CRANKY OLD FART’S BROWSER HISTORY #385  [archive] NOV. 23, 2023

The story of Thanksgiving and the National Day of Mourning
Could a chess match against a grandmaster be won with remote-controlled sex toys? Israel-Hamas war is deadliest conflict on record for reporters, says watchdog
How Facebook is fucking the news in Canada
    More than lawyers, more even than politicians, it’s the billionaires who make the manufacture of guillotines seem increasingly necessary.
    We the people have been far too patient with our billionaire overlords.

Will ProPublica cross a picket line by publishing its next big scoop? How the Kennedy assassination helped make network TV news wealthy  

How to spot fake fucking news After Albuquerque victory, could all of New Mexico adopt free transit? Observations of a new cane user 

Big Pharma fought drug pricing reform with record $7.5M dark money donation We almost got a superhero movie from Exorcist director William Friedkin

Hoston public schools show students “Do your own research” video mocking climate change  Baltimore Colts owner: “I am prejudiced against because I’m a rich, white billionaire” 

• Amusing, Interesting, Outrageous, or Profound
    AIOP is my Lemmy page, for anything that’s (in my opinion) amusing, interesting, outrageous, or profound. It’s mostly a rough draft of this page, but you’re invited to stop by.

♫♬  MUSIC  ♫ American Idiot — Green Day Death to My Hometown — Bruce Springsteen Dumb All Over — Frank Zappa The Rainbow Connection — The Chicks Zone — Rhythm Makers 

⚰️  OBITUARIES  ⚰️
Viktor Belenko
Russian traitor, American hero John Chillingworth
Irish Republican Army  Bob Contant
proprietor, St. Mark’s Bookshop
(they sold my zine) Hoosen Jerry Coovadia
HIV researcher James Gaines
homeless gent Willie Hernández
baseballer, Detroit Tigers Dan Walsh
went way underwater Mars Williams
jazzy guy, Psychedelic Furs