2022-04-11

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• Differences between the Moon’s near and far sides linked to colossal ancient impact | Brown University

• Interstellar object exploded over Earth in 2014, declassified govmt data reveal

  This confirmation retroactively makes the 2014 meteor the first interstellar object ever detected in our solar system, the memo added. The object's detection predates the discovery of 'Oumuamua — a now-infamous, cigar-shaped object that is also moving far too fast to have originated in our solar system — by three years, according to the USSC memo.

  • Secret Government Info Confirms First Known Interstellar Object on Earth, Scientists Say

• Etsy Strike | Hacker News

Horseshit

• GM Cruise autonomous taxi pulled over by police in San Francisco without humans

• NASA will test SpinLaunch’s ability to fling satellites into orbit

• Hasbro Screwed The Super Soaker’s Inventor Out Of Millions

  he happy ending came in November 2013, when, after he sued them and it went to arbitration, Hasbro had to fork over an additional $72.9 million to him in a lump sum.

• Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid

Musk / Twitter

• Twitter says billionaire Musk not joining board, warns of 'distractions ahead'

• Twitter CEO: Elon Musk will not join Twitter board

• Elon has decided not to join our board

  • HN thread

• Musk turns down a seat on Twitter’s board and so open to pursue hostile takeover

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• NYTimes Dealbook repeats William Browder’s Magnitsky hoax. I ask major media “fact checkers” to deal with it. : The Komisar Scoop

• Russian trolls tried to distract voters with music tweets in 2016

• The Unsung Force Digging Through Misinformation

COVID / VaxCult

• Covid is becoming increasingly vaccine enabled

• Shanghai Has Recorded More Than 130k Covid Cases–and No Deaths

• Robert Malone Says He Will Sue New York Times Unless It Corrects 'Defamatory' Article

• Why So Many Covid Predictions Were Wrong

• Suggestion for theatres to host some facemask-only performances

• Unscrambling Our Memories in the Wake of Covid-19

• Are large indoor events safe? It’s impossible to know, making “personal choice” a false one.

• "Pandemic, Inc" releases April 12

  • Contractor Who Was Awarded $34.5M and Provided No Masks Pleads Guilty to Fraud

• A Final Report Card on the States’ Response to Covid-19

• Bill Gates' TED Talk Mobilizes Convoys of Covid-19 Vaccine Opponents

• Nearly 300 Service Members Separated From Navy, Marine Corps For Vaccine Refusal.

• NY, Calif. failed in handling of COVID — but Florida was among best: study

Culture War / Tribal / Re segregation

• Black Americans overtake white Americans for Opoiod death rates

• "Decolonize This" Why are there 360° in a circle? | Hacker News

• Over orders to investigate trans kids, Texas child welfare workers are resigning

• Gender 'X' is now an option on U.S. passport applications

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Sony and Kirkbi (Lego) Invest $2B in Epic Games

TechSuck

• Atlassian outage lingers, sparking data loss fears

  • Atlassian successfully restores just over 1 out of 3 affected customers data | Hacker News

  • Day 7 of the great Atlassian outage: Company still struggling to restore access

  • Atlassian: We estimate the rebuilding effort to last for up to 2 more weeks | Hacker News

Crypto con games

• ‘We’re a Cult’: Inside Bitcoin’s Shameless Hypefest

Economicon / Business / Finance

• This single mother sold Wall Street a stake in her home for $60,000, joining thousands of Americans who are cashing in on soaring home prices

• Consumer debt soars to highest level in over a decade

• Shopify to split stock 10-for-1 as part of major shakeup of voting control

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• FBI Kidnapping Caper Was Flagrant Election Interference › American Greatness

Hunter

• comment:

  The MSM attacked Trump relentlessly for violating the emoluments clause. The House threatened to impeach him for it. But no one can show how Trump violated the emoluments clause.

  The Hunter emails clearly show that the Big Guy was selling access while Hunter laundered the cash. Apparently Hunter and the Big Guy shared access to multiple bank accounts. An examination of the Big Guy shows that he accumulated about $13 million in assets during his 8 years as VP. One wonders how he could have legally acquired so much wealth in such a short period.

  And just like that, the MSM stopped caring about the emoluments clause.

• "Something Is Up": Rep. Jim Jordan Suggests Hunter Biden Indictment Could Be Coming | ZeroHedge

• EXC: Hunter Biden Firm Invested In VR 'Metaverse' Used by Child Sex Groomers... And His Laptop Shows He Had an Account.

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• FBI Didn't Knock Down a Suspect's Door Because 'It Was an Affluent Neighborhood'

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• A story about planning for Desert Storm (1991) | Mystics & Statistics

  What Schwarzkopf didn’t know, and I did, was that the agreements set out to decide who did what to whom did not allow DIA access to the data collected by our tactical recce jets. In other words, DIA was going to have to do all its BDA analysis using less useful means. There was simply no way our guys could see a small hole punched through the top armor of a tank from the means we had at hand. Thus began the great BDA war between CENTCOM and Washington.

• Would the US really rescue Taiwan if mainland China attacked?

• Finland and Sweden set to join NATO as soon as summer

World

• Pakistan Opposition Leader Shahbaz Sharif Named New Prime Minister Amid Raging Pro-Khan Protests

• Layoffs in China’s Tech Sector Stoke Larger Unemployment Fears

Health / Medicine

• Noise Pollution Hurts the Heart

• Humans Can Fight Viruses by Breathing Deeply; Harvard Study Shows How It Works

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• A ‘New Era of Air Pollution’ in the Tropics Could Have a Toll

• A derived honey bee stock confers resistance to Varroa and viral transmission

• A derived honey bee stock confers resistance to Varroa destructor and associated viral transmission | Scientific Reports

  • Will USDA let them be sold in the USA?

• Spain investigates private taxidermy collection with more than 1k animals

• I Liked the Idea of Carbon Offsets, Until I Tried to Explain It

Ukraine War

• Here Are All The Latest News And Developments From The Ukraine War: April 11.

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• Putin’s War in Ukraine Shatters an Illusion in Russia

• Russian military drone has a retail Canon DSLR camera inside

• Ukraine’s 'iron general' is a hero, but he's no star

• S&P Hits Russia with Default Rating on Foreign Debt

• My Advice for American Veterans Who Want to Get on a Plane to Ukraine

• Russia’s ‘Highly Bizarre' Strategy to Defend Armoured Vehicles with Wooden Logs

• Spurred by Putin, Russians Turn on One Another over the War

• Russian Gas, Acid Rain and Industrial Scaremongers

• Ukraine and Russia gear up for large-scale battles reminiscent of WWII

• Siding with Ukraine’s far-right, US sabotaged Zelensky’s historic mandate for peace

• Military do-somethingism is running amok in Washington

• 6 Things NATO Can Do to Help Ukraine Right Now

• US police agencies are sending protective gear to Ukrainian civilians in what experts call an unprecedented move

• Nasty, Repressive, Aggressive — Yes. But Is Russia Fascist? Experts Say ‘No.’

• Russian Military Says It Successfully Destroyed S-300 Systems Provided By EU State | ZeroHedge

• Video: Ukraine Soldier Disassembles Russian Drone, Reveals DIY Work