SpaceX’s Starlink Review – Four Months In
July 22nd, 2021Via: Jeff Geerling:
Here’s the bottom line: Most of the time, I couldn’t tell I was using Starlink. And that’s good. Everything felt the same.
Daimler to Invest $47 Billion Into Electric Vehicle Production
July 22nd, 2021Via: Reuters:
Mercedes-Benz maker Daimler plans to invest more than 40 billion euros ($47 billion) by 2030 to be ready to take on Tesla in an all-electric car market, but warned the shift in technology would lead to job cuts.
Outlining its strategy for an electric future, the inventor of the modern motor car said on Thursday it would, with partners, build eight battery plants as it ramps up electric vehicle (EV) production.
Australian MP Says Unvaccinated People “Need to be Controlled and Restricted”
July 22nd, 2021Via: Summit News:
Australian MP Frank Pangallo says that what unvaccinated people are allowed to do in the community “will need to be controlled and restricted” by authorities.
The SA-Best Party legislator called on the Australian government, which has indicated it won’t make vaccine passport compulsory, to make them mandatory for access to “hospitality venues, public places, workplaces, and for travel,” reports Reclaim the Net.
Pangallo asserts that “vaxports” (vaccine passports) will be crucial to avoid the country suffering a “health and economic catastrophe.”
“While people might still have a choice whether or not to get vaccinated, what they can do in the community will need to be controlled and restricted,” said the MP.
In other words, those who refuse to take the vaccine should become second class citizens, be discriminated against and remain under de facto lockdown indefinitely.
Pelosi’s Trading Activity
July 21st, 2021Via: Unusual Whales:
Due to the interest in Pelosi’s trading after her NVDA, AAPL, and AMZN trades after releasing options, Mr. Whale thought it best to simply just show all her trades in one place.
In the House and the Senate reports Mr. Whale showed that both parties, no matter their allegiance, seem to be trading and often legislating to benefit their own positions.
Pelosi, or rather her spouse, seems no different. Here are one year returns for Pelosi at the current date, in her stocks and options positions.
So far, Pelosi’s family has done very well trading over the last year.
Her one year returns for her stocks is 45.59%, and her option returns are 66.7%.
This is pretty incredible, for an average return of her stocks and options is 56.15%. The S&P, with its raucous best performing year, is only up 36% from last June.
Dubai Makes Its Own Rain to Tackle 122F Heat
July 21st, 2021Via: Daily Mail:
The United Arab Emirates is creating its own rain using drones that fly into clouds and unleash electrical charges to beat the sweltering 122 degrees Fahrenheit (50 degrees Celsius) heat.
The rain is formed using drone technology that gives clouds an electric shock to ‘cajole them’ into clumping together and producing precipitation.
The UAE is one of the most arid countries on Earth, and it hopes the technique could help to increase its meagre annual rainfall.
And it is working. Video footage released by the UAE’s National Center of Meteorology shows monsoon-like downpours across the country which create a sheet of rain on the highways.
The Strangest Encounters With Unidentified Aircraft We’ve Found In The FAA’s Huge Database
July 20th, 2021Via: The Warzone:
The War Zone has begun to analyze some of the thousands of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) drone and unidentified aircraft incident reports collected in our new mapping tool. Several of these reports describe incidents that have been featured in our previous stories, including one that showcased nearly two dozen unusual incidents involving military aircraft or training ranges. However, many of them have provided leads on new and highly unusual incidents, ranging from puzzling high altitude encounters to craft described as cylinders and even discs.
Bill Gates and George Soros Buying UK COVID Test Company Mologic
July 20th, 2021Via: The Times:
George Soros and Bill Gates are part of a consortium acquiring a British developer of rapid-testing technology, including for Covid-19 and tropical diseases, to turn it into a social enterprise.
The group, led by the Soros Economic Development Fund, an investment division of the billionaire philanthropist’s Open Society Foundations, is investing at least £30 million in Mologic, which develops lateral flow and fast diagnostic technologies.
More: Why Are Soros And Gates Buying UK COVID Testing Company?
What’s It Like Hauling Nuclear Weapons Across The Country?
July 20th, 2021Via: FreightWaves:
Listening to the radio or music is allowable so long as it does not interfere with convoy communications, Johnson said.
Children Using Juice, Soft Drinks to Cause False Positives on COVID Tests
July 19th, 2021Via: BBC:
First, I thought it best to check the claims, so I cracked open bottles of cola and orange juice, then deposited a few drops directly onto LFTs. Sure enough, a few minutes later, two lines appeared on each test, supposedly indicating the presence of the virus that causes Covid-19.
Israeli NSO Group’s Spyware Used to Target Activists, Journalists, and Political Leaders Globally
July 19th, 2021Via: Amnesty International:
NSO Group’s spyware has been used to facilitate human rights violations around the world on a massive scale, according to a major investigation into the leak of 50,000 phone numbers of potential surveillance targets. These include heads of state, activists and journalists, including Jamal Khashoggi’s family.
More: Revealed: Leak Uncovers Global Abuse of Cyber-Surveillance Weapon
