2021-01-14

"the metronome of hypocracy is the clock signal of the hive mind"

etc

• Blue light-dependent human magnetoreception in geomagnetic food orientation

  Starved men, but not women, significantly oriented toward the ambient/modulated magnetic north or east, directions which had been previously food-associated, without any other helpful cues, including sight and sound. The orientation was reproduced under blue light but was abolished under a blindfold or a longer wavelength light (> 500 nm), indicating that blue light is necessary for magnetic orientation. Importantly, inversion of the vertical component of the GMF (geomagnetic field) resulted in orientation toward the magnetic south and blood glucose levels resulting from food appeared to act as a motivator for sensing a magnetic field direction. The results demonstrate that male humans sense GMF in a blue light-dependent manner and suggest that the geomagnetic orientations are mediated by an inclination compass.

• impeach [Presidential impeachments typically occur at the bottom of 11-year

  solar
  cycles](https://twitter.com/climatologist49/status/1180275098613272576)
  

• Toyota to Pay $180M in Settlement for Noncompliance with Clean Air Act

• Testosterone levels show steady decrease among young US men | Urology Times

• The 'megascale' structures that humans could one day build - BBC Future

• California Democrats see backlash after recall 'coup' claims

• Toxic positivity is real, and this is the antidote

  toxic positivity means only focusing on positive things while ignoring, suppressing, or avoiding anything that may trigger negative emotions. This invalidation of real feelings of fear, anxiety, and sadness can take a toll on mental health. Accepting emotions, on the other hand, has the opposite effect.

• Facial recognition technology can expose political orientation from naturalistic facial images | Scientific Reports

  facial recognition technology can expose individuals’ political orientation, as faces of liberals and conservatives consistently differ.

• New York City Renters Owe More Than $1B in Unpaid Rent

• California Supreme Court, that is Landmark Worker-Classification Ruling Is Retroactive, Supreme Court Says | The Recorder

  "Moreover, public policy and fairness concerns, such as protecting workers and benefiting businesses that comply with the wage order obligations, favor retroactive application of Dynamex," Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye wrote for the California Supreme Court.

• Sci-Hub Leaves Handshake Blockchain After 2 Days, Citing Centralization Concerns

• US police three times as likely to use force against leftwing protesters

• Bill and Melinda Gates revealed as largest private farmland owners in US

• they hunting for jetpack guy? Everything We Know About The Mysterious Dark Helicopters That Have Been Circling Los Angeles

• Everything We Know About The Mysterious Dark Helicopters That Have Been Circling Los Angeles

• Got to see their show once, glad i did. Siegfried Fischbacher from 'Siegfried and Roy' magician duo has died

• German police take down 'world's largest darknet marketplace'

• 2021-edelman-trust-barometer.pdf

• Half of America Is Ready to Switch to Starlink Satellite Internet

• The reality of the lizard people | Armed and Dangerous

  • Sarah Hoyt linked this on IP; and I had a "tussle" with ESR in the comments when he posted it. But its not in the comments no more; he deleted that (not that i mind, his site etc). As i recall he said something to the effect of "sociopaths are untrustable so i wont work with them".

• This is so beautiful: Libs are freaking out because of what GOP Rep. Gohmert said on the House floor ... But he was quoting Nancy Pelosi verbatim 😂💀 | Not the Bee

• Citizens, Suspects, and Enemies: Examining Police Militarization - Texas National Security Review

• How To Read The News In Totalitarianism

Believe it or not, even when everything you read is a lie, you can reason your way to the truth. Or at least know sort of the shape of the truth and where it’s hiding.

• Insurrections are contagious

Future Riots / Inauspicious Inauguration

• Trump term ends with nearly 8 of 10 fearing ‘civil war’

• Airlines, FAA Tighten Security

• Marine Corps. Rebukes Pelosi: “WE DON’T WORK FOR YOU!” – Investment Watch

Parler

"Sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice."

• ‘It could be never’: Parler CEO says social app may not return

• Marjorie Taylor Greene spent a quarter million dollars advertising on Parler after she already won the election | by anonymous data scientist | Jan, 2021 | Medium

The Purge

Censorship? More of an armada. At least they want us to think that.

• Statement From Second City Cop | HeyJackass! HeyJackass!

  And this [tipoff] – on the heels of Big Tech’s wholesale attack on the President, Parler and center-right to right-leaning authors, politicians and voices – pointed to a countdown that had far less time than we had thought. Most likely, far less time than you think, too. The blacklisting has begun, even if you won’t see it. You should – the wholesale abandonment of the President, the denunciations, the, “I wasn’t really with him” self-serving statements. Sound familiar? It should…if you have any recollections of the show trials behind the Iron Curtain, in Southeast Asia, in assorted Middle East kleptocracies.

