2022-01-02

Cool

• An OpenSCAD Library For All Your CNC Cutting Needs

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• ISS operations extended through 2030

• ‘Tractor Wars’ Review: American Power Pull

• County Sheriff says 991 structures destroyed in Marshall Fire southeast of Boulder, Colorado

• Red lipstick went from risqué rouge to a symbol of American freedom

Horseshit

• In 2022 a Moonrush will begin in earnest

• Your attention didn't collapse. It was stolen

• More creative people tend to also be more unethical, according to study

COVID / VaxCult

• The NBA and NFL Surrender to Vaccine Refusers

• (PVP-I) Oro-Nasal Spray: An Effective Shield for Covid-19 Protection

• Viral by Alina Chan and Matt Ridley review: pushes the lab-leak theory too hard

  • Book Shows Why the Covid-19 Lab Leak Theory Won’t Die

  • Book Review: “Viral” by Alina Chan and Matt Ridley

    I now see my lack of courage on this as having been a personal failing. Obviously, I’m just a quantum computing theorist, not a biologist, so I don’t have to have any thoughts whatsoever about the origin of COVID-19 … but I did have some, and I didn’t share them here only because of the likelihood that I’d be called an idiot on social media.

    • HN thread

• Should Covid-19 vaccine mandates include a booster shot?

• Beyond case counts: What Omicron is teaching us

• Flurona: Rare double infection of Covid and flu in Israel | The Independent

• Trudeau Implies Black Canadians "Racist, Misogynistic" - Questions Whether Unvaxx'd Should Be "Tolerated" | ZeroHedge

• This week Omicron and COVID left Australians taking a big cognitive leap, as surge takes us to new ground

• Omicron is highly transmissible. Scientists are looking for clues as to why

• Evidence for a mouse origin of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant

• As U.S. Nears 800k Virus Deaths, 1 of Every 100 Older Americans Has Perished

Culture War / Re segregation / Faith Fights

• Billionaires Should Not Exist — Here’s Why

• The Year of the Abject: Making Sense of Nonsense | notesfromdisgraceland

• Why you keep reading how eating bugs and living in a pod is the future (Thread)

Media / ShowBiz / Censorship

• Twitter Permanently Suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Account

TechSuck

• Hiring C hackers was a good idea: Elon Musk’s Software Focus Helped Tesla Navigate Chip Shortage

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Money has never felt more fake

• Ford F-150 Lightning reservation holders face $30k dealer markup as demand high

• IKEA raising prices by average of 9% as supply chain woes persist

• Auto parts shortages push repair shops to get creative, put stress on customers

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• These new laws take effect in 2022

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• Background Press Call by a Senior Administration Official on President Biden’s Call with President Putin of the Russian Federation

• How the U.S., U.K. and Pakistan Teamed Up To Stop Another 9/11

World

• (Oct 2021) Modern Trench Warfare in Eastern Ukraine

• Inside China's vast spying-and-lying network.

• Putin’s Ukrainian War Is About Making Vladimir Great Again

• China’s Ban on ‘Sissy Men’ Is Bound to Backfire

• ‘There is no money left’: Covid crisis leaves Sri Lanka on brink of bankruptcy

Health / Medicine

• When They Warn of Rare Disorders, These Prenatal Tests Are Usually Wrong

• Baffling neurological illness affects growing number of young adults

• Fentanyl number one cause of death for adults 18-45, recent government data says

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Quebec bans oil heating in new homes starting Dec. 31

• Where Parents Can Get Help with Climate Anxiety

• German Greens lead attack on EU plan to label nuclear power ‘sustainable’