WAR / GOV
What’s Driving America’s Economic Output? Vaccinated Blue Counties Biden Won
Billions In Federal Rental Aid Sit Unspent By Local Governments
End the Imperial Presidency
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/25/opinion/declaration-war-president-Congress.html
A sobering history lesson in the middle of this must-read piece: “In the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Congress declared war. It has never done so again.”
‘He could tell Congress this: It has six months to issue a formal declaration of the wars it wants to continue, or else the troops (and planes and drones) are coming home… @JoeBiden would…usher in a new era of U.S. foreign policy.’ @stephenwertheim
CRIMING
“… the looming battle over crypto regulations is ultimately about placing backdoors for surveillance & monitoring. The irony that regulators have failed to stop fraud & money laundering in traditional finance yet rush to hard code their access AND censorship of crypto network”
@Twitter implemented ticket system for Twitter spaces. Probably #Bitcoin payments on lighting network will be enabled.
Ken Paxton ‘Committed No Crime’: Ken Paxton’s Report
Following recently released Supreme Court’s specific reason for rejecting eviction moratorium based on applications “No man can a Judge in his own case.” ~ JAW
FCC looks to fine conservative activists $5 million for false mail voting robocalls
Old-time white supremacists would love McConnell’s arguments against voting rights – People’s World
FCC proposes $5M fine for election robocalls from conservative activists
WAR ON WOMEN and LGBT
Librarian says GOP candidate checked out nearly all the Pride books just so kids couldn’t / LGBTQ Nation
Tip Line for ‘Illegal’ Abortions Flooded With Shrek Porn
TURN ON YOUR VPN
CLEAR YOUR CACHE EVERY TIME
DEFEAT BY USING THE Help enforce the Texas Heartbeat Act Anonymous form
SEND WHATEVER YOU WANT TO IT. CRASH THIS SITE.
https://prolifewhistleblower.com/anonymous-form/
HEALTH / COVID
Covid-19: Florida doctor ‘offered parents mask exemption letters for students’
“Inescapable” COVID-19 Antibody Discovery – Neutralizes All Known SARS-CoV-2 Strains
This Barnacle-Inspired Glue Seals Bleeding Organs in Seconds
CVS will require nurses, pharmacists, corporate employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID
CDC study shows unvaccinated people 29 times more likely to be hospitalized
Like Venom Coursing Through the Body: Mechanism Driving COVID-19 Mortality Identified
Refrigerated trucks are outside many Florida hospitals. Some have bodies inside. Others are empty – and a precautionary measure because of the pandemic. Hospital morgues are backed up bc funeral homes are backed up. Some funeral directors say there is a 2 week wait for burials.
Pandemic Roundup: August 26, 2021 | Violet Blue
Passenger dies of COVID-19 amid outbreak on Carnival cruise ship
PALATE CLEANSER
An ancient cranked instrument with a sound to give you goosebumps.
THE Hurdy Gurdy MAN https://www.youtube.com/user/avinograd
Fun fact- he is Russian and his last name means “of the grapes” in Russian.
fun fact. Prior to the invention of the pipe organ, the hurdy-gurdy was the most common instrument to be heard during Mass.
The Reverse Dance
Donovan Hurdy Gurdy Man 68
TECH
California’s ‘Open Access’ Fiber Broadband Plan Is Making Telecom Giants Like AT&T Nervous
Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System
Satoshi Nakamoto
sa******@gm*.com
www.bitcoin.org
The Cypherpunks Tapping Bitcoin via Ham Radio
For a small group of bitcoin enthusiasts, the internet is a vulnerability. They’re using satellites, ham radios, and mesh networks to stay current on the cryptocurrency.
Genesis EV can be charged without a plug
@mikko How much is your data worth? So much that Google is paying Apple $15 billion to be the default search engine in the iPhone and other Apple devices. Google is paying $10/year per device, to get you to use a ‘free’ search engine.
@piffey: “Prediction: a ransomware affiliate will lock all of X company’s smart TVs in the wild with a firmware update and company X will cave under consumer pressure to a massive ransom.”
Ghost Guns: I 3D-Printed a Glock to See How Far Homemade Weapons Have Come
FUNNY / NOT FUNNY
I am currently away from the office and have intermittent access to email. If your email is not urgent I will in all likelihood still reply within 10 minutes due to ineffective self-regulation and an inability to maintain work-life balance. ` SHIT ACADEMICS SAY @AcademicsSay
UK to Hang Up on Landline Phones in 2025
Chelsea Manning Is Back, And Hacking Again, Only This Time For A Bitcoin-Based Privacy Startup
Weeks before the new iPhone series launch in Sep, Zhengzhou plants of #Apple’s original design manufacturers #Foxconn announced it needs 200,000 more workers with historically high bonuses in what could be its largest ever recruitment drive since epidemic. https://globaltimes.cn
@WEIWEIDAI4 5h
US issued more than 85,000 students visa to Chinese since May this year, more than it was in last year. However, more than 95% of them are literal or art, not science. The goal for US is well planned and quite clear, brainwashing our kids for a futher Chinese Gorbachev.
Strong Evidence That Beijing’s Policies Meet the Criteria for Genocide of the Uyghur People
Chip Crunch Will Last Through 2022, Toyota Supplier Warns
FORD MOTORS IS CUTTING PRODUCTION AGAIN OF ITS F-150 PICKUP TRUCK AND TWO OTHER VEHICLES NEXT WEEK DUE TO THE ONGOING GLOBAL SHORTAGE OF SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS.
Scientists Reveal World’s First 3D-Printed, Marbled Wagyu Beef
MEDIA
Media bias hurts liberals more than conservatives
nymag.com
“right-wing media is relentless in going after the left
left-wing media is relentless in going after whoever is in power
Classic example of asymetric warfare…” ~ ANON
Pacaso Is Turning Houses Into Corporations
What about Zillow and Blacksone
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/22/blackstone-6bn-deal-homes