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• Lions rescued from Ukraine make Colorado sanctuary their forever home

• The V8 Engine. No, Not the JavaScript One

Horseshit

• A rash of nearly lethal mushroom poisonings in Ohio

  • HN comments

celebrity gossip

• One of the greatest chefs was found dead in SF. His killing is still unsolved

Musk

• Musk: I’m trying my hardest to de-escalate this situation and obviously failing

• ‘The hell with it’: Musk says SpaceX will fund Starlink in Ukraine

Trump / War against the Right / Jan6

• The J6 Committee Tantrum.

Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult

• Covid causes significant neuron damage in Rhesus Macaques

• Without a nasal vaccine, the U.S. edge in fighting Covid is on the line

• Boston University lab adding Omicron spike protein to wildtype Covid

• N.C. Judge Throws Jury Candidate in Jail for Refusing to Wear Mask

Culture War / Tribal / Re segregation

• As more transgender children seek medical care, families confront many unknowns

• White Americans are beginning to realise that they too belong to a race | Hacker News

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Most Metaverse users don't even make it a month, WSJ reports

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• John Fetterman’s wife demands ‘consequences’ against journalist who interviewed her husband.

• Bombshell Dominion ‘Error Code’ Uncovered in 97% of Georgia Counties.

World

• Huge fire sweeps through notorious Evin prison in Iran as ‘gunfire rings out.’ Prison houses Tehran’s political prisoners as videos shared on social media show black smoke billowing from the facility

• China probes its neighbors' defenses as regional tensions rise

• Despite Tough Words, Japan Might Not Enter a Taiwan War

Russia Bad / Ukraine War

• Russia is grabbing men off the street to fight in Ukraine

Health / Medicine

• Men can be allergic to their own orgasms: study.

• Pregnancy Is a War; Birth Is a Cease-Fire

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• How to Save the Planet in Less Than 2 Hours. Matt Leacock’s Daybreak Board game