2021-08-10

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• JPL director to step down – SpaceNews

• 2020 U.S. Moving Migration Patterns Report | North American Van Lines

• Chinese scientists develop world’s strongest glass that’s as hard as diamond

Horseshit

• Minoans Saw Wheat as Classy, Lentils as 'Plebeian' Fare, Archaeologists Deduce

• U.S. Kids Are Getting Nearly 70% of Their Calories from 'Ultra-Processed' Foods

• Activist raided by police after downloading London property firm's 'confidential' meeting minutes from Google Search • The Register

• Our vacation rental had surveillance cameras. The landlord used them a lot

• Why Do American Grocery Stores Still Have an Ethnic Aisle?

• The Guy Who Spent $30M Building Trump’s Wall Is Looking for Buyers

• RFC 9075: Report from the IAB Covid-19 Network Impacts Workshop 2020

  Measurements from the US showed that download rates correlate with income levels. However, download rates in the lowest income zip codes increased as the pandemic progressed, closing the divide with higher income areas. One possible reason for this in the data is decisions by some ISPs, such as Comcast and Cox, that increased speeds for users on certain lower-cost plans and in certain areas. This suggests that network capacity was available and that the correlation between income and download rates was not necessarily due to differences in the deployed infrastructure in different regions, although it was noted that certain access link technologies provide more flexibility than others in this regard.

celebrity gossip

• NY Governor Cuomo Says He Will Resign

  • New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Resigning

• Prince Andrew Sued By Epstein Accuser Over Alleged Sexual Abuse

• Gates, Bezos, & Bloomberg team up to form a joint venture for natural resources

Culture War / Re segregation / Identdoctrination

• Fake Covid-19 vaccination cards worry college officials

• “Why are fully vaccinated people treated the same as the unvaccinated?”

• Antifa Attacks Christians in Portland

• 1,000 year old remains may be of a highly respected nonbinary warrior

• Oregon students shouldn’t have to prove they can write or do math to get diploma

• Companies Now Deducting $50 From Unvaccinated Workers' Monthly Paychecks: Consultancy Firm | ZeroHedge

  Symons didn’t disclose the names of the firms that are working to add surcharges to workers who haven’t received COVID-19 vaccines.

Media / Many Ministries of Truths / Censorship

• 'Single mom of three' featured on heart-wrenching CNN story is actually just a babysitter

• The White House-Facebook Rift over Vaccine Misinformation

• Comic Book Writers and Artists Follow Other Creators to Substack

• Twitter suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene's account for one week

• The Superspreaders behind Covid 19 conspiracy theories

• NSA's Inspector General Opens Probe Into Allegations Of Illegal Spying On Tucker Carlson | ZeroHedge

• Chinese censorship is coming - UnHerd

• New York Times Tech Staff to Walk Out, Escalating Union Fight

TechSuck

• AWS executive leaving after 23 years

• Amazon to pay shoppers hurt by others' products, does not admit liability

Economicon

• Coffee Inflation Is Coming to Your Cup After Blow to Top Crop

• US job openings soar to 10M for first time as companies struggle to hire

• Startups bring in billions, give away Teslas, to buy Amazon sellers

• Knocked Out - CO2 Users Face Supply Issues, Higher Prices as Carbon Sequestration Grows | RBN Energy

• SoftBank pauses China investing as crackdown roils portfolio

• "Things Are Just Getting Worse": Global Demand Isn't Booming, So Why Are Shipping Rates This High | ZeroHedge

• Tether stablecoin discloses its asset backing

Poilitcks

• US settles with whistleblower who exposed botched Covid response

• Mark Cuban says shutting off crypto growth engine like banning ecommerce in 1995

• Don't Be Fooled by the Bipartisan, 'Paid For' Infrastructure Bill | RealClearMarkets

• Infrastructure Bill: Big Telecom comes out on top in $65B broadband upgrade

• Senate Intel Committee Strengthens UAP Task Force in New Bill

• Mike Lindell and China Hacking American Elections - Austin G. Walters

Crime / Police

• Chicago cops give cold shoulder to Mayor Lori Lightfoot at hospital after two officers shot - Chicago Sun-Times

• Jan 6: Allowed entry?

• GAO Bombshell: DHS blew it on Jan. 6, can’t adapt to security threats | Washington Examiner

World

• Anti-vax protesters attempt to storm studio at BBC Television Centre

• Mexico is phasing out imports of glyphosate and GMO corn

• China: Canadian citizen loses appeal against death penalty

• Who Funds the Taliban?

• What tech does China want? Communist Party’s masterplan for its tech industry

• Evergrande Went from China’s Biggest Developer to One of Its Worst Debtors

• (July 2021) China Converts Car Ferries for Amphibious Assault

• Turkmen Internet Users Forced to Swear on Koran They Won't Use VPN

Health / Medicine / COVID

• Suspected saline switch sparks vaccine stir in Germany

• The Vaccine Cards Are the Wrong Size

• Herd immunity 'not a possibility' with Delta variant

• Covid: 90% of patients treated with new Israeli drug discharged in 5 days

• Delta Straussians Know How to Live with Covid

• Sophistry at Duke in Defense of School Mask Mandates

• The zero Covid delusion – The Spectator World

• Fauci: ‘Hopefully’ Forcing Kids to Wear Masks Won’t Have ‘Lasting Negative Impact.’

• Flawed data led to a connection between time spent on devices and mental health

• CBD Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 Replication and Promotes the Host Innate Immune Response

• Argentinian province,La Pampa: 33% reduction in Covid mortality using Ivermectin

• Delta Spreads So Quickly It ‘Runs Out Of Candidates’ To Infect, Says WHO Expert.

• Dr. Scott Gottlieb says the Covid delta surge may be the ‘final wave’ in U.S.

• 4th person in US mysteriously stricken with deadly bacteria from South Asia

• Sunscreen Worries Grow as Another Potential Carcinogen Found

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Minor volcanic eruptions could ‘cascade’ into global catastrophe, experts warn

• Carbon Tax, Beloved Policy to Fix Climate Change, Is Dead at 47

• ‘People think you’re an idiot’: death metal Irish baron rewilds his estate

• Advocacy groups ramp up pressure on lawmakers to take action on climate change

• Climate Change Is Not Driving Western Wildfires, Government Mismanagement Is To Blame | ZeroHedge

• Small Modular Nuclear Reactors Are Mostly Bad Policy

• Drug-resistant bacteria found in the guts of lemurs who live around humans

• Scientists baffled by orcas ramming sailing boats near Spain and Portugal

• The Scariest Predictions in the New UN Climate Report Are Also the Most Unlikely

• The World's Biggest Tire Graveyard in Kuwait is On Fire - Scoop Empire

• Recreation at risk as Lake Powell dips to historic low