2023-12-19

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• Volcanic eruption started just north of the town of Grindavik, Iceland

  • (Video) Volcanic Eruption Near Grindavik Iceland

  • (Video) Iceland volcano eruption live webcam

  • Iceland volcano erupts on Reykjanes peninsula after weeks of activity

  • Volcano Erupts in Iceland Near a Power Plant: 'Worst-Case Scenario'

• 'Fake' Seal Impression of Biblical King Jeroboam Is Authentic, New Study Says - Archaeology - Haaretz.com

• How different languages laugh online

• New York City population declined by 5.3% since 2020

  • HN comments

Horseshit

• The Pontiac Aztek Was Not a Design Tragedy, It Was a Corporate Tragedy

• Nobody Knows What's Happening Online Anymore

• Barbie should expand her range of medical and scientific professions, study

• Who Is Killing All These Stories About a Controversial Tech Mogul?

• Gen Z suffers from 'menu anxiety' when dining out: study

• The road ahead reaches a turning point in 2024 – Bill Gates

• Turquoise taillights tell you this Mercedes is driving autonomously

  • Mercedes adds a new car light color: Blue for self-driving

celebrity gossip

• Parenting advice YouTuber Ruby Franke pleads guilty to 4 counts of child abuse

• Jeffrey Epstein associates in for New Year shock as judge orders release of sealed documents naming 177 people involved in pedophile’s sordid case.

Obit

• Jim Ladd Dead: Los Angeles and SiriusXM DJ Who Inspired Tom Petty Album Was 75

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• China accused of pushing subversive anti-US Army propaganda on TikTok

• Censorship Industrial Complex Leaders Were Also Behind Trump-Russia Collusion Hoax

  Public has now found further evidence of CTIL’s ties to Russiagate. CTIL member Eric Brogdon put “Zetalyitcs” in his display name, suggesting that he may have worked for Zetalytics when he attempted to have a Facebook user suspended for organizing an anti-lockdown protest. Zetalytics’ chief data scientist, April Lorenzen, was the source of a report linking Russia’s Alfa Bank to the Trump Organization. This report has since been discredited and investigated by the US Department of Justice (DOJ), which sought a prosecution based on the scandal. Emails show that researchers linked to the Alfa Bank hoax were motivated by anti-Trump sentiment and had received funding from DOD’s Defense Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

Musk

• A Year at Elon Musk's X: Twitter's Top Wildest Moments of 2023

Pox / COVID / BioTerror AgitProp

• 'Long flu' has emerged as a consequence similar to long Covid

• American scientists misled Pentagon on Wuhan research

Religion / Tribal / Culture War and Re-Segregation

• Meet the Mainstream Media’s Go-To Human Rights Experts. Spoiler Alert: They Hate Israel.

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• The Myth of the Unemployed College Grad

• It Sure Looks Like Phones Are Making Students Dumber

  • HN comments

Entertainment / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Internet Archive appeals, says judge Koeltl "misapplied the fair use factors"

• Apple blocks Beeper Mini's iMessage service again

• TikTok staff told to avoid flagging problems with Amazon accounts

• Google to pay $700M to US consumers, states in Play Store settlement

• TikTok users including Russell Brand given special status, messages show

• TikTok allowing under-13s to keep accounts, evidence suggests

• Beeper's effort to keep iMessage on Android keeps getting more complex

• As More Media Layoffs Ring in the New Year, Americans Face Prospect of ‘News Deserts.’

TechSuck / Geek Bait

• Smashing the Stack for Pain and Misery

• "not SpaceX!" so we're allowed to enthuse Kuiper internet satellites will form a mesh network using optical links

• Bit banging a 3.5" Floppy Drive

• Simulating fluids, fire, and smoke in real-time

  • HN comments

AI Will (Save | Destroy) The World

• AI may be on a trajectory to surpass human intelligence; we should be prepared

• Amazon Sellers Say Misleading AI Product Reviews Threaten Sales

• Creators, porn stars turn to AI doppelgangers to keep fans entertained

• One Year in and ChatGPT Already Has Us Doing Its Bidding

• Cory Doctorow: What Kind of Bubble Is AI?

Space / Boomy Zoomers / UFO

• UFO claims: 'We are in contact with non-human intelligence' former Navy officer says

• China's space plane apparently deployed 6 'mysterious wingmen' in orbit

• US Congress recommends placing assets at Lagrange points to counter China

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Colorado’s year-over-year inflation continues to outpace the national rate of 3.1%.

