2022-12-26

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• Dave Barry riffs on 2022: from COVID to Will Smith to World Cup | San Luis Obispo Tribune

Horseshit

• The Economy’s Fundamental Problem Has Changed

• The Most Dangerous People on the Internet in 2022

• Thousands trapped on Pine Ridge burn clothes for warmth in wake of storm | Hacker News

Obit

• Don Christopher, Who Turned Lowly Garlic into a Staple, Dies at 88

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• Notes on the Twitter Files | Power Line

• The Twitter Files: How Twitter Rigged the Covid Debate

Musk

• Elon Musk’s Finances Complicated by Declining Wealth, Twitter Pressures

• Tesla Shares Head for Worst Year Ever

• Elon Musk Says "Almost Every Conspiracy Theory That People Had About Twitter Turned Out To Be True" | ZeroHedge

Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult

• Kim Dotcom (MEGA founder) claims the US created Covid-19

• Why did China do such a flip-flop on Covid?

• China to scrap Covid quarantine rule for inbound travellers

• Covid Vaccines Shouldn’t Be ‘Routine’ for Kids

• China's Covid cases overwhelm hospitals

Culture War / Tribal / Re segregation

• My emphasis: The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: “A historic victory 10 years in the making”

  the Pregnancy Discrimination Act was critical for ensuring women and people with the capacity for pregnancy could remain and advance in the workplace

• Black physicist canceled for challenging narrative of ‘homophobic’ NASA telescope.

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• MIT faculty adopts “Statement on Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom” | Hacker News

TechSuck

• Toyota CEO Says “Silent Majority” of Auto Industry Is Doubting EV-Only Future

• The worst-selling Microsoft software product of all time: OS/2 for the Mach 20

  One of my former colleagues spoke with the person who took over from him as the support specialist for OS/2 for Mach 20. According to that person’s memory (which given the amount time that has elapsed, means that we should basically be saying “according to legend” at this point), a total of eleven copies of “OS/2 for Mach 20” were ever sold, and eight of them were returned.

  That leaves three customers who purchased a copy and didn’t return it. And the support specialist had personally spoken with two of them.

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Crypto con games

• Bitcoin hashrate drops nearly 40% as deadly U.S. storm unplugs miners

Economicon / Business / Finance

• SPAC Boom Ends in Frenzy of Liquidation

• Soaring fertilizer prices could see millions more undernourished

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• Three power substations vandalized in Washington state, over 14K lost power

  • 1000s lose power after 3 substations targeted in Washington state, sheriff says

  • Washington State Power-Station Attacks Are Latest Assault on Grid

• Footage Shows "Looting Across Buffalo" As City Plunged Into Chaos After Blizzard | ZeroHedge

World

• Taiwan reports deployment of 71 Chinese warplanes during weekend war drills

Russia Bad / Ukraine War

• Ukrainians move up their traditional Christmas celebration in break with Russia

• Citizen Spies Foiled Putin’s Grand Plan for One Ukrainian City

• Russia’s Road to Economic Ruin

• How many countries contributed more than could be stated publicly?

• Three Russian servicemen killed after drone shot down at air base inside Russia

Health / Medicine

• No One Can Decide If Grapefruit Is Dangerous

• Is your kid’s runny nose going on forever? Experts say it’s normal.

• States with more abortion restrictions have higher maternal and infant mortality

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• World's coal use creeps to new high in 2022

• Can geoengineering fix the climate? Hundreds of scientists say not so fast