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• Mavis Beacon was the top typing teacher in the US. Then she vanished

Horseshit

• Man dies from caffeine overdose after drinking equivalent of 200 cups of coffee

COVID / VaxCult

• I’m not convinced by the new lab leak debunking

  • HN thread

• 43% of Americans–140M–have had Covid

• For some Patients, Cardiovascular problems persist long-after Covid

• U.S. cutting back on purchases of Pfizer’s anti-Covid pill

• The US Government Is Digging in the Couch to Find Change to Buy (Covid) Drugs

• The two weeks when Covid brought the planet to a standstill

• France bans tourists with no Covid booster

• CCP’s zero-Covid in Hong Kong revealed to be a disaster

• The Key Distinction That Helps Clarify the Path Forward on the Pandemic

Culture War / Tribal / Re segregation

• Which Russians are getting cancelled?

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• Four-year degrees aren’t for everyone

• Kentucky Teachers Retirement Fund lost $3M in selling investment in Russian bank

TechSuck

• Where the Hell are the Robotaxis we were Promised

• Modern smartphone lenses are crazy | Hacker News

• High Definition Radio

• Before You Buy a Chromebook, Check the Expiration Date

• Nvidia hackers leak 190GB of sensitive data from Samsung

• Attackers can force Amazon Echos to hack themselves with self-issued commands

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Food Prices Hit a Record and Now War Will Make It Much Worse

• Americans should get ready for $5 a gallon gas, analyst warns

• 'Arab Spring' Risks Flourish As Global Food Prices Jump To Record High | ZeroHedge

• As locals are priced out, Colorado mountain towns fight to keep workers

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Watch Live: Convoy Of Truckers Arrive At Final Staging Area Before Push To D.C. Region

  • Watch Live: People's Convoy Truck Protest To Imminently Encircle Washington DC Beltway | ZeroHedge

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• Alleged Russian Spy Worked For U.S. Government News Agency.

World

• China says it seeks to ‘resolve’ Taiwan question, amid comparisons to Ukraine

• Russia’s invasion prompts more assertive foreign policy from Japan

Health / Medicine

• Scientists call for China to protect world’s first gene-edited babies

• VA Hospital Suspends Patient Admissions After New Medical Records System Crashes

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Argentina Glacier Collapsed

• ‘We’re basically starting from zero’: Restoring Finland’s river ecosystems

• The Hill: . Investigate Russia’s covert funding of US anti-fossil fuel groups.

• Germany considers keeping nuclear power plants online

Ukraine War

• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 5

• Visa and MasterCard suspend Russian operations

  • MasterCard suspends all services in Russia

  • HN thread

  • American Express Suspends Operations in Russia and Belarus

• Analysis of the situation in Russia, claimed to be by an active FSB analyst

  The Blitzkrieg failed. It's entirely impossible to complete the job at this point. If in the first 3 days Zelensky and some holders of power were captured, all key buildings in Kiev were taken, and the order to surrender was given, then yes. Resistance would be minimal. Theoretically. But what next? Even under such ideal circumstances there stands an unsolvable problem: negotiate with who? If we topple Zelensky, great, who do we sign a deal with? If with Zelensky then after we topple him then the papers he signs are worthless.

  • HN thread

• (Mar 1) Ukraine, Russia, and crop production – Ohio Ag Net | Ohio's Country Journal

• (Aug 2021) Who Benefits from the Creation of a Land Market in Ukraine?

• Map of Ukraine's wheat producing districts | The Western Producer

• Day Eight of the Russian Column Held Hostage

  They opened the floodgates of reservoirs around those columns to flood them and turn the surrounding areas into impassable quagmires for months – probably until July or August. (See photo below) Probably several thousand Russian vehicles in those columns will be irrecoverable losses. Hundreds of Russian soldiers might have drowned.

  The Ukrainians destroyed or still have possession of (in their cities) all the Russian/Ukrainian railheads, save for Kherson and Berdyansk, since the first day of the war. So Russian rail logistics are not possible into Ukraine without either/both a major battlefield success and a major rail engineering effort the Russians did not think was necessary.

• US 'working actively' on deal for Polish fighter jets to Ukraine

• Furious Zelensky Lashes Out At "Weak" NATO For Not Imposing No-Fly Zone | ZeroHedge

• Belarus has effectively ceded control to Kremlin, says opposition leader

• The State Department tells Americans to leave Russia immediately

• Blinken says NATO countries have “green light” to send fighter jets to Ukraine

• Update 13 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine

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• People are booking Airbnbs in Ukraine – not to stay, but to lend their support

• The Meme-Ification of the Ukraine Invasion

• A New World Order

• Shell to put profits from Russian oil trade into Ukraine aid fund

• Russia Likely to Miss Interest Payment

• Under a foreign flag: Canadian veterans explain why they're fighting for Ukraine

• The Russian Elite Can’t Stand the Sanctions

• Ukraine War Hits Farmers as Russia Cuts Fertilizer Supplies, Hurting Brazil

• Assessing the Russian Military Campaign in Ukraine

• Volodymyr Zelensky survives three assassination attempts in days

• Ukraine peace negotiator shot dead 'defending the nation' amid claims he was a 'double agent' working for Russia

• Ukraine Accuses Russia of Blocking Evacuation Corridor

• What Russians are being told about the war in Ukraine

• Ukrainians describe Terror of living-under Russian Occupation

• The young Ukrainians battling pro-Russian trolls on social media

• Putin Calls Sanctions a Declaration of War – As Zelenskyy Pleads for More Aid

• Canada tells citizens to leave Russia due to unpredictable security situation

• Journal editor explains ban on manuscripts from Russian institutions

• Russian anti-war Protester in Moscow says the risk of Arrest is worth it

• I spent the day watching Russia Today – now I’m questioning my grip on reality

• Russia-Ukraine War: What Happened March 5

• Obsessed? Frightened? Wakeful? War in Ukraine sparks return of doomscrolling

• Ukrainians flood plain north of Kyiv to slow Russian advances

• Germany to Russia: We're 'Kinda Experts' on Nazism, and Russia Isn't Fighting It

• Is the Russian Air Force Actually Incapable of Complex Air Operations?

• 'I am Mr McAdams': TV anchor Rahul Shivshankar yells at wrong man on Ukraine live - BBC News

• The sanctions imposed so far on Russia: US, UK, EU, Canada and Asia

• Major disruption registered on Ukraine's national telecoms operator Ukrtelecom

• Moody's cuts Russia rating to Ca on rise in default risk

• Ukrainian Jews push back against Putin’s Nazi claim as they gear up for battle

• Effectively Impossible to Kick Russia Out of the UN, but There Are Other Options

• Ukraine's Nazi problem is real, even if Putin's 'denazification' claim isn't

• Belarus deputy defence minister quits over Ukraine war

• Coursera has just suspended access to Russian language courses

• Pope Francis says Ukraine conflict is not a 'military operation but a war'

• Protests across Russia see thousands detained

• Don't fight in Ukraine – military boss tells Britons

• America Must Do More to Help Ukraine Fight Russia

• Russian banks rush to switch to Chinese card system

• Pension funds divesting from Russia may be new weapon in sanctions war

• Indian netizens swarm to Twitter to support Russia; criticize West, US hypocrisy

• A regiment in Ukraine's military was founded by white supremacists

• ‘I’ll Stand on the Side of Russia’: Pro-Putin Sentiment Spreads Online

• What If Russia Loses?

• Divesting from Russia Proves Complicated for Pension Funds

• There Are Many Things Worse Than American Power

• TikTok Going Largely Dark in Russia Due to Nation's 'Fake News' Law