Shift economy, a missing piece of gaming history and Sirius satellites + this day in history w/trouble if US tech companies won’t support the Pentagon and our song of the day by Conspiracy Theorists on your #MorningMonarchy for December 10, 2024.
Notes/Links:
TRAV_EL BAN! South Korea’s President Yoon is banned from traveling abroad after martial law chaos
https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-martial-law-yoon-a196573506375f39d5645843bcf87828
Trump Plans to Pardon Jan. 6 Defendants on First Day in Office; The renewed promise was made in the wake of Biden’s controversial decision to pardon his son in an expansive use of pardon power.
https://archive.is/PqPHD
Trump Tariffs will Trigger Global Trade War, with Gold and Silver Set to Benefit
https://www.bullionstar.us/blogs/ronan-manly/trump-tariffs-will-trigger-global-trade-war-with-gold-and-silver-set-to-benefit/
Video: Gold: Choose Your Own Path (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4d45JJzMGY
Hood Internet – “Solid Gold From New York” (AZ w/Ghostface x The Golden Filter // Audio)
https://www.thehoodinternet.com/tmv4 // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hood_Internet
A Kid Made $50,000 Dumping Crypto He’d Created. Then Came the Backlash; In less than 10 minutes, a US teen made a small fortune selling off a memecoin he’d made on a lark. Traders, feeling swindled, sought revenge.
https://web.archive.org/web/20241208174909/https://www.wired.com/story/memecoin-kid-backlash/
A missing piece of NES history is finally coming to Switch; NES Tetris, the gold standard for competitive Tetris play, has never been rereleased before
https://www.polygon.com/news/489871/nes-tetris-nintendo-switch-online-announcement
Videos: 1990 – Tetris NES Commercial // Tetris (The Nintendo Version) Commercial // Tetris for NES Commercial (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-51zUe6xzs // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xva1DumMC0A // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyLN0kU_Ths
Video: Gaming Historian – “The Story of Tetris”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fQtxKmgJC8
Video: Powerglove – “Tetris (Themes B and C)” (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeuF9UNbOrU // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerglove_(band)
Webb telescope confirms the universe is expanding at an unexpected rate
https://www.reuters.com/science/webb-telescope-confirms-universe-is-expanding-an-unexpected-rate-2024-12-09/
Video: The Universe Is Expanding (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U1-OmAICpU
SiriusXM’s ‘Frustrating’ Rules for Cancelling Broke Consumer Protection Law, Judge Says; Though he rejected claims of fraud and deception, the judge says that the company needs to make it simpler for subscribers to quit the service.
https://archive.is/PLIHh
SpaceX launches latest broadcast satellite for SiriusXM on Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center
https://spaceflightnow.com/2024/12/05/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-latest-broadcast-satellite-for-siriusxm-on-falcon-9-rocket-from-the-kennedy-space-center/
Video: Blastoff! SpaceX launches SiriusXM satellite from Florida, nails landing (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPVHykaHWCE
Boom Boom Satellites – “Bump Over Hills” (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLUCIR0A4dI // https://www.whosampled.com/sample/723117/Boom-Boom-Satellites-Bump-Over-Hills-Malcolm-McLaren-Buffalo-Gals-(Extended)/ // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appleseed_(2004_film)#Music
#ThisDayInHistory/#MorningMonarchy: December 10, 2018 – Senate Defies Trump With A Vote On U.S. Support For The Saudi-Backed War In #Yemen (Audio)
https://mediamonarchy.com/20181210morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: December 10, 2018. ♬ Guided By Voices & Maximo Park
https://mediamonarchy.com/20181210pumpupthavolume/
#ThisDayInHistory/#MorningMonarchy: December 10, 2019 – Amazon’s Jeff Bezos – We’re in trouble if US tech companies won’t support the Pentagon (Audio)
https://mediamonarchy.com/20191210morningmonarchy/
#ThisDayInHistory/#MorningMonarchy: December 10, 2020 – Tracing the roots of the anti-mask movement (Audio)
https://mediamonarchy.com/20201210morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: December 10, 2020 ♬ !!! (Chk Chk Chk) & Polyrhythmics
https://mediamonarchy.com/20201210pumpupthavolume/
#ThisDayInHistory/#MorningMonarchy: December 10, 2021 – David Icke explains Globalization in 34 seconds (Audio)
https://mediamonarchy.com/20211210morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: December 10, 2021 ♬ Tears For Fears & Tame Impala
https://mediamonarchy.com/20211210pumpupthavolume/
Conspiracy Theorists – “Mainstream Media”
‘Conspiracy Theorists’
Solicit Hip-Hop – September 11, 2012
*#PumpUpThaVolume/#TruthMusic: Conspiracy Theorists – “Mainstream Media” https://soundcloud.com/conspiracytheorists/mainstream-media // https://open.spotify.com/album/56PTh0rEjug9vkdp7jQHWa // Here’s a solid dose of #TruthMusic released in 2012 by the San Diego hip-hop outfit, Conspiracy Theorists, available now via Solicit Hip-Hop.*