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Supporting the Current Thing: COVID Mania adherents embrace the Ukraine narrative New poll finds that the more mRNA injections you take, the more likely you are to unquestionably endorse the government's Ukraine narrative. Jordan Schachtel I wanted to turn your attention to a fascinating poll that came out the other day. The Toronto Star hired a polling agency to survey Canadians about their views about the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. What made this poll unique is that it separated the sides to three separate groups: the triple vaccinated, the double vaxxed, and the unvaccinated. Now, it’s one thing to have taken two COVID injections, but those who committed to the repeated booster regime were either compelled to do so (frequently under duress) or became true believers to the COVID narrative. As the polling shows, this group, by and large, submits to authority figures and embraces the current narrative, regardless of the actual merits of the solutions. The other group — and remembe

Be or Not To Be, Influenced? Notes on our influential nomad artists dying for attention. Good Citizen She died young, but doing what she loved: extracting others’ attention through digital performances. There is no mystery greater than this: Being in reality we seek to gain reality. We think there is something hiding our reality and it must be destroyed before the reality is gained. A day will dawn when you will laugh at your past efforts, that which will be on the day you laugh is also here and now.  - Ramana Maharshi All around us the world is changing quickly. Historically, fast changes like we’re witnessing have resulted in profound shifts in art and culture, new questions about how we live and why, and even existential contemplations about wrong timelines and a nostalgia for the not so distant past. Yet nobody likes to revisit the past and sulk in regret, and people yearn for the positive and optimistic pieces of information that may help guide their choices for the future. Amen t

The New High-Tech Airport Experience Get ready for digital IDs, facial recognition and more during check-in and TSA screening by Bill Fink, AARP, February 17, 2022 The Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) is deep into upgrading its systems to make the process of getting through the airport and the screening process as safe and seamless as possible. Here's the latest on the new devices and procedures being deployed, and what to expect next. CT scanning of luggage Next time you put your bags through the airport scanner, the device may be similar to hospital CT scans (formerly CAT scans) invented for medical imaging. The TSA has installed 320 of these improved Computed Tomography scanners at airports around the country. They provide color-coded, rotating 3D scans, giving more accurate pictures than the old school X-ray machines — and, the TSA hopes, speed the screening process by reducing the need for physical searches. To help these scanning systems get even smarter, TSA and th