2022-09-02

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• Owsley Stanley: The King of LSD (2011) | Hacker News

• Where Economies of Scale Come From

• being heavier than others cars will do that: Electric Vehicles Cause More Expensive Collisions, Do More Damage

• Why the West should have more kids

• Ohio man who suffered 20k bee-stings expected to recover, family says

• Mississippi water is so dirty residents shower with their mouths shut

Horseshit

• Cannabis Shortages Coming to BC as Only Legal Distribution Warehouse Strikes

• Amtrak's Viral Train Tweet Inspired Twitter to Get Super Succinct

  • French Embassy U.S. tweets “Revolution”

• "Water found to be wet" Women Who Stay Single and Don’t Have Kids Are Getting Richer

• We Asked a Cultural Historian: Are Apple Stores the New Temples?

• Xcel smart thermostat users lose their cool after power company locks them out

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• BoycottCNN trends as liberal viewers complain it’s turning into … right-wing propaganda? – twitchy.com

• Twitter, Facebook Regularly Coordinated With Biden Admin To Censor Users | ZeroHedge

  • Emails show White House asking Twitter, Facebook to remove specific “misinfo”

  • HN comments

• Why narcissists are more likely than others to believe in conspiracy theories

Musk

• The Twitter Whistleblower Story Is Worse Than You Think

  • HN comments

• A Tesla burst into flames during a crash test. Organizers admitted it was staged

• Is Elon Musk a white supremacist?

• Be Worried About Tesla’s Trove of Private Vehicle Data

• Twitter tests edit button as experts warn it could be misused

• Twitter had a new plan to fight extremism – then Elon arrived

Trump / War against the Right / Jan6

• Ginni Thomas pressed Wisconsin lawmakers to overturn Biden’s 2020 victory

• The Trump SPAC Needs More Time

• Oath Keepers’ lawyer Kellye SoRelle arrested in connection with Jan. 6.

• Watch Live: Biden Warns Of Grave Threat Posed By "MAGA Forces" | ZeroHedge

• Twitter Users Have Questions About Trump's Jan. 6 Pardon Plan: 'Isn’t That Sedition?'

• Biden says 'Maga forces' threaten US democracy

  "But there's no question," Mr Biden continued, "that the Republican party today is dominated, driven and intimidated by Donald Trump and the Maga Republicans, and that is a threat to this country."

• Joe Biden Demonizes Trump Supporters in Unhinged Prime Time Diatribe: ‘MAGA Forces’ Are ‘a Threat to this Country;’ ‘Fanning Flames of Violence’’.

• ‘It’s Wrong:’ CNN Blasts Biden for Using Military As Backdrop for ‘Battle’ Speech

• Biden’s ‘blood red’ backdrop steals show in speech attacking MAGA

• Biden Rails Against His Fellow Americans in Dark, Threatening Prime-Time Speech.

• Joe Biden Crosses Lines in Grotesque National Address, Heckler Spoils His Party.

• Biden Warns That MAGA Republicans Pose ‘Clear and Present Danger’ to Nation

• The Strangest Thing About ‘Semi-Fascist’ Trump

• Slurred Speech Thread: Biden's Fascist Demagogic Declaration of War on His Political Enemies

• Former DNI: DOJ Didn’t Find What It Was Looking for in Mar-a-Lago Raid.

• Here’s the gist of President Biden’s ‘soul of the nation’ speech that’s not at all fascist-sounding.

• Hypocrite Biden’s speech was about one thing only — trying to bait Trump.

