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• Taking a Break from Social Media Makes You Happier and Less Anxious

  • HN comments

• Inca priests used natural antidepressants for nefarious purposes | Ars Technica

Horseshit

• Mach 5 passenger plane is a crazy idea that might just work

• Software Defined Cars

• How the Kessler Syndrome can end all space exploration and destroy modern life

• "The Socialist Feminist Case for Animal Liberation" Our Animals, Ourselves - Lux Magazine

• Fears of electromagnetic radiation spawned a snake-oil industry

• New Federal Report Shows Two-Decade Surge in Gun Manufacturing

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• Social media sites work to limit spread of Buffalo shooting footage

• conspiracies about conspiracy theories - by el gato malo

• The Intellectual Obesity Crisis - by Gurwinder - The Prism

• Just Stop Apologizing - Freddie deBoer

  Once perceived to be a counterweight to the casual brutality of identity politics on the left, DSA is now a constant staging ground for it. Seemingly every major local branch has devolved into the worst redbaiting and McCarthyite tactics, driven by shameless and ambitious elite college grads who see the language of social justice as the perfect cover story for waging personal vendettas as they climb to the top of their new hierarchy, the hierarchy of Justice Doer. The sensible people in DSA who wanted a grassroots left organization that could push the conversation left and support primary candidates have steadily lost power, to the benefit of those committed to trashing and endless struggle sessions.

Musk / Twitter

• Elon Musk was considering starting competitor to Twitter

• 'Twitter does not believe in free speech'

  • Twitter engineer recorded saying ‘Commie as f–k’ staff ‘censors the right’

  • "Twitter Does Not Believe In Free Speech": Senior Engineer On Hidden Cam Says Company Is "Commie As F**k" | ZeroHedge

• Musk Says Twitter Must Prove Bot Claims for $44B Deal to Proceed

  • HN comments

• Twitter in chaos – Elon Musk who offered to buy Twitter turns out to be a bot

• Musk Says Twitter "Deal Cannot Move Forward" Until Bot Clarity  | ZeroHedge

  • Musk: Twitter has to show spam accounts less than 5% for deal to move forward

• Twitter CEO Defends Fighting Spam Accounts; Elon Musk Responds with Poop Emoji

• SpaceX Employees Offer to Sell Shares at $125B Valuation

• Musk vs. the Bots

• Elon Musk says Twitter deal ‘cannot move forward’ until it proves bot numbers

• Half of Joe Biden's Twitter Followers Are Fake, Audit Reveals

• New filing reveals the full story behind Musk’s bid to buy Twitter

• Elon Musk says Twitter deal ‘cannot move forward’ without more information

• Musk: Doubt about spam accounts could scuttle Twitter deal

• Elon Musk Is Acting Like Henry Ford. Uh-Oh

• Elon Musk calls on SEC to evaluate Twitter user numbers

• Elon Musk Does Not Care About Spam Bots

• Three More Twitter Executives Depart As Musk Takeover Looms

Abortion

• What happens when the public loses faith in the Supreme Court?

COVID / VaxCult

• FDA declines to authorize common antidepressant fluvoxamine as Covid treatment

• Now you can order a third round of free test kits from COVIDTests.gov

• How Covid Strengthened Authoritarianism in China

• US-China Fight May Spoil Global Deal for a Covid Vaccine-Patent Waiver

• How Often Can You Be Infected with the Coronavirus?

  Earlier in the pandemic, experts thought that immunity from vaccination or previous infection would forestall most reinfections. The Omicron variant dashed those hopes. Unlike previous variants, Omicron and its many descendants seem to have evolved to partially dodge immunity.

• Flu vaccine could cut Covid risk

• Coronavirus ‘ghosts’ found lingering in the gut

• Former Biden COVID adviser warns long-term virus modeling 'based on pixie dust' | Just The News

• Japan to trial small group tours from 4 countries

Culture War / Tribal / Re segregation

• Judge Strikes Down California Law Mandating Women on Boards

  • Judge: California’s women on boards law is unconstitutional

  • HN comments

• A Tale Of Two Mass Shootings – Issues & Insights

• Why homophobia against straight men matters

• Women almost twice as likely to be trapped in crashed vehicle, study finds

• Fringe conspiracy replacement theory, fostered online, is refashioned by the GOP

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• MSNBC Claims Homeschooling Is Driven By ‘Insidious Racism,’ But the Facts Show Otherwise.

• The Larger Meaning of China’s Crackdown on School Tutoring

• Mom reads daughter’s homework assignment and immediately gets shut down by school board

TechSuck

• Apple will let your subscription apps charge you more money without asking

• MasterCard's New Biometric Checkout Program

• Google will distribute a vetted collection of open-source software libraries

Crypto con games

• $3B in Bitcoin was sold in a last-ditch attempt to save UST from collapse

  • HN comments

• Cryptocurrency may not be so crime-friendly after all

• Coinbase announces it will slow down hiring

• Another stablecoin loses peg – DEI team working to restore the peg

  Traders are taking advantage of this arbitrage mismatch, buying up DEI coins and exchanging them for $1 worth of collateral, making matters worse. Deus Finance reacted by halting the redemption process in order to try and stabilize the coin.

