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• Border authorities find 52 reptiles hidden in man’s clothing

• SF is now boycotting most of the United States

  San Francisco will not enter into contracts with businesses headquartered in most of the United States — 28 states in all. Official travel to those states is also forbidden.

• Cornel West Sees a Spiritual Decay in the Culture

• Life as a Trucker Has Devolved into a Dystopian Nightmare

• It’s Possible to Learn the Right Thing from the Wrong Person

• Wisconsin flock of 2.75M chickens to be culled as bird flu spreads in U.S.

Horseshit

• Light mode, Dark mode, and Gen-Z mode? | Hacker News

Obit

• Popular Tibetan singer Tsewang Norbu dies of self-immolation protest

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing

• 'They are Russian Assets and there is a war'

• New Secret Service report details growing incel terrorism threat

• Two years of information chaos on Twitter

• The Problem With That “Russia Sought Military Aid From China” Story « Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog

• The Case That Killed MeToo in Sweden

• White House drafts TikTok stars to blame Putin for rising gas prices

COVID / VaxCult

• Masterpiece of not saying anything: Stroke Rates Are Increasing Among Young People

• U.S. Sewer Data Warns of a New Bump in Covid Cases

• The Goal – Vaccinate 70% of the World Against Covid – Scientists Re-Think

• From 15 Days to Two Years

• Sars-Cov-2 Kills T-Cells, Just Like HIV

• COVID digest: Germany′s situation ′critical,′ Lauterbach says

• China Reports Record Covid-19 Cases, 80M in Lockdown

• Fauci Says More Vaccines Will Be Needed; "We're Not Done With This"

• Rising Covid Infections in EU and UK

Culture War / Tribal / Re segregation

• John Cleese Went Off on Slavery at SXSW as Crowd Cringed – The Hollywood Reporter

  Cleese said drawing shocked gasps. “… and then the Normans came over in 1066 … they were horrible people from France, and they came and colonized us for 30 years — we need reparations there too, I’m afraid.”

• The "Myth of the Model Minority" is Just an Average

• Jussie Smollett somehow ended up in the psych ward.

• "The Rise of White Nationalist Hispanics" Far-right, neo-Fascist Latinos becoming more visible

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• Have Chinese Spies Infiltrated American Campuses?

• Preprint server removes ‘inflammatory’ papers in superconductor controversy

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Instagram, TikTok could get sued for addicting kids under California proposal

• Vimeo is telling creators to suddenly pay thousands of dollars

  “I was already paying $200 a year, which I think is pretty expensive,” van Baarle says. “But I thought, well, it’s a quality platform.” She’s uploaded 117 subscriber-only videos so far, and each one only gets around 150 views on average, van Baarle says. Her most viewed video has around 815 views. So the notice Vimeo sent van Baarle on March 11 shocked her. Her bandwidth usage was within the top 1 percent of Vimeo users, the company said, and if she wanted to keep hosting her content on the site, she’d need to upgrade to a custom plan. Her quoted price: $3,500 a year.

TechSuck

• Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer | Hacker News

• Great example case of NNCP Building an airgapped Bitcoin node with NNCP

• Chipmaker Arm to cut up to 1k jobs after $40bn sale collapses

Crypto con games

• U.S. Treasury Department stresses that Russia sanctions extend to cryptocurrency

• Reese Witherspoon and Gwyneth Paltrow Push for Crypto Sisterhood

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Russia could Default on its Debt within Days

• Oil briefly tumbles below $100 a Barrel

• Nickel Blowup Made a Lot of Trouble

• There are not enough BTUs

• AMC to Buy Stake in Gold-and-Silver Mining Company Hycroft

  • AMC Bought a Gold Mine

• Oil prices drop – but pump prices remain high

• Catastrophic Inflation: “I’ve Never Seen Prices Jump This High, This Fast” - The Lid

• First-time U.S. home buyers feeling 'defeated' by high prices

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Biden yet to see boost from voters despite favorable reviews on Ukraine

• Tulsi Gabbard Smeared As 'Treasonous Liar' By Sen. Romney Over Ukraine Biolab Concerns

• Keith Olbermann defends Dr. Fauci & advises Sen. Rand Paul to ‘become an actual doctor’ – twitchy.com

• US Senate unanimously votes to make daylight savings time permanent

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• Thieves steal 1k gallons of diesel fuel from gas station by minivans trapdoor

• Russian Tycoon's Charges Unsealed in Giuliani-linked Case

• Police proposal would start reopening Capitol later this month - Roll Call

  The Capitol complex has been closed to the general public since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. Reopening the campus has been substantially hampered because of staffing shortages plaguing the Capitol Police.

