2023-01-04

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• The politicization of society is damaging liberal democracy

• Fun, danger, and 70s airplane toys | Hacker News

• Even More Bay Area House Party | Hacker News

• Electric Vehicles Are Bringing Out the Worst in Us

Horseshit

• Louisiana now requires a government ID to access Pornhub

• Her Child’s Naked Dance Killed Her Google Account. New Appeals Path Restored It

• It's Time To Fact Check The Big Pandemic Trends Predictions | The Drum

Obit

• Apollo 7 astronaut Walter Cunningham dead at 90

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• Twitter Files: US State Department Panicked Over ZeroHedge Covid-19 Reporting

• Twitter and the FBI Belly Button

• How Twitter Let the Intelligence Community In

• Tell HN: I'm scared of sharing my opinion online | Hacker News

Musk

• If You Hate Billionaires, Stop Fixating on "Undeserving" Billionaires

Trump / War against the Right / Jan6

• The targeting of Ginni and Clarence Thomas proved just another exercise in liberal rage

Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult

• Mystery of Smell Loss After Covid-19 Might Be Haywire Immune Response

• Let's Discuss The Real COVID Infection Fatality Rate | ZeroHedge

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• The EDI agenda is worse than silly – it divides, obscures and inflames

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• HBO Max Removes 256 ‘Looney Tunes’ Shorts, Three Seasons of ‘The Flintstones’

TechSuck

• MacBook owners have two months to claim up to $395 over butterfly keyboard woes

• Supermicro Throws Its Weight Behind Arm Servers | Hacker News

Crypto con games

• FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty in criminal crypto case

• Crypto firm Wyre said to shut down as CEO admits “scaling back”

• Coinbase Reaches $100M Settlement with New York Regulators

Economicon / Business / Finance

• University of California invests $4B in Blackstone’s real estate fund

• St. Louis Fed Quietly Finds US Is Now In A Recession.

• Salesforce will lay off 10% of staff as part of restructuring

• Stuff Is Worse Now

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• DOJ hiding hundreds of Hunter Biden, James Biden records, lawyer claims.

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• Man arrested after car plunges off California cliff - BBC News

  All four people, including two children, were found alive by rescuers but authorities say they are in hospital with serious injuries. Officials from California Highway Patrol believe the car was driven intentionally off the cliff.

  • Father Deliberately Drove Tesla Off Cliff, Authorities Say After Dramatic Rescue

  • Man Who Survived 250-Foot Cliff Plunge in Tesla Was Trying to Kill His Family

  “It is very unusual for anyone to survive an accident of this magnitude in this area,” Pottenger told the outlet.

  Given Tesla’s dangerous track record of accidents involving its self-driving modes, some questioned whether the car itself was to blame for the horrifying incident. However, the California Highway Patrol said the vehicle didn’t appear to be the culprit. “There has been no determination as to what driving mode the Tesla was in; however, that does not appear to be a contributing factor in this incident,” the highway patrol said,

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• In Major Step, Space Force Takes Over All Military Satellite Communications.

World

• The Impact of Brexit, in Charts