Hey, remember that whole swine flu scare? Just Kidding - Its actually less fatal than seasonal flu.
This brings a smile to my face.
This story talks about how the swine flu is no worse and it may even be less deadly than the regular seasonal flu.
Once again media spin, public ignorance, and building anxiety caused us to get our panties in a bunch for no reason. Sorry folks, the end of the world pandemic will have to wait till next year.
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Recent Favorite Blog Posts
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- Pluralistic: Enshittification and Reverse Centaurs go global (29 Jul 2026) from Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
- AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decision-Making from Ludicity
- No-One Escapes the Permanent Underclass from Fernando Borretti
- Is it ethical to use AI? from charity.wtf
- The logical destination of LLMs from Andy Bell
- Revised rules of engineering leadership. from Irrational Exuberance
- The circus freaks of open source from Drew DeVault's blog
- Clanker: A Word For The Machine from Armin Ronacher's Thoughts and Writings
Articles from blogs I follow around the net
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