October 2019 - cypherpunks - lists.cpunks.org

‘Magic Mushroom’ Chemical Harvested From Bacteria For the First Time
by jim bell 02 Oct '19

02 Oct '19

https://www.newsbreakapp.com/n/0MyWdjuf?s=a3&pd=02h1yVjC ‘Magic Mushroom’ Chemical Harvested From Bacteria For the First Time Gizmodo New research shows that psilocybin—the psychoactive compound that puts the magic in magic mushrooms—can be made by bioengineered bacteria, highlighting a potential new way of mass-producing the valued chemical. Shared from News Break Jim Bell's comment: No point in making psilocybin. The unphosphorylated stuff is psilocin, and that's all you need.

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"the biggest and fastest computers" - Fwd: What They Haven't Told You about Climate Change - Patrick More - Trump was right again
by Zenaan Harkness 02 Oct '19

02 Oct '19

OK I fess up, the subject takes a quote directly from the 'tube - but this monologue by Greenpeace co-founder Patrick More is mostly about that dreaded of all dreadeds <spooky musak please> Climate ... Change This one, despite its references to big computers, is worth forwarding to yer ma. ----- Forwarded message from Gil May <gilmay97(a)gmail.com> ----- From: Gil May <gilmay97(a)gmail.com> Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 18:00:19 +1000 Subject: Fwd: What They Haven't Told You about Climate Change *What They Haven't Told You about Climate Change* Patrick More co-founder of Greenpeace for Prager University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkdbSxyXftc&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0C7… ----- End forwarded message -----

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The Daily Beast: Elizabeth Warren Tears Into Facebook Over Leaked Mark Zuckerberg Audio
by jim bell 02 Oct '19

02 Oct '19

The Daily Beast: Elizabeth Warren Tears Into Facebook Over Leaked Mark Zuckerberg Audio. https://www.thedailybeast.com/elizabeth-warren-tears-into-facebook-over-lea… I suppose I should be happy to see Zuckerberg and Warren fighting. "Yay !!!!!" Jim Bell

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How LRAD Went From a Pirate Deterrent to a Police Crowd-Control Tool
by jim bell 01 Oct '19

01 Oct '19

It's possible this could be fought by building a fairly large corner-cube retroreflector and aiming it at the source of the sound. While that might not be precise, it would send a lot of sound back to the area around the emitter. Jim Bell https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-lrad-went-from-a-pirate-deterrent-to-…

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