User habits, global internet and rare earths + this day in history w/the disappearance of Flight 19 and our song of the day by Bassnectar on your Morning Monarchy for December 5, 2017.
Notes/Links:
Conyers Will “Retire” Congress in Wake of Harassment Claims
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/05/us/politics/john-conyers-election.html
#MergersAndAcquisitions: AT&T And #TimeWarner Say Proposed Merger Is ‘Pro-Consumer’ // What’s next for challenged AT&T, Time Warner deal? (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/937944765131141121
Spotify Unearths More Hilarious User Habits in Global Outdoor Ads for the Holidays
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/936461323201789953
The day of Bitcoin privacy reckoning is coming. DHS “monitoring” Bitcoin, says White House (Audio)
https://twitter.com/kristovatlas/status/936354123645181953
Venezuela to launch cryptocurrency to fight ‘blockade’: Maduro
https://twitter.com/boozeleprechaun/status/937416096315052033
#Venezuela Will Launch An Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency // #Cryptocurrency an Option for Venezuela (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/937950118023634944
China stresses cyber sovereignty approach – but keeps open mind about global internet
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/937878350202155008
#China wants a more controlled global internet (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/937950935870877696
China Focus: China’s satellite sends unbreakable cipher from space
https://twitter.com/f196867/status/938064101653311488
Revealed: Details of new Australian national facial recognition system
https://twitter.com/brocwest/status/937595298234298368
New software can verify someone’s identity by their DNA in minutes
https://twitter.com/shartstorm8d8/status/936246841980489729
Govt sued over secretive tattoo-recognition tech
https://twitter.com/DRUDGE_REPORT/status/936366808415707137
NBA’s Golden State Warriors Spied on Fans Via Smartphone App, Lawsuit Alleges
https://twitter.com/CJ1517/status/934980882192044032
Australian government upholds dismissal of sneaky golfer who shielded his employer-issued tracking device in a chip-bag
https://twitter.com/boozeleprechaun/status/936791200643784706
After 37 years, Voyager 1 has fired up its trajectory thrusters
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/936810327554998272
#Voyager1 Spacecraft Thrusters Fired Up For First Time Since 1980 (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/937951569005371393
Airliners And F-15s Involved In Bizarre Encounter With Mystery Aircraft Over Oregon
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/931730809249288192
Mystery UFO Over #Oregon Ditches Fighter Jets, Radar (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/937952156367257600
How will humanity react to alien life? Psychologists have some predictions.
https://twitter.com/ClydeLewis/status/937775702073532416
Astronauts make out-of-this-world pizza on the ISS
https://twitter.com/PressTV/status/937953738450440192
High Concentrations of #RareEarth Elements Found in American #Coal Basins // Rare earths in ‘several’ American coal basins, including #WestVirginia
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/937019553854271488
#ThisDayInHistory: #December5 w/@USNavy’s #Flight19 aircraft squadron lost in the #BermudaTriangle in 1945 (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/938108692884422656
+ California #GoldRush, #ProhibitionRepealDay, #GreatSmog in London, #JohnLennon’s last interview, ‘#OBrotherWhereArtThou’ soundtrack released
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/938109330666135552
Flashback: Cusack Says Coffin Photo Ban ‘Most Cowardly Political Act’ (Dec. 5, 2007)
https://mediamonarchy.com/2007/12/cusack-coffin-photo-ban-most-cowardly/
Flashback: Oregon Ham Radio Operators Were Emergency Heroes (Dec. 5, 2007)
https://mediamonarchy.com/2007/12/oregon-ham-radio-operators-were/
+ #FritzLang, #WaltDisney, #OttoPreminger, #SonnyBoyWilliamson, #LittleRichard, #JJCale, #JimMessina, the real #DoctorDre, @MargaretCho, #NickStahl birthdays
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/938110737196597248
#PumpUpThaVolume: Bassnectar – Slather” (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/937943218129289216