The Weekly Whatever: Worst Ever Edition (So Far)
Law and order
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Kentucky Republicans hold an event at a restaurant to honor one of the cops involved in the no-knock raid that killed Breonna Taylor. Retired officer Jonathan Mattingly treats them to photos and video of the shooting.
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A copy of the US “No Fly” list is found on an insecure server.
Crapto
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SWIFT interbank payments network will no longer process transfers of money to crapto, unless it’s over $100,000.
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Peter Thiel quietly cashed out all his cryptocurrency bets by the end of March 2022, even while continuing to encourage others to invest.
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Bitcoin and Ethereum are going up again? Yeah, about that…
Technology
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A Massachusetts school installed a fancy software-controlled lighting system to save energy. The lights have now been on continuously since 2021, because the fancy control system broke, and the system would cost $1.2m to replace. When they get the Chinese-made parts to perform repairs, they’re going to install some advanced backup technology known as an on/off switch.
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Wondering how ChatGPT does such a great job of refusing to generate toxic content? The answer is simple: Kenyan workers paid less than $2 an hour.
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C|net starts letting an AI write articles for its web site. Very stupid errors ensue.
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The Tesla self driving “demo” video was faked at Elon’s direction.
$8chan
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Elon owes about $1.5 billion in interest payments by the end of the month.
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Pre-Elon Twitter gave right-wingers special exemption from the rules in the period leading up to the January 6th attack on the capitol.
Permademic
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The Federal Reserve quietly comments that one reason the labor market is so tight is that there are half a million workers who are never returning to work — because they’re dead or suffering from long COVID.
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The World Health Organization says once again that masks are a good idea “for anyone in a crowded, enclosed, or poorly ventilated space”.
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A scientist writes about what having long COVID is like, even when you’re vaccinated.