“This weekend President Biden went after big social media platforms like Facebook for not doing enough to stop the spread of Covid misinformation. Yeah, our country has gone from ‘The only thing we have to fear is fear itself’ too ‘Please don’t take medical advice from a meme.’” —Jimmy Fallon
“Seriously, you know there’s a problem with Facebook when you can find more honest information on Tinder.” —Jimmy Fallon
“Makes you miss the good old days when Facebook’s primary function was helping you find unflattering pictures of your ex’s new boyfriend: ‘Cargo shorts? There’s no way Diane’s happy with him — then why is she smiling?’” —Stephen Colbert
“Coronavirus cases rose in all 50 states over the last week. The increase is largely due to the more transmissible Delta variant. The surge has led Los Angeles county to reinstate indoor mask requirements regardless of vaccination status. Typical Los Angeles – even the virus is pitching a sequel.” —Stephen Colbert
“The vast majority of infections have been among unvaccinated people, adding pressure to the Biden administration to combat vaccine hesitancy fostered by rampant misinformation online, particularly on Facebook. This week, the US surgeon general, Vivek Murthy, warned that misinformation was a ‘serious threat to public health’. Makes you miss the good old days when Facebook’s primary function was helping you find unflattering pictures of your ex’s new boyfriend.”—Stephen Colbert
https://idiocracy23.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-magisterial-collection.html
“A magisterial collection. A combination of Bukowski’s Last Night
of the Earth and Orwell’s 1984.”
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