2022-12-18

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• No evidence of space aliens so far in The Pentagon's UFO deep-dive

Musk

• In Suspending Journalists on Twitter, Musk Flexes His Media Muscle

• Elon Musk's team seeks new funding for Twitter, investor says

• Musk's Troubling Week Pushes Tesla Investors Closer to the Edge

• Taibbi Hits Back After Critics Attack During 'Twitter Files' Release | ZeroHedge

• Elon Musk reinstates suspended journalists on Twitter after a backlash

  • HN comments

• The Childish Drama of Elon Musk

• “This Tweet Is Unavailable” – Musk Escalates Shadowbanning

• Elon Musk didn’t ban journalists for doxxing. He did it because he can

• Elon Musk banned me from Twitter

• Twitter's anti-Mastodon filter evasion | Hacker News

• Twitter to incorporate mutes and blocks from paying users as downvotes

  • New Twitter Policy May Be More Terrifying Than Mass Suspension of Journalists | Hacker News

• Twitter will not allow free promotion of certain social media platforms | Hacker News

• Jared Kushner, Elon Musk Spotted Together at World Cup Final in Qatar

Trump / War against the Right / Jan6

• Trump stole the images of his trading cards from stock photos

• 'Absurd' To Call Oath Keepers Insurrectionists Or A National Security Threat, Former FBI Agent Testifies | ZeroHedge

Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult

• Spending time with kids and their germs may lower risk of severe Covid-19

• Is Covid a Common Cold Yet?

• Quantifying the RSV immunity debt following Covid-19: a public health matter

• Potential New Treatment for “Brain Fog” in Long Covid Patients

• Chinese industry runs out of workers and supplies as Covid wave spreads

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• We’re Drowning in Old Books. But Getting Rid of Them Is Heartbreaking

TechSuck

• That may be because it is the previous generation's 12600K.

  Since the 12400, 12500, and 12600 didn't include any E-cores at all, Intel can just re-use previous generation chips and not disable the E-cores this time around.

Crypto con games

• Sam Bankman-Fried to reverse decision on contesting extradition to United States

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Consumer safety board to weigh regulations on gas stoves.

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• Denver Mayor Declares Emergency, Says City 'On Verge Of Reaching Breaking Point' Amid Influx Of Illegal Immigrants

World

• Deal reached for new non-Russian power source for Europe

• To quit Russian gas, EU burns billions on LNG

• Argentina Wins the World Soccer Championship

Russia Bad / Ukraine War

• Putin’s War in Ukraine Became a Catastrophe for Russia

• Amazon put Ukraine’s ‘government in a box’ – & saved its economy from Russia