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• Writing down your feelings on paper then getting rid of it reduces anger

• (Apr 2021) Sell Outs

  my real hope is that tech doesn’t work when you subject it to these conditions. Let’s see who wins self driving cars. If they win, it’s likely over. The future belongs to them and the only hope is to run. (they are the centralized, we are the decentralized) But perhaps they can only build 737 MAXes, and legit kids in their garages will build good flying cars not for any reason but because they can, and well, maybe to try to impress a girl. Then we’ll be okay.

• California battery plant is among largest as power storage booms

• The Forever Stamp is forever rising in price. How does the U.S. cost compare globally?

Horseshit

• She Won the Boston Marathon 10 Years Ago. She's Still Waiting for Her $100k

• What Phones Are Doing to Reading

• Decentralizing the Electric Grid

• More Than Half of Remote Workers Frequently Bed Rot During Work

  “Bed rotting,” a new trend gaining traction on social media, encourages prolonged periods of staying in bed for passive activities rather than sleep.

• Fixing A CRT Is Fun, Enriching, And Possibly Very Dangerous - Aftermath

  I am lucky enough to have an office in New York that is large enough to accommodate a 24 inch CRT on the ground with minimal disruption of my life, but having a street TV on the ground is one of those situations where once that becomes acceptable your mind just accepts that there are no rules any more. You can organize tiny DIY projects, but when you let something that big in, chaos reigns.

• CleanFiber wants to turn tons of cardboard boxes into insulation

• The Internet Hasn't Gotten Worse: Just Your Outlook

• "Strong focus on aesthetics" contributed to collapse of Norway timber bridge

• In Defense of Never Learning How to Cook - The New York Times

  she asked me a question, the answer to which would have embarrassed anyone but me: “Don’t you know how to boil water?” No. I didn’t. And at 22, not only did I not know how to boil water, I didn’t even know how to turn on a stove.

• Expired Cans of Salmon From Decades Ago Reveal a Big Surprise : ScienceAlert

  The cans had been set aside for decades as part of the association's quality control process, but in the hands of the ecologists, they became an archive of excellently preserved specimens; not of salmon, but of worms. While the idea of worms in your canned fish is a bit stomach-turning, these roughly 0.4-inch (1-centimeter) long marine parasites, anisakids, are harmless to humans when killed during the canning process. "Everyone assumes that worms in your salmon is a sign that things have gone awry," says Wood.

• The Troubling Trend in Teenage Sex - The New York Times

  For the past four years, Dr. Herbenick has been tracking the rapid rise of “rough sex” among college students, particularly sexual strangulation, or what is colloquially referred to as choking. Nearly two-thirds of women in her most recent campus-representative survey of 5,000 students at an anonymized “major Midwestern university” said a partner had choked them during sex (one-third in their most recent encounter). The rate of those women who said they were between the ages 12 and 17 the first time that happened had shot up to 40 percent from one in four.

• The Americans retiring to Mexico for a more affordable life: 'We are immigrants'

Boeing

• Another Boeing whistleblower says he faced retaliation for reporting 'shortcuts'

• Boeing supplier tried Vaseline, cornstarch, talcum powder to lubricate door seal

• Boeing whistleblowers say that Boeing retaliates against whistleblowers

Obit

• Robert MacNeil, creator and first anchor of PBS 'NewsHour,' dies at 93

Musk

• Elon Musk Leads Far Right Propaganda Blitz on Brazil's Democracy

• X to stop hiding blue checks after widely handing them out to top users

• Elon Musk's Worst Predictions and Broken Promises of the Past 15 Years

• Notice that nobody is citing any actual lies that Twitter is alleged to have spread in Brazil

• Tesla drops FSD price to $99 per month in US

Trump / War against the Right / Jan6

• The Fed Worked to Take Down Trump?

• If Trump wins, he plans to free Wall Street from "burdensome regulations"

• Inside the Terrifyingly Competent Trump 2024 Campaign.

