2023-04-27

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• Automakers are starting to admit that drivers hate touchscreens

  • HN comments

Horseshit

• Facebook and Instagram became marketplaces for child sex trafficking

• Sports Betting Is the ‘New Oxycontin’

celebrity gossip

• The RFK Jr. Tapes

Obit

• Jerry Springer, Host of TV’s Most Controversial Show, Dies at 79

  • HN comments

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• Twitter Files 20

  As reported by @shellenbergerMD, The Aspen Institute combined WaPo, NYT, Rollingstone, NBC, CNN, Twitter, Facebook, Stanford, and "anti-disinfo" NGOs like FirstDraft to practice an oddly prescient "hack and leak" exercise on the Hunter Biden laptop BEFORE its release.

  When the Hunter Biden laptop story broke, the existence of the recent tabletop exercise became instant important news - but the journalists who’d attended stayed mum, perhaps granting off-the-record privileges to the organizers.

  "We totally blew it on our Burisma tabletop this summer — we didn't have Trump announcing "Lock him up" until day nine of the Burisma information operation" writes Garret Graff, the Aspen Institute’s Director of Cyber Initiatives.

  • An Insider's Guide to "Anti-Disinformation"

• 'Disinformation" and the search for truth: more Twitter files - The New Neo

• RFK Jr: "Twitter files reveal that Pentagon partnered with Vanguard in billion dollar project to censor free speech in America. Are any of my fellow Democrats troubled?"

Musk

• SpaceX Starship explosion sparked 3.5-acre fire, Fish and Wildlife Service says

• Elon Musk Ramps Up A.I. Efforts, Even as He Warns of Dangers

• SpaceX’s Starship caused ‘catastrophic’ damage on the ground

• Twitter is complying with more government demands under Elon Musk

Trump / War against the Right / Jan6

• Clarence Thomas Benefactor Harlan Crow Bought Citizenship in Island Tax Haven

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Steven Spielberg: ‘No film should be revised’ based on modern sensitivity

  • HN comments

• Netflix loses 1M users in Spain over password policing

  • HN comments

• The Dramatic, Comic, Tragic, True-Life Story Behind the Death of Dvd.com

TechSuck

• AMD Ryzen 7000 Burning Out: Impacts all 7000 processors | Hacker News

• The truth about those claims of Qualcomm chips snooping on you

Crypto con games

• Bitcoin crashes, retraces gains amid unconfirmed US Government dump rumors

• Bitcoin Plunges 7% in an Hour to Under $28,000 as Mt. Gox, US Gov Wallets Move

Economicon / Business / Finance

• First Republic Bank shares fall 50% after reporting dramatic slump in deposits

  • First Republic Calls in a Favor

• Growing Freight Fraud Is Peeling Millions from the U.S. Shipping Market

• Deutsche Bank to cut 800 jobs after strong first quarter

• US growth slowed sharply in first quarter as Fed pushed rates higher

• 1,800 more laid off from Gap Inc HQ and Upper Field today

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Joe Biden’s 2024 Opening Argument: It’s Me or the Abyss

• Biden cheat sheet shows he had advance knowledge of journalist’s question

• Six whistleblowers spill UFO secrets to Congress

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• California Court of Appeal finds geofence warrant unconstitutional

• YouTuber Guilty For Selling 'Metal Cards' That DoJ Says Are "Machine Gun Conversion Devices"  | ZeroHedge

  "So if someone sees it, they're like, 'hey, what is this?' You explain to them that because laws are so ridiculous and so out of control, if I were to cut on these lines, I would become a felon. How ridiculous is that? It's just a conversation starter."

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• The U.S. Military Relies on One Louisiana Factory. It Blew Up

World

• Europe Needs Digital Public Spaces That Are Independently Moderated and Hosted

• Powerful new obesity drug poised to upend weight loss care

• Singapore doubles property stamp duty for foreigners to 60%

Health / Medicine

• Amazon has shut down its Halo health product division and is laying off more staff.

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Climate change could affect which trees grow near you

• We’re About to Enter a Solar Maximum. An Expert Explains What to Expect.

• Report from the German Parliament's “Sustainable by Design” Conference

• Former federal officials slam WHO for misleading guidance on ‘forever chemicals’