Tom McKay

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Roughly One-Third of Bitcoin Is Controlled by a Small Cabal of Whales, According to New Study

Whales meaning investors who hold huge amounts of cryptocurrency, not cetaceans.

10/25/21

Facebook's Leaked Docs: Here's What You Need to Know

This weekend saw a blitz of damning coverage of internal struggles at Facebook, cited to documents leaked by…

10/22/21

It Sure Looks Like Donald Trump Is Trying to Trademark 'Truthing'

A Florida attorney filed a number of trademarks related to his new tech venture, including "Retruth" and "Post a…

10/21/21

RIP GETTR, 2021-2021

Here lies GETTR, ruthlessly backstabbed by Donald Trump.

10/20/21

Please, Everyone, a Moment of Silence for These Antivax Cops Who Ragequit Their Jobs

More than 120 Washington state troopers were fired this week for refusing to get vaccinated.

10/20/21

Mark Zuckerberg Will Be Added as a Defendant in Lawsuit Over Cambridge Analytica Scandal

DC Attorney General Karl Racine says that the Facebook system behind the Cambridge Analytica scandal was…

10/19/21

Jair Bolsonaro Is a Mass Murderer Who Deliberately Spread Covid-19, Brazilian Senate Panel Finds

Bolsonaro's handling of the pandemic amounted to mass murder, genocide, and charlatanism, according to a Brazilian…

10/19/21

An Animal Rights Nonprofit Is Suing YouTube Over Animal Abuse Videos

The group says YouTube is putting "profits over principles of ethical and humane treatment of innocent animals."

10/18/21

Microsoft Knew Bill Gates Was Inappropriate With Female Staff as Early as 2008

Two top company executives met with Gates, who has since admitted to a separate workplace affair, to tell him to…

10/18/21

Colin Powell Dies of Complications From Covid-19

The former secretary of state and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff was vaccinated and treated at Walter Reed…

10/15/21

Ron Watkins, the 8chan Troll and QAnon Evangelist, Says He's Running for Congress

Watkins, who is widely suspected of being behind the QAnon conspiracy theory, wants to represent Arizona in 2023.

10/15/21

Here Are the Right-Wing Goons Who Spread BS Rumors Southwest Airline Delays Were Due to Covid-19 Vaccines

Conservatives spread completely baseless theories that a spontaneous uprising of anti-vaxx patriots was behind mass…

10/13/21

Florida Police Arrest Woman for Allegedly Tampering With Flight School Computers

Melbourne Airport Police wrote in court documents the changes appear to have been made to clear potentially unsafe…

10/12/21

Facebook's List of 4,000 Banned Entities Includes Hate Groups, Criminals, and a Whole Lot of Terrorists

The groups facing the toughest restrictions on Facebook are a laundry list of the U.S. government's enemies.

10/12/21

Tucker to Antivax Rubes: No, Really, I'm One of You!

Fox News's Tucker Carlson reassured viewers he is "not pretending" to be a vaccine skeptic, as though that makes it…

10/12/21

Taste Testing Flamin' Hot Mountain Dew, Which Is Like Mountain Dew but Orange

I'm eating Flamin' Hot Mac and Cheese to get the taste of Flamin' Hot Mountain Dew and tequila out of my mouth.

10/11/21

Former U.S. Navy Nuclear Engineer Allegedly Tried to Sell Submarine Secrets via Sandwich

Jonathan and Diana Toebbe face Atomic Energy Act charges on accusations they left dead drops of nuclear secrets for…

10/6/21

New Russian Law Threatens Space Journalists With Foreign Agent Designation

A new law published by the FSB seems like a clear warning for Russian journalists to stay clear of embarrassing…

10/6/21

Far-Right Network One America News Was Almost Entirely Funded by AT&T, According to Court Records

An accountant for the network swore in a 2019 lawsuit that 90% of its income was tied to AT&T, and it would be…

10/5/21

Old Mafia Guys Think Texting Has Ruined the Mob: Report

OK, a lot of things have probably ruined the mob, but the gossip says plaintext extortion threats are one of them.

Tom McKay's posts

Roughly One-Third of Bitcoin Is Controlled by a Small Cabal of Whales, According to New Study

Facebook's Leaked Docs: Here's What You Need to Know

It Sure Looks Like Donald Trump Is Trying to Trademark 'Truthing'

RIP GETTR, 2021-2021

Please, Everyone, a Moment of Silence for These Antivax Cops Who Ragequit Their Jobs

Mark Zuckerberg Will Be Added as a Defendant in Lawsuit Over Cambridge Analytica Scandal

Jair Bolsonaro Is a Mass Murderer Who Deliberately Spread Covid-19, Brazilian Senate Panel Finds

An Animal Rights Nonprofit Is Suing YouTube Over Animal Abuse Videos

Microsoft Knew Bill Gates Was Inappropriate With Female Staff as Early as 2008

Colin Powell Dies of Complications From Covid-19

Ron Watkins, the 8chan Troll and QAnon Evangelist, Says He's Running for Congress

Here Are the Right-Wing Goons Who Spread BS Rumors Southwest Airline Delays Were Due to Covid-19 Vaccines

Florida Police Arrest Woman for Allegedly Tampering With Flight School Computers

Facebook's List of 4,000 Banned Entities Includes Hate Groups, Criminals, and a Whole Lot of Terrorists

Tucker to Antivax Rubes: No, Really, I'm One of You!

Taste Testing Flamin' Hot Mountain Dew, Which Is Like Mountain Dew but Orange

Former U.S. Navy Nuclear Engineer Allegedly Tried to Sell Submarine Secrets via Sandwich

New Russian Law Threatens Space Journalists With Foreign Agent Designation

Far-Right Network One America News Was Almost Entirely Funded by AT&T, According to Court Records

Old Mafia Guys Think Texting Has Ruined the Mob: Report