• As foreign leaders urge US Ukraine support, Republicans look to Trump

  An unprecedented series of foreign officials, including from Japan, Britain and Italy, have visited Washington over the past several months and appealed to congressional Republicans to approve more military aid for Ukraine. But those lawmakers may listen to a different voice entirely - former president, and current Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump.

  Friday's meeting could allow Johnson to make the case to Trump that he would be better off with a strong Ukraine if he returns to the White House, said Republican Representative French Hill, who backs Ukraine aid.

• Some Trump stock investors have already lost half their money

• Trump will be first ex-president on criminal trial. Here's what to know about the hush money case

• Marjorie Taylor Greene Can’t Stop Pushing Russian Propaganda

• How Donald Trump Gets Special Treatment in the Legal System - POLITICO

  As Trump prepares to begin his first criminal trial on Monday in New York, the tolerance of his tirades is perhaps the most glaring sign of the judicial system’s Trump exceptionalism. But it’s far from the only example. Over the past year, in ways large and small, in criminal cases and civil ones, Trump has consistently been given more freedom and more privileges than virtually any other defendant in his shoes.

Pox / COVID / BioTerror AgitProp

• Bird Flu Is Spreading in Alarming New Ways

• CDC finds Covid vaccines not linked to sudden death in young people

  There is no evidence that mRNA Covid vaccines cause fatal cardiac arrest or other deadly heart problems in teens and young adults, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report published Thursday shows. Ever since the vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna were authorized in late 2020, anti-vaccination groups in the U.S. have blamed the shots for fatal heart problems in young athletes.

Religion / Tribal / Culture War and Re-Segregation

• What has 20 years of banning headscarves done for France?

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• US to forgive $7.4B in student debt for another 277,000 borrowers

  • White House announces new round of student loan cancelations

• The bad talking point comparing student loan forgiveness to PPP loans

• What happens when we pay public high school teachers based on performance

• Goldsmiths crisis: cuts and culture wars sent universities into a death spiral

• Harvard and Caltech Will Require Test Scores for Admission

Info Rental / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Instagram starts blurring nudity in posts to protect teens

• Anger from campaigners as WhatsApp lowers age limit to 13 in UK and EU

• Studios Are Going After Piracy Again, Reigniting Fight over Free Speech

• Be Careful with 'Nutrition Facts' as a Model for Tech Transparency

  • FCC's Broadband Nutrition Label Doesn't Solve Unchecked Telecom Monopoly Power

• 'Made for Advertising' Websites Are the Industry's Latest Messy Situation

• Video game devotees are much more likely to be working-class than middle-class

• Welcome to the Golden Age of User Hostility

• Google threatens to cut off news after California proposes paying media outlets

  • Google blocks some California news as fight over online journalism bill escalate

• Google kills "One" VPN service, says "people simply weren't using it"

• Japanese Police Arrest Man for Tampering with Pokémon Violet Save Data

TechSuck / Geek Bait

• Would Software Bill Of Materials prevent the next xy backdoor?

• GCC 14 dropping IA64 support is final nail in the coffin for Itanic architecture

• US lawmaker proposes a public database of all AI training material

AI Will (Save | Destroy) The World

• LLMs Are This Close to Destroying the Internet

• Sam Altman pitches ChatGPT Enterprise to firms, including Microsoft customers

• Schiff unveils AI training transparency measure

• UK competition watchdog has 'real concerns' over big tech AI dominance

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Half of U.S. Homeowners and Renters Struggle to Afford Their Housing Payments

• America's Chip Renaissance Needs Workers (Archive)

  From 2000 to 2017, U.S. employment in semiconductor manufacturing shrank to 181,000 from 287,000. It has since recovered to about 200,000. Why did the U.S. share of semiconductor production shrink? As in other industries, the U.S. became an expensive place to manufacture.

• Apple Signal of AI Intent Unleashes $112B Stock Surge

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Biden urged to ban China-made electric vehicles

• House GOP considers backup FISA plan to sunset spy tool after stunning floor defeat.

