2021-04-17

Worthy

• Verwoerd’s revenge – Gene Expression

  More concretely I cannot tolerate resegregation in this country. It would separate me from those who I care about most in the world. It would possibly separate my own children from each other. Today their differences of complexion are matters of happenstance. Perhaps in the future, it would be more important? When on Sesame Street a character says “The color of our skin is an important part of who we are” I feel a cold wind blowing. The context is much more innocuous than some have made it out to be, but for some of us, skin color is an accident.

  ... that is why I think complicity with racially segregated groups is horrible and evil. Most people have no deep beliefs. They have shallow conformities. It’s best not to reawaken affinities and identities that have been submerged and sublimated.

• 5G: The outsourced elephant in the room - Articles

  Telecommunication service providers are by and large currently not in good control of their networks. Through rampant outsourcing they have become utterly dependent on network vendors and other third parties.

• “Post-Journalism” and the Death of News - Discourse

  Newspapers had little incentive to educate anyone. They needed to attract eyeballs that they could then sell to advertisers, and to this end they bundled together stories about wars and movie stars, earthquakes and baseball games, as well as comic strips, advice to the lovelorn, astrological predictions and crossword puzzles. Purchasers of this bizarre agglomeration of content were not to be frightened with the ugly truth but gently herded into a bland consumerist mass.

  Covering Trump demanded a new style of reporting. The pose of objectivity was explicitly abandoned. A journalism of open advocacy replaced the old ideal of a journalism of facts. This, Mir rightly notes, was a knock-on effect of the web, a medium so overwhelmed by noise that even facts assume the aspect of opinion. Mir has christened this new style of shrill, self-righteous advocacy “post-journalism”—and he views it as a desperate gambit for survival.

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• "Known Wolf Shooter" FedEx shooter ID'd as 19-year-old Brandon Scott Hole

  The man who killed eight people at an Indianapolis FedEx facility was identified Friday as 19-year-old former employee Brandon Scott Hole — who authorities said was questioned last year by the FBI.

• Mass shootings in the U.S. in 2021

• 2 killed, officer injured in San Antonio shooting

• 2 transgender women killed in shootings at separate Charlotte hotels

• The US plans to put a nuclear-powered rocket in orbit by 2025

• Departure Letter from Katherine Maher, Executive Director of Wikimedia

• The EmDrive Isn’t Dead yet Says the Guy Who Invented the EmDrive

Horseshit

• Regulators urge safety recall of $4,295 Peloton treadmill after child dies

• Why Police Can Stop Motorists with Air Fresheners Hanging in Their Cars

• Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ series will cost at least $465M for first season

• ‘Freeze the keys’ key-locking mechanism aims to prevent suicide among veterans

  The researchers created a silicone cup, about the size of a cocktail tumbler, that suspends a gun-case key in ice to prevent access for at least five minutes,

celebrity gossip

• Biden DOJ sues longtime Trump ally Roger Stone

• Judge Shoots Down Ghislaine Maxwell’s Last-Ditch Bid to Avoid Charges

• Kash Patel, Hero Of Milius 'Plot' Film, Hounded By DOJ | MissLiberty.com

Obit

• Chuck Geschke, Adobe co-founder, dies - Pastebin.com

  • Dr. Charles “Chuck” Geschke, Adobe co-founder, dies at 81

Culture War / Re segregation / Identdoctrination

• You Have to Read This Letter - Common Sense with Bari Weiss

  I object to the view that I should be judged by the color of my skin. I cannot tolerate a school that not only judges my daughter by the color of her skin, but encourages and instructs her to prejudge others by theirs. By viewing every element of education, every aspect of history, and every facet of society through the lens of skin color and race, we are desecrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and utterly violating the movement for which such civil rights leaders believed, fought, and died.

