2023-06-20

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• How to ramp up a factory consuming a lot of energy? | Hacker News

Horseshit

• The barely believable after-work activities of young people in 2002

Musk

• Journalists for Censorship is at it again.

• Rivian is the next automaker to adopt Tesla’s charging plugs

Trump / War against the Right / Jan6

• Did Trump Just Convict Himself on Fox News? – PJ Media

  When Baier asked, “Why not just hand [the documents] over then?” Trump replied, “Because I had boxes — I wanted to go through the boxes and get all my personal things out. I don’t want to hand that over to NARA yet. And I was very busy, as you’ve sort of seen.”

Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult

• Millions of Covid patients living without sense of taste and smell

• It’s becoming undeniable: COVID came from a Chinese lab.

• Do Wuhan Institute of Virology Scientists Often Fall from the Building’s Roof?

Culture War / Tribal / Re segregation

• The Failure of Affirmative Action

• AMC abruptly cancels film documenting journey of detransitioners after backlash.

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• Can America’s Students Recover What They Lost During the Pandemic?

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Eight days later: Kbin, Lemmy, the landed gentry, and the rise of the "threadiverse" (DRAFT)

TechSuck

• LCD TVs won’t see any further development | Hacker News

Crypto con games

• Jun 15; amazingly quiet story: U.S. withdraws new charges in Sam Bankman-Fried case, punts them to 2024

  Federal prosecutors asked a judge on Thursday to remove five charges against alleged crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried, including bribery of a foreign government official, after a Bahamas court ruling cast doubt on whether the U.S. government had followed the correct procedure for bringing the charges against the former billionaire.

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Stunning ‘Halderman Report’ Reveals ‘Critical Vulnerabilities’ in Dominion Machines.

• Hunter Biden To Plead Guilty To Tax Crimes, Admit To Gun Charge | ZeroHedge

  The agreement caps an investigation that was opened in 2018 during the Trump administration, and has generated intense interest and criticism since 2020 from Republican politicians who accused the Biden administration of reluctance to pursue the case. The terms of the proposed deal — negotiated with Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss, a holdover from President Donald Trump’s administration — are likely to face similar scrutiny

  • Hunter Biden to plead guilty to federal tax charges, strikes deal on gun charge

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• Armed IRS agents raid Montana gun shop, seize gun purchase records.

• Missionary Held Hostage By Islamic Extremists For Over 6 Years Says FBI Withheld Info, Misled Wife.

World

• German Population Sees Biggest Jump in 30 Years on Ukraine War

Russia Bad / Ukraine War

• Russia Sought to Kill Defector in Florida

• Moscow bizarrely claims US plans to drop mosquitos with malaria onto Russian troops.

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• 53% of parents say climate change affects their decision to have more kids