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• Their Loved Ones Died. Preserved Tattoos Offer a Way to Keep Them Close

• Vermont town employee surreptitiously lowered water fluoride levels for 4 years

• Book Review: "Freedom's Forge" - by Noah Smith - Noahpinion

• NYC judge rules polyamorous unions entitled to same legal protections as 2-person relationships

Horseshit

• ‘This Signals the Collapse’ – SF debates the meaning of new restaurant for dogs

• Exxon illegally fired two scientists suspected of leaking information to WSJ

• How California’s Bullet Train Went Off the Rails

• Electric cars won't overload the power grid – they help modernize infrastructure

• Amazon “suicide kits” have led to teen deaths

• Beam me down: can solar power from space help solve our energy needs?

celebrity gossip

• Will Tom Cruise perform a spacewalk while shooting film on space station?

  According to a BBC News (opens in new tab)interview, this movie is still in the development stages but if it does get a green light by Universal, Cruise will add the distinction of being "the first civilian to do a spacewalk outside of the space station" to his storied career.

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• PayPal Reverses, Won’t Fine Customers $2,500 for ‘Misinformation’ After Backlash

  • PayPal user agreement fining users $2,500 for 'misinformation' was error

• Cleaning a Spoon Is Complex

• David Brock's Bogus Local News Sites

• UN says gamers leverage “toxic masculinity” to disguise extremism

Musk

• Elon Musk can’t be trusted to complete merger, Twitter tells judge

• What Does X Mean to Elon Musk?

• Nuclear war probability is rising rapidly

Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult

• Another Covid-19 Thanksgiving: celebrate outside or open a window indoors

• China Began Stockpiling PPE Months Before Covid Outbreak: China also started to buy up global PPE stocks in Europe, Australia and the US around the same time, experts say.

• China increased spending on pathogens testing months before acknowledging COVID-19, report says.

• Travelers coming to the U.S. from Uganda will face enhanced screening for Ebola

Culture War / Tribal / Re segregation

• The Death of the Vegetarian

  • HN comments

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• Ignoring rules, teachers sneak tough math courses into their school

• Furman U. puts professor on leave for attending the 2017 Charlottesville rally.

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• The GIF Is on Its Deathbed

TechSuck

• Algebraic Geometry for Computer Graphics | Hacker News

• Verizon adds 5G Home and LTE plans to its free internet program through FCC ACP

  • Verizon expands free Home Internet program to help bridge digital divide

• Intel Confirms Aldler Lake BIOS Code Leak

Crypto con games

• North Korea's Crypto Hackers Are Paving the Road to Nuclear Armageddon

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Why is the price of Gasoline in California still so high and volatile?

• Americans are becoming less productive, and it's a risk to the economy | Hacker News

• Mismanagement and ‘Monster Trains’ Have Wrecked American Rail

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• New York declares state of emergency over migrant arrivals, shelter space

• Surveillance State USA... Biden quietly unleashes spymasters in dramatic Executive Order... - Revolver News

• FBI Team Involved In Censorship Of Hunter Biden Laptop Story Identified

• California looks to target oil company profits in a special legislative session

• People's Gardens | USDA

• California to discontinue plastic grocery bags

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• Biden issues new rules to cut off microchip supply to China

• Now is the time for Putin to go: Bolton

World

• Ten dead after Donegal petrol station explosion

• Haiti Asks For International Forces To Break Gangs' Blockade Of Fuel Terminal

Russia Bad / Ukraine War

• Mass demonetization of youtubers covering Ukraine

• "Declaration Of War Without Rules": Russian Officials Fume Over Crimea Bridge Blast As Ukraine Celebrates

• Kerch bridge explosion kills three as Zelensky aide warns blast is the beginning

• The fight to cut off the crypto funding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

• Destruction of Crimea Bridge: What We Know So Far

• Amid Major Military Setbacks In Ukraine, Russia Replaces Eastern Military District Commander.

Health / Medicine

• Needs More Salt.

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Tallest tree in Amazon rainforest reached by researchers after 3 yrs, 4 attempts

• Tiger that killed nine people in India shot dead