2022-03-14

• Happy Pi Day: Pi Formulas, Algorithms and Computations

• also:

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  while(I=--s2)P=Ts+o(Winter?g[s]:o/5),T=P/--I,g[s]=P-IT;}
  

Horseshit

• Tinder now offers criminal background checks, but there’s a big problem

• Supernatural Sociology: Americans’ Beliefs by Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Education - Tony Silva, Ashley Woody, 2022

  The authors analyze the 2020–2021 Chapman University Survey of American Fears (n = 1,035), the most recent nationally representative survey to examine fears of and beliefs about supernatural and paranormal phenomena, including ghosts, hauntings, zombies, psychics, telekinesis, Bigfoot or Sasquatch, Atlantis, and extraterrestrial visitation.

• Meta-analysis suggests psychopathy may be an adaptation, rather than a disorder

  A meta-analysis of 16 studies revealed no differences in the rates of non right-handedness between community individuals who scored high and low in psychopathy, psychopathic and non-psychopathic offenders, and psychopathic and non-psychopathic mental health patients, partially supporting the adaptive strategy model of psychopathy.

  A testable hypothesis regarding this debate is the extent to which psychopathic (vs. non psychopathic) individuals exhibit signs of neurodevelopmental perturbations. One indirect measure of such perturbations is handedness, as non right-handedness signals neurodevelopmental problems. Non right-handedness has been associated with low birth weight, birth complications, prenatal stress, and prenatal exposure to hormones, suggesting it may be associated with disruption to pre- and perinatal brain development of critical brain structures. For example, compared to healthy control groups, individuals with schizophrenia and depression are more likely to be left-handed.

• UPS fails to book Nantucket ferry tickets, impacting summer deliveries

• TikTok has become a dangerous breeding ground for mental disorders

celebrity gossip

• Pete Davidson and five paying customers to fly on Jeff Bezos' suborbital rocket

Obit

• William Hurt Dies: Oscar-Winning Actor For Kiss Of The Spider Woman Was 71

• Assange denied permission to appeal extradition

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing

• Dr. Klaus Schwab Or: How the CFR Taught Me to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

COVID / VaxCult

• Former President Barack Obama tests positive for Covid-19

• Supply chain issues ahead: Shenzhen going into lockdown amid Covid-19 surge

• 'Supertasters' may have some innate protection against Covid-19

• One-third of all US child Covid deaths occurred during Omicron surge

• Ivermectin Works! - Emerald Robinson’s The Right Way

  According to Dr. Scott Jensen: “Hospital administrators might well want to see COVID-19 attached to a discharge summary or a death certificate. Why? Because if it's a straightforward, garden-variety pneumonia that a person is admitted to the hospital for — if they're Medicare — typically, the diagnosis-related group lump sum payment would be $5,000. But if it's COVID-19 pneumonia, then it's $13,000, and if that COVID-19 pneumonia patient ends up on a ventilator, it goes up to $39,000.”

• Masks (in memoriam) - Infovores Newsletter

• China battles multiple Covid-19 outbreaks, Driven by Stealth-Omicron

• Pfizer-CEO: 4th-shot of Covid-Vaccine needed – Company making 'all-Variants' Vax

• As masks come off, vulnerable Americans feel left behind

• FDA Begins Releasing Pfizer COVID Vax Documents

• What’s Known About the BA.2 Variant

• Hong Kong Omicron deaths expose limits of fraying zero-Covid policy

Culture War / Tribal / Re segregation

• The rise of white nationalist Hispanics.

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• We’ve turned schools into battlefields, and our kids are the casualties

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• NYT Shutting Down Wordle Archive

TechSuck

• The Uber Eats glitch that allowed ordering free food for a weekend in India

• British tech champion Arm to slash hundreds (15%) of jobs

Crypto con games

• Why crypto is unlikely to be useful for sanctions-dodgers

Economicon / Business / Finance

• "Media Isn't Warning You" That US Careening Towards Food Crisis  | ZeroHedge

• Inside the 18 Minutes of Trading Chaos That Broke the Nickel Market

• USDA announces plans to support innovative American-made fertilizer | Hacker News

• Chinese Nickel Tycoon Reaches Standstill Deal On Massive Margin Call | ZeroHedge

• Container Ship Aground Outside Patapsco River | Chesapeake Bay Magazine

• China, Russia, and the inflation situation - by Noah Smith

  And remember that not all inflations are created equal. The inflation of 2021, though exacerbated by supply chain problems (and perhaps by the early retirement of older workers), was still mostly demand-driven — people had more money to spend due to Covid relief spending and pent-up savings from 2020. This pushed up wages at the low end, so that even if the middle and upper classes were seeing their real wages drop, working-class folks were making real gains. And the economy as a whole was booming, with unemployment near record lows and labor force participation recovering rapidly.

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Bill to authorize the issuance of letters of marque for seizing Russian assets

• This headline deserves an award: Biden's Ukraine leadership may not help Democrats at the ballot box

• These Democratic Megadonors Made a $108 Million ‘Lucky Bet’ on Wall Street. Now the Feds Are Investigating.

