2021-03-15
Cool
Worthy
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Hanson on "do we need dark matter?" Overcoming Bias : What Holds Up A North Pole of Dust?
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Willet’s scheme called for a clock change of 20 minutes on each of four Sundays in a row, in order to minimise the disruption to biological clocks, of people or cows, at the expense of remembering four separate clock changes for a total difference between summer and winter time of 80 minutes.
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someone points out https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0748730419854197
As an international organization of scientists dedicated to studying circadian and other biological rhythms, the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms (SRBR) engaged experts in the field to write a Position Paper on the consequences of choosing to live on DST or Standard Time (ST). The authors take the position that, based on comparisons of large populations living in DST or ST or on western versus eastern edges of time zones, the advantages of permanent ST outweigh switching to DST annually or permanently.
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How a Salt Monopoly Could Spike Car Accidents in the Midwest - BIG by Matt Stoller
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Our Strange Addiction | Lapham’s Quarterly
Tobacco is indeed native to the Americas, and early modern Europeans, Africans, and Asians did encounter tobacco smoking as a new practice without precedent in ancient texts or preexisting social conventions. But, as archaeologists and anthropologists have been documenting for decades, tobacco was not the only drug that the peoples of the Old World smoked—even before the voyages of Columbus.
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Horseshit
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Radio Amateurs in Israel Lose Access to Much Microwave Spectrum
The 9-centimeter band, which was 3.4 – 3.475 GHz, has been lost altogether. The FCC in the US announced last fall that it would be “sunsetting” amateur access on 3.3 – 3.5 GHz to accommodate burgeoning 5G wireless providers.
WTF were all the VHF / UHF spectrum auctions about then? Pure anti-competition?
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150 spring breakers arrested amid party chaos in Miami Beach
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Navy test demonstrates it can deliver an F-35 engine to an aircraft carrier
The rest of the plane, however ...
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The crypto-art market is being infiltrated by fakes, thieves and scammers
"Infiltrated" implies there was a state other than "saturated"
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FCC Releases List of Equipment and Services That Pose Security Threat
released a list of communications equipment and services that have been deemed a threat to national security, consistent with requirements in the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019. The list includes five Chinese companies that produce telecommunications equipment and services that have been found to pose an unacceptable risk to U.S. national security or the security and safety of U.S. persons. They include Huawei Technologies Co., ZTE Corp., Hytera Communications Corp., Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., and Dahua Technology Co.
Media / Ministry of Truthy
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Right-Wing Propagandists Were Doing Something Unique - The Atlantic
In 2020, the industrial-scale spread of voting-related misinformation was a distinctly right-wing phenomenon, putting tech companies in a bind.
If the problem were more evenly distributed, policy changes would be harder to miscast as anti-conservative bias. Tech companies are in a bind. They recognize that inaction toward certain crucial types of misinformation puts them at greater risk of regulation by a Democratic administration and investigation by a Democratic Congress. And yet, if any single platform acts too forcefully, it risks provoking the wrath of the hyper-partisan influencers, who take to competing platforms to decry their supposed mistreatment. Social-media companies find themselves in the position of having to act decisively and collectively—and yet, collective action begets further allegations of collusion to silence conservatives.
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Route Around Deplatforming With Decentralized Tech | The American Conservative
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Ted Cruz Mocked After He Demands Military Stop Bullying Tucker Carlson
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Facebook is doing its best to counter anti-vaccination damage done by Facebook
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Washington Post adds lengthy correction to report on Trump call with Georgia elections ...
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Media Fabricated Fake Quotes From Trump’s Phone Call With Georgia Secretary Of State’s Office
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someone else noted that Trumps 2nd Impeachment included:
President Trump's conduct on January 6, 2021, followed his prior efforts to subvert and obstruct the certification of the results of the 2020 Presidential election. Those prior efforts included a phone call on January 2, 2021, during which President Trump urged the secretary of state of Georgia, Brad Raffensperger, to "find" enough votes to overturn the Georgia Presidential election results and threatened Secretary Raffensperger if he failed to do so.
NBC, USA Today, and ABC, by the way, all repeated verbatim the charge that Trump said "find the fraud" and "national hero." they all said they confirmed the authenticity of the original WaPo scoop with their own sources.
but the audio shows trump never said that. so, what now?
Identity Politics / Race Baiting
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H.E.R. believes Grammy winning song will be 'a stamp in time'
H.E.R. discusses her track "I Can't Breathe" - which won song of the year at the Grammy Awards - calling it "so much bigger than us and it's so much bigger than now." (March 15)
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John Oliver Breaks Down Why Tucker Carlson Is a White Supremacist
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Breonna Taylor's boyfriend sues Louisville police over fatal raid
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Vatican says it will not bless same-sex unions, calling them a 'sin' and a 'choice'
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Derek Chauvin trial: 7 jurors to be recalled for questioning over $27M ...
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Kids detained in overcrowded border facility are terrified, crying and worried
TechSuck
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Microsoft tries to get twice-rejected compression patent past skeptical USPTO
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Cricut Decides To Charge Rent For People To Fully Use The Cutting Machines They Already Own
many users and small businesses feel that this is unfair. They bought their machines with the sales pitch that they could use their designs for free, without mentions of any limits. Now, after purchase, Cricut is looking to limit their ability to use the machines that they already purchased.
Economicon
Poilitcks
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Washington D.C. Falls Under Permanent Military Occupation | Frontpagemag
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Biden Eyes First Major Tax Hike Since 1993 in Next Economic Plan
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Public health experts worry about Republican resistance to getting vaccinated
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Pelosi Defends Push To Overturn Iowa House Race GOP Won: ‘Well, It Was Six Votes’
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Brian Sicknick: Two arrested for assault of Capitol Police ...
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"A new despicable low": GOP Sen. Ron Johnson called out for racist remarks about Capitol riot
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New York sheriff violated law by flying Trump flag from boat while on duty
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Deb Haaland set to be confirmed as first Native American Cabinet member ...
World
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Fresh Rocket Attack Hits Iraqi Base Housing American Troops | ZeroHedge
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Dozens killed as Myanmar military declares martial law in largest city
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Syria's Civil War Started A Decade Ago. Here's Where It Stands
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Beijing chokes on yellow dust during biggest sandstorm in almost a decade
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India to propose cryptocurrency ban, penalising miners and traders
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Thousands March In Australia As Another #MeToo Wave Hits The Country