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• Section of destroyed shuttle Challenger found on ocean floor

Horseshit

• Meta’s layoffs could be devastating to immigrants on work visas

Obit

• Gallagher, Comedian Known for Smashing Watermelons, Dies at 76

• Batman actor Kevin Conroy dies at 66

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• FBI In No-Knock Raid on Area 51 Website Operator

  • HN comments

Musk

• Twitter security execs quit amid worries that Musk will violate FTC settlement

• Elon Musk tells Twitter staff that bankruptcy isn’t out of the question: report

• Exodus continues at Twitter as Elon Musk hints at possible bankruptcy

• Twitter Buyout Loans Get Bid at 60 Cents as Banks Sound Out Investors

• Twitter content moderation head quits; FTC consent decree broken

• Twitter pauses paid verifications after users abuse it to impersonate brands

• Twitter drama continues with blue-tick confusion

• Elon learns the hard way being a Twitter troll is way more fun than being a mod

• Twitter quietly drops $8 paid verification; “tricking people not OK,” Musk says

Trump / War against the Right / Jan6

• Trump Set To Ignore GOP Advice To Delay Presidential Announcement | ZeroHedge

Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult

• China trims Covid quarantine time by two days

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• U.S. judge declares Biden's student debt relief plan unconstitutional

  • Biden Administration stops taking applications for student loan forgiveness

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Ghibli-Lucasfilm Collaboration Hinted at in Mystery Tweet

• Basically everything on Amazon has become an ad

TechSuck

• NSA urges orgs to use memory-safe programming languages

Crypto con games

• FTX Employees Try to Sell Assets with Bankman-Fried Away

• Bankman-Fried Faces SEC Probe, FTX Assets Frozen By Bahamas Regulator

• FTX looks for $9.4B in rescue funds, Bahamas freezes some assets

• FTX Crypto Exchange Boss Says He Is Trying to Raise More Money

• FTX to file for U.S. bankruptcy, CEO resigns

  • HN comments

  • Sam Bankman-Fried steps down as FTX CEO as FTX files for bankruptcy

• FTX group companies commence voluntary chapter 11 proceedings | Hacker News

• "I'm Really Sorry... Again" - FTX Files For Bankruptcy, Sam Bankman-Fried Resigns As CEO | ZeroHedge

• Washington turns up heat on Bankman-Fried following near collapse of FTX

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Apple’s $191B Single-Day Surge Sets Stock-Market Record

• The Global Shipping Industry Is Facing a New Problem: Too Many Containers

• Auto loan delinquencies rise as loan-accommodation programs end

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• The FBI's Transformation, from National Police to Domestic Spy Agency. Part One: "Disruption"

• FTC restores rigorous enforcement of law banning unfair methods of competition

  • HN comments

Russia Bad / Ukraine War

• Russia's wounded abandoned to their fate in Kherson as army flees Ukrainians

• Ukraine Liberates Kherson

Health / Medicine

• NIH-Funded “Food Pyramid” Rates Lucky Charms Healthier Than Steak

• Measles outbreak erupts among unvaccinated children in Ohio daycare

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Economic growth no longer requires rising emissions

• Federal contractors must disclose climate impact under new Biden rule

• Why scientists are using the word scary over the climate crisis

• History-repeating hurricane paths in Florida amaze meteorologists

• Is it time to start eating algae?