2022-06-21

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• Amazon drones are coming to town. Some locals want to shoot them

• Nobel peace prize auctioned by Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov fetches $103.5m

• Space-Track confirms presence of 4 secret payloads on Globalstar Falcon 9 launch

  • HN comments

• The biocultural origins and dispersal of domestic chickens | PNAS

Horseshit

• A Google Employee Fell for the Eliza Effect

• Pandemic lockdowns made rush-hour speeding, risky driving the new normal

celebrity gossip

• Rowan Atkinson: ‘In a proper free society, you can make jokes about anything’

• A look back at Jack Parsons on the 70th anniversary of his explosive death

• HFT Billionaire Jeff Yass Is Gaming the Tax System

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• Socialist rag wants to nationalize dating apps

• 'Against the Great Reset' | The Pipeline

Abortion

• "Night Of Rage" Flyers Spotted In DC Ahead Of Roe v. Wade Decision

Gun control / Mass shooting

• What Were Police Thinking? News About the Uvalde School Shooting Just Keeps Getting Worse and Worse.

• Uvalde mass shooting: Photos show armed police waiting in school hallway

• First Pictures Of Uvalde Shooting Emerge As City Hires Lawyers To Block Evidence

• Door at Uvalde school shooting wasn’t locked

Jan6

• Presidential Historian Notices Key Phrase in Trump's Jan. 6 Speech That Further Undermines Dems' Case

• The Jan. 6 committee holds its fourth hearing today. Here's what we know

Musk

• Elon Musk Daughter Files Legal Name Change, Doesn't Want to 'Be Related' to him

• Elon Musk's child seeks name change to sever ties with father

• Elon Musk's teenager says she no longer wants to be related to billionaire

• Elon Musk’s Starlink aid to Ukraine triggers scrutiny over US military links

• Elon Musk's $44 Billion Twitter Deal Gets Board Endorsement

• Tesla cars barred for 2 months in Beidaihe, site of China leadership meeting

• Board unanimously approves Elon Musk’s $44B Twitter takeover bid

• Musk says 3 issues need to be resolved before his Twitter buyout can go ahead

• Elon Musk Sounds Off on Recession Risk, Twitter Deal and Trump

Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult

• This May Be the Covid Variant Scientists Are Dreading

• Biden to visit D.C. clinic following approval of Covid shots for kids under 5

Culture War / Tribal / Re segregation

• Using data not feelings to address diversity, equity, and inclusion

• If I Get Canceled, Let Them Eat Me Alive

• Black teacher who objected to 'white privilege' training wins $525K settlement

• SEX IS GOING OUT OF FASHION - by Loudt Darrow

  • HN comments

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• The Assault on Children’s Psyches | City Journal

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• CEO and COO of Mindgeek (Pornhub, Youporn, redtube) resign

• US settles with Facebook over allegations of discriminatory advertising

TechSuck

• Cloudflare down worldwide (not worldwide but a lot of places) (up now) | Hacker News

• Vegas Company Promised Fast Internet. Rural America Waits and Waits

• GitHub Copilot is generally available | Hacker News

Crypto con games

• The Billion Dollar Houses Built On Sand

• CBDCs, Not Crypto, Will Be Cornerstone of Future Monetary System, BIS Says

• Crypto's Rout Doesn't Mean It's Going Away

• Misplaced Crypto Schadenfreude

• Crypto exchange FTX bails out lending platform BlockFi

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Americans are starting to pull back on travel and restaurants

• UK faces national railway strike as last-ditch talks fail

• Grocery prices surged 14.3% in May, study finds

• Larry Summers Says US Needs 5% Jobless Rate for Five Years to Ease Inflation

• Netflix braces for more layoffs this week

• US new-home sales just plunged to pandemic-era lows

• Home prices could fall in some U.S. cities. Here's where and why

• Kellogg to split into three to focus on snacks

• Employers need to get better at remote layoffs

• US Existing Home Sales Tumble To 2-Year Low In May, NAR Warns 'Worse To Come'

Shortages

• Western Kansas wheat crops are failing just when the world needs them most

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Does SF Mayor London Breed Work for the Sinaloa Cartel?

• To fix the housing-affordability crisis, segregation, and sprawl, zoning must go

• Revolving-door riches: How Obama-Biden officials cashed in during Trump years

• AP 'Fact Checks' Biden Bike Meme as New Info About Fall Comes to Light – RedState

  I also wondered why Jill Biden turned off to the right and kept going, yet Joe stopped. As it turns out, there was a little girl in the crowd there. Joe pulled up right in front of her on the bike, then fell over, but when he got up, he went right over to talk to her.

• Anarchy is a likelier future for the west than tyranny

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• What Can FBI Data Say About Crime in 2021? It’s Too Unreliable to Tell

• Hertz Makes First Settlement Offers to End False Arrest Debacle

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• Shadowy Strava users spy on Israeli military with fake routes in bases

• What Colombia's swing left means for the U.S.

World

• Five takeaways from the French elections – and what could happen next

• Hong Kong's iconic Jumbo floating restaurant sinks at sea

• Thailand has legalised cannabis

• China’s Surveillance State Is Growing Bigger and More Invasive

• Supreme administrative court of Greece: Political campaigning excluded from GDPR

Health / Medicine

• How Bad Are the Germs in Public Restrooms, Really?

• Daily Harvest recalls crumbles after customers report gastrointestinal emergency

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• As water crisis worsens on Colorado River, an urgent call for states to ‘act’

• Netherlands activates energy crisis plan, removes cap on coal plants

• Race is on for Colorado River basin states to conserve before feds take action

• Declining water levels caused by government, not climate.

• You've likely been affected by climate change. Your finances might be too

• Shell consultant quits, accusing firm of ‘extreme harms’ to environment

Ukraine War

• Russia warns NATO-member Lithuania over Kaliningrad transit

• Ukraine Bans Main Opposition Party, Seizes All Its Assets

• Putin is winning the war over Ukraine – both on and off the battlefield

• Russian rouble hits near 7-year high vs. dollar as tax payments loom

• The Kremlin says Geneva Convention doesn't apply to American detainees

• Why Kaliningrad could be the next flashpoint in its war against Ukraine