2023-08-25

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• another story that was "russian disinformation" 2wk ago: Maui Alleges Hawaiian Electric Caused Lahaina Wildfire

  • Maui County sues Hawaiian Electric Company for damages from disastrous fires

  • Worse and Worse – Chicago Boyz

  • A Lot Of Government Officials Should Be Going To Prison For The Hawaii Fires.

  • Maui is still searching for people and Biden has yet to show support

• Floods fill tunnels in Detroit, force water rescues in Ohio and Las Vegas

• How to Drill Your Own Water Well | Hacker News

• 16 Fertility Scenarios - by Robin Hanson - Overcoming Bias

  • HN comments

• (Jun 2023) The UFO craze was created by government nepotism and incompetent journalism

Horseshit

• Influencer accidentally torches his $400,000 Ferrari F8 shooting a scene in a highly flammable cornfield | Not the Bee

• All we want is revenge': How social media fuels gun violence among teens

• "oops" Extra Holes Drilled in 737 Max Pressure Bulkheads.

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• Elite Crackdown On Free Speech Worldwide Intensifies

Musk

• "Yet Another Case Of Weaponization": Musk Responds After DOJ Sues SpaceX For Not Hiring Refugees | ZeroHedge

• SpaceX was told repeatedly that hiring anyone who was not a permanent resident of the United States would violate international arms trafficking law, which would be a criminal offense

• Musk Demands ‘Sub 10-Micron Accuracy’ for Tesla Cybertruck Build Quality

Trump / War against the Right / Jan6

• "It's Election Interference": Trump Surrenders In Georgia For Booking As Scores Of Supporters Show Up

• Former President Donald Trump’s Mug Shot

• Trump surrenders at Fulton County Jail for his first mug shot

• Ask HN: Anyone else notice an eerieness to Trump's current X Space? | Hacker News

• Trump’s height, weight and more information from Georgia jail booking - The Washington Post

  based on some of his co-defendants, the numbers may not be accurate.

• Judge tears apart Republican lawsuit alleging bias in Gmail spam filter

Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult

• Taibbi And Orfalea: The COVID Lie That Started It All | ZeroHedge

• 2M excess deaths in China after Zero Covid ended

• Biden Admin Directs $1.4 Billion into New Covid Research, Vaccines, and Therapies.

• Ohio becomes the THIRD state to detect highly-mutated BA.2.86 COVID variant that ‘can infect vaccinated people better than other strains.’

  “Doctors on the ground are also saying that the illness is the most mild they've seen in Covid patients during the pandemic.”

• Probe censored DIA intelligence that Covid was likely from a lab

• 'Long Covid' likely to cause mass misery without treatment development

Culture War / Tribal / Re segregation

• German daycares introduce "sexual exploration rooms" with rules for children to "pet and explore each other" while nude | Not the Bee

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Friday Facts #373 - Factorio: Space Age | Factorio

• Why LinkedIn is “cool” now

• Bing market share is stagnant despite multi-billion-dollar investment by MSFT

TechSuck

• Arm IPO Faces Serious Difficulties, Observers Say

• 50TB IBM tape drive more than doubles LTO-9 capacity | Hacker News

• (2020) Let's not Encrypt

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Dollar Tree is the latest retailer to say shoplifting is squeezing margins

• US economy near stalling point as consumer demand weakens, survey says

• Didn't we already stop inflation? I'm sure I saw that headline go by... Economy’s solid growth could require additional Fed hikes to fight inflation

  • Fed Chair’s Message Is Clear: The Fight Against Inflation Isn’t Over

• America’s astonishing economic growth goes up another gear

• Private equity firm Veritas makes a takeover offer for BlackBerry

• Zillow rolls out 1% down home loan program.

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Which presidential candidates get the most press?

• Victor Davis Hanson: The Biden Clan's Con Is Coming To An End | ZeroHedge

• Fox TV license renewal may be in jeopardy as FCC invites public response

  • HN comments

• Nikki Haley Is the Best Trump Alternative

• IRS Backdating Court Order Spotlights Culture, Attorneys Say

• Vivek Ramaswamy celebrates his immigrant family while pushing far-right border policies

  “It is deeply distressing to see that a child of immigrants, himself a person of color, would be lifting talking points from neo-Nazis,” one expert said.

• The Search for Robert L. Peters: He Goes By Various Names…The Question is Why – JONATHAN TURLEY

• FEMA Holds Employee Trainings on ‘White Supremacy’ As More Than 1,000 Hawaiians Remain Missing.

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• Helicopter Footage From Mass Arrest Reveals State Trooper Surveillance Capabilities, Tactics, and Communications - UNICORN RIOT

  • HN comments

World

• $528M Antarctic icebreaker too big to fit under Tasman bridge to refuel

• German businesses’ confidence falls as economy stagnates

• China launching an unprecedented crackdown on corruption in its health industry

• Kleenex facial tissues to be discontinued in Canada

• British claims that India used Foreign Aid to fund Moon Mission are outlandish

Russia Bad / Ukraine War

• Putin breaks silence over Prigozhin's reported death

• After Prigozhin humiliated Putin, the question was how he survived so long.

Health / Medicine

• FDA Approves First Vaccine for Pregnant Individuals to Prevent RSV in Infants

• Faulty Oximeter Readings Delayed Care to Black and Hispanic Covid Patients

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Tropical rainforests could get too hot for photosynthesis, study suggests

• Emperor penguins risk ‘quasi-extinction’ from sea ice loss in Antarctica

  • Record low sea ice led to catastrophic breeding failure of emperor penguins | Hacker News

• Paper and bamboo straws contain PFAS chemicals more often than plastic straws do

• California nearly drought free in wake of Hilary's historic rains

• Methane from food waste contributes to climate change