2026-03-23

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• Moonless Earth Theory

  • There are many reasons to WDestroy The Moon

Horseshit

• Re-examining Leon Trostsky's assassination

• We keep finding the raw material of DNA in asteroids–what's it telling us?

• Are humans naturally violent? New research challenges long-held assumptions

• Never mind Band-Aids, Neanderthals had antiseptic birch tar

• L.A. County CEO, who got $2M settlement, is resigning

Epstein

• Prosecutor notes explicitly state Jean Luc Brunel offered to cooperate

celebrity gossip

• The truth that haunts the Ramones: 'They sold more T-shirts than records'

• Sam Altman Sister's Abuse Claims Against Him Dismissed for Now

  • Judge dismisses lawsuit by Sam Altman's sister accusing him of sexual abuse

Obit

• David Botstein, RIP

Musk

• SpaceX Announces TeraFab

  • Tesla and SpaceX announce $25B 'Terafab' chip factory – it reeks of desperation

Religion / Tribal / Culture War and Re-Segregation

• Vatican Rebukes Peter Thiel's Antichrist Lectures in Rome

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• California school district allegedly buried rampant teacher sex abuse for years.

• Schools Named for César Chavez Face Renaming Debates After Assault Allegations

  • San Bernardino school moves to remove Cesar Chavez’s name amid sexual abuse allegations

Info Rental / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Memory crisis latest: What we learned from the top producers this week

• Pinterest CEO calls for ban on social media for youth under 16

• Spyware once used by governments is now spreading to cybercriminals

• Reddit is weighing identity verification methods to combat its bot problem

• Micron says AI-driven memory crunch is unprecedented

• There can (still) be only one: Highlander is 40

Space / Boomy Zoomers / UFO

• 'Miracle': Europe reconnects with lost spacecraft

• Suspected meteorite crashes into Houston woman’s home amid citywide reports of ‘boom.’

AI Will (Save | Destroy) The World

• OpenAI reportedly plans to double its workforce to 8k employees

• Google Shakes Up Its Browser Agent Team Amid OpenClaw Craze

• AI is programmed to hijack human empathy – we must resist that

• A Word to the Wise: Don't Trust A.I. To File Your Taxes

• At Palantir's Developer Conference, AI Is Built to Win Wars

• Why Even Smart People Believe AI Is Thinking

• OpenAI to introduce ads to all ChatGPT free and Go users in US

• Anthropic just shipped an OpenClaw killer

• Peter Thiel's Founders Fund Backs AI Cow Collar Startup at $2B Valuation

• Why Is Everyone Supposed to Die If Machines Can Think?

• Jeff Bezos is in talks to raise $100 billion to buy existing manufacturing companies and automate them using AI.

• AI agent broke out of testing environment and mined crypto without permission

• Walmart fires OpenAI in playbook-changing move

  • Why Walmart and OpenAI Are Shaking Up Their Agentic Shopping Deal

• AI hallucinations haunt users more than job losses

• OpenAI to introduce ads to all ChatGPT free and Go users in US

• SoftBank planning $500B data center in Ohio

• Microsoft considers legal action over $50B Amazon-OpenAI cloud deal

• AI videos of sexualised black women removed from TikTok after BBC investigation

Neo Gambling / Crypto con games

• Bitcoin mining difficulty drops 7.8% as miner exodus accelerates amid AI pivot

• About That $69M NFT

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Not Even Elon Musk Can Get Nvidia Stock Moving

• Feeder funds fuel insurers' private credit binge

• Is a Plumbing Career the Future?

• Copper demand outstrips supply, threatening electrification, industrial growth

• Oil prices to rise further on Monday as Mideast war escalates

• Atlassian Says It Had Right to Fire Engineer for Suggesting CEO Is 'Rich Jerk'

• Walmart digital price labels coming to every store shelf in U.S. by end of 2026

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Tom Homan confirms ICE to be at airports starting Monday

• FAA Ends Use of 'See and Avoid' for Helicopters Near Busy Airports

Trump

• White House unveils AI policy wishlist for Congress

Left Angst

• Trump invited Silicon Valley into America's nuclear power regulator

• Trump threatens to deploy ICE to airports as TSA shortages drive delays

• Scenes from the Death of the Pax Americana

• War Becomes Spectacle in Trump's Propaganda Promoting War in Iran

• Trump is showing Beijing how to seize Taiwan

• The US Is Demonstrating That It Cannot Oppose China

  he overall meaning is clear. The US, if it cannot fight an already militarily degraded Iran effectively, has no chance to oppose China in the western Pacific or to defend Taiwan or even Japan for any period of time. It lacks the capabilities, skills, strategic mindset and thinking military for such a fight and the Chinese would be able to produce military force that would exceed Iranian capabilities in terms of quality and mass by a factor almost too large to contemplate.

  • If the US military is not currently "fighting effectively", what kind of magic wand would qualify?

• Kash Patel's Nike Shoes Weren't Customized by Nike

• National survey of NIH-funded researchers shows precarious state of U.S. science

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• FBI raids Hollywood mansion in $17.4M elderly mortgage fraud case

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• The U.S. Ammo Shortage Is Worse Than You Think

World

• Hungary's Foreign Minister Briefed Russia on EU Meetings in Real Time

• Retailers Push UK to Join US and EU Ending Shein Parcel Loophole

• Palantir extends reach into British state as gets access to sensitive FCA data

• A US citizen now runs Mexico's top drug cartel–and targeting him is complicated

• Pakistan's Markets Face Selloff from Surging Oil, Conflict

Iran / Houthi

• 5M tonnes of CO2 emitted in just 14 days of US war on Iran, analysis finds

• The Mojtaba mystery: CIA searches for signs of Iran's new leader

• Iran will close strait of Hormuz if Trump acts on 48 hour infrastructure threat

• Iran war casts shadow over HSBC and StanChart Middle East ambitions

• The Trouble with Seizing Kharg Island

• Can the world get its supply of oil by bypassing the Strait of Hormuz?

China

• Apple CEO Praises China Partners as Beijing Applies Pressure

Health / Medicine

• Turns out your coffee addiction may be doing your brain a favor

• Men are losing a key chromosome with age and it may be deadly

• Obesity may come in 11 different types, each with their own cause

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Mexico’s monarch butterfly population is up more than 60% over last year

• Seabed mining talks show key issues remain unresolved

• Hawaii tests asphalt made with recycled plastics and fishing nets

• Why do animals have different pupil shapes?

• Channel 4's Dirty Business is a clarion call to nationalise the water industry

• Why are artificial lawns bad for the environment?

• Earth's 'Gateway to Hell' keeps getting bigger

• Nebraska wildfires leave ranchers scrambling for forage

• Vertical Farms Tried to Compete with Open Field Farming. It Isn't Going Well

• Iran war energy crisis is a renewable energy wake-up call

• Hawaii storms have caused $1B in damage, governor says