2022-05-04

Worthy

• What are the best examples of catastrophic resource shortages?

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• Every Bay Area House Party - by Scott Alexander

  “Exactly! With modern technology, the next time could be so much worse! Usually the steppe nomads are limited to a small fringe around the steppe where they can still graze their horses. But with modern logistics, you can get horse food basically anywhere. There’s no limit to how far the next steppe confederation could get. That’s why I think this is a true existential risk, not just another 5 - 10% of the world’s population like usual.”

• For Second Straight Year, California Sees a Population Decline

Horseshit

• 'Top Gun: Maverick' producer says Darkstar looked so real, China moved spy satellite to see it - Sandboxx

• Why is every consumer startup trying to sell me what I already own for 10 times the price?

• Discs vs. data: Are we helping the environment by streaming?

celebrity gossip

• Someone attacked Dave Chappelle in the middle of his performance in Los Angeles

  • Dave Chappelle attacked on stage during stand-up Netflix show in LA

• MacKenzie Scott donates $3.8B to 465 nonprofits

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• PayPal's IndyMedia Wipeout - TK News by Matt Taibbi

• Bill Gates says “real invention” needed to stop “misinformation”

COVID / VaxCult

• Repeated influenza vaccination effects might apply to Covid-19 vaccines

• Dispute over coronavirus genomes is threatening a tool for tracking variants

• Pfizer says it sold almost $15B worth of COVID-19 vaccine, antiviral pill in Q1.

• Facemasks may reduce severity of Covid-19 and pressure on health systems

• Carnival Cruise ship overwhelmed with Covid patients

• Shanghai residents turn to NFTs to record Covid-19 lockdown, combat censorship

• Oh, OK, It's Over | FrontpageMag

• CDC restates recommendation for masks on planes, trains.

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• University student complaints over courses hit record

• Stanford Gets $1.1B for New Climate School from John Doerr

• Kent State dedicates bronze markers to students wounded in May 4th shooting

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Pop Culture Has Become an Oligopoly - by Adam Mastroianni

  • HN comments

Musk / Twitter

• Twitter Is Real Life

• Elon Musk considers ‘slight’ Twitter fee for commercial users

• Musk says Twitter may charge slight fee for commercial, government users

• Elon Musk Plans to Take Twitter Public a Few Years After Buyout

• Twitter Introduces 'Circle', for Tweets You Don't Want in Everyone's Timeline

• George Soros, Clinton and Obama staffers and European governments are behind anti-Musk campaign | Daily Mail Online

TechSuck

• By 2023: GitHub will require all code contributors to use two-factor authentication

• Microsoft open-sourced the code for 1995’s 3D Movie Maker because someone asked

  • Microsoft 3D Movie Maker Source Code | Hacker News

• Every ISP in the US has been ordered to block three pirate streaming services

Crypto con games

• Most Salvadorans have already ditched their national Bitcoin wallets

• California governor issues executive order on crypto – state embraces blockchain

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Mexico raw sugar export limit increased

• Changing The Origins Of Our Economy - by Tony

• Wall Street sees greater risk of default by major banks

• Buffett would bet on monkeys throwing darts to outperform financial advisers

• Federal Reserve poised for first 50bp rate hike in 22 years: FOMC preview

  • Fed raises rates by half a percentage point – the biggest hike in two decades

• Mike Rowe Says Truckers "Aren't Buying Putin Price Hike" Spin As Diesel Hits New High | ZeroHedge

• Shanghai lockdown ignites supply-chain problems for U.S. companies

• A Chinese man called 'Ma' was detained. The news wiped $26B off Alibaba's stock

• Half of all staff may leave: Apple braces for exodus of workers

• Ford Reports Devastating Losses Thanks to Electric Vehicle Gamble.

• 'Buy now, pay later' sends TikTok generation spiraling into debt

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Colorado Legislature Passes HOA Foreclosure Reform Bill

• Biden says 'MAGA crowd' is 'most extreme political organization that's existed' in recent American history | Fox News

• FAA urges airlines to replace altimeters that can’t filter out 5G signals

Supreme Abortion

• CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin Worried SCOTUS Could Take Away His Right To Bribe Mistress To Get Abortion

• Amazon is now offering a $4,000 expense budget to help employees travel to other states to get abortions.

• Horse drugs are OK again

• The Constitutional Crisis That Roe v. Wade Set In Motion Is Now Upon Us

• For Conservative Legal Movement, a Long-Sought Triumph Appears at Hand

• Cops Attacked, Windows Smashed During 'Roe V Wade' Protest In LA

• What we can deduce from a leaked PDF: Matthew Butterick

  It seems that the printed PDF was unsta­pled and then rescanned. ... The text of the PDF is search­able because OCR was run on the PDF after it was created. Perhaps by the leaker, but more likely by the recip­ient, Politico.

Hunter

• Hunter's Laptop: Adam Schiff, CNN, Politico And Daily Beast Sued By Repairman Who Blew Whistle

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• TurboTax to pay customers $141m after steering them away from free services

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• Opinion: It's time Russia and NATO stop playing games with nuclear war

World

• Russian Cinemas Are Showing Pirated Movies Downloaded from Torrents

• EU proposes ban on Russian oil imports

• Data centres in Ireland now consuming more electricity than rural homes

• China’s Lockdowns Wreak Havoc on Economy as Xi Pledges Support

Health / Medicine

• The Mysterious Rise in Severe Diseases in Children

• Cerebral Will Stop Prescribing Adderall for New Patients

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Ash HN: Sea levels are rising, so why is coastal real estate not falling?

• The Pandemic Gave Scientists a New Way to Spy on Emissions

• (Mar 5) Organic farming went disastrously wrong in Sri Lanka

• Pinker vs. the AAAS on the politicization of climate change

Ukraine War

• Angry Diplomatic Row Escalates Between Israel & Russia | ZeroHedge

• Ukraine war: EU plans Russian oil ban and war crimes sanctions

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• A Russian opposition leader wants to fight Vladimir Putin with ads on YouTube

• Yandex data center in Finland loses power, runs on diesel, due to war sanctions

  • HN comments

• AP evidence points to 600 dead in Mariupol theater airstrike

• Russia Again Warns Any NATO Vehicle Entering Ukraine With Weapons Will Be Destroyed | ZeroHedge

• (Apr 7) Russian Oil's Achilles Heel - by Craig Kennedy