2021-11-19

Cool

• Simple Software Creates Complex Wooden Joints – An interactive system to design and fabricate structurally sound wood joints | 757 Makerspace

• My Own Private Binary: An Idiosyncratic Introduction to Linux Kernel Modules

Worthy

• The Decisive Battle – Malcom Kyeyune – Power & Politics

  It turns out that the liberal Kantai Kessen suffered from the same fatal flaw as the Japanese one: it is all well and good to sink all the ships in Pearl Harbor, but what do you do if the enemy then refuses to concede defeat? The significance of ”Let’s go Brandon!” spreading like wildfire outside the jaded internet set in this context is that it reveals for everyone just how powerless the media machine has now become. Nobody believes Joe Biden is the most popular president ever – nobody among the ”chuds” and the ”deplorables” would believe the likes of CNN about pretty much anything. And rather than being humiliated and broken, the American plebs are now acting just like the American sailors and soldiers did during World War 2: though none can deny that they have lost some battles and suffered real losses, surrender doesn’t seem to be forthcoming any time soon. Maybe surrender isn’t coming at all, ever. The ”decisive battle” that was the 2020 election was indeed decisive enough, but it increasingly looks like that simply doesn’t matter.

  Having spent much of their stored power on a shock and awe campaign that neither shocked nor awed the working men and women of America, the woke now increasingly hunker down for a long political war of attrition that they on some level must know they structurally cannot win, no matter how disciplined, fanatical, or moral they may be. So please, have some understanding if they choose not to find the humor in the simple phrase ”Let’s go Brandon!”. They have all the right in the world to not find any of this particularly funny.

  After all, they know what that phrase really means.

• The Tinkerbell Griftopia

  Crypto assets are like marmite, it’s a topic that will divide a room of technologists and just like the savoury sauce with the funky aroma you’ll either “love it or hate it”. But unlike say the eternal emacs/vim war, the divisions on this topic are entirely philosophical and about culture instead of technology.

• (2018) Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jumping from aircraft: randomized controlled trial | The BMJ

  Parachute use did not reduce death or major traumatic injury when jumping from aircraft in the first randomized evaluation of this intervention. However, the trial was only able to enroll participants on small stationary aircraft on the ground, suggesting cautious extrapolation to high altitude jumps.

etc

• Why I am no longer driven

• NASA spacecraft will slam into asteroid to test Earth-protection plan

  Slated to launch from California on 23 November, the spacecraft is called the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART). If DART launches successfully, in late September or early October of next year it will slam headlong into Dimorphos at 6.6 kilometres per second. The impact should shrink Dimorphos’s orbit so that it circles Didymos at least 73 seconds faster than before.

• "Dark Matter" How ultracold, superdense atoms become invisible | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Justinianic Plague may have struck England before reached Constantinople, study

• We know what invasive species can do on Earth–what about in space?

• Why do frozen turkeys explode when deep-fried?

• The DNA of Roma People Has Long Been Misused, Scientists Reveal

Horseshit

• Millionaire dog selling Miami villa

• The Rise of 'Antiwork'

• (Sep 2021) 6 things to know about babywearing and cultural appropriation

  As a babywearing educator working with new parents and baby-gear stores, I also emphasize how important it is to learn to pronounce the names of these carriers properly. When we mispronounce or shorten the names, we contribute to the “whitewashing” of babywearing culture, erasing the true origins and traditions.

  • if the new culture was accreted in ignorance of the old; to the point you have to "educate people about their appropriation"; then who was innovating and who is appropriating?

• People are having a cow over CNN's '12 gallons of milk a week' segment - MarketWatch

  Granted, the family in question isn’t small by any means. The Stotlers said they have two biological children, six adopted children and one foster child, for a grand total of 11 mouths to feed.

• Marriott refused to host Uyghur conference, citing “political neutrality”

• The price of individualism has proved to be the loss of privacy

• 'Apple Car' will disrupt auto industry, says Morgan Stanley

• Crypto group loses bid to buy US Constitution copy

  + (Video) [Constitution of the United States: Sotheby's
  

  Auction](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TBa-9Lx3vc)

  • Citadel CEO Outbid a Group of Crypto Investors for Copy of U.S. Constitution

celebrity gossip

• JPMorgan Chase Cuts Ties to Conservative Group, Canceling Donald Trump Jr. Event

• I Would Like Closure, But I'll Take Honesty - by Freddie deBoer - Freddie deBoer

  could it be that I bear a complicated kind of responsibility for what I did, that I have paid a high price for it, that I have done everything I could to change, and that without absolving or excusing or exonerating me, it may be time to allow me to move on?

  • To those of you who are not people I harmed in my psychotic episode in August 2017… what is it you think I owe you?
  • What do you want from me?

