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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.18 [SLACK_000232] · slack_pm:msg:00192

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Date
2020-05-10 15:39
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Kristian G. Andersen, Robert F. Garry, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Edward C. Holmes

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They read the Acknowledgements. There are strong links between The Tele and Fox News. The lead journo - Sharri Markson - was on the Tucker Carlson thing

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  1. 2020-05-10 15:00 Robert F. Garry open
    OTOH If you ignore it - it may well go away - they literally had ABSOLUTELY nothing to pin on you other than you have done some important scientific work with Chinese scientists.
  2. 2020-05-10 15:27 Kristian G. Andersen open
    OMG this is so hilariously dumb.
  3. 2020-05-10 15:32 Edward C. Holmes open
    Spectacular. Badge of honour to be attacked by the Murdoch press. I'm just going to ignore it.
  4. 2020-05-10 15:35 Kristian G. Andersen open
    They have absolutely nothing. It's really, really, dumb - as in something seen in the Fox News comments.
  5. 2020-05-10 15:39 Edward C. Holmes
    They read the Acknowledgements. There are strong links between The Tele and Fox News. The lead journo - Sharri Markson - was on the Tucker Carlson thing
  6. 2020-05-10 15:41 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Yeah - they keep talking about the Acknowledgements - I mean, do they actually understand what they are? How garbage like this can actually end up in a 'newspaper' these days is beyond me. Concentrated stupidity.
  7. 2020-05-10 16:09 Robert F. Garry open
    I like the idea of stealth pangolins. Maybe add in a little genetic engineering to turn them into a more effectiveweapon? Relatively simple to do if you have the scientific resources of the whole Red Army at your disposal.Substitute the keratin in the scales with spider dragline silk, which is more durable than Kevlar - then load then upwith exotic coronaviruses. We all should just surrender now.
  8. 2020-05-10 16:12 Edward C. Holmes open
    I agree Bob. Did you see that Singapore robodog? I think they missed a brilliant opportunity to use pangolins instead. Not even Black Mirror have thought of that. https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/roaming-robodog-tells-singapore-park-goers-to-keep-their-distance-20200509-p54rcs.html
  9. 2020-05-10 16:16 Robert F. Garry open
    Does it have offensive capabilities? Jeez - are we only a few years from sentinels? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentinel_%28comics%29

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