2022-07-28

Worthy

• Nibble Stew: That time when I accidentally social engineered myself to a film set

• Geothermal's Path to Relevance: Better Heat Transfer and Heat Engines - Austin Vernon's Blog

etc

• NASA’s LRO Finds Lunar Pits Harbor Comfortable Temperatures

• Oldest DNA from domesticated American horse lends credence to shipwreck folklore

• Evidence for behavioural interventions looks increasingly shaky

  • HN comments

• Californians are flooding Mexico City. Some locals want them to go home

• FDA’s top tobacco scientist takes job at Marlboro-maker Philip Morris

  • HN comments

• Eating meat is good, says the philosopher - by Erik Hoel

• Chinese rocket stage to hit Earth in uncontrolled descent.

Horseshit

• Lactose tolerance is an evolutionary puzzle

• I accidentally discovered one of the most egregious pharma scams imaginable

  • HN comments

• Raising Canes CEO buys 50k Mega Millions tickets for all employees

• It slowed down and informed me audibly I was in a slow speed zone

• Hosts and guests scrambling after hundreds of Airbnb bookings cancelled

• Saudi Arabia plans 100-mile-long mirrored skyscraper megacity

• Florida man breaks into Space Force base to warn of alien-dragon space war

  • Florida Man Accused of Driving to Space Force Base in Stolen Truck to Warn of Aliens | Military.com

  Corey Johnson, 29, was arrested Friday at Patrick Space Force Base by local deputies after he "attempted to get on base," according to an arrest citation. Johnson reportedly explained to authorities "he was told by the president" to warn "the government there was US aliens fighting with Chinese dragons."

• The film that demonised rural America: How Deliverance set a controversial trend

• 4k Mistreated Beagles Need Homes. These Folks Are Stepping Up

celebrity gossip

• K.J. Wright Signs One-Day Contract With Seahawks

  on Wednesday, Wright signed a one-day contract with the Seahawks that will allow him to retire with the team that drafted him and in the city he calls home.

Obit

• James Lovelock has died | Hacker News

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• The aging student debtors of America

• How the CDC Coordinated With Big Tech To Censor Americans

• Unplugged Mysteries — Pixel Envy

  • HN comments

• Yes, social media is undermining democracy

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• Meta thinks Facebook may need more “harmful health misinformation”

Recession

• White House braces for grim news on economy - POLITICO

• Video: Reporter Exposes White House’s Blatant Redefining of ‘Recession’ – Summit News

• Gross Domestic Product, Second Quarter 2022 (Advance Estimate) | U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)

  Real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased at an annual rate of 0.9 percent in the second quarter of 2022 (table 1), according to the "advance" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the first quarter, real GDP decreased 1.6 percent.

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• US Economy Shrinks for a Second Quarter, Raising Recession Odds

• US GDP Contracted in 2 Consecutive Quarters

• U.S. economy just had a 2nd quarter of negative growth. Is it in a recession?

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• Is Recession Staring Us Down? Already Upon Us? Here’s Why It’s Hard to Say

• GDP fell 0.9% in the second quarter, the second straight decline and a strong recession signal.

• US Economy Dips into a Recession: GDP falls at an annual rate of 0.9% in Q2

• Welcome To The Biden Recession: Q2 GDP "Unexpectedly" Shrinks 0.9%, 2nd Consecutive Decline

• US GDP shrinks 2 quarters in a row meeting bar some say is technical recession

• Statement by President Biden on Second Quarter GDP Report | The White House

  it’s no surprise that the economy is slowing down as the Federal Reserve acts to bring down inflation. ... we are on the right path and we will come through this transition stronger and more secure. Our job market remains historically strong, with unemployment at 3.6% and more than 1 million jobs created in the second quarter alone. Consumer spending is continuing to grow.

Forward Party

• They didn't buy the "Facebook Whistle blower Media Package" for this. They shouldn'ta cheaped out.

• Former Republicans and Democrats to form new third U.S. political party Archive link

  The new party, called Forward, will initially be co-chaired by former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang and Christine Todd Whitman, the former Republican governor of New Jersey. They hope the party will become a viable alternative to the Republican and Democratic parties that dominate U.S. politics, founding members told Reuters.

• New, 3rd party in American politics

• Former Republicans and Democrats form new third U.S. political party.

• Forward: An alternative US political party

• Voting for Third Parties Isn't a Waste

Gun control / Mass shooting

• Why the Far Right Is Going After Antidepressants

Musk

• (PDF) Twitter vs. Elon Musk

• Elon Musk Wanted to Buy Twitter. Or Did He?

• Tesla’s ‘unlimited’ connectivity plan now expires after eight years

• Elon Musk Crafts New Master Plan Before Tesla Pulls Off the Old One

• Senate moves forward with EV tax credit reform; Tesla to be included back

• Elon Musk has taken even shorter flights than Kylie Jenner's 17-minute trip

Abortion

• Althouse: "It’s been a long process... Then the Roe thing happened. That cemented it. That was the stars aligning. This needs to be done."

Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult

• WHO Recommends Gay And Bisexual Men Limit Sexual Partners, Anonymous Sex, To Reduce Monkeypox Spread

• Midwest Multistate Outbreak of Monkeypox (2003)

• Monkey Pox- Stanford wastewater data shows San Francisco region's hot spots

• Scammers Are Selling ‘Blood and Saliva from a Covid Survivor on the Dark Web

• NIH asks court to mask official who deleted Chinese COVID data, 19 months after outing him.

