2022-11-26

etc

• Genetically modified tobacco plant produces cocaine in its leaves

• Americans are choosing to be alone, but we should reverse that

Horseshit

• Fight poverty, not income inequality

Obit

• Irene Cara dead at 63: ‘Fame’ and ‘Flashdance’ singer was Grammy, Oscar winner

Musk

• If there is no other choice, I will make an alternative phone

  • Elon Says He’ll Make His Own Phone If Apple and Google Deplatform Twitter

• Elon Musk Bans CrimethInc. From Twitter at the urging of Far-Right Troll

• Twitter has lost 50 of its top advertisers since Elon Musk took over

• They Wanted a Baby, Then Twitter Fired Them

Trump / War against the Right / Jan6

• Trump dines with white supremacist Nick Fuentes, Ye West

• There’s Something Fishy About the Special Counsel Investigating Trump.

• Why Donald Trump isn't returning to Twitter (for now)

Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult

• 'Died Suddenly' is Typical Trash from Stew Peters – The Daily Sceptic

• ‘Wild West’: New Emails Reveal Fauci, NIH Officials Considered Warning FBI About Potential Lab Leak.

• Top Scientist dismissed lableak theory but privately condemned Wuhan research

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Can't hear what actors are saying on TV? It's not you

TechSuck

• Oldest software system in continuous use | Hacker News

Crypto con games

• FTX CEO Mocked Gullible Media for Hyping His ‘Effective Altruism’ Shtick

• FTX owned an $11.5M stake in a tiny rural bank in Washington state

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Investor home purchases drop 30%

  • HN comments

• Black Friday online sales to hit new record, expected to top $9B

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• IRS warns taxpayers about new $600 threshold for third-party payment reporting

  • HN comments

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• Chevron Gets New U.S. License to Pump Oil in Venezuela Again

World

• Brazilian protests intensify; Bolsonaro stays silent

Russia Bad / Ukraine War

• Britain says Russia removing nuclear warheads from missiles, firing at Ukraine

• Western sanctions catch up with Russia's wartime economy

Health / Medicine

• Who wants to live to 100 on a diet of lentil and broccoli slurry?

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Swedish activists sue state over its climate policies