2021-10-14

Cool

• Lego Titanic

  • $600+ 9,000 pieces, 18in H x 7in W x 54 in L ... does not say if assembly instruction include "broke in half" version.

etc

• Why cremation has overtaken burial in America

• Specialized (Brand) Bicycles Recalled in U.S. over Frames That Can Crack

Horseshit

• At least four people killed in bow and arrow attack in Norway

• Shredded Banksy Painting Sells for Record-Setting $25.4M

celebrity gossip

• Katie Couric admits to editing Ruth Bader Ginsburg interview to 'protect' the late justice | Daily Mail Online

COVID / VaxCult

• The Tiredness Virus – The Nation

• Mainstream Media Finally Accepts That COVID Lab Leak Is Most Likely Theory | ZeroHedge

• IBM Will Follow Biden Vaccine Order, Defying Texas Ban

• Conservative media viewing correlates with intention to use ivermectin

• Covid-19 was the No. 1 killer of Americans age 35 to 54 last month

  • Covid No. 1 cause of death for 35- to 54-year-olds in September

• Harnessing the benefits of UVA light treatment in Covid-19 patients

• Now doctors are bracing for potential ‘twindemic’ of flu and Covid-19 spikes

• U.S. will accept WHO-approved Covid-19 vaccines for international visitors

• COVID and the Authorities: It’s Even Worse Than We Thought - James B. Meigs, Commentary Magazine

• Study: Mixing COVID-19 vaccines for boosters safe, effective.

• Vaccinated or not, everyone is likely to get Covid at some point, many experts say.

• What the Covid inquiry didn’t tell you – being poor was a death sentence

• A study of Covid vaccine boosters suggests Moderna or Pfizer works best

• Merck seeks FDA approval for antiviral Covid pill

• American Airlines cancels 230 flights, delays 600+… Sickout is spreading.

• Britain Infected Volunteers with Covid. Why Won’t the U.S.?

Culture War / Re segregation / Identdoctrination

• (2019) THE GREAT FEMINIZATION – Thoughts of Stone

• SHAREHOLDER ALERT: The ACR Project Investigating Lowe's Discriminatory Promotion as Fiduciary Breach | American Civil Rights Project

• Southwest new CEO denies walk-off rumors, defends pilots amid schedule meltdown

  • HN thread:

    Yes, if both management and the union say there wasn't a job action, there probably wasn't. The Washington Examiner seems to be one of the parties that made this up.

• Less Credit, Unfair Reviews. How Much Does Everyday Sexism at Work Matter?

• Class Warfare | the singularity is nearer

Edumacationalizing

• School wins legal battle to electric shock children to ‘correct behaviour’

• A Yale Law Student Sent a Lighthearted Email that school says is oppressive

• Los Gatos mom accused of throwing drunken sex parties for high school students

• Tenured Professors Can Be Fired Without Faculty Input in Georgia

• Texas school admin: balance Holocaust books with 'opposing' views

Media / Many Ministries of Truths / Censorship

• UK MP speech about freedoms censored by YouTube

• “Hacker X”–the American who built a pro-Trump fake news empire–unmasks himself

• Greenwald on CNN's deliberate misinformation (Twitter thread)

  • Joe Rogan Crushes CNN Over Ivermectin 'Horse Paste' Propaganda, Gets Gupta To Concede They Lied

  • Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Why Joe Rogan and I sat down and talked

• Alden Global Capital, the secretive hedge fund gutting newsrooms

Facebook

• Facebook updates policies to protect against mass harassment on public figures

• The Moral Panic Engulfing Instagram

• FB seals off some internal message boards to prevent leaking, immediately leaked

• ‘Nanotargeting’ Facebook users based on their perceived interests

  • comment: "'Nanotargeting' is an exciting new word for 'stalking'."

TechSuck

• Waymo's Self-Driving Cars Are Flocking to a Dead-End Street in San Francisco

• Warning to anyone with a Ring doorbell after £100k court case – Wales Online

• Thingiverse Data Leak Affects 228,000 Subscribers

  Hunt says that the vast majority of the email addresses appear to be in the form of webdev+[username]@makerbot.com and he is not sure why this is done.

