Salvador Dalí (b. 1904)
Persistence of COVID-19, 1931
Oil on canvas
On loan from the OMG Will Anyone Take This Seriously collection at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.
Do not, under any circumstances, listen to any politician or pundit who claims that we need to ban encrypted messaging apps like Signal in order to stop hate speech and disinformation. This is the same tired and debunked argument recycled again and again, and it’s dangerous af
tfw the two hardest problems in computer science turn out to be "not building a hostile workplace" and "not actively participating in white supremacy/genocide"
we. never. locked. down.
which is why this has gone on for as long as it has, and why it will keep going on for at least another half-year.
countries that *actually* did a lockdown quashed it 9-10 months ago.
I'm pro lockdown for the time being given the circumstances of the moment (vaccines here, new variants etc.) but I also worry that when we look back in 5 years we'll discover all sorts of adverse consequences from people being physically/socially isolated from one another.