2021-03-13

Worthy

Newt Gingrich Locked Out Of Twitter For Criticizing Biden's Immigration Policy
Freedom of Expression - ACLU Position Paper | American Civil Liberties Union

Apparently they no longer regret their past:

If we do not come to the defense of the free speech rights of the most unpopular among us, even if their views are antithetical to the very freedom the First Amendment stands for, then no one's liberty will be secure.

Sonia Orlu: Research fails to prove racism behind police shootings of Black men | National Post
Breonna Taylor: Protest to mark anniversary of police killing
Campus Reform | 'Sex Week' at Tulane University features 'Black Sex' talk for 'Black students only'
Calif. Ethnic Studies Curriculum Accuses Christianity of “Theocide”

The curriculum recommends that teachers lead their students in a series of indigenous songs, chants, and affirmations, including the “In Lak Ech Affirmation,” which appeals directly to the Aztec gods. Students first clap and chant to the god Tezkatlipoka—whom the Aztecs traditionally worshipped with human sacrifice and cannibalism—asking him for the power to be “warriors” for “social justice.”

There’s a vexing mystery surrounding the 0-day attacks on Exchange servers | Ars Technica

It’s not often that a so-called zero-day vulnerability is exploited by two groups in unison, but it happens. A zero-day under attack by six APTs simultaneously, on the other hand, is highly unusual, if not unprecedented.

The mystery is compounded by this: within a day of Microsoft issuing the patches, at least three more APTs joined the fray. A day later, another one was added to the mix. While it’s possible that those four groups reverse-engineered the fixes, developed weaponized exploits, and deployed them at scale, those types of activities usually take time. A 24-hour window is on the short side.
U.S. Indicts CEO of Encrypted Phone Firm 'Sky'
- CEO and distributor of Sky Global indicted on RICO charges
Twitter Using Section 230 to Avoid Child Sex Trafficking Lawsuit
Anthropologist: Apple Is a Religion (2012)

Do rising used car prices mean inflation is coming? - The Washington Post

Since the pandemic began, used cars and trucks have seen the fastest price growth of almost any category of consumer goods, according data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The only categories that rival them are major household appliances and “flowers, seeds and potted plants,” both of which have seen prices rise more than 10 percent between February of 2020 and this January.
IRS started processing stimulus checks Friday, money begins arriving in accounts
Bitcoin Hits $60k
- Bitcoin Breaks $60k
Vitalik escalates ETH 2.0 merge as miners plan a 51% attack
Federal investigators blast Tesla, call for stricter safety standards
Money corrupts; bitcoin corrupts absolutely.