2023-01-29

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• Wi-Fi signals could prove useful for spies

• Revisiting my two-year San Francisco predictions

• Ford recalling 462,000 SUVs due to camera bug linked to at least 17 accidents

Horseshit

• The comments ... ugh. Steve Wozniak used to tip from printed sheets of $2 bills | Hacker News

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• Taibbi Shreds Hamilton 68 'Laughable And Damning' Response To Being Exposed As Frauds | ZeroHedge

Musk

• Elon Musk apologizes for tweeting a baseless conspiracy theory about the attack on Paul Pelosi

• Ive got bad news about your Ford, then: Elon Musk has made me embarrassed to drive my Tesla now

Trump / War against the Right / Jan6

• Trump struggles to define himself at his first public campaign stop

• Justice for John Eastman: The fundamental message implicit in the California Bar’s vendetta against Trump’s former lawyer is this: “We’re the government. We’ve defined what is truth. How dare you question us.”

Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult

• Heart attacks on rise for 25-44 age group

  • HN comments

• FDA Quietly Changes End Date For Study Of Heart Inflammation After Pfizer COVID Vaccination | ZeroHedge

Culture War / Tribal / Re segregation

• Leftist Media Claims Tyre Nichols Death At The Hands Of Five Black Police "Still About Racism" | ZeroHedge

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Celebrated Nature Photographer Donates Life’s Work to Public Domain

• Pathfinder Sells Eight Months' of Books in Two Weeks - Bell of Lost Souls

• Facebook drains users' cellphone batteries intentionally says ex-employee

  • HN comments

• Breakup of Google’s Ad Business Would Reshape $500B Sector

TechSuck

• Author of SIP shows up: Netheads vs. bellheads redux: the strange victory of SIP over the telephone | Hacker News

• Ask HN: Is it just me or is 5G strictly worse than LTE? | Hacker News

• Ask HN: What's with the DIY state of the art long-range Wi-Fi? | Hacker News

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Amazon axes free grocery delivery on Prime orders under $150

• Goldman Sachs went from apex predator to Wall Street laggard

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Rep. Ilhan Omar: "I Wasn't Aware That There Are Tropes About Jews And Money" | Video | RealClearPolitics

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• US general warns troops that war with China is possible in two years | Hacker News

World

• The Israeli attack on Iran, possibly on nuclear facilities and drone factories - Marginal REVOLUTION

• Iranian state TV says defense factory hit in drone attack

• Iran Thwarts Drone Attack on Military Site

• Drones attack Iran military plant, Tehran says

• Strong Earthquake Strikes Turkey-Iran Border

Russia Bad / Ukraine War

• ‘Fast-track’ talks underway: Ukraine and Western allies for missiles and planes

• Why is Israel neutral amid the Russia-Ukraine war?

Health / Medicine

• Surgeon General says 13 is ‘too early’ to join social media

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• UV lamps used for disinfection may impair indoor air quality

• Low Antarctic climate sensitivity (Antarctica has not warmed)