2022-11-27

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• Wales’s Trade in Leeches and Maggots

• As Gen X and Boomers Age, They Confront Living Alone

Horseshit

• Automakers Are Locking the Aftermarket Out of ECUs

• Jaron Lanier warns of tech’s existential threat to humanity

Obit

• Albert Pyun, Director of ‘Cyborg,’ ‘Nemesis’ and ‘Captain America,’ Dies at 69

Musk

• Twitter Is Not Rocket Science – It’s Harder

• Musk says Twitter signups at all-time high, touts features of “everything app”

Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult

• Anti-lockdown protests have widened in China after a deadly fire

  • Crowds angered by lockdowns call for China’s Xi to step down

• Unredacted Documents Reveal Fauci Tried to Shift the Narrative On the Covid-19 Lab Leak Theory.

Culture War / Tribal / Re segregation

• Jesus could have been transgender, claims Cambridge dean

• Zuckerberg, Soros Bankrolling Left-Wing Think Tank Conducting Racial Census of Hill Staff: Organization alleges structural racism on Capitol Hill and demands Senate create a ‘Diversity, Equity, Inclusion’ office.

• Asian faiths try to save swastika symbol corrupted by Hitler

TechSuck

• A Comparison of Noise Reduction Programs for Astrophotography

Crypto con games

• What in the Actual F— Is Wrong With These People?

• What really went on at FTX.

• The Curious Case of FTX and Farmington State Bank, a.k.a. Moonstone

Economicon / Business / Finance

• US Shoppers Kick Off Holiday Season With a Muted Black Friday.

• Black Friday sales rake in a record $9.12B from online shoppers

Shortages

• Fujifilm Warns Its 35mm Films in Short Supply ‘For the Time Being’

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• President Biden peers through Nantucket restaurant window for kids’ selfies during Thanksgiving break at billionaire friend’s house

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• FCC Bans Authorizations for Devices That Pose National Security Threat

World

• Poorly equipped German army awaits financial reinforcement from Berlin

• China Plans to Build Nuclear-Powered Moon Base Within Six Years

• GPS tell patients to ‘get an Uber’ as NHS ambulance delays hit record level

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Snow Extent in the Northern Hemisphere now Among the Highest in 56 years Increases the Likelihood of Cold Early Winter Forecast both in North America and Europe.