• Here’s Why Williamson County Is Switching To New Voting Machines After State Review (The Tennessean – 3/04/2022)

• 'This is akin to a hostile takeover' – Tennessee Lookout

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• Amazon moves employees out of downtown Seattle office due to crime

  • HN thread

• MoMA stabbing suspect worked on Broadway, suffered from worsening mental health issues, friends recall - Gothamist

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• U.S. warns China against helping Russia evade sanctions

World

• Iran Claims Responsibility for Missiles That Struck Near a US Consulate in Iraq

  • Iran attacks Iraq’s Erbil with missiles in warning to U.S., allies

• Massive Fire Rocks Major Grocery Logistics Center In Taiwan | ZeroHedge

• It's Confirmed: Tyrants LOVE China! . . . But Why?

• Putin signs law to allow online voting at elections across Russia

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• The world’s rivers exhale a massive amount of carbon

Ukraine War

• Russia asks China for military assistance in its invasion of Ukraine

  • Ukraine-Russia war: China denies Russian request for aid

  • Russia Seeking China's Military Help In Ukraine, US "Sources" Say In Afternoon Of Media Leaks; China Responds: "Never Heard Of That" | ZeroHedge

• U.S. Warns ‘Full Force’ of NATO Would Respond If Russia Hits Poland

• Ukraine pushes for Zelenskyy-Putin Meeting and live-updates

• Russia-Ukraine War – What happened March-13-2022

• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 13

  Russian forces may intend to resume larger-scale attacks on both axes of advance in the coming week, but will likely take longer to (or may never) cohere the combat power necessary to complete the encirclement of Kyiv.

• Russia-Ukraine War: The slipping of the civilisational mask, writes Harini Calamur

  what we are getting to see now is the other side of being dependent on others for key services. As the western mask slips, and we see what ‘civilisation’ really means – many non-western nations are going to take a serious look at their overreliance on external sources. And take suitable steps for being self-reliant

• Russian airstrike escalates offensive in western Ukraine

• Pentagon push to send more trainers to Ukraine was scrapped in December amid White House fears of provoking Russia

  • (Jan 13) CIA-trained Ukrainian paramilitaries may take central role if Russia invades

• ‘False flag’ chemical attack in Ukraine: a coming attraction

• US and China to meet in Rome for high-level talks focusing on Ukraine

• Bellingcat's Eliot Higgins Explains Why Ukraine Is Winning the Information War

• (Podcast) What Will the Battle of Kyiv Look Like?

• Putin Signs Bill: Leased Aircraft Belong to Russian Airlines

• Here Are All The Latest News And Developments From The Ukraine War: March 14

• Zelensky To Address US Congress In Wednesday Virtual Session | ZeroHedge

• China backs Russian allegations about US biological weapons ahead of Rome talks

• Is boycotting Russian energy a realistic strategy? The German case

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• Russia conducts missile strikes against Yavoriv military base, kills volunteers

• Russian Prosecutors Warn Western Companies of Arrests, Asset Seizures

• Official: Drone that crashed in Croatia carried a bomb

• Ukraine has started using Clearview AI’s facial recognition during war

• Russian hostility 'partly caused by west', claims former US defence head

• Putin’s Criminal Invasion of Ukraine Highlights Some Ugly Truths About U.S.

• Instagram will be blocked at midnight in Russia

• Foreign fighters in Ukraine are to sign indefinite contracts. Some have refused

• The American Pundits Who Can’t Resist “Westsplaining” Ukraine

• The American Pundits Who Can’t Resist “Westsplaining” Ukraine

• Facebook Parent Says Users Can’t Post Calls to Assassinate Putin

• ICRC calls for urgent solution to save lives in Mariupol

• Pope Francis Issues an Urgent Plea for an End to the War in Ukraine

• Update on Russian equipment losses: Oryx numbers

• 'Russian warship, go fxck yourself' postage stamp revealed

• Video shows Russian tank firing on an apartment building in Ukraine

• Global Sanctions Dashboard: Special Russia Edition

• Leaked Kremlin Memo to Russian Media: It Is Essential to Feature Tucker Carlson

• Power Supply Restored at Nuclear Plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine Says

• A Ukrainian Socialist Explains Why the Russian Invasion Shouldn’t Have Been a Surprise

• War in Ukraine: Uni to uniform - Ukraine's new teenage army recruits - BBC News

• Chechen strongman Kadyrov says he is in Ukraine

• Endgame in Ukraine: how could the war play out?

• India Is Mulling Rupee-Ruble Payments System for Trade with Russia

• Putin’s War Sends Russians into Exile

• Stockpiling Russians buy electronics, pharmacy goods as crisis deepens

• How Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Is Tearing Apart the Global Food System

• You can’t threaten to kill Putin on Facebook, company now says

• India considers buying discounted Russian oil, commodities

• Russia to use yuan from its forex reserves

• Why the west may have to offer Putin a way out

• What If World War III Has Already Started?

• America’s Hesitation Is Heartbreaking

• Russia’s war: Why The BMJ opposes an academic boycott

• Chernobyl electricity was restored for less than 24 hours before being cut again