2022-12-31

etc

• Intense cold strained, but didn't break, the U.S. electric grid. That was lucky

• Young adults and mental health: Is more childhood independence the answer? | Hacker News

Horseshit

• We got grifted by a distributor and need to move 30k bags of coffee

  • HN comments

• New study shows rude behavior is on the rise

  • HN comments

• If aliens contact humanity, who decides what we do next?

• A group of young women exposed the most depraved corner of the internet

• We Live in the Age of the Bullshitter

celebrity gossip

• Epstein's sex trafficking was aided by JPMorgan: USVI lawsuit

• Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler sued for 1970s sexual battery and assault of minor

Obit

• RIP, Barbara Walters.

• Former pope Benedict XVI dies aged 95

  • The torment of Pope Benedict - UnHerd

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• Aarond Berman: Former CIA agent leads the misinformation Policy team at Meta Archive link

• Facebook, Google stocked with ex-CIA-agents, Twitter heavy on ex-FBI

  • HN comments

Musk

• Fidelity slashes Twitter value by 56%

• Twitter's San Francisco HQ reportedly a hub of stinky smells

• Elon Musk’s net worth collapse is biggest loss of wealth in modern history

• Twitter employees are bringing their own toilet paper to work

• Elon Musk’s Antics Hurt Tesla’s Democratic-Leaning Brand

Trump / War against the Right / Jan6

• 'I Also Orchestrated It': Uncharged J6 Witness Ray Epps Transcript Released | ZeroHedge

• MTG: Ray Epps ‘should be in jail.’

Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult

• What most surprised experts about the Covid pandemic

• Shredding Away the Covid Insanity:

Culture War / Tribal / Re segregation

• The White Supremacist Origins of Exercise in the U.S. | Time

• Sam Brinton and the Blind Faith of Victim Culture — Queer Majority

  In this respect, the Sam Brinton affair isn’t so much unique as it is emblematic of a persistent pattern, especially in the realm of “progressive” politics. Over and over, unsubstantiated sensationalist stories that confirm all the right narratives are blindly believed, despite the truth turning out to be far more complicated.

  Whether Brinton was motivated by sincere delusion or sought to score oppression points doesn’t really matter. The blind acceptance and fawning coverage of Brinton’s inconsistent and uncorroborated story reveal the true illiberal rot that has been plaguing left-of-center spaces for a long time, in which someone’s status as a “victim” boosts their ascent up the social and professional ladder. You may — as Brinton does — possess real skills and credentials related to your profession, but if you can demonstrate your victimhood, that often gives you a leg up over the competition.

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• A once respected biology journal indicts evolutionary biology for ableism

TechSuck

• A House of Cards | OS/2 Museum

• Tell HN: Freenom (the operator of .tk, .ml, .ga, .cf, .gq TLDs) is falling apart | Hacker News

Crypto con games

• SBF Likely to Enter Plea of Not Guilty

• Crypto platform 3Commas confirms major API breach, FBI to investigate

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Nasdaq closes out its first four-quarter slump since dot-com crash

• JPMorgan to spend $1B on rental homes in the US to become a megalandlord

Shortages

• Logic Locking: Does it have an unacknowledged role in the chip shortage?

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Millennials are shattering the oldest rule in politics | Financial Times

  Western conservatives are at risk from generations of voters who are no longer moving to the right as they age

• A Charity Tied to the Supreme Court Offers Donors Access to the Justices

• Alameda County admits tallying error in ranked choice voting

  • HN comments

• NY Sabotages Right to Repair Bill | Hacker News

• Colorado law banning the sale of non-cage-free eggs

• "Somebody Was Lying": Biden Doesn't Trust Secret Service Detail, Thinks They Fabricated Dog Biting Incident | ZeroHedge

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• Idaho college killings suspect is criminology PhD student

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• US Navy Released Worst Rust Photo To Date

World

• European gas prices fall to pre-Ukraine war level

• Brazil's Bolsonaro lands in Florida, avoiding Lula handover

• South Korea's middle aged men are dying 'lonely deaths'

• How China's rise is reshaping Indo-Pacific security order

• TSMC starts volume production of most advanced chips in Taiwan

Russia Bad / Ukraine War

• The Ukrainian counteroffensive that shocked Putin and reshaped the war

• Ukraine war has left Russia isolated and struggling – with more tumult ahead

Health / Medicine

• Testing of sunscreens finds lower SPF values and even less UVA protection

• Drugmakers to raise prices on at least 350 drugs in U.S. in January

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Report: Associated Press Took $8 million in Donations to Fund its 2022 Climate “News”.