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• The full lyrics to 'Auld Lang Syne' so you don't mumble your way through it

• American Airlines Worker Killed After Being Sucked Into Jet Engine

• Fireworks cancelled due to ‘masturbating’ walrus

Horseshit

• Coworkers are less ambitious; bosses adjust to the new order | Hacker News

• Vivienne Westwood and punks were the true moral force of modern Britain

• The $11,500 toilet with Alexa inside can now be put inside your home

Obit

• SPIDR

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• TThe Alt-Right Manipulated My Comic. Then A.I. Claimed It

Musk

• Twitter Sued for Nonpayment of Rent on San Francisco Office

Trump / War against the Right / Jan6

• Meta set to make divisive decision on Trump’s return to Facebook

• Althouse: ".... the final nail in his coffin...."

  • THE NEW REFORM CLUB: A Letter to David Cay Johnston at the Daily Beast

Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult

• CDC reports a new strain of omicron taking over in the U.S.

• Chinese state media seek to reassure public over Covid

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• Phonics in High School!

• Jefferson Tech High School Witheld National Merit Scholar Awards for Months

• (Dec 2022) The Takeover - Tablet Magazine

TechSuck

• I am not a supplier

  • HN comments

• An m1 for curl | daniel.haxx.se

• Should open source ban itself in China and Russia? • The Register

  • HN comment

• Farewell to 3G

Crypto con games

• Your 100% reliable guide to the future of crypto in 2023

• Troubles at Alameda Began Well Before Crypto Crash

Economicon / Business / Finance

• The risk of US recession is on the rise, according to research from the Fed.

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Consumer Leases Will Now Qualify for EV Tax Credits

• Principles Are A Grand Thing – A Guest Post – by John Ringo – According To Hoyt

• TikTok is ‘digital fentanyl,’ incoming GOP China committee chair says

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• Idaho Murders Suspect Bryan Kohberger Made One Huge Mistake, Expert Says

World

• Finland gets floating LNG terminal to help replace Russian gas supply

• UN seeks ICJ opinion on Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine

• Lula Becomes Brazil’s President, Bolsonaro Flees to Florida

Russia Bad / Ukraine War

• Europe's big question: What a diminished Russia will do next

• Ukraine war: New year in Putin’s Russia – nothing is normal

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• 50 Years of Eco-Pocalyptic Predictions

• New York governor legalizes human composting after death

• San Francisco just had its second-rainiest day since 1849