2022-02-04

Worthy

• MSM Pundits Push Idea That Criticizing US Policy On Russia Makes You A Russian Agent

• As Workers Resist, the Left Recoils

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• A Cosmic Airburst May Have Devastated a Vast Native American Culture 1,500 Years Ago.

• technocratic domination: when government funds science, government controls science

• The People deciding to ditch their smartphones

• Strategic incompetence: 34% say partner does chores poorly to avoid more chores

• Alabama man accused of keeping meth-fueled ‘attack squirrel’ faces new charges

Horseshit

• A radical quantum hypothesis casts doubt on objective reality

• Over 500 mobile apps are now using the term ‘metaverse’ to attract new users

• Historic Glass Plate Photos Sold as NFTs, Buyer Told to Smash Originals

• The Age of Intimacy Famine

• VFOOD6260 -The borderline between cakes and biscuits

• People are selling themselves their own NFTs to drive up prices, report finds

• Argentinians urged to throw out cocaine after tainted batches kill at least 23

  “We have indirect evidence it was cut with an opioid, because patients who receive the opioid antidote [naloxone] recover very quickly,” said Buenos Aires security minister Sergio Berni.

celebrity gossip

• Sarah Palin's NYT suit is about much more than defamation

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing

• The Banning of “Maus.” It’s Dumber Than You Think

• Using military to end trucker protest ‘not in the cards’: Trudeau

• Truckers are starting a working-class revolution — and the left hates it.

COVID / VaxCult

• Why have so many African leaders died of Covid-19?

• Covid-19: Deficiency of Vitamin D associated with disease severity and mortality

• What Changed for Little Kids’ Vaccines?

• How worried should we be about the new 'stealth' Omicron? Our expert weighs in

• New COVID-19 Wastewater Surveillance tab displays data on SARS-CoV-2 RNA levels

• Covid-19 vaccine side effects: The positives about feeling bad

• Sneezing hamsters sparked a Covid outbreak in Hong Kong

  • Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (Variant Delta) from Pet Hamsters to Humans and Onward Human Propagation of the Adapted Strain: A Case Study

• Scientists Find Putting Pantyhose on Your Head Makes Your Mask Safer

• Austria’s Vaccine Mandate Becoming Law

• Taiwan on Covid alert as domestic Omicron cases spike

• What We Know About ‘Johns Hopkins Study’ on Lockdowns

• NJ to pay $52.9M to families of vets who died of Covid in state-run homes

• Use of disinfectants an effective way to keep Omicron at bay

• German school finds DIY answer to anti-virus ventilation

• South African scientists copy Moderna’s Covid vaccine

• South African scientists on the inside story of discovering Omicron

• Omicron’s molecular structure could help explain its global takeover

• Merck’s Covid Pill Fumble Gives Pfizer Potential $17B Win

• Pre-infection 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 levels and severity of Covid-19

• The Truth about the Daily Mail Article Regarding Joe Rogan Podcasts with Dr. Malone and Dr. McCullough

• There’s a Covid-19 epidemic in deer

• Spain’s First Study on Omicron Finds Vaccinated People Spread COVID at Same Rate as Unvaccinated.

• Long Funeral Homes, Short Life Insurers? Ex-Blackrock Fund Manager Discovers Disturbing Trends In Mortality | ZeroHedge

• Scientists reveal what they got wrong during the pandemic

Culture War / Tribal / Re segregation

• I Lost My Mom to QAnon. Wordle Is Bringing Her Back

• BLM's millions unaccounted for after leaders quietly jumped ship

• How the World Went from Post-Politics to Hyper-Politics

• Why the Left eat junk - UnHerd

TechSuck

• Amit's Thoughts: Non-consensual personalization

• Ask HN: How can I make a “kid's computer” today as good as an Apple II?

