2021-07-01

Cool

• Could there be a link between interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua and unidentified aerial phenomena? | Space

• Installing Linux into a 286 laptop from the year 1989

etc

• FCC Reaffirms $3M Fine for Marketing Unauthorized Drone Transmitters

• Always-on culture is awful. How do we stop it?

• SparkFun Hooks a Patent Troll - News - SparkFun Electronics

• The Dream of Florida Is Dead: Miami condo collapse is a crisis for the state

• Apple Now Allows Marijuana Business on Its App Store, While Google Maintains Ban

celebrity gossip

• Twitter 'troll' to pay Stephen Nolan six-figure sum in damages - BBC News

  • comment:

  The person that was being sued is settling (paying a 6-figure sum) and staying anonymous. They could have fought they case, but they apparently had enough money and were worried about being outed, that it was worth just paying and hiding.

Culture War / Re segregation / Identdoctrination

• Goodbye to Joe College  — Joanne Jacobs

• Alcohol, health, and the ruthless logic of the Asian flush

Media / Many Ministries of Truths / Censorship

• Judge Grants Injunction Blocking Florida's Unconstitutional Social Media Law

TechSuck

• Intuit sabotages the Child Tax Credit

• Microsoft exec: Targeting of Americans’ records ‘routine’

• Micron to Sell 3D XPoint Fab to Texas Instruments for $900M

Economicon

• Renters Could Collect Home Down-Payment Points with Credit Card

• PayPal takes on Square with launch of card readers in the U.S.

• Charlie Munger calls Robinhood ‘a gambling parlor’

Poilitcks

• Amazon says new FTC chair shouldn’t regulate it because she’s too mean - The Verge

• California Democrats pass law to change recall rules and help Gov. Newsom fend off challengers - TheBlaze

• Biden mentions 'good' side of Florida condo collapse during visit

  “You know what’s good about this?” Biden said at a briefing with local leaders. “We’re letting the nation know we can cooperate — and when it’s really important.”

Security / Militaria / Crime / Police

• Inside The Capitol Riot: An Exclusive Video Investigation

• South Dakota National Guard at Mexico Border in Privately-Funded Mission

• Armed robbers held up news crew as it interviewed Oakland's chief of violence prevention

Health / Medicine / COVID

• It’s official: China has eliminated malaria

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Canada is a warning: more and more of the world will soon be too hot for humans