2022-02-13

Worthy

• Overcoming Bias : Brainwashing is Sorcery

• Tools

  The shape of a hammer is more about inertia and leverage than the geometry of your grip, while the shape of a pencil is more about your hand than about the properties of graphite.

  • While that's illustrative for the real point, its not especially true, is it? Go look at the many shapes of hammer available at a hardware store, "how it is held" is a major factor in the design of the tool. You'll see the same head with 3 or more handle variations because people are not all the same shape. A pencil isn't designed for the hand that holds it, but for the machines that make them by the million. Tools designed for hands tend to have flanges and bumps to grip and curves to meet the palm: look at the variety of pistol handles, for example.

etc

• Object about to hit moon is from Chang'e 5, not SpaceX

  In a sense, this remains "circumstantial" evidence. But I would regard it as fairly convincing evidence. So I am persuaded that the object about to hit the moon on 2022 Mar 4 at 12:25 UTC is actually the Chang'e 5-T1 rocket stage.

  • Astronomers now say the rocket about to strike the Moon is not a Falcon 9 | Ars Technica

• A tiny sign of the decline in trust and the social contract? « The Story's Story

• Citing inbreeding, Norway will no longer allow English Bulldogs to be bred

• US suspends Mexican avocado imports on eve of Super Bowl

Horseshit

• The NFTs They Bought from the Crypto Rapper Disappeared. Now They Want a Refund

• You’ve Done Self Care. You’ve Languished. Now Try This

• Dividing the Bitcoin stash has become a source of contention in divorce cases

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing

• Misinformation About Misinformation

• The different lives of fringe and strange scientific ideas | Aeon Essays

• Estonia The country inoculating against disinformation

Truckers

• Canada Police Face Growing Crowd in Effort to Clear Crucial Bridge to U.S.

• ‘Freedom Convoy’ Ends With Peaceful Whimper on U.S.-Canada Border

• 'Freedom Convoy' protesters block traffic in Paris before they're dispersed with tear gas

  • Police fire tear gas as anti-Covid restrictions ‘Freedom Convoy’ enters Paris

• Bank freezes Freedom Convoy donations

• Sen. Rand Paul says he's 'all for' a potential trucker blockade in the US ahead of the Super Bowl

• Is Trudeau losing his fight against truckers?

• Canada protest: After a police raid... what next for truckers?

• The Great International Convoy Fiasco

• In Ottawa Protests, a Pressing Question: Where Were the Police?

• Police Arrest Ambassador Bridge Truckers In Dawn Raid After Thousands Flock To Demonstration In Ottawa | ZeroHedge

• ‘This is far from over’: Freedom Convoy truckers ‘hold the line’ and continue to block access from Canadian side of Ambassador Bridge after cops cleared them away earlier. Protesters march in Ottawa and NY Gov. prepares for Niagara Falls disruption.

COVID / VaxCult

• COVID-19 vaccine authorization for children under 5 delayed

  • Pfizer and FDA pull back from plan to expedite review of Covid-19 vaccine in young children

• ‘Ghost’ sightings soar as Covid spooks more into believing the paranormal

• Ask HN: Why not have vaccinated buildings where the vaccine is in the air?

• Ivermectin papers slapped with expressions of concern

• NYT Long Covid Sufferers Are Struggling with Exercise

• mRNA shot can activate a dormant retrovirus HERV-W which is implicated in cancer

• Stillbirths, Miscarriages and Abortions in Vaccinated vs. Unvaccinated Women

  Data from Rambam hospital in Haifa reveal a stillbirth, miscarriage and abortion (SBMA) rate of 6% among women who never received a COVID-19 vaccine, compared to 8% among women who were vaccinated with at least one dose (and never had a SARS-Cov-2 infection)

• Living with the lingering effects of the coronavirus

• Queen Elizabeth being monitored after Prince Charles tests positive for COVID-19

• Covid-19 Is over (If You’re Rich)

• Walmart drops mask mandate for 1.6M employees

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Stewardship of Ourselves

• Clashing Executives, Office Romance, Angry Anchors: Inside the Week That Shook CNN