  Disavowal and re-education is on tap. What Senator McCarthy is remembered for – “Are you now or have you ever been…” has been twisted, refined (Bake that cake!), and exacerbated (Parler is only the first of many). They don’t want “unity.” They want Compliance and as the last fifteen years have shown, we aren’t really good at compliance. The amount of personal data available to “woke companies” who would deny commerce or service based on beliefs, contributions, investments (not Green enough!), social media posting, employment (cops not welcome here), bumper stickers – Have you heard of Operation Choke Point? Look it up and imagine it drilled down to individual citizens. Orwell’s 1984? It’s here.

  • Archive.org copy of Second City Cop

• Telegram, a recent haven for the far right, purges extremist content

• Chrissie Mayr: NY Comics Making a ‘List’ of Pro-Trump Stand-Ups - Hollywood in Toto

• TaxProf Blog

• Twitter blocks Russian Sputnik V vaccine account

Compliance / Gospel vs Heresy

• Mike Moritz: Business must set aside self-interest to battle extremism

• Harassment of Chinese dissidents was warning signal on disinformation

• A growing number of governments are spreading disinformation online

• AOC Signals Congressional Commission To 'Rein In' Media 'Disinformation'

The Un-Purged

• The threats and violence Twitter won't police

• BLM Board Member Bombed the Senate in the 1980s

• North Dakota Bill Would Let Censored Citizens File Lawsuits Against Facebook, Twitter

Purge Doubters and Deniers

• The platforms have acted, raising hard questions about technology and democracy

• Mexican president mounts campaign against social media bans

Previous Riots

• The Air Force Spy Plane Over Portland

Capitol Siege

• https://twitter.com/CBS_Herridge/status/1349514130697412615?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1349514130697412615%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdisqus.com%2Fembed%2Fcomments%2F%3Fbase%3Ddefaultf%3Dpj-instapunditt_i%3D1-425805t_u%3Dhttps3A2F2Fpjmedia.com2Finstapundit2F4258052Ft_e%3DOPEN20THREAD3A2020A20place20for20you20to20hang20out.t_d%3DInstapundit20C2BB20Blog20Archive20C2BB20OPEN20THREAD3A20A20place20for20you20to20hang20out.t_t%3DOPEN20THREAD3A2020A20place20for20you20to20hang20out.s_o%3Ddefaultl%3Dversion%3Dd263308ceb903a20735ee19a49738b60

  • people using advanced "small unit tactics" are seen in capitol security tapes and are highest priority for law enforcement investigations.

• "Domestic Terrorist?" - Leftist BLM Activist Who Stormed Capitol On Jan. 6 Arrested, Charged | ZeroHedge

  ZH: Which leaves us with three questions: 1) Does this mean CNN gave a platform to a domestic terrorist? 2) Did Trump incite this man to commit insurrection too? 3) If he was aware of riotous plans "on underground chats" before Trump's speech, does that mean Trump did not incite "domestic terrorism"? We won't hold our breath for the treasonous answers.

• Archivists Are Mining Parler Metadata to Pinpoint Crimes at the Capitol

  • pinpoint crimes? looks like "plot where pictures posted to parler purport to have been taken".

• Animated Heatmap of Parler Video GPS Metadata in DC on January 6th 2021 : dataisbeautiful

  • this shows no activity at 12.45p and mobs at 1p; erk problems for the "timeline corrections" saying people hit the doors at 2p.

• Parler Videos - 2021-01-06 Capitol Terrorist Attack

• Details emerge exposing high-level coordination between fascists, police and Republican politicians in lead-up January 6 coup attempt - World Socialist Web Site

• Updated: FB knew about violent extremists before insurrection, reports find

• 'We Just Wanted Our Voices To Be Heard.' Capitol Protesters Speak Out

• I Saw Provocateurs At The Capitol Riot On Jan. 6

• Parler helped the FBI identify at least one person charged with the Capitol riot

• Georgia Bank Executive Commits Suicide After Being Charged in Capitol Riot : The Other McCain

• Capitol Hill “Coup” Agitator is Radical Climate Change Activist - Geller Report News

• Aaron Mostofsky Who Was Arrested For Involvement In The Capitol Riot And His Father A NY Supreme Court Judge Are Both Registered Democrats | Red State Nation

• sad suicide and Interesting lesson in the bad side of bitcoin: Chainalysis Blog | Alt-Right Groups and Personalities Involved In Last Week’s Capitol Riot Received Over $500K In Bitcoin From French Donor One Month Prior

  • "he was a nazi" HN thread

• Catching coverage now: Large Bitcoin payments to right-wing activists a month before Capitol riot

OrangeManBad

• Donald Trump a 'flight risk' if criminal charges filed, experts say - Washington Times

