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Whether you are a fan of Harry Potter or not, youve likely heard
of Hogwarts. Though its often the backdrop to the adventures of
Harry Potter and his friends, thee wizarding school is almost like
a character itself. The castle and its grounds are home to
enigmatic creatures and deadly secrets, many of them crucial to the
development of the series. Paying tribute to the most charming
location of the Wizarding World, LEGO has announced a 2,660-piece
Harry Potter set called Hogwarts Castle and
Grounds.
This is not the first LEGO set dedicated to Hogwartsand that
doesn't include the amazing fan-made
models done throughout the years. It is, however, the first to
feature the grounds of the castle and the Black Lake. If you're
familiar with the Harry Potter saga, you know that the
surrounding areas of the castle are just as compelling and full of
life as Hogwarts itself.
Once assembled, the new Hogwarts Castle and Grounds LEGO set
stands at over 8.5 inches high, 13.5 inches wide, and 10 inches
deep. Rather than taking up an entire table, its compact size makes
it the perfect accessory for your bookshelf. It's almost as if it
was designed to be proudly positioned alongside your hardcover
Harry Potter collection.
The most noticeable architectural aspects of the castle are
present, such as the Astronomy Tower, the Great Hall, the
greenhouses, and that wooden bridge that inspires many reflective
conversations. Yet one of the most exciting elements of the
Hogwarts Castle and Grounds set is that it also features
some of the castle's iconic sites as little ro...
A day after Twitter implemented new restrictions on the number
of posts users can view, the rival platform Mastodon reported a
major increase in traffic numbers.
Bitcoin has risen by almost 80% in the first six months of 2023.
However, as has been the case in the past, the cryptocurrency has
experienced periods of stagnation before making any significant
moves.
This has resulted in a consolidation phase that has left
investors waiting in anticipation for the next direction. And if
attempts to breach upper resistance lines fail, it could jeopardize
most of the gains made in the last few months of 2023.
Will Bitcoin Plummet To The Depths?
Crypto analyst under the pseudonym Captain Faibik on Twitter,
has recently made some bold predictions about
Bitcoins future.
Despite the current bullish sentiment in the market and the
possibility of reaching a new yearly high for 2023, Captain Faibik
warns that bulls are not out of the woods yet.
Faibik believes that Bitcoin may retest the $20,000 region in
the upcoming months of August and September. However, Faibik also
believes that the Bitcoin bull run will officially start in
November 2023.
On the other hand, the recent confirmation of a 2-week buy
signal, a successful retest from the breakout, and the Moving
Average Convergence/Divergence (MACD) crossing above the 0 level
for Bitcoin have caught the attention of traders and investors
alike. These indicators have only occurred in 2015, 2019, and
2020, leading many to believe that a significant price movement is
imminent.
Trader Moustache highlights that while
history doesnt repeat itself exactly, it often rhymes. This means
that while past events can provide insights into potential market
movements, there are no guarantees in the volatile cryptocurrency
market.
However, the fact that these same technical indicators have been
observed in the past and have been followed by significant price
movements is a cause for excitement among Bitcoin investors.
Litecoin (LTC) has been on a remarkable run in the past three
days, emerging as one of the most impressive performers among
cryptocurrencies this week. But whats causing this sudden surge in
its price?
The answer lies in the anticipation of a major event thats just
around the corner: the impending halving of Litecoin, set to take
place on August 2. Similar to Bitcoin, Litecoin undergoes halvings
after a specific number of blocks are mined, roughly every four
years.
As the halving approaches, investors and enthusiasts are left
wondering: will Litecoins price continue to soar, or is there more
to this story than meets the eye?
Litecoin Price Rally And Resistance
Breakthrough
LTC has demonstrated a strong performance in recent days,
currently trading at $112.35 according to CoinGecko. Over the past 24 hours,
LTC experienced a notable rally of 5.1%, and within a seven-day
timeframe, it surged by an astonishing 29.0%.
Over the weekend, LTC managed to surpass the crucial $100 mark,
and since then, it has sustained trading above this key level of
resistance. This resilience indicates bullish tendencies and raises
the possibility of a significant breakthrough, with the potential
for the $100 resistance to transform into support.
Such a development could pave the way for a sustained bull run,
potentially propelling the token to reach $130 in the near
future.
Social Activity Volume And Halving Event
Hype
The surge in LTCs price has coincided with heightened social activity
volume, as observed by the blockchain analytics firm
Santiment.
This suggests a correlation between price spikes and increased
interest and engagement surrounding the crypto.
The anticipation of Litecoins upcoming halving event has
generated a surge in demand for the asset, driving its price
upward.
My fellow Americans, over the course of the next several days
you will undoubtedly realize that we are taking back our great
country the land of the free) from the
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If a secret voice in your head is whispering that life was meant
to be far better than the one you were offered, please trust it
because its right.
You were not meant to hate Mondays, to live for the weekend or
to dream of your next vacation.
Yet you might think that there is something wrong with you, for
it often appears that nearly everyone else is doing just fine.
Well, heres the truth:
Most people in this culture deep down feel that their life lacks
joy and meaning; they just dont want to admit it, to others and
especially to themselves. For admitting it means facing a harsh
truth and the emotional turmoil that is bound to arise from that
hence, they prefer to ignore their pain and pretend that
everythings alright.
So, trust me, there is nothing wrong with you; whats wrong is
the life you are forced to fit into that is, an unnatural
life.
A life where youve been given an ever-growing burden to carry
and are told to not complain about it.
A life where you are coerced to fight against your own feelings
and desires.
A life that is not yours, but was designed and is controlled by
others.
In a few words, a life of suffering and misery.
But you are not here to live like this. You are here to live
free like a bird and brave like a lion. You are here to love, play,
create and discover. You are here to contribute something
magnificent to the world.
You are here to live, not just survive.
So, when you hear that secret voice again, please trust it
because this is what life was truly meant to be: a celebration,
not a drudgery.
I have found that one of the most important things that you can
do is to differentiate criticism into constructive criticism and
destructive criticism.
Now, constructive criticism is criticism offered by people who
genuinely care about your work or whatever you are doing, there are
people who want to see you improve. They are there to elevate you,
and to actually have a discussion with this sort of criticism is
very good to engage. It is very important to pay attention to
it.
The problem is that often we think that we know everything. We
think that we are the best. We have such an inflated ego that we
dont pay attention to the criticism that is directed toward us, and
hence we dont improve, or we dont improve as quickly as we could if
we did pay attention to that criticism.
So you need to let go of the idea that youre right or that you
know everything and pay attention to that criticism and ask
yourself:
What can I learn from it?
I do that quite often. When I publish something, lets say an
article or a video, and I receive a lot of criticism and some of it
is so good. Im like, yes, that person pointed out something that I
could not see, and then I could correct my article, or I could
write a better article next time it helped opened my eyes to some
facts or truth that was invisible to me before that.
But then I have noticed that some of the criticism that I
receive is very destructive is from people who dont really want to
help me, who dont want to contribute to our community, who instead
want to put me down.
They call me names. The fight against things that I never said.
If you receive this kind of criticism as well. The best thing you
can do is to not pay attention to it, but first you have to
identify it and this is something that I learned early on in my
writing journey.
When I started writing back in 2012, I wrote an article on the
negative effects of religion and I was focused on the
Judeo-Christian tradition and this article for some reason reached
a lot of people and I got so many emails, perhaps hundreds and
about half of them contained what I call dest...
<p>On-chain data shows that Bitcoin sharks and whales have
continued to accumulate recently, something that could help the
rally go parabolic this month.</p> <h2>Bitcoin Sharks
& Whales Have Continued To Add To Their Holdings
According to data from the on-chain analytics firm Santiment, BTC sharks and
whales have participated in further buying during the past two
weeks. The relevant indicator here is the <a href=
"https://www.newsbtc.com/bitcoin-news/bitcoin-whales-continue-accumulate-btc-recovery/"
rel="noopener" target="_blank">Supply Distribution</a>,
which tells us about the total amount of Bitcoin that each address
group is holding in the market right now.</p> <p>The
addresses are divided into these address groups based on the total
number of coins they are carrying in their balances right now. The
1-10 coins group, for instance, includes all investors holding
between 1 and 10 BTC currently.</p> <p>In the context
of the current discussion, the cohorts of interest are the <a
href=
"https://www.newsbtc.com/stablecoin/tether-usdt-sharks-whales-accumulate-bullish-bitcoin/"
rel="noopener" target="_blank">sharks and whales.</a>
These are investors who generally hold sizeable sums in their
wallets, and their combined coin range may be defined as 10-10,000
coins.</p> <p>Due to the high amounts that these
holders may carry in their wallets, they can have some influence on
the market. Naturally, as the whales are the larger of the two
groups, they carry significantly more power in the
sector.</p> <p>As the movements of these holders can
cause noticeable effects on the market, it can be worth keeping an
eye on their behaviors. The Supply Distribution of this coin range
can provide hints related to exactly that.</p> <p>Now,
here is a chart that shows how the supply of these investors has
changed during the last few months:</p> <p><img
alt="Bitcoin Sharks & Whales" class= "alignnone aligncenter"
height="1784" src=
"https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fz6DvNPaMAAcfhQ?format=jpg&name=4096x4096"
width="2790"></p> <p>As displayed in the above
graph, the Bitcoin Supply Distribution for the 10-10,000 coins
group had seen some decline earlier in the year but had bottomed
out in the middle of April.</p> <p>Around the same time
as the whales finishing up their selling, the assets price had hit
a local top and had observed a drop over the next couple of months.