• The molecular epidemiology of multiple zoonotic origins of SARS-CoV-2

• Covid-19 and sperm: What we know so far about how the virus affects fertility

Culture War / Tribal / Re segregation

• Punks vs. Posers - Tablet Magazine

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• Florida schools to let veterans teach without degrees

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Minecraft 1.19.1 released with chat reporting and global bans on private servers

• Spotify Car Thing Is Dead Because Nobody Wanted It

• Adam Mosseri confirms it: Instagram is over

  • Zuck Says Instagram Is Going to Suck Twice as Much Next Year

• Meta officially cuts funding for U.S. news publishers

• After first-ever Facebook revenue drop, Meta looks like it's in panic mode

• Mark Zuckerberg: ‘many teams are going to shrink’ as Meta revenue drops

• Shots Fired at Facebook’s VR Monopoly

• Nick Sandmann Defamation Lawsuits Against Media Dismissed By Federal Judge | ZeroHedge

• Nielsen hopes to regain TV ratings accreditation this year

• TikTok and the Fall of the Social-Media Giants

TechSuck

• Google delays cookie-cutting to 2024

  • Google delays phasing out ad cookies on Chrome until 2024

  • HN comments

• Satellite company Iridium hints at mysterious smartphone deal

• Protestware on the rise: Why developers are sabotaging their own code

• FSF voting members release and sign Code of Ethics

  • Voting Member Code of Ethics

  • Interpreted correctly, that should shut off all debate, and render the organization even less useful than it already is.

• AMD and Nvidia leaks show we are drunk on power, and the hangover is brutal

• SkyWater and Google expand open source program to new 90nm technology

• Intel gets into discrete GPUs and scales back support for many integrated GPUs

Crypto con games

• Cathie Wood Dumps Coinbase Shares for First Time This Year

• The Dune Bible crypto collective wants to sell its Dune Bible

• Amid the hype, they bought crypto near its peak. Now, they cope with losses

• Why Hedge Funds Are Losing Money Shorting USDT

• VC partner lays out case for why crypto will stick

• Axie Infinity CEO Moved Crypto Tokens Before the Company Revealed Hack

Economicon / Business / Finance

• The supply chain crisis is getting better –and it could make things cheaper soon

• U.S. Energy Department set to loan GM battery joint venture $2.5 bln

• Shell smashes record again with $11.5B profit

• Rivian is laying off 6 percent of its employees

• Boise's hot housing market is cooling

• The Strong Dollar Is Wreaking Havoc Globally – and It’s Just Getting Started

• Inflation-exhausted Americans: Let's just go out for steak

Shortages

• West London faces new home ban as electric grid at capacity due to data centres

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Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Senate passes $250B semiconductor bill with House set to quickly take up measure

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• "planned bill" Visa, Mastercard Swipe Fees Are Targeted in Planned Senate Bill

  • Senate Bill Takes Aim at Visa, Mastercard Credit-Card Fees

• House Democrats to propose in August ban on lawmaker stock trading – report

  • HN comments

• Manchin And Dems Reach Deal On Reconciliation Package, Call It "Inflation Reduction Act"

• 6 terms Biden has redefined to further agenda, stigmatize opponents | Just The News

• Rich Wall Streeters Face Shock Tax Hike While Rest of Wealthy Escape

Hunter

• “I’ve Delivered”: New Disclosures Demolish President Biden’s Denials on Hunter Dealings – JONATHAN TURLEY

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• ShotSpotter requests to be held in contempt rather than disclose its methodology

  • HN comments

• IRS: No Political Influence In Comey|McCabe Audits

• SEC Enriches Fraudsters, Lawyers as Secrecy Shrouds Tips Program

• FBI is hiding details about a raid on Americans’ safe deposit boxes

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• US Carrier Group Heads Towards Taiwan Ahead Of Potential Pelosi Trip After China Warns Of 'Forceful Response'

  • Pelosi Issues Invitation To Lawmakers For Taiwan Trip In 1st Official Confirmation

  • US military making plans in case Pelosi travels to Taiwan

  • In call with Biden Xi warns against 'playing with fire' over Taiwan

• Secret Briefing Zeroes in on Suspected Russian Spy Station in New York

• 3M Sets Up $1B Trust to Settle Veterans' Suits over Earplugs

• China forcibly detained US Federal Reserve employee in hotel room: Senate report

  • China detained Fed employee in hotel and threatened family to get US econ data

• China is buying up American farms. Washington wants to crack down

World

• Strong quake kills at least 5, injures dozens in northern Philippines

• Scenes From China’s Slow-Motion Collapse « Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog

• Cold showers as German city of Hanover reacts to Russian gas crisis

• Germany rethinks nuclear power exit due to threat of winter energy crunch

• Germany and the End of Globalization: Prosperity Under Pressure

• UK's National Grid asks coal power plants to be on standby this winter

• Jack Ma to Give Up Control of Ant Group

Health / Medicine

• Study Finds Another Condition That Vitamin D Pills Do Not Help

• Popcorn Lung: A Dangerous Risk of Flavored E-Cigarettes

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Yosemite Wildfire Plans Calls for Cutting Trees to Protect Park

• Carbon dating hampered by rising fossil-fuel emissions

• Eating Too Much Protein Makes Pee a Problem Pollutant in the U.S.

• I've Been Targeted with the Most Vicious Corporate Counterattack in US History

• PFAS linked to infertility, diabetes and billions in economic costs

• The climate VC who gave up on politics

• UK climate continues to change in 2021

• New Surface Stations Report Released – It’s ‘worse than we thought’ – Watts Up With That?

• Over-Promising on Electric Cars Is Holding Back Progress on Climate and Safety

• The Dawn of the Apocalypse - The Chris Hedges Report

• Methane leaks speed up climate change

• Hurricane flood maps reveal the climate future for Miami, NYC and D.C

• How to Map Mega-Heat

• Fracking Was an Extraordinary Boondoggle

• Earth Overshoot Day 2022: Humanity has already used its resources for the year

Ukraine War

• Ukraine’s Open-Source War