Tuesday, November 01, 2022

Links - 1st November 2022 (1)

For the new right, Hungary is now what Venezuela once was for the left | Nick Cohen - "Britain is not Hungary. But if you want to stop your country heading that way, is it not more effective to start fighting back at the first sign of danger rather than waiting until it is too late?"
The slippery slope is only a myth when the left is trying to push through their agenda heedless of what lies beyond

Nauru: From economic goldmine to refugee "hell" - "At just 21 square kilometers, Nauru was once home to the purest phosphate reserves in the world. Nauru's phosphate -- created from the droppings of birds migrating across the ocean for thousands of years -- is a prized and essential ingredient in fertilizer.  In the mid-1970s when the country's economy peaked, Nauru's gross domestic product per capita was estimated at $50,000, second only to Saudi Arabia.  As the good times rolled, the government established the Nauru Phosphate Royalties Trust, a sovereign wealth fund that invested in international real estate. The country bought a fleet of Boeing 737 aircraft, public services were free and taxes virtually non-existent.  But by the turn of the century, the phosphate reserves were thought to have been exhausted and the nation's debts piled up. Most of the trust fund's assets were sold off and Nauru became increasingly dependent on foreign aid...   At 60 years of age, Olsson is acutely aware that her generation has reaped all the benefits of Nauru's wealth, leaving very little to pass on.  "We need to account for all the lost money. For our children to understand why we have such a big hole in the middle (of the island)," she says."
Clearly the fault of colonialism

Corruption, incompetence and a musical: Nauru's cursed history - "The royalties from phosphate accumulated in a trust by the Nauruans – worth A$1.7bn at its peak – were squandered in the years following independence... A series of corrupt and incompetent governments found extravagant and spectacular ways to lose the country’s wealth, including, notoriously, funding a disastrous West End musical based on the life of Leonardo da Vinci... Most of the utilities, mining and even the shops and supermarket are controlled by Nauruan state government companies that did not file financial statements in time for the budget papers, so it’s hard to say what shape they are in... In anticipation of the end of the detention centre business, Australia, Taiwan, New Zealand and the Asian Development Bank have also begun paying into the Nauru Intergenerational Trust Fund, a sovereign wealth fund being managed by a board of donor representatives and Australian accounting firms.  Its proceeds, currently $56m, cannot be spent until it builds to a critical mass. Nauru will make contributions, depending on its income each year.  The Guardian put detailed questions to the Nauru government but it did not respond."
Of course, it's the Guardian so they found a way to blame colonialism too, even if it was only in a throwaway line. I'm surprised they didn't call the foreign-managed trust fund neo-colonialism

Economic history of Iceland - Wikipedia - "Iceland had among the lowest GDP per capita in Western Europe at the start of the 20th century"
Richest Country In the World - "Tourism, exports and investment have driven Iceland’s GDP growth, according to the IMF. The IMF also predicts that the growth of the country’s tourism industry is also expected to be long-lasting."
Damn Celtic slavery and 7 centuries of mainland European colonialism!

Sleepless in Singapore: the challenges facing Hong Kong expats | Financial Times - "John, a finance worker based in Hong Kong, is not looking forward to moving to Singapore.  The expatriate, who declines to give his real name or further identifying details, says that he and his family live a “very spoiled existence” in the former British territory, which is coming under increasingly strict Chinese rule... He is one of many foreign workers who this year have sought to escape Hong Kong’s strict coronavirus pandemic measures. The tough rules have proved to be the final straw for many in the city who had already endured nearly a year of escalating political turbulence before coronavirus arrived in early 2020. Although these restrictions have been gradually eased in recent weeks, a large number had already made the move. Reports earlier this year of parents being separated from their children in hospital wards brought China’s crackdown particularly close to home, pushing many families to pack their bags... Relocating has not been simple, however. Besides the normal troubles associated with moving, expats have had to contend with rising house prices, unprecedented competition for school places and increasingly stringent visa requirements... “Everyone goes: ‘Hong Kong, Singapore: same, same’. But actually it is not, it is really different,” says Heather Thomas, an American business owner who recently moved from Hong Kong. “The pace of life is a little slower, which is not a bad thing necessarily.” Another entrepreneur who arrived this year says that Singaporeans are “still very cautious” about coronavirus restrictions, despite the relaxation of the rules. Like others, he was loath to speak publicly about his new home.  “In Hong Kong it is immediate,” he says of how Hong Kongers responded when coronavirus restrictions were temporarily lifted in previous years. “You open the gyms; the gyms are full.”  The adjustment to Singapore is also physical. About 2,500km south of Hong Kong, it sits just one degree north of the equator.  “It is brutal,” says the entrepreneur. “[During my first month] here I could not get enough sleep. I was always worn out from the humidity.” He adds: “You order a whisky sour and the ice cube melts in 30 seconds.”... “It really does seem that [Singapore is now a better place to start a business than Hong Kong],” she says. “And it is an hour and a half to Bali. It’s great.”... like many who arrived in Singapore this year, he feels liberated simply because he is able to travel freely across the border. “When I was a kid, there was a game called whack-a-mole,” he says. “You knew what was going to come up [but] you didn’t know when . . . The inconsistency [in Hong Kong] makes it next to impossible for business executives to work in the mainland or the rest of the world.” Arriving in Singapore, by contrast, he was “immediately” awed to discover that clearing customs and leaving the airport took only 20 minutes.  “I went out for a walk [and restaurants were inviting me in],” he recalls. “I thought I was going to have a heart attack, man. I thought it was so cool.”"

