2021-05-20

Cool

• 1990's "Nightline" video Chris Mellon/Air Force UFO Video – Silva Record

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• Lipstick sales just jumped more than 80%

• A Fungus Is Pushing Cicada Sex Into Hyperdrive And Leaving Them Dismembered : NPR

Horseshit

• Everyone is Awesome Lego set celebrates fans’ diversity

Obit

• Kento Miura – creator of Berserk dies

Culture War / Re segregation / Identdoctrination

• California is reimagining math instruction

Media / Many Ministries of Truths / Censorship

• Facebook Said It Would Stop Recommending Anti-Vaccine Groups. It Didn’t

• Politifact Quietly Admits COVID-19 Lab Escape Not 'Debunked Conspiracy Theory' | ZeroHedge

TechSuck

• the whole freenode kerfluffle – Ariadne's Space

  Whether you want to participate in Andrew’s imaginary kingdom or not is up to you, but I believe the current situation to be untenable for the free software community. We cannot depend on an IRC network where any criticism of Andrew may be perceived by him as a traumatic experience.

• Microsoft is finally retiring Internet Explorer in 2022

• The Full Story of the Stunning RSA Hack Can Finally Be Told

Economicon

• Once Tech’s Favorite Economist, Now a Thorn in Its Side

• Treasury Calls for Crypto Transfers over $10k to Be Reported to IRS

• EasyDNS dropping support for Dogecoin payments

• Real-Estate Frenzy Overwhelms Small-Town America

• If Everything Is Going To Be Just Fine, Why Do The Shortages Just Keep Getting Worse? | ZeroHedge

Poilitcks

• Hundreds of PPP Loans Went to Fake Farms in Absurd Places — ProPublica

World

• Watch: Spanish Soldiers Throwing Migrants Into The Sea | ZeroHedge

• UK Rail services to come under unified state control

• Chinese province sets up hotline to report suspected crypto miners

• Venmo is halting some payments referring to Palestine

Health / Medicine / COVID

• Drinking any amount of alcohol causes damage to the brain

• Q&A: Peter Lee on Covid-19, societal resilience and crisis-response science

• EU agrees to allow entry to vaccinated travelers

• California is reimagining math instruction

• India Declares ‘Black Fungus’ Epidemic as Infections Rise Among Covid Patients

  • Black fungus piles on the misery for India’s Covid victims

• What Happens When Americans Can Finally Exhale

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• How We Fixed The Ozone Layer

• U.S. Households Are Eating More Vegan Meat, Dairy, and Eggs Than Ever