2022-02-27

Worthy

• Do not miss: "Breath of fire" at the end Down Round | No Mercy / No Malice

  there’s a mess of good, even great, companies that have shed more than two-thirds of their market value: Paypal, Zillow, Bumble, Roku, etc. Aggregate the losses above and you get … $2.2 trillion. So the aforementioned businesses have lost the equivalent of the GDP of Canada.

Horseshit

• Russian Booze Bans Sweep North America in Show of Support for Ukraine

• International Judo Federation Suspends Putin as Honorary President

• Are smartphones serving as adult pacifiers?

• The Twitching Girls: Is this the first illness spread by social media?

celebrity gossip

• Bill Gates is selling his stocks and changing the focus of his investments

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing

• Americans’ Trust in Scientists, Other Groups Declines.

COVID / VaxCult

• New Research Points to Wuhan Market as Pandemic Origin

  + [Coronavirus came from Wuhan market and not Chinese lab, new
  studies
  say](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/26/coronavirus-wuhan-market-chinese-lab-studies)
  

  • Wuhan market was epicentre of pandemic’s start, studies suggest

• New Zealand High Court: Vaccine Mandate Not "Demonstrably Justified", Breach Of Rights | ZeroHedge

• Boosting Immunity to Omicron

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• Judge Strikes Down Elite Virginia High School’s Admissions Rules

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Scoop: CNN to dull its liberal edge

TechSuck

• NVIDIA Fires Back at Hackers By Encrypting 1 TB Stolen Data & Successfully Ransomed Their Systems

Crypto con games

• El Salvador Bitcoin: Tether buys itself a country; and why Chivo sucks – Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain

• Official Ukrainian BTC wallet has $2M and is growing thanks to global donations

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Expeditors International Shuts Down Computer Systems After Cyberattack

• S&P lowers Russia's rating to 'junk' status, Moody's issues junk warning

• SPAC Startups Made Lofty Promises. They Aren’t Working Out

• Global chip shortage may soon turn into an oversupply crisis

• BP retreats from Russia's Rosneft at cost of $25 bln over Ukraine invasion

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Marjorie Taylor Greene addresses white supremacist conference ahead of CPAC

• The Clinton Campaign's Two-Pronged Plan To Create The Trump–Russia Collusion Narrative | ZeroHedge

• White House Asks Congress For $6.4 Billion For Ukraine Crisis | ZeroHedge

• RNC Accuses Biden’s SCOTUS Nominee of…Being a Democrat!

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• Woman attacked with hammer in New York subway station

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• US Warship Transits Sensitive Taiwan Strait

• West to cut some Russian banks off from SWIFT

  • White House and EU announce expulsion of 'selected Russian banks' from SWIFT

• Russia, China "Plotting Behind The Scenes" Ahead Of Ukraine Invasion: Congressman | ZeroHedge

• With Activation of NATO Response Force, U.S. Military Ready to Provide Forces

• Joe Biden signs order to provide $600m military assistance to Ukraine

• 'Question All Of It' - The Current Western Propaganda For Ukraine Is Epic In Scale | ZeroHedge

Ukraine

• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, Feb 26, 2022

• ISW Blog: Ukraine Conflict Update 9

• Defensive tactics from the modern history of urban warfare

• Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russians frustrated by lack of momentum.

• Amazing: Kyiv Is Still Holding out, and Putin Is Reportedly Furious – RedState

• People fleeing Ukraine cross into Romania

• Extremely heavy Russian air raid expected in Kyiv within minutes

  • Kyiv citizens must get to the nearest shelter now. Heavy air raid expected

• Russia Intensifies Censorship Campaign, Pressuring Tech Giants

• Video of Ukrainian ‘tank man’ trying to block Russian military convoy goes viral

• Ukraine launches 'IT army,' takes aim at Russian cyberspace

• Starlink service is now active in Ukraine. More terminals en route

• Russian Vodka Is Getting Taken Off the Shelves over Putin's Invasion of Ukraine

• North Korea fires unidentified projectile eastward: South Korean military

• 150,000 Refugees Flee Across Europe As Ukrainian Fighting Intensifies

• Why Putin’s War with Ukraine Is a Miscalculation

• Ukrainian guards may have survived reported last stand on Snake Island

• Zelensky asks PM of Israel to mediate between Ukraine and Russia

• The vital missing link in sanctions against Russia

• War via TikTok: Russia’s new tool for propaganda machine

• Ukraine island defenders who told Russian navy ‘go f yourself’ may be alive

• Ignored Warnings: How NATO Expansion Led to the Current Ukraine Tragedy

• Starlink transmissions become beacons for airstrikes | Hacker News

• Kyiv clashes: 6-year-old boy killed, several more Ukrainian civilians

• On the ground: Ukraine accuses Russia of 'war crimes' targeting civilians

• Why the Chinese Internet Is Cheering Russia’s Invasion

• Thousands of Russian tech workers sign petition opposing invasion of Ukraine

• Ineffective altruism at Polish border - by Barn Son

• "Bring Only A Passport" - Ukraine Removes Age Limits To Enlist In Army As Fighting Intensifies | ZeroHedge

• Putin Puts Nuclear Forces on High Alert

• Putin Readies His Nukes

• Trump defends praise of Putin even as he calls Ukrainian President 'brave'

• Putin brings nuclear options into play

• Putin puts Russia’s nuclear deterrent forces on alert

• Russia’s way of conducting urban warfare bodes ill for Kyiv

• NATO calls Russia nuclear threat ‘dangerous’ and ‘irresponsible‘

• As Ukrainian refugees arrive, Poland prepares to do the right thing

• Russia central bank urges calm amid cash run fears

• Ukraine calls for volunteers to disrupt Russian websites

• Ukraine and Russia set to hold negotiations at border with Belarus

• Medical oxygen running out in Ukraine as war rages, WHO warns

• Ukrainian President Zelensky Agrees to Peace Talks, as Putin Puts Nuclear Forces on High Alert

• Go deep inside Ukrainians' resistance to Russia's attack

• Russia doesn't have the demographics for a war

• Meta and YouTube block Russian state media from monetizing on its platforms

• Update 3 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine | IAEA

• Opinion: Ukraine will survive – but the West should be ashamed

• Kyiv’s mayor: ‘We are encircled’ but full of fight

• Why are posts supporting Russia banned on HN?

• Sanctions spark Russia bank run fears

• Norway's sovereign wealth fund to divest Russian assets

World

• "Doesn't Really Add Up": Canadian MPs Grill Public Safety Minister On Use Of Emergencies Act

• With World’s Eyes on Ukraine, North Korea Launches Another Missile

• Europe can't stop buying Russian gas. Here's why

• China lifts all restrictions on wheat imports from Russia

• Turkey to implement pact on access to shipping straits due to Ukraine war

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Global warming could be stopped in 3-5 years

• Biden pauses new oil and gas leases amid legal battle over cost of climate change