2023-12-26

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• What Lies Beneath the Vatican of the Zapotecs?

• Southwest Airlines cancels hundreds of flights, disrupting some holiday travelers - CBS News

• Earth's atmosphere stretches out to the Moon – and beyond

• Missing plane MH370 hijacked by ‘experienced pilot’ before disappearance, say experts | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site

Horseshit

• Cocaine has gone mainstream in Britain, and Gen X is to blame

• People exaggerate the consequences of saying no to invites

• Elite Chess Players Keep Accusing Each Other of Cheating

• A recent software update was not successful. Your vehicle cannot be driven | Hacker News

• Metal, Fire, 'Hitting Stuff Hard': Everybody Wants to Be a Blacksmith Now

• The Chevy Blazer EV Launch Has Gone from Rough to Worse as GM Issues Stop-Sale

• Therapy llamas patrol Portland airport to relieve passenger stress

• The Inconvenience of It All | The Free Press

  Before moving to Montana, I had never imagined waiting three weeks for a plumber, six months for a well-driller to help us locate our wellhead, and five months for an electrician to install our generator. My previous self—living in the shadow of Silicon Valley for most of my 70 years, where technology has changed the heart rate of its inhabitants—would have been incensed by having to wait weeks.

• How Much Money Do We Spend Making Homeless People Uncomfortable?

• Hanoi building fire misinformation makes EV charging harder

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• Federal court decides in favor of retired engineer told by state to not talk about math in public

  Chief Judge Richard Myers ruled on Wednesday that the state violated the First Amendment when it told retired engineer Wayne Nutt to stop expressing his opinions about engineering without a state license, per an Institute for Justice announcement. Nutt used his experience as an engineer to give his opinions about the designs of public works on the Internet. The NC Board of Examiners and Surveyors claimed that this was punishable by a misdemeanor unless he obtained a professional engineer’s license from the state.

• Tinkering with the First Amendment

Musk

• Biden's Weaponized Gov't Attacks Against Elon Musk Is Tyranny | ZeroHedge

• Elon Musk's X accused of withholding bonuses promised to staff

• You're Supposed to Be Glad Your Tesla Is a Brittle Heap of Junk – Defector

Trump / War against the Right / Jan6

• “This is like the 8th time”: Two Republicans say they got "swatted" on Christmas

  • 2 GOP lawmakers targeted in Christmas Day 'swatting' calls as police investigate

• Trump’s Christmas Message: ‘ROT IN HELL’

  • Trump: 'May they rot in Hell. Merry Christmas'

Pox / COVID / BioTerror AgitProp

• Ask HN: Why don't restaurants give you a Covid test before you can enter?

• Officials urged tough Covid messaging for 'white van man'

• Influence of Covid-19 on the emergence of stone-tool use behavior in monkeys

Religion / Tribal / Culture War and Re-Segregation

• Code of silence: How one techie unmasked Silicon Valley's hypocrisy on Gaza

• New York Times sparks outrage over running op-ed by Hamas mayor: ‘You have no shame or dignity’.

• Priest slammed for saying Jesus was ‘Palestinian Jew’ in ‘occupied’ country in CNN interview: ‘Embarrassingly wrong’.

• "Christmas Is Canceled": Scuffles, Arrests In NYC As Pro-Palestinian Protesters Storm Manhattan | ZeroHedge

  • Multiple arrests, officer injured at pro-Palestinian protest in Manhattan

• Now Kanye Is Really Sorry for All His Anti-Semitic Screeds

• 'This war is prophetically significant' US evangelical Christians support Israel

• How Did Polyamory Become So Popular?

  • HN comments

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• As Pressure on Harvard President Increases, University Board Feels the Squeeze - WSJ

Entertainment / ShowBiz / Advertising

• B&H Photo Published an AI-Generated Guide Written by a Fake Person

  • HN comments

• The rise and fall of Usenet: How the original social media platform came to be

TechSuck / Geek Bait

• "LISP Machines wuz c00l" The war of the workstations • The Register

  • HN comments

• Twenty seven years of Linux - Chronicae Novis Rebus

• The life and death of open source companies

  • HN comments

  • Mr "RMS is a pedophile thus Let's stop using GPL and give FSF to Microsoft" Devault: Why Prusa is floundering, and how you can avoid their fate

    • HN comments

Space / Boomy Zoomers / UFO

• Japan's SLIM 'moon sniper' lander arrives in lunar orbit for Christmas

  • Japan spacecraft enters lunar orbit for Moon landing on Jan. 20

Crypto con games

• Reports emerge suggesting Mt. Gox creditors are receiving repayments

• After a brutal stretch, cryptocurrencies are surging

  • HN comments

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Rumors swirl that TSMC chairman was forced to retire over Arizona fab debacle

• Reversing Reagan: Is Wall Street Giving Up on Consolidation?

