2022-07-26

Worthy

• Good explanation: Track Transition Curves

etc

• I actually bought a cheap electric pickup truck from Alibaba. Here's what showed up - Electrek

• An out-of-control rocket launched by China will crash to earth soon

• Internet Abuzz After Mysterious Red Lights Spotted In Atlantic Ocean | ZeroHedge

• After massive bus fire, CT pulls electric fleet from service.

• Inside the global gig economy of werewolf erotica

• ‘They look almost human made.’ NOAA finds weird lines of holes in Mid-Atlantic floor

Horseshit

• Be a Writer or Don't Be One - Freddie deBoer

• Amazon’s best-selling new charcoal grill is... the Google Pixel Buds Pro? - The Verge

• Logitech made colorful, more gender-inclusive PC gaming accessories

celebrity gossip

• Ghislaine Maxwell moved to low-security prison in Florida with Pilates and Gouda

• (Jan 2022) A non-magical explanation of Jeffrey Epstein - LessWrong

  • Addendum: A non-magical explanation of Jeffrey Epstein - LessWrong

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• Introducing the World's Fakest Journalist

• “THIS ISN’T GOING TO END WELL:” Antifa Declares War On Oregon Motorcycle Clubs

• NIH's climate change and health research initiative aims to build resiliency

• Significant overlap of anti-vaxxers and Russia supporters

Jan6

• Colbert crew's behavior in Capitol complex caused Democrat staffer to call for emergency help | Just The News

• Biden says Trump ‘lacked the courage to act’ during January 6 attack

Musk

• Elon Musk laughs off affair rumors, insists he hasn’t ‘had sex in ages’

• Elon Musk’s lawyers sent a letter to Chancery Court complaining about Twitter

• WSJ: “We stand by our reporting” as Musk denies affair

• Tesla ransoms car owner remotely by cutting 1/3 of their range | Hacker News

Abortion

• DIY Collective Embeds Abortion Pill onto Business Cards

• UK under international pressure over deletion of abortion commitments

• Michigan medical students walk out on an anti-abortion keynote speaker

• The inside story of how John Roberts failed to save abortion rights

• Kamala Harris: 'Women are getting pregnant every day in America, and this is a real issue' - Washington Times

Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult

• Monkeypox is being driven overwhelmingly by sex between men, major study finds

• Investigating trends in those who experience menstrual bleeding changes after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination

• SARS-CoV-2 spike protein activated immune response, damaged heart muscle cells

• Anthony Fauci Says If We Could Do It Again, COVID-19 Restrictions Would Be ‘Much, Much More Stringent.’

• China approves Genuine Biotech's HIV drug for Covid patients

• China's Shenzhen orders big firms such as Foxconn into closed loop to curb Covid

• ‘Absolutely NO ONE wants you to make it’: Sen. Joe Manchin tests positive for COVID and mouth-breathers react EXACTLY as you’d expect – twitchy.com

• In theory the White House will now attempt to develop a new generation of Covid vaccines

• As Monkeypox Spread in New York, 300,000 Vaccine Doses Sat in Denmark.

• Biden Feeling Better as He Seeks to Show He Is Still Working Despite Covid

• Why didn't suicides rise during Covid?

• (Jun 2021) Study shows that COVID-19 was present in five U.S. states in December 2019, even before the first reported case in China

  • Serologic Testing of US Blood Donations to Identify Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)–Reactive Antibodies: December 2019–January 2020 | Clinical Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic

  These findings suggest that SARS-CoV-2 may have been introduced into the United States prior to 19 January 2020.

• Covid origin studies say evidence points to market

• Covid-19 Originated in the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan

• Long COVID may cause hair, libido loss, as well as brain fog, study says.

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• Blender has been “white listed” to be taught at schools in the U.S.

• School Choice, Sorry I Underrated You - by Bryan Caplan

• (Jun 2018) Database Architects: Propagation of Mistakes in Papers

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• What I Learned at Clubhouse | Hacker News

• Comics That Read Top to Bottom Are Bringing in New Readers

• Zuckerberg’s Biggest Bet Might Not Pay Off

• Instagram gets worse with dark patterns lifted from TikTok

  • HN comments

• VRchat bans mods, embraces EAC

  • HN comments

• Gen Z shapes new social media era

• Paul Butler – Why is it so hard to give Google money?

  • HN comments

TechSuck

• It’s time to leave the leap second in the past | Hacker News

• FCC fines Charter, LTD Broadband more than $3 million for RDOF defaults

  • HN comments

• The dangers of Microsoft Pluton – Gabriel Sieben

  • HN comments

• Apple's M2 MacBook Air Contains No Intel Components

Crypto con games

• Zipmex Seeks $50M After Freezing Crypto Withdrawals

• Chipotle courts the gullible with a crypto game

• Death of a Crypto Company

• Coinbase Faces SEC Investigation over Cryptocurrency Listings

• The Consequences of Silence

• GameStop's NFT Marketplace: unlikely “winner”?