While this decline had taken place, though, these sharks and whales
had started growing their holdings once again, suggesting that they
had been buying the dips.</p> <p>Later on, when the
cryptocurrency had failed to show any signs of a resurgence, the
supply of these investors had hit a standstill, implying that these
investo...
Sometimes, there are people in our lives who are quite toxic.
People who are very nasty, hateful, abusive, manipulative,
controlling. People who make our lives harder, who disrespect us,
who dont care about us and want us to suffer, or who dont even
realize how toxic their behavior is.
So, how can one deal with such people?
Im going to share with you a few tips that will possibly make
your life easier if youre dealing with toxic people.
The first one is to try to understand those people. Why do they
behave this way?
A lot of times, because we dont understand this people, we try
to deal with them by fighting against them. And what that does is
it adds fuel to the fire, because it makes our relationship even
more complicated. They control us, and then we try to control them,
they try to make us feel worse, and then we try to make them feel
worse too. How can healing take place in such an environment? Its
impossible.
And the other thing is that often abusive people who want to get
our attention, because this way they can find another opportunity
to attack us. And so they want us to engage in conflict. Theyre
like parasites who live on this negative energy. So by trying to
fight them, we give them what they want, and we let them
thrive.
If we study those people, we will see that actually, they are
not evil people that most of us think. We try to fight against
them, because we think that they are bad. But if you study their
psychology, you will understand that in almost all cases, there are
people who are deeply hurt, as the saying goes, hurt people
hurt people.
So once we understand them, we start seeing them with empathy.
And once we realize that, there is no point in fighting anyway, we
stopped fighting. So what can we do instead?
And this brings us to the second point that I want to make,
which is, try to communicate to them as best as you can. What is
the problem that youre having with them? What is their situation
exactly? What makes you feel hurt? What do they do that complicates
or burdens or worsens your life?
Whatever that is, bring it up to them. Say, you know what, this
happened, you said this, you did this, and I dont enjoy this kind
of relationship that...
Many people think that Elon Musk will save us, as if he is Jesus
or something. Not by using supernatural powers, of course, but by
harnessing the powers of technology.
He is what can be described as a techno-utopian. And the
technological solutions he proposes are every techno-utopians
dream.
But the truth is, those solutions arent solutions at all. For
they dont address the root causes of the biggest problems humanity
is faced with today. In fact, they distract us from them and the
real solutions.
For example, one of Elon Musks solutions is electric cars. Cars
that are made by the working class and sold to the upper and
upper-middle class. Cars that require tremendous resource
extraction and cause tremendous environmental pollution. Yet which
are sold as the better alternative to fossil fuel-powered cars, in
effect exploiting the ecological crisis for profit.
How about making structural changes to our cities and
transportation systems so that people have to rely less on
automobiles?
No, that wont help we need more electric cars!
Another of Elon Musks solutions and his most ambitious one so
far is space rockets. Rockets that will supposedly help humanity to
colonize Mars before Earth becomes uninhabitable.
In other words, he is investing billions of dollars in fleeing
Earth, instead of healing it. Again, damaging Earth to build, power
and maintain those rockets. And techno-utopians think that this is
the solution we need!
But wouldnt all those billions of dollars be better spent on,
lets say, designing, implementing and promoting alternative
educational, agricultural or economic systems with the goal of
improving our social and environmental conditions?
As you can understand, Elon Musks solutions arent solving the
worlds problems. On the contrary, theyre adding to them. And I
believe he deep down knows that, but his narcissism doesnt let him
admit it.
You see, more than caring about the world, he cares about his
self-image. He cares about portraying himself as the bad boy, the
rebel, the one who deviates from the norm. Thats why hes one of the
most famous trolls on the Internet alive. And for that hes
worshipped by his fellow techno-utopians.
But lets not forget, he is also the worlds richest man. And you
cant become the richest man in the world...
Our society thinks that theres something wrong with depressed
people. And it tries to fix them, mainly by using chemical drugs
called antidepressants.
Why?
So they can fit into society and function as normal people.
But what if society itself is sick, and depression is a symptom
of our social sickness?
Then its not the individuals that needs fixing, but society
itself and by that I mean the social systems and institutions in
place, which, due to the way they are designed, inevitably create
the conditions that produce depression on a mass scale.
For example, one of the strongest predictors of depression is
poverty. Thats because of several reasons, one of them being that
people born in poverty are way more likely to experience emotional
abuse as children, which significantly increases the risk of them
developing depression.
Other important causes of depression include engaging in
meaningless work and feeling disconnected from other people, both
of which, along with poverty, are outcomes of our debt-based
economic system, which places us in a condition of artificial
scarcity that results in forced labor, competition and economic
inequality.
Picture society as a tree, and people as its leaves: If the tree
is sick, then naturally its going to produce sick leaves. Now, we
might think that theres something wrong with the leaves, and try to
fix them one by one without addressing the tree, but our efforts
will be in vain, for the leaves are inseparable from the tree. And
even if we could somehow fix a leaf here and there, the tree will
still keep on producing new, sick leaves. Hence, we will be
fighting an endless battle, while allowing the trees sickness to
continue.
So, when it comes to depression, lets stop blaming the leaves,
and focus on healing the tree.
Once, a curious man asked God about the nature of Heaven and
Hell. In response, God led him to two doors that revealed starkly
different worlds.
Upon opening the first door, the man saw a pitiful sight. A
large pot of savory vegetable stew sat at the center of a table,
surrounded by thin and sickly people. Although they held spoons,
the utensils were too long for them to bring food to their own
mouths. The aroma of the stew made the mans mouth water, but the
pitiable sight of their suffering left him trembling.
This is Hell, God proclaimed.
However, when the man opened the second door, he was
surprised to find the same pot of stew, the same long-handled
spoons, and a similarly sized group of people. Unlike the first
group, these individuals were well-fed, plump, and laughing with
one another. The man was puzzled, and he turned to God for an
explanation.
With a smile, God simply said, Love is the only skill
required. These people understood early on that by sharing and
caring for one another, they could all enjoy the meal. Those who
are selfish and greedy will always be left wanting.
***
Heaven and hell are not places that we go to, but states of
being that we manifest through the choices we make.
The people in Hell were as close to the same pot of delicious
stew as those in Heaven, but their refusal to work together and
care for each other resulted in their suffering. On the other hand,
those in Heaven understood the importance of sharing and love, and
their willingness to help one another led to their joy and
well-being.
So, always remember: Genuine happiness and fulfillment come not
from selfishness and greed but from compassion and generosity
toward others.
The story is based on a text often attributed to Rabbi Haim of
Romshishok.
This is an opinion editorial by HodlingCarla, an avid
traveler and Bitcoin advocate.
Few things get me as excited as visiting a new corner of the
world, and my passport can attest to that. I've visited 45
countries, lived in nine and covered all continents except
Antarctica.
After years of globetrotting, I thought that part of my life
would have been over by now. But just when I began to feel the
desire to settle down and set roots, something happened: I
discovered Bitcoin. My life, then, was radically changed. Not only
has it transformed my worldview, but it's also reignited a fire in
me to keep moving and seek out people who have gone through the
same awakening.
Combining my passions for adventure and hard money, I've
recently begun to focus on visiting emerging Bitcoin circular
economies across the globe. From helping me save time and money to
making me feel more protected and connected with the people I meet
along the way, using Bitcoin has been a game changer for my travel
experiences.
In this piece, I discuss how Bitcoin has helped me fix common
money issues known to travelers everywhere and how it's made my
journeys more special in multiple ways.
