The Weekly Whatever: Much wow
Science
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People who oppose the scientific consensus believe they have the highest level of science knowledge. Oddly enough, the exact opposite is the case.
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CDC decides to give up recommending COVID-19 precautions because nobody’s following them anyway.
Crapto
- Collapsed cryptocurrency hedge fund Three Arrows Capital leaves behind the founders’ $150m superyacht named “Much Wow”.
Business
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Founder of WeWork launches another real estate startup, and somehow gets Andreessen Horowitz to invest $350m in it.
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Epson inkjet printers are designed to stop working permanently.
Texas
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Texas energy advisory committee has only one representative to represent renewable energy, and he’s been asking if wind farms change the earth’s magnetic field.
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Greg Abbott finally does something about school shootings in Texas: He pays Chuck Norris to appear in a TV ad.
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Texas Child Protective Services employee is fired for suggesting to a 14-year-old that she consider sex work.
Miscellaneous
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Colorado police end standoff after 5 hours when they realize nobody is inside the house.
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Professor who studies housing discrimination has his home valued at $472,000 and is denied a loan. A few months later he gets a white colleague to pretend to be the homeowner, and the same company values the house at $750,000.