2021-11-20

Cool

• Renaissance Science – XXII: Land Surveying

• APOD: 2021 November 14 - How to Identify that Light in the Sky

• This Apocalyptic Tank Fights Giant Fires With Twin Jet Engines

• (PDF) Scientific Aspects of Juggling by Claude Shannon

Worthy

• Will World Government Rot?

  We have seen a centuries-long increase in the scale and scope of governance, and today we see many forms of global governance. While the literature has so far identified many costs and benefits of global governance, I here suggest that we add one so-far-neglected consideration to the list: rot. While many kinds of systems tend to innovate and grow with time, other kinds of systems tend to rot, decay, and die. We should consider the risks that global governance may increase the rot of our total world system.

• The emperor's new clothes - Wyclif's Dust

  When collective beliefs meet new evidence, the most sensible thing to do is often ignore it. If you think the Emperor is naked, and everyone else is acting as if he isn’t, you get no benefit from stepping out of line. Even if you think everyone else can see the Emperor is naked, it is still risky to say so. Even if you think everyone else thinks that, and also thinks you think so, that is still no help unless you’re sure they are going to act on it.

  An entire society may stand to benefit, and may know that it would, from changing its collective beliefs in the light of new evidence, and still the prospective chaos and disruption of the change may be enough to stop that happening.

• What the Lion Knows - by Simon Sarris - The Map is Mostly Water

etc

• Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 entered a holding pattern for 22 minutes

• More Faith, Less Sex: Why Are So Many Unmarried Young Adults Not Having Sex? | Institute for Family Studies

• Where people around the world find meaning in life

• The Importance of Complicated Sex

• An Absolutely Bonkers Plan to Give Mars an Artificial Magnetosphere

• Part II – New Observations on Cosmos 1408 Breakup

Horseshit

• It's World Toilet Day

• Yet another "Turnip Twaddler" This Tech Entrepreneur Scored With Home Media Streaming; Now He’s Miniaturizing the Chocolate Factory - IEEE Spectrum

• Texas electrical grid: gas producers opted out of winterization

• Ship’s Captain Died at Sea. 6 Months Later, His Body Was Still in the Freezer

• Whose job is it to prevent Armageddon?

• Los Angeles Is Gearing Up to Ban Wood-Frame Construction

• New Sex Toy Aims to Emulate the Experience of Having a Penis

• Overloaded: Is there simply too much culture?

celebrity gossip

• Elizabeth Holmes Takes the Stand in the Theranos Trial

• Tech billionaire allegedly kept spreadsheet of 5k women he had sex with

Obit

• Jay Last, One of the Rebels Who Founded Silicon Valley, Dies at 92

COVID / VaxCult

• (Oct 2021) What is the Number Needed to Vaccinate(NNTV) to prevent a single Covid fatality?

• Do childhood colds help the body respond to Covid?

• The Doctor Who Called Ivermectin a 'Wonder Drug' Caught Covid

• Adults nationwide eligible for boosters this weekend as CDC gives sign-off

• FDA Produces the First 91+ pages of Documents from Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine File - by Aaron Siri - Injecting Freedom

• Another major red flag about Covid vaccines and death - by Alex Berenson - Unreported Truths

• One scientist concluded Covid began with a spillover at Wuhan's wet market

• People in 150 cities globally standing up to authoritarian controls on freedoms

• Does EU resolution 2361 run counter to mandatory vaccination?

  Resolution 2361 (Jan. 27th 2021) [1] urges Member States to: + 7.3.1 ensure that citizens are informed that the vaccination is not mandatory and that no one is under political, social or other pressure to be vaccinated if they do not wish to do so; +> 7.3.2 ensure that no one is discriminated against for not having been vaccinated, due to possible health risks or not wanting to be vaccinated;

• Rotterdam police open fire as Covid protest turns into ‘orgy of violence’

• Why Health-Care Workers Are Quitting in Droves

• COVID-19: stigmatising the unvaccinated is not justified - The Lancet

  People who are vaccinated have a lower risk of severe disease but are still a relevant part of the pandemic. It is therefore wrong and dangerous to speak of a pandemic of the unvaccinated. Historically, both the USA and Germany have engendered negative experiences by stigmatising parts of the population for their skin colour or religion. I call on high-level officials and scientists to stop the inappropriate stigmatisation of unvaccinated people, who include our patients, colleagues, and other fellow citizens, and to put extra effort into bringing society together.

• Covid: The Never-Endemic Story

• Cost of all U.S. wars versus cost of coronapanic – Philip Greenspun’s Weblog

• Maybe it is time for that booster shot?

• China has given 76.3% of population complete COVID-19 vaccine dose

• SARS-CoV-2 could be lurking in animal hidey-holes

• Covid: WHO says it is worried about Europe surge

• Why Bill Gates Is Pivoting on Existing Covid Vaccines ⋆ Brownstone Institute

  Bill Gates said the following: “We didn’t have vaccines that block transmission. We got vaccines that help you with your health, but they only slightly reduce the transmission. We need new ways of doing vaccines.”