Source of images throughout:
Author
Bitcoin Helps Travelers Save Time
If I had a sat for every time I've had to deal with
payment-related issues in a foreign country, I'd have a big enough
stack to make Michael Saylor jealous. Whether it was finding a
currency exchange with decent rates, looking for a store that
accepted my cards or calling my bank to resolve credit card issues,
I've wasted so much precious time on these problems that just
thinking about them frustrates me.
In a few scenarios, it's even resulted in the disruption of my
itinerary and a significant dose of anxiety, as when it happened
during a trip to a remote island in the Philippines in 2015. Though
I had a great time, it wasn't long before I found myself running
out of cash, with no ATMs and no currency exchange offices in the
area. Ultimately, I was saved by the only Western Union office in
town when it finally opened two days after my crisis began.
Had the locals and I known about Bitcoin then, my journey would
have gone as planned, and my stress levels would have remained
stable the entire time.
Fast forward eight years, and I returned to the Philippines, but
this time, my experience with money matters was much better. Why?
Because I chose the island of Boracay,
also known as Bitcoin Island, as my destination.
Self-forgiveness is medicine for the soul. It helps us to heal,
let go, and move on with our lives.
Often, were harsh on ourselves because of our past mistakes. But
in life, making mistakes is inevitable. Thats because no one is
perfect or all-knowing.
If youve made mistakes that you still dwell on, remember to be
gentle with yourself, for you didnt know better at the time. And
instead of regretting your mistakes, see them as learning
opportunities.
Mistakes arent all bad. Although they can cause a lot of pain to
ourselves and to others they serve a very important purpose:
To helps us learn, develop our understanding and grow as human
beings.
The past is gone, so dont try to change it. Instead, use it as a
stepping stone to find greater joy in the present. For, as long as
youre alive, theres always a new opportunity to turn your life and
that of others into a more positive direction.
Ill end this article with one of my favorite poems written by
Rumi, which kindly reminds us to accept and forgive ourselves:
Come, come, whoever you are.
wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving.
It doesnt matter.
Ours is not a caravan of despair.
Come,
even if you have broken your vows a thousand times,
Come, yet again, come, come.
If people stopped buying as much stuff as they currently do,
fewer sales would be made, which means that fewer jobs would be
needed, and hence that more unemployment would be created.
Now, assuming that consumption slowed down significantly and for
long enough, the economy would shrink dramatically and eventually
collapse, resulting in hunger, violence, and disease.
The more we consume, the more resources we use up. And since we
live on a planet with finite resources, our economic system has us
extract resources way faster than Earth can replenish them, causing
deforestation, soil erosion, biodiversity loss
and a multitude of other environmental issues.
In other words, our economic system is inherently
unsustainable.
Excitement is building within the Shiba Inu community as the
highly anticipated launch of Shibarium, the layer-2 scaling
solution, draws near. Shytoshi Kusama, the pseudonymous project
lead developer, recently addressed the upcoming launch, emphasizing
the importance of sticking to the planned strategy and timeline.
Kusamas confident statements have further fueled anticipation among
enthusiasts.
Shibarium Is On The Verge Of Release
When asked about potential changes to the launch date or plan of
Shibarium, Kusama responded resolutely, stating, It doesnt matter;
everything is already set. I cant change the date or plan. Its
called a launch strategy. This unwavering commitment to the
established timeline demonstrates the Sharium developers teams
dedication to ensuring a successful launch for Shibarium.
In another intriguing conversation within a Telegram group chat,
someone identified as Mark suggested that Shibarium would launch at
ETHToronto which takes place from August 15-16, 2023, in Toronto
Canada. Surprisingly, the Shiba Inu lead developer playfully
agreed, stating, Mark his words. This playful interaction has
fueled speculation that Mark is actually right with his
speculation.
It is noteworthy that Kusama recently dropped another hint in which he
said that it is no longer a question of when but where. The SHIB
lead developer released a video showing the Shiba Inu logo and a
major (North American) city. The message of the video was,
Something is coming. We are actually going somewhere. Apparently
the developers of Shiba Inu are planning a big event, and as the
rumors have it, for the Shibarium launch.
While the exact launch date remains undisclosed, another Shiba
Inu enthusiast brought up a previous statement from Kusama in which
he hinted at a two to four-month timeframe for the launch after the
beta testing start. Notably, July 11 marks the four-month milestone
since the beta release.
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Tetradrachm minted 364-363 BCE by the city of Amphipolis,
at the mouth of the River Strymon in Thrace. On the obverse, the
head of Apollo, wearing a laurel crown; on the reverse, a race
torch surrounded by a square bearing the inscription AM-IO-IT-EN
(=of the people of Amphipolis).
Formerly an Athenian colony, Amphipolis was lost to Athens
during the Peloponnesian War as a result of the Spartan general
Brasidas brilliant northern campaign; an attempt by the noted
demagogue Cleon to recover it ended in his defeat and death (though
Brasidas was killed as well). Thereafter the polis remained
independent, enjoying great strategic importance for a number of
reasons: the nearby forests supplied vital timber for shipbuilding;
local silver mines offered vast wealth to whoever controlled them;
and the city was in a prime location to facilitateor interfere
withgrain shipments to Athens from the Black Sea region. However,
only a few years after this coin was minted, the expansionist
Philip II of Macedon conquered Amphipolis and consolidated his hold
over Thrace. Amphipolis would remain an important Macedonian
stronghold until the kingdoms defeat by Rome in 168 BCE.
Investor protection regulations have been under discussion since
September 2022 amid the crypto lending crisis that saw firms such
as BlockFi and Celsius declare bankruptcy.
Ladies, let me tell you something: youre beautiful, all of
you.
No matter your size, what color your skin is, or any other physical characteristic
you might possess, you are BEAUTIFUL.
And these male AskReddit users talked about things they love
that women dont like about their own bodies.
Check out what they had to say.
Big cheeks.
My ex girlfriend always complained about the size of her cheeks
and how she looked like Quico (a character from an old Mexican TV
series).
For me she looked gorgeous, i loved to kiss and caress her cute
round face.
You bet!
Everything that has to do with getting older.
When my wife and I got married, we were obviously younger and in
our 20s. Although never thin, I was more slender. My wife, 59 and
legs for days and just banging body.
Now? Im not as thin (same as her) we have two kids, and I find
her s**ier now more than ever. In our almost decade together, we
have slept on a floor, used change for gas and had our electricity
turned off 3-4 times for non payment. Shes my Ride or D**.
She has more of a tummy now, bigger boobs, maybe doesnt shave
like she used to or wear skimpy lingerie outfits randomly. BUT. I
wouldnt trade it for the world. We have grown older together and I
honestly couldnt find anything in this world that still turns me on
as the certain way my wife runs her fingers down my back or...
Shiba Inu had the greatest number of fake followers at 10.26% or
80,000 accounts, while Avalanche and Polygon followed suit with
8.14% and 7.58% of fake accounts, respectively.
Cristiano Ronaldo, an acclaimed football player, recently made
waves in the news for reasons aside from his prowess on the field.
He has expanded his involvement in Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) by
presenting his second NFT
collection. This offering aims to celebrate Ronaldos
exceptional accomplishments throughout his illustrious career,
particularly showcasing his unique goals in soccer.
Celebrating Cristiano Ronaldos Illustrious Career Goals
Set to launch on July 3, this new collection will present a
diverse selection of 20 unique designs that symbolize significant
milestones from Ronaldos impressive journey.
These designs have been divided into four levels of rarity,
ensuring collectors have various options based on their
preferences. Each design elegantly captures memorable moments from
Ronaldos goal-scoring geniuswhether a breathtaking bicycle kick or
a powerful long-range strike. Each piece encapsulates the essence
of Ronaldos outstanding ability to find the back of the net.
In the collection, there are highly sought-after items known as
NFTs that stand out. These particular NFTs possess six distinct
designs, making them exceptionally rare. Only 120 special products
exist, turning these super-rare NFTs into valuable collector
possessions.
Aside from having exclusive digital ownership, each super rare
NFT comes with exceptional advantages for its owner. Notably, one
of these benefits includes receiving a soccer jersey personally
autographed by Cristiano Ronaldo himselfa truly unique and
invaluable item that holds immense significance to any football
devotee.
Anticipation For Cristiano Ronaldos Second NFT Collection
Cristiano Ronaldos initial non-fungible token
(NFT) collection encountered a difficult start in the market,
facing several challenges. These obstacles emerged during a period
marked by significant complexities, ultimately influencing how this
collection was received and performed.