  • HN comments

• Introducing the 2022 State of Crypto Report

• SEC Charges Nvidia with Inadequate Disclosures about Impact of Cryptomining

  • HN comments

• Binance Luna investment was worth $1.6 B and the CEO is moving to protect users

• Safe haven or risky asset? Bitcoin during the Covid-19 bear market

Economicon / Business / Finance

• The economy and markets have that year 2000 feeling

• Walmart Tumbles After Missing Earnings, Slashing Guidance On Soaring Inflation

• Intel shareholders reject executive pay

• SEC Charges Allianz Global Investors in multibillion securities fraud

• Verizon fee increases coming in June

• Escaping the Great Stagnation - by Erik Torenberg

  By 2030, as many as 15% of new cars sold could be fully autonomous. Geothermal energy will allow us to create energy for a price as low as 3.4 cents/kWh almost anywhere in the country. The technology is close to being ready and only requires minor advancements in deep drilling technology (such as millimeter-wave drilling) to work at scale.

• Illinois Revokes Carvana's Dealer License over Titling Issues

• Bosses Could Have a File on You, and They May Misinterpret It

• Apple Delays Plan to Have Staff in Office Three Days a Week

Shortages

• What’s Behind America’s Shocking Baby-Formula Shortage?

• Decline in Breastfeeding, Birth Rebound Behind Baby Formula Shortage

• Bank of England warns of 'apocalyptic' global food shortage

• Infant Formula, Price Controls, and the Misallocation of Resources

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Joe Biden to Meet Buffalo Victims' Families After Not Going to Waukesha

• Biden administration unveils action plan to boost affordable housing

  • White House releases plan to boost housing supply

• Congress holding UFO hearing Tuesday (17May2022)

  • Congress holds first hearing examining UFOs since late 1960s.

  • Congress is holding its first UFO hearing in more than 50 years

  • House Intelligence Subcommittee Hearing on Government Investigation of UFOs

  • Spy agencies grapple with how much to share at UFO hearing

  • UFOs Are ‘Potential National Security Threat,’ Congressman Warns at Hearing

  • US military taking 'all hands on deck' approach to understanding UFOs

  • Congress Dives into UFOs

• Biden starts conceding that the bygone era of D.C. may, indeed, be gone - POLITICO

  for the Biden White House, efforts at bipartisanship have finally taken a backseat.

• Facebook funded a clandestine war against regulation

• New Jersey bans paper bags - by Branko

• Musk Slams Biden: 'The real president is whoever controls the teleprompter'

  • Elon Musk Announces He’s Switching To Vote Republican

• Clinton Campaign Lawyer Wanted To Create 'October Surprise' With Trump-Russia Claims: Prosecutors | ZeroHedge

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• OSHA Can Fine You for Ergonomic Work-from-Home Hazards

• Twitch comes under scrutiny after live-streamed Buffalo shooting

  • The Buffalo shooter was an eco-socialist racist who hated Fox News and Ben Shapiro

• Jamaican phone scammer captured after calling former CIA, FBI director

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• Looking for a PIV card reader, b/C the US govt gave you one and you're curious

• 'Unsettling' PsyOps Recruiting Video Ignites Debate Over Its Mysterious Intent

  • Army recruitment video is a master class in psychological warfare

• U.S. Air Force conducted successful hypersonic weapon test

World

• Turkey threatens to block Finland and Sweden NATO bids

• Finnish Parliament Approves Historic NATO Application in Vote

Health / Medicine

• Number crunching: why ultra-processed foods have a calorie problem

• Zoonotic Spillover Is the Apocalypse You’ll Be Hearing About a Lot

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Ask HN: How to help prevent climate change with software?

• Banking is the largest source of emissions for cash-rich companies

• Elon Musk says that the environment would be fine if we doubled our population

etc

• Ukraine war: Snake Island and battle for control in Black Sea

• Ukraine Is in Worse Shape Than You Think

• Russia to take over Renault’s Moscow factory to revive Soviet-era car

• Eurovision 2022: Russian vote hacking attempt foiled, police say

• Europe’s leaders fall out of key on Ukraine

• Chernobyl During the Russian Occupation

• At Least 300 Azov Fighters Surrender To Russians At Azovstal Plant, Ending Lengthy Siege

• France, Germany & Italy Favor Negotiations To End Ukraine War

• Russian lawmaker warns Poland is next in line for ‘denazification after Ukraine.’

• Russian propaganda still getting engagement on Facebook 2 months into ban

• The Invaders Destroyed the National Gene Bank of Plants of Ukraine

• Reuters Uses Image of Paintball Guns in Ukraine War Story.