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• People don't work as much as you think

Horseshit

• Wonderland Crypto Co-Founder Revealed to Be Infamous Fraudster, Investors Shaken

• ‘Huge mess of theft and fraud:’ artists sound alarm as NFT crime proliferates

• The 25:55 solo cannonball record may have been faked

• Suicide hotline shares data with for-profit spinoff, raising ethical questions

• NFTs Are, Quite Simply, Bullshit

• The Promise of DAOs, the Latest Craze in Crypto

Obit

• (Jan 21) Louie Anderson Dead at 68 After Battle with Cancer

COVID / VaxCult

• The world surpasses 10B vaccine doses

• Scientists keep an eye on stealth Omicron variant BA.2

• Canadian 'freedom' truckers massive vaccine mandate protest convoy may smash world record | Fox News

• Effectiveness of vaccines against Omicron or Delta

• Pope Francis says access to truthful information on vaccines is a ‘human right.’

• Why Can't CDC Admit There's No Solid Evidence for 'Universal Masking' in School?

• Gov’t watchdog slams federal Covid response, puts HHS on “high risk” list

• ‘Pandemic vs. endemic’ sets up two conflicting Covid endgames

• The company that wants to fight Covid-19 with vibrations

• Olympic snowboarding medalist tests positive for COVID after arriving in China

• Early data indicate vaccines still protect against Omicron’s sister variant

  • comment:

  This indicates how low has come the bar for vaccine efficiency. A few weeks of some protection, without avoiding infection must be considered great performance and justify massive idiotic jabs

• Omicron Will Likely Recede More Slowly in U.S. Than in Other Countries, Expert Says

• The Big-Name Journalists Who Are Trying to “Both Sides” Covid

• In Super-Vaxxed Vermont, Covid Strikes — But Packs Far Less Punch

• IMF chief warns China on repercussions of lockdowns, asks it to asses zero-COVID policy

• Anti-vaccine Canada truckers roll toward Ottawa, praised by Tesla’s Musk

• Indirect protection of children from Covid through parental vaccination

• Omicron drives US deaths higher than in fall’s delta wave

• Identification of potential edible mushroom as Covid main protease inhibitor

• Some boosted against Covid-19 will be exempt from San Francisco's mask mandate

• Vaccine status complicates the scene on dating apps

Culture War / Re segregation / Faith Fights

• (1989) Can computers cope with human races

• This Is No Time for Passive Patriotism

  One major political party no longer accepts democracy.

• (Jan 9) The Great Liquidation – Chicago Boyz

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• ‘Maus’ is an Amazon bestseller after Tennessee school ban

• Royal Society cautions against censorship of scientific misinformation online

• Campus Reform | Have you or a loved one been 'affected' by 'free speech?' Colorado State University has resources to help.

Media / ShowBiz / Censorship

• Sega quits arcade business after 50 years

• Joe Rogan’s Podcast Puts Scientists on Edge with Climate Misinformation

• Instagram Bans Healthy Eating Ads for Promoting 'Negative Self-Perception'

• Joni Mitchell wants songs off Spotify in Covid row

• When I left Spotify, I felt better

  • Spotify support buckles under complaints from angry Neil Young fans

  • Spotify loses $4B in market value following Neil Young controversy

  • The Spotify Covid content policy that lets Joe Rogan slide

TechSuck

• LG Announces New Ad Targeting Features for TVs

• USB-C finally shows up in power tools, fulfills its destiny as the One True Port

• Google terminates Play Store account of Simple Keyboard developer | Hacker News

Economicon / Business / Finance

• How Crypto Became the New Subprime

• The Pandemic Boom Goes Bust - by Ross Hendricks

• Elon Musk just took the entire EV sector down with these comments

  "There was no reason that he needed to double down and shout 'supply chain' into a crowded theater," said Dan Ives, tech analyst at Wedbush Securities. "He gave the bears meat on the bones. That's why the stock sold off. I'm convinced if Musk was not on the call, the stock probably would have been up on Thursday."

• U.S. Natural Gas Prices Climb Most Ever In Single Day

• Restaurants Ditch Phone Lines, Making Employees’ Lives Easier

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Americans think student loan forgiveness is more likely than payments resuming in May, CNBC survey shows

• ‘Paying The Arsonist’: Biden’s COVID Test Contract With China Draws Ire on Capitol Hill.

• Treasury Reconsiders IRS’s Use of Id.me Face Recognition for Web

• House Republicans Demand Release of Biden-Zelensky Transcript

• Pa. fuel tax meant for bridge repair went to state police instead

• The GOP’s Election Subversion Puts the ‘Con’ in Wisconsin

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• Venezuelan national on FBI's terror watchlist released into Michigan after crossing border: LeDuff | Fox News

• Why San Francisco Is Denying Reality

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• Biden says he'll move troops to Eastern Europe

• Tensions growing between Washington and Kyiv as Russia-Ukraine crisis drags on

World

• Ukraine's Zelenskyy urges calm as world leaders work to avert Russian invasion

• China’s Shijian-21 towed dead satellite to a high graveyard orbit

• Non-fossil fuels forecast to be 50% of China's power capacity in 2022

• Justin Trudeau and family move to secret location as Canada trucker protests spark security fears, report says.

  • With Trudeau In Hiding, CBC Suggests Putin Behind Truckers' Freedom Convoy | ZeroHedge

  "...given Canada's support of Ukraine... I don't know it it's far-fetched to ask but there is concern that Russian actors could be continuing to fuel things as this protest grows... perhaps even instigating it..."

Health / Medicine

• High carbohydrate intake, not fat, was associated with higher risk of mortality

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Top Bitcoin Miners Pressed by U.S. Lawmakers to Detail Climate Impact

• West accused of ‘climate hypocrisy’ as emissions dwarf those of poorer countries

• Climate change has the Winter Olympics on thin ice

• Former Nuclear Regulatory Commission chair argues nuclear power isn’t a climate solution

• Rural air pollution may be as hazardous as urban, study finds

• Water-Sipping Showers Are the Next Luxury Buy in a Parched World