2021-05-14

Cool

• Mammals Can Breathe Through Anus in Emergencies

etc

• Hypersonic flight: A new fuel for jets and missiles is on the cards

• Study: Tools are interpreted by the brain as an extension of the human body

• Mississippi River opened near Memphis under damaged bridge

Horseshit

• eBay Is Banning Hentai and Other Adult Content

celebrity gossip

• FBI Has Gained Access to Sci-Hub Founder's Apple Account, Email Claims

Obit

• Spencer Silver, inventor behind the Post-it Note, has died

Culture War / Re segregation / Identdoctrination

• A divided nation flocks to partisan brands

• Campus Reform | American University announces 'Black Affinity Housing'

• Wokification Update: Kellogg's Creates New WOKE Cereal for Kids – RedState

Media / Many Ministries of Truths / Censorship

• When MTV debuted 40 years ago, everyone thought it would fail

TechSuck

• I am deleting Goodreads and maybe you should, too

• DarkSide ransomware gang quits after servers, Bitcoin stash seized

Economicon

• The IRS Is Coming for Crypto Investors Who Haven’t Paid Their Taxes

• Goldman Sachs banker quits after making millions on cryptocurrency

Poilitcks

• Marjorie Taylor Greene Was Screaming As She 'Chased Down' Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

• Congressional leaders reach deal on Jan. 6 commission, but McCarthy has concerns

• Rightwingers tried to discredit Trump ‘foes’ with honey trap plot – report

  • Project Veritas led wide-ranging campaign to tar “deep state” during Trump presidency: ...

• GOP Rep. Doug Lamborn let his son live in a storage unit in the US Capitol basement for weeks, lawsuit claims

Security / Militaria / Crime / Police

• Capitol Police Officer Condemns GOP Gaslighting On Insurrection

• Over 50 shell casings found at site of shooting that hurt 9

• US Leaves Key Base as Afghan Eid Truce Largely Holds

World

• Deadly violence intensifies in Gaza Strip and Israel as Biden urges de-escalation

Health / Medicine / COVID

• "Havana Syndrome" Mysterious health incidents rise to 130, US officials confirm

• India's vaccine drive went horribly wrong

• Delaying a Covid vaccine’s second dose boosts immune response

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Michael Mann on His Book 'The New Climate War'

• Exxon uses Big Tobacco's playbook to downplay the climate crisis