Oh God I just got back from a trip to Alaska and I must have at least 50 mosquito bites 😭

Funny that after the report was released, all my lib friends seem more convinced than ever that there really was a lab leak. The media really doesn’t care at all about the facts on this one

It’s important to keep a materialist outlook. It’s a mistake to only look at “the effect of state transparency on society,” without considering the effects of society/material conditions on state transparency.

In general, when a state is under threat it tends to crack down on dissent, and silence public scrutiny to a certain degree. This is a nearly universal rule.

Interesting article thanks for sharing. It reminds me of how in my home town Walmart, nearly everything is locked away behind cages (even stuff like toothpaste).

Works for me. Here’s the original URL

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/26/relyvrio-als-fda-approval