• Elizabeth Holmes Soured the Media on Silicon Valley

COVID / VaxCult

• Dissecting the early Covid-19 cases in Wuhan

• Pentagon: Unvaxxed Nat'l Guard troops to be 'state militia,' not part of US military | American Military News

• Wuhan Market Reemerges as Likely Covid Origin in New Chronology

  • First Covid patient in Wuhan was at animal market, study finds

• Austria imposes mandatory Covid vaccination from February

  + [Austria makes Covid19 vaccination mandatory as of Feb
  2022](https://www.rainews.it/tgr/tagesschau/articoli/2021/11/tag-Oesterreich-Lockdown-Salzburg-Oberoesterreich-Pandemie-Coronavirus-fcd1b77f-d64d-4e52-8dae-23301a7c2790.html)
  
  + [HN thread](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29275454)
  

  • Austria plans compulsory Covid vaccination for all

  • Austria announces nationwide vaccine mandate and reimposes lockdown

• Tool Identifies Likely Reservoir Species for SARS-CoV-2

• Mask wearing is the most effective measure against Covid

• Official Public Health England Data Says COVID Infection Rates Higher in Vaxxed Than Unvaxxed – Summit News

  • Some US official was recently mocked for "mis-stating" masks were more effective than vaccines, too. Hard to keep everyone on the same page, when the dogma writhes about with such vigor.

• Pfizer, Moderna Jump After FDA Clears Covid Booster Shot For Adults | ZeroHedge

  Outright bans across numerous (mostly Nordic) countries due to widespread reports it is causing myocarditis in children and adults? No problem: moments ago the FDA cleared Moderna's Covid-19 booster shot for all Americans 18 and older, making millions more people eligible for extra protection as concern about a potential winter wave of infections grows. As to whether those millions will take the booster shot knowing that the "vaccine" doesn't actually prevent them from catching covid, and at best mitigates the severity of the disease even as it creates risks of other, just as unpleasant side-effects, is unclear.

  • FDA authorizes Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid vaccine boosters for all adults

• Vaccine Deaths Com | Vaccine Deaths – Vaccine Deaths Coverage

• Scientists mystified as Africa avoids Covid disaster

• How the Coronavirus Stays One Step Ahead of Us

• Public health measures for Covid-19

• Effectiveness of public health measures in reducing the incidence of covid-19, SARS-CoV-2 transmission, and covid-19 mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis | The BMJ

• Coronavirus Vaccines and Cancer

• Prominent scientist open to lab-leak now believes evidence points to market

• Transmission potential of vaccinated and unvaccinated persons infected

• Scientists mystified, wary, as Africa avoids Covid disaster

• 1/3rd of Healthcare Workers in U.S. Hospitals Not Vaccinated Against Covid-19

Culture War / Re segregation / Identdoctrination

• The Terrifying Future of the American Right

• ‘It’s like a cemetery’: the trend turning San Francisco’s colorful houses gray

• Math Suffers from White Supremacy, According to a Bill Gates-Funded Course

• Totalitarianism and the Five Stages of Dehumanization ⋆ Brownstone Institute

• Allegations of bigotry and calls for impeachment rock College Democrats - POLITICO

  • Ace enjoys the story

Media / Many Ministries of Truths / Censorship

• 58% of Voters Agree: Media Are ‘Enemy of the People’ – Rasmussen Reports

• The Real Point of Reddit’s Antiwork Sub

• Mass Layoffs at the Huffington Post Signal Doom for Journalism

• Twitter Got Research Right

Facebook

• We Investigated Facebook’s Most Popular Content

• Facebook tests giving more control of News Feed content to users again

• State attorneys general open an inquiry into Instagram’s impact on teens

• Facebook Sent Me Down a Centrist Rabbit Hole

TechSuck

• GPU makers increasingly disengage from crypto miners

• We tried Tesla's 'full self-driving.' Here's what happened

• A look at the intimate details Amazon knows about us

Economicon

• The Supply-Chain Crisis Is Creating a Rare Opportunity for Truck Drivers

• CVS to close about 900 stores over next three years, as it shifts to digital strategy

• GM aims to tackle chip shortage with new designs made in North America

  + [Ford Motor announces a partnership to assure a steady flow of
  U.S.-made
  chips](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/business/ford-globalfoundries-chip-shortage.html)
  

  • Ford and chipmaker announce noncommittal “partnership” to alleviate shortages

• Copy of U.S. Constitution Sells for $43.2M as Crypto Group DAO Is Outbid

• MasterCard Introduces Accessible Card Design for Blind Users

• Money Printing: The Ugly “Elephant in the Room” That Mainstream Media Ignores | Hacker Noon

• Calculated Risk: Lawler: Investors, Second Homes, and AMH, oh my!

