Afternoon Tea 6.2.21 - Nuclear Flash Cards

Study apps expose nuclear secrets, the NYPD did exactly what it looked like during the looting last year, Iran lost a war ship, and a mob boss is serving up his own Tea in Turkey. It’s Wednesday, June 2nd 2021, and this is your domestic Tea.

US Soldiers Expose Nuclear Weapons Secrets Via Flashcard Apps (Bellingcat) Remember flashcards? Not only do they come in app form, they can also leak secrets on the specifics of the nuclear arsenal possessed by the United States.

Exclusive: NYPD Took Hours to Respond to Mass Looting, Despite Quickly Cracking Down on Protests (The Intercept) Last year, anyone in the streets could have told you that the cops gave the looters all the latitude they needed. Helped to shape the narrative, plus the cops proved they could immediately clamp down when they wanted to at the same time.

Iran’s largest warship catches fire, sinks in Gulf of Oman (Associated Press) When you mine a large body of water, you might want to make sure you can avoid those mines. I’m not saying Iran sunk its own battleship, I’m saying that if that is what happened, I won’t be surprised.

A Mob Boss’s YouTube Channel Is Causing Political Havoc in Turkey (VICE) Using YouTube to out corrupt politicians is a rare, unqualified good & hilarious thing to come out of YouTube.

Elites Tremble as Peru Leftist Taps Anger Over Rising Inequality (Bloomberg)

J&J to Pay $2.1 Billion Talc Award as Top Court Nixes Appeal (Bloomberg) I know there was a reason at one point, but I cannot understand how someone looked at talc powder and said, “You know what? This isn’t cheap enough. Let’s cut it with asbestos.”

West Virginia To Give Away Guns As Covid-19 Vaccine Incentive (Forbes) Can we not?

Arizona wants to use Zyklon B to execute inmates on death row (Jerusalem Post) “Can we not?”: The Sequel

Amazon devices will soon automatically share your Internet with neighbors (Ars Technica) If you use Amazon devices like Echo units, you may want to disable “Amazon Sidewalk” which would automatically connect your IoT devices to others that you don’t own, when they can’t get internet. My advice? Be cool with those devices momentarily not having internet and don’t join the experimental mesh net.

This is the most detailed look at individual atoms ever captured (New Scientist) New atom photos just dropped. We’re getting pretty close now.

Song of the Tea: Wavetraxx has been making classic, hard, dank af trance since I discovered them in 2003. You have to appreciate the consistency and love of the game on that one. I don’t even think Gen Z has heard trance, except maybe on Twitch streams?

Three minutes no words, let it build and blow you away.

Yours,