Among the various hurdles confronted by the first collection,
one significant challenge arose when it was launched merely a week
following the collapse of the FTX Derivatives Exchange.
The demise of FTX had substantial
ramifications on general crypto market sentiments, resulting in an
overall decline and eroding investor trust.
Nonetheless, given the increasing traction and comprehension of
NFTs among collectors and enthusiasts alike, alongside possible
improvements in market conditions, there is pot...
In his newly released book, Project Starmaker, Tony Rodrigues
discusses how extraterrestrials engage in star-making projects that
are designed to build and ignite stars in gaseous nebula so
suitable habitats can be created for life to flourish. He claims he
spent ten years as a pilot on a star-making project as part of a
deal []
Quick and easy al pastor flavoured ground pork tacos with
guacamole and fresh pineapple salsa! Tacos al pastor are so good,
but they take a bit of time to make, so I like to keep this quick
pork shoulder/butt that is marinated...
Jul. 3, 2023GTB 953. FRANKRIJK, FRANKRIJKKKK, Wat zijn jullie
wakker geworden.Het is duidelijk dat Frankrijk op het moment
aangekomen is dat het explodeerd. De mensen pikken het niet
langer.De onderdrukking
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Location of sighting, Coimbra, Portugal.
The witness noticed something strange about this cloud and decided
to make this film.
And later that night he had an unexpected encounter.
A TikTok user who has an O**yFans page shared a series of videos
where she talked about how she found out that her own stepfather
was a subscriber and spent a whole lot of money on her.
O**yFans creators cant see the identities of their subscribers
so its kept secret but this woman said that her stepfather made a
mistake and she found out he was all over her...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus cited
a high crypto crime rate for banning all citizens from exchanging
Bitcoin with each other.
For most of us, the title The Shining first calls to
mind the Stanley Kubrick film, not the Stephen King novel from which it
was adapted. Though it would be an exaggeration to say that the
former has entirely eclipsed the latter, the enormous difference
between the works relative cultural impact speaks for itself as
does the resentment King occasionally airs about Kubricks extensive
reworking of his original story. At the center of both versions of
The Shining is a winter caretaker at a mountain resort who
goes insane and tries to murder his own family, but in most other
respects, the experience of the two works could hardly be more
different.
How Kings The
Shining became Kubricks The Shining is the
subject of the video essay above
from Tyler Knudsen, better known as CinemaTyler, previously
featured here on Open Culture for his videos on such auteurs as
Robert Wiene,
Jean Renoir, and
Andrei Tarkovsky (as well as a seven-part series on
Kubricks own 2001: A Space Odyssey). It begins with Kubricks search
for a new idea after completing Barry Lyndon, which
involved opening book after book at random and tossing against the
wall any and all that proved unable to hold his attention. When it
became clear that The Shining, the young Kings third novel, wouldnt go
flying, Kubrick enlisted the more experienced novelist Diane
Johnson to collaborate with him on an adaptation for the
screen.
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Avalanche (AVAX) has been experiencing a surge in daily
activity, with traders and investors eagerly observing its
progress. The crypto community had high hopes for the AVAX price to
surpass the $14 mark, signifying a significant milestone in the
assets growth.
However, despite the increased interest and activity surrounding
the crypto, the price failed to breach the elusive barrier. This
unexpected development has left many wondering about the underlying
factors contributing to this stagnation in price movement.
Whats going on with AVAX?
Surge In Daily Activity Fails To Propel
AVAX
The current AVAX price on CoinGecko stands at $13.26, showcasing a 2.9% rally
over the last 24 hours. However, despite this recent uptick, the
asset has also experienced a 0.9% decline in the past seven
days.
Avalanche witnessed an impressive surge in daily activity, yet
this accomplishment did not translate into the expected boost for
AVAX to break through the critical $14 resistance level.
According to a price report, AVAX has been experiencing a
series of lower lows since mid-April, signaling a strong downtrend.
During this period, the Relative Strength Index (RSI) has remained
below or just slightly above the neutral position, indicating muted
buying pressure in the market.
Currently, the RSI hovers around the neutral level, signifying a
more balanced market sentiment. However, the Money Flow Index (MFI)
has crossed the mid-level point, suggesting a recent easing of
buying pressure while notable trading volume remains.
Given the current technical indicators and market conditions,
AVAXs price is likely to consolidate within the range of $12 to
$13.5 in the coming days.
Bitcoins prolonged consolidation above the $30,000 level has
played a significant role in shaping the broader cryptocurrency
market sentiment, including AVAXs price movement. As one of the
leading digital assets, Bitcoin often sets the tone for the overall
market, impacting investor confidence and risk appetite.
The Bitcoin market is experiencing a seismic shift, with recent
data revealing fascinating trends that shed light on the evolving
dynamics. From a significant decline in Bitcoin inflows to a
historic drop in supply on exchanges, coupled with a surge in
institutional fund accumulation, these developments highlight a
maturing market and changing investor sentiment.
Unprecedented Decline In Bitcoin Inflows and Supply
The on-chain analytics service CryptoQuant has today published extremely
interesting data on the behavior and cohorts of Bitcoin hodlers via
Twitter.
Over the past 612 days, Bitcoin has witnessed an 80% decline in
the number of addresses recording inflows, which can be interpreted
as selling activity. This decline reaches an even higher figure of
84% when measured from the peak in May 2021. These numbers even
surpass the previous record set during the 2017 parabolic top,
demonstrating the magnitude of the current trend.
Both narrowly beat the second highest decline in
addresses associated with inflows between the 2017 parabolic top
into 2018 bear, at 78.5%.
It is important to note that these figures do not account for
addresses that have moved to self-custody or differentiate between
miner activity and retail investors. This suggests that the decline
in addresses associated with inflows may be even more significant
than the data implies, potentially indicating a shift towards
long-term holding strategies or alternative custodial methods.
In a parallel trend, the overall supply of Bitcoin on exchanges
has been steadily shrinking since March 2020, marking a period of
consistent decline that had not been witnessed before in Bitcoins
history. This decline is not only significant in its duration but
also in its depth, as Bitcoin reserves on exchanges have dropped by
over 30%. CryptoQuants experts further note:
March 2020 was the highest ever supply recorded on
exchanges, and preceded by consistent ten years of supply
growth....
The forecasted rain held off, the poor air quality caused by
Canadian wildfires had abated, and the worlds largest Pride parade stepped off without
incident in New York City on the final Sunday in June.
Its grown quite a bit since the last Sunday of June 1970, when
Christopher Street Liberation Day March participants paraded
from Sheridan Square to Central Parks Sheep Meadow.
But lets get all the details before we make up our minds, shall
we?
Read on and see what you think!
AITA for refusing to RSVP to my sisters wedding because Im
required to write an application essay just to attend?
Yeah I know this sounds insane but Im living in it.
So my sister is getting married next February, destination
wedding no less. I have doubts whether this wedding is actually
going to happen with the pandemic and everything but she is totally
set on moving forward.
Anyways because of the pandemic, her original venue has made her
cut down on guests because theyre cutting capacity by half. As a
result shes sending out re-invites that asks everyone to RSVP
again.
But in order to figure out who to invite and who to cut, shes
asking all confirmed guests to submit two 250-word essays to two
questions. The gist is that theyll use these essays to choose who
can come or not, based on peoples enthusiasm. People who dont write
the essays at all will be automatically disqualified.
I just feel really insulted by all of this. The questions arent
even pandemic-related, its broad topics like why do you still want
to celebrate this day with us? And wh...
Solana (SOL) is poised to further enhance its decentralized
finance (DeFi) ecosystem with the introduction of a new validator
client. This exciting development has garnered attention from
stakeholders and industry experts who believe it could
significantly bolster Solanas position in the highly-stacked DeFi
landscape.
As optimism runs high, Solana enthusiasts eagerly anticipate the
potential benefits that this innovative validator client may bring,
further solidifying the platforms future prospects.
Could this validator client be the catalyst that propels Solanas
DeFi ecosystem to new heights?
Enhanced Solana DeFi On The Horizon
A recent report on SOL price
unveils an exciting development in the world of Solanas DeFi
ecosystem. Enter Firedancer, an independent validator client
developed by Jump, which could revolutionize the DeFi landscape by
improving crucial aspects of the platform.
Firedancers primary focus lies in reducing latency times,
effectively bridging the gap between decentralized exchanges and
their centralized counterparts.
By effectively mitigating latency times, Firedancer has the
potential to unlock faster transaction processing within the Solana
network. This transformative enhancement not only promises a
superior user experience but also has the power to attract a
greater number of participants to the network.
