sneak @sneak@sneak.berlin

@Lordimpala in berlin i got 5 for free on streetcorners in the last two weeks, no waiting (other than the 12 mins or so for test results). i just bought a set of 8 self-run rapid antigen tests for $150.

the fact that they are charging $150 each for them and they're not just subsidized by the locality is insane. it's like this place has totally given up on fighting covid and has just accepted defeat. america is a shithole.

@shuro driver performance and service also includes taking measures to avoid potentially infecting me with a deadly disease. i don't give a fuck about who they vote for or what they do outside of the car, but when i have to breathe their exhalations in a small closed compartment it directly affects my life and safety.

i think it's almost time to move from a blacklist situation like pi-hole/nextdns to an explicit allowlist of AS numbers or DNS hostnames that outbound traffic is permitted to access, with default deny. this is sad and annoying.

there are zero fast+cheap covid tests available in nevada. you can pay $200-300 to get same day (often with multi-hour waits) or a cheap test only after 2-3 days with appointment. useless if you're trying to decide whether or not to go to work today/tomorrow.

@moth_ball finns are fucking crazy (in a good way)

the security guards in CDG that are presumably responsible for passenger safety are themselves dicknosing so the chance of them enforcing against dicknosers is basically zero. seems the world has given up on stopping covid. humans are sad.

i like how ridiculously committed the swiss are to tri-linguality in signage

@surfingalot @sneak yeah naturally. the cab driver that picked me up from the hospital(!) yesterday didn’t even bother putting on a mask when i got in.

another great one from what is rapidly becoming one of my top five favorite blogs:

https://www.epsilontheory.com/afghanistan-and-the-common-knowledge-game/

i'm in berlin; who else is?

the fact that antivaxxers are like everywhere now is sort of wild. had an antivax driver today. one star

yeah, but what do you think's ON the radio? meat sounds

unpopular take: the sentence for selling or using forged vax certs should be that you get intubated and placed on a ventilator for a month.

@radicalresilience by publishing onto an instance that won't federate with the whole fediverse, you opt in to censorship that limits the reach of your content.