• US will require background checks for gun shows and online firearm sales

• Next Phase of Electricity Decarbonization? >95% of Planned Capacity Is 0-Carbon

• Surveillance Bill Clears Key Hurdle in House, Putting It Back on Track

  • US House votes to re-authorize law, allows warrantless surveillance of citizens

  • Modified surveillance bill clears House hurdle after failing earlier this week

• Hawaii Moves to Ban Short-Term Rentals to Address Housing Crisis

• Election Data Is Vital to Voting Rights. So Why Is It So Hard to Track Down?

• Loans subsidize ObamaCare | The Hill

• More young adults opt for sterilization in wake of abortion ruling, study finds  - MarketWatch

  More young adults are turning to permanent contraception procedures, including tubal ligations and vasectomies, in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 decision overturning the constitutional right to abortion, according to a new study published Friday in JAMA Health Forum. There was an “abrupt increase” in permanent contraception procedures among adults age 18 to 30 following the court’s decision, according to the study by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Boston University. The increase in procedures among female patients was double that of male patients, potentially reflecting the outsize health, social and economic impact of unwanted pregnancies on women, the researchers wrote.

• Ohio senator wants Biden to permanently ban Chinese EVs from US

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• The Collapse in Law Enforcement: As Arrest Rates Plummet, People Have Been Less Willing to Report Crime.

• What Happens When Prosecutors Offer Opposing Versions of the Truth?

• 18 Wheeler Truck 'Intentionally' Plows Into Texas Department Of Safety Building | ZeroHedge

  • 18-Wheeler ‘Intentionally’ Crashes Into Texas Public Safety Office

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• US-China competition to field military drone swarms could fuel global arms race

World

• French issue alerte rouge after local governments knocked offline cyber attack

• Middle class wiped out: Half of Myanmar's people forced into poverty by war

• Arctic region of Norway asks EU Commission for 26-hour day

Israel

• Google Contract Shows Deal with Israel Defense Ministry

• Israel Bracing for Unprecedented Direct Iran Attack in Days

• EU and US Impose Sanctions on Hamas and Islamic Jihad

• Iran Says If US 'Interferes' in Retaliation on Israel, U.S. Bases Will Be Struck

• Biden says Iran could soon attack Israel, and warns, 'Don't'

• Biden says he expects Iranian strike on Israel 'sooner than later'

• What survivors of Hamas-led attack on festival near Gaza can tell us about psychedelics and trauma

  One Israeli said that being high on LSD during the Hamas-led attack on October 7 prompted a spiritual revelation that helped him escape the carnage at a desert rave. Another is certain the drug MDMA made him more decisive and gave him the strength to carry his girlfriend as they fled the scene. A third said that experiencing the assault during a psychedelic trip has helped him more fully process the trauma.

  About 1200 people were killed that day, the deadliest in Israeli history according to Israeli authorities, including 360 at the rave alone. Many of the ravers were under the influence of mind-altering substances such as LSD, MDMA and ketamine as they witnessed the carnage or fled for their lives. For a group of Israeli researchers at the University of Haifa, the attack has created a rare opportunity to study the intersection of trauma and psychedelics, a field that has drawn increased interest from scientists in recent years.

Russia Bad / Ukraine War

• US Military confirms: Russian forces tap Starlink in Ukraine

• UK laser weapon could be sent to Ukraine war zone

• Russia Leverages Its Nuclear Expertise in Africa

• Small Ukrainian plane likely used in attack deep inside Russia: experts

China

• China to Build More Coal Mines to Feed Surging Power Capacity

• China Already Makes as Many Batteries as the Entire World Wants

• US airlines ask Biden administration to block additional flights to China

• China tells telecom firms to phase out foreign chips in blow to Intel, AMD

• China successfully tests maglev trains in vacuum tube, eyeing speeds of 4k kph

Health / Medicine

• B.C. to require hospitals have designated spaces for patient illicit drug use

• Suicide is on the rise for young Americans, with no clear answers

• Florida blocks heat protections for workers, just as summer approaches

• CDC reportedly investigating several cases of illnesses from Botox injections

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Right against climate change a distinct fundamental and human right, SC judgment

• The ski resorts saving snow over the summer

• Bonobos not the peace-loving primates once thought, study reveals

• EVs are lowering Bay Area's carbon footprint