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Rope making in the Aurignacian of Central Europe more than 35,000 years ago
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(2019) Three Musketeers | History of Candy
The original package contained three different flavored pieces of candy: chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry. Starting in 1945, three Musketeers was sold as a single bar made with only the delicious chocolate nougat. The candy was marketed as so big that it was able to be shared with two friends.
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Goes into cookie science: The Food Lab's Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
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WJLX owner reports seemingly impossible theft of 200-foot radio tower
Horseshit
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Stanley Made Reusable Cups Huge. Now It Has to Make Them Sustainable
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(2022) Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid - The Atlantic
Historically, civilizations have relied on shared blood, gods, and enemies to counteract the tendency to split apart as they grow. But what is it that holds together large and diverse secular democracies such as the United States and India, or, for that matter, modern Britain and France? Social scientists have identified at least three major forces that collectively bind together successful democracies: social capital (extensive social networks with high levels of trust), strong institutions, and shared stories. Social media has weakened all three.
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Diaper Spa in NH catering to adults with trauma, raises eyebrows, concerns
The Diaper Spa website lists it as the “only physician-owned Diaper Spa in the world” and says it is open to “all diaper-wearing individuals who seek acceptance, respite, and care”. The space is decorated to look like a baby’s nursery, complete wtih small beds, toys, and folded diapers. Colleen Ann Murphy, the owner of the spa, said the spa and its services are non-sexual and do not cater to any fetish, but instead are catered to individuals looking to regress and heal.
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When the tech bros come for me - Gerry McGovern
Then some tech bro from the Nazi Bar came for our brains, and I said nothing. Promising free brain implants that had been tested by torturing countless poor monkeys, and were designed by vain psychotics with control fixations and dollar signs tattooed on their shrivelled souls. Then, the tech bros came for democracy, and I said nothing. Flooding the environment with misinformation, feeding and nurturing the very worst in us, monetizing our hate, promoting the fascists who promised them more power.
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What really caused the sriracha shortage? Two friends and an epic breakup
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Woman with rare medical condition gives birth to 44 kids by age 40
celebrity gossip
Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering
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To Solve Democracy's Problems, Look to Natural Resource Management
There is already a place to build from. Many states already have default “clean campaign” pledges that candidates can sign. These could be expanded. They could even include a mandate for candidates to negotiate non-sensationalism pacts with each other. Politicians are already forced to say “I endorse this message” in their ads. The same rule could be expanded to include their social media posts. Or if such posts exceed some threshold of sensationalism, they could have responses from other candidates automatically pinned as their top comment. To implement this might require “sensationalism-checkers” alongside the “fact-checkers,” but it would be up to the candidates to decide what this would or should look like. T
Musk
Trump / War against the Right / Jan6
Religion / Tribal / Culture War and Re-Segregation
Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts
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Bay Area school district spent $250k on Woke Kindergarten program
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Long and detailed Psychology, a Failed Discipline - by Sven Schnieders
In psychology, papers are either p-hacked garbage that doesn’t replicate or, more commonly, have no scientific value due to their methodology or subject of study. These papers aren’t necessarily “false” per se, as much as they don't produce any valuable knowledge by design, serving mainly to advance the careers of the authors through journal publications and the gathering of press and citations.
Info Rental / ShowBiz / Advertising
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Facebook turns 20: From Mark Zuckerberg's dormitory to a $1T company
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Netflix: Piracy Is Difficult to Compete Against and Growing Rapidly
Apparently, there’s quite a bit of copying going on, as SEC filings from several companies include identical passages. Netflix has mentioned it for a while, that’s for sure, and apparently, the use of this language is widespread and subject to rapid global growth.
TechSuck / Geek Bait
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Could AMD break Nvidia's chokehold on chips?
Last week we reported on TSMC’s recent release of Guai Guai co-branded chips, but tech titans like AMD and Microsoft have also sought to leverage the power of superstition, using this lucky charm to ensure their products always run smoothly. It turns out that semiconductor engineers working at the industry’s cutting edge are a superstitious bunch. In our previous report, we highlighted Taiwan’s Guai Guai culture, but it is worth outlining again. It is very common on this tech-saturated island for engineers and machine operators to place a pack of this snack food on top of or near a crucial device. Doing so ensures the operation will run smoothly, according to tech folklore.
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Is Open Source a diversion from what users really want? - Blog - Ardour
Space / Boomy Zoomers / UFO
Crypto con games
Economicon / Business / Finance
Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making
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Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard announces $1 million giveaway, sparking concern among residents
Tiffany Henyard posted a message on her personal Facebook page earlier this week, asking people to tune in to a live Facebook broadcast for an announcement that she said could change their lives – a $1 million giveaway in honor of Black History Month. As it turns out, the money in the giveaway is part of the General Assistance Fund administered by Thornton township, which can be used for food pantries, senior services and other forms of community aid.
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Biden and the Border - by Glenn Harlan Reynolds
Courts don’t like to just order executive officials to do a better job, dammit, and so the order that might result from such a determination is unclear. The judge that I clerked for said that most lawyers don’t pay enough attention to the “wherefor part” of their brief, that is, the part where they ask for specific relief. So what specific relief might Texas ask for that the Supreme Court could grant? The President has a duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, but whether he’s living up to that is probably itself a political question, enforced by Congress largely via its impeachment powers.
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Silicon Valley's next House member wants to rewrite key internet law
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The IRS has all our tax data. Why doesn't its new website use it?
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Here’s What’s in the Senate’s $118 Billion Ukraine and Border Deal
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Biden challenges House GOP to solve border crisis — or ‘keep playing politics’
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Are We All Just Completely OK With a Nikki Haley Presidency Now?
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Haley says Trump is ‘playing politics’ on Senate border negotiations
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Biden sweeps Democratic primary in South Carolina with over 96% of vote
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Donald Trumps pledges to impose new China tariffs if re-elected
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Asked if he supports RNC chairwoman, Trump suggests there will 'probably be some changes made'
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Gov. Abbott insists Texas has right to protect border amid feud with Biden
Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security
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Russian spies impersonating Western researchers in ongoing hacking campaign
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One city took on rising car thefts – and brought the numbers down
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How Should State and Local Governments Respond to Illegal Retail Cannabis?
States require licenses for legal sale while releasing a limited number of them. Local option laws permit municipalities to prohibit cannabis sale in their jurisdictions; in New York and California, cannabis sales are still illegal in most localities. State taxes, set high to raise substantial state revenue, have pushed up legal retailers’ prices, making them more expensive than their illegal competitors. Thus, the black market for cannabis products—not only “flower,” the smokable cannabis plant, but also cannabis-infused edible goods, tinctures, oils, and more—has continued and grown.
External Security / Militaria / Diplomania
World
Iran / Houthi / Red Sea / Mediterranean
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U.S. Strikes Test Iran's Will to Escalate (Archive)
As Iran and the United States assessed the damage done by American airstrikes in Syria and Iraq, the initiative suddenly shifted to Tehran and its pending decision whether to respond or take the hit and de-escalate. The expectation in Washington and among its allies is that the Iranians will choose the latter course, seeing no benefit in getting into a shooting war with a far larger power, with all the risks that implies. But it is not yet clear whether the varied proxy forces that have conducted scores of attacks on American bases and ships — and that rely on Iran for money, arms and intelligence — will conclude that their interests, too, are served by backing off.
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US Coalition Has Attacked Nearly 40 Houthi Sites In Yemen This Weekend | ZeroHedge