Interesting News, Articles & Stuff

[florduh]

Intel’s Multi-Billion Bait And Switch

The chip manufacturer cheered on a $76 billion subsidy package for the industry, then announced capital spending cuts and mass layoffs while maintaining payouts to shareholders.

www.levernews.com

And yet, those critics were ignored by politicians and pundits of both parties eager to shovel federal money to a handful of powerful tech companies. Indeed, when Sen. Bernie Sanders (Ind.-Vt.) attempted to attach conditions to those subsidies — including a ban on stock buybacks, a cap on executive pay, a government equity stake, and union neutrality provisions — he was thwarted by Democratic leaders.

I can fully understand why politicians on both sides of the aisle hate Bernie Sanders. He said, if we give chip manufacturers a 76 billion dollar blank check, they will funnel that money to shareholders and fuck over their employees. And sure enough, he was 100% correct. But scumbag politicians don't like being called on their bullshit.

This is why I've checked out of caring about politics very much. Regardless of who's in power, The Machine keeps running as designed. Funneling money to the already rich, and fucking over workers. For the most part we vote on if the ruling party will virtue signal to the people who watch CNN (owned by billionaire Ted Turner) or Fox News (owned by billionaire Rupert Murdoch).

 

[1973PortlandToker]

More evidence that we've underestimated climate change and its affects.

MSN

 

[florduh]

More evidence that we've underestimated climate change and its affects.

MSN

You say that, but I'm a Free Thinker™. And this based YouTube channel/Blog I follow (fully funded by an extraction industry billionaire) told me it's all bullshit.

Now on to some totally unrelated, real, non globullist bullshit News. Another victim of Woke Cancel Culture:

Alaska snow crab season canceled as officials investigate disappearance of an estimated 1 billion crabs

An estimated 1 billion crabs have mysteriously disappeared from Alaskan waters in two years, officials said.

www.cbsnews.com

An estimated one billion crabs have mysteriously disappeared in two years, state officials said. It marks a 90% drop in their population.

 

[macbill]

The GIF Is on Its Deathbed

The internet’s file format has been diagnosed as “cringe,” but there are other threats to its existence.

www.theatlantic.com

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1581344189568405504

 

[florduh]

There's no such thing as a good billionaire. And all their philanthropy is mostly a big 'ol scam.

 

[florduh]

I want to strap every boomer into the Clockwork Orange chair and make them watch this on repeat for 8 hours, minimum.

"Noooo! Nooooo!! You kids are just too lazy and woke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

[macbill]

DeepMind breaks 50-year math record using AI; new record falls a week later

AlphaTensor discovers better algorithms for matrix math, inspiring another improvement from afar.

arstechnica.com

 

[1973PortlandToker]

C'mon team, only 31 yards to go. The goal line is in sight!

WWF report says wildlife populations have decreased by 69% since 1970

The WWF released a report on Thursday detailing an increase in the decline of wildlife populations around the globe.

www.deseret.com

 

[macbill]

From the Ministry of Silly Walks

Scientists Found a Way to Predict Your Death by How You Walk

Care to find out?

www.thedailybeast.com

 

[JCC]

Pilotless UH-60 Black Hawk​

The Army recently flew Sikorsky’s optionally manned Black Hawk helicopter for an hour without pilots in the cockpit or direct human control, instead allowing the aircraft’s robotic brain to operate the helicopter during a tech demonstration in the Arizona desert.
As part of the more extensive Project Convergence experimentation program, the Optionally Piloted Vehicle, or OPV Black Hawk, and several other technologies were recently tested by Army Futures Command officials for inclusion in an eventual suite of systems that will autonomously resupply forward deployed troops around the clock in all weather.

Sikorsky and the Army have been conducting tests in support of developing a fully autonomous and/or remotely piloted UH-60 Black Hawk for years. The OPV Black Hawk initially carried safety pilots in the cockpit. In February, pilots were removed from the test helicopter to demonstrate that Sikorsky’s Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System, or ALIAS, can fly the helicopter without a human. Sikorsky released the below video on the occasion of the first "uninhabited flight."

Pilotless UH-60 Black Hawk Trialed In Recent U.S. Army Test

The pilotless UH-60 showed how the Army can perform autonomous resupply and that's just a taste of how it could be used in the future.

www.thedrive.com

 

[macbill]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1582367181966168064

 

[florduh]

I love how the Infallible Free Market is this natural force like gravity that can't be meddled with... until it starts benefitting anyone other than the wealthy. Then they immediately pull The Recession Lever. What an obvious fuckin scam.

The Federal Reserve Is Coming For Your Next Raise

Your own paycheck is a battleground in the fight over inflation.

www.huffpost.com

The peasantry must be disciplined.

 

[Babylon Drifter]

I love how the Infallible Free Market is this natural force like gravity that can't be meddled with... until it starts benefitting anyone other than the wealthy. Then they immediately pull The Recession Lever. What an obvious fuckin scam.

