2023-07-12

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• Anchor Steam brewery shutting down after 127 years

• The 20 Year Fall of Japan's Sharp Corporation

Horseshit

• I Am Leaving | Hacker News

• Guppies eat their young: Selfless guppies don’t fall prey to the volunteer’s dilemma

• Archaeologists Keep Unearthing Mysterious 'Giant' Prehistoric Hand Tools

celebrity gossip

• Jury rules document found in Aretha Franklin's couch is valid will

• Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten released from prison after 53 years.

  • The Manson ‘family': key players and victims in the cult leader’s killings

• Jim Caviezel: I Lost Two Agents Over ‘Sound of Freedom.’

Obit

• Milan Kundera, author of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being', dies aged 94

  • Milan Kundera, Czech Literary Star and Communist Party Outcast, Dies at 94

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• Meta laid off staff on teams responsible for election safety – report

• The Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government releases a damning new report, revealing even more speech-smashing misbehavior by the federal government.

• Where Have All The Liberals Gone? - by Matt Taibbi

  • HN comment

Musk

• SpaceX Starlink satellites 'leak' so much radiation it's hurting radio astronomy

• Starlink satellites are dodging objects in orbit thousands of times every month

• What I saw when I joined Elon Musk’s supposed truth army

• $44B and eight months later. It’s finally all over for Elon Musk

Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult

• In Newly Released Docs, Scientists Seemingly Admit Covid Origins Paper Was Meant to Cover for China, Play Politics.

• COVID Contact tracing: The state of Massachusetts has been sued over colluding with Google to put spyware on residents' phones.

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• Seattle Public Schools offering gender reaffirming care to students at no cost

• The Old School Reformer's Case for Privatizing Education

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Twitter is “tanking” amid Threads’ surging popularity, analysts say

• Hollywood Studios’ WGA Strike Plan: Let Writers Go Broke, “Lose Apartments”

  • The mega-strike that could take down Hollywood

• OpenAI’s DALL-E will train on Shutterstock’s library for six more years

TechSuck

• Space After Periods (1993) | Hacker News

Crypto con games

• Brazil’s CBDC can freeze money, reduce balances

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Farmers Insurance is leaving Florida in latest blow to homeowners

• CPI for all items rises 0.2% in June; shelter up

• June Inflation Drops to 3%

• EVs Are Piling Up on Dealer Lots as Supply Outpaces Demand

• Bank of Canada raises its interest rate to 5%

• Tech Microsoft confirms more job cuts on top of 10k layoffs announced in Jan

• Uber warns drivers against avoiding 'disadvantaged' areas

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Joe Biden Is an Asshole

• Federal Debt Explodes By $1 Trillion In Five Weeks Since Biden Signed Debt Ceiling Deal

• Byron York: When investigators won’t investigate Joe Biden.

• The US Supreme Court has hijacked American democracy

• Lawyers with Supreme Court business paid Clarence Thomas aide via Venmo

• Watch Live: Wray Gets Flayed On Capitol Hill After FBI Bombshells | ZeroHedge

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• Google and Meta got customer data from tax prep firms and lawmakers want a probe

  • Tax prep firms shared ‘extraordinarily sensitive’ data about taxpayers with Meta

  • Calls to investigate tax sites for sharing financial information with Meta | Hacker News

• A Hiker Died with a Bullet in His Chest. Why Did Police Say He Was Stabbed?

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• Turkey Has Agreed to Back Sweden’s NATO Bid, Alliance Chief Says.

• Real Story Behind Army Terrorist's Guilty Plea Is More Treasonous

• Nearly 40% of US Attack Submarines Are Out of Commission for Repairs.

Russia Bad / Ukraine War

• Russian submarine commander with publicly known Strava route assassinated

• War in Ukraine Is Worsening Effects of Climate Change, Kerry Says

Health / Medicine

• Someone's got a boner for lead lately: America Has Shortage of Key Lead-Poisoning Drug

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Canada calls for halt to deep-sea mining amid fears of ecological devastation