Matt Willemsen @Nonog@fedibird.com

Musk, Starlink and hypocrisy: Elon's "Benedict Arnold" moment shows U.S. can't have it both ways
Are we going to regulate tech billionaires so they don't determine the outcome of Ukraine's fight, or nah?
https://www.salon.com/2023/09/08/musk-starlink-and-hypocrisy-elons-benedict-arnold-moment-shows-us-cant-have-it-both-ways/ #musk #stalinKKK #regulation #oligarchs

IRS Plans to Crack Down on 1,600 Millionaires for Back Taxes
IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel said that with a boost in federal funding and the help of artificial intelligence tools, the agency has new means of targeting wealthy people who have "cut corners" on their taxes.
He said 1,600 millionaires who owe at least $250,000 each in back taxes and 75 large business partnerships that have assets of roughly $10 billion on average are targeted for the new "compliance efforts."
https://www.voanews.com/a/irs-plans-to-crack-down-on-1-600-millionaires-for-back-taxes-/7260620.html #IRS #millionaires #BackTaxes #AI #compliance

Elon Musk’s X sues California over new social media transparency laws
The company, formerly known as Twitter, argued an assembly bill violates its free speech rights under the first amendment
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/08/elon-musk-twitter-lawsuit-california-free-speech #musk #x #california #SocialMedia #transparency

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Lithium discovery in US volcano could be biggest deposit ever found
A world-beating deposit of lithium along the Nevada–Oregon border could meet surging demand for this metal, according to a new analysis.
https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/lithium-discovery-in-us-volcano-could-be-biggest-deposit-ever-found/4018032.article #lithium #deposit #volcano #Nevada #oregon

Alarming Discovery: Mutating Bird Flu in China Raises Pandemic Fears
A study by researchers in China and Nottingham found that a subtype of the H3N8 avian influenza virus currently prevalent in Chinese poultry farms is undergoing mutations that facilitate airborne transmission and can cause severe infections in humans, raising fears of a potential pandemic.
https://scitechdaily.com/alarming-discovery-mutating-bird-flu-in-china-raises-pandemic-fears/ #Mutating #Bird #Flu #China #Pandemic #potential

Long-Term Variability in Pliocene North Pacific Ocean Export Production and Its Implications for Ocean Circulation in a Warmer World
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022AV000853

Pliocene Conveyer Belt in the Pacific
Ocean Drilling Program cores and helium isotopes put better constraints on the ocean circulation in the north Pacific.
https://eos.org/editor-highlights/pliocene-conveyer-belt-in-the-pacific #pliocene #ConveyorBelt #ocean #pacific #isotopes #PMOC #AMOC

Mars Has Far Fewer Minerals Than Earth Does
The development of plate tectonics and life on Earth provided avenues for mineral evolution that did not occur on Mars, resulting in relatively limited mineral diversity on the Red Planet.
https://eos.org/research-spotlights/mars-has-far-fewer-minerals-than-earth-does #mars #earth #minerals #life #evolution #tectonics

Centuries-old technique reveals hidden '3D' animals in Paleolithic cave art
The hidden animals were revealed on cave walls in Spain with 'Magic Eye'-style techniques.
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/centuries-old-technique-reveals-hidden-3d-animals-in-paleolithic-cave-art #paleolithic #CaveArt #technique #MagicEye

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WHAT SHOULD LASTPASS USERS DO?
According to MetaMask’s Monahan, users who stored any important passwords with LastPass — particularly those related to cryptocurrency accounts — should change those credentials immediately, and migrate any crypto holdings to new offline hardware wallets.
“Really the ONLY thing you need to read is this,” Monahan pleaded to her 70,000 followers on Twitter/X: “PLEASE DON’T KEEP ALL YOUR ASSETS IN A SINGLE KEY OR SECRET PHRASE FOR YEARS. THE END. Split up your assets. Get a hw [hardware] wallet.Migrate.Now.”

Experts Fear Crooks are Cracking Keys Stolen in LastPass Breach

a steady trickle of six-figure cryptocurrency heists targeting security-conscious people throughout the tech industry has led some security experts to conclude that crooks likely have succeeded at cracking open some of the stolen LastPass vaults.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/09/experts-fear-crooks-are-cracking-keys-stolen-in-lastpass-breach/ #LastPass #breach #keys #cracked #crypto

New Cause of Alzheimer’s Disease and Vascular Dementia Discovered
Ferroptosis, which is caused by a buildup of iron in cells, appears to be a major mechanism of white matter injury in Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia, according to a new study.
https://www.sci.news/othersciences/neuroscience/ferroptosis-alzheimers-disease-vascular-dementia-12242.html #alzheimers #vascular #dementia #Ferroptosis #iron #microglia #brain

How Ancient Dart Launchers Changed the Game for Early Female Hunters
A female archaeologist is challenging the idea of men as hunters and women as gatherers, one throw at a time.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/early-women-hunt-too #DartLunchers #atlatl #women #hunters #gender #roles

Scientists Identify Potential Treatment for Rare and Devastating Lung Disease
Researchers have potentially identified a treatment for the rare lung disease LAM, found in women of childbearing age. By targeting a newly discovered dysregulated pathway, two existing drugs might effectively treat and possibly cure LAM.
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-identify-potential-treatment-for-rare-and-devastating-lung-disease/ #LAM #lymphangioleiomyomatosis #lung #disease #treatment

‘Weird’ dinosaur prompts rethink of bird evolution
The fossil is as old as the ‘first bird’, Archaeopteryx, and might have specialized in running or wading instead of flying.
Fujianvenator prodigiosus, a bird-like dinosaur discovered near Nanping in China, had unusually long legs and did not seem equipped for flight
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02757-5 #dinosaur #bird #evolution #jurassic #running #wading #flying

Is Stress Gender-Blind? New Research Says No, and the Implications Are Huge
A recent mouse study could pave the way for personalized treatments for depression, anxiety, and other stress-induced conditions, which are known to impact men and women differently.
https://scitechdaily.com/is-stress-gender-blind-new-research-says-no-and-the-implications-are-huge/ #stress #gender Men #women #mice #depression #anxiety

10 times humans messed with nature and it backfired
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History is peppered with times when our patchy knowledge of natural systems has led to questionable interventions with unintended — and sometimes disastrous — consequences.
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/times-humans-messed-with-nature-and-it-backfired