2022-06-06

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• Romans ventured deeper into Wales than thought, road discovery shows

• Amino acids found in asteroid samples collected by Japan's Hayabusa2 probe

  • HN comments

• Cannabis Lab 101; Technical Overview of Potency Determinization

• H I Sutton - Covert Shores

• Social Dynamics of Bluetooth Speakers

Horseshit

• The young, rich, anti-capitalist capitalists

Obit

• Bon Jovi bassist Alec John Such dies age 70

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• Sandmann lawyer on Kyle Rittenhouse's legal team “15 solid defamation cases”

• Twitter banned me for saying Boris Johnson has no honour or integrity

• Poor Prospects, Not Inequality, Motivate Political Violence

• Can a web designer be compelled to create a site for a gay wedding?

  • HN comments

• Axon halts plans to make a drone equipped with a Taser

Musk

• Elon Musk Wonders Why DOJ Hasn't Leaked Epstein Client List - And Media Doesn't Care

• Musk SEC Filing re Twitter

  Mr. Musk believes the company is actively resisting and thwarting his information rights (and the company’s corresponding obligations) under the merger agreement. This is a clear material breach of Twitter’s obligations under the merger agreement and Mr. Musk reserves all rights resulting therefrom, including his right not to consummate the transaction and his right to terminate the merger agreement.

  • HN comments

• Musk warns of dropping Twitter deal if data not provided

• Musk Threatens to End Deal with Twitter

• Elon Musk says Twitter is in 'material breach' of merger agreement

• Twitter Tumbles As Musk Threatens 'Breach' Of Merger Deal Over Fake Account Disclosure

• Elon Musk asserts his “right to terminate” Twitter deal

• Elon Musk threatens to scrap $44bn Twitter deal over 'material breach'

• Elon Musk threatens to scrap Twitter deal over ‘breach’ of agreement

• Musk threatens to pull out of Twitter deal without more info on fake accounts

• Musk seeks a way out, claims Twitter violated deal by not providing spam data

• Elon Musk Says Twitter’s Lack of Info on Bots Breaches Merger Deal

• Elon Musk threatens to walk away from Twitter deal

Gun control / Mass shooting

• Uvalde mother who ran into school threatened by police | The Post Millennial

• Whoopi Goldberg Thinks The AR15 Should Be Banned Because It 'Turns People To Dust'

• Christian nationalists have turned AR-15 into religious artifact

Culture War / Tribal / Re segregation

• Biological males win women’s cycling event, kiss while third place female cares for child.

• Best and worst states for LGBTQ+ equality

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Sheryl Sandberg sold $1.7B worth of Facebook stock over the last decade

• John Barilaro to be paid $715,000 by Google over YouTube videos

• Frances Haugen Says Facebook Can't Recover Until Zuckerberg Steps Down

Crypto con games

• Crypto’s volatility premium

• Japan lets its banks and other entities issue stablecoins

• Crypto giant Binance became a hub for hackers, fraudsters, and drug traffickers

• The Vigilantes Who Hack Millions in Crypto to Save It from Thieves

• $666M in Ethereum short positions liquidated in one day

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Value of US and European IPOs tumbles 90% this year

• Inside the corporate dash to buy up dentists, veterinary clinics, pharmacies

• Twilight of the NIMBYs

• Lumber Prices Slump

• The idea of working in the office, all day, every day? No thanks, say workers

• Bolt Loaned Employees Thousands to Buy Stock–Then Laid Them Off

• (UK) Shortage of homes to rent leads to tenant bidding wars

• Remote work may not be working anymore

• LNG tanker sails itself across the Pacific in shipping world first

• Highflying Tiger Global Humbled by Unraveling of Giant Tech Bet

• Wave of layoffs sweeping the US – firms announced cuts from Carvana to Netflix

Shortages

• Solar energy projects halted in the US amid investigation into parts from China

• Abbott Restarts Baby Formula Plant: Crisis-Inducing Shutdown Was Likely Needless

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Biden to waive solar panel duties, eyes other tariff relief

  • White House Set to Pause New Tariffs on Solar Imports for Two Years

• Biden Considering Retroactive Cancellation of Federal Oil & Gas Leases… As Gas Prices Approach $10/gal in California.

• The American Rescue Plan Bailed Out Unprofitable Government-Owned Golf Courses

Jan6

• Adam Schiff Teases 'Unseen' Evidence Over J6 Riot -- Though Adviser To Committee Says No 'Smoking Gun'

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• Chesa Boudin’s Lawless City

• The Surreal Case of a CIA Hacker’s Revenge Archive link

  On March 7, 2017, the Web site WikiLeaks launched a series of disclosures that were catastrophic for the C.I.A. As much as thirty-four terabytes of data—more than two billion pages’ worth—had been stolen from the agency. The trove, billed as Vault 7, represented the single largest leak of classified information in the agency’s history.

  • HN comments

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• US, S. Korea fire missiles to sea, matching North’s launches

• The Waning Days of Al Qaeda

• Rebooting the Arsenal of Democracy - War on the Rocks

World

• Al-Qaida enjoying a haven in Afghanistan under Taliban, UN warns

• Oil Tankers Make Rare Mid-Atlantic Switch of Russian Crude Cargo

• Tory MPs hold no confidence vote in Boris Johnson 6pm – 8pm today, Brady says

Health / Medicine

• Cold Water Plunges: Can They Reduce Anxiety and Depression?

  • Effects of winter sea bathing on psychoneuroendocrinoimmunological parameters

• New York Attorney General calls out Verizon for spreading Legionnaires’ disease

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• CO2 Levels Are Now Comparable to What They Were 4 Million Years Ago, Says NOAA.

• Carbon dioxide now more than 50% higher than pre-industrial levels

  • HN comments

• Factory-made homes cut carbon emissions by 45%

• The Ukraine war has upended the energy transition – it's bad news for the planet

Ukraine War

• UK to send long-range rocket artillery to Ukraine despite Russian threats

• Russia seeks to hijack German telescope on its X-ray spacecraft

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• Russian cinemas go pirate as Hollywood movie pipeline dries up over Ukraine war

• Vladimir Putin ‘loses his 11th general’ in Ukraine war as defenders ‘ambush his vehicle in Donbas.’