• Why net zero 'green tape' means the office downturn has only just begun

• Most homes for sale in 2023 were not affordable for a typical U.S. household

• Bad air forces Pakistan to shut schools and markets and seed the clouds

• Unions are Good but; United States Post Office Unions are the Most Corrupt in the Country | by Homeless Romantic | Dec, 2023 | Medium

• Home prices may climb to fresh all-time highs as the Fed eyes rate cuts and mortgage rates fall

• Here's what happens to unspent gift cards

• Microsoft's Satya Nadella Is CNN Business' CEO of the Year

• Samsung Delays Production at New US Factory to 2025

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Today is the last day for Joe Biden to keep the Apple Watch on shelves

  • Apple Watch import ban takes effect after Biden administration passes on veto

• Frustrated Biden Demands Media To Start Reporting Good Economic News | ZeroHedge

  • Biden rips media for economy coverage: 'Start reporting it the right way'

• Progressives Need to Get Real on Housing

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• To stem North Korea's missiles program, White House looks to its hackers

• (June 2023) The discreet US campaign to defend Brazil’s election | Financial Times

• Export Controls Are Only a Short-Term Solution to China's Chip Progress

• FBI Says China Is Stealing AI Secrets to Turbocharge Spying

• Sky Soldier makes history as first active-duty female Army sniper

• U.S. Strikes Iran-Backed Groups in Iraq in Round of Retaliation

  • US Destroys 3 Militant Bases In Iraq After Multiple Americans Wounded In Christmas Day Attacks

  • President Joe Biden orders strike on Iranian-aligned group after 3 US troops injured in drone attack in Iraq - ABC7 Chicago

  • US hits Iran-backed militias in Iraq after attack

• 'Disorganized and confusing': Lawmakers, industry rip Pentagon plans for drones

World

• China Is Softening Stance on Gaming After $80B Rout

• Javier Milei’s decree to scale back the State faces long obstacle course in Argentina’s Congress | International | EL PAÍS English

• Japan Megatrends: Demographics catalyze real structural change

• UK Deploys Warship To Guyana In Show Of Support Against Venezuela Territorial Claim

• Sweden's NATO Bid Back for Debate by Turkish Parliamentary Committee

Israel

• Gaza: Christmas in Hell

• US investors see value in Israeli tech firms despite war

• Israeli Strike In Damascus Takes Out Top Iranian Revolutionary Guards Commander Reza Mousavi.

  • Iran says Israel killed high-ranking IRGC member in Syria

  • Iran Accuses Israel of Killing Sayyed Mousavi, a Military Official

• The Rise of Hamas

• Netanyahu Vows No Stop in War Until Israel Achieves Objectives

Russia Bad / Ukraine War

• Navalny Found in Arctic Prison After 3-Week Disappearance - The Moscow Times

  • Alexei Navalny Lives

  • Russia Moves Navalny to Prison in the Arctic

• Russia says fire has been put out on nuclear-powered cargo ship

• Ukraine celebrates Christmas on Dec. 25 for the first time

• Sikorski's statement that Putin suggested partitioning Ukraine to Donald Tusk

Health / Medicine

• Woman pregnant in each of her two uteruses gives birth to twins

• What is 'normal' body temperature? Some experts say it's not 98.6

• Alcohol misuse and loneliness 'increase risk of early-onset dementia'

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• The Toxic Truth About Your Christmas Tree

• Ask HN: Sustainability and open air heated swimming pools

• How to Harvest Rainwater

• Electronic soil boosts crop growth by over 50%

• Pesticide residue from farms and towns is ending up in fresh oysters

• Gas utilities used tobacco tactics to avoid gas stove regulations

  • HN comments