2021-02-02

• Groundhog Day: Punxsutawney Phil forecasts 6 more weeks of winter - Daily Press

Cool

• SpaceX SN9 Explodes on Landing

Worthy

• The Navy Finally Speaks Up About Its Bizarre "UFO Patent" Experiments

• I'm tired of this anti-Wayland horseshit

  It has a real cost, you know, being a dick to maintainers. It’s not good for our mental health. We’re out here trying to make things better. Wayland fixes unfixable problems with X11, and might have invented some new, fixable problems in the process — most of which have been fucking fixed already, and years ago! We’ve sacrificed our spare time to build this for you for free. If you turn around and harass us based on some utterly nonsensical conspiracy theories, then you’re a fucking asshole.

• Scientists May Have Just Discovered a Parallel Universe Leaking Into Ours | UPRISER

• New study cracks the case of why food sticks to center of nonstick pans | Ars Technica

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• U.S. to Press Taiwan, TSMC to Resolve Auto Chip Crunch

• Explaining the Great 2020 Homicide Spike – Reason.com

• Pricing niche products: Why sell a mechanical keyboard kit for $1,668?

• 10 ways to fight back against woke culture

• Tesla to recall 134,951 U.S. vehicles under pressure from auto safety regulators

• Parler Wasn’t Hacked, and Scraping Is Not a Crime - Lawfare

• Ancient mummies with golden tongues unearthed in Egypt - BBC News

• Pennsylvania secretary of state resigns over ballot initiative error

• Reports: At least 1 FBI agent shot serving warrant at Florida home

  • Two FBI agents killed and three agents injured in shootout in Sunrise, Florida - CNN

• Five children among 6 killed in Muskogee, Oklahoma, shooting rampage

• Housing group attempts to ‘take’ Olympia hotel for shelter | The Olympian

• NZXT CEO Apologizes For Inadequate H1 Fire Hazard Fix, Issues 2nd Recall | Tom's Hardware

Horseshit

• (2019) Beware the Rise of Far-Right Environmentalism - The WorldPost - Berggruen Institute

  “Avocado politics: Green on the outside, brown(shirt) on the inside.”

• Ted Cruz says 'Avengers,' 'Watchmen' make 'rabid environmentalists' the bad guys

• WARMINGTON: Man in forced detention in a Canada COVID camp | Toronto Sun

  The worst part is before he left visiting a friend in the Carolinas, he got a COVID-19 test as required by new rules. “It cost me $130,” he said. “I tested negative.”

  Duesing said his ordeal began when the Public Health Agency of Canada didn’t accept this rapid test and ordered him detained until the results of their own test were known. The agency did not respond to the Sun‘s request for a comment.

• 2 California supermarkets closing after city orders pay hike

• How the Federal Government Could Help Kill the Divisive Urban Highways It Built

  • Deconstruct the Infrastructure1 Brilliant idea! That'll shut up all those people worried about lack of upkeep.

• Man wanted in Carlos Ghosn’s escape accuses US of ‘betrayal’

• Reduce Noise, Not Cognitive Biases

• 'Degree inflation': How the four-year degree became required

• RIAA Launches Brand New Front Group Pretending to Represent Independent Artists

• Wikipedia launches new global rules to combat site abuses

• Marilyn Manson let go from label, 'American Gods' after abuse allegations

• Six arrested after changing Hollywood sign to "HOLLYBOOB"

• It's time for a new, progressive supply-side economics

• Should You Diaper Your Pet Duck? - FOR PETS

• Is ending anonymity on social media the answer?

• Never-before-seen photos show Jeffrey Epstein cuddling a sleeping young girl | Daily Mail Online

TechSuck

• Ask HN: Why is any child still missing?

  When the worlds photos are concentrated and searchable in Google Photos, Facebook, Instagram, why is any child still missing? It would be one significant upside to the panopticon: no more missing children!

• High-performance computers are under siege by a newly discovered backdoor | Ars Technica

  Kobalos, as researchers from security firm Eset have named the malware, is a backdoor that runs on Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris, and code artifacts suggest it may have once run on AIX and the ancient Windows 3.11 and Windows 95 platforms. The backdoor was released into the wild no later than 2019, and the group behind it was active throughout last year.

• Invite-only chat app Clubhouse booms in Japan

• Suspected Chinese hackers used SolarWinds bug to spy on U.S. payroll agency

• Jeff Bezos to retire as CEO; AWS head to become CEO

  • Bezos letter to employees

  • Jeff Bezos Announces He Will Step Down From Amazon To Focus On Being A Bond Villain

• Wikipedia launches new global rules to combat site abuses

  • Wikipedia's new code of conduct targets harassment and misinformation | Engadget

• Twitter dropped the banhammer on a Christian magazine for this "hateful" sentence | Not the Bee

  "Dr. Levine is a transgender woman, that is, a man who believes he is a woman."

  Twitter won't unlock the magazine's account until they delete the tweet. In response, The Daily Citizen pointed out that all they did was provide a literal definition.

