2022-06-09

Worthy

• Why it's bad to kill Grandma

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• Webb Telescope hit by micrometeoroid but sustains no major damage

  • James Webb Space Telescope gets hit by larger than expected micrometeoroid

• Burst of underwater explosions powered Tonga volcano eruption

• Why are nuclear power construction costs so high? Part I

  • HN comments

• An 80 Year Old Innovation From Another Industry

Horseshit

• Woman says she caught STD in car. Auto insurance to pay out $5.2M

• The U.S. Tech Sector Is Looking Weak. That’s a Geopolitical Risk

• The more urban, the lower your risk of death

• Mysterious 'object' caught on camera at Amarillo Zoo, Do you know what it is? | KVII

• UK watchdog bans vegan TV ad for showing violence towards animals

celebrity gossip

• Truth Was Never the Point: Johnny Depp, Amber Heard and Defamation Law

• Eric Schmidt's new investment firm deepens his ties to the US military

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• 73% Of Trump Voters Believe Dems Are Trying To Replace White Americans With Immigrants Who Vote For Them; New Poll Finds

• A Supreme Court speech showdown is coming, and nobody knows what to expect

• The West’s Struggle for Mental Health

• How to Protect Yourself from Davos Man – Mark E. Jeftovic is The Bombthrower

• Group aiming to defund disinformation tries to drain Fox News of online adverts

• Connecticut creating 'misinformation' watchdog ahead of 2022 midterm elections

Gun control / Mass shooting

• Facebook gives gun sellers 10 strikes before ban

Jan6

• Jan. 6. Committee reveals its findings in primetime: 6 Things to Know

• Internal Capitol Police review found sweeping intelligence, security failures on Pelosi's watch | Just The News

Musk

• Twitter reportedly will give Musk the full “firehose” of user data he demanded: Twitter to give Musk the firehose after he threatened to kill merger.

• Twitter plans to provide Elon Musk with access to the “firehose”

• Germany's biggest auto union questions Elon Musk authority for return-to-office

• Tesla accuses civil rights agency of unlawfully suing for racial discrimination

• Musk’s Twitter Bid Includes Financier Linked to Russian Tycoon

• China's Hold over Tesla Raises National Security Concerns for Twitter Merger

• Elon Will Read the Tweets

Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult

• CDC raises monkeypox alert as global cases surpass 1k

• Trials of new Covid vaccine raise hopes of once-a-year booster

• The Novavax Vaccine, Finally

• China's exports surge on easing Covid curbs, trade outlook still fragile

• Concerns human monkeypox outbreak will establish virus in animals outside Africa

• Moderna says Omicron-containing booster outperforms current vaccine

• Covid-19 Vaccine Effectiveness against the Omicron (B.1.1.529) Variant

Culture War / Tribal / Re segregation

• Wells Fargo Pauses Diversity Rules After Sham-Interviews Report

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• Tennessee Governor Signs Executive Order To Enhance School Safety, Calls For 'Single Point Of Entry'

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Netflix Rumored to Acquire Roku

TechSuck

• Intel’s Problems Haven’t Gone Away and Now They May Be Getting Worse

• Windows 11 update accidentally brings the OS to older machines

• Hacker News “Who is Hiring?” top-level comments over time | Joe Woods

  • HN comments

• GitHub drops Atom: Open-source text editor mothballed by end of year

Crypto con games

• Crypto In-the-Money Traders Dwindle, Hinting at Capitulation

• The Politics of Bitcoin: Software as Right-Wing Extremism

• One paper just blew up Bitcoin's claim to anonymity

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Faced with scooter seizures, Bird pays property tax bill months late

• Fire at US natural gas plant deals blow to exports

• 'Shrinkflation' accelerates as manufacturers quietly shrink package sizes

• Intel freezes hiring in PC chip division for at least two weeks

• Everyone Wants to Work for Big, Boring Companies Again

• Home Buyers Are Finding Creative Ways to Make Cash Offers

• Silicon Valley braces for the good times to end

• SPAC boom dies as wary investors retreat

• ‘We’re all afraid’: Massive rent increases hit mobile homes

• $5.00 per gallon gas has arrived nationwide

• The recession will hit in the first half of 2023 and the Dow is headed lower

• Empty wallets, empty tanks: Surging gas prices leave drivers stranded

Shortages

• "The Summer Of Starvation": Soaring Fertilizer Prices Unleash Chaos, Hunger Worldwide | ZeroHedge

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Against "There Are Two X-Wing Parties" - by Scott Alexander

• Student Loan Forgiveness Makes My Grandson a Chump

• SF DA: The right-wing billionaires outspent us 3:1, they exploited people anger

  • San Francisco voters recall progressive D.A

  • San Francisco Says “Enough”

• Lobbyists Are About to Scuttle the Nomination of a Popular Reformer to the FCC

• More Members Of White House Press Team Departing As Biden Approval Rating Hits Record Low

• New Standards for National Electric Vehicle Charging Network

• Why is American administrative capacity in decline?

  • HN comments

Hunter

• Seven NEW Hunter Biden Scandals the Nets Refuse to Report On.

• Hunter Biden 2024 - Deep Socks

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• Suspect Arrested Near Kavanaugh House Charged With Attempted Murder

  • Armed man who wanted to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh told police he was upset over abortion, Uvalde

• Court gives lawsuit immunity to Border Patrol agents violating the Constitution

• Supreme Court: 4th Amendment void within 100 miles of coast

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• Military aircraft 'carrying nuclear material' crashes in California

World

• It’s Easier Than Ever to Travel Abroad Without Cash

• Obesity in Wales: Energy drinks ban for children proposed

• Iran, Russia, China Hold Joint Naval Drill Amid Growing Ties

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• ‘Gold rush’ for gas production threatens to lock in global heating

• Cover crops not enough to improve soil after decades of continuous corn

• Researchers in New Zealand are trying to prevent livestock belching methane

• Our Risk for Infectious Diseases Is Increasing Because of Climate Change

• As the Great Salt Lake Dries Up, Utah Faces an ‘Environmental Nuclear Bomb’

• Efforts have cut plastic waste on Australia’s beaches by almost 30% in 6 years

• US Seeks $4.3B for Domestic Nuclear Fuel

• Climate policy dragged into culture wars as a ‘delay’ tactic, finds study

• Aerosols from burning fossil fuels are masking global warming

Ukraine War

• Ukraine Situation Report: Russia Claims Destruction Of Western-Supplied M109 Howitzers

• Russia unexpectedly poor at cyberwar, say European military heads

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• Ukraine: Will a Black Sea grain corridor solve the export crisis?

• IBM Fires Entire Workforce in Russia During Final Exit from Country

• Ousted Ukrainian Official Breaks Silence, Admits She Lied About Mass Rape By Russians To Garner More Aid/Arms

• Ukraine war: Captured Britons sentenced to death