2022-07-04

Cool

• Pirate Library Mirror: Preserving 7TB of books (that are not in Libgen) | Hacker News

Worthy

• So What Is The American Dream?

  In a world where no one can choose where they are born, the American Dream is an environment, where you can be who you want to be and not be bothered.

• Mendon, Missouri - Sean of the South

  • HN comments

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• Antique vampire-slaying kit sparks international bidding war at auction

• Astronomer Says New Webb Space Telescope Images “Almost Brought Him to Tears”

• Stamps join the digital world with barcodes

  • Why Britain’s new stamps are causing outrage and upset

  • HN comments

• Pope Francis dismisses rumors about resigning

• Physics meets paleontology: The hotly debated mechanics of pterosaur flight

• Freedom (to Live a Normal Life) - by N.S. Lyons

• Blocked persons and letters of marque

• Ask HN: I'm disabled and out of money. Now what?

Horseshit

• What Porn Does to Teen Brains–and How to Keep It Off Their Devices

• Automated background checks are deciding who's fit for a home

• Cannibals with a conscience rejoice: Fake human meat burgers are here

• Why Sports in Space Could Be the Next Big Thing

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• Blackrock isn't just all about buyin' everyone's houses, don't you know?

• Fox and friends confront billion-dollar US lawsuits over election fraud claims

• Halifax bank to close customer accounts for “inappropriate” social media posts

• Alt-tech platforms have money, people and a plan to bring back Trump

Abortion

• DHS Issues July 4th Warning As Roe v. Wade Reversal Has "Heightened" Threat Environment

• 10-year-old girl denied abortion in Ohio

Gun control / Mass shooting

• Suspect At Large After ‘Active’ Shooting at Highland Park Fourth of July Parade – NBC Chicago

Jan6

• Text Messages Reveal What Cassidy Hutchinson Really Thought Of The January 6th Committee.

Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult

• (Jan 8 2022) Thread: What's Up with the Covid Dead Enders?

• CDC Activates Emergency Operations Center for Monkeypox

• EU President 'Can't Find' Texts With Pfizer Chief Discussing COVID-19 Vaccine

• Can new Omicron subvariants evade vaccine immunity?

• BA.2.12.1, BA.4 and BA.5 escape antibodies elicited by Omicron infection

• Are the Covid mRNA Vaccines Safe?

• New York City first to offer Paxlovid at COVID-19 testing sites.

Culture War / Tribal / Re segregation

• Oregon Health Officials Delayed a Meeting Because ‘Urgency Is a White Supremacy Value.’

• Twitter suspends Jordan Peterson: why?

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• Social and Emotional Issues in Gifted Youth

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Manufacturers struggle to keep pace with vinyl record demand

• TikTok is sued over deaths of two young girls in viral 'blackout challenge'

  • HN comments

• The local news crisis is deepening America's divides

  • HN comments

Crypto con games

• Crypto’s Domino Effect Is Widening, Threatening More Pain

• Crypto sleuths pin $100M Harmony theft on Lazarus Group

• Vauld suspends all withdrawals, trading and deposits on the platform

  • HN comments

• Hilarious 'Web 3 Console' Will Never, Ever Happen

• Nvidia Stock: A Crypto Crash Doesn’t Mean Crash In Graphics Card Sales (NASDAQ:NVDA) | Seeking Alpha

• Crypto crisis has created an advertising vacuum

Economicon / Business / Finance

• More Than 12% of New Car Payments Top $1000 a Month.

• Americans Have Had It with Inflation

• Is the Ride over for Uber?

  • HN comments

• Global inflation: Japan faces a moment of truth

• After Inflation, the Whip-Crack

• Raging US inflation is FAR WORSE than we're being told

• Inflation Near 10% Using Older Measure

• Futures Rebound On Report Biden To Roll Back Chinese Tariffs Soon

• Lithium will be as era-defining as oil, and China is dominating its supply

• Are Things Really That Bad? Actually, No

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• San Francisco Passes Terrible Housing Ordinance

• Mitt Romney: America Is in Denial

  • HN comments

• Jeff Bezos Sends a Warning to Joe Biden About Inflation

Hunter

• Hunter Biden’s laptop had contacts for Google execs, US officials for China policy.

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• Watch: Body Cam Video Of Akron Police Shooting Jayland Walker 60 Times

World

• Several dead in Copenhagen mall shooting; suspect arrested

• Hacker claims to have stolen 1B records of Chinese citizens from police

• Germany Faces Collapse of Entire Industries on Russian Gas Supply Cuts

• Tencent and Ant Group join industry pledge to ban crypto and fight speculation

• Eiffel Tower riddled with rust and in need of repair, leaked reports say

  • Rusting Eiffel Tower in need of full repairs, reports say

• Germany records first monthly trade deficit since 1991 as inflation soars

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• India plans to replace fossil fuels with hydrogen

  • HN comments

• Why are Dutch farmers protesting over emissions?

• A Florida county is quarantining after discovery of invasive Giant African snail

• Climate change framed as an immediate military threat (Marine Corps University)

• Spain and Portugal suffering driest climate for 1,200 years

Ukraine War

• Deep in east Ukrainian forest, volunteers wait as Russian military creeps closer

• A Military Base in Illinois Helps Keep Weapons Flowing to Ukraine

• Russia Not Wishing US Happy Independence Day

• Putin Says Western Sanctions Speeding Up Russia-Belarus Unification

• Russian cosmonauts display flag of occupied Luhansk region on ISS