2022-06-25

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• Giant sunspot doubled in size in 24 hours, and it's pointing right at Earth

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

• NASA halts Psyche mission to unexplored metal world

• Whatever hit the Moon in March, it left a double crater

• Woman finds $36,000 in cash hidden inside couch acquired through Craigslist

Horseshit

• Fixing the 'most complained about' produce item: plastic-wrapped cucumbers

• The Reason Your Amazon Searches Are Returning More Confusing Results Than Ever

Obit

• Ken Knowlton, a Father of Computer Art and Animation, Dies at 91

Abortion

• Supreme Court Overturns Roe vs. Wade | Hacker News

• Supreme Court Overturns Roe vs. Wade

• Disney, Amazon, Netflix offering travel benefits to obtain abortions

• Confidence in U.S. Supreme Court Sinks to Historic Low

• Calls for Mass Walkout of Women in US - Roe vs. Wade Officially Overturned

• Abortion banned in Missouri as trigger law takes effect

• D.C. businesses boarding up windows in case post-Roe protests turn “mostly peaceful.”

• The leak, the threats, the violence — reaction to Roe is dark day for nation.

• Media Meltdown Compilation: Roe Overturned, Journalist Hardest Hit | Newsbusters

• What changed from Justice Alito’s draft opinion to final ruling on Roe

• The Right to Move Is Under Attack

• Patagonia will bail out employees arrested in abortion protests

• Google says US employees can relocate to states with abortion rights

  • HN comments

• AG Garland: States can't ban FDA-approved abortion pills on safety grounds

• Personal data could be used to enforce anti-abortion laws

• With Roe overturned, period-tracking apps raise new worries

• The Case Against the Supreme Court of the United States

• Time – The Fight over Abortion Has Only Just Begun

• The Supreme Court Could Foster a New Kind of Civil War

• The Post-Roe World: A Reality Check On The Implications Of The Supreme Court Opinion | ZeroHedge

• The Dobbs Decision Unleashes Rage and Revisionism – JONATHAN TURLEY

• Privacy is at risk now that Roe vs. Wade has fallen, experts warn

Jan6

• EXCLUSIVE: Ray Epps Was Worried Fast-Moving January 6 Crowd Might Interfere With ‘The Plan,’ Kentucky Man Claims

Musk

• Tesla relaunches $6k Enhanced Autopilot, gutting Full Self-Driving package

Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult

• Our response to Monkeypox has been less than impressive

• By one new estimate Covid vaccines saved 20 million lives in their first year

• Global impact of the first year of Covid-19 vaccination

• What happened to the lab-leak hypothesis? | Hacker News

• Reactivation Of Chickenpox Virus Following COVID-19 Injections On The Rise

• A Plane of Monkeys, a Pandemic, and a Botched Deal

• Epstein-Barr virus can reactivate in long Covid

• Covid vaccine injury plaintiffs face long odds in U.S. compensation program

• EU Renews Digital COVID Pass Despite 99% Negative Public Feedback

Culture War / Tribal / Re segregation

• AP says it will capitalize Black but not white

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• Why Not Have Mandatory Adult Education?

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Microsoft will start banning players from all private Minecraft servers

Crypto con games

• Celsius Network Taps More Advisers to Prepare for Potential Bankruptcy

  • Goldman Sachs Raising Funds to Buy Celsius Assets: Sources

• At the Bored Ape restaurant, your ApeCoin is no good now

• Central Bank Digital Currencies are not interesting or useful

• Goldman Raising $2B to Buy Distressed Celsius Assets

• Crypto’s biggest critics won’t back down

• Crypto Exchange Bitpanda Cuts Staff by Hundreds

• U.S. crypto firm Harmony hit by $100M heist

• Snoop Dogg and Eminem’s Bored Ape YC music video is here to sell us on tokens

• Bitcoin’s energy use drops following price plunge

• El Salvador’s $425M Bitcoin experiment isn’t saving the country’s finances

• Crypto’s emphasis on community could lead followers off a cliff

Economicon / Business / Finance

• The SEC's response to the 'meme stock' rally

• People are having their job offers rescinded days before they start

• Recession means less work from home, managers can now dictate their terms

• Here Comes Deflation: Toyota Asks Suppliers To Lower Prices As Volumes Ramp

• US House: Robinhood's liquidity worse than reported during GameStop frenzy

• Ford Won't Let You Buy Your Leased EV When the Contract Ends

• Most of the world’s grain is not eaten by humans

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Contraception, gay marriage: Clarence Thomas signals targets for Supreme Court

• Federal court blocks FDA's ban on Juul | Daily Mail Online

• D.C. Power Players Are Paying Thousands of Dollars to Find Dates

• White House approves student loan forgiveness for 45K more public sector workers

• Biden Signs Gun Control Bill Into Law | ZeroHedge

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• Suspected Russian spy was well-liked by classmates, but something seemed off

World

• Two dead, several wounded in Norway nightclub shooting

  • Norway Terror Alert Raised To Highest Level After Deadly Mass Shooting

• You'll be charged to visit Europe from 2023

• China livestreamers need qualifications for certain topics: Regulators

• UK quietly drops ‘human rights’ and ‘rule of law’ from goals in Gulf trade deal

• Sri Lankan residents permitted to have maximum of USD 10k

Health / Medicine

• Dry Breakfast Cereal Linked to Thousands of Illnesses. Six Possible Causes

• Link found between immune system and hair growth

• UTHealth Houston study: Flu vaccination linked to 40% reduced risk of Alzheimer

• Friends at first sniff: People drawn to others who smell like them

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• A mystery that took 13k years to crack

• How the US plans to plug 1M toxic 'orphan' oil wells

• Justice or overreach?: As crucial test looms, Big Greens are under fire

• Germany Pushes for G-7 Reversal on Fossil Fuels in Climate Blow

• Whatever Happened to the Bee Apocalypse?

Ukraine War

• Russia's ruble is the strongest currency in the world this year

• World leaders are facing crises on all fronts. Putin's watching for them to fail