• Watch Live: Hundreds of Anti-Police Protesters March in DC

• Breonna Taylor's mother slams BLM Louisville as 'fraud,' says 'it's amazing how many people have lost focus'

• Protests after Portland police fatally shoot man in city park

• Sharon Osbourne and Bill Maher Whine About Cancel Culture

• Campus Reform | 'Anti-racist journey' prompts UNR lecturer to apologize for teaching 'Jingle Bells,’ ‘Baa Baa Black Sheep'

Media / Many Ministries of Truths / Censorship

• Twitter Promotes Conservative Doxxing Article Based On 'Hacked' Materials -- Violating Own Policy Used To Protect Hunter Biden | ZeroHedge

• Wikipedia bans agenda-driven editor from British politics, but punishes the messenger too

• Project Veritas Triggers a Meltdown From Our Friend, CNN's Brian Stelter – RedState

TechSuck

• A 'Worst Nightmare' Cyberattack: The Untold Story of the SolarWinds Hack

  • SolarWinds hacking campaign puts Microsoft in hot seat

• Microsoft launches Edge Kids Mode, the first kid-friendly version of a browser

  • No, it isn't. OLTPC at least had "kid friendly" software, others have done similar.

• Twitter Down: Service Experiences Widespread Outage

• The Military Origins Of Facebook, Part 1 | ZeroHedge

• Amazon tried to coerce Ecobee into collecting private user data, the WSJ reports

• Nobody is joining Google's FLoC

• Chip tools become latest victim of global semiconductor crunch

• The Story of the SolarWinds Hack

• Google used ‘double-Irish’ to shift $75.4bn in profits out of Ireland

Economicon

• US Financial Markets Have Become A Giant Mirage Built On A Foundation Of Fraud | ZeroHedge

  + [New Jersey high school wrestling coach, CEO of $100M firm owning
  one
  deli](https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/15/hometown-international-nj-deli-owner-worth-millions-in-stock.html)
  

  • An NFT of the Menu from the $105M market cap New Jersey deli

• The vanishing billionaire: where is Jack Ma?

• The pandemic may have caused 200,000 business closures - fewer than expected

Poilitcks

• Biden administration walks back refugee cap plans after blowback

• State Department Watchdog Says Pompeo, Wife Violated Ethics Rules

• Gun control advocates pin their hopes on Joe Biden

Security / Militaria

• Oath Keeper Pleads Guilty and Will Cooperate in Jan. 6 Riot Inquiry

• Anti-Trump Lawmakers Reportedly Spent Thousands On Security After Capitol Riot

• Riots Erupt Across US In Wake Of Police Shootings | ZeroHedge

World

• Mexican Senate approves cell phone users registry to collect biometric data

• Biden says Iran enriching uranium at 60% is not helpful, but is pleased country engaging in indirect talks

• Yes, the atrocities in Xinjiang constitute a genocide

• Russia Shuts Ukraine's Military Access To Black Sea | ZeroHedge

  It was announced Thursday that Russia will close off the Kerch Strait to all foreign warships for six months amid rising Ukraine tensions, and after the US threatened to send additional warships to the area. The Kerch Strait is the vital, narrow waterway connecting the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, and which importantly connects southern Russia to "annexed" Crimea.

• The Crimean “Crisis” and Western Bias

• Doing business with Iran will help Central Asia stabilize the region

• Iran names suspect in Natanz nuclear plant attack

Health / Medicine / COVID

• Stanford study: Covid-19 fatality rate ~0.15%

• Best vaccine: How Pfizer became the “status” choice

• Ontario gives police new powers to enforce stay-home order

• At 38.5% vaccinated, US may be running low on people eager for a shot

• Antidepressants, a surprising treatment for Covid-19, could help stop variants

• Alberta confirms first case of rare blood clot after AstraZeneca vaccine

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• How the U.S. Could Halve Climate Emissions by 2030

• Whitest-ever paint could help cool heating Earth, study shows

• Kim Stanley Robinson on Cities as a Climate Survival Mechanism