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• 87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone to be their next phone

  • HN comments

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• Alex Jones ordered to pay nearly $1B in Sandy Hook defamation case

  • Alex Jones ordered to pay $965M for Sandy Hook lies

  • Jury Orders InfoWars Founder Alex Jones to Pay Up for His Sandy Hook Lies

  • Alex Jones told to pay $965M damages to Sandy Hook victims' families

  • HN comments

• The psychology of trolling: what sort of person becomes a troll, and why?

• "Free speech" networks and anti-semitism

• Does Finland have the answer to fake news?

Musk

• 'Musk and Putin'

Trump / War against the Right / Jan6

• Trump’s Truth Social now allowed in Google’s Play Store

Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult

• Nasal Covid vaccine blows clinical trial, flinging researchers back to the lab

• Pfizer didn’t know if Covid vaccine stopped transmission before rollout

• FDA authorizes bivalent Covid-19 boosters for children ages 5 to 11

• Negative reviews of scented candles may hint at Covid surge

• Nearly half of Covid patients haven’t fully recovered months later, study finds

  • HN comments

• Most PPP loans have been forgiven, despite signs of possible fraud

  • HN comments

• The Lancet Commission on lessons for the future from the Covid-19 pandemic

• Covid laws took away our rights with flick of a pen. Don’t let that happen again

Culture War / Tribal / Re segregation

• AMA asks federal government to prosecute critics of gender medicine

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• TikTok is pocketing up to 70% of donations from charitable live streams

Crypto con games

• Bank of Canada: Bitcoin Ownership Jumped from 5% to 13% in 2021

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Fed was surprised at the pace of inflation, expect higher rates to stay in place

• Intel plans thousands of job cuts in face of PC slowdown | Hacker News

• Unemployment falls to 3.5% in Sept, payrolls rise by 263K, job market strong

• Salesforce hit with layoffs and a new hiring freeze

• You’re going back to the office. Your boss isn’t

• TSMC Cuts Capital Spending 10%

• Americans Continue to Pay for Inflation With Credit Cards.

• Oracle lays off 200 employees, adds to Bay Area's wave of job cuts

• Sony and Honda plan to start selling their electric cars in the US in 2026

• ASML Halts Business with China

• (PDF) Consumer Price Index September

  • Inflation increased 0.4% in September, more than expected despite rate hikes

  • Core US Inflation Rises to 40-Year High, Securing Big Fed Hike

• Cathie Wood's ARK Innovation runs aground

• Mortgage Rates Hit 6.92%, a 20-Year High

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Young adults in L.A. to get $1k a month under new guaranteed income program

  • HN comments

• Regulators of Facebook, Google and Amazon Also Invest in the Companies’ Stocks

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• Joe Biden is too timid. It is time to legalise cocaine

• FCC poised to ban all U.S. sales of new Huawei and ZTE equipment

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• Biden Is Now All-In on Taking Out China

World

• Energy crisis could cut Europe's car output nearly 40%

• Consumers urged to cut energy use this winter

Russia Bad / Ukraine War

• Ukraine: UN General Assembly demands Russia stops ‘attempted illegal annexation’

• Huge Ukrainian Offensive in Luhansk?

• Blood for Solar Panels: Politico Honors Vladimir Putin as Climate Influencer of the Year.

Health / Medicine

• 1,600 Years of Medical Hubris - by Robert F. Graboyes

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Amid rising seas, Atlantic City has no plans for retreat

• UN Climate Change Report: “Time Is Not on Our Side”

• Heat pumps are a big part of electrification, but contractors seem resistant

• Stranded whales die on remote New Zealand islands

• Global wildlife populations ‘fall by 70%’

  • Almost 70% of animal populations wiped out since 1970, report reveals

• Can a meat-free filet mignon convert carnivores?