• The remarkable rift between Donald Trump and Mike Pence

• Macaulay Culkin joins calls to get Donald Trump removed from Home Alone 2

• Stripe Bans Trump, but Donations Still Come Through

• NY Times Compares Trump Election Claims to Stalin, Hitler’s ‘Big Lie’ | Newsbusters

OrangeFansBad

• Unity? CNN's Don Lemon: If You Voted For Trump, You're With The Klan, The Nazis, & The Rioters | ZeroHedge

• QAnon Believers Think Trump Spoke to Them in Morse Code

• Pentagon IG Announces Probe of Efforts to Root Out Extremists In Military | Newsmax.com

Words like "ethics" and "principles" mean something different to me than these folks, apparently.

• On the subject of ethics in our industry

  These are the official policies of SourceHut: we condemn white nationalism, Donald Trump, and the supporters of both. We affirm that we value human rights, the democratic process, and the judicial process. We assert the rights and value of all people, of all nationalities, races, ethnicities, sexual preferences, gender identities, disabilities, religions, and economic classes. We will defend anyone who would speak up in support of these ideals. We will not do business with anyone who does not recognize and embody these truths.

  We think it’s repugnant that our peers don’t demonstrate the same values. We think that you, the customer, should reward businesses that commit to upholding these values with your patronage, and withhold it from those which will not.

  • Clarified in discussion: https://lists.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/sr.ht-discuss/%3CfaFmBHWTBbMkA8x8iTLj4srJ4wlAXXKoOQKOAk5ZXI%40cp3-web-024.plabs.ch%3E

    There are not going to be political purges of SourceHut users, but we will not tolerate bigotry, and should we discover that any of our users are affiliated with organizations who do not uphold our values, we will ask them to leave.

    I'm going to shut down the discussion list for now, because I do not expect this to be productive. If you agree with the virtues we proclaimed today, then please spread the word to others. If you disagree, kindly show yourself the door.

BigTechIsBad

• "non partisan outlets like WaPo and NYT" Biden and Trump Voters Were Exposed to Radically Different Coverage of the Capitol Riot on Facebook – The Markup

  panelists who voted for Joe Biden in the 2020 election were more frequently exposed to news stories from nonpartisan outlets directly covering the riot at the Capitol and the certification of Biden’s win, like The Washington Post and The New York Times, while our panelists who identified themselves as Trump voters in the 2020 election were more likely to be exposed to conservative news coverage, led by online outlets like The Daily Wire and Breitbart.

• Twitter CEO @jack Detailing Agenda For Further Political Censorship

• Navarro rips Google, Amazon, Apple: Parler attack ‘chilling’

• Ask HN: Why did Apple disable the 'Presidential Alert' system on iOS?

  • Have they, actually?

• Google says it’s closing the Fitbit acquisition–uh–without DOJ approval?

• Facebook Has Been Showing Military Gear Ads Next to “Insurrection” Posts

• Facebook Incubated the Insurrection

• Apple reportedly dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI complained (2020)

• After Barring Trump, Facebook and Twitter Face Scrutiny About Inaction Abroad

• How Facial Recognition Technology Is Helping Identify the U.S. Capitol Attackers - IEEE Spectrum

• Tech Companies Are Profiling Us From Before Birth | The MIT Press Reader

• Amazon’s Ring Neighbors app exposed users’ precise locations and home addresses

World

• Use facial recognition cameras to identify people refusing to wear masks, says former commissioner

• California Ex-Senator Barbara Boxer, is now registered as a foreign agent

• HK internet firm blocked pro-democracy website over security law

COVID

• New York Times Suggests Wearing Two Masks Instead Of One | The Daily Wire

• Dollar General plans to pay employees to get Covid-19 vaccination

• Dem Congressman Catches COVID After Receiving 2nd Dose Of Vaccine | ZeroHedge

• Why aren't we wearing better masks?

• China tosses more obstacles at WHO team investigating pandemic’s origin

• Dismantling myths on the airborne transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) - Journal of Hospital Infection

• Moderna struggles to find 3k adolescent volunteers for Covid-19 vaccine trial

• The richer you are, the more likely you’ll social distance, study finds

• The Magical Extra Doses and Supply Chain Optimization

• Researchers Discover New Variant of Covid-19 Virus in Columbus, Ohio

• Texas Trauma Surgeon Says ‘Post-COVID Lungs Look Worse Than Any Type Of Terrible Smokers Lung We’ve Ever Seen’ – CBS Dallas / Fort Worth

• Herd immunity by infection is not an option | Science

• CDC forecast: Over 90,000 Americans could die of COVID-19 in next 3 weeks | WTOP

Outrageous Examples of Fluff

• Peloton Security Risks | Biden Can't Bring Peloton to White House