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• Invasion of Grenada; Falklands influencing how China thinks about Taiwan

• White House tells China of 'Deep Concerns' about providing-assistance to Russia

• The Crash Of A Ukrainian-Originating Drone In Croatia Exposed NATO’s Vulnerabilities

World

• Australia and the Netherlands – New Case against Russia over 2014 Jet shot-down

• Israeli government websites brought down

• Boycott of Russian gas and oil ‘could cause mass poverty in Germany’

• Argentina Halts Soy Exports As Food Protectionism Soars  | ZeroHedge

• Saudi to consider accepting Yuan for oil sales

  • New World Order of Currencies – Petroyuan

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Antarctic sea ice hits lowest minimum on record

• Could A Small Nuclear War Reverse Global Warming?

• Tree planting is booming. Here’s how that could help, or harm, the planet

• Russia supported European energy dependence by funding environmental groups

• Dams Are Becoming More Dangerous to Build as Good Sites Run Out

Ukraine War

• Russia accuses Kyiv of deadly missile attack on Donetsk

• Ukraine War – Where Is the US Navy?

  The Navy’s lack of media response is not only a threat to Ukraine but it’s a threat to the US Navy itself. It is no secret that politicians increasingly look towards media stories when allocating budgets. In future budgetary hearings when Senators ask what the US Navy did to protect democracy in Ukraine and Freedom Of Navigation in the Black Sea, what evidence will the CNO and Secretary of the Navy provide to substantiate requests for increased spending?

• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 14

• U.S. Intelligence Says Putin Made a Last-Minute Decision to Invade Ukraine

• I had wondered where all the Novichok went: Putin has already deployed a chemical weapon. In Salisbury

• Why Did Vladimir Putin Invade Ukraine? :: Gatestone Institute

• Fox’s Steve Harrigan Returns From Ukraine With Grim Message: ‘Ukraine is a Done Deal. It’s Flattened And They Lost.’

• Putin’s forces may only be able to keep up the fight for another 14 days, UK defense sources say

• "Cope cages" Russian tanks in Ukraine are sprouting cages Archive link

• Here Are All The Latest News And Developments From The Ukraine War: March 15

• Live updates: Zelenskyy: Ukraine realizes it can’t join NATO | AP News

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• Fox News Correspondent Hospitalized After Being Injured in Ukraine

• NATO Won’t Let Ukraine Join Soon. Here’s Why

• Fears three British ex-special forces troops killed by Russian attack in Ukraine

• Russia is trying to Install pro-Kremlin Officials into occupied-Cities

• Russia may-have found a Buyer for its Cheap Oil – India

• Auto repair shop adapts captured Russian weapons for local forces

• Anti-war protester interrupts Russian TV news show

• Paul Graham calls for all talented people to leave Russia

• The 300k volunteer hackers coming together to fight Russia

• Confession from a Foreign Fighter: “The Whole Foreign Legion Got Eliminated.”

• Russia's Attack at Poland's Border Shattered Image of Calm in Western Ukraine

• Over Ukraine, Lumbering Turkish-Made Drones Are an Ominous Sign for Russia

• Russia Deploys a Mystery Munition in Ukraine

• India’s top refiner IOC buys 3 mln bbls Russian Urals crude via tender -sources

• Russia Dropped From Ship Certification Body as Sanctions Bite

• Central Asia frets as Russia suspends grain, sugar exports

• Koch Industries continues doing business in Russia

• Tulsi Gabbard Smeared as ‘Treasonous Liar’ By Sen. Mitt Romney Over Ukraine Biolab Concerns

• Parallel Worlds or Parabolic Mirror Images: Media Coverage of the Russia-Ukraine War

• Firefox bins Russian search engines over misinformation fears

• Slack reportedly deleted all business accounts paid for using Russian cards

• German government advises against using Kaspersky antivirus

• Russia imposes sanctions on Biden

• Tesla has bought aluminum from Russian company Rusal since 2020

• Chernobyl, 200 Exhausted Staff Toil Round the Clock at Russian Gunpoint

• Zelensky Gives Peek At What He's About To Ask Congress For In Emotional Canada Parliament Speech | ZeroHedge