The Federal Reserve Is Coming For Your Next Raise

Your own paycheck is a battleground in the fight over inflation.

www.huffpost.com

The peasantry must be disciplined.

Know your place, eat your cake, these are the good times, enjoy them while you can.

 

[macbill]

Could be as high as $2.75 trillion

Sandy Hook families ask for massive punitive damages against Alex Jones; the Infowars founder seeks a new trial

Sandy Hook families are asking a Connecticut judge to order massive punitive damages for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who separately asked the court for a new trial and a revocation of the origi…

www.courant.com

 

[macbill]

mRNA technology and a vaccine for cancer

Cure is ‘in our grasp’ say the scientists behind the BioNTech Covid-19 jab

www.theweek.co.uk

 

[macbill]

Where wildfires once blazed, mushroom hunters thrive

High-tech mapping has made foraging easier and faster. What’s gained — and lost — in the hunt?

expmag.com

 

[FlyingLow]

not much of a hunt anymore...

 

[macbill]

Kids who play video games at least three hours a day show "better cognitive performance" | Boing Boing

The largest study yet [nih.gov] into the effects of playing video games on children is out, and it suggests that youngsters who play games have better cognitive performance, and do not suffer from …

boingboing.net

 

[JCC]

Unravelling the mystery of autobrewery syndrome

Scientists are close to understanding this strange condition, which can leading sufferers to become intoxicated without consuming alcohol

www.bbc.com

 

[florduh]

Unravelling the mystery of autobrewery syndrome

Scientists are close to understanding this strange condition, which can leading sufferers to become intoxicated without consuming alcohol

www.bbc.com

I have like every digestive system disorder EXCEPT the one that gets you drunk. Figures.

 

[florduh]

By Buying Twitter, Elon Musk Has Created His Own Hilarious Nightmare

By buying Twitter, Elon Musk has created his own hilarious nightmare.

theintercept.com

Author Jon Schwartz makes a compelling argument that Musk being forced to buy Twitter is one of the funniest things that's ever happened.

 

[JCC]

By Buying Twitter, Elon Musk Has Created His Own Hilarious Nightmare

By buying Twitter, Elon Musk has created his own hilarious nightmare.

theintercept.com

Author Jon Schwartz makes a compelling argument that Musk being forced to buy Twitter is one of the funniest things that's ever happened.

Let's not forget how much is owned by Saudi Arabia

Saudi's Kingdom Holding company to maintain Twitter stake​

Saudi Arabia's Kingdom Holding Company and the private office of Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal said on Friday that they will continue their ownership of Twitter (TWTR.N) shares valued at $1.89 billion after Elon Musk's takeover of the social media company, according to a statement tweeted by Prince Alwaleed. Alwaleed's Kingdom Holding is 16.9% owned by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund chaired by crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman.

Saudi's Kingdom Holding company to maintain Twitter stake

Saudi Arabia's Kingdom Holding Company and the private office of Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal said on Friday that they will continue their ownership of Twitter shares valued at $1.89 billion after Elon Musk's takeover of the social media company, according to a statement tweeted by Prince Alwaleed.

www.reuters.com

 

[florduh]

Let's not forget how much is owned by Saudi Arabia

Saudi's Kingdom Holding company to maintain Twitter stake​

Saudi Arabia's Kingdom Holding Company and the private office of Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal said on Friday that they will continue their ownership of Twitter (TWTR.N) shares valued at $1.89 billion after Elon Musk's takeover of the social media company, according to a statement tweeted by Prince Alwaleed. Alwaleed's Kingdom Holding is 16.9% owned by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund chaired by crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman.

Saudi's Kingdom Holding company to maintain Twitter stake

Saudi Arabia's Kingdom Holding Company and the private office of Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal said on Friday that they will continue their ownership of Twitter shares valued at $1.89 billion after Elon Musk's takeover of the social media company, according to a statement tweeted by Prince Alwaleed.

www.reuters.com

Nothing says Freedom of Speech like the "common digital town square" being privately owned by a South African flim-flam man and the guys who did 9/11!!

 

[pakalolo]

I just deleted 5 posts about the Qanon theory claiming Paul Pelosi is gay and invited his attacker home.

While there might well be more details of this story to emerge, we don't have the ability to sort out what is true and what is not, although this particular theory has been thoroughly debunked by reputable sources. What is clear is that this sort of story is likely to cause friction here that we don't need want. Please find something less divisive to talk about. Thank you for your cooperation.

 

[florduh]

Absolutely stunning look at how the richest guy on earth, a guy The Infallible And Just Free Market selected as the best, smartest person on the planet conducts his business.

"How about $8.....pleeeeease?????" Fucking pathetic. No one's paying a dime for your shitty website, bud. No one.

Musk is smart enough to understand Twitter is a Loser. That's why he never actually wanted to buy it. The whole thing was a publicity stunt to generate headlines. Now he's been forced to buy this loser because of his own stupidity, and the panic is setting in.

You love to see it.