2022-12-14

Worthy

• I think its nuts but hmmm: Off-road hauling with hot air balloons - by C.L. Krapu

Horseshit

• Space debris expert: Orbits will be lost–and people will die–later this decade

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• Why Do Stanford, Harvard and NASA Still Honor a Nazi Past?

Musk

• Musk's banks to book Twitter loan losses, avoid big hits -sources

• Twitter is preparing for a series of legal battles over missed payments

• Jack Dorsey responds to Twitter Files: there were no ‘hidden agendas’

• Amid Musk's Reign at Twitter, Our Digital History Is at Risk

  • HN comments

• The Fifth Estate - by Mike Solana - Pirate Wires

  While it’s good to finally know exactly what happened, it really just was what everyone assumed: Trump was not banned for violating policy. Trump was banned because Twitter employees, who donated literally 99% of their political contributions to the Democratic Party, demanded it be done regardless of their own rules.

• Is Social-Media Censorship a Crime? If tech execs cooperated with government officials, it might be a conspiracy against civil rights.

• Free Speech Warrior Elon Musk Bans Twitter Account That Tracked His Private Jet

• Elon Musk’s new Twitter Blue logo is perfectly awful

• The ‘Twitter Files’ Are Too Serious to Be Left to Elon Musk’s Pals

• The ‘Twitter Files’ have opened the company's censorship decisions to public scrutiny | The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression

  It’s only because the idiosyncratic Musk bought Twitter, which he calls a “company and a crime scene,” that these secrets are being exposed. There is every reason to suspect similar things are afoot at other giants like Meta and Google.

• Elon Musk Accused Of Being A "Dangerous" Right Wing QAnon "Terrorist" After Tweeting Rabbit Emoji | ZeroHedge

  • Elon Musk Is Now Promoting QAnon

Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult

• People who skipped their Covid vaccine are at higher risk of traffic accidents

  • The Unvaccinated Had More Car Crashes… Because they Were the Ones Driving!

• Judicial Watch: NIH Records Reveal FBI Inquiry of Wuhan Grant.

• How did Covid warp our sense of time? It's a matter of perception

• China abandons Covid case reporting as infections explode

  • China Covid: Hospitals under strain in wave of infections

• Covid: Jack Last died as result of AstraZeneca vaccine – coroner.

• Lawmakers slam Pfizer’s 400% price hike on Covid shots

Culture War / Tribal / Re segregation

• “Woke” is a new ideology and its proponents should admit it

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• Students Rebel Against Heat-Sensing Crotch Monitor Surveillance Devices | Hackaday

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Bari Weiss reveals business plan for buzzy new media startup

• Duolingo is not for learning, it’s a game using learning as a game mechanic

TechSuck

• Voice assistants failed because they serve their makers more than help users

• In a Future Filled with Electric Cars, AM Radio May Be Left Behind

Crypto con games

• SBF charged for diverting FTX customer funds to donate to political campaigns

• Former FTX engineer quietly became multimillion-dollar Democratic donor

• The United States of America vs. Samuel Bankman-Fried Indictment | Hacker News

• Binance CEO CZ: Deposits 'coming back in' but 'bumpy' road ahead

• Now That FTX Is Toast, Is Binance Too Big to Fail?

• Binance Withdrawals Jumped to $3B in 24 Hours, Nansen says

• Why the Feds Chose Right Now to Bust Sam Bankman-Fried

• A software change allowed FTX to use client money | Hacker News

• SBF Written Testimony Notes 12/12/2022 | Hacker News

• FTX collapse called ‘old-fashioned embezzlement’ – SBF slapped with fed charges

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Report: Household Wealth Plummeted by $13.5 Trillion This Year.

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• A former spy’s professional opinion — Joe Biden is a 'controlled asset' of the CCP - Center for Security Policy

  • An Experienced Spy’s Assessment: Joe Biden is a “Controlled Asset” of the CCP » Committee on the Present Danger: China

• Hunter Biden’s Laptop and 2020’s First Big Lie.

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• SEC Charges Eight Social Media Influencers in $100M Stock Manipulation Scheme

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• US Preparing to Send Patriot Defense System to Ukraine

World

• French Police Raid Offices of Macron’s Political Party

Health / Medicine

• Over half of car crash victims had drugs or alcohol in their systems

• Is anyone else getting cold/sick much more often these days?

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• The surprising reasons parts of Earth are warming more slowly

• The overlooked benefits of real Christmas trees