrazenecas-covid-19-vaccine-ema-finds-possible-link-very-rare-cases-unusual-blood-clots-low-blood-platelets

Interesting. I'll be darned.

Maybe it's popped up again as 'news' because AstraZeneca admitted to it or acknowledged it? Not sure.

[jimmy jazz]

The blood clotting was defo reported at the time. Remember it well.

[Marie Monday]

yeah we even had a whole discussion on MB because adidass got very dramatic about it

[Trollheart]

Yeah I don't mean to minimise your post, SGR, but as I said, it was a very big concern here. I remember thinking how bloody typical if they gave that to Karen and she was one of the one in a thousand or whatever who had blood clot troubles? So it was definitely at the time a hot-button issue, and probably fed into the anti-vaxxer mindset at the time.

In other news, is Biden just really that thick? We have camps being dismantled as students protest against the Gaza War, and all he can say is that there's no room for anti-semitism in America?? He's assigning a reason for these protests that has, largely, nothing to do with what they're about. If this were let's say Syrians attacking Gaza would it be seen as anti-Islamic to be protesting? And almost nothing about Palestine. The guy is sticking to this "Israel has a right to defend itself" shit. Well, it looks like Israel might defend itself right out of Palestine's existence. Can the Biden administration be that thick, that immovable, that blind?

[jimmy jazz]

Do you really need to ask that question?

[Trollheart]

Do you really need to ask me if I need to ask that question?

[jimmy jazz]

No but I thought I would ask.

[SGR]

Yeah I don't mean to minimise your post, SGR, but as I said, it was a very big concern here. I remember thinking how bloody typical if they gave that to Karen and she was one of the one in a thousand or whatever who had blood clot troubles? So it was definitely at the time a hot-button issue, and probably fed into the anti-vaxxer mindset at the time.

In other news, is Biden just really that thick? We have camps being dismantled as students protest against the Gaza War, and all he can say is that there's no room for anti-semitism in America?? He's assigning a reason for these protests that has, largely, nothing to do with what they're about. If this were let's say Syrians attacking Gaza would it be seen as anti-Islamic to be protesting? And almost nothing about Palestine. The guy is sticking to this "Israel has a right to defend itself" shit. Well, it looks like Israel might defend itself right out of Palestine's existence. Can the Biden administration be that thick, that immovable, that blind?

No worries. I was aware of blood clot issues with different vaccines, I guess the 'news' part is that AstraZeneca admitted to it themselves, which apparently they hadn't yet done. Not like it makes any difference now.

And I think as I mentioned in my posts in the 2024 election thread, the Israel/Gaza issue is something that's very difficult for Biden, and Democrats in particular, to navigate politically. One one hand, Israel is a very close ally of the US and there's only so much Biden could say publicly that's critical of Israel before he risks losing important Jewish support (e.g. AIPAC), never mind reducing or cutting off our funding to Israel. On the other hand, continuing to support Israel and defend them from criticism risks him losing support from a not insignificant part of his base that largely views what's happening as a genocide (not to say they'd even vote for someone else, just that they might decide to stay home on election day). To his credit, he didn't just criticize antisemitism but also islamaphobia. That being said, I understand why many could say his remarks seem milquetoast and not exactly insightful. It's kinda like, every 2 years, when the Pope makes headlines: "BREAKING NEWS: The Pope condemns war and violence and calls for peace". It'd be real breaking news when the Pope comes out and says: "Actually, I kinda like this war!"