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• Watch IIHS Slam An Old F-150 Overloaded To 9,500 Pounds Into A Barrier In The Name Of EV Crash Testing - The Autopian

  Back in the early 1990s when IIHS started testing cars, a Lincoln Town Car (see below) would’ve been considered incredibly heavy. The trouble is, a 1992 Lincoln Town Car weighs ten pounds less than the lightest Hyundai Ioniq 5 sold in America.

• World's Largest freestanding cylindrical aquarium bursts in Berlin

• Now That They’ve Actually Looked, Scientists Discover Snakes Have Two Clitorises.

• Axe-throwing may be the friendliest new sport in America

Horseshit

• Subaru warns Ascent owners to park outside due to fire risk.

• Why Hot Wheels are one of the most inflation-proof toys in American history

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• Reimagining Democracy - Schneier on Security

Musk

• Twitter is suspending journalists who cover Elon | Hacker News

• Twitter Suspends Accounts of Half a Dozen Journalists

• Squatter Elon Musk Reportedly No Longer Paying Rent at Twitter

• Twitter threatened with EU 'sanctions' over journalists' ban

• Musk disables Twitter Spaces after clash with journalists

  • Elon Musk Kills Twitter Audio Feature After Bizarre Talk with Journalists

• Twitter Press Suspensions Become Media Flashpoint

• After $700B drop angry Tesla investors say Elon Musk has “abandoned” them

• Elon Musk’s ‘Twitter files’ are an exercise in hypocrisy

• The Boring Conservatism of Elon Musk

  • HN comments

• The Journalists Elon Musk Suspended Got What They Deserved

Trump / War against the Right / Jan6

• The media’s deranged obsession with Ron DeSantis — even before he declares for 2024.

Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult

• Beijing death toll mounts as Covid sweeps through Chinese capital

• U.S. Intel Community Dropped the Ball on Covid-19, Congress Finds

• Congress Clears Military Bill Repealing Vaccine Mandate for Troops

Culture War / Tribal / Re segregation

• Daily Beast: White supremacy is racially diverse – HotAir

  • Why Young Men of Color Are Joining White-Supremacist Groups

Crypto con games

• Binance Is Fucked

  • HN comments

• Shaq says he 'was just a paid spokesperson' for FTX, doesn't believe in crypto

• Bitcoin Tumbles As Binance 'Proof-Of-Reserves' Removed From Auditor's Site | ZeroHedge

• Donald Trump NFT Collection Sells Out, Price Surges

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Here Comes The Job Shock: Philadelphia Fed Admits US Jobs "Overstated" By At Least 1.1 Million | ZeroHedge

• Retail sales drop sharply at start of key holiday shopping season.

• The Fed could be facing a nightmare scenario.

• Skilled tech workers snapped up despite downturn

• Can Child Care Be a Big Business? Private Equity Thinks So

• (Dec 5) Trains, Trucks, and Supply Chains - by Gad Allon

• Ford again hikes the starting price of the F150 Lighting now up 40% since launch

• Retail investors turn to ETFs as recession fears knock down meme stocks

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Son of Paul Pelosi Attacker Just Torched the Media’s Narrative About the Assault.

• US lawmakers take aim at gaming’s “harassment and extremism” problem

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• JFK Assassination Records – 2022 Additional Documents Release

  • HN comments

  • JFK files: National Archives releases more than 11,000 unredacted records

  • The secret JFK assassination files are finally here

  • More than 13,000 new JFK files released; hundreds more held back

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• Navy Unleashes Controversy By Naming Next Warship USS Fallujah

World

• Pacifist Japan unveils biggest military build-up since World War Two

• Pope orders return of Parthenon sculptures to Greece

Health / Medicine

• Excess Heavy metals found in dark chocolate including Hershey's and Trader Joe's

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• More than 25% of all venture capital funding is going to climate technology