Link round-up for 1 March 2025

Various interesting stuff I ran across on the net over the last week.

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It's so ironic.

Some guys just will not help with the domestic chores.

Lord Vader carries out an inspection.

This bear removal plan seems foolproof.

The transport is under siege.

Faces, faces everywhere!

The rock came.

Find out which honey is endorsed by the bear.

A serious video that gets a million views on YouTube is considered very successful, but this video of the "Baby Shark" song has well over fifteen billion views, almost two for every person on Earth.

Lady M posts some spooky pictures of local sights.

Yikes, flying whales!

It's time to break the ice.

You can store a lot of stuff in this drawer.

Impressive optical illusion here.

I guess he's teaching them how to kill snakes?

See a short animated clip from more than five thousand years ago.

Esme's Cloud celebrates the Giant's Causeway of Scotland and Ireland.

Take a short ride through the back streets of Lisbon.

Nice view here of Manhattan from above.

A tornado arises.

See the destructive power of lightning.

Birds are assholes.

The Vikings generally had very poor health by today's standards.  I suspect that this would be true of most populations before modern medicine.

The giant phantom jelly is rarely seen despite its size (found via SickoRicko (NSFW blog, requires Blogspot login) who has more pictures and a video).

Behold, yet another of the abominations of the sea.

Mice offer "first aid" to other mice they find unconscious.

If you're worried about toxic metal in your water, try making tea.

The megatrumpazoids are considering de-funding the development of a bird flu vaccine.

In most cases, a fallout shelter wouldn't do much to protect you from a nuclear detonation.

That "city-killer" asteroid really has only a one-in-a-hundred-thousand chance of hitting the Earth in 2032, according to the European Space Agency.

In one case, Vesuvius turned an ancient Roman's brain into glass.  We still have some of the glass.

Not only is Firefox the best browser, it even has its own e-mail service without built-in "AI" nuisances.  However, it's now introducing terms of use, although it's hard for me to tell from this how bad it is.

Renewable energy surged in the US in 2024 to produce 24% of total electricity, with solar growing especially strongly.

These seven common false beliefs are doing real harm to people (found via Miss Cellania).

Here's a "script" to "debloat" a new Windows computer (I don't actually understand this, but it may be useful to somebody).

Tuberculosis is spreading through several red states.

This is what they're now spending our tax money on (found via Earth-Bound Misfit).

Here are some warning signs that you're in a cult.

Elon Musk claimed that this photo shows a mob attack on a British hospital.  It's actually a still from a Batman movie.

How long must he endure this pain?

A drunk who apparently doesn't understand about recording devices tries to bribe a police officer.

Religion leaves its mark.

Body panels are falling off of Cybertrucks; some panels seem to be just glued on rather than attached properly.  Maybe owners should try duct tape.

Learn what vaginoplasty and phalloplasty actually do (disturbing).

The Supreme Court has ruled favorably toward New York state's cheap-broadband law.

This start-up (scroll down) sells a temperature-controlled mattress cover that costs over two thousand dollars and requires an internet connection -- and may enable the company to spy on you while in bed.

Musk is now trying to re-hire air traffic controllers he just got rid of.

Leaving aside "the big picture", how do you expect to be personally affected by Trump's presidency?

Remote workers being dragged back to offices face horrifically intrusive surveillance technology.

How do you cope with the depressing effects of the news?  Here's a tip that may help to reduce worry in these trying times.

Good round-up of tips here for avoiding scams.

It's important for everyone to speak out against anti-Semitism.

Here's a "shop blue list" of companies that don't support right-wing causes.

Indiana is safe from the menace of Dolly Parton.

From JD Vance's family, an illustration of the vital importance of vaccines.

Yes, porn is bad, but banning it would only make things worse.

Here's yet another victim of the for-profit healthcare scam.

Airbnb hosts are abandoning the company because its co-founder is working with DOGE.

Here's a good round-up of inspiring images for the class war.

Artists remember Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir.

With the billionaire-owned MSM now largely neutered, local news is stepping up, doing the tough investigative work needed to reveal the truth about DOGE.

Some Democrats are going all out to resist.

Luigi Mangione's lawyer says there have been serious irregularities in the case.

The Dallas Morning News goes over to the bad guys, dropping Doonesbury because it's too anti-Trump.

US EV battery production capacity will rise sharply this year.  But the US car industry as a whole will be badly buggered up if Trump imposes tariffs on Mexico and Canada.

The much-hyped Epstein files release event didn't actually reveal any new information.  Suspicions remain.

When you know you can't win the argument, silence your opponent.

Authoritarian workplaces prime Americans for authoritarian politics.

The MSM tell lies about the murder of Jews.

David Dayen declares that Trump's coup has failed and that more and more Republicans will turn against him.

As the Texas measles epidemic spreads, even many anti-vax nutcases are getting their kids vaccinated.

No, there are not going to be any "DOGE dividend" checks coming.

A brave woman in Idaho scores a win for public participation.

Be accepting of those who leave the MAGA cult.  We do not have so many allies that we can afford to spurn them.

No way in Hell this guy should have been let out so early.  Whoever negotiated that plea deal should be fired.

Elon Musk's wealth has decreased by more than $100 billion since December due to the fall of Tesla's stock.  This is a boycott that will make a difference.

The loathsome Andrew Tate is back in the US, and not many are happy about it.

Democrats are becoming unified around opposition to billionaires, but not much else (that's an important start, though).  73% of US voters, including 63% of Republicans, think that billionaires have too much influence over the government.  More and more of them understand what Trump is doing and don't like it.

Joe Rogan is no longer the most popular podcast in the US, having been overtaken by MeidasTouch.

Some Republican senators are turning on Trump over the Ukraine issue (this was written before the Friday tantrum).

A victim of flagrant racism is filing a lawsuit in California.

Trump seems to have backed down about eliminating thousands of National Park Service employees, following a public outcry.  Keep up the pressure.  It's working.

Hackers, apparently North Korean, have stolen $1.5 billion worth of cryptocurrency from an exchange based in Dubai, sending shock waves through the cryptocurrencytardosphere.  Crypto has been crashing in value this week.

There is value in forcing the bad guys to go on-record (this is a senator from Connecticut).

Farmers are being hit hard by the federal spending freeze.

Robert Reich points out ten positive trends working against Musk and Trump.

The breakdown of federal food safety standards means that US food exports are now a health hazard for other countries.

Be like Denmark.

Germany is repurposing car factories to produce weapons for Ukraine.

Spain's government is advancing a law to reduce work hours with no decrease in pay.

Ukraine observes three years of war.

This is how a good leader thinks.

See Russian military vehicles getting blown up by Ukrainian drones.  More here.  Then there's this warehouse full of rockets.

Russia is sending crippled soldiers back into battle as cannon fodder.

Trump's embarrassing tantrum at Zelensky swept away any remaining hopes that his administration can manage alliances rationally.  The need for Europe to act on its own is clearer than ever, and European leaders have been quick to rally in support of Zelensky.  The Kyiv Independent calls on Americans to speak out to Congress.

More links at Red State Blues and WAHF.

My own posts this week:  some truths and inspirations, the new rise of Europe, and a video on mosquito eradication.

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