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Henry Madison
@RageSheen
All views my own. RT ≠ endorsement. Engineer, education, governance, philosophy. PhD. All anti-vax blocked immediately.
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    Henry Madison
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    May 27
    AI is transforming our culture in almost every way, in the same way that social media did decades ago. But much more quickly. And I think on balance in a profoundly curative way. AI is our only hope of rescuing civilisation from social media. I think it’s that important. /1
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    Henry Madison
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    Sep 15, 2023
    Guy makes sheep noise at person in mask. 'Why the sheep noise?' 'Because only sheep wear masks.' 'Why sheep?' 'Because sheep all copy each other.' 'That guy is the only person I can see in this whole building wearing a mask.' '...'
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    Henry Madison
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    Sep 2, 2022
    We’re not living with Covid, we’re ignoring it. Like we live with domestic violence, inequality, crumbling public infrastructure, and runaway climate change.
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    Henry Madison
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    Jan 3, 2023
    How long would Covid survive if we all just decided to stay home for a couple of months, globally? We can plan and coordinate world wars that run for years, I’m sure we could coordinate staying home for a couple of months.
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    Henry Madison
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    Jul 4, 2024
    A primary teacher friend has a kid in class today with known Covid (tested positive earlier in the week). Was off for a few days, parents sent the child back today, for the last day of term. Child still clearly has Covid, coughing and sneezing. What happened next is🤬/1
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    Henry Madison
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    May 23, 2024
    I don’t think many realise just how powerful social conformity is, and how it explains human behaviour. Covid is a great example. The in some ways misleadingly called ‘desire lines’ - self-generated footpaths - are a great way to see it. /1
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    Henry Madison
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    Jun 5, 2022
    Saying ‘vaccines work’ is like saying ‘seatbelts work’. They do. But you still need the brakes.
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    Henry Madison
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    Jul 4, 2024
    Replying to @RageSheen
    Refusal to follow even the laughably pissweak 'exhibiting symptoms' NSW Health guidance. I've advised the teacher to lodge a formal WHS complaint. /end
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    Henry Madison
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    Dec 16, 2022
    “If you are out and someone is wearing a mask, they are either anxious…[or] they’re vulnerable…or…they may be out and about with the virus”. Catherine Bennett, in today’s Guardian. Or they could be ordinary people trying not to catch or spread Covid, hey.
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    Henry Madison
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    Jul 11, 2025
    Staff member turned up to work sick yesterday. It was an insight into ‘living with’ infection culture. I told them to go home. ‘No, I’m fine, I have too much to do.’ Then others in the office approached me in private to ask me to make them go home. /1
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    Henry Madison
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    Sep 24, 2022
    I think it’s worth repeating that ‘people are tired of Covid’ because people are doing all of the Covid work that governments and businesses are supposed to be doing.
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    Henry Madison
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    Nov 10, 2023
    I believe Covid is the first disease in recorded human history that humans have deliberately chosen to ‘live with’. Because that’s an empty slogan, it deliberately disguises two fundamentally different meanings. /1
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    Henry Madison
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    Dec 22, 2022
    Yesterday a friend posted to Facebook how they were feeling rubbish with a dose of Covid. Tonight’s picture is them dining out in a local restaurant. Personal responsibility public health.
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    Henry Madison
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    Feb 2, 2024
    A teacher friend maintains a CO2 reading in the low-500s in a classroom full of primary school children, using open windows. Also bought 2 HEPA filters out of their own money. 4 years of teaching like that, never infected. /1
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