#MorningMonarchy: July 21, 2020

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Platform hack, circular objects and the revenge of Flippy the robot + this day in history w/the Lillehammer affair and our song of the day by Moby w/D.H. Peligro on your Morning Monarchy for July 21, 2020.

Notes/Links:

Is Twitter Hiding A Screenshot Of Its Trend And Search Blacklist Tools?
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/1283601384038858752

Platform hack reveals a tool that can manually blacklist users (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1285466132539830273

"Zero Logs" Company UFO VPN Exposes Millions Of User Logs
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/1284923065370017796

With a single wiretap, police collected 9.2 million text messages
https://twitter.com/hsianghui/status/1284921712367173632

Facebook, Whatsapp Get Federal Court Go-Ahead To Sue Israeli Surveillance Firm #NSO In Malware Exploit Case
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1284313821209694208

Google faces $5 BILLION lawsuit over tracking users' activities even in ‘private’ mode
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/1283265684181590016

Couple under house arrest after testing positive for #COVID-19
https://twitter.com/NOTDumPhuk/status/1284868264825413634

Bank Of England Governor Signals Central Bank Digital Currency Is Coming
https://twitter.com/NOTDumPhuk/status/1285309459946967043

Astronomers Discover Four Never-Before-Seen Circular Radio Objects in Deep Space
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/1283967477463089155

Four Mysterious Unidentified Circular Objects Discovered In Space (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1285468020488339457

Yukimaru the drone dog flies over Oji town in Nara, Japan, where he’s the mascot.
https://twitter.com/Bo0zeLeprechaun/status/1283062387357167620

I hope he ends up like Flying Pig
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1285464248210960384

Android government worker 'knows' exactly how to help you!
https://twitter.com/CourageSower/status/1283260338549358593

Demand for robot cooks rises as kitchens combat COVID-19 // White Castle testing 'Flippy' kitchen robot to reduce human contact during COVID-19
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1283942080595681286

Flippy the burger-cooking robot has a cousin with a White Castle gig (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1285462610184306689

#ThisDayInHistory: #July21 w/Mossad agents kill a waiter in 1973 whom they mistakenly thought was involved in the previous year's Munich Olympics Massacre. (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1285635396051894273

+ #Scopes monkey trial ends, Stauffenberg whacked, #AtomsForPeace, #MoonMaiden, #BloodyFriday, #AppetiteForDestruction, @alyankovic's #UHF, #HelloNasty tour starts, the other 2005 London bombings
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1285635398694248449

Flashback: Econocrash Updates: Competing Currencies & Scary Graphs // Video: Competing currency being accepted in Michigan // Half of US have less than $2k banked for 'retirement' // Markets dive as Bernanke speaks // Goldman pays largest bank fine in history - makes it back in a day // Obama signs 'sweeping financial overhaul' into law // The scariest unemployment graph I've seen yet // US financial bailout figure hits $3.7t // Prominent hedge fund manager's Idaho ranch: "It would be a place you could hole up in" // ‘Darth Vader' robs NY bank (Jul. 21, 2010)
https://mediamonarchy.com/econocrash-updates-competing-currencies-scary-graphs/

Flashback: Google’s Wi-Spying & Intel Ties Prompt Call for Congressional Hearing // Consumer watchdog wants hearings on Google's ties to CIA/NSA //
https://mediamonarchy.com/googles-wi-spying-intel-ties-prompt-call-for-congressional-hearing/

+ #ErnestHemingway, #MarshallMcLuhan, #DonKnotts, #JanetReno, #KimFowley, #JohnNegroponte, #PaulWellstone, #KenStarr, @RealJonLovitz, #CharlotteGainsbourg, #DamianMarley, MM'er ASTRO birthdays
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1285635400984399875

#PumpUpThaVolume: Moby (@TheLittleIdiot) - "Power Is Taken" (w/D.H. Peligro) (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1285419401215217666