• Apple silently fixes iOS zero-day, asks bug reporter to keep quiet

• An Agenda for the Future of the Internet - Andreessen Horowitz

  If the past decade has taught us anything, it’s that we need an affirmative strategy to shape the role of technology in open societies. In this context, web3 isn’t just a new wave of innovation — it’s an opportunity for a reset. Policymakers and regulators can take advantage of the tools provided by web3 to build an internet that will be better at unlocking opportunity, securing data, and solving critical challenges for society.

• Outdated world view is holding back the internet

  • I would say "The Internet" includes both; and that yes, touch devices comprise most of the terminals people use the internet with. I think it sucks, but its true.

• Verizon’s Visible cell customers hacked, leading to unauthorized purchases

• Blizzard claiming ownership of every mod and custom map created for their games

Economicon

• Is America experiencing an unofficial general strike?

• Strike Date Set for 60k Film and Television Workers

• John Deere workers go on strike after rejecting wage deal

  • 10k John Deere workers on strike after rejecting contract

• Heating bills will jump as much as 54% this winter compared to last year, federal forecast says

• NFTs are the new Beanie Babies

• Bitcoin could trigger financial meltdown, warns Bank of England

• Social Security benefits are about to increase by nearly 6%

• White House: Walmart, FedEx, UPS to go 24/7 to address supply bottlenecks

• Working age population is declining

• Walgreens to Close 5 Stores in San Francisco, Citing ‘Organized’ Shoplifting

• U.S. crude oil price tops $80 a barrel, the highest since 2014

• Ryan Petersen on How Global Supply Chains Have Gotten Worse

• It Pays to Not Pay Your Debts

• There Is No Shortage of Reasons for the Broken Supply Chain

Poilitcks

• The Supply Chain and Shipping Mess Is Partly the Administration’s Fault

  the administration is far from blameless. Shutting down pipeline projects and barring fracking does not help reduce energy costs. The vaccine mandate undoubtedly is creating staffing issues at some companies, even if they are minor ones. The administration emphasizes that all of their policies are supposed to help with job creation, but employers keep declaring they can’t find workers, a shortage that “stumps” the Secretary of Labor.

• FTC Puts Hundreds of Businesses on Notice about Fake Reviews

• Rep. Michelle Steel calls for ban on ships anchoring off Orange County

• Mark Zuckerberg spent $419M on nonprofits ahead of 2020 election

• ‘Hiding the Ball’: Hunter Biden Complicates White House Anti-Corruption Push

• Biden to have audience with Pope Francis during trip to Rome

• Missouri Governor Vows to Prosecute St. Louis Post-Dispatch for Reporting Security Vulnerability – Krebs on Security

  • Governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found flaw in state website

• Strict Id Laws Don’t Stop Voters: Evidence from a U.S. Nationwide Panel

Law / Crime / Police

• NYPD officer, 31, 'waits at home of ex and opens fire when she comes home with another woman' | Daily Mail Online

• What Are the Limits on Congressional Surveillance? - Lawfare

• Chicago Police Union Head Urges Members To Defy Vaccine Mandate, Warns Chicago Police Force To Shrink 50% This Weekend | ZeroHedge

Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• Countering threats from Iran

• Army Halts Widely-Hyped Multi-Billion Dollar Advanced Augmented Reality Goggle Program.

World

• Norway bow-and-arrow attack being treated as terrorism

• Child suicides in Japan hit record high

• An unprecedented wave of online bank fraud is hitting Britain

• Microsoft Abandons LinkedIn in China, Citing Challenging Operating Environment

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Extreme heat is broiling people in developing cities – Science – AAAS

• Exposing Climate Threats from an Empire of Dying Gas Wells

• Biden Administration Plans Wind Farms Along Nearly the Entire U.S. Coastline

• India: Several states hit by power outages due to coal shortage

• Climate change: Carbon emissions from rich countries rose rapidly in 2021

• Sweden's eco-town with a 20-storey wooden skyscraper

• An AI-driven experience allowing users to imagine the impacts of climate crisis

• AI tool predicts Arctic sea ice loss caused by climate change

• Here is The Hidden $150 Trillion Agenda Behind The "Crusade" Against Climate Change | ZeroHedge

• The Most Important Global Meeting You’ve Probably Never Heard of Is Now

• Wildfire experts escalate fight over saving California forests

• French court orders state to honour its climate commitments