2023-08-08

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• Ask HN: What's the coolest physical thing you've made?

• Ferromagnetic half levitation of LK-99-like synthetic samples | Hacker News

  • It’s NOT a Superconductor, Says Uni of Maryland’s Condensed Matter Theory Center

  • Claims of revolutionary superconductor LK-99 are meeting resistance

• Rogue planets may be more numerous than stars in our galaxy

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• The Unwitting Coup: Was the Response to COVID Effectively a Coup by the Western Intelligence Community?

Trump / War against the Right / Jan6

• Georgia DA expected to charge Trump under anti-mafia RICO law.

• Judge overseeing Trump classified documents case deals blows to special counsel Jack Smith | Just The News

• Why This April 2022 New York Times Story Is Suddenly Gaining New Attention

• Nancy Pelosi Declares America Will Cease To Exist If Trump Becomes President Again | ZeroHedge

• Judge Questions Very Special Counsel's Use of Out-of-State Grand Jury to Persecute, I Mean Prosecute, Trump

Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult

• New SARS-CoV-2 variant gains dominance in US amid mild summer Covid wave

Culture War / Tribal / Re segregation

• Affirmative White Supremacy: Democrats Really Don't Want Black Candidates Winning Primaries

• The smear campaign against JK Rowling

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Paramount Agrees to Sell Simon and Schuster to KKR, a Private Equity Firm

• Overworked and underpaid, VFX workers vote to unionize at Marvel

• I would rather see my books get pirated than this | Hacker News

• Zoom Changes TOS to Say It Won't Train AI on Your Calls 'Without Your Consent'

• How real is America’s chipmaking renaissance?

• F1 Demands Las Vegas Venues Pay for a View of the Race

• Blocked by Cloudflare | Hacker News

• Do you avoid the news? You’re in growing company

  • HN comments

TechSuck

• The PC and Internet Revolution in Rural America | Hacker News

Crypto con games

• PayPal launches digital token in push to capture crypto payments

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Moody's cuts ratings of 10 U.S. banks and puts some big names on downgrade watch

• China reports double-digit plunge in July exports, missing expectations

• Banks Hit with Millions in Fines for Using Signal and WhatsApp

• Americans are moving further away for affordable homes and 'grandbabies'

• The Era of Ultracheap Stuff Is Under Threat

• High profit margins on gasoline are costing drivers more

• How real is America’s chipmaking renaissance? | Hacker News

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Court records confirm that millions of dollars flowed from Communist China to Biden family bank accounts

  • Silk Road Paved with Cash: Court records confirm millions flowed to Biden family from China | Just The News

• White House Launches Efforts to Strengthen America’s K-12 Schools’ Cybersecurity

• No one lives in the 2 spots in Massachusetts picked by FCC for higher subsidies

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• Police Investigating Shop Owner Who Took Down Armed Thief With A Stick

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• As US standards fall, military less trusted.

• Mexico seeks to solidify rank as top U.S. trade partner, push further past China

  • HN comments

• US Shutters Haiti Embassy Amid "Rapid Gunfire" As Armed Gangs Have Run Of The Capital

World

• UK Electoral Commission systems breached by cyber-attack

• China hacked Japan’s sensitive defense networks, officials say

• China’s economy suffers new blow as exports drop 14% in July

Russia Bad / Ukraine War

• Russia to launch first lunar mission in nearly half a century Friday

• Aeroflot deactivates brakes on nine aircraft, relies solely on reverse thrust | Hacker News

Health / Medicine

• Perfecting The Pulse Oximeter | Hackaday

• Can Toilet Paper Cause Impotence?

• Weight-Loss Drug Wegovy Cuts Heart Attack, Stroke Risk by 20% in New Study

  • This sounds like one of those things that will be in the news 20 years from now. As soon as the patent expires we'll be hearing about how this drug causes hair loss, impotence, and spontaneous decapitation, thus the new generic versions need to be banned. Bring back OTC ephedrine.

  • Eli Lilly Stock Price Heads for Record High, Thanks to Weight-Loss Drug Mounjaro

  • The Obesity Drug Revolution Just Got Real

• The invisibility of autistic girls

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• 2023 is on track to be the hottest year on record

• New York City Closes Rockaway Beach After Rare Shark Encounter