I'm Carl, but not the same Carl (aka CoGo) that did episode 3414. I wish everyone well and hope to submit a show soon!
Carl On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 7:15 PM Mike Ray <[email protected]> wrote: > > > With the greatest respect to the people of New Zealand, which have done > a great job in general, and their prime minister, who is a superstar, > the country has a population of half of that of London. So no wonder it > has been easy to keep infections down. > > > > > On 17/09/2021 23:56, Klaatu wrote: > > Content is frequently edited on HPR. Our shownotes team is very active in > > maintaining relevant shownotes, correcting errors, and so on. > > > > Technically, we also prepend and append audio to episodes that require intro > > and outro sequences. > > > > I think links to some country's disease control could be useful in the > > shownotes. After all, the show host *is* encouraging people to think > > critically about a disease, so providing a link to knowledgeable sources of > > information seems in line with what that episode is [technically] all about. > > I'm not convinced that the US's CDC is the best source of information, > > however. I propose the New Zealand government site, as NZ has been able to > > keep casualties and breakouts pretty low. > > https://covid19.govt.nz/health-and-wellbeing/about-covid-19/ > > > > On Saturday, September 18, 2021 10:29:47 AM NZST BK Navarette wrote: > >> I thought content wasn't edited on hpr. > >> > >> Brian-in-ohio > >> > >> On 9/17/21 17:21, Joshua Knapp wrote: > >>> Would it be possible to actually flag 3414 with the information to the > >>> CDC or other reputable source of information? Similar to how YouTube > >>> and other services flag posts like this? > >>> > >>> On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 2:17 PM Klaatu <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> It is objectively true that people are dying from Covid-19, and if > >>> that didn't > >>> concern the Hacker Public Radio community, I'd be saddened and > >>> disappointed in > >>> all of us. > >>> > >>> Most listeners of HPR are not on this mailing list. I propose we > >>> combat the > >>> disinformation in 3414 with *several* episodes of correct > >>> information. I > >>> believe the best cure for ignorance is knowledge. > >>> > >>> People already believe that "critical thinking" (read: ignoring > >>> scientific > >>> evidence and "doing your own research" even though you have no > >>> access to Covid > >>> patients or laboratories) will expose "the truth" behind Covid. > >>> Episode 3414 > >>> isn't introducing anybody to these ideas. > >>> > >>> Episodes in response to it, however, could be the thing that gives > >>> someone the > >>> courage to stop all of their head-in-the-sand "critical thinking" > >>> and to start > >>> listening to the experts. > >>> > >>> I'm happy to do an episode in response, and in fact I'll post one > >>> later today. > >>> I'd be happier still if anybody responding to this thread does the > >>> same. > >>> > >>> -klaatu > >>> > >>> > brian-in-ohio > >>> > > >>> > On 9/17/21 15:09, nihilazo via Hpr wrote: > >>> > > Hello, > >>> > > I have been wanting to contribute another episode to HPR for > >>> > >>> years but > >>> > >>> > > have not got around to it yet. However I am more skeptical to > >>> > >>> lend my > >>> > >>> > > voice to HPR after the publication of episode 3414, which spreads > >>> > > anti-vaccine and conspiratorial ideas and promotes vitamin B3 as a > >>> > > vaccine alternative (which has some benefits, as a preventative > >>> > > alongside the vaccine, but is no replacement, and studies are > >>> > >>> still > >>> > >>> > > fairly preliminary). > >>> > > I understand that usual HPR policy dictates that episodes are > >>> > >>> not to > >>> > >>> > > be edited or removed after they are uploaded but in the case > >>> > >>> of this > >>> > >>> > > episode I think it's irresponsible for Hacker Public Radio to > >>> > >>> leave it > >>> > >>> > > up, especially in the midst of a global health crisis. > >>> > > Are there any plans to deal with this episode's potentially > >>> > >>> harmful > >>> > >>> > > content? > >>> > > > >>> > > Thanks, > >>> > > Nico > >>> > > > >>> > > _______________________________________________ > >>> > > Hpr mailing list > >>> > > [email protected] > >>> > >>> http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.or > >>> g > >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ > >>> > Hpr mailing list > >>> > [email protected] > >>> > >>> http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.or > >>> g > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Hpr mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.or > >>> g > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Hpr mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Hpr mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org > > > > > -- > Michael A. Ray > Analyst/Programmer > Witley, Surrey, South-east UK > > He/him > > "Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when > there is nothing left to take away." -- A. de Saint-Exupery > > _______________________________________________ > Hpr mailing list > [email protected] > http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org _______________________________________________ Hpr mailing list [email protected] http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org
