2021-12-14

Cool

• Noob here. Once I realized you can summon the Killer Rabbit, I knew I had to make this. I'm sorry for what I've done. : Minecraft

Worthy

• Plans you're not supposed to talk about

etc

• After Warehouse Collapse, Amazon Workers Say They Receive No Emergency Training

• Kentucky candle factory bosses threatened to fire workers who fled tornado

• December 11, 2021 Tornadoes...Updated 7a 12/14

Horseshit

• 90% of Bitcoin’s supply has been mined

• Toyota owners have to pay $8/mo to keep using their key fob for remote start

• Regions near Stalin’s gulag benefit today from his victims

• Arkansas waitress fired after getting $4,400 tip

• A “talking” cat is giving scientists insight into how felines think

celebrity gossip

• Bill Gates wants to eradicate malaria and tuberculosis rather join space race

COVID / VaxCult

• U.S. Supreme Court Allows Vaccine Mandate for New York Health Care Workers

• The misunderstood–and misrepresented–Zero Covid policy in China

• Britain battles Omicron 'tidal wave,' as infections double every 2 to 3 days

• “The situation is critical”: Minnesota hospitals beg people to get vaccinated

• San Francisco Drug Overdose Deaths Nearly Triple COVID

• Merck’s Covid pill loses its lustre: what that means for the pandemic

• Two Over-the-Counter Compounds Reduce COV-19 Virus Replication by 99%

  The combination includes diphenhydramine, an antihistamine used for allergy symptoms. When paired with lactoferrin, a protein found in cow and human milk, the compounds were found to hinder the SARS-CoV-2 virus during tests in monkey cells and human lung cells.

• Waning Covid super-immunity raises questions about Omicron

• Study: Covid vaccine passports boost uptake in countries with lower coverage

• Hospital admission among adults 29% lower for Omicron variant compared to Delta

• Omicron spreading in China after first official case | Taiwan News | 2021-12-14 10:21:00

• Omicron Post 6 | Don't Worry About the Vase

• Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less severe Covid

• New Zealand Man takes 10 COVID vaccine shots in single day

• (Feb 2020) Anti-Vaxxers Are Terrified the Government Will ‘Enforce’ a Vaccine for Covid

• Atlantic writer David Frum calls for hospitals to 'quietly' 'serve the unvaccinated last' | The Post Millennial

• Kroger grocer nixes some Covid-19 benefits for unvaccinated employees

• Still No Omicron Deaths, And Americans Are Getting On With Their Lives

• Amtrak Suspends Vaccine Mandate Days After Shutting Down Routes Over Staff Shortages

Culture War / Re segregation / Faith Fights

• Deplatforming Trump Didn’t Work

• The Vaccine Moment, part two - by Paul Kingsnorth

• Preventing extreme polarization of political attitudes

  Strictly limiting exposure to dissimilar views, however, is an effective mechanism for avoiding rapid polarization

  • HN thread

• Why Waukesha parade attack doesn't 'fit media narrative'

Media / ShowBiz / Censorship

• No Wonder CNN Tried To Denounce Pedophilia Fears As Conspiracy Theories

• China Uses YouTube Influencers to Spread Propaganda

TechSuck

• Fixing a Tiny Corner of the Supply Chain « bunnie's blog

  • HN thread

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Dogecoin Surges 18% After Elon Musk Says the Crypto Will Be Accepted at Tesla

• Kronos ransomware attack may cause weeks of HR solutions downtime

  • Kronos hit with ransomware, warns of data breach and 'several week' outage

• Wholesale prices measure rises 9.6% in Nov from year ago, fastest pace on record

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• President Biden will travel to Kentucky on Wednesday, hopes to have his team set up sites for booster shots – twitchy.com

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• Pompeo: Sources for Yahoo News WikiLeaks report 'should all be prosecuted'

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• U.S. Space Force holds war game to defend satellites

• Damaged USS Connecticut Likely Had A "Nightmare Voyage" To San Diego Says Veteran Submariner

World

• China’s troll king: how a tabloid editor became the voice of Chinese nationalism

• Belarus jails opposition leader’s husband for 18 years

Health / Medicine

• Yale researchers develop mRNA-based lyme disease vaccine

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Bird populations declining fast across North America

• Tropical forests can partially regenerate in 20 years without human interference

• World Meteorological Organization recognizes new Arctic temperature record 38⁰C

• Changing currents in the Southern Ocean raise a climate alarm

• Three loud climate warning signals

• The Arctic Is Warming Four Times Faster Than the Rest of the World

• Climate change has destabilized the Earth’s poles, putting the planet in peril