• Tether’s recovery of an $840mn loan scrutinised in Celsius bankruptcy

• Banned from Minecraft, NFTworlds says it’ll just make a better game

• Kraken, a U.S. Crypto Exchange, Is Suspected of Violating Sanctions

• Coinbase shares tumble after report that it's facing SEC probe

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Walmart Plunges After Slashing Profit Outlook, Blames Fuel/Food Costs

  • Walmart issues profit warning as soaring inflation hits customers

  • Cost of living: Walmart issues profit warning as price rises hit

• Amazon to raise Prime prices in Europe as retailer wrestles with costs

• Myth of ‘Free’ Checking Costs Consumers over $8B a Year

• Job Switchers Are Earning a Lot More Than Those Who Stay

  • HN comments

• Is selling shares in yourself the way of the future?

• Shopify to Lay Off 10% of Workers in Broad Shake-Up

  • HN comments

  • Shopify stock sinks 15% after company says it will lay off 10% of workers

• The High Cost of Free Money

• Hobbled by Chip, Other Shortages, GM Profit Slides 40% in Q2

• Want to lay off workers more smoothly? There's a startup for that

• EU Natural Gas Prices Soar As Gazprom Readies Nord Stream Cuts, US NatGas Hits 14-Year High

• How do we know when a recession has begun?

• Why doesn't the Fed just hike 200bp all at once?

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• California Holds Firm Against Truck Protests Against AB5 at Port of Oakland

• What do the Trumpists have planned? Turnkey authoritarianism.

• Perry Bacon Jr. recognizes that progressivism is losing ground

• Democrat Insurrection: Liberal Hill Staffers Arrested for Storming Dem Leadership Office

• Bending The Truth - by Jeffrey Carter - Points And Figures

• Stimulus check update: These states are sending ‘inflation relief’ payments.

• Biden Considering Student Loan Payment Pause Just In Time For Midterms | ZeroHedge

• FACT SHEET: Department of Energy Releases New Notice of Sale as Gasoline Prices Continue to Fall | The White House

  Today, the Biden Administration announced that it is releasing the next Notice of Sale to supply additional barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) onto the global market, building on the more than 125 million barrels of oil that have already been sold.

  The Administration is also announcing steps to repurchase oil for the SPR in future years, likely after FY2023, to help stabilize the market and encourage near-term supply. These actions will enable the Administration to continue the work of shoring up supply and bringing prices down.

  • Biden To Sell Additional 20 Million Barrels Of Oil From Strategic Reserve Just Ahead Of The Midterms | ZeroHedge

• Videos: Journalists Again Demand To Know Why Biden’s Doctor Is Hiding – Summit News

Hunter

• Hunter Biden evidence wrongly labeled disinformation by FBI: Whistleblower | Washington Examiner

• GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley alleges widespread effort in FBI, Justice Dept to downplay negative information about Hunter Biden.

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• Minneapolis neighborhoods hire off-duty officers through ‘crowdfunding.’

• Rising prices lead to more reports of gas theft via software, hardware hacks

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• China Targeted Fed to Build Informant Network, Access Data, a Probe Says

• Mexico's President Luis Álvarez: A legacy of human rights abuse and ties to CIA

• U.S. Officials Grow More Concerned About Potential Action by China on Taiwan

• China Raises Stakes Over Pelosi Trip to Taiwan

World

• Russia to cut Nord Stream 1 gas flow to 20% of capacity

  • Russia Cuts Gas Flow to Europe, Intensifying Fears It Is Weaponizing Fuel

  • Russia cuts gas supplies to Europe

• Trudeau Plans To Slash Canadian Fertilizer Use In Similar Move To Netherlands

• Saudi Crown Prince unveils plans for $500bn structure to house 9M people

  • HN comments

• From August 1: Cash transactions above NIS 6k illegal

  • HN comments

• EU reaches deal to ration gas

• Russia to quit International Space Station 'after 2024': Roscosmos official

  • Russia to opt out of International Space Station

  • Russia to Withdraw from International Space Station

  • Russia to drop out of International Space Station in 2024

  • Russia Says It Will Quit the International Space Station After 2024

• Denmark bans Gmail and Co from schools due to privacy concerns

  • HN comments

Health / Medicine

• Highly potent weed creating marijuana addicts worldwide, study says

• New Zealand’s ‘tobacco endgame’ law will be a world first for health

• FDA warns of brain swelling and permanent vision loss found in children taking puberty blockers.

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Melting at Fastest Rate in 5,500 Years

• Corporate Carbon Offset Company Accidentally Starts Devastating Wildfire

Ukraine War

• The Russian Economy Is Imploding

• Ukraine tried to hijack a fighter jet with the help of Bellingcat

  • HN comments

  • Christo Grozev on Twitter

• Business Retreats and Sanctions Are Crippling the Russian Economy

• Ukraine/Russia Tidbit – The Laughing Wolf

• Russia Is Ramping Up Its Internet Censorship Machine

• Russia’s Plan to Annex Parts of Ukraine Apparently Involves Tacky T-Shirts, PR Experts, and Bribes

• Ukraine Issues Blacklist Of 'Russian Propagandists', Includes US Senator & Prominent Journalists