• Panama Canal To Raise Daily Ship Limit From January After Improved Drought Conditions

• Apple halts US sales of Watch before Christmas after losing patent case | Hacker News

• Inflation in Real Life Much Worse Than in Government Fantasy World | SchiffGold

  In 1990, Kevin McCallister paid a grand total of $19.83 with a $1 off coupon for the orange juice.

  In 2022, that same basket of groceries would have cost around $44.40 based on a shopping trip by a West Virginia mother. That’s a 123.9% increase.

  This year, Kevin would have to fork out a whopping $72.28 for his provisions at a Chicago store. That’s another 62.8% increase in just one year. Since 1990, the price of Kevin’s groceries has gone up over 264%.

• Stock market's "fear gauge" is at its lowest level since the pandemic

• Company refused to hire 49-year-old due to his age, feds say. Now he's owed $90k

• Why are things expensive? | Hacker News

• Hyundai Motor to take $219M hit on sale of Russian plant

• Bay Area Costcos have $3600 bottle of wine

• Nvidia's employees are suddenly so rich and happy that there is a problem

• Kia's scheme to deliberately withhold deliveries

• Feeling Festive? Your Instacart Shopper Is Probably More 'Bah Humbug.'

• Home Buyers Are Ready to Buy. But Sellers Aren't Selling

• Some All-American brands aren't American

• Why Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen took his company back

• Uber, DoorDash Make Tipping Deliveries Harder After NYC Wage Law

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Biden ditches trade deal talks with Britain

• FAA resorting to memes to fight increase in unruly passengers

• FBI Secretly Taped Joe Biden's Brother Making Deals in an Unrelated Bribery Probe

• US lawmakers warn Biden to probe EU targeting of tech firms

• Tulsi Gabbard warns AmFest crowd that Democrat elites are ‘willing to do anything’ to hold onto power in 2024.

• Charles Petzold: The Systemic Racism of the Electoral College, Revisited

• On the Record: How to background political candidates with public documents and data • MuckRock

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• TSA self-screening is the next big step for airport security

• The bogus claim about organized retail theft

• S.F. has been trying to arrest more Tenderloin and SoMa drug dealers

• The DOJ says it disrupted the Blackcat ransomware group

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• A New Combined Task Force Builds in the Red Sea …”Prosperity Guardian” … bleh.

• US to announce expanded protection force for Red Sea shipping | Yemen | The Guardian

• Pentagon chief to reportedly declare new maritime protection force for Red Sea | The Times of Israel

• Pentagon Announces 'Operation Prosperity Guardian' to Stop Attacks by Houthis

• Houthis Vow To Keep Up Attacks After US Unveils Details Of Ten-Nation Naval Force | ZeroHedge

World

• Imran Khan deploys AI clone to campaign from behind bars in Pakistan

• EU should prepare for war by end of decade, German Defence Minister warns

• Where did all the Hong Kong neon go?

• UK Government Accused of "Destroying" Independence of UK's Election Watchdog

• CCP targets young Taiwanese voters through TikTok

• Deepfakes for $24 a month: how AI is disrupting Bangladesh’s election

• Russia summons Finland ambassador over US border accord.

• UK plan to digitise wills and destroy paper originals "insane" say experts

• 'Prison or bullet': New Argentina government promises harsh response to protest

Israel

• Devastation brought upon Gaza's environment is making large parts uninhabitable

• Israel: Starvation Used as Weapon of War in Gaza

Russia Bad / Ukraine War

• Ukraine forced to cut military operations as foreign aid dries up

• Russian courts halt cases against Alexei Navalny after disappearance

• Chinese Traders and Moroccan Ports: How Russia Flouts Global Tech Bans

• Russia’s Central Bank Raises Key Rate to 16% Amid Growing Inflation.

Health / Medicine

• Could magic mushrooms replace oxycodone? Study suggests it can

• Study bolsters evidence that severe obesity increasing in young US kids.

• The Great Cousin Decline

• Walmart now has mammograms, analyzed with AI

• New algorithm dramatically cuts unnecessary antibiotic use in kids

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Australia's game-changing 'clothing graveyard' set to transform fast-fashion

• Runaway Greenhouse Effect Simulated on Earth and It's "Hell"

• US utilities on track to be 100% renewable by 2060, says study