Poor families spend $600 more on prom than wealthier ones - "Poor families plan to spend more than 5% of their income on prom this year, according to a new survey.  Families with a household income of less than $25,000 plan to spend $1,393 for the prom, according to Visa's annual nationwide survey on high school's most storied night.  That's compared to those making more than $50,000, who plan to spend an average of $799.   Spending for the evening includes the costs of tickets, clothes, limousine rental, flowers, photographs, food accommodations, and, of course, an after party...   Low-income families spending more than wealthier ones on prom night was a trend in past years as well, according to Nat Sillin, Visa's head of financial education in the U.S.  In both 2012 and 2013, poorer families said they would spend more than the national average and those who made more than $50,000. But last year, as well as in 2011, the opposite was true."
Maybe that's why they're poor. Of course, the cope is going to be that spending a lot of money is a survival strategy for poor people

Judge rules that bees, legally, can be fish - "According to a California appeals court, bees can be now legally classified as fish.  The decision, announced on Tuesday, came after state wildlife officials were sued by agricultural groups for attempting to list four bumble bee species under the California Endangered Species Act (CESA).  The justices reversed a lower court decision and decided that threatened or endangered bees could be listed under the CESA category of fish - since “fish” is defined as including invertebrates."
"The science" strikes again. But the left have already destroyed it for the trans lobby , so

A child for a tarpaulin: Aid workers’ price list as they ‘exchange food and shelter for sex’ - "Charity aid workers have a price list of sex acts to exchange for food and shelter, experts have warned.  Sexual abuse by humanitarian workers is “systemic” and discussed so openly that translators are even used to negotiate deals...   Sarah Champion, who chairs the international development select committee, said there is evidence of a “known exchange rate” for aid such as making a child “available” in return for tarpaulins for shelter or women having to exchange sex for employment.  The Labour MP for Rotherham warned that a blind eye has been turned as it is assumed aid workers are “good people” who are “above reprimand” and the recipients of aid are “seen as people who ought to be grateful”...   The Sexual Exploitation of Women and Children by Aid Workers conference was told the abuse had been known about for more than two decades.  But despite focus on the sector in the wake of the Oxfam sexual abuse scandal,  new research by King’s College has found that under-reporting and “cover-up by officials” have contributed to the fact that its true extent is not known.   Jessica Toale, who carried out the literature review, found data from the UN since 2017 “shows that allegations against UN staff, related personnel and implementing partners is consistently higher than those against the military and police contingents of peacekeeping missions”.  Research from Liberia estimated that, at the height of the humanitarian crisis, around 58,000 women had engaged in transactional sex with UN workers"
The left believe that ACAB so even more so, all aid workers must be bastards

