2022-07-02

Cool

• Strawberry Pop-Tart Blow-Torches | Hacker News

etc

• NASA calls ‘mystery’ rocket crash on moon highly unusual

• Anti-establishment SF coffee shop that invented avocado toast has closed

• Pentagon UFO study led by researcher who believes in the supernatural

  • Bad UFOs: Skepticism, UFOs, and The Universe: Meet the Face of the Pentagon's "UAP Task Force" - Dr. Travis Taylor!

Horseshit

• Why is my AI predicting stock movement at 90%+? | Hacker News

• You're Not Allowed to Have the Best Sunscreens in the World

• L.A. restaurant was excited to open. Then the graffiti and protests started

• Fireworks are out, drone shows are in this Fourth of July

• Fire-prone places are ditching fireworks for drones this July Fourth

Obit

• Vladimir Zelenko, 48, Dies; Promoted an Unfounded Covid Treatment

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• A QUARTER of Americans say they are ready to take up arms against the government

  • HN comments

• Author Matt Palumbo Lays Out How George Soros Has Significant Control Over Media Narratives | ZeroHedge

Jan6

• ‘What a POOR justification’: Brit Hume goes SCORCHED EARTH on January 6 Committee Hearings and their defenders and just wow.

• The Jan. 6 committee charade | Washington Examiner

• Opinion | Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony changes the calculus on indicting Trump - The Washington Post

Supreme Court

• Consequences of SCOTUS overturning rights to contraception, same sex marriage

• AOC Accuses Supreme Court Of A "Coup" And Calls For It To Be "Done Away With" | ZeroHedge

• What we learned this term about the Supreme Court's political shift this year

• Supreme Court Follows Concealed Carry Decision With Pro-2A Rulings In 4 States

• The Supreme Court Is Jeopardizing Federal Climate Action

Abortion

• Google will start auto-deleting abortion clinic visits from location history

  • HN comments

• Ohio girl, 10, among patients going to Indiana to get abortion

• Axios: Justice Clarence Thomas ‘suggests’ COVID vaccines are made with aborted children; NBC News too; Politico also – twitchy.com

• Feds show up at home of woman who posted angry tweets after Roe decision

Musk

• Elon Musk’s SpaceX Internet Scores With FCC. It’s a Blow to DISH, ViaSat.

• Blocking people on Twitter isn’t a free speech issue. It’s a private property one.

• The Boring Company opens first station in expanded Las Vegas tunnel system

• Elon Musk Posts Photo with Pope Francis at the Vatican

Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult

• The Secrets of Covid ‘Brain Fog’ Are Starting to Lift

• 'You do not want this' Virus – Man with Monkeypox urges Others to get Vaccinated

• FDA will not require clinical trial data to authorize redesigned Covid boosters

• The Mystery of Why Covid-19 Rebounds in Some Patients Who Take Paxlovid

• New York City Mayor Says He Will Mandate Covid Vaccines for Children This Fall

• First American to go public with monkeypox calls out CDC

• New Monkeypox cases Tripled in Europe since June-15, the WHO regional Chief says

• Coronavirus FAQ – Can I get Covid outdoors?

• Association Between School Mask Mandates and SARS-CoV-2 Student Infections

Culture War / Tribal / Re segregation

• Could it be... Racism? What Lies Behind That ‘No Trespass’ Sign

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• New California law requires high schools to start later

• HumboldtUni has decided to cancel my speech about biology for security risks

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Meta: We need 5x more GPUs to combat TikTok

• TikTok says it's putting new-limits on Chinese Workers' access to U.S. User-Data

• Mark Zuckerberg Prepares Meta Employees for a Tougher 2022

• Mastodon branding updates: We're going purple - Official Mastodon Blog

  We’re leaving the ubiquitous blue that every social app seems to have behind in favour of a vibrant purple.

TechSuck

• The GPU Shortage Is Over

Crypto con games

• Voyager suspends trading, deposits, withdrawals, and loyalty rewards

  • HN comments

  • Crypto lender Voyager Digital suspends withdrawals, deposits

• Meta to shut down Novi service in September in Crypto Winter

• Crypto Hedge Fund Three Arrows Files for Chapter 15 Bankruptcy

• Remember RadioShack? It’s now a crypto company with wild tweets

• Crypto's Systemic Stress Test

• NFT sales hit 12-month low after cryptocurrency crash

• The Historic Significance of Tether’s $16B ‘Bank Run’

• In El Salvador, Bitcoin Is Nothing More Than Authoritarian Propaganda

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Pokemon Go Creator Niantic Cancels Four Projects, Cuts 8% of Staff

• Peter Schiff trying to save Puerto Rico bank under probe

• UK Goverment keen on 50-year mortgages

• BlackRock and Housing: Setting the Record Straight

• Watch the Moment That CEO of Delivery Startup Enjoy Fires Hundreds of People

Shortages

• Experts Say “Couple Months” Before Baby Formula Stock Rates Improve.

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Steve Jobs Awarded Posthumous Medal of Freedom by President Biden

• Biden opens door to more offshore drilling, despite earlier climate vow

• Joe Biden Has a Few Lessons for Gavin Newsom About Inflation

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• Whitmer Lawyer Seeks Recusal in ‘Kidnapping’ Retrial › American Greatness

• ShotSpotter defamation lawsuit against VICE has been dismissed

  • (July 2021) Police Are Telling ShotSpotter to Alter Evidence From Gunshot-Detecting AI

• Florida: Vegan mother, 39, is found guilty of murdering her 18-month-old son who weighed just 17lb | Daily Mail Online

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• Aftermath - by Kevin Rushby - backstory

  I assume that ‘contamination’ means the tanks were destroyed by armour-piercing uranium-tipped shells. The wrecks are radioactive.

World

• Libya protesters storm parliament building in Tobruk

• Ottawa Police just fined a protester $1,130 for writing “FREE TAMARA LICH” in chalk!

Health / Medicine

• How much health insurers pay for almost everything is about to go public

  • HN comments

• People Bank Blood. Why Not Faeces?

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Transporting food generates whopping amounts of carbon dioxide

• Dutch farmers spray manure on town hall in protest of climate plans

• The Green New Deal is increasing greenhouse gases

• Climate change means more mice, demand for pest control

• Are we too many people or too few?

Ukraine War

• Attacks on pro-Russian officials in So. Ukraine show growing resistance movement

• Taking on Putin through porn: how Russians are finding the truth about Ukraine

• How the Russian Media Spread False Claims About Ukrainian Nazis

• Russia Now Demands Rubles For Grain As World's Largest Wheat Exporter