2023-06-24

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• Titan sub vs. refugee trawler: how much is a human life worth?

Horseshit

• Why Americans Buy Guns

Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult

• (PDF) Declassified U.S. report on origins of Covid-19 virus

• No direct proof Covid-19 stemmed from Wuhan lab leak, US intelligence says

• Over 500 Excess Heart Deaths A Week In England Since COVID-19 Began

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Reddit policy will only allow blind communities be moderated by sighted people

• Reddit’s Chief Says He Wants It to ‘Grow Up.’ Will Its Community Let It?

TechSuck

• Mullvad VPN removed port forwarding likely due to users sharing CSAM

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Student Loan Pause Is Ending, with Consequences for Economy

• US Housing Starts Surge Most Since 2016, Exceed All Estimates

• Do I Sell My Corn And Just Forget About The Animal? | ZeroHedge

• FDIC accidentally reveals details about Silicon Valley Bank’s biggest customers

  • HN comments

• Inflation is as corrosive to investing as it is to the real economy

  • HN comments

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Ercot can’t be sued over deadly 2021 winter storm, Texas Supreme Court rules

• CNN no less: Fact check: Biden makes 5 false claims about guns, plus some about other subjects | CNN Politics

World

• North Korean Market Prices Suggest Serious Food Shortages

  • HN comments

Russia Bad / Ukraine War

• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 23, 2023 | Institute for the Study of War

  Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin appears to have launched an armed rebellion on June 23 to force a leadership change within the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) which is unlikely to succeed.

• UK: Russia “likely” training dolphins in occupied Crimea to counter enemy divers

• Ukraine-Russia war live: Russian troops on high alert amid Wagner attempted coup

• Russian intelligence calls for Wagner chief’s arrest

• Russia Slides into Civil War

• Like Icarus: Russian mercenary Yevgeny Prigozhin falls foul of Kremlin old guard

• The Prigozhin Coup seems pretty damn well organized

  • HN comments

• The disintegration of Russia could make today’s conflict look minor

• Attempted Military Coup in Russia – Situation at Midday, Moscow Time

• Putin Admits He’s Facing ‘Armed Mutiny’ as Prigozhin Advances on Moscow

• Russia and the Wagner Coup

  • HN comments

• Wagner rebels turn against Putin’s army

• Is this a coup? What is Prigozhin doing in Russia?

• Wagner chief vows to topple Russia’s top military leadership

• Russia accuses Wagner chief of ‘armed mutiny’

• Putin vows to punish Wagner mercenaries accused of Russia mutany

• Putin vows to punish ‘armed uprising’ by Wagner militia

• Yevgeny Prigozhin: Wagner chief blames war on defence minister

• Anti-terrorist operation declared in Moscow region

• Wagner coup in Russia? Wagner declared war on the Russian army | Hacker News

• Military Deploys In Moscow As Wagner Chief Sought For 'Armed Mutiny'

• Rebel Russian mercenaries barrel towards Moscow

• Rampant Russophobia takes us down a dangerous path

  • HN comments

• Google News Blocked in Russia as Feud with Mercenary Leader Intensifies

• Wagner Group now just 400 km away from Moscow | Hacker News

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Experts question decision to vent and burn vinyl chloride from derailed tankers