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• The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear

• Oldest Pyramid Found Not in Egypt or Americas, but in Indonesia

• You're Going to Miss Reality When It's Gone - by Bill Quick

Horseshit

• "Never, ever, no matter what, go to a timeshare presentation"

• Pushy checkout screens are helping 'tipflation'

• Move Over, Gels. Heinz Wants Runners to Refuel with Ketchup

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• Taibbi: Big Brother Is Flagging You | ZeroHedge

• Deepfakes Fuel Conspiracy Theories

Pox / COVID / BioTerror AgitProp

• Loss of taste, smell resolves within 3 years of COVID-19 infection, study shows.

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• Retsef Levi on X: "Today, Jewish and Israeli MIT students were physically prevented from attending class by a hostile group of pro-Hamas and anti-Israel MIT students"

  Today, on the 9th of November, on the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht, which marked the beginning of the Holocaust, Jews at MIT were told to enter campus from back entrances and not to stay in Hillel for fear of their physical safety.

• Borrowers Got $127B in Student Loans Canceled

  • HN comments

Entertainment / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Is it possible to save Wikipedia?

  • HN comments

• Why the Dying DVD Business Could Be Headed for a Resurrection

• Lost Doctor Who episodes found but owner is reluctant to hand them to BBC

• Unity is probably going to do layoffs

• Google offered Netflix a sweetheart deal to pay just 10 percent on Google Play

• Starlink bug frustrates users: "They don't have tech support? Just a FAQ? WTF?"

• Debunking the Myth of "Anonymous" Data

• The short shelf life of immersive attractions

AI Will (Save | Destroy) The World

• Can Chatbots Help You Build a Bioweapon?

• AI 'Tom Cruise' joins fake news barrage targeting Olympics

• Child psychiatrist jailed after making pornographic AI deep-fakes of kids

Crypto con games

• Ripple CEO says SEC has lost sight of mission to protect investors

• OpenSea Investor Coatue Cuts NFT Marketplace's Valuation by 90%: Report

Economicon / Business / Finance

• With interest rates and prices high, Americans stop buying property

• GM spent billions on Cruise– & won't see profit anytime soon after safety issues

• US Credit-Rating Outlook Changed to Negative by Moody's

  • Moody's sends a warning to America: Your last AAA credit rating is at risk

  • Moody's changes outlook on United States' ratings to 'negative'

• UAW Strikers Have Scored a Historic, Transformative Victory

• More tech job layoffs announced at Google, Amazon, and Snap

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• NYC Mayor Eric Adams had cellphones, iPad seized by FBI as part of corruption investigation

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• B-21 Raider has flown for the first time

• Biden, Xi to pledge ban on AI in autonomous weapons in drones, nuclear warhead

• First use of lethal munitions from USVs in the Middle East region

• Former NSA worker pleads guilty to trying to sell US secrets to Russia

World

• Ottawa paid nearly $670k for KPMG's advice on cutting consultant costs

• 77-year-old arrested for fatally shooting two protesters blocking road in Panama

• Australian ports hit by cyber attack

• Japan is experiencing nationwide credit card payments issues

• Toronto Reference Library closed after bomb threat

• Germany approves global minimum corporate tax

Israel

• Iran Warns Of 'Inevitable Expansion' Of War After IDF Conducts Flag-Raising Ceremony In Gaza | ZeroHedge

• Israel isn’t struggling in Gaza. It’s winning a rapid victory

• Israel's Multi-Million Dollar Propaganda Campaign to Shape Opinion on Gaza

• The Extreme Ambitions of West Bank Settlers

Russia Bad / Ukraine War

• What drives the Russian men continuing to enlist to fight in Ukraine?

Health / Medicine

• Meditation Is Big Business. The Science Isn't So Clear

• After Antidepressants, a Loss of Sexuality

• UN says new polio outbreak in Sudan caused by oral vaccine

• The Pill That over Half the Distance Medallists Used at the 2023 Worlds

• AZ health officials announce marijuana recall.

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Stronger sun activity could bring more displays of the northern lights in 2024

• Humanity just lived through the hottest 12 months in at least 125,000 years

• Iceland raises aviation alert to Orange

• Can Humans Control the Weather?