  • Institutional purchases of single family homes still rising

• Insurers run from ransomware cover as losses mount

• 70% of the volume in the top crypto exchanges is fraudulent wash trading

  • HN thread

• Inflation is driving a sharp downturn in U.S. consumer views about the economy

• Amazon’s Testing of Rivian Vans Reveal Questions About Battery Power and Cameras

Gubmint / Poilitcks

• Biden To Transfer Power To Kamala As Oldest US President Heads For First Physical | ZeroHedge

  While he is there, the President will undergo a routine colonoscopy. As was the case when President George W. Bush had the same procedure in 2002 and 2007, and following the process set out in the Constitution, President Biden will transfer power to the Vice President for the brief period of time when he is under anesthesia.

  + [Biden to have routine colonoscopy, transfer power to
  Harris](https://apnews.com/70d7e5903ea41636ee6bbe829fa082a2)
  

  • Harris to become 1st woman with presidential power while Biden under anesthesia

  • (PDF) President Temporarily Transfers Powers and Duties of President to VP Harris

  • ‘In good spirits:’ Biden resumes duties after temporary transfer of power to Harris during colonoscopy

• McCarthy Delays Democrats' Budget Vote With Record-Breaking Speech, Pelosi Calls It "Temper Tantrum" | ZeroHedge

• FAA forced delay in 5G rollout despite having no proof of harm to aviation

• Stephen Bannon pleads not guilty to contempt of Congress charges

• Catholic Bishops Drop Effort to Ban Communion for Politicians Who Support Abortion Rights - WSJ

• Emails: Researchers Who Linked Trump To Alfa Bank Were Anti-Trump

Law / Crime / Police

• The Paramilitary Unit Hired By The City of Minneapolis — The Mountain

Rittenhouse / Kenosha

• Kyle Rittenhouse Acquitted in Bombshell End to Vigilante Murder Trial

• Kyle Rittenhouse: Jury clears teen gunman of homicide charges - BBC News

• Kyle Rittenhouse found not guilty on all charges

• Kyle Rittenhouse Found Not Guilty on All Counts

• Kyle Rittenhouse is acquitted of all charges

• Jury reaches a verdict in Kyle Rittenhouse murder case, which became flashpoint over guns, protests, vigilantism

• Kyle Rittenhouse Acquitted On All Charges | ZeroHedge

  And cue the riots...

• The Captain's Journal » Kyle Rittenhouse: Not Guilty On All Counts

  They’re deployed without weapons, or without ammunition, and with no ROE/RUF. Someone has to sign arming orders for them even to be able to effect self defense. Arming orders. Remember those two words. Find the orders, send them to me and I’ll post them. If they aren’t under arming orders, they’re just window dressing.

• New York Times Buried Kenosha Reporting Until After Election, Says Ex-Reporter

  • TGIF: Inflation Rises. Russiagate Falls Apart. And J.K. Rowling Is Erased. - by Nellie Bowles - Common Sense with Bari Weiss

    When I was at the New York Times, I went to Kenosha to see about this, and it turned out to be not true. The part of Kenosha that people burned in the riots was the poor, multi-racial commercial district, full of small, underinsured cell phone shops and car lots. It was very sad to see and to hear from people who had suffered. Beyond the financial loss, small storefronts are quite meaningful to their owners and communities, which continuously baffles the Zoom-class.

    Something odd happened with that story after I filed it. It didn’t run. It sat and sat.

    Now it could be that the piece was just bad. I’ve sent in bad ones before, and I’ll do it again. A few weeks after I filed, an editor told me: The Times wouldn’t be able to run my Kenosha insurance debacle piece until after the 2020 election, so sorry.

Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• UN condemns seizure of closed US Embassy in Yemen by rebels

World

• Upcoming German Government Coalition Agrees on Legalizing Cannabis

• Japan weighs opening immigration door wider amid labor crunch

• A Memoir From the Head of Saudi Intelligence - Lawfare

• India's Modi says he will repeal controversial farm laws

• China's Foreign Ministry 'not aware' of situation of tennis player Peng Shuai

Health / Medicine

• CDC Finds No Smallpox in Frozen Vials Suspiciously Labeled ‘Smallpox’

• Investigation launched into abnormal spike in newborn baby deaths in Scotland

  Although the rate fluctuates month to month, the figure for September - at 4.9 per 1000 live births - is on a par with levels that were last typically seen in the late 1980s.

• Dominant Eye Surgery Chain LasikPlus Put Profits over Patient Care

• At least 25 poisoned, 1 dead from “Real Alkalized Water,” CDC report reveals | Ars Technica

• Higher consumption of eggs is associated with lower risk of coronary disease

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• The Rise of Climate Anxiety

• Charting the social shortfall and ecological overshoot of nations

• The oil ads that told us climate change was nothing

• Chomsky: Ending Climate Change “Has to Come from Mass Popular Action,” Not Pols

• Climate change: Conspiracy theories found on foreign-language Wikipedias

• The True Face of the Anti-Nuclear Movement

• Australia’s Eastern Barred Bandicoot Came Back from Extinction