2023-07-27

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• US conducted ‘multi-decade’ secret UFO program, ex-intelligence official says

  • Whistleblower tells Congress US is concealing 'multi-decade' UFO capture program Archive link

  • HN comments

  • UFO Whistleblower Claims Coverup, Retribution in Sworn Testimony

• Avi Loeb’s claims of finding possible alien technology are polarizing scientists

Horseshit

• A nearly 20-year ban on human spaceflight regulations is set to expire

celebrity gossip

• Legendary tech billionaire (Jim Clark) accused of fraud in pot startup lawsuit

Obit

• Sinead O’Connor has died

Musk

• X tells advertisers to spend $1k per month or risk losing verification status

• Tesla Owners Have Soured on Elon Musk, but Still Love Their Model 3s

• Elon Musk's Twitter / X “will soon only have dark mode” (light mode removed)

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Tell HN: Duolingo's “resurrection nudge” goes beyond dark patterns

TechSuck

• Breaking Superconductor News | Science | AAAS

  • HN comments

• Overture Maps Foundation releases open map dataset | Hacker News

• Super sorry to the guy with the username reset on GitHub | Hacker News

Crypto con games

• The Campaign Finance Charge Against SBF Is Droppped

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Federal Reserve raises US interest rates to 5.5% highest level in 22 years

• ECB Hikes 25bps As Expected, Future Decisions To Ensure "Rates Are Sufficiently Restrictive"

• Mastercard demands US cannabis shops stop accepting debit cards

  • HN comments

• Anheuser-Busch Restructures with Layoffs.

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Hunter Biden's lawyer accused of dirty trick ahead of court appearance

• Hunter Biden Pleads Not Guilty As DOJ Deal Placed On Hold | ZeroHedge

  • Were the DOJ and Hunter Biden Attempting to Perpetrate a Fraud on the Court?

• Meltdown at CNN as Hunter Biden's plea deal falls apart | Washington Examiner

• WATCH: Mitch McConnell Freezes Up, Has to Be Led Away During Presser – RedState

• Will Republicans Impeach Biden? Here’s The Full Corruption Timeline. | The Daily Wire

• House Judiciary panel plans contempt proceedings for Mark Zuckerberg

• House rejects satellite spectrum licensing bill because of space safety provisions.

World

• Over 230 people get puzzling neurological disorder in Peru; emergency declared

• Ummm. Ewwww Paris to bring back swimming in Seine after 100 years

  • HN comments

Health / Medicine

• Crohn’s Disease may result from mouth bacteria.

• Vitamin D may ease severity of psoriasis.

• (April 2023) Researchers Find Possible Cause of Hypermobile EDS — Pain News Network

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• The Chinese Need to Stay Poor Because the US Did So Much to Destroy the Planet

• Coal use hit an all-time high last year

• Conspiracy theory: Electric cars make more air pollution than gas cars

• This month is the planet’s hottest on record by far – and hottest in 120k years