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• Ford to drop AM radio in new models, except commercial vehicles

Horseshit

• AI chatbot convinces Belgian man to take his life to stop climate change

• GM kills more than CarPlay support, it kills choice

• The rich world’s housing crunch is far from over

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• Online Hindutva as a global right-wing counterpublic

Musk

• Starlink internet is going from rural savior to unreliable luxury

• Without Verification, What Is the Point of Elon Musk’s Twitter?

Culture War / Tribal / Re segregation

• Parents shocked over ‘sexualized’ Teletubbies footage: ‘What did I just watch’.

• Blaming white Republicans - Don Surber

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• WWE Agrees to Merge with UFC

• Solomon Friedman is on a mission to save Pornhub

TechSuck

• Apple Halted M2 Chip Production in January Amid 'Plummeting' Mac Sales

• The day Windows died | Hacker News

Economicon / Business / Finance

• McDonald's temporarily shuts its U.S. offices and prepares layoff notices

  • McDonald’s Temporarily Shuts U.S. Offices as Chain Prepares for Layoff Notices

  • McDonald’s temporarily shuts US offices ahead of layoffs

• Oil prices surge after surprise move to cut output

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Biden admin moving forward with light bulb bans in coming weeks | Fox News

  Former President Donald Trump was also personally opposed to LED light bulb adoption, remarking in 2019 that they are often more expensive, not good and make him "look orange."

  • Incandescent light bulbs to get switched off in 2023 under new Biden rules

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• 2 charged with cutting 2,000 fiber optic cables; 40,000 lose internet service – Nexstar Media Wire

  Norwalk police said they arrested Asheville, North Carolina, residents Jillian Persons and Austin Geddings on Saturday. Connecticut police have charged two people with cutting more than 2,000 fiber optic cables,

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• Guam, where America’s next war may begin

• Chinese balloon gathered Intel from military sites despite efforts to block it

• US Army awards Lockheed up to $4.5B missiles contract

World

• French Woman Faces $13,000 Fine For Facebook Post Calling President Macron "Filth"

• Finland Becomes a Member of NATO on Tuesday 4 April

• Japan Breaks with U.S. Allies, Buys Russian Oil at Prices Above Cap

• Paris set to ban rented e-scooters after 90% vote for their removal

Russia Bad / Ukraine War

• Xi Jinping’s chilling words for Putin

• Ukraine is now fielding 1940s anti-aircraft guns as artillery

Health / Medicine

• Adderall Is Not an Identity

  the numbers related to Adderall beggar belief. America consumes 80% of the drug’s global supply. Back in 2013, there were 18 million Adderall prescriptions in circulation in the United States — a number that exploded to 41.4 million in 2021.

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Global warming is killing Indians and Pakistanis

• The thread that ties the recent chemical spills together

• ‘Bees are sentient’: inside the brains of nature’s hardest workers