2021-06-17

Cool

• Cariboulabs/cariboulite – turn any 40-pin Raspberry-Pi into a Tx/Rx 6GHz SDR

etc

• Study: A quarter of adults don’t want children – and they’re still happy

• Wild-Looking ‘Open Rotor’ Engine Could Cut Airliner Emissions by a Massive 20 Percent

  • propellers are back, baby!

Horseshit

• National Parks Are Overcrowded and Closing Their Gates

• The Pandemic Messed with Your Sleep. Here’s How to Feel Rested Again

celebrity gossip

• An AnandTech Interview with Jim Keller: 'The Laziest Person at Tesla'

Culture War / Re segregation / Identdoctrination

• Fanatics - Rough Cut

• Congress Approves Bill to Make Juneteenth a Federal Holiday

• The Problem with Male Feminists

TechSuck

• Snapchat Ends 'Speed Filter' That Critics Say Encouraged Reckless Driving

• Amazon blames social media for struggle with fake reviews

• Tim Cook: Sideloading is “not in the best interests of the user”

• Update to the FSF and GNU's plan to move IRC channels to Libera.Chat — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software

Economicon

• Mark Cuban 'Hit' by Titan Crypto Crash as Coin's Price Falls to Near Zero

  • Off-by-one error locks collateral after billon dollar stablecoin collapse

• "Now In Bust Cycle" - China Hog Futures Plunge Near Record Lows On Pork Glut | ZeroHedge

• Morgan Stanley – return to office or else

• Why America Doesn’t Make Solar Panels Anymore

• Tesla and Other Bubble Stocks Have Deflated Just Like 2000

• U.S. Fed accepts $755.8 bln in daily reverse repo operation

Poilitcks

• Sen. Manchin call with billionaire donors re fillibuster and Jan 6 commission

• Ohio Republicans close to imposing near-total ban on municipal broadband

• Supreme Court Saves Obamacare Again After GOP Challenge Rejected | ZeroHedge

  • Supreme Court dismisses challenge to Affordable Care Act leaving it in place

• After 50 Years of the War on Drugs, 'What Good Is It Doing for Us?'

Security / Militaria / Crime / Police

• Conservatives follow Fox News' Tucker Carlson to baselessly claim FBI was behind Capitol riot

  • Tucker Carlson’s tinfoil-hat theory blaming the FBI for Jan. 6

• Questions Remain After Report That F-22s Scrambled Due To Major Russian Naval Exercise Near Hawaii (Updated)

World

• China Launches Astronauts to Space Station

• Georgian cartographers accused of selling a slice of the homeland

• Gaza Ceasefire Breaks As Israeli Airstrikes Follow Incendiary Balloon Attacks Three weeks after the latest Gaza conflict, and days after a new Israeli government was formed, hostilities have broken out again.

Health / Medicine / COVID

• (april 2020) The Wuhan Connection - Does new evidence reveal why Northern Italy became the nation's coronavirus Epicenter?

• The delta variant is a rising threat in the U.S.

• Former White House adviser says dangerous Covid variant like “Covid on steroids”

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Climate Change Batters the West Before Summer Even Begins