2023-04-11

Obit

• Al Jaffee, King of the Mad Magazine Fold-In, Dies at 102

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• Hit Man: A Technical Manual for Independent Contractors | Hacker News

• Artificial Wombs Will Change Abortion Rights Forever

Musk

• Twitter merged into a new entity called X Corp

  • Twitter “no longer exists” as a company, merges into Musk’s X Corp

• Elon Musk's Substack ban was needless drama. Where did the adults go?

• After Matt Taibbi Leaves Twitter, Elon Musk ‘Shadow Bans’ All of Taibbi’s Tweets

Trump / War against the Right / Jan6

• BREAKING: Biden White House Directly Coordinated With FBI to Set Up Trump Raid According to New Docs

Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult

• The dream of wiping out polio might need a rethink

• New Medical Codes for COVID-19 Vaccination Status Used to Track People, CDC Confirms.

• Biden signs bill ending COVID national emergency with month to spare

• Covid origins: Chinese scientists publish long-awaited data

• Wuhan Market Samples Contained Covid and Animal Mixtures, Report Says

• Study: Long Covid may just be symptoms from wearing a mask

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Now live for all: Substack Notes

TechSuck

• The Coming of Local LLMs | Hacker News

Crypto con games

• Bitcoin Approaches $30K, Reaching Highest Price Since June

Economicon / Business / Finance

• U.S. Postal Service seeks to hike stamp prices by 5.4%

• US companies face biggest decline in profits since Covid shutdowns

• Pentagon leak traced to video game chat group users arguing over war in Ukraine

• Truckload Capacity Flips From Unsustainably Tight To Unsustainably Loose | ZeroHedge

• US deposits are moving to money market funds

• IMF warns of ‘hard landing’ for global economy if inflation persists Archive

  “Inflation is much stickier than anticipated even a few months ago,” he said. “More worrisome is that the sharp [monetary] policy tightening of the past 12 months is starting to have serious side effects for the financial sector.”

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Warren, AOC press top SVB depositors about any cushy treatment they received

• Black farming community fights to get fair deal as state takes land for Ford plant roadways.

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• Rep. Jordan Subpoenas FBI Director Wray to Hand Over Documents Associated With Operation Targeting Catholics.

  • Documents Reveal FBI Sought to Develop Sources in Local Catholic Churches.

• FTC cracks down on Amazon ‘review hijacking’ with $600k fine

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• Pentagon documents leak a risk to US national security, officials say

• From Discord to 4chan: The Improbable Journey of a US Intelligence Leak

World

• China Simulates Attacking Taiwan from All Sides with Help from Its Carrier Force

Russia Bad / Ukraine War

• Canadian Governement Websites Attacked by Pro-Russia Group

Health / Medicine

• UK Government to Offer One Million People Vapes

• Sexually transmitted infections jumped by 7% in 2021, according to the CDC

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Why is sea level rise worse in some places? | Hacker News

• Southeastern U.S. Seas Are Rising at Triple the Global Average

• Ethylene oxide: EPA proposes new regulations on toxic gas used to sterilize spices and med equip