2022-01-19

Cool

• Wow: GPS – Bartosz Ciechanowski

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• NASA: Tonga blast was 10 megatons, more powerful than a nuclear bomb

• Wildfire Risk in California Drives Insurers to Pull Policies for Pricey Homes

• 'World's largest' cast-iron skillet travels down Tennessee highway - UPI.com

Horseshit

• What’s All the Hype About the Metaverse?

• Craig Wright suing developers to forcibly give him access to internet coins

• When tracking your period lets companies track you

Obit

• Oldest man, Saturnino de la Fuente García, dies aged 112

COVID / VaxCult

• ‘Nocebo effect’: two-thirds of Covid jab reactions not caused by vaccine

  • More Than Two-Thirds of Adverse Covid-19 Vaccine Events Due to Placebo Effect

  • Frequency of Adverse Events in the Placebo Arms of Covid-19 Vaccine Trials

  • “Nocebo” Effect May Cause Majority of Covid-19 Vaccine Symptoms

• Inmates sue Arkansas doc, jail after unknowingly given dangerous ivermectin dose

• Triple-vaxxed AOC has survived the dreaded Omicron and took the opportunity to tell us how evil we are.

• China urges caution opening overseas mail after Omicron case

• 1 million COVID tests that expired in a Florida warehouse get FDA approval for use - CBS News

  Florida officials confirmed last week that between 800,000 and 1 million COVID tests had expired in a warehouse just before the New Year due to "low demand." On January 7, the Food and Drug Administration issued a letter to Abbott Diagnostics, which produced the tests, saying they have extended the shelf-life for those tests and that they can still be used.

• COVID Lab-Leak Whitewash Has Been 'The Death Of Science' Says Professor Who Found 'Unique Fingerprints' | ZeroHedge

• Hong Kong to cull hamsters over Covid-19 fears

• France reports nearly half a million new Covid cases, a record increase

• Anthony Fauci's China Investments Revealed

• The true toll of the antivax movement

• California surpasses 7M coronavirus cases

• England's Covid restictions to be relaxed

• Mild Covid infection degrades memory for up to nine months – research

• How widespread is Covid in animals and what are the risks to humans?

• White House to make 400 million N95 masks available for free

  • White House will distribute 400M free N95 masks to protect against omicron

• (Video) COVID-19: What’s Next? > The Davos Agenda | World Economic Forum

  • Twitter thread

  But that has not stopped Fauci. And in doing so, is giving us all kinds of indications of his true motives and accordingly the motives of the NIH and the FDA. WHAT ON EARTH DOES THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM OFFER THAT WOULD BE TAKING UP A MINUTE OF THE HEAD OF OUR COVID RESPONSE’S TIME?

• Nearly 1 million US children were infected with COVID-19 last week

• mRNA Boosters Don’t Block Omicron, South African Study Shows

• The mRNA Vaccine Makers

• Since i had to look this up again for a comment, the CDC did change the definition of "vaccine" last year:

  • Aug 2021: https://web.archive.org/web/20210826113846/https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/imz-basics.htm

  Vaccine: A product that stimulates a person’s immune system to produce immunity to a specific disease, protecting the person from that disease.

  • Today: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/imz-basics.htm

  Vaccine: A preparation that is used to stimulate the body’s immune response against diseases.

Culture War / Re segregation / Faith Fights

• The Native American population more than doubled since 2000

• Is That A Social Construct In Your Pocket Or Are You Just Happy To See Me?

• What polarization data from 9 countries reveals about the US

• Why the Term Jedi Is Problematic for Justice/Equity/Diversity/Inclusion Programs

• All Cal State universities add caste to anti-discrimination policy

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• Setting the record straight: open letter on E.O. Wilson's legacy

• Focus on phonics to teach reading is ‘failing children’, says landmark study

Media / ShowBiz / Censorship

• Deplatforming make userbase smaller but loyal members may return more galvanised

• YouTube Shuts Down Original Content Group - Variety

• Who Torched the Pornhub Palace?

• Social media sites should not ban misleading content, UK scientists say

• Reddit Announces Blocking Updates

  it not only removes a blocked user’s content from your experience, but also removes your content from their experience—i.e., a user you have blocked can’t see or interact with you.

• Some Roku smart TVs are now showing banner ads over live TV

TechSuck

• Do Svidaniya, Igor, and Thank You for Nginx

• Airlines Cancel Some Flights Ahead of U.S. 5G Wireless Launch

  • International airlines suspend some US flights over 5G uncertainty

  • Emirates president: The 5G snafu is the biggest screwup witnessed in my career

• (May 2021) Gorillas: Special offer - unicorn slices, 150g

• AMD hides 2020 blogpost claiming 4GB VRAM is ‘not enough for today’s games

• Arm Predicts Stagnation If Nvidia Deal Fails

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Orange crop is set to be the smallest since WWII, sending OJ prices surging

• Amazon faces lawsuit over deadly tornado warehouse collapse

• Microsoft Deal Wipes $20B Off Sony's Market Value in a Day

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• The Movement To Stick Inflation Blame On Biden

• Gas prices are in the danger zone. Biden can’t do much about it

• Google: The harmful consequences of Congress’s anti-tech bills

• BREAKING: Hack Pelosi committee now subpoenaing Trump’s personal attorneys | News Thud

  • US Capitol riot committee issues subpoena to Rudy Giuliani

• After 70 Years, FDA Dumps Rules Regulating French Dressing

• Biden's Infrastructure Bill, Now Signed Into Law, Mandates "Vehicle Kill Switches" By 2026 | ZeroHedge

• Conspiracies as Realities, Realities as Conspiracies › American Greatness

• Distrust in political, media and business leaders sweeps the globe

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• Lax prosecutions drive a surge in package thefts for Union Pacific Railroad

• Wait...So the FBI Lied About the Ending of the Texas Synagogue Hostage Situation

• Second state attorney general refers fake Trump electoral certificate to federal prosecutors

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• US weighs more military support for Ukraine to resist Russia if it invades

• White House warns Russian invasion of Ukraine may be imminent

• Texas Guardsman shoots suspected smuggling vehicle near border

• How to think about war in Ukraine

World

• Dozens of Computers in Ukraine Wiped with Destructive Malware in Attack

• ‘We Are Taiwanese’: China’s Growing Menace Hardens Island’s Identity

• Germany Threatens To Halt Nord Stream 2 If Russia Attacks Ukraine

Health / Medicine

• Olive oil consumption lowers risk of premature death, study suggests

• Sperm donation is largely unregulated, that could change as lawsuits multiply

• Being Sick Changed My Health Care Views

• Global spread of autoimmune disease blamed on western diet

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• When the magnetic poles flip out, Earth seems to suffer

• 4°C warming by 2100 “can't be ruled out”