2022-04-10

Worthy

• Heresy

  Structurally there are two distinctive things about heresy: (1) that it takes priority over the question of truth or falsity, and (2) that it outweighs everything else the speaker has done.

  The superficial demands of orthodoxy make it an inexpensive substitute for virtue. And that in turn is one of the reasons orthodoxy is so attractive to bad people. You could be a horrible person, and yet as long as you're orthodox, you're better than everyone who isn't.

  • HN thread

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• Looks like a shot down something to me: "Unique Atmospheric Sight" Over Alaska Ignites Wild Social Media Speculation  | ZeroHedge

  • Statement of AK Department of Public Safety

• Why Scientists Are Worried About the W Boson: 'Something Is Amiss'

Horseshit

• Can’t Sleep? Seven Devices That Might Solve Your ‘Coronosomnia’ for Good

celebrity gossip

• Space station's first all-private astronaut team welcomed aboard

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• When Fox News viewers flip to CNN, their opinions shift too, study finds

• American Think Tanks Are Fueling the Mexican Right

• Obama: I Underestimated the Threat of Disinformation

COVID / VaxCult

• Shanghai residents revolt over Covid lockdown: Videos shows mobs looting stores

• Multi-scale modelling reveals that early super-spreader events are a likely contributor to novel variant predominance

• COVID-19 cases rise rapidly in New York City, DC

• DC gala was COVID super-spreader event, Biden delays correspondents’ dinner RSVP

• Trapped in lockdown, Shanghai residents turn to WeChat groups for food

• Pfizer Hired 600 Employees Due To 'Large Increase Of Adverse Event Reports': Document | ZeroHedge

Culture War / Tribal / Re segregation

• Body Parts Aren’t Gendered. So Why Are Sex Toys?

• I’m Being Investigated by the British Columbia College of Nurses Because I Believe Biological Sex Is Real

• ‘Decolonise’ maths by subtracting white male viewpoint, urges Durham University

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Elon Musk suggests changes to Twitter Blue, including cutting price and dogecoin

TechSuck

• Atlassian services are still down, 5 days and counting

  • HN on 4 days out

Crypto con games

• NFTs Don’t Work the Way You Might Think They Do

  • NFTs Are a Privacy and Security Nightmare

• Deception, exploited workers, and cash handouts: How Worldcoin recruited users

• Eric Weinstein At Bitcoin 2022: Breaking Physics & Changing The World | ZeroHedge

  the crowd watched as Weinstein and Loeb took a hard left turn in conversation. It seemed as though the conversation was meant to focus on UFOs and the discovery of objects entering our solar system that were previously undefined.

• Some mothers see Bitcoin and NFTs as ways to build wealth for their families

Economicon / Business / Finance

• The Secret Plot To Unleash Corporate Power

• 21 States Raised The Minimum Wage in 2022, But Living Costs Are Rising Faster

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• The FDA’s Food Failure

Hunter

• Hunter Biden frequently covered family expenses, texts reveal

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• The Unravelling of an Expert on Serial Killers

• FBI Social Media Surveillance Program Gets Big New Expansion

• Joe Biden Secret Service agents tied to bribery scheme: report

  A law enforcement source familiar with the matter told The Post said that the leave status doesn’t necessarily mean that the agents are suspected of wrongdoing or criminal misconduct. “At this point in time, there’s no indication that Secret Service personnel were involved in criminal activity,” he said. “There is no indication that Secret Service personnel provided Taherzadeh or Ali with anything in return.”

  The stunning plot was detected by chance when someone assaulted a mail carrier and building residents told a US postal inspector they should consult with Taherzadeh and Ali. The postal inspector grew suspicious and informed the DHS Inspector General’s Office, which in turn alerted the FBI.

• Biden Detailee Entangled in Secret Service Bribery Scheme | RealClearPolitics

  One of the men impersonating DHS agents allegedly told witnesses in the case that he had connections to ISI, the Pakistani intelligence agency, a prosecutor said during a court hearing Thursday. Both U.S. citizens accused of the bribery hold passports with visas to Iran and Pakistan. They were allegedly impersonating DHS officials and attempted to bribe four members of the elite force that protects the president, vice president, and their families.

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• Intel: Putin may cite Ukraine war to meddle in US politics

• NATO Plans Permanent Military Presence at Border, Report Says

• Are we witnessing the beginning of de-dollarization?

World

• Imran Khan ousted as Pakistan's PM after key vote

  • Imran Khan Ousted as Pakistan Leader, Paving Way for Power Shift

• In Africa, U.S.-Trained Militaries Are Ousting Civilian Governments in Coups

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• As Climate Fears Mount, Some in U.S. Are Deciding to Relocate

• Climate scientists' message to the financial world: dig deeper

• Adbusters wants you to let the air out of people’s SUV tires, but start by targeting wealthy areas

Ukraine War

• What science says: Could humans survive a nuclear war between NATO and Russia?

• Satellite images: Russian military convoy heads south toward Donbas region

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• Russia's rouble rebound not quite what it seems

• German Defense Minister: No More Bundeswehr Weapons For Ukraine | ZeroHedge

• Russia or die: After weeks under Putin's bombs Ukrainians given only one way out

• Russia or die: 45,000 Ukranians forcibly deported since invasion began

• Boris Johnson meets Volodymyr Zelenskiy in unannounced visit to Kyiv

• What is the Wagner Group, the Russian mercenary entity in Ukraine?

• Foreigners ready to join Ukraine's fight must pass tougher muster

• ‘They killed everyone.’ Fury in Ukraine at Russian troops’ barbarity

• ‘Chemical Warfare’ in Ukraine: Russia Destroys Nitric Acid Tank

• Chernihiv: Are these Russia's weapons of war?

• The Backdoor That Keeps Russian Oil Flowing into Europe

  • HN thread

• Read all about it: Final days of the battle for Mariupol

• Sitrep: Operation Z

• Of Roadside Bombs And Drones: Putin’s Looming Insurgency Problem

• Half A Dozen Chinese Y-20 Cargo Jets Popped Up Over Europe Last Night

• Photos show Kramatorsk missiles had Urkainian serial numbers

• “WarOnFakes” satellite image claims debunked

• Zelenskyy warns that Russian aggression will not stop with Ukraine

• What If Europe Loses Russian Natural Gas?

• Understanding Vladimir Putin, the man who fooled the world