• RFID TAGS INSIDE AMAZON PRODUCTS | electronupdate

• SolarWinds Hack Prompts Congress to Put NSA in Encryption Hot Seat | Threatpost

• Uber to buy alcohol delivery Drizly for $1.1B

• Amazon’s anti-union blitz stalks Alabama warehouse workers everywhere

• SoftBank is just the latest validation for Miami’s booming startup scene

• GitHub adds ability to upload videos to comments and gists

Economicon

• Dow Jones rises 475 points as markets rally from GameStop short squeeze

• Google Cloud lost $5.61B on $13.06B revenue last year

  • Alphabet Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2020 Results

• As GameStop stock crumbles, newbie traders reckon with heavy losses

• Robinhood CEO: It’s Time for Real Time Settlement

• GME Surges 85% 'Off The Lows' After Robinhood Lifts Trading Restrictions | ZeroHedge

  • headline 2hr ago was: "GME Freefall As Euphoria Turns To Revulsion"

• Dave Portnoy Loses '700K-ish' After Selling 'Meme Stocks' | ZeroHedge

• Market manias could end in tears

• Silver tumbles 7% from 8-year high as day-trader rally runs out of steam - GameStop and other hot stocks are also ...

Unity

• North Carolina discontinues license plates with Confederate battle flag

• Pentagon clears out advisory boards, citing concerns over last-minute Trump picks

  • Austin asks hundreds of Pentagon policy advisers to resign ahead of review

• Three conspiracy theorists took 'Q' and sparked Qanon

• Former CIA Officer: Treat Domestic Extremism as an Insurgency

• Democrats are moving ahead without Republicans on Covid relief

• "Antifa broke through first barrier and now breaching the second to enter the police station in Rodchester NY." Kurt Schlichter on Twitter: "Gosh, it’s almost like an insurrection" / Twitter

  • Protests In Rochester As Lawmakers Move To Ban Use of Chemical Irritants On Minors

BidenTime

• There will be a story in how long it took the Senate to approve Biden appointments vs Trump appointments. surely. someday.

• How the Biden Administration Can Help Solve Our Reality Crisis

• Senate Confirms Mayorkas As Biden's Homeland Security Chief

• Vilsack wins bipartisan praise at Senate confirmation hearing

• White House Reporters: Biden Team Asked Us for Questions in Advance

  • Biden White House asking reporters to share questions in advance of briefings: Report

• Biden's Adviser To Pick Federal Judges Was Accused of Physically Assaulting Children, Nudity - National File

Trumpoline

• 45th-presidents-answer-to-article-of-impeachment-final.pdf

  • the reporting on this is extensive; but try to find a link to, copy of, or even un-distorted quote from it. Its like no one on either sidewants there to be a real person, "trump" is an ideal of their best or worst dreams and that "Trump" is doing all sorts of things.

• Trump's legal team argues Senate can't convict him, his speech protected by 1st Amendment - CNNPolitics

• House impeachment team to argue Trump is 'personally responsible' for inciting deadly Capitol ...

• Newsmax Censors My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell During Segment About Twitter’s Censorship of Mike Lindell – Reason.com

• Dolly Parton twice declined the Presidential Medal of Freedom: report

• Biden needs to undo Trump’s most disastrous climate decisions — fast

• How Biden is reversing Trump's assault on the environment

Capitol Riots / Fortification

• House votes to enact fines against lawmakers who don't comply with metal detectors

• Official U.S. Senate: Capitol Camera

• Brian Sicknick murder: Investigators struggle to build case in death of US Capitol Police officer - CNNPolitics

  According to one law enforcement official, medical examiners did not find signs that the officer sustained any blunt force trauma, so investigators believe that early reports that he was fatally struck by a fire extinguisher are not true.

  The case could also be complicated if Sicknick had a preexisting medical condition. It could not be learned if he did.

  • Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick lies in honor in ...

• "Drama Queen Trauma Preen."

  • AOC Says She Is a Sexual Assault Survivor as She Recounts Capitol Hill Riots

  • AOC reveals that she's a sexual assault survivor as she recounts Capitol riots

  • AOC Feared Rioters Would Kill Her Before She Had the Chance to Become a Mom

    • AOC Claimed She Had a Near Death Experience at the Capitol, but the Real Story Is Mind-Blowing

World

• Israel's risky rhetoric on Iran

• 'Their goal is to destroy everyone': Uighur camp detainees allege systematic rape - BBC News

• Biden Declares Myanmar Crisis A Coup D'Etat - Sanctions Coming As Unrest Looms | ZeroHedge

• Mapping coronavirus anti-lockdown protests around the world

• Secretary of State Blinken condemns Russia for Navalny sentencing

• Moscow Detention Centers Have Run Out of Space, Filled with Peaceful Protesters

• Indian journalists face criminal charges over police shooting reports

COVID

• CDC Issues Super Bowl Party Guidelines, Limits Cheering and Alcohol

• Covid mutation 'of most concern' has occurred in UK variant

• Biden administration will start sending Covid vaccines directly to pharmacies as it ups shipments to states

• Russia's Sputnik V vaccine has 92% efficacy in trial

• Even in Poorer Neighborhoods, the Wealthy Are Lining Up for Vaccines

Climate

• Exxon’s new climate initiative is too little, too late

Obit

• Hal Holbrook, Venerated Actor Who Embodied Mark Twain, Dead at 95

• Covid-19: Captain Sir Tom Moore dies with coronavirus

• Indomie: Creator of cult favourite 'mi goreng' instant noodle dies