2021-05-05

Cool

• Malian woman gives birth to nine babies

• CZ-5B / 48275 / 2021-035B - Satellite Orbit Data

• If I fits I sits: A citizen science investigation into illusory contour susceptibility in domestic cats (Felis silvestris catus) - ScienceDirect

Worthy

• WTH are NFTs? Here is the token, there is the Beeple.... • The Register

• Does Amazon know what it sells? — Benedict Evans

etc

• The company where your colleagues decide your salary

• MH370 pilot made many turns and speed changes new report reveals

• Peloton recalling all treadmills after reports of injuries, one death

Horseshit

• The Constitution Requires the U.S. to Offer Vaccine Passports

• Snapchat Can Be Sued for Role in Fatal Car Crash, Court Rules

• Alex Kearns died thinking he owed thousands for stock market losses on Robinhood

• Microsoft received almost 25,000 requests for consumer data from law enforcement

celebrity gossip

• President Trump launches new communications platform

• Is "Catch Me If You Can" a true story? This book suggests it isn't — WHYY

• The Untold Story of How Jeff Bezos Beat the Tabloids

• The Free Software Foundation reveals how RMS was re-elected and its future

Culture War / Re segregation / Identdoctrination

• Univ. of San Diego Provost Rejects Complaints Against Prof. Tom Smith Over His Criticism of China.

• Gaming in colour: uncovering video games’ black pioneers

• Black Employees Leaving Slack at Alarming Rates

• Obedience Fatigue - Mark Pulliam

• Father And Daughter, Divided By Disinformation On YouTube : NPR

• What's up with this photo of the Bidens and the Carters? – HotAir

Media / Many Ministries of Truths / Censorship

• Fact-Checkers Missed Stealth Edits to Abrams Op-Ed | RealClearPolitics

• Facebook will uphold Trump ban but reassess the decision over coming months

  • Oversight Board upholds Trump’s suspension, finds FB failed to impose penalty

• Automaker Calls Police on YouTuber for Complaining About Their New Car

  Vietnamese YouTuber Tran Van Hoang, who found himself in legal trouble after the automaker VinFast called the police on him after he posted a video critical of his new VinFast Lux A2.0 luxury sedan, Reuters reports.

TechSuck

• 60% of school apps are sending student data with third parties without consent

• Tesla Car Hacked Remotely from Drone via Zero-Click Exploit

• Google relaxes rules, expects many employees to permanently work from home

Economicon

• Bezos sells nearly $2B worth of Amazon shares

• Everything Screams Inflation

• Berkshire Hathaway’s stock price is too high for Nasdaq computers

• Dogecoin Is “Blowing Up”

  • Dogecoin's surge prompts Robinhood to support trading

• Ethereum's 27-year-old creator Vitalik Buterin is now a billionaire

• Revel's big talk of reinventing ridehail may run into a brick wall

Poilitcks

• White House launches artificial intelligence website

• Montana to end Federal Unemployment program participation

• Why Did Biden Census Bureau Add 2.5 Million More Residents to Blue-State Population Count? - Rasmussen Reports®

• Federal judge overturns national eviction ban

Security / Militaria / Crime / Police

• Pentagon watchdog opens new probe into military's handling of UFOs

• Microsoft received almost 25,000 requests for consumer data from law enforcement

World

• Over 20 deaths in Colombia protests and minimal media coverage

• Snapchat Can Be Sued for Role in Fatal Car Crash, Court Rules

• Internet disrupted in Colombia amid anti-government protests

Health / Medicine / COVID

• Covid Zealotry Slowing Nation's Return to Normal

• Don’t buy the fearmongering: The Covid-19 threat is waning

• U.S. Birthrate Drops Again. The Pandemic May Be a Factor

• Doctors investigate mystery brain disease in Canada

• The weird science of the placebo effect keeps getting more interesting

• The origin of Covid: Did people or nature open Pandora’s box at Wuhan?

• Seychelles brings back curbs despite vaccination success

• Referral bonus, free booze, baseball tickets as Covid-19 vaccine demand drops

• Canadians fly south for shot as US demand falls

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Microplastics are everywhere – but are they harmful?

• White House eyes subsidies for nuclear plants to help meet climate targets

• UK supermarkets warn Brazil over Amazon land bill - BBC News

• As Amazon deforestation hits 12 year high, France rejects Brazilian soy

• Indonesia coral reef partially restored in extensive project