2022-01-03

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• Did a Meteor Explode over Pittsburgh?

• Boulder County investigators narrow Marshall fire’s origin to single neighborhood

Horseshit

• Experts warn of space cannibalism if colonists’ food systems fail.

• Samsung promises “groundbreaking” new TV feature: NFT support

• $2,500 Ethernet Switch Effectively Isolates Audiophiles from Cash

Obit

• Fossil hunter Richard Leakey who showed humans evolved in Africa dies at 77

COVID / VaxCult

• Wastewater samples reveal record levels of Covid-19 across US

• Maker of Rapid Covid Tests Told Factory to Destroy Inventory

• More cases of Omicron observed in vaccinated people vs. unvaccinated people

• How many people get 'long Covid'? More than half, researchers find

• Police Use Dogs as Thousands Protest Against Dutch Covid-19 Lockdowns

• COVID, Ivermectin, And 'Mass Formation Psychosis': Dr. Robert Malone Gives Blistering Interview To Joe Rogan | ZeroHedge

• Omicron sending children to hospital in record numbers

• The world must learn to live with Covid this year

• How will pandemic end? Omicron clouds forecasts for endgame

• COVID is making Americans stupid: Study shows worrying about virus leads to people making bad choices and performing poorly on simple cognitive tests

• n = 103 Association between severity of Covid symptoms and food intake

  Increase in habitual frequency of intake of ‘legumes’, and ‘grains, bread and cereals’ food groups decreased overall symptom severity in patients with COVID-19.

  • Not a strong enough correlation to support a nationwide ban on beans and grains, I think. "You're not a horse."

• Panicky Would-Be COVID Victims Line Up for Hours to Find Out if They’re Sick.

• Covid Will Become Endemic. The World Must Decide What That Means

• (PDF) Myopericarditis rates in young men after Covid-19 vaccine second dose

• Can weight loss help protect against Covid-19?

• New Covid-19 Variant with 46 Mutations Discovered in Southern France

• How will the pandemic end? Omicron clouds forecasts for endgame

Culture War / Re segregation / Faith Fights

• Shtetl-Optimized » Blog Archive » The demise of Scientific American: Guest post by Ashutosh Jogalekar

  • HN Thread

• Linguistic Weaponry and the Rhetorical Mechanics of “Let’s Go Brandon!” | Human Events

• Why Are Authoritarians Framing International Approaches to Disinformation? - Lawfare

• Is the West Becoming Pagan Again?

• Online Parenting Communities Pulled Closer to Extreme Groups Spreading Misinfo

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• US education secretary warns of ‘bumps in the road’ as schools reopen amid Covid surge

Media / ShowBiz / Censorship

• Major Music Acts Are Seeing 20% No-Show Rates at Concerts

• The Mainstream Media Is Losing The Fight Of Its Life...All Thanks To Joe Rogan

• Glenn Greenwald Slams 'Dystopian' MTG Twitter Ban In Epic Thread | ZeroHedge

TechSuck

• HN Jobs:

  • Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2022)

  • Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (January 2022)

  • Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2022)

• AT&T, Verizon Reject U.S. Call for Delay in New 5G Service

• Google no longer producing high quality search results in significant categories | Hacker News

• Are Apple AirTags Being Used to Track People and Steal Cars?

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Pandemic-Era ‘Excess Savings’ Are Dwindling for Many

• LG to pay up to $1.9B to General Motors over Bolt EV battery fires

• Just 39% of Americans could pay for a $1000 emergency expense

• There’s a News Blackout on the Fed’s Naming of the Banks that Got Its Emergency Repo Loans; Some Journalists Appear to Be Under Gag Orders

• Hyundai stops engine development and reassigns engineers to EVs

• China Evergrande shares suspended amid reports of demolition order

• Meat Prices Will Go Up - by Jeffrey Carter

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• The Truths We Dared Not Speak in 2021 › American Greatness

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• 1990's pre "Satanic Child Abuse" case: The FBI Declassifies Files on The Finders and McMartin Pre-school Child Trafficking Cases | Winter Watch

• San Francisco confronts a crime wave unusual among U.S. cities

Jan6 / Fence Erection

• Every Day Is Jan. 6 Now

• New polling on January 6 is a MAJOR BUZZKILL to Brian Stelter and many other journos – twitchy.com

• 6 in 10 Americans say U.S. democracy is in crisis as 'The Big Lie' takes root

• Mapping the Capitol Attack and Its Aftermath: Tech, Extremism and Jan.6

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• Joe Biden assures Ukraine’s leader of ‘decisive’ US response to Russian invasion

World

• Russia 'likely' to invade Ukraine without 'enormous sanctions'

• Indian comedian jailed for joke he didn't even tell

• The American polity is cracked, and might collapse. Canada must prepare

• Russia to Require Netflix to Stream State Television Broadcasts

• Firefighters say South African parliament blaze ‘under control’

Health / Medicine

• Why are mosquitoes attracted to some people more than others?

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Healthy Soil Is the Real Key to Feeding the World

• The Atlantic’s vital currents could collapse