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• Humans began to rapidly accumulate technological knowledge 600k years ago

Horseshit

• Can you inherit memories from your ancestors?

• He rode in the Titan submersible but didn't realize how close he came to death

• Passengers travel from London to London on 9-hour 'flight to nowhere'

Electric / Self Driving cars

• Early adopters, mainstream success, buyer's remorse — where is the EV market headed?

  A global survey conducted by consulting firm McKinsey, also released Wednesday, included this shocker: 29% of EV owners told McKinsey they plan to replace the EV they bought with a gasoline or diesel car, a figure that jumps to 38% for U.S. EV owners.

• Used EV price crash keeps getting deeper with ‘premium’ brand idea history.

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• Operation Overload: how pro-Russian actors flood newsrooms with fake content

  The graffitis, videos or screenshots sent to newsrooms are fake and were fabricated for the purpose of diverting journalist’s ressources, or even try to have their narratives amplified by getting fact-checkers to publish debunks. Operation Overload, as we dubbed the action, is detailed in our latest report, led with the support of Reset.Tech and 20+ fact-checking entities, which shared content they had received.

  • This is a fun one. Look at the "About us" page:

  We advocate for online clarity and accountability, building solutions to attain this goal. Partnering with leading institutions, regulators, NGOs and educators, we aim at curbing the spread of disinformation and foreign influence manipulations. We provide stakeholders of the fight against disinformation methodologies, help them create solutions. We bond them together or in projects, give them access to cutting-edge technologies and cooperation methodologies, as well as a secure place to keep all their work. In a nutshell, we are the link/the glue/the binder between those who fights against disinformation in any ways.

  • Hmm, yet another pandemic era "Fact checking NGO partner" that knows what we should know better than we do. These propaganda outfits stand over a void of exposed lies they were created to defend and promote.

Musk

• New Tesla Roadster Will Be Able to Fly.

• Where Elon Musk keeps his money

Pox / COVID / BioTerror AgitProp

• Next pandemic may be just around the corner; must be prepared for the unexpected

• 'It is hubris to think a fungal pandemic can't happen to us'

• Bird flu virus outlasted pasteurization, study finds

Religion / Tribal / Culture War and Re-Segregation

• Spokane Pride mural vandalized … again .

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• The case for criminalizing scientific misconduct · Chris Said

  Some researchers say that the prospect of jail time will not deter scientific fraudsters (1, 2). But why would scientific fraudsters behave any differently than other fraudsters? Others worry that criminal courts could extend prosecution to more moderate forms of misconduct, such as selective reporting of data. But Denmark shows how the law can be scoped to fabrication and falsification, explicitly leaving the more moderate “questionable research practices” to the universities. Finally, some worry that some scientists might be falsely accused of fraud. But this risk exists for any crime. Why should science get an exception?

• Faculty Speech Must Have Limits | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson

  Following similar logic: Is it acceptable professional conduct for a faculty member to encourage civil disobedience on the part of students that violates University policies? Faculty advocacy for actions clearly identified as in violation of student conduct rules is extremely problematic. Doing so after students have received official notification of a potential serious infraction is not acceptable. Such behavior should have sanctionable limits as well.

  • A Frightening View of Free Speech and Academic Freedom at Harvard

• Why student loan forgiveness sparks anger

  But the reason so many people today feel that failing to repay debts is irresponsible is because they’ve been “inundated with that message” from entities who profit from it, Padgett Walsh said. “Lenders and businesses — especially now, given how much of our consumption is propped up by debt —profit from people taking out debt and feeling obligated to pay it back,” she said. “So, they encourage us to take out as much debt as we can possibly bear, and then insist that it would be morally wrong not to repay it.”

• Why I Skipped College to Be an HVAC Tech

Info Rental / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Surgeon General Calls for Warning on Social Media Platforms

  • Surgeon general demands warning label on social media apps

• I hoarded gigabytes of RAW photos, until I saw sense and hit delete

• US sues Adobe for 'deceiving' subscriptions that are too hard to cancel

  • FTC says Adobe used hidden fee to trap people into paying for subscription plans

  • HN comments

  • Adobe's hidden cancellation fee is unlawful, FTC suit says

• Senior Riot devs say the League of Legends playerbase is getting older

• High-severity vulnerabilities affect a wide range of Asus router models

• Social-Media Influencers Aren't Getting Rich–They're Barely Getting By

TechSuck / Geek Bait

• Flow claims it can 100x any CPU's power with its companion chip

• Tell HN: GitHub to begin collection of sales tax, may lead to service disruption | Hacker News

Space / Boomy Zoomers / UFO

• NASA again delays Boeing Starliner's return home

Economicon / Business / Finance

• A Day in the Life of a California Fast-Food Manager Who Makes $174,000 a Year

• Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway trims its stake in Chinese EV maker BYD

• The pay raise people say they need to be happy

• Big Jump in Insurance Costs Strikes Condos

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• DJI ban passes the House and moves on to the Senate

• Chuck Schumer Posts Picture of a Barbeque Fail and Is Ratioed So Hard He Deletes It. (But We’ve Got It!)

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• DOJ's Wrenching Decision on Whether to Prosecute Boeing

• Maryland pardons 175,000 people of cannabis convictions

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• Putin and Xi Are Way Beyond the Rubicon

World

• Venice Might Remake Itself as a Contemporary Art Hub

• Britain's second-largest city is forced to cut sanitation due to bankruptcy

• Three of Vietnam's five undersea internet cables are down

• 'We need the world to wake up': Sudan facing worlds deadliest famine in 40 years

Israel

• random comment:

  it's widely accepted that the IDF fired on their own citizens with Apache helicopters, the whole "festival attack" was a psyop false flag.

  • Black is White, Up is Down, Trump sold Ukraine to Russia, the Economy is Great ... there's folks out there that live in a completely different world than I do.

China

• China could match US in military conflict thanks to shipbuilding strength

Health / Medicine

• Even Doctors Like Me Are Falling into This Medical Bill Trap

• American Medical Association delegates vote to decriminalize drug use, possession.

• Drugmaker to testify on why weight-loss drugs cost 15x more in the US

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Saudi Consumption – Not Production – Is Key to Peak Oil

• How to Minimize Your Exposure to Microplastics - The New York Times

  There are several ways to reduce your exposure through food, including by avoiding highly processed meals. One study of 16 protein types found that while each contained microplastics, highly-processed products like chicken nuggets contained the most per gram of meat. The researchers said that could be because highly processed foods have more contact with plastic food-production equipment.

• The Rotation of Earth's Inner Core Is Slowing Down