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Amazon raises price of Prime membership by $20 to $139/year

  • Amazon reports 9% sales increase in fourth quarter, big profit on Rivian stake

• Stocks fall as Facebook parent company Meta plummets 26%

  • Facebook’s $237.6B fall sets record for largest one-day value drop

• How we broke the supply chain

• US economy grows at fastest pace in decades

• Workforce aging: There Is a Much Larger Problem Than the Great Resignation. No One Wants to Talk About It

• Food Prices Approach Record Highs, Threatening the World’s Poorest

• Supplier Goodwill toward OEMs Has Run Dry

• Price Controls Were a Disaster in the 1970s. They Would Be a Disaster Today Too

• Mergers Ruin Everything - BIG by Matt Stoller

• The Housing Shortage Situation Is Dire. But Progress Is Still Possible

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Stop the Earn IT Act to Save Our Privacy

• Lawmakers Press Amazon on Sales of Chemical Used in Suicides

• Biden’s admin blocks a court decision forgiving a disabled man student loan

  Two weeks ago, Ryan Wolfson achieved a rare feat in court — a successful elimination of his nearly $100,000 student-debt load through bankruptcy. But the Biden administration might be standing in the way of the 35-year-old's relief.

• It Sure Seems Like the January 6th Committee Was Colluding With Jeff Zucker – RedState

• Biden touts January jobs gain in face of omicron surge

  + [Employers added 467,000 jobs in January even as omicron cases
  spiked](https://www.npr.org/2022/02/04/1077642688/employers-economy-jobs-labor-market-january-omicron)
  

  • Here Is What's Behind Today's Stunning Payrolls Beat | ZeroHedge

• Clueless Newsom Shocked at California's 'Third World' Conditions

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• San Francisco’s fentanyl crisis: A disaster in plain sight

• Ray Dalio: America ‘On Classic Path To Civil War’

• US tests of robotic patrol dogs on Mexican border prompt outcry

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• Why the Donbass Is the Key to Putin’s Gambit in Ukraine

• Oil Spikes On White House Report Russia Planning False Flag Against Ukraine Using 'Graphic Video', Crisis Actors | ZeroHedge

• AP's Matt Lee Grills State Dept. Spox on Russia/Ukraine: An Accusation Is Not Evidence, "I Remember WMDs In Iraq" | Video | RealClearPolitics

  "No, it is an action that you say they have taken, but you have shown no evidence to confirm that. And I'm going to get to the next question, which is: What is the evidence? I mean, this is like -- Crisis actors? Really? This is like Alex Jones territory you're getting into. What evidence do you have to support the idea that there is some propaganda film in the making?"

  "This is derived from information known to the U.S. government," the State Department spokesman said. "Information that we have declassified."

• Lawmakers emerge from Russia-Ukraine briefings bracing for invasion

• (Afghanistan) The Betrayal

• Pulsed electromagnetic energy, ultrasound “plausibly” explain Havana syndrome

World

• Uyghur kids detail abuse at China's boarding schools in Xinjiang

• Christian MP goes on trial in Finland for calling homosexuality a disorder

• NATO chief Stoltenberg named Norway central bank chief despite opposition

• Spain passes landmark labor reform thanks to ‘computer error’

• Joint Statement of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China

  The ongoing pandemic of the new coronavirus infection poses a serious challenge to the fulfilment of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It is vital to enhance partnership relations for the sake of global development and make sure that the new stage of global development is defined by balance, harmony and inclusiveness.

  The Russian side reaffirms its support for the One-China principle, confirms that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China, and opposes any forms of independence of Taiwan.

  The Chinese side is sympathetic to and supports the proposals put forward by the Russian Federation to create long-term legally binding security guarantees in Europe.

  The sides intend to strongly uphold the outcomes of the Second World War and the existing post-war world order, defend the authority of the United Nations and justice in international relations, resist attempts to deny, distort, and falsify the history of the Second World War.

  • China joins Russia in opposing NATO expansion

• Russia, China agree 30-year gas deal via new pipeline, to settle in euros

Health / Medicine

• Highly virulent HIV variant found circulating in Europe

• Neither Chaos Nor Quest: Toward a Nonnarrative Medicine

• Active Ingredient in Cannabis Protects Aging Brain Cells

• Smoking pot may raise risk for strokes among young adults.

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Climate change: Satellites map methane plumes from oil and gas

  • Satellite finds methane leaks from gas pipelines

• Global phaseout of animal agriculture has potential to stabilize greenhouse gas

• Gas-powered leaf blowers face a moment of reckoning

• The Future Is Carbon Farming, Not Cattle Ranching, Says Impossible Foods CEO

• Crisis, climate and emerging roles for armed ethnic groups

• Ice that took roughly 2k years to form on Mt. Everest has melted in around 25

• WWF NFTs: Tokens for Nature