2022-02-25

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• 3,800 Miles Across America on a Tandem Bike in Our 60s. Here’s What We Learned

• F1 Cancels Russian Grand Prix Following Invasion of Ukraine

• kohlrabi - by Andrea Castillo - seasonal

• Russian space director’s wild threats could have real implications for the ISS

• The Russian invasion of Ukraine will have myriad impacts on spaceflight

• (May 2021) Geopsychology of instrumental aggression: daily concurrence of global terrorism and solar-geomagnetic activity (1970-2018)

Horseshit

• What happens when Americans stay in the same house forever?

  “Americans, it seems, are finding themselves increasingly locked into places that they wish to escape,” two psychologists grimly proclaim in a new paper studying the cultural effects of residential stagnation. Study authors Nicholas Buttrick and Shigehiro Oishi cite research showing that when you compare today’s Americans to people in the 1970s, people who said they intended to move from a place are 45 percent less likely to have actually done so.

Obit

• Sally Kellerman, Hot Lips Houlihan in Robert Altman’s MASH, Dies at 84

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing

• Pro-Putin sentiment spreads online

Trump

• Trump talks about Putin, mocking Merkel and more at Mar-a-Lago

Trucker Convoy

• US trucker convoys head towards Washington D.C. to protest many concerns

COVID / VaxCult

• The Covid Cartel Lied, People Died. Now They Say It’s All Your Fault

• Vaccinated People More Likely to Contract Covid-19, Go to Hospital

• How Taiwan used simple tech to help contain Covid-19

• Target lifts mask requirement for employees and shoppers

• CDC to update masking guidance as soon as Friday

• Fourth dose of Covid vaccine offers only slight boost against Omicron infection

• CDC Expected to Drop Mask Guidance That Nobody Pays Attention To.

• Today’s blacklisted American: 9-year-old boy denied kidney transplant because donor hasn’t gotten COVID jab.

• CDC: Some people should wait longer for 2nd COVID shot | AP News

• Chewing Gum with GMO Could Reduce the Spread of Covid

• Omicron’s lasting mysteries: four questions scientists are racing to answer

• Commit to transparent Covid data until the WHO declares the pandemic is over

• Covid Stole Our Time and How We Can Get It Back

• First-time vaccination rates in the U.S. are at a new low.

• New York City Schools Will Lift Outdoor Mask Mandate

• Rand Paul Will Force Senate Vote to Repeal Federal Travel Mask Mandate

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• Florida House Supports Financial Literacy Requirement for High School Graduation

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Meta reportedly breaks up the 300-person team that was building a hybrid VR/AR

• Tucker Carlson ‘Indistinguishable’ From Russian State Media, Ex-RT Host Argues

TechSuck

• Experian experienced a data breach affecting millions in South Africa

• Nvidia reportedly being hit by cyberattacks

• Steam Deck: The comprehensive Ars Technica review

• A fake Ethereum mining fix for Nvidia GPUs was actually malware

Crypto con games

• Colorado to Accept Crypto for Tax Payments by End of Summer

• AP cancels sale of migrant boat NFT amid backlash

• Cryptonomicon: Among the Bitcoin Maximalists

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Why are most US market indexes up today?

• Etsy hits sellers with 30 percent transaction fee increase

• Nasdaq Composite turns a 3.5% loss into 3.3% gain as stock market stages epic turnaround after Russia invaded Ukraine. Here are 3 reasons for the rebound.

• Companies have the most to lose from Russia's attack on Ukraine

• Fed’s favorite inflation gauge up 5.2% for biggest annual gain since 1983.

• Playing Different Games - by Everett Randle

• Cargill Ship Hit In Missile Attack In Ukraine Waters | ZeroHedge

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Ketanji Brown Jackson is the first Black woman nominated for the Supreme Court

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• Secret Service says it can’t find Hunter Biden travel records for 2010, 2011, or 2013

• For 3 more officers at Floyd killing, jury says: Guilty

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• Would Banning Russia from Getting Software Updates Make It Easier to Hack?

• As war breaks out in Europe, China blames the US

• ISS US and Russian astronauts will continue as normal despite war, NASA says

• Trudeau’s Canadian Fascism Is a Bigger Threat to America Than Putin

• Russian submarine with 160 nukes on board surfaces off US coast

• Why the West is reluctant to deny Russian banks access to SWIFT

• U.S. Officials Repeatedly Urged China to Help Avert War in Ukraine

• NATO Response Force activated for first time

• America has targeted Russia’s technological fabric

• NATO secretary-general warns cyberattacks could trigger Article 5

• Russia Sanctions May Spark Escalating Cyber Conflict

Ukraine

• ACOUP Understanding the War in Ukraine

  • HN thread

• Unprecdented departure from protocol, Pope goes to Russian embassy over Ukraine

• France says Putin needs to understand NATO has nuclear weapons

• 'Don't Know Why He's There': Mothers Say Soldiers Tricked into Going to Ukraine

• How hard will it be to defend Ukraine from Russian invasion?