• Acute Coronary Syndrome Risk Biomarkers Increase After mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine

• Vaccinated English adults under 60 are dying at twice the rate of unvaccinated

• Disney World Hits Pause Button over Covid-19 Vaccination Policies

• Doctors say the kids' Covid-19 vaccine is a booster for mental health

• South Korea Families of Covid Vaccine Victims Demand Answers for Dead Family Members

Culture War / Re segregation / Identdoctrination

• The Perils of Tracking Incels with Predictive Policing Tools

• Racial covenants, a relic of the past, are still on the books across the US

• Can a Vastly Bigger National-Service Program Bring the Country Back Together

• Why People Vote Against Redistributive Policies That Would Benefit Them

• Forget Pet Pics. Tree Planting Is a White Person’s Solution to Climate Change.

Edumacationalizing

• University of California ditches any tests for undergraduate admissions

• Transgender Awareness Week in our public schools

• Manhattan school to sort kids by race during social justice discussions

Media / Many Ministries of Truths / Censorship

• Discovery and WarnerMedia (CNN) are merging

• How Facebook and Google fund global misinformation

• Biased media coverage makes everyone angrier

Facebook

• I Made the Blandest Facebook Profile, Just to See What Happens

TechSuck

• Apple Has Listened and Will Retract Some Harmful Phone-Scanning

• For seniors using tech to age in place, surveillance is price of independence

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

• DDR5 Memory Shortage Intensifies, Power Management Chips to Blame | Tom's Hardware

• Microsoft Edge’s new ‘Buy now, pay later’ feature is the definition of bloatware

• Some Tesla owners unable to unlock cars due to server errors

• Google Stadia is celebrating its second birthday with hardware for free or cheap

Economicon

• Meat prices are soaring as inflation bites U.S. consumers.

• THREAD - Food Supply Collapse

  Currently, there is a large shortage of inspectors. There are roughly 6,500 inspectors nationwide across all meat processing industries, with a roughly 500-700 inspector shortage. the USDA is covering up their shortage. On their jobs page, they list a measly 57 openings for inspectors. They cover this up by only listing their positions for a week or two at a time to prevent people from realizing this dire shortage. If upwards of 35% of inspectors are fired come Dec. 4, we are looking at roughly 2,200 inspectors nationwide disappearing. This will be catastrophic.

• Ford drops plan for Rivian-powered EV

Gubmint / Poilitcks

• Iran Hackers Broke into Publisher Lee Enterprises Ahead of 2020 Election Archive link

  Iranian hackers last year infiltrated the computer systems of Lee Enterprises Inc., a major American media company that publishes dozens of daily newspapers across the U.S., as part of a broader effort to spread disinformation about the 2020 presidential election, according to people familiar with the matter.

• EV tax credits: Biden's bill passes House, wants to put $12,500 in your pocket

Law / Crime / Police

• Fake Emails Sent from FBI Server Linked to “Ethical Hacker”

• Facebook tells LA police to stop spying on users with fake accounts

Kenosha / Rittenhouse

• Multiple Protests Planned Across US Following Rittenhouse Acquittal | ZeroHedge

  Update (Saturday 0715 ET): The reports turned out to be correct. Protests were seen in multiple cities, and a riot was declared in Portland, Oregon, hours after Kyle Rittenhouse’s acquittal.

  Protests were observed in downtown Brooklyn, New York; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; and Portland, Oregon. Focusing on Portland, a riot was declared at 9 p.m. local (or 2400 ET) after hundreds of demonstrators unleashed their liberal rage by smashing windows and hurling objects at police.

  (Fri 11-19) As of 1550 ET, there are no reports of protests or riots in any mentioned cities. This is something readers should keep a close eye on into the evening and overnight.

• Taibbi: The Rittenhouse Verdict Is Only Shocking If You Followed The Last Year Of Terrible Reporting | ZeroHedge

• If this is what they do in a high-profile case, just imagine what goes on when they’ve got a poor defendant with a public defender who is juggling hundreds of cases.

• Ranking Top 10 Most Pathetic Reactions to Kyle Rittenhouse Verdict – OutKick

• "F**k This Murderer": Left Becomes Unhinged After Rittenhouse Acquitted | ZeroHedge

• Facts over feelings in Kyle Rittenhouse verdict: He was acting in self-defense.

• The ACLU Thinks Kyle Rittenhouse's Civil Liberties Got Too Much Protection

• What legal experts say helped acquit Kyle Rittenhouse

• Here Are My Contemporaneous Articles About The Kyle Rittenhouse Shootings, Now Unlocked

Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• U.S. Warns Allies of Possible Russian Incursion as Troops Amass Near Ukraine

• As US Troops and Families Go Hungry, They Don’t Trust the Pentagon for Help

World

• Iranians Hold Huge Anti-Government Protest After Key River Completely Dries Up

• China fines tech giants for failing to report 43 old deals

• Colombian president condemns police academy’s Nazi costume event

• Iran seized foreign ship in Gulf – report

Health / Medicine

• The ER charged him $6,589.77 for 6 stitches, cost that led his wife to avoid ER

• Can an upset gut microbiome cause autism? The latest evidence suggests not

• Autism affects the microbiome, not the other way around