Daily review 09/06/2022

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This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day.

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  1. joe90 1
    9 June 2022 at 7:03 pm

    Always read the obits.

    https://archive.ph/aRcXb (nyt)

  3. joe90 3
    9 June 2022 at 8:06 pm

    Kate's story should be a wake-up call to all to do whatever it takes to avoid infection.

    https://twitter.com/K8Stott/status/1534216425270923264

    […]

    My final note: I went to bed in March 2020 with a sore throat… I now walk with crutches and require a wheelchair for any long distances. Our governments desperately need to wake up to the reality of this. Our UK strategy for LC as a nation is woeful.

    https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1534216425270923264.html

    https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1534218226866995201.html

    • Belladonna 3.1
      9 June 2022 at 9:07 pm

      Well. "Whatever it takes to avoid infection" is likely to mean preventive isolation for the next few years, at least. Seeing no one (especially family). Going nowhere. Relying on others to provide the necessities of life. And, hoping like heck that you don't come down with some other health condition requiring hospital treatment (hospitals are a very high risk transmission environment).

      Most people have looked at the alternatives, and decided that they don't want to live like that.

      And, before anyone leaps up and shouts 'quarantine', 'lockdown' or 'border closure' – *none* of those measures work against Omicron (and the later variants to come). As we know from practical experience, here in NZ. Lockdowns didn't prevent Delta spread in Auckland. Border closure and strict quarantine didn't stop Omicron arriving.

      All that anyone can do, right now, is assess their personal risk and comfort levels, and adjust their own behaviour.

      • RedLogix 3.1.1
        9 June 2022 at 9:14 pm

        And dare I say it – spend as much time outside getting as much sunshine as possible. I have come to the conclusion that COVID is at root a disease of living indoors.

        • joe90 3.1.1.1
          9 June 2022 at 9:18 pm

          Indeed. Spending time indoors with folk infected with an aerosol borne virus that jiggers the non-stick lining of your vascular system is going to end in tears.

      • joe90 3.1.2
        9 June 2022 at 9:34 pm

        is likely to mean preventive isolation for the next few years, at least.

        Nope. It means clean air. Limiting numbers in indoor settings, ventilation, filtration and purification devices, masking and co2 monitoring. And it means regular testing and reporting with oversight of isolation and treatment protocols.

        • RedLogix 3.1.2.1
          9 June 2022 at 10:34 pm

          Yes – improved indoor ventilation was one of the missed opportunities. Here in Brisbane we only socialised outdoors or venues well open to the breeze and no-one we know in that group has caught it so far.

          One advantage of a warm climate I guess.

        • Belladonna 3.1.2.2
          10 June 2022 at 10:16 am

          Nope "whatever it takes" is full on total preventive isolation.

          Taking reasonable precautions is an entirely different kettle of fish.

  4. joe90 4
    9 June 2022 at 9:14 pm

    The online anonymity boil's coming to a head in Aus.

    In the past two days, two Australian court decisions about online political-satire creators PRGuy17 and friendlyjordies have painfully reminded some of an obvious and boring point: yes, the law applies to the online world, even if sometimes we act like it doesn’t.

    In the case of the former, right-wing provocateur Avi Yemini was pursuing the real identity of an anonymous and influential Labor-spruiking Twitter account called PRGuy17, who he claims has defamed him.

    Yemini, an Australian working for far-right Canadian media outlet Rebel Media, announced his intention to “unmask” the account in February — suggesting that revealing the identity (or identities) of the people behind the account is an end in itself as well. Yesterday the court ordered by consent — i.e. Twitter and Yemini’s lawyers agreed — that Twitter would hand over the name, email address and IP addresses used to run PRGuy17’s account.

    https://www.crikey.com.au/2022/06/08/cases-show-internet-not-above-defamation-law/

    • RedLogix 4.1
      9 June 2022 at 9:24 pm

      Then there is this recent judgement too:

      SYDNEY, June 6 (Reuters) – An Australian court on Monday ordered Google to pay a former lawmaker A$715,000 ($515,000), saying its refusal to remove a YouTuber's "relentless, racist, vilificatory, abusive and defamatory" videos drove him out of politics.

      The Federal Court found the Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) company intentionally made money by hosting two videos on its YouTube website attacking the then-deputy premier of New South Wales, Australia's most populous state, that have been viewed nearly 800,000 times since being posted in 2020.

      One aspect of the internet we have not come to terms with is it's persistence. Once upon a time a comedian could get away with some very challenging material in a performance – but it would be a one time thing. Maybe it would get a big audience with TV, but within a few weeks the world would have moved on. We could live with that.

      But now everything we say or do on the net is there forever – and searchable. The net never forgets, forgives or grants redemption.

      • joe90 4.1.1
        9 June 2022 at 9:40 pm

        I guess we'll find out just how good the corporate behemoth's lawyers are.

        But what happens next is uncertain because Australian courts don’t necessarily have the jurisdiction to enforce judgments against US-based companies.

        “Certainly in the US where these companies are based they have different defamation laws,” Rolph told Guardian Australia.

        “The difficulty is that you have these companies that operate throughout the world – that have pervasive technologies and platforms that pervade everyday life – but the question then becomes locally, is that particular multinational entity amenable to a local court’s jurisdiction?

        “And even if it is, when there’s a judgement that results from that proceeding, can you enforce the judgement?”

        Rolph said Google looked at the content Barilaro complained about and formed a view that there was nothing wrong with it, in line with their policies, and allowed it to stay up.

        https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jun/08/powerful-us-laws-could-shield-google-from-paying-john-barilaro-defamation-damages-experts-say

  5. roblogic 5
    10 June 2022 at 4:27 am

    Another pratfall by Luxon, and a chance for PM Ardern to shine… 🔪🔪🔪

    https://twitter.com/ClintVSmith/status/1534688774374178816?s=20&t=Gj0kCXrQis_rfqXNjv7rDA

  6. roblogic 6
    10 June 2022 at 4:45 am

    Bomber Bradbury is becoming unhinged. Formerly a moderate socialist, I don't know what he is now, but I don't like it. Too much time hanging out with libertarians and weirdoes on social media perhaps. He has taken the side of the goons that desecrated Parliament's precincts, and now he is attacking an eminent academic because she wrote a few grumpy tweets. Perhaps Prof Kidman should investigate the murkier depths of TDB where there is a lot of Jacinda hate and rage against the mainstream left.