• U.S. Treasury Announces Unprecedented and Expansive Sanctions Against Russia

• Russia unleashed data-wiper virus on Ukraine

• China refuses to accept Russia has ‘invaded’ Ukraine; blames US

• Director of Roscosmos Threatens to Deorbit the ISS over USA or Europe

  • U.S.-Russian cooperation in space abides despite tensions

• 'Financial sanctions are easier than ever for Russians to evade. Thank Bitcoin'

• Biden: Wait Another Month or So to See if Sanctions Are Working

• Here comes the world's first TikTok war

• Google Maps Live Traffic Showed the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

• Sanctions targeting Russia’s space program

• Ukraine game studio asks fans to donate to country’s military

• Anonymous declares cyber war on Russia, RT.com is down

• Newborns at a Dnipro children’s hospital moved into bomb shelter

• “We stand with Ukraine” website badge

• Radiation Levels Around Chernobyl Are Completely Normal (Russian State Media)

• Russian shelling hit a radioactive waste repository at Chernobyl

• Ask HN: Is the Chernobyl Reactor Leaking? | Hacker News

• Biden Administration Debates Legality of Arming Ukrainian Resistance

• Ukraine calls on hacker underground to defend against Russia

  • HN thread

• Large-Scale Bombardment Of Kiev Deemed Imminent As Zelensky Admits "We Are Left Alone" As NATO "Afraid"

• Radiation Levels in Ukraine Skyrocket

• AP-NORC poll: Most in US oppose major role in Russia strife – AP News

• 'Russian warship, go f*** yourselves': Final words of Ukrainian border guards on Snake Island | Daily Mail Online

  • Ukrainian soldiers on island tells Russian forces to go fuck themselves

• NATO leaves Black Sea exposed as Russia invades Ukraine

• White House says it would accept Ukrainian refugees in U.S.

• Invasion could drive 5M Ukrainians to flee abroad – U.N

• IAEA Director General Statement on the Situation in Ukraine

  Ukraine has informed the IAEA that ”unidentified armed forces” have taken control of all facilities of the State Specialized Enterprise Chornobyl NPP, located within the Exclusion Zone. The counterpart added that there had been no casualties nor destruction at the industrial site.

• Transcript: Vladimir Putin’s Televised Address on Ukraine

• Patreon suspends Come Back Alive page for Ukrainian army donations

• Ukraine calls on hacker underground to defend against Russia

  • HN thread

• In Unflinching Speech, Biden Vows That Putin Will “Bear the Consequences” for War

• How Far Will Biden Go to Stop Putin?

• Sean Penn on the Ground in Ukraine Filming Documentary About Russia’s Invasion

• What the West doesn’t understand about Russia or Ukraine

• ‘Not One Inch Eastward:’ How the War in Ukraine Could Have Been Prevented Decades Ago

• U.S. Spies Made Right Call on Russia Invasion, Buying Biden Time

• On the removal of Come Back Alive

  We don’t allow Patreon to be used for funding weapons or military activity. It is a violation of our policies, and so we have removed the page. All remaining funds in the account will be refunded to contributors.

• Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Toppled the Old World Order

• Invasion could drive 5M Ukrainians to flee abroad – U.N

• Squad of Chechen special forces is unleashed in Ukraine to kill Kyiv officials

• Ukraine Citizens Urged To "Make Molotov Cocktails" Against Russian Tanks Rolling Through City Streets | ZeroHedge

• Nerds Saw Ukraine Invasion Start on Google Maps Before Putin Said a Word

• Propaganda, fake videos of Ukraine invasion bombard users

• Ukraine Military Calls on Citizens with Hobby Drones to Help Kyiv

• IAEA Fears Post-Invasion 'Disruption' As Chernobyl Radiation Reportedly "Higher, But Not Critical" | ZeroHedge

• The Most Immediate Nuclear Power Plant Danger in Ukraine Isn’t Chernobyl

• The other front in Putin's Ukraine invasion: online disinformation

• Russia ready to hold talks as soon as Ukrainian army lays down arms

• Posted to twitter as "Ukraine strikes airbase inside Russia" Kyiv goes into 'defensive phase' - how the second morning of invasion played out

• Russian vigilante hacker: 'I want to help beat Ukraine from my computer'

• How to Make a Molotov Cocktail

• Russia anticipating a major medical event in which doctors have to be drafted

• Video reportedly shows Ukrainian men helping themselves to guns on a Kyiv street after all 18-60 years were urged to take up arms and fight the Russian invasion

• How the free world gave Putin the green light

World

• Russia is restricting the use of its airspace for all British flights

• Turkey cannot stop Russian warships accessing Black Sea, says foreign minister

• Gas Flows from Russia Ramp Up

• Thousands of Russians Are Risking Being Arrested to Protest Putin's Invasion

• German Federal Minister Wants Kindergarteners To Be Educated About "Right Wing Extremism" | ZeroHedge

• Russia to limit Facebook access in response to media 'censorship'

• European NatGas Prices Plunge As Russian Flows Via Ukraine Soar | ZeroHedge

• Russia threatens 'serious military repurcussions' if Finland joins NATO

  • Finland or Sweden joining NATO would spark Russian response: Russia warns

• Swedish Olympic Star Gives Away Gold Medal to Protest Beijing’s Abuses

• Turkey's inflation seen jumping to 53% in February

Health / Medicine

• Vitamin D deficiency 2.0: an update on the current status worldwide

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• World’s first octopus farm stirs ethical debate