Friday Links - 11 August

The Other McCain starts things rolling with Who Is ‘Negasi Zuberi’? Bets on if he's a serial killer?

Because of the unusual and terrifying nature of the case — a woman escaping from a “makeshift cell” — journalists have done a good bit of follow-up reporting on the suspect known as “Negasi Zuberi,” and among the things they’ve learned is that his original name appears to be Justin Hyche. This was the name by which he was known as a student at Tuscaloosa County High School in Northport, Alabama.

Adaptive Curmudgeon - Still Temporarily Off Line

We are all mortal.

I am healthy. A loved one is not. The clock ticks loudly. I hear the universe in my ear. I see it in my heart.

Legal Insurrection - U. Nebraska-Lincoln ‘Black Public Media Residency’ Challenged By Equal Protection Project

Artist in Residence must be black, but once selected, can bring another person (black or not) at the other person’s own expense.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 8 August 2023: Pieces Of 7.95 Edition

One of the videos purportedly showing magnetic levitation of much-hyped potential room-temperature superconductor LK-99 has been retracted and taken down. (Tom's Hardware)

Ars Technica - Author discovers AI-generated counterfeit books written in her name on Amazon

In a blog post titled "I Would Rather See My Books Get Pirated Than This (Or: Why Goodreads and Amazon Are Becoming Dumpster Fires)," published on Monday, [Jane] Friedman detailed her struggle with the counterfeit books.

Mike Rowe's The Way I Heard It - merica’s Hardest Working Garbage Man (Ep. 337)

Chad and his merry band of do-gooders have pulled over 13 million pounds of trash out of our rivers.

Hot Air - January 6th committee didn't turn over its records to the House

This is blatantly illegal.

One might almost call it an attack on the Constitution and our legal system.

Jihad Watch - Washington Post publishes puff piece on ‘Palestinian’ jihad terror group

Of course it did. What would have been surprising would have been if the WaPo had published a puff piece about foes of jihad violence and Sharia oppression of women.

Irons in the Fire - Well, isn't that just amazing, a Democrat-run kangaroo court that didn't bother to keep records

they should have. Of course, they claim "We sent everything except what we don't have to. Which just happens to cover a lot of what you're looking for."

Clayton Cramer - Shocking Consequences to Laziness

Whatever the problem is that TSMC is having, I fear that the Great Resignation (much of which is laziness and too many wealthy and spoiled young people) and failure to teach young people the importance of work is driving this. Civilizations have certain basic values they must maintain to continue and I think we are failing.