Monthly Archives: May 2022

World Economic Forum “Press Freedom” panel demands social media “accountability” for “rumors, hate speech”

The Executive Director of Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth, lamented the downsides of anyone being able to speak freely on social media and claimed that social media has “become a way for autocrats and others to evade…journalistic accountability.” > That’s … Continue reading

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Nuclear Energy In South Korea

An opinion poll of 1 000 adults conducted in South Korea in September, on behalf of the Korean Nuclear Society, by public opinion research company EmBrain Public, found that 72.1% of those polled supported nuclear power, 24.3% were against it, while … Continue reading

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Social Media Addiction: Signs, Symptoms, And Treatment

Yes, it’s a thing. https://www.addictionresource.net/behavioral-addictions/social-media/

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Captured Russian Weapons Are Packed With U.S. Microchips

The chips in question were found inside a recovered example of the 9S932-1, a radar-equipped air defense command post vehicle that is part of the larger Barnaul-T system, a Pantsir air defense system, a Ka-52 “Alligator” attack helicopter, and a Kh-101 (AS-23A Kodiak) cruise missile. The military … Continue reading

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Alibaba President boasts about tech to monitor people’s travel, consumption, and more to create a “climate” credit score

https://reclaimthenet.org/alibaba-carbon-score-davos-world-economic-forum/ These idiots won’t stop until they have branded every living human being on this planet with a chip that they will use to monitor every little thing that you do or say. One giant credit score wankfest.

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Ivy League Study Shows How US Media Created a Climate of Fear Over COVID-19 – Foundation for Economic Education

A new NBER paper titled “Why Is All COVID-19 News Bad News?” shows how US media fanned the flames of public panic. The complete article 👇 https://fee.org/articles/ivy-league-study-shows-how-us-media-created-a-climate-of-fear-over-covid-19/

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The Clash of Asia’s Titans by Brahma Chellaney – Project Syndicate

Chinese President Xi Jinping has picked a border fight that he cannot win, and transformed a previously conciliatory India into a long-term foe. This amounts to an even bigger miscalculation than Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s failure to see it … Continue reading

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Another Bill Gates invention?

A handful of cases of monkeypox have now been reported or are suspected in the United Kingdom, Portugal and Spain. The outbreaks are raising alarm because the disease mostly occurs in west and central Africa, and only very occasionally spreads … Continue reading

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Calvin Klein In One Photo

The new science.

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Astrophotography

I love astrophotography and this is a great piece from Petapixel on the subject. The quality of cameras on mobile devices have improved so much you can take decent shots. A camera and a tripod are still the best options. … Continue reading

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