A responseto the strangerwho told me that theylook forward to the daywhen I stop writing these:please knowthat there is nobody who looks forward to the daywhen I can stop writing thesemore than me.
It was on this daysix years agothat the WHOofficially declared COVID-19 a global pandemic.So it is on this daysix years laterthat all of usofficially enterthe seventh yearof this pandemic.
When you hear people ask(and you will hear people ask)if these machinesare conscious,please try to remember:that the question is not if these machinesare conscious,but why it is that wetreat people we know are conscious like they are machines.
Though he already knew the answer,my work friend askedif I was still planningon keeping my mask onat the work reception,and as I knewwhat he was really askingI replied that yes,he could havemy drink tickets.
By this point you have likely heard that“Shrinking sea icethreatens future for emperor penguins say scientists,”but before you replythat you are a human and not a penguin,please note:scientists sayshrinking sea icethreatens your future too.
The historiantold methat the stateof the unionis sick.The climatologisttold methat the stateof the unionis sick.The activisttold methat the stateof the unionis sick.The epidemiologisttold methat the stateof the unionis sick(though shemeant it literally).
By nowyou have likely seen it reportedthat “Meta planslaunch of facial recognition to smart glassesin ‘dynamic political environment’,”so even though you already havemore than enough reasonsto keep wearing a masknow you have yet another one.
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