Pathogens and Politics: Further Evidence That Parasite Prevalence Predicts Authoritarianism - "According to a "parasite stress" hypothesis, authoritarian governments are more likely to emerge in regions characterized by a high prevalence of disease-causing pathogens. Recent cross-national evidence is consistent with this hypothesis, but there are inferential limitations associated with that evidence. We report two studies that address some of these limitations, and provide further tests of the hypothesis. Study 1 revealed that parasite prevalence strongly predicted cross-national differences on measures assessing individuals' authoritarian personalities, and this effect statistically mediated the relationship between parasite prevalence and authoritarian governance. The mediation result is inconsistent with an alternative explanation for previous findings. To address further limitations associated with cross-national comparisons, Study 2 tested the parasite stress hypothesis on a sample of traditional small-scale societies (the Standard Cross-Cultural Sample). Results revealed that parasite prevalence predicted measures of authoritarian governance, and did so even when statistically controlling for other threats to human welfare. (One additional threat—famine—also uniquely predicted authoritarianism.) Together, these results further substantiate the parasite stress hypothesis of authoritarianism, and suggest that societal differences in authoritarian governance result, in part, from cultural differences in individuals' authoritarian personalities"

The World’s Parasites Are Going Extinct. Here’s Why That’s a Bad Thing - "What if the world’s parasites suddenly went extinct? Given how much work we’ve put into combating malaria-carrying mosquitoes and horrifying Guinea worms, it sounds like a reason for celebration. But think twice: Actually, losing these much-despised mooches, bloodsuckers and freeloaders could have disastrous consequences for the environment and human health. A parasite, in essence, is any organism that makes its living off another organism (think bed bugs, leeches, vampire fish and even mistletoe). These freeloaders have been rather successful: up to half of Earth's 7.7 million known species are parasitic, and this lifestyle has evolved independently hundreds of times. But in a 2017 study published in the journal Science Advances, researchers warn that climate change could drive up to one-third of Earth's parasite species to extinction by the year 2070... parasites play an important role in regulating the populations of their hosts and the balance of the overall ecosystem. First, they kill off some organisms and make others vulnerable to predators. For example, when infected with nematode Trichostrongylus tenuis, the red grouse bird emits more scent that helps predators find and eat it more easily, thus serving to control the bird’s population.  Parasites can also have more indirect effects. Periwinkle snails infected with the trematode species Cryptocotylelingua, for instance, eat significantly less algae along their Atlantic coast homes, because the parasite weakens their digestive tracts. Their small appetites make more algae available for other species to consume. And there are millions of undiscovered parasite species, whose ecological niches we can only guess at.  "It's hard to predict what their impact on the ecosystem will be if we don't know about it yet"... Parasites can certainly be harmful to people, as in the case of mosquitoes that transmit Zika, malaria or dengue fever. But in this case, the devil you know may be better than the one you don't.  Parasites and their hosts have often evolved together over many years to maintain a delicate balance. After all, parasites usually have little interest in killing their hosts, Phillips explains, since that would mean losing their homes and sources of nutrients. That’s why tapeworms are rarely fatal to the people who get them; the worms have evolved to travel to your gut and feed on the food you ingest, but they rarely siphon off enough calories to actually kill you.   But when a known parasite goes extinct, it creates new open niches in an ecosystem for other invasive species of parasites to exploit. That can create opportunities for new encounters between parasites and hosts that aren't familiar with each other, and haven’t yet developed that non-lethal relationship. In 2014, for instance, a tapeworm species foreign to humans was found in a man’s brain in China, leading to seizures and inflammation of the brain."

E a t , D r i n k & B e M e r r y: My Love for Maggi Seasoning Sauce - Maggi Sauce - "A. Maggi Inglesa from Mexico - tastes like a dumbed-down version of Worcestershire Sauce. I don't recommend it, go with Worcestershire Sauce.
B. Maggi Garlic Seasoning from Manila - probably my 2nd favorite Maggi that I own. Has a great garlic punch that I've used on fried eggs and food revived by the microwave oven. I bought this at the filipino market, Seafood City. I highly recommend!
C. Grandpa Maggi from My Mom's House - that is the largest size allowed by the FDA because of its potency. Anything larger than that can be categorized as a weapon of mass destruction to your kidneys. It takes a LONG time to use up this Costco-sized Maggi. If you've used up more than 5 of those in your lifetime, you're probably already dead and have somehow managed to catch free wireless in heaven to read this posting. This is the version you'll find at any Chinese/Vietnamese/Thai market. I don't think Koreans or Japanese use this sauce – it's a Southeast Asian thing. Even my relatives with the worst English comprehension know the word Maggi – pronounced "mack-key". Overall, it's very light in color and taste compared to its international cousins.
D. Maggi Jugo from Mexico (Spicy) - jugo is spanish for 'juice', or in this context, 'sauce'. I was overjoyed when I saw the icon of a chili pepper on this mini Maggi bottle. It definitely has a little spice to it, but I could use about 10x more picante. In Latin American cooking, Maggi is used mostly with soups (caldos) and braised stews such as posole, caldo de mariscos and machaca shredded beef. Mexican Maggi is WAY different than any Maggi sauce I have tasted – it is extremely thick, rich and dark. It's as dark as oil from a car that's 8,000 miles behind on an oil change – like mine. We put 2 drops on a tortilla chip, and the taste sustained for a few seconds. Awesome.
E. Maggi Jugo from Mexico (Plain) - this one has an icon of a pan boiling some food. I don't know what to infer from it? Again, it is thick and rich but not as good as the spicy version.
F. Maggi Jugo from Mexico (Soy Sauce) - this one had an icon of a sushi roll and it is what it is – soy sauce. Tastes like Kikkoman.
G. Maggi from Germany - at nearly $20 a bottle, this is the bourdeaux of Maggi Sauces. Freaking expensive but worth the money – it tastes better than Asian Maggi. I would trade this for a bottle of Mexican Maggi.
H. Maggi Jugo from Mexico (Lime) - it is what it is, Maggi with a dash of lime. Think of it as Maggi Sauce on vacation in Mexico, drinking a Corona on a white sand beach. If you don't have limes to go with your Mexican soup, this would do just fine. Tastes great on tortilla chips too!
I. Maggi from Poland - Poland gets the Silver Medal in the Maggi Olympics, closely behind Mexico and with a good lead ahead of Manila's Garlic Maggi. Sharp and pungent, this is a lapdance for your tongue. Love it, thanks again to ErikM. I use this SPARINGLY.
J. Maggi from France (Not Pictured) - this isn't pictured for a simple reason... I have it at work! Many coworkers give me the "WTF" look when I pull this out and douse my food with it. J gave me this as a gift and I love that she wants to destroy my kidneys. The French version is a little more concentrated than the Asian Maggi and has more taste in my opinion than the German version."

How to find a spy camera with your smartphone - "Even if the terms “ToF sensor” and “ToF camera” mean nothing to you, you might already have encountered one in your smartphone. It is used, for example, to unlock the screen by face, to recognize gestures or to create the beloved bokeh effect — an out-of-focus background in photos.  To solve these tasks, the smartphone needs to see a three-dimensional picture in order to know what’s near to the camera and what’s further away. This is handled by ToF (which by the way stands for Time-of-Flight): the sensor emits an infrared beam and measures the time taken for the rays to get reflected back. The longer this takes, the farther the object is from the sensor, of course.  As the researchers found, in addition to their basic duties, ToF modules do a good job of finding spy cameras. This is because the light emitted by the sensor creates a characteristic glare on the lens, by which the offending device can be recognised."

Dutch Grocery Store Introduces "Chat Checkout" for People Who Want To Talk With The Cashier - "Jumbo, the Dutch supermarket chain, announced that they will be opening 200 "kletskassa" or chat registers across the Netherlands and Belgium. The checkouts are specifically marked as "kletskassa" for customers who want to chat with the cashier as they checkout."

AUGUST MAN Magazine - Posts | Facebook - "This clone of Singapore in Indonesia (right down to ERP gantries) is just wild. 🤣 Credit: Twitter @adriansyahyasin"
"CitraLand - the Singapore of Surabaya"

Meme - "Cow escapes farm to go and live with herd of bison *Pornified cartoon*"

Here's Why Movie Dialogue Has Gotten More Difficult To Understand (And Three Ways To Fix It) - "When it comes to dialogue unintelligibility, one name looms above all others: Christopher Nolan. The director of "Tenet," "Interstellar," and "The Dark Knight Rises" is one of the most successful filmmakers of his generation, and he uses his power to make sure his films push the boundaries of sound design, often resulting in scenes in which audiences literally cannot understand what his characters say. And it's not just audiences who have trouble with some Nolan films: the director has even revealed that other filmmakers have reached out to him to complain about this issue in his movies. Donald Sylvester, who took home an Oscar for his work on "Ford v Ferrari" and is currently serving as the supervising sound editor of "Indiana Jones 5," says Nolan is a singular figure in this regard. "I think Christopher Nolan wears it as a badge of honor," Sylvester declares. "I don't think he cares. I think he wants people to give him bad publicity because then he can explain his methods to everybody and we can all learn. But I don't think other people actually understand it."... "In the case of Alejandro González Iñárritu, he did a movie ['Biutiful'] where all the dialogue was really dirty. They were in Spanish, but you weren't able to understand much. When I asked his sound designer about this issue, he told me the reason they wanted to keep the dirty dialogue was because the situation was so awful in the life of the character that it helped the feeling of depression. I told him, 'Yes, I think the audience got depressed because they couldn't understand anything!'"... "It seems to be a little bit of a fad with some actors to do the sort of soft delivery or under your breath delivery of some lines"... Mangini says that in the old days, "you could count on an actor's theatricality to deliver a line to the back seats." But acting styles have changed so dramatically over the years that it has become much more difficult to capture great sound on the set. When actors adopt that more naturalistic style, "it's even harder for the production sound mixer to capture really quality sound. Now we get those compromised microphone positions here in post-production, reaching for a dialogue line that is barely intelligible or maybe even mumbled because it's an acting style, and already, we're behind the 8-ball in trying to figure out a way to make all of those words intelligible."... "What we see from our brothers and sisters in production is a never-ending [complaint] that they don't get the respect they need to get the microphone where it needs to be to capture the sound clearly," Mangini says. "That's because as movies have matured in the last 15 years, movies have become more visually exciting. And because of that, it is less likely that you're going to be allowed to put that boom mic right where the actor is, because it's probably going to drop a shadow because it's in front of a light that the camera team insists has to exist to get the perfect look of the shot. So [the visuals have] taken precedence over what we hear."...  less time on set can have a negative effect on the sound crews. "There's more demand on crews to do many setups a day, and that could be a contributing factor"... One high-profile Hollywood sound professional who wishes to remain anonymous points to the evolution of technology as an ingredient. "The reason people don't remember having these same audio issues with older films is that [now] we have more: more tracks to play with, more options, therefore more expected and asked for from the sound editors," they say. "If you listen to, say, 'Four Weddings and a Funeral,' you'll hear every word ... the sound was cut on film back then, and with limited time, track count, and budget, these are the results you got."... "It might fall into the realm of the 'Jurassic Park' thing: they spend so much time realizing that they can do all these things, but not thinking about if they should do all these things."... One of the most fascinating things I learned when speaking with these folks is the gulf in quality that can sometimes occur between what a film sounds like in the mixing stages and what it can sound like when it plays in a multiplex... Mixing sound for theaters can be tough, but mixing sound specifically for streaming has its own set of challenges. "We, in fact, do a separate mix for streaming," Mangini says (although I later learned this isn't true for every single movie across the board). But since nothing is ever easy, another problem arises when streaming enters the picture: compression... different streamers have different specifications when it comes to their audio mixes. "Netflix has excellent specs in terms of dialogue norm and overall levels," he reveals. "They need a particular level in order to pass quality control, and the level is essentially based on the dialogue level throughout the length of the program."... There is yet another important variable in this sprawling equation, and it might be the most important one of all: the home theater experience. "Ultimately, the historical record of the film will not be seen in theaters, it will be what you see in your home theater," Karen Baker Landers says. "That's how most people see certain products. So you want it to be great.""

Do you know why there is a hole in the ceramic spoon? Is it to save the material? - "Actually, it is a very simple reason which starts with production, it is convenient to be hanged for firing in the kiln and save space... the worker finds this smart way which is to make a hole in the spoon to hang it in the kiln, it does not only save the space but also helps to fire the spoon evenly. Is not it convenient? Furthermore, it avoids to scratch it when hanged. All in all, the hole in the spoon is only for easy molding. By the way, why there is no hole in the glass spoon? It is because of the different manufacturing techniques. The spoon was made by machine, and it will polish one by one in the machine"
This was painful to read

(removed as it presumably got this post put behind a warning)

Thread by @thesheetztweetz on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App - "The FAA issues long-awaited environmental decision on SpaceX's Starship program in Boca Chica... SpaceX also must make $5,000 annual contributions to select organizations:
– Adopt-an-Ocelot program
– Endangered birds of prey non-profit
– Texas recreational fishing program
The FAA also has some (in my opinion) surprising requirements for SpaceX:
– Report on the Mexican and Civil wars
– highway pull-off & platform for viewing wildlife
– Starlink-powered wildlife viewing
Also, SpaceX employee shuttle from the city of Brownsville to Starbase"

Melissa Chen on Twitter - "NOW - Gov. Hochul: "In the state of New York, we're now requiring social media networks to monitor and report 'hateful conduct' on their platforms.""
"New York has become Singapore, but only in a bad way (speech codes), not the good ways (no crime, no homeless, no drugs)."

Thread by @TheFIREorg on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App - "Free speech makes free people.  Today, FIRE is expanding its free speech mission beyond college campuses to protect free speech — for all Americans.  For over 20 years, FIRE has led the charge defending campus free speech. But if we want to preserve democracy for tomorrow, we must mount a robust defense of free speech rights and culture today — on and off campus... That’s why today, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education is now the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression... FIRE’s $75 million expansion into off-campus free speech advocacy and defense focuses on three main areas of programming:
Litigation 👩‍⚖️
Public education 🧑‍🏫
Research 👨‍🔬"
Since the ACLU has fallen, this is welcome

NHS logging baby deaths as stillbirths ‘to avoid scrutiny’

Performance of UK National Health Service compared with other high income countries: observational study - "Healthcare systems of the UK and nine high income comparator countries: Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, and the US... The UK spent the least per capita on healthcare in 2017 compared with all other countries studied... The NHS showed pockets of good performance, including in health service outcomes, but spending, patient safety, and population health were all below average to average at best. Taken together, these results suggest that if the NHS wants to achieve comparable health outcomes at a time of growing demographic pressure, it may need to spend more to increase the supply of labour and long term care and reduce the declining trend in social spending to match levels of comparator countries."

Clearview AI has billions of our photos. Its entire client list was just stolen - "Clearview AI, a startup that compiles billions of photos for facial recognition technology, said it lost its entire client list to hackers... an intruder "gained unauthorized access" to its customer list, which includes police forces, law enforcement agencies and banks."
From 2020

Facebook - "In the post below, Saudi Officials welcome Pilgrims from Iran for the Hajj with gifts etc, as they do for all Muslims that arrive for Hajj. But in the comments you can see many stating that Iranians are not Muslims, they are Shia, why don't they just go to Karbala, etc etc. These comments make me think that the global Muslim community has no business identifying and condemning enemies of Islam from the outside when Muslims can be Muslims' worst enemy. Until we stop fighting each other, we can never achieve anything."
That's how the mind trick works, e.g. When people insist that Islam is against taking the lives of innocents, you just need to call those you don't like guilty to justify doing whatever you want to them

Meme - @patriot92serena Serena #DemocratPatriot: "Candace Owens does not speak for black people. She is a racist lying idiot who promotes propaganda, and hate. She deserves nothing but scorn and condemnation. Am I wrong? Prove it. I'm open for a good debate.
When said I'm open for a good debate, I meant with people who have the same beliefs as I do."

Meme - "HEY DUDE, YOU'RE A BIRD PERSON, RIGHT? CHECK OUT MY NEW WINE OPENER! IT'S A DUCK!"
"ORNITHOLOGISTS' CURSE OF KNOWLEDGE"

tom on Twitter - "I once photoshopped Waldo out of a where’s Waldo pic and sent it to my friends I offered to buy the winner winner a chicken dinner.
Needless to say all the chicken was mine."

Meme - "Better deal than the other? *Pizza*
6 in. 60 degrees. $1.50
7 in. 45 degrees. $1.70
Mixed Review of Problem Solving
I suddenly care about math"

Cox–Zucker machine - Wikipedia - "The name sounds similar to the obscenity "cocksucker". This was a deliberate move by Cox and Zucker, who conceived of the idea of coauthoring a paper when graduate students at Princeton for the express purpose of enabling this joke, a joke they followed through on while professors at Rutgers five years later. As Cox explained in a memorial tribute to Zucker in Notices of the American Mathematical Society in 2021: "A few weeks after we met, we realized that we had to write a joint paper because the combination of our last names, in the usual alphabetical order, is remarkably obscene.""

Meme - "The far right's obsession with fitness is going digital"
"Next article . "Far right is really into getting proper sleep""
"Far right obsessed with staying hydrated"

Escape The Echo Chamber - Posts | Facebook - "The stated problem: “extremism”. The authors’ proposed solution:
1. Indoctrinate our youth to not become extremists.
2. Make illegal acts even more illegal.
3. Erase the jurisdictional line between the FBI (domestic)and CIA (international).
Left undefined: “extremism”."

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