• Skies Above Super Bowl Protected By Fighter Jets, Fans To Be Surprised "With Never Before Seen Formation" | ZeroHedge

TechSuck

• I almost got banned from Hacker News | Jeff Geerling

• Facebook paid for a 0-day to help FBI unmask child predator

• Rising popularity of VR headsets sparks 31% rise in insurance claims

• Library to send and receive using infra-red signals on an Arduino

• AirTags Are a Growing Headache for Apple Amid Disturbing Reports of Tracking

Economicon / Business / Finance

• The Reason America Doesn't Have Enough Truck Drivers

• The Hidden Ways Companies Raise Prices

• The Rising Tide of Semiconductor Cost - SemiWiki

  Historically, demand was clustered toward the leading edge. Today, we have demanded at the lagging edge, too. In fact, the demand for older chips is starting to rise sharply. This is driven by automotive and IoT production, as most of these applications are older, more mature technologies, which have better yield, cost, and, importantly, reliability. And even though demand has spiked, no capacity has been added. It’s very rare to add to lagging-edge production.

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Biden Admin Urges Court Not To Allow Release Of 'Secret Report' On Dominion Voting Machines | ZeroHedge

  • CISA: Disclosure of Dr. Halderman’s report could undermine election security

• Durham says Clinton campaign funded surveillance of Trump Tower, White House

  + [Clinton paid tech workers to 'infiltrate' Trump Tower servers:
  report](https://nypost.com/2022/02/13/hillary-clinton-campaign-paid-tech-workers-to-dig-up-donald-trump-russia-connections/)
  

  • 'Bigger Than Watergate': Trump Furious After Durham Spy Scandal Bombshell, Demands Prosecutions, Reparations | ZeroHedge

• IRS backlog hits nearly 24 million returns, further imperiling the 2022 tax filing season

• Biden overshadowed by Obama as the former president engages in unseemly politicking

• Democrats propose federal gas tax holiday ahead of midterm elections

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• The Great Shoplifting Freak-Out

  + [Walmart begins locking steaks as shoplifting crimes soar amid
  

  inflation](https://old.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/sqw5ff/walmart_begins_locking_steaks_as_shoplifting/)

  • US store owners are worried about shoplifting – what can be done?

  • Shoplifting is surging across America with dangerous and costly consequences

• Prosecutor won't charge reporter who uncovered database flaw

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• In Hawaii, Blinken Aims for a United Front With Allies on North Korea

• US denies submarine was in Russian waters as Moscow claims

• Dave Lindorff. How can Blinken and the US accuse any nation of violating the 'Rules Based International Order'? - Pearls and Irritations

• Why the West’s Diplomacy with Russia Keeps Failing

Ukraine

• The Russia-Ukraine crisis, explained

• From the comments, on Putin and Russia

• Live Updates: Ukrainian Leader Urges Calm as U.S. Warns Invasion Could Come Any Day

• U.S. sending 3,000 more troops to Poland amid fresh Ukraine invasion warnings

• "This march in Kyiv is organized and led by far right"

  • "We'll defend our country" is "far right" and therefore "evil" i guess.

• (emphasis mine) Message to U.S. Citizens:  Poland/Ukraine Border Open to U.S. Citizens - February 12, 2022 - U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Poland

  Poland has indicated to the U.S. government that U.S. citizens may now enter Poland through the land border with Ukraine. No advanced approval is required. We encourage those traveling into Poland by land from Ukraine to cross at the Korczowa-Krakovets or Medyka-Shehyni border crossings. U.S. citizens must present a valid U.S. passport and proof of COVID-19 vaccination. Travelers are also encouraged to present a negative test result from a PCR or antigen COVID-19 test, which will facilitate entry into Poland.

• Russia Can Win in Ukraine Without Firing a Shot

• In Surreal Plot Twist, Ukraine's President Demands Proof From US Over Alarmist Russian Invasion Claims | ZeroHedge

• "Everyone is predicting war between Russia and Ukraine except Russia and Ukraine."

• Ukraine: Russians have started hybrid war with bomb threats, cyberattacks

Health / Medicine

• Just 14 cases: Guinea worm disease nears eradication

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Wolves Will Regain Federal Protection in Much of the U.S.