• Biden's war on dissent is undemocratic and un-American

• Biden's Hateful Rhetoric Against Americans Presents GOP With A Sterling Opportunity | ZeroHedge

• Trump Is Having a Nuclear Meltdown on His Sad Social Media Platform

• Karine Jean-Pierre says when you’re not with the majority of Americans, then you know, that is extreme – twitchy.com

• Reactions to Biden's Fascist Call to War Against His Political Enemies

Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult

• CDC Recommends the First Covid-19 Booster

• CDC recommends reformulated coronavirus booster shot for fall

• Anthony Fauci, loved and hated, plots his next move

• Chengdu locks down 21.2M as Chinese cities battle Covid

Culture War / Tribal / Re segregation

• The Anti-ESG Crusader Who Wants to Pick a Fight with BlackRock

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• There Is No National Teacher Shortage: The narrative doesn’t match the numbers

• Math and Reading Scores Plummeted for Students During Pandemic.

• Harvard ‘misinformation’ journal sued for defamation, false statements.

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Please Don’t Make a Tolkien Cinematic Universe

• Google Blocks Truth Social from the Play Store – Will Apple Be Next?

  • HN comments

• GameStop meme stock movie 'Dumb Money' in works with Seth Rogen, Pete Davidson

TechSuck

• Micron confirms first US memory fab on home soil in 20 years

• Fog Data Science Puts Our Fourth Amendment Rights Up for Sale

• SmartDry’s useful laundry sensor to be cloud-bricked next month

  • HN comments

• Blobs in Games: Hexagon conversions

• Breaking down how USB4 goes where no USB standard has gone before

• Bendable TVs and monitors that no one asked for

Crypto con games

• Turns out 50% of Bitcoin trading volume is fake

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Cruise recalls its robotaxis after passenger injured in crash

• The Stock Market Rout Has Only Just Begun

• Bank of America just launched a zero down payment mortgage in 21 cities

• Cannabis legalization decreases stock market value of major pharmaceutical firms

• The ESG Crown Is Slipping, and It’s Mostly the Fund Industry’s Own Fault

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• American policy is splitting state by state into two blocs

• FAA approves unleaded fuel for piston fleet

• After Sarah Palin's election loss, Sen. Cotton calls ranked-choice voting a scam

• FCC awards $800M for rural broadband development

• With Peltola’s Defeat of Palin, Alaska’s Ranked-Choice Voting Has a Moment

• How Bad Was Biden’s Oppressive Stage Presence? CNN Altered the Video Feed to Soften the Dire Visuals

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• (April 2022) Narco Tanks of Mexico

• Does This Area 51 Image Show a Secret Aircraft or Cloudshade?

• US Army Approves 5k HoloLens Goggles for Delivery

World

• Poland seeks $1.7T CDN in reparations from Germany for WW II

• Superstrong dollar threatens debt crisis across emerging economies

• Kirchner unharmed in assassination attempt in Buenos Aires

  • Argentina Vice President unharmed after assailant threatens her with gun

• Earthquake rocks Liechtenstein Parliament during earthquake debate

• Nord Stream 1: Russia's Gazprom announces indefinite shutdown of pipeline

  • Gazprom Won’t Reopen Gas Pipeline in 11th Hour Blow to Europe

• Sterling ‘battered’ by dollar after forecasts drive pound closer to parity

Russia Bad / Ukraine War

• Ukraine sitrep: Russia prevents UN from inspecting nuke plant

• VOA Exclusive: Ukrainians Forcibly Transferred to Russia ‘Had No Choice’

• The trolling media army taking on Putin one meme at a time

• G-7 plans to cap Russian oil prices in a bid to drain the Kremlin’s war chest

• How Putin's Agents Are Infiltrating Germany

Health / Medicine

• The U.S. diet is deadly. Here are 7 ideas to get Americans eating healthier

• Is the Psychedelic Therapy Bubble About to Burst?

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• 50 years on from The Limits to Growth, what did we learn and what’s next?

  • HN comments

• ‘Greenwashing’: Tree-Planting Schemes Are Just Creating Tree Cemeteries

• When Driving, Tires Emit Pollution. and EVs Make the Problem Worse

• Extinction Rebellion: Climate activists stage protest in Commons chamber

• Why are Pakistan’s floods so extreme this year?

• Savage heat baking California and other Western states will continue

• The U.S. ‘warming hole’–a climate anomaly explained