2023-09-11

Worthy

• Humans didn't change the climate in the past 365 days, but that volcano did

  The authors project this one volcano produced a warming effect on the planet equal to about 5.2 years worth of total global carbon emissions in one go, and it’s going to be stuck up there for over half a decade.

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• Webb Discovers Methane, Carbon Dioxide in Atmosphere of K2-18B

Horseshit

• Fools in the Desert: The False Gods of Burning Man

• To make dishwashers great again? (2020) | Hacker News

• Networking for introverts | Hacker News

• Needs repairs, doesn't currently fly: Original Red Leader X-Wing Up for Auction with Reserve Price of Only $400k

Obit

• Dolly the sheep creator Ian Wilmut dies aged 79

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• The Government Censored Me and Other Scientists. We Fought Back–and Won

• Evidence of massive-scale emotional contagion through social networks

Musk

• How Elon Musk Went from Superhero to Supervillain

• Elon Musk has his demons. Walter Isaacson does his best to dissect them

• A conversation with Walter Isaacson about his new biography of Elon Musk

Trump / War against the Right / Jan6

• MSNBC columnist demands Trump ‘must die in prison’ to protect democracy

• The ‘Why Not?’ grand jury: The Georgia final report should worry us all | The Hill

Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult

• Yes, You Can Still Get Free Covid-19 Tests: Here's Where to Find Them

Culture War / Tribal / Re segregation

• Leaked Google spreadsheet reveals Black employees earn $20K less than whites

• Trail Life USA Celebrates 10 Years of Picking Up Where Boy Scouts Left Off.

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• Fourth-grade teacher and mother of two charged with raping boy, 12, at her Tennessee home: ‘It’s unspeakable.’

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Meta deletes AJA presenter's profile after show investigated Facebook censorship

• “Sound of Freedom”: how to make a fortune with a mediocre movie

TechSuck

• how does linux nat a ping?

  • HN comments

• Large Language Models for Semantic Monitoring of Corporate Disclosures

• This Graphics card generation is over and it was mostly trash

• Connecting two dial-up modems using a VoIP ATA

• Apple Renews Qualcomm Deal in Sign Its Own Modem Chip Isn’t Ready

• Intuitively Understanding Harris Corner Detector | ML and robotics notes

• IBM Mandating Return to Office by Today

Crypto con games

• Vitalik Buterin's Twitter account hacked to promote crypto scam

  • This is different than the crypto scams the authentic user of the account posts about. (obligatory cheap shot)

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Instacart seeks up to $7.7B valuation in IPO

• The Mighty American Consumer Is About to Hit a Wall, Investors Say

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Staff Pulls Plug on Presser as Biden Goes Over Edge in Vietnam With Confusion, Dog-Faced Pony Soldiers

• "Who Is Biden Working For?" Admin Under Fire For 'Illegal, Reckless' Cancellation Of Alaska Oil Leases | ZeroHedge

• The old have come to dominate American politics

• Broadband Subsidy Program Boxes Out Small ISPs and Community Broadband

• The IRS Is Using AI to Target the Ultra-Wealthy for Tax Violations

• Justice Department Sues Google for Monopolizing Digital Advertising Technologies

  • HN comments

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• ‘WE RIGHTED A WRONG:’ Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin Pardons Father Whose Daughter Was Sexually Assaulted at School

• New JFK assassination revelation could upend the lone gunman theory | Hacker News

• Woman Goes To LAPD About Stolen Credit Card. One Of Them Stole It.

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• Pentagon’s shameful effort to draft mentally disabled men to fight in Vietnam

• US House panel plans Taiwan war game with Wall Street executives

• NATO Launches 'Biggest Military Exercise Since the End of the Cold War'

World

• Deep dive into the UK air traffic control meltdown

• Germany Will Force 80% of Gas Stations to Install EV Charging, Too

• Meloni Tells China That Italy Plans to Exit Belt and Road

Health / Medicine

• Ozempic, Wegovy may curb drinking, smoking and other addictive behaviors

• Viagra Lowers the Risk of Alzheimer’s by Almost 70%, Study Finds

• Cancer cases in young adults rise by 80% globally

• The World Is Going Blind. Taiwan Offers a Warning, and a Cure

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Rushed exodus frm rain soaked BurningMan could have adverse environmental impact

• UN’s Declaration of “Climate Breakdown” Is Important After the Hottest Summer

• Heat pumps twice as efficient as fossil fuel systems in cold weather study finds

• In Germany, 27 are in 'preventive detention' b/c they might do climate protests | Hacker News