2023-08-30

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• Metallic spheres on Pacific floor are interstellar, Harvard professor finds

  • Discovery of spherules of likely extrasolar composition in the Pacific Ocean | Hacker News

  • HN comments

• Odd, that. "Come see the charred corpses" wasn't a tourist draw? Maui struggles with “potentially catastrophic” tourism shortfall after wildfires

• The roots of remorse: do animals apologize?

Horseshit

• It’s a Weird Time for Driverless Cars

• Yes, people often forget to cancel monthly subscriptions – and the costs add up

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• Meta shut down a disinformation campaign tied to Chinese law enforcement

  • Meta reckons China's troll farms could learn OpSec from Russia's fake news crews

• ISPs should not police online speech no matter how awful it is

  • HN comments

• YouTube Demonetizes Montage of Democrats Denying Elections, Calls It ‘Dangerous’ and ‘Harmful.’

• Still burning: ISPs should not police online speech no matter how awful it is | Hacker News

Musk

• X to allow paid political ads, lifting Twitter’s earlier ban

• The government’s attack on Elon Musk is the latest regime experiment in repression.

Trump / War against the Right / Jan6

• Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich on what comes next

• The 14th Amendment Fantasy: The Constitution won’t disqualify Trump from running

Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult

• Researchers prep fentanyl, heroin vaccines for human trials

• Politicians, scientists spar over alleged NIH coverup using COVID19 origin paper | Hacker News

• He was arrested for a Covid joke. It was free speech, court rules

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• The great cancellation: why megabucks TV shows are vanishing without a trace

• Google escapes Play Store class action after finding more persuasive expert

• Usenet, the OG social network, rises again like a text-only phoenix

TechSuck

• Linux 6.6 to Protect Against Illicit Behavior of Nvidia Proprietary Driver | Hacker News

• Long Live the 'GPU Poor' – Open-Source AI Grants | Hacker News

Crypto con games

• The Relentless Rise of Stablecoins

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Farmers Insurance Laying Off 11% of Workforce, Citing Industry Challenges

• Decoupling isn't phoney – The global trading system is starting to rearrange

  • HN comments

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• The EPA removes federal protections for most of the country's wetlands

• McConnell Malfunctions: Senate Minority Leader Glitches Hard In Shocking Second Incident | ZeroHedge

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• The FBI Has Collected DNA Profiles for 21M People

• Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson sues automakers as car theft crisis gets worse

World

• France banning Islamic abaya robes in schools

• Hundreds more flights cancelled in fallout from UK air traffic control failure

• Home Office considers plans to put electronic tags on asylum seekers

Russia Bad / Ukraine War

• Russia Sinks Line of Ships to Protect Kerch Bridge

Health / Medicine

• US suicides hit an all-time high last year

• Air Pollution in Delhi Is Reducing Life Expectancy by 11+ Years, Finds Study

• Cannabis use disorder is common in one state where marijuana is legal

• Biden- Harris Admin Announces First 10 Drugs for Medicare Price Negotiation