2021-05-24

Cool

• Virgin Galactic rocket ship ascends from New Mexico

• FCC offers $50 monthly internet discount

Worthy

• Why Did Bar Ends Go Away From Mountain Bikes? (the nostalgia is real) – Brainy Biker

etc

• If Apple is the only organisation defending our privacy, it is time to worry

• How Hacking Became a Professional Service in Russia

• FCC offers $50 monthly internet discount

Horseshit

• World’s Supply of Chips Is in Danger Unless Taiwan Gets Vaccines

• The Costly Pursuit of Self-Driving Cars Continues On. and On. and On

celebrity gossip

• Kevin Spacey set for return to movies with paedophilia drama

• ‘I’m way older, but I’m still doing it’: Tony Hawk on his skateboarding legacy

Obit

• Missing man found dead inside Spanish dinosaur statue | Spain | The Guardian

• Max Mosley dead: Ex-Formula One chief and privacy campaigner dies aged 81

Culture War / Re segregation / Identdoctrination

• A Woke CIA Will Make America Safer

• How Centuries of racist images came down in one year – a visual guide

• I was the fastest girl in Connecticut. But transgender athletes made it unfair

• Sensing Online: Vaccine passports are white supremacist

• AI Can Write Disinformation Now–and Dupe Human Readers

• College of the Ozarks states “fight has just begun” after injunction, temporary restraining order denied

  College of the Ozarks holds to the Christian belief that biological sex is not changeable, and it operates its dorms accordingly. The College’s sincerely held religious beliefs influence their policies, including dormitory policies, which prohibit male students from living in female residence halls, and vice versa.

Media / Many Ministries of Truths / Censorship

• Delhi Police raids Twitter offices over manipulated label

TechSuck

• iFixit tells the sad story of how Samsung “ruined” its upcycling program | Ars Technica

• Microsoft has turned the Surface Duo into a handheld Xbox

Economicon

• U.S. Backs 15% Global Minimum Tax to Curb Profit Shifting Overseas

• Upstart Peer-to-Peer Crypto Exchanges Take Aim at Coinbase

• China will likely ban all Bitcoin mining soon

Poilitcks

• Whitmer apologizes for violating social distancing rules at local bar

• Team Biden keeps hyping phony 'domestic violent extremism' threat

Security / Militaria / Crime / Police

• Cheese photo leads to Liverpool drug dealer's downfall - BBC News

  Carl Stewart, 39, was identified through his fingerprints after police analysed the image he posted in an online chat. Stewart posted the photo on the encrypted messaging service EncroChat, which had been cracked by police.

• Are U.S. Officials Under Silent Attack?

• UFO sightings went from joke to national security worry in Washington

World

• Baltic airlines reroute flights to avoid Belarus airspace

Health / Medicine / COVID

• The Wuhan Lab Leak Question: A Disused Chinese Mine Takes Center Stage

• Fauci 'not convinced' Covid-19 developed naturally

• Wuhan Lab Staff Sought Hospital Care Before Covid-19 Outbreak Disclosed

• IOC President says “we have to make sacrifices” during deadliest Covid19 wave

• Black fungus: India reports nearly 9k cases of rare infection

  The normally rare infection, called mucormycosis, has a mortality rate of 50%, with some only saved by removing an eye. Doctors say there is a link with the steroids used to treat Covid. Diabetics are at particular risk.

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Once Nearly Extinct, the Florida Panther Is Making a Comeback

• The Ford F-150 Lightning Is the Electric Vehicle of Dystopia

• Melting Snow Usually Means Water for the West. This Year, It Might Not Be Enough

• Boom in ships that fly ‘fake’ flags and trash the environment

• ‘War’ footing needed to correct economists’ miscalculations on climate change

• Hot Showers and Toilet Flushes Can Help the Climate

• Richest nations agree to end support for coal production overseas