2022-05-21

Cool

• Hamvention 2022: The Reunion Begins Today

  It’s been three long years since Hamvention took place in person, and this year marks the 70th reunion of what has got to be the largest hamfest in the Midwest.

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• "Hello Starliner" - Boeing's Spacecraft Docks With International Space Station For First Time

  • Boeing finally docks a capsule to the space station

Horseshit

• Policy punishes disabled people who save more than $2k

  • HN comments

• Scientists Uncover a Shady Web of Online Spider Sales

• Another Long Shot? Last-Minute Addition Fenwick Has 50-1 Odds In Preakness | ZeroHedge

• "Features on demand" Bobcat DLC

• What We Misunderstand About WWII

• Car ownership is changing - by Andrew Howells - The ZIPster

• Wimbledon STRIPPED of ranking points after banning Russians and Belarusians

• ‘What are our lives for?’: a philosopher answers kids’ existential questions

• Why Silicon Valley's Optimization Mindset Sets Us Up for Failure

• Kill Japan's elderly? Cannes film probes chilling idea

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• The Depp-Heard trial has played right into the hands of far-right extremists

• Civilizing Social Media: Strategies for depolarizing political discourse

• Russian Botnet Can Spam Social Media on 'Massive Scale'

• STUDY: Testosterone Treatment Turns Democrat Voters More Conservative.

• Facebook censors Sen. Blackburn's post about men competing in women’s sports

• Let Them Eat Bugs... How Out-Of-Touch Elites Reveal Their Contempt, & What Comes Next | ZeroHedge

• 'Imagine The Compliance': Pfizer CEO Pitches Davos Elites On WiFi Microchip Pills

• The swift death of the White House’s disinformation board is a good thing

Musk

• Elongate

• "A Clinton Campaign Hoax": Musk Says 2016 Hillary Tweet 'Absolutely' Disinformation, Asks Parag To Weigh In | ZeroHedge

• Did Elon Musk get played in the Twitter deal?

• The Makings of a Tech-Bro: Inside Stanford’s Elon Musk Center for Male Studies

• New York Times Documentary on Elon Musk Pieces Together His Vision

• ‘Elon Musk’s Crash Course’: 3 key arguments from the Tesla documentary

• Federal Judge Dismisses Fraud And Defamation Lawsuit Against Elon Musk Amid Week Of Controversy

Abortion

• Meta tells employees to stop discussing abortion at work

Monkeypox

• Monkeypox: Cases confirmed in 11 countries, says WHO

• Monkeypox goes global: why scientists are on alert | Hacker News

• Is the new monkeypox an STD? – HotAir

COVID / VaxCult

• The developing Covid crisis in Beijing

• Why China is still obsessed with disinfecting everything

• Vaccines may lessen long Covid for some, but more study is needed

• North Korea: Fighting Covid with traditional medicine

Culture War / Tribal / Re segregation

• Plus One: Commentary on Gender Ideology Culture

  I do not identify as non-binary. I AM non-binary. As in actually, medically, officially, in the material sense a non-binary person. And – frankly – I deeply resent the appropriation of my lived experience by those who have no genetic or physical abnormality yet try to force such language for themselves. My condition is not something that is to be “celebrated” or anyone should want to “experience”.

• Dangerous Demagogues Spread 'Great Replacement Theory'

• The European country where “replacement theory” reigns supreme

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• Blue state COVID learning loss widened racial achievement gaps relative to red states: Study.

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Saudi Public Fund Takes 5% Stake in Nintendo

• Electronic Arts held merger talks with Comcast, Disney, Apple, and Amazon

TechSuck

• Glorious madness: Lotus 1-2-3 For Linux | Hacker News

• AMD Robotics Starter Kit Kick-Starts the Intelligent Factory of the Future

• Apple Shipped Me a 79-Pound iPhone Repair Kit to Fix a 1.1-Ounce Battery | Hacker News

Crypto con games

• Crypto lender Celsius Network stung by sell-off in digital asset market

• .01% of Bitcoin holders hold 27% of all Bitcoin

  • HN comments

• Crypto Might Have an Insider Trading Problem

  • HN comments

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Sport cards is another bubble that is bursting too

• As economists warn of a recession, what lies ahead for the US economy?

• Existing home sales fell in April to lowest level since start of pandemic

• Goldman, JPMorgan Strategists See Recession Fears as Overblown

Shortages

• A world grain shortage puts tens of millions at risk

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Biden Admin Quietly Admits Math Error Is Causing Massive Oil, Gas Permitting Delays.

• Oracle’s Larry Ellison joined Nov. 2020 call about contesting Trump’s loss

• Can Biden Forgive Student Loan Debt for College Undergraduates? It’s Complicated

• Is Biden's 'Success' Our Mess? | RealClearPolitics

Hunter

• CIA Should Take "Immediate Legal Action" Against Ex-Agents Who Called Hunter Laptop Disinformation: Trump Lawyer

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• Chicago Cops Can Use Fake Social Media Profiles to Spy on You, with the FBI

• Men rolled back odometers and then sold at least 118 cars to trick buyers

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• US to keep 100k troops in Europe for foreseeable future facing Russian threat

• Biden waters down Indo-Pacific Economic Framework to win more support

World

• Russia Announces New Military Units On Western Border Over Finland NATO Bid

  • Finland & Sweden Seek To Calm Russia By Ruling Out NATO Bases & Nuke-Hosting

• Factbox: Surging food prices fuel protests across developing world

• Anti-Government Protests Spread In Iran After Flour-Based Food Staples Jump 300%

• Australia Liberal/National government voted out

• Sri Lanka closes schools and limits work to combat fuel shortage

• The Volunteer Movement Enraging China

Health / Medicine

• Talk about deadly obesity risks in America? Fat chance.

• Wuhan Lab Publishes Study Manipulating H7N9 Virus To Be More Lethal.

• Scientists: 'A ban on sunbeds could save lives from skin cancer'

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• German Health Minister: “Meat Consumption Is Unreasonable, Delusional”

• How long mined metals circulate before being lost

• Honeybee Populations Could Be Wiped Out Worldwide by Wing Virus

• Book Review: The Toxic Legacy of DDT

• Just like the bees, the ‘Beepocalypse’ myth isn’t dying.

• Tesla Asking Owners to Limit Charging During Texas Heatwave

• Why America’s clean-energy industry is stuck

• Colorado to experience weather whiplash as heavy snow follows temperatures ~90

Ukraine War

• Open Letter to Noam Chomsky (and other like-minded intellectuals) on the Russia-Ukraine war • The Berkeley Blog

  • HN comments

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• Mountains of grain left to rot as Vladimir Putin ‘blackmails the world.’

• Russian nuclear-capable missiles seen moving in video to Finland border

• China-linked Twisted Panda caught spying on Russian defense R&D

• Growing Chorus Is Urging Ukraine To Sue for Peace in a Compromise With Putin: Beyond justice, there is no guarantee that a compromise involving Ukraine conceding territory that the Russian army currently holds would satisfy Putin.

• Russian Media Says Head Of Azov In Custody After 2,439 Total Fighters Surrender At Steel Plant