2021-12-05

Cool

• China moon rover to investigate cube-shaped 'mystery house' object - CNET

• LEGO Braille Bricks

etc

• Blizzard warning issued for Hawaii with at least 12 inches of snow forecast

• Post-Conquest Aztec Altar Uncovered in Mexico – ARTnews.com

• One decade later: Minecraft world generation is finally interesting again - dither8

• The Sea People - by Peter Nimitz - Nemets

• The ancient potato of the future | The Counter

Horseshit

• Fedex and the Car Parts | Smaller Fish

• “Take Her Down”: Inside eBay’s Stalking Campaign Against a Natick Couple

• Why Dishwasher Rinse Aid Makes Dishes Cleaner and Drier

• Chinese researchers turn to AI to build world’s smallest-most powerful coilgun

• Woman Discovers Tiddlywink Stuck in Nose for 37 Years After Covid-19 Test

celebrity gossip

• Henry Winkler is auctioning off his Fonz jacket and more Happy Days memorabilia

Obit

• Bob Dole, giant of the Senate and 1996 Republican presidential nominee, dies

• Edward Shames, last member of WW2 company that inspired ‘Band of Brothers’ dies

COVID / VaxCult

• Mass vaccination during pandemic historical blunder: Nobel laureate

• No one wanted to make them wear their masks: Two hippos in Belgian zoo test positive for Covid-19

• England mortality data suggest systematic mis-categorisation of vaccine status

  We examine the latest UK ONS vaccine mortality surveillance report which provides the necessary information to monitor this crucial comparison over time. At first glance the ONS data suggest that, in each of the older age groups, all-cause mortality is lower in the vaccinated than the unvaccinated. Despite this apparent evidence to support vaccine effectiveness-at least for the older age groups-on closer inspection of this data, this conclusion is cast into doubt because of a range of fundamental inconsistencies and anomalies in the data.

  By Occam's razor we believe the most likely explanations are systemic miscategorisation of deaths between the different categories of unvaccinated and vaccinated; delayed or non-reporting of vaccinations; systemic underestimation of the proportion of unvaccinated; and/or incorrect population selection for Covid deaths.

  • Did these errors exist before, when the data showed unvax'd dying more?

• Scientific rationale for developing potent RBD-based vaccines targeting Covid-19

• 120 children hospitalized, province suspends Pfizer vaccine batch

• Huge new study shows ZERO Covid deaths of healthy German kids over 4 or adolescents

• Can the Elastic of Surgical Face Masks Stimulate Ear Protrusion in Children?

• (Video) Ethics Grand Rounds: The Ethics of Vaccine Mandates

• Omicron Data – another month away

• Covid-19 Post-Acute Sequelae Among Adults: 12 Month Mortality Risk

• How to say ‘omicron’: confusion as BBC, WHO and classicists debate pronunciation

• Australia regulator approves Pfizer vaccine for children 5-11

• An upper bound on one-to-one exposure to infectious human respiratory particles

• Omicron possibly more infectious because it shares genetic code with common cold

• Omicron Sounds the Death Knell for Globalization 2.0

• The Variant Hunters: Inside South Africa’s Effort to Stanch Dangerous Mutations

• COVID outbreak on cruise ship approaching New Orleans | AP News

• We Opened the Schools and ... It Was Fine

Culture War / Re segregation / Faith Fights

• Right-wing activists are openly 'weaponizing' Twitter's new private media policy.

  "It's really important to view the current mass-reporting actions by the far right as just the latest salvo in an ongoing, concerted effort to memory-hole evidence of their crimes," said Chad Loder, an anti-fascist activist* who said they use their Twitter account to document examples of far-right extremism and police misconduct.

• Too Woke To Procreate - by Pablo Antonio

• Understanding the Divide Between Social Justice Advocates and the Left-Leaning "Anti-Woke" Community

• What happens if the Supreme Court overturns Roe vs. Wade

• Violent Crime's Disparate Racial Impact | City Journal

Media / ShowBiz / Censorship

• Trump social media group raises $1B from undisclosed investors

  + [Donald Trump’s social media startup raises
  $1bn](https://www.ft.com/content/e73da8fb-699d-4997-acdc-cb595918659b)
  

  • Trump social media firm raises $1bn from investors

• The Moral Failings of American Press Coverage of Nazi Germany

• The Tech Moguls Are Looking for a New Playground

TechSuck

• Google Pixel mail-in repairs have allegedly twice resulted in leaked pics

• Apple's M1 Max CPU has a secret interconnect bus.

• (Jun 2021) Nitrogen reduction to ammonia at high efficiency and rates

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Where are all of the consoles? How gamers are handling the global shortage

• Amazon beats supply chain chaos with ships and long-haul planes

• Elon Musk Has Now Sold Over $10 Billion In Tesla Stock In Less Than A Month | ZeroHedge

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• An American Secession? It’s Not That Far-Fetched

• Ray Dalio predicts there is a 30% chance of US Civil War in the next 10 years

• Sheldon Whitehouse fighting to end the dark money plaguing the Supreme Court

• Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie tweets pro-gun photo days after Michigan school shooting.

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• Is It Time to Invade Burma?

World

• Why eating a sleigh’s worth of candy canes is a bad idea | Opinion | Chemistry World

  The optical isomer of menthol found in mint plants is (1R, 2S,5R), comprising up to 50% of peppermint oil. The lethal oral dose of menthol for humans is estimated at 50–500mg per kilogram of body weight. Menthol’s estimated lethal dose for humans via other routes (dermal, inhalation, injection, etc) is harder to locate.

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• (Nov 2021) Fuel Cells The Rebels of Distributed Power

• Where are America's lead pipes?