The increased efficiency and streamlined operations facilitated
by Firedancer are expected to elevate the scalability and usability
of decentralized applications built on Solana, paving the way for
substantial growth and progress within the ecosystem.
This is a person that did
NOT believe in them, until he started looking into them, and like
many of us, was shocked to see what he was finding!! You want to
see a credible person that has experience with these people AND was
probably killed by them, then this is it:
May 1st, 1776 - Adam
Weishaupt was commissioned by the Rothschild family, to set up the
goals to CONTROL and TAKE OVER the world, with a one world
government - This is when the Illuminati was created!!They came up with 25 goals to do this : - Control the press
- Corrupt the youth through SEX and DRUGS
- Elect Illuminati members to key positions of government AROUND
THE WORLD - The final goal is to TAKE OVER THE WORLD, with
a ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT
Does this ring a bell to anyone??? I mean, come on man - Please get
educated and help us fight thisGlobalCoupagainst humanity!! Please
listen to him.
Former FBI director, Ted Gunderson has
personal experience with, the deep state and warned humanity many
times about their plans and goals!! pic.twitter.com/TFm59fIhvZ
Current reading is James Hollands Fortress Malta: An Island
Under Siege 1940-1943, an absolutely first-rate recounting of
Maltas resistance to German and Italian attacks in the early years
of WWII, told from multiple perspectivesthe British high command,
soldiers in the ranks, civilians both British and Maltese, etc. It
reads as swiftly and easily as any novel and is every bit as
gripping. (Im also proud to say that I bought it from the Agenda
Bookshop here, rather than, say, giving my money to Amazon.)
<div><a href=
"https://twistedsifter.com/2023/07/she-refuses-to-share-any-of-her-mothers-art-with-her-family-is-she-wrong/">
<img alt="" class= "attachment-sifter-rss size-sifter-rss
wp-post-image" height="307" src=
"https://twistedsifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/AITAMomPaintings.png?w=586"
width="586"></a></div> <p><img alt=
"AITAMomPaintings She Refuses to Share Any of Her Mothers Art With
Her Family. Is She Wrong?" class="alignnone wp-image-179018
size-large" height="536" src=
"https://twistedsifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/AITAMomPaintings.png?w=1024"
title= "She Refuses to Share Any of Her Mothers Art With Her
Family. Is She Wrong?" width="800"></p> <p>Here we
go again</p> <p>Its another <a href=
"https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/13mbogh/aita_for_refusing_to_share_a_single_piece_of_my/"
rel="noopener" target="_blank">story from</a> Reddits Am I
the A**hole? page that revolves around things that were left behind
to loved ones after someone passed away.</p> <p>And
this woman wants to know if shes wrong for not sharing any of her
late mothers art with her family.</p> <p>Take a look at
her story and see what you think.</p> <blockquote>
<h1>AITA for refusing to share a single piece of my moms
art?</h1> <p>My parents got married straight out of
high school, had me (25f) right away and then split up when I was
3. But they stayed close friends til the day my mother d**d. My dad
remarried Ana when I was 7, she had a daughter Eve (22f). Then they
had our brother Jake (16M) together.</p> <p>Jake was
really sick when he was a toddler so our parents spent a lot of
time at the hospital with him and I spent a lot of time at my moms
house. Eves dad worked weird hours so my mom was more than happy to
take Eve too most of the time. She loved hanging out with
kids.</p> <p>My mom was a talented and passionate
artist and she was determined to foster a love of art in us. And
she did for both of us but Eve is far more talented than I am and
her & my mom bonded over their shared love of painting.
My mother passed away suddenly this January. I was always
extremely close with her and I was & still am completely
devastated. I still cant accept that shes gone forever I miss her
so so much. In late April, I finally got up the spirit to
s...</p> </blockquote>
Members of the DAO claim to be made of a dedicated group of
Azuki enthusiasts. Its the latest wrinkle following the launch of
the controversial Elementals NFT collection.
Travel is one of the great joys of lifebut you have to be
careful when youre in another country because things are
differentand they can also get dangerous.
Check out these crazy travel stories from AskReddit users and see if they
measure up to any of your own experiences.
So many stories.
I was in Rio de Janeiro in a taxi with a friend. We stopped at a
stop sign at a busy intersection and two p**stitutes were
soliciting themselves.
Now, this all happened very quickly, but neither my friend nor I
said anything, but the taxi driver told them to get lost. They kept
soliciting themselves. The taxi driver told us not to open the
doors or windows. The p**stitutes pulled out knives and started
stabbing/slashing the taxi. The taxi driver pulled out in front of
traffic to get away from the situation, but thankfully we didnt get
into a car accident.
In Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, my (ex)girlfriend and I hired
a driver. We went to a marketplace and the driver informed us it
wasnt the safest place, so he would walk a few meters behind us and
observe. Not 5 minutes in and he grabbed us by the arms and said
Dont turn around, dont react, Im going to guide us out. After
getting into the car, we asked what was up. It took several times
of asking until he finally said that there was a group of older
boys following us with knives and he wouldnt say anything else.
In Jerusalem myself, a friend, and family experienced a
situation that only 4 of us and the tour guide could understand.
There was an announcement in Hebrew at the Wailing Wall that a
ba...
BNB price (Binance coin) is recovering above $240 against
the US Dollar. The price might gain bullish momentum if it clears
$250 and $255.
Binance coin price is attempting a recovery wave above $232
against the US Dollar.
The price is now trading below $240 and the 100 simple moving
average (4 hours).
There was a break above a major bearish trend line with
resistance near $235 on the 4-hour chart of the BNB/USD pair (data
source from Binance).
The pair might gain bullish momentum above $250 and $255.
Binance Coin Price Starts Increase
In the past few days, BNB price saw a major decline below the
$250 support. There was a move below the $240 support zone. The
price traded as low as $224 and is currently rising, similar to
Bitcoin and Ethereum.
There was a move above the $232 resistance. The price climbed
above the 50% Fib retracement level of the main drop from the $257
swing high to the $224 low. There was also a break above a major
bearish trend line with resistance near $235 on the 4-hour chart of
the BNB/USD pair.
BNB price is now trading below $240 and the 100 simple moving
average (4 hours). On the upside, it is facing resistance near the
$250 level. It is close to the 76.4% Fib retracement level of the
main drop from the $257 swing high to the $224 low.
The next major resistance is near $255. A clear move above the
$250 resistance and $255 might start a steady increase. The next
major resistance is near the $270 level, above which the price
might rise toward the $285 resistance.
Fresh Decline in BNB?
If BNB fails to clear the $250 resistance, it could start
another decline. Initial support on the downside is...
Ethereum price is gaining pace above $1,920 against the US
Dollar. ETH could gain bullish momentum and might soon clear the
$2,000 resistance.
Ethereum is attempting a fresh increase above the $1,920
zone.
The price is trading above $1,900 and the 100-hourly Simple
Moving Average.
There was a break above a key bearish trend line with
resistance near $1,925 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed
via Kraken).
The pair could rise steadily toward the $2,000 resistance in
the near term.
Ethereum Price Aims Higher
Ethereums price remained well-bid above the $1,820 support zone.
ETH formed a support base and started a fresh increase above the
$1,880 level, outperforming Bitcoin.
There was a clear move above the $1,920 resistance zone.
Besides, there was a break above a key bearish trend line with
resistance near $1,925 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD. The price
even traded to a new multi-day high at $1,960 and is currently
consolidating gains.
It is now showing positive signs and might soon continue to rise
toward the $2,000 resistance. Ether is now trading above $1,900 and
the 100-hourly Simple Moving
Average. It is also above the 23.6% Fib retracement level of
the upward move from the $1,889 swing low to the $1,960 high.
Immediate resistance is near the $1,960 level. The next major
resistance is near the $2,000 level. A close above the $2,000 zone
could start a fresh rally. The next resistance sits near $2,050,
above which the price could rise toward the $2,120 level. Any more
gains could send Ether toward the $2,220 resistance.
Are Dips Limited in ETH?
If Ethereum fails to clear the $1,960 resistance or $1,980, it
could start a downside correction. Initial support on the...
Family dynamics can be tricky. This is true in the best of
times, but when the whole family refuses to realize that every last
one of the kids is now an adult with their own autonomous needs,
things can get ugly fast.
OP is the youngest and is currently single and childless. He
often gets stuck helping with his nephews, who are young triplets,
because his sister is overwhelmed. This caused him to move out of
his parents house.
I 23m was repeatedly stuck playing the part of helper and
babysitter on family outings. I had to move out of my parents house
because I kept being forced to help watch my three nephews.
