2021-07-29

Cool

• Smell You Later: The Weird Science of How Sweat Attracts | The Walrus

etc

• M 8.2 Earthquake – 91 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska

• Why Women's Gymnastics Is Legal Child Abuse (2020)

• Red Objects Were Found in the Asteroid Belt. They Shouldn’t Be There

• "oops" ISS went 45 degrees out of attitude

Horseshit

• "Supply chain security" DHL sent all pinephones to New Zealand

• Illinois legislators approve bill that would decriminalize HIV transmission

• On Earth, things evolve into crabs–could the same be true in space?

celebrity gossip

• Outspoken billionaire Sun Dawu jailed for 18 years in China

• Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney over 'Black Widow' Release

Obit

• William F. Nolan, Sci-Fi Author of ‘Logan’s Run,’ Dead at 93

Culture War / Re segregation / Identdoctrination

• (PDF) It’s not funny anymore. Far-right extremists’ use of humour

• Colorado web designer who refused to make same-sex wedding websites loses appeal

Media / Many Ministries of Truths / Censorship

• Warnings That Work: Combating Misinformation Without Deplatforming - Lawfare

• Facebook is now claiming official CDC.gov links are “False Information” | Hacker News

TechSuck

• Intel Grossly Exaggerates Foundry “Wins” With Qualcomm And Amazon, There Are No Deals For Manufacturing Chips - by Dylan Patel - SemiAnalysis

• Twitter closes San Francisco, New York offices as Covid cases surge

• Amazon’s older Kindles will start to lose their internet access in December - The Verge

• AWS Support for Internet Explorer 11 Is Ending

• Pegasus spyware owner Novalpina to be liquidated

Economicon

• Duolingo reaches $6.5B valuation on day of IPO

• Nikola Founder Pleads Not Guilty, Freed on $100M Bail

• Robinhood's shares plunge in grim stock market debut

Poilitcks

• Joe Biden is overseeing one of the largest cuts in legal immigration in history

Health / Medicine / COVID

• Over half the deer in Michigan seem to have been exposed to SARS-CoV-2 | Ars Technica

• America’s Largest Health Care Union Vows to Fight Mandatory Covid-19 Vaccines

• CDC mask decision followed stunning findings from Cape Cod beach outbreak

  As of Thursday, 882 people were tied to the Provincetown outbreak. Among those living in Massachusetts, 74% of them were fully immunized, yet officials said the vast majority were also reporting symptoms. Seven people were reported hospitalized.

• Behind the Masks, a Mystery: How Often Do the Vaccinated Spread the Virus?

• A Pasadena startup got billions selling Covid tests, then came questions

• American Postal Workers Union Opposes Mandatory Vaccinations "At This Time"

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Shade Balls Are Meant to Conserve Water – But They Also Pose a Few Problems

• Final Fantasy VII radicalized a generation of climate warriors

• Forgotten Oil and Gas Wells Linger, Leaking Toxic Chemicals

• Act on Climate Emergency Now to Prevent Millions of Deaths, Study Shows