Follow-up:

Mubarak Bala has now been in detention in Nigeria for one year. @1:33

More Gaetz story @2:28

Giuliani @5:21

Religious Nonsense:

~100,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews gathered to celebrate the holiday Lag b’Omer, which resulted in a stampede that killed 44 people. @7:15

U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (Legion of Doom) to decide if President Biden can receive communion @12:55

In Wales, “humanism will be taught on an equal footing with religions in the school curriculum.” @15:37

Politics:

Gov. Kay Ivey of Alabama has signed into law a bill that strikes anti-LGBTQ language from education standards @16:56

Let’s talk about a Republican from KS @18:31

Duck Dynasty talk @26:52

Caitlyn Jenner talk @34:47

In the U.S. we have QAnon, in Germany they have Querdenker @40:45

Lin Wood suggests that Joe Biden is actually dead, and Donald Trump is still at work in the White House. @42:09

Trump’s advisers want him to make a pro-vaccine PSA @52:00

Coronavirus:

Joe Rogan tells his audience of millions that young people should not get vaccinated. @54:29

Things are very bad in India. The virus is utterly out of control @58:01

At least 9.1 million people took part in Kumbh Mela

All the while, India’s government is succeeding in one thing: Getting social media platforms to comply with its demands to block criticism

Gov. Ned Lamont has signed into law Connecticut’s bill ending religious exemptions for mandatory school vaccinations. @1:02:27

Tennessee’s governor decides a 25 percent vaccination rate is good enough @1:03:11

Facebook says it’s removed 12 of the most influential anti-vaxxers. Except that 10 of them are still there @1:03:36

Some genius thinks they’ve uncovered a conspiracy @1:04:21

The Vaccine does not: @1:06:00

give you shingles

make you shed spike proteins like a porcupine

decimate the human population

Hey, uh, anyone seen the flu? @1:08:18