Last year his parents paid for his portion of the family
vacation and drove him there in their car, so apparently they felt
justified in making him share a room with the children and going
along with all of the kid-friendly itineraries, to the point where
he only got to do one thing he chose.
Last year we took a family vacation in summer to the coast. I
rode along with my parents, and they paid for my hotel room. Only,
I had to share that room with three rowdy boys because my sister
and her husband wanted a room to themselves.
I was promised time to do my own things on the vacation. But
instead I ended up having to help with these kids.
I complained to everyone about it, and was reminded I was there
for free. And then we pretty much just did only one thing I wanted
to do. Which was tour an art gallery. I like doing this whenever Im
at the c...
The cards pictured are from Uusis Pagan Otherworlds
deck.
Two of Pentacles and Ace
of Pentacles
We start the week with a Full Moon in Capricorn on July 3. The
earthy pentacles align perfectly with the earth sign of Capricorn,
enhancing the tangible, practical, and responsible energy inside of
us.
Our first card this week is the Two of Pentacles. There is
always an infinity symbol with this card and with the deck depicted
above, its seen in the leaves wrapped around two golden coins.
The symbol shows us that change is infinite. Though we may be
facing an upcoming transition, change is always happening. There
will never be a time when everything stands completely still.
The infinity symbol is a reminder that the more comfortable we
become with change, the less rigid and fearful we will be. The card
calls us to view change with a sense of acceptance rather than
tension.
Just as a caterpillar goes through a major transformation to
become an enchanting butterfly, we ourselves are evolving into a
deeper state when we encounter transformative energy.
The message of balance is also highlighted in this card. If a
change is coming up for you, make sure you take some time to invest
in your foundation. You will need extra care for your body and home
to stay grounded.
It can be easy to get lopsided during an adjustment period. Dont
let your needs get neglected or run yourself ragged. Spend some
alone time and dont forget that boundaries are healthy, especially
with family.
The Two of Pentacles will be supporting us through the changes
ahead. So if there is something that has needed a shift, this card
will support the process.
If we resist change, this card might push for it anyway. It is
said, whatever we resist will persist, and that is part of the
lesson for this card. So lets embrace the movement forward.
Our next card is the Ace of Pentacles. This card in partnership
with the Two of Pentacles really gives us superpowers. It
represents even more growth opportunities and grounded
strength.
On a material level, this card can point to a large input of
funds, either from a windfall or a big promotion. On a spiritual
level, since this card is connected to our relationship with the
earth, it can represent aligning closer with nature.
It can also point to a sudden deepening of our spiritual path,
either by gaining a profound insight or perhaps through a guide.
The phrase the teacher appears when the student is ready is tied to
this card.
So the message of the Ace of Pentacles is twofold. On one level
it is about accomplishments in the material world and opportunities
to be successful. And on another level, it is about connecting to
the rhythm of the universe.
Did your parents ever get so upset with you when you were a kid
that they punished you by making
you sleep in the backyard?
Mine didnt, either!
And I cant say that Ive ever heard that one before
But lets get this dads side of the story before we make our
judgment, okay?
Check out what he had to say and see what you think.
AITA for making my daughter sleep in the backyard after what
she did to our housemaid?
My M46 daughter (16) is a high school junior. I noticed recently
that shes been behaving in a bad manner constantly commenting on
other peoples looks, belongings, calling them stuff that isnt cool
and just being insensitive.
Its like she lost a filter or something because usually shes
polite but my wife suspected that our daughters sudden misbehavior
occurred after she started hanging out with new girls from the
school. Basically the mean type and have picked on their behavior.
Ive sat with my daughter and had many discussions about how her
behavior has been negatively affecting everyone around her.
Our housemaid is the person most affected here and my daughter
has chosen her to be her target for hair, clothes, etiquette
criticism. She has complained about our daughter calling her
offensive names like filthy and gross for cleaning certain
areas...
When I was in third grade I got suspended for being beat up on
the playground.
They had a zero tolerance for violence policy.
Also I never took a swing just punished for being bullied
Do what I say, not what I do.
My mom: informs everyone dinner is ready by yelling from the
bottom of the stairs and expects me to hear her despite my room
being on the other side of the house, my door being closed, and my
TV being on.
Also my mom: Dont yell from the top of the stairs, you need to
ask me in person or else I cant hear you. Im not made of ears you
kno...
I realize times are tough forcing us to focus more on our own
survival. I realize that after a long days work to raise a family
many people just want to eat their dinner in front of the TV and
not have to think. I realize that too damn many people allow the
mainstream media news to do their thinking for them. Worst of all,
I realize that too damn many people dont realize what a threat to
national security and our own lives that the mass media is to you
and I. If people did wake up in general, vote accordingly, and pay
attention to the issues, would it make a difference? Yes, I believe
it would because the bastards who are involved in voter fraud,
using public office to profit, and those who lie for a living (US
mass media) the pressure upon them from the public would be great
enough to turn back the slaughter. In fact, it would promote more
honest candidates running for office, yet, we go back to that old
realization and in the words of Donald J. Trump, The system is
rigged!
Even in the Lone Star State
Ive known some low level representatives running for office in
my time. Each one of them expressed frustration over an
establishment of local office holders who eventually make it to DC
who will block others from getting into office. They were appointed
by the Bushs or the same shadow figures who saw to it that Barack
Obama rose to power. Yes, Democrats and Republicans can actually
stab their own part in the back by agreeing with the opposition
even when they know they are dead wrong! Even in a conservative
state such as Texas, the most economically valuable and productive
state in the Republic, there is a constant danger of Democrats
turning the state blue. There is even a swamp in Austin where a
stronghold of leftists exist in the very heart of Governor Abbotts
city. The Democrats have been trying to take out Attorney General,
Ken Paxton, for a long time. It was Paxton who made a political
theory and petition to the Supreme Court that the controversial
election of Joe Biden damages the interests of the state of Texas
and, thus, the best interests of the country, but the justices
refused to entertain his accusation. Therefore, now the Democrats
leave it up to the RINOs in the Texas state chambers to get rid of
Paxton.
"Am I seeking, or am I being sought?" Meg Elison reviews J. Lee
Thompson's EYE OF THE DEVIL (1966), a classic of pagan horror that
revolves around the myth of the Sacred King.
From The Wiz to Wicked, from Toto to friends of Dorothy,
arguably no American movie has influenced popular consciousness
more than Victor Flemings 1939 TheWizard of Oz.
And yet its lingering thematic and visual presence in David Lynchs
filmography might come, to some, as a surprise. After all, most of
us first watch The Wizard of Oz as children; Lynchs fare
often veers so dark that full-grown adults need a visual and
conceptual palate-cleanser before heading to bed. For these
reasons, Alexandre O. Philippes Lynch/Oz would seem a must-see for fans of
the yellow brick road or the Great Northern Hotel of Twin
Peaks. If only.
What could have been a riveting exploration of how one of the
weirdest American movie classics shaped one of our weirdest
contemporary auteurs is, instead, a series of desultory video
essays narrated by critics and directors who, on occasion, seem to
know little about film or film history. Somehow
nearly every canonical film is like The
Wizard of Oz from ...
LOS ANGELES In Jonas Kulikauskass black
and white photographs, the peaceful streets of Vilnius, Lithuania,
hide a dark secret. The cobblestones trace the footprint of the
Vilna Ghetto, where nearly 40,000 Jews lived during the
Holocaust.
In I Often
Forget, Kulikauskass solo exhibition at California State
University, Los Angeles, the photographer illuminates a history
that, until recently, has been obscured by scholars. In 1941, about
265,000 Jews were forced to live in the Vilna Ghetto, but by 1943,
about 95% of them had been murdered or relocated to concentration
camps. With the community decimated, Jewish stories nearly
vanished. After the fall of the Soviet Union, the Lithuanian
government reopened its Jewish museum and erected memorials, but
contemp...
The groups ban on poppy farming has reportedly slashed Afghanistans
opioid production by 80% in one year. Taliban is bad like that, and
the US is always good. Dont forget that. The Taliban has reportedly
accomplished in one year what Americas war on
drugs failed to pull off in five decades: eliminating the
vast majority of Afghanistans opium output. Since the Taliban
banned poppy farming nationwide in April 2022, Afghanistan has
carried out the most successful counter-narcotics effort
in human history, the UK Telegraph newspaper reported on
Saturday. Afghan poppy production has dropped by an estimated 80%
in the past year, the report said. Poppy cultivation has plunged by
more than 99%, to around 2,500 acres, in Helmand province, which
British troops occupied for much of the 20-year, US-led war in
Afghanistan. The Telegraph noted that no such supply reductions
were achieved during Washingtons 50-year war on drugs, including
two decades of US presence in Afghanistan. The Central Asian
country historically accounts for more than 80% of global opium
production and 95% of European opioid supplies. The United Nations,
among other observers, has raised concern that the resulting
shortfall could lead to more use of synthetic opioids, such as
fentanyl, which are potentially even more dangerous than
heroin. With the US in control of Afghanistan in 2004, the
Washington-backed government in Kabul set a goal of eliminating
poppy cultivation within 10 years. Instead, cultivation and output
actually rose during the
US occupation, even as American taxpayers reportedly spent at least
$9 billion to eradicate the industry. The US Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA) has a long history of involvement in the narcotics
trade. A US State Department report in 1991
found that covert CIA operations in Afghanistan had transformed the
region from a self-contained opium zone into a major
supplier of heroin for the world market. Nevertheless, US
media outlets pointed fingers at the Taliban for allegedly allowing
opium production to rise after the Islamist group retook control of
Afghanistan in August 2021. For instance, US st...
By Frank Bergman, In the past two and a half years, the number of
athletes suffering sudden cardiac arrests and related issues has
soared to alarming levels. In early 2021, young athletes started
suddenly collapsing with heart-related medical emergencies. Since
then, a staggering 1,884 cardiac arrests or other serious issues
have been recorded among athletes. Unfortunately, 1,310 of those
athletes died suddenly.
Good Sciencing has been
maintaining a non-exhaustive and continuously growing list
of mainly young athletes who suffered major medical issues in 2021,
2022, and the first half of 2023.
According to Good Sciencing, all
of the athletes on the list share one common factor: They suffered
sudden serious health issues after receiving one or more doses of
Covid shots.
As of April 2023, Good Sciencing
had recorded 1,884 athlete cardiac arrests or serious issues since
January 2021.
There are another 55 cases that
Good Sciencing is still investigating or awaiting further
information.
Good Sciencing has yet to record
and investigate more recent incidents such as the four New Zealand
rugby players.
Those of us in Italy and surrounding countries will be allowed
to continue trading Zcash, Monero and other coins that Binance
sought to condemn as unworthy.
Changes in climate patterns in India have lead to higher
temperatures and humidity, making conditions unbearable in many
areas. Around 50% of India lives in a warm and humid zone. India is
one of the countries with the lowest access to cooling in the
world, and the need is expected to rise exponentially.
Traditionally, courtyards, high thermal mass walls, and optimum
window sizes were commonly observed features of dwellings. With the
cultural influence of colonial bungalows, outdoor lawns became
preferable over indoor courtyards. The rise in population, land
politics, and space constraints has resulted in many outdoor spaces
being consumed in building more structures.
Walls grew thinner due to area constraints and windows grew
bigger leading to more heat gain inside buildings. Glass enables
views and efficient daylight, but it is often overused.
Moisture-absorbing materials like mud bricks and rammed earth
were traditionally used for walls in humid regions. With
multi-story construction and flat roofs becoming a custom these
became obsolete and red-brick and concrete a standard. Brick and
concrete are further being superseded with glass, aluminum, and
steel structures. Mangalore tiles, bamboo shingles, or coconut
palms, often constituted their sloping roofs, as these regions
experience heavy rainfall.
Designers have begun to understand the importance of thermal
comfort, sounds, and other multi-sensory perceptions for promoting
good physical and emotional well-being.
A warm and humid climate necessitates constant air circulation
to control humidity and heat gain. Making narrow building floor
plans and channeling wind properly by keeping smaller window sizes
in a windward direction, larger in a leeward direction; or an inlet
at a lower, and an outlet at a higher level helps in maintaining
pressure-driven wind movement. Keeping medium size openings of
20-40% of wall surfaces is advised to avoid moisture gain.
High relative humidity in some months renders evaporative
cooling ineffective (which works well in hot-dry climates), and
mechanical air conditioners become essential to provide thermal
comfort, in certain months.
Indias Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs launched the Global
Housing Technology Challenge
to find a variety of sustainable, and disaster-resistant building
technologies from across the world for the housing sector.
While many states have adopted the Energy Conservation and
Sustainable Building Code, effective implementation remains a
challenge. Compliance with these can significantly improve the
thermal performance of buildings and help fight climate change
while providing benefits like reduced electricity bills and better
physical and psychological health for residents.
Plaque opposite the Grandmasters Palace in Valletta, marking
George VIs award of the George Cross to the population of Malta for
courage under constant bombardment, April 15, 1942.
Historic
beaver dams marked in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. (Photo: The
American Beaver and his Works, by Lewis Henry Morgan, 1868)
The American beaver is a mighty creature. Once incredibly
numerous, they figured heavily in indigenous worldviews in the Americas. When
Europeans arrived, they prized the beaver for its pelt, and it was
hunted almost to extinction over the following centuries. However,
these small mammals have been part of another enduring legacy
through their effect on the changing American landscape. In fact,
one enthusiast recorded the dams created by beavers in the mid-19th
centuryand nearly 75% of those he noted are still visible
today.
Lewis Henry Morgan was a railroad magnate and politician with a
passion for anthropology and natural sciences. Michigan's Upper
Peninsula turned out to be fascinating to him as he planned his
railroad through the state. Throughout the 1850s and 1860s, he
observed the beaver, (apparently) his new favorite creature.
This observation yielded an impressive 396-page book
impressively entitled The American Beaver and His
Works. Within each folio was tucked a map of the
Ishpeming, Michigan, area. Sixty-four beaver dams dot the
landscape, interrupting streams and creating ponds. To create such
a map, Morgan used his own naturalist skills combined with the
drawing techniques of his railroad engineers. It was published in
1868.
So what have the busy beavers been up to in Michigan in the past
century and a half? As it turns out, largely maintaining these
historic dams. Despite the loss of habitat and population, 46, or
75%, of the dams Morgan noted are still visible on the landscape.
Ecologist Carol Johnston of South Dakota State University in
Brookings published a study after she discovered Morgan's
map, which was largely lost to obscurity. Using modern aerial
footage, Johnston was able to verify whether there ar...
here the one common thinking on them among most people that they
are not that good .but if you travel outside the United States they
are more common than you think plus you diff versions of them and
how the country in question use them .in Switzerland I saw the
little cars that where beening used by mom and dad to go to work or
go shopping in them .it was strange to find the one car the Renault
twizy electric vehicle very well liked there in Europe
If humans went extinct, what would the Earth look like
one year later? Essie, age 11, Michigan
Have you ever wondered what the world would be like if everyone
suddenly disappeared?
What would happen to all our stuff? What would happen to our
houses, our schools, our neighborhoods, our cities? Who would feed
the dog? Who would cut the grass? Although its a common theme in
movies, TV shows and books, the end of humanity is still a strange
thing to think about.
But as an associate
professor of urban design that is, someone who helps towns and
cities plan what their communities will look like its sometimes my
job to think about prospects like this.
So much silence
If humans just disappeared from the world, and you could come
back to Earth to see what had happened one year later, the first
thing youd notice wouldnt be with your eyes.
It would be with your ears.
The world would be quiet. And you would realize
how much noise people make. Our buildings are noisy. Our cars
are noisy. Our sky is noisy. All of that noise would stop.
Youd notice the weather. After a year without people, the sky
would be bluer, the air clearer. The wind and the rain would scrub
clean the surface of the Earth; all the
smog and dust that humans make would be gone.
Co-founders of Unite the USA sisters Carrie and Stacie Stoelting
joined Fox & Friends Weekend to discuss their Fourth of July
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Xiao
Wang, Double Portrait, oil on canvas, 48 x 60, 2022.
New York-based artist Xiao Wang masterfully sets the
mood in his portraits with uncanny environments. Although
realistically rendered, the color palettes have a slightly
distorted quality that speaks to what each figure is feeling or
thinking at the moment. From swirling violet clouds to blue-toned
leaves, these backgrounds help us understand what Wang's subjects
are trying to saybut cannot.
Originally from China, Wang's experience as an immigrant has a
major influence on his portraits. The work describes the feeling of
being trapped between two worlds, navigating feelings of
uncertainty and unease while trying to assimilate. His subjects
wear slightly enigmatic expressions that make it hard to discern
exactly what they are thinking. While some stare off into the
distance, others even look like they are smiling. The cues to what
is truly going on in their head exist in the settings.
Most of the figures depicted in Wang's work have a personal
connection to the artist, either as a friend, partner, or Wang
himself. The juxtaposition of a naturalistic approach to human
anatomy and the altered colors makes it seem like these people
exist somewhere between reality and a dream. And it is in this
place that we can better understand their state of mind.
Limited edition prints of Wang's work are available through
Art for Change. Be sure to
follow the artist on Instagram to keep up to date with his latest projects
and exhibitions.
New York-based artist Xiao Wang creates portrait paintings with
a moody atmosphere.
LONDON, June 29 (Reuters) - One of the world's most common
artificial sweeteners is set to be declared a possible carcinogen
next month by a leading global health body, according to two
sources with knowledge of the process, pitting it against the food
industry and regulators.
Aspartame, used in products from Coca-Cola diet sodas to Mars'
Extra chewing gum and some Snapple drinks, will be listed in July
as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" for the first time by the
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the World
Health Organization's (WHO) cancer research arm, the sources told
Reuters.
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YEARS AGO!
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The 2022-23 school year saw 13 hate crime hoaxes and six
questionable claims, according to a College
Fix analysis.
The
2022-23 school year saw 13 hate crime hoaxes and six questionable
claims, according to a College
Fix analysis. Sports competitions continue to
oddly be a source for race hoaxes, despite the
omnipresence of phones that can capture alleged racial slurs.
Pennsylvania State University fans found themselves falsely accused
of using racial slurs against Rutgers Universitys mens basketball
team. Further investigation into reported fan behavior at the Penn
State versus Rutgers basketball game on [Feb. 26] has found that no
apparent racial slurs were used by Penn State fans, the
university announced.
By now, it should be clear that claims of racial slurs at
sports games are likely not true. The hoax that attracted
the most attention of them all began in August, when Duke
University volleyball player Rachel Richardson claimed that
someone at a game against Brigham Young University kept yelling the
n-word at her. This is actually two hate crime hoaxes, because her
godmother also claimed that someone yelled the word every single
time the black volleyball player went to serve. The hoax led the
University of South Carolina womens ba...
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UK-based artist Lisa Stevens pushes the boundaries
of ceramics with her aquatic-inspired
creations. Embedded with intricate details, these pieces mimic
the colors and forms found by the sea. Featuring bright flowers and
textured ridges, any of these sculptures look like they could've
washed up on shore.
Stevens has been capturing natural oceanic motifs for years.
While her art has become increasingly elaborate, her process
remains the same. She begins each piece from clay and uses various
tools to sculpt and shape the material into the desired form. This
can mean adding tiny indentations all along the surface, scratching
long lines, and crafting flower petals. Although this process can
be labor-intensive, it results in a very tactile finish with an
eclectic mix of textures.
Once the building is done, Stevens applies a carefully chosen
array of underglazes and stoneware glazes to the
sculpturessometimes even adding melted glassto give the pieces a
more aquatic feeling. Her palette usually includes blues and greens
as well as bright yellows and oranges; they are colors you expect
to find in coral reef habitats. These vibrant additions also
highlight the details in the sculptural elements.
Stevens' ceramic sculptures are available to purchase through
her online shop. You can also keep up to date with
the artist's latest creations by following her on Instagram.
Artist Lisa Stevens captures the beauty of aquatic life.
These things are difficult, locally we had a guy with a
restraining order who turned in his handgun, picked up a 1911 in a
Walmart parking he bought on ARMSLIST.
He right went over and murdered his girlfriend then the piece of
shit ate a bullet when the police arrived, he would have done the
world a favor by shooting himself years ago.
Like hummingbirds, we humans can sense sugar because our DNA
contains gene sequences coding for the
molecular detectors that allow us to detect sweetness.
But it is more complex than that. Our ability to sense
sweetness, as well as other tastes, involves a delicate dance
between our genetic makeup and the foods we encounter from the womb
to the dinner table.
As with hummingbirds, the human
ability to discern what food tastes like depends on the
presence of taste receptors. These molecular detectors are found on
the sensory cells, which are housed inside the taste buds, the
sensory organs on the surface of the tongue.
The
interactions between taste receptors and food molecules give
rise to the five basic taste qualities: sweetness, savoriness,
bitterness, saltiness and sourness, which are transmitted from the
mouth to the brain via specific nerves.
You may have seen nanotechnology on Star Trek before and
wondered what if? The truth is the invention of nanotechnology and
their multiple uses in the military were hidden from Continue
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PFAS chemicals seemed like a good idea at first. As Teflon,
they made pots easier to clean starting in the 1940s. They made
jackets waterproof and carpets stain-resistant. Food wrappers,
firefighting foam, even makeup seemed better with perfluoroalkyl
and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
Today, PFAS are pervasive in soil, dust and drinking water
around the world. Studies suggest theyre in 98% of Americans bodies,
where theyve been associated
with health problems including thyroid disease, liver damage
and kidney and testicular cancer. There are now over 9,000
types of PFAS. Theyre often referred to as forever chemicals
because the same properties that make them so useful also
ensure they dont break down in nature.
Facing lawsuits over PFAS contamination, the industrial giant
3M, which has made PFAS for many uses for decades,
announced a US$10.3 billion settlement with public water
suppliers on June 22, 2023, to help pay for testing and treatment.
The company admits no liability in the settlement, which requires
court approval. Cleanup could cost
many times that amount.
But how do you capture and destroy a forever chemical?
Biochemist A.
Daniel Jones and soil scientist Hui
Li work on PFAS solutions at the Michigan State University and
explained the promising techniques being tested today.
How do PFAS get from everyday products into water, soil and
eventually humans?
There are two main exposure pathways for PFAS to get into humans
drinking water and food consumption.
PFAS can get into soil through land application of biosolids,
that is, sludge from wastewater treatment, and can they leach out
from landfills. If contaminated biosolids are
applied to farm fields as fertilizer, PFAS can get into water
a...
Youve probably been hearing the term PFAS in the news lately as
states and the U.S. government consider
rules and guidelines for managing these forever chemicals.
Even if the term is new to you, chances are good that youre
familiar with what PFAS do. Thats because theyre found in
everything from nonstick cookware to carpets to ski wax.
PFAS stands for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, which are a
large group of human-made chemicals currently estimated to be
around 9,000 individual chemical compounds that are used widely in consumer
products and industry. They can make products resistant to water,
grease and stains and protect against fire.
Waterproof outdoor apparel and cosmetics, stain-resistant
upholstery and carpets, food packaging that is designed to prevent
liquid or grease from leaking through, and certain firefighting
equipment often contain PFAS. In fact,
one recent study found that most products labeled stain- or
water-resistant contained PFAS, and another study found
that this is even true among products labeled as nontoxic or green.
PFAS are also found in unexpected places like high-performance ski
and snowboard waxes, floor waxes and medical devices.
At first glance, PFAS sound pretty useful, so you might be
wondering whats the big deal?
The short answer is that PFAS are harmful to human health and
the environment.
Some of the very same chemical properties that make PFAS
attractive in products also mean these chemicals will persist in
the environment for generations. Because of the widespread use of
PFAS, these chemicals are now present in water, soil and living
organisms and can be found across almost every part of the planet,
including Arctic
glaciers, marine
mammals, remote communities living on subsistence diets, and in
98% of the American
public.
The Environmental Protection Agency
issued a health advisory in 2022, warning about their risk in
drinking water even at very low levels. PFAS maker 3M, facing
lawsuits, announced a...
Many people still think that the best way to preserve foods is by
putting everything in the fridge.
And it may even be true for most ingredients, but in some cases,
the fridge is totally contraindicated.
Its proven that some foods actually spoil if stored in the
refrigerator.
To explain this truth, we will show you 5 foods that most people
keep in their fridges but shouldnt.
So, did you like learning which foods should stay away from your
fridge? Tell me, do you keep any of them in your fridge?
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Walk through the personal care aisles of your local store and
youll see dozens of products that promise to soften your skin, make
you smell better, extend your lashes, decrease wrinkling, tame your
curly hair, or even semi-permanently change the color of your lips,
hair or skin.
Remember the adage If it seems too good to be true, it probably
is?
Many of product promises like these are based on chemicals that
can also be hazardous to your health, including
endocrine-disrupting chemicals that can interfere with fertility and reproduction,
fetal growth and
infant
development.
Thats a big concern, because these products are heavily marketed
to young women in the years before they might consider starting a
family.
Recent studies have demonstrated that college-age women
use cosmetic products at higher rates
than other groups. Additionally, many of these young women are
unaware of the health risks from frequent use of popular products
containing contaminants of emerging
concern