2022-01-15
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Large Eruption Near Tonga, Heard in NZ. Tsunami at Tonga and Fiji
+ [Tonga tsunami warning as volcano erupts at sea](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/15/tonga-tsunami-warning-as-volcano-erupts-at-sea)-
US West Coast Under Tsunami Threat After Undersea Volcano Eruption In South Pacific | ZeroHedge
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Tsunami advisory in effect for US as waves hit Tonga following volcanic eruption
A smaller eruption in late 2014/early 2015 built up the crater of the volcano to above the surface of the water, Lane added, but it's not yet clear exactly how Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai erupted on this occasion. "When we see what is left of the island after this eruption is over we can start to put together the pieces of what happened," she said.
Professor Shane Cronin, from the School of Environment at University of Auckland, told the New Zealand Science Media Centre that research into historical eruptions by the same volcano suggested that the current eruption episode could last for weeks or months "and that further similar-sized eruptions to the 15 January 2022 event are possible."
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Average Length of Homeownership: U.S. Data by Year
Homeowners who have lived in their homes for 40 years or more have an average income that is 46.5% lower than the average homeowning household.
Horseshit
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Cats' weekslong Vitamix standoff is entertaining thousands of people on Facebook : NPR
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Man Spends Three Days Trying To Remove Oil Filter, Lives Every Wrencher's Nightmare
273 cubic-inch V8-powered 1965 Plymouth Barracuda Formula S
celebrity gossip
COVID / VaxCult
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GE suspends Covid vaccine and testing rules after SCOTUS action
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40% of patients in Spain’s Covid-19 figures are in hospital for other illnesses
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Xian’s Covid-19 chaos exposes dark side of China’s top-down governing approach
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Fully Vaccinated Australians In Hospital For COVID-19 Surpass Unvaccinated
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Fact check: The theory that SARS-CoV-2 is becoming milder
But that’s completely untrue, Bhattacharyya says. “It’s comforting to think there might be some tendency for SARS-CoV-2 to evolve toward a milder form. That’s not what we’re seeing here.”
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US government moves to end daily COVID-19 death reporting by hospitals
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Hospitals Near ‘Breaking Point’ Amid Covid-19-Related Staff Shortages
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(Oct 2021) An Australian Engineer Speaks Out – The Many Mysteries of Covid
What I hadn’t realised back in August 2021 was that I had stumbled upon something that was so conspiratorial, widespread and ingenious in terms of its dark intents it subsequently left me day after day moving from a point of uneasiness to being increasingly disturbed as a result of what I was uncovering.
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(Dec 2021) How to BLAST your way to the truth about the origins of COVID-19
So, there we have 4 matches to HIV sequences with no other viruses appearing in all 4 match lists (barring synthetic ones created after the event). What are the odds of that - close to zero. But look at this. These were not just random sequences from HIV. In his paper, Pradhan went further and recreated the structure of the virus with location of the four inserts. Lo and behold, these “random” inserts - all from HIV - are all at binding sites of the coronavirus. What are the odds?
In theory nothing is impossible in science, medicine or genomics. A SARS virus emerging naturally with 3 HIV inserts at its binding sites and also containing a furin cleavage site that doesn’t exist in nature but does exist in a Moderna patent… that’s seriously crazy talk. It doesn’t exist. A flying pink elephant would be a million times more likely.
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Halting Progress and Happy Accidents: How mRNA Vaccines Were Made
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German police use coronavirus contact-tracing app to find witnesses
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Covid-19: Democratic Voters Support Harsh Measures Against Unvaccinated
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Opinion: I was relieved when my sons got mild Covid-19. Then I thought about this
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Sewage water analysis suggests significant Omicron case undercount in US
Culture War / Re segregation / Faith Fights
Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts
Media / ShowBiz / Censorship
TechSuck
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It's not still the early days of blockchains
So this raises the question: How long can it possibly be “early days”? How long do we need to wait before someone comes up with an actual application of blockchain technologies that isn’t a transparent attempt to retroactively justify a technology that is inefficient in every sense of the word?
The more you think about it, the more “it’s early days!” begins to sound like the desperate protestations of people with too much money sunk into a pyramid scheme, hoping they can bag a few more suckers and get out with their cash before the whole thing comes crashing down.
Economicon / Business / Finance
Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making
Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security
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Guns, ammo even a boat: how Oath Keepers plotted an armed coup
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Its not a "militia" when they do it: L.A.’s Arms Race of the Affluent
On Nissel’s street in West L.A., a number of WhatsApp neighborhood watch groups have agreed to collaborate in the event of civil unrest. “They designate people to block the streets with private cars and surveil the streets,” Nissel says. Some of his most progressive colleagues are arming themselves, including many who “never held a weapon, never considered holding a weapon, but now feel like it would be irresponsible not to.”
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The FBI's Secret Weapon in the Capitol Attack Manhunt
From their home offices, couches, kitchen tables, bedrooms and garages, these independent investigators have played a remarkable role in archiving and preserving digital evidence. Often operating under the “Sedition Hunters” moniker, they’ve archived more than 2,000 Facebook accounts, over 1,125 YouTube channels, 500-plus Instagram accounts, nearly 1,000 Twitter feeds, more than 100 Rumble profiles and over 250 TikTok accounts. They’ve gathered more than 4.1 terabytes ― 4,100 gigabytes ― of data, enough to fill dozens of new iPhones with standard-issue storage.
External Security / Militaria / Diplomania
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U.S. intel suggests Russia is preparing a ‘false-flag’ operation as pretext for Ukraine invasion
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Much coverage; much individual doubt. "Ukraine Cyber attack?" Russia Says It Shut Down Notorious Hacker Group at U.S. Request