The Weekly Whatever: A Fungible Non-Token
News from Texas
ERCOT accidentally overcharged power companies $16 billion during the Texas power crisis, but Texas has no plans to revise the bills, and one power cooperative has already filed for bankruptcy after receiving a bill for $1.8 billion.
In 2020, Greg Abbott said a 10% test positivity rate was a warning flag requiring action. In 2021, a 12.49% positivity rate means it's time to end all precautions. In related news, Houston is the first city to have every new COVID strain.
Alex Jones wishes he'd never gotten involved with Donald Trump.
Stupidity outside Texas
Arizona Republican Joseph Chaplik wants to know why nobody talked about masks during the AIDS epidemic.
Self-described "leading digital security expert" John McAfee was indicted because he planned his alleged crimes via Twitter DMs.
Science
NASA needs to rename the James Webb Space Telescope.
Science confirms that people literally don't know when to shut the fuck up.
Misinformation gets the most traffic on Facebook — but only right-wing misinformation.
Want to visit China? Be ready to bow down.
Other news
CPAC's designers swear that the stage being the shape of a Nazi rune was a total accident, but Hyatt Hotels aren't happy.
Nursing home for Japanese-American seniors took on profitable COVID patients, leading to 97 deaths.
Google built a search engine for black businesses for Black History Month, but racists soon found a use for it.
Michael Jackson may be gone, but Bubbles is alive and well.
Rudy Giuliani's daughter says threesomes made her a better person.