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Tuesday, September 28, 2021
THE HAPPENING WORLD: To Be Fair, Who Hasn't Done This?
"A former forestry student-turned-shaman & yoga teacher has been charged with starting a huge California wildfire that has destroyed 41 homes... after claiming the blaze was triggered accidentally while she tried to boil bear urine so she could drink it." https://t.co/FBqoiaCFl7
— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) September 27, 2021
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14:27
CONTEXT: The Long Road to Rocket Reusability
In related news, Starship SN20 lost a number of its thermal protection tiles in the nosecone area during a vent of the header tank yesterday.
Ship 20 lost some tiles during testing.
— Michael Baylor (@nextspaceflight) September 27, 2021
Live views: https://t.co/AKG2G3Lid1 pic.twitter.com/oDkextThlb
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14:00
CONTINUITY: The Great Jerusalem Artichoke Scam
This story about great American Artichoke scam is a fascinating read… https://t.co/l3T28x8GL9
— Joe McAuliffe (@JoeMcAuliffe17) September 28, 2021
The “weed that whips OPEC”. … “… Jerusalem artichokes were the antidote to global banking, OPEC, the Trilateral Commission, the Rothschilds, the evils of Big Ag, and Ayatollah Khomeini.”
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13:03
THE HAPPENING WORLD: Tesla Announces “Full Self-Driving” Beta 10.2—Prioritised by Customers' “Safety Rating”
Wow, lot of interest in FSD beta! Plan is to roll out version 10.2 midnight Friday, then on-ramp ~1000 owners/day, prioritized by safety rating.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 28, 2021
Here is more about the Tesla “Safety Score” from 2021-09-25. One hopes a swarm of contingency fee lawyers are poring over Tesla's customer agreements and licenses to see if this panopticon surveillance and coercion to enable it violates the “shrink wrap license” shield Tesla has erected against liability and failure to perform under claims of “self-driving”.
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11:50
TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS: Gigantiops destructor—The Celebrated Jumping Ant of Amazonia
Here is more on Gigantiops destructor. How do they do it?
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11:18