2026-03-20
Horseshit
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Did the British unleash biological warfare against Washington’s troops?
The general received word that some refugees fleeing the city had been found to have smallpox. It fueled his suspicion — which was never conclusively proved — that the British were seeking ways to spreading the disease as an act of war. “The patriots were convinced it was happening,” Jones said. And it wouldn’t have been out of character, he said. Some of the British personnel trapped in Boston were among those who purposely gave blankets and other items from a smallpox infirmary to Native American diplomats in 1763 during an armed conflict.
Would it make a difference if there were hard proof? Not necessarily for the Continental Army at the time, who were convinced the biological warfare was happening and acted accordingly, setting up smallpox hospitals to contain the spread of the disease and even dipping letters in vinegar to disinfect them before they were read. And knowing for sure wouldn’t necessarily change our understanding of Colonial-era warfare, Jones said.
- We know, but the answer might interfere with our preferred narrative; so we're going with that instead.
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Canada slips in World Happiness rankings, due in part to social media use
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Ferrari Boss: Touch Buttons Cost Half as Much as Physical Controls
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Playing with dolls can help children develop imagination and social skills
celebrity gossip
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Cesar Chavez, a Civil Rights Icon, Is Accused of Abusing Girls for Years
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Afroman found not liable in defamation case brought by Ohio cops who raided home
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Afroman wins Ohio lawsuit over music videos: 'We did it – freedom of speech '
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Afroman prevails in defamation trial over songs about police raid on his home
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Afroman Wins Civil Trial over Use of Police Raid Footage in His Music Videos
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Rapper Afroman wins lawsuit against police over mocking their 2022 raid in video
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Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering
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US messageboard 4Chan mocks £520k fine for UK online safety breaches
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Justice Department seizes several websites it says spread terrorist propaganda
The Justice Department on Thursday seized several websites it says were used by Iran as part of “psychological operations” targeting perceived advisories and spreading terrorist propaganda. Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security was using the four websites, in part, to post “sensitive data stolen during such hacks, and calling for the killing of journalists, regime dissidents, and Israeli persons,” the DOJ said in an announcement Friday.
Musk
Electric / Self Driving cars
Robot uprising / Humanioid Helpers
Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts
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The Dumbing Down of Advanced Placement Tests
The College Board, the agency in charge of the AP program, admits its questions are easier and passing scores have been lowered on key tests like the English Language exam. They justify the easier tests as an adjustment to a less demanding curriculum in high school and lowered expectations by colleges and universities. In other words, AP is simply adapting to a broad decline in educational standards.
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Penn State’s ‘truly barbaric’ experiment led to self-mutilation by lab rats
The report noted 11 of the 15 rats eventually engaged in the “self-mutilation of their limbs.” and were later euthanized.
- Not asked: what was learned here? Does the university have rat traps in use or a contract with exterminators? This is agenda driven propaganda: no one actually cares about the rats.
Info Rental / ShowBiz / Advertising
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Cities Skylines 2 boss says they overestimated Unity's capabilities
In the wake of Cities: Skylines 2's shaky launch and mixed reception, developer Colossal Order and publisher Paradox Interactive have parted ways, with a new dev, Iceflake Studios, stepping in to continue patching the city builder. "We basically looked into the very new technology that Unity was offering, and that turned out to be a mistake, in the sense that there were features that didn't actually fulfill the promise," she said.
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Researchers uncover iPhone spyware capable of penetrating millions of devices
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EverQuest lawsuit settlement threats $3.5M in damages against emulator operators
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Facebook offering TikTok and YouTube creators $3k to post content
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Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified Android apps
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Time to end the 'uncontrolled experiment' of social media on kids
TechSuck / Geek Bait
Space / Boomy Zoomers / UFO
AI Will (Save | Destroy) The World
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'Alright mate?': Amazon pins UK hopes on AI upgrade of Alexa
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Mystery AI model revealed to be Xiaomi's following suspicions it was DeepSeek V4
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Meta will invest $600B in the US, focused on AI data centers
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US startup advertises 'AI bully' role to test patience of leading chatbots
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A Meta agentic AI sparked a security incident by acting without permission
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AI Agents Are Recruiting Humans to Observe the Offline World
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The Founder of Anthropic Says He Wants to Protect Humanity From AI. Just Don't Ask How
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AI is becoming a second brain at the expense of your first one
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A.I. Agents: They're Fun. They're Useful. But Don't Give Them the Credit Card
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Jeff Bezos in Talks to Raise $100B for AI Manufacturing Fund
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To Catholic thinkers, Pentagon's AI demands violate 'human dignity'
Neo Gambling / Crypto con games
Economicon / Business / Finance
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Giant IPOs from SpaceX to OpenAI Put Index Rules Under Pressure
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Can Reese's have too many pieces? The line-extension conundrum
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US jobless benefits applications fell last week with layoffs historically low
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Oil and gas prices jump after Iran and Israel attack gasfields
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Crypto.com lays off 12% of workforce as latest company to cite AI in job cuts
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US moves to soften capital rules: 'Big banks can declare mission accomplished'
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Walmart wins patents to give algorithms more sway over prices
Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making
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Sergey Brin spends $45M in fight against California billionaire tax
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US Postal Service expects to run out of cash in a year
The postmaster general is scheduled to testify before Congress later this month about the Postal Service's financial struggles and the need to change longstanding rules and regulations that he considers burdensome. He singled out the $15 billion cap on borrowing that has been in place since 1990.
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US national debt surges past $39T just weeks into war in Iran
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Joe Kent under FBI investigation for alleged leaks
Former counterterrorism official Joe Kent has been under FBI investigation for months on suspicion he leaked classified information, three sources familiar with the case tell Axios. Kent propelled himself into national headlines Tuesday when he resigned his post and blamed Israel for tricking President Trump into launching the Iran war even though it posed "no imminent threat" to the U.S. Immediately after his resignation, administration officials said he had been "a known leaker" and had been cut out of briefings with the president.
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Banks, Treasury Staff Push Back on Citizen-Verification Proposal
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House speaker, Intel chiefs make new push to renew surveillance law
Left Angst
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White House orders restart of California coastal oil drilling
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California plots return of 7.5 million acres of land and coastal waters to Indigenous tribes.
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Dear allies of America, please don't confuse our president with us
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On Iran, Gabbard Turned Intelligence Duties over to Trump
Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, was left to square the president’s comments about an imminent nuclear threat from Iran with a letter from one of her trusted aides.
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The White House Is Using the Wrong Oil Price for the Iran War
Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security
External Security / Militaria / Diplomania
World
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Hittler faces Zielinski as French town's election contest goes viral
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Israeli spy firm crashes Slovenia's election
The Black Cube operatives now stand accused by Slovenian law enforcement of helping to leak recordings designed to undermine Prime Minister Robert Golob’s government by linking it to corruption, days before a knife-edge national election. The tapes show prominent Slovenian figures apparently discussing corruption, illegal lobbying and the misuse of state funds. Slovenia goes to the polls Sunday for a vote that pits liberal Golob against the right-wing populist Janez Janša, who currently has a narrow lead according to POLITICO’s Poll of Polls. Golob has warned that victory for Janša — a pro-MAGA, four-time former premier — would threaten the fabric of the EU. For its part, Janša’s party routinely depicts Golob as a corrupt former energy tycoon. Golob’s left-liberal coalition and Janša’s Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) are currently looking to utilize the leaked tape scandal to buttress attacks on each other. The SDS says the recordings — which feature a former minister, a top lawyer and other prominent figures — are proof of corruption at the highest levels of Slovenian society; while Golob’s supporters say the scandal is evidence that Janša is collaborating with foreign entities to retake power.
- Reporting on the corruption of the incumbent candidate before an election used to be known as "reporting" and was widely accepted as a good thing.
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Commission presents proposal for EU Inc. – a single legal entity for Europe
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Sri Lanka introduces 4-day week, multiple countries go WFH amid Iran conflict
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Canada's population shrank last year – a first for the country, StatsCan says
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Location of French aircraft carrier leaked in real time via Strava user on board
Iran / Houthi
Russia Bad / Ukraine War
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As the fourth anniversary of the invasion approached last month, Zelensky inflated his rhetoric. He used the same formulation I had heard countless times from Ukrainians every time I visited. This was not a conflict between Ukraine and Russia any longer, if it had ever been that to begin with. These were, Zelensky told the BBC in February, the first years of the Third World War.
- "Fourth Anniversary" ... The media does not account the 2014 invasion and annexation of Crimea as aggression.
China
Health / Medicine
Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda
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Tiny Fish Passed an Intelligence Test That Once Distinguished Great Apes
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Costa Rica makes history with strict, nationwide ban on hunting
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Forest loss can make watersheds 'leakier,' global study suggests
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Iran war energy shock sparks global push to reduce fossil fuel dependence
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Scientists Once Dropped Gophers on a Volcano. Now They're Heroes
