2023-05-28

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• Reflections on Ten Years Past the Snowden Revelations | Hacker News

Horseshit

• Scientists find way to make energy from air using nearly any material

• Southern accents could cost job seekers a 20% wage penalty, study finds

• Insurance giant halts sale of new home policies in California due to wildfires

• Doug Rushkoff on why tech billionaires are in escape mode

• 12 horses die from injuries over the past month at Churchill Downs

celebrity gossip

• Couple May Need to Pay $250k to Have Banksy Mural Removed from Their Home

• Inmates Await Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes: ‘I Want to Be Her Friend’

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• Fighting disinformation mandatory in EU from August

Trump / War against the Right / Jan6

• GOP Lawmakers Demand FBI Briefing On Jan. 6 Pipe-Bomb Probe Following Whistleblower Disclosures Regarding Suspect | ZeroHedge

Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult

• Our model suggests that global deaths remain 5% above pre-Covid forecasts

• (2020) Up today to show DeSantis' hypocrisy Florida demands quarantine for air passengers from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut - POLITICO

Culture War / Tribal / Re segregation

• The Never Married, a New Normal

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• Universities Should Be More Like Monasteries

• Student loan payment pause ‘gone’ under debt ceiling deal

TechSuck

• Why I left Rust

  It was JeanHeyd who called Rust out for having no Black representation among Rust conference speakers. Rightly so, as both the Rust organization and the conferences had little to no Black representation. As my buddy Aman pointed out, the context that this would have also been the first keynote by a person of color at RustConf should not be lost here.

  • HN comments

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Germany falls into recession as inflation hits economy | Hacker News

• Realtor boom ends as housing market slumps

• Your Coming Summer of Blackouts - WSJ

• Risky bank debt makes customers safer

• Jeep, RAM, and Chrysler have an oversupply of new cars

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Senators issued satellite phones, offered demos on upgraded security devices

  • HN comments

• Biden, McCarthy have tentative US debt ceiling deal

• The Thirst For Truth - Big Picture Explanation of What Happened in the Past 15 Years That Flipped the Social, Cultural, Media, Leftist and Govt Relationship - The Last Refuge

• "Hard Pass": Here's What's In The Debt Ceiling Deal Republicans Are About To Nuke | ZeroHedge

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• Private spies hired by FBI and corporations infiltrate Discord, Reddit, WhatsApp

  • HN comments

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• US ‘ready to fight in space if we have to’, says military official

• The Minimum Viable Navy - Austin Vernon's Blog

World

• Turkey Latest: Early Results Show Erdogan Has Comfortable Lead

Russia Bad / Ukraine War

• President of Belarus hospitalised after meeting with Putin

Health / Medicine

• TV doctors say annual checkups save lives. Real doctors call bullshit

• Could America’s Adderall shortage have harmed its productivity?

  • HN comments

• New bacterial clues about why young people are getting colorectal cancer

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• York groundsel blooms again in Britain’s first-ever de-extinction event

• Water in Venice Canal goes bright green