Welcome to Thursday, May 6th, Freuds and Jungs...

Facebook's Oversight Board has ruled that the platform was justified in its decision to "indefinitely" suspend former President Trump after the Capitol riot.

The court-like oversight board announced Facebook can continue blocking Trump from using its platform but must review the decision within six months.

But the panel also criticized Facebook for having made the suspension indefinite:

"In applying a vague, standardless penalty and then referring this case to the Board to resolve, Facebook seeks to avoid its responsibilities. The Board declines Facebook's request and insists that Facebook apply and justify a defined penalty."

Do you support or oppose Facebook's Trump ban?

Biden Backs Waiver of Patents for COVID Vaccines

The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it will support international efforts led by India and South Africa to waive intellectual property protections for coronavirus vaccines.

The U.S. and other wealthy nations - including the European Union - previously opposed the waiver and argued it would disincentivize pharmaceutical companies from innovating products to fight the current pandemic and those that arise in the future.

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai released a statement which explained the Biden administration supports taking the “extraordinary measures” of waiving the patents, but cautioned that the process of doing so will take time:

“The Administration believes strongly in intellectual property protections, but in service of ending this pandemic, supports the waiver of those protections for COVID-19 vaccines. We will actively participate in text-based negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO) needed to make that happen..."

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said in an interview Tuesday that the notion of a forced patent waiver is “so wrong” and doesn’t make sense because simply waiving the patents won’t in and of itself lead to increased production of vaccine doses due to the novel processes used to make messenger RNA vaccines like Pfizer’s.

Do you support or oppose waiving intellectual property protections for COVID vaccines?

All The (Baby) Memes Fit To Post
 

And, In The End...

It's National Anxiety Disorders Screening Day.

As someone with multiple diagnoses in the 300s of the DSM, I throw my full Xanaxed CBT support behind this day.

Life can often get overwhelming. If you feel like you need someone to talk to, call the Disaster Distress Helpline at 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746. If you're worried about harming yourself, help is available at the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - call 1-800-273-8255 or chat online here.

Let's end on an image that always makes me smile: dogs wearing tutus:

Hey. You're going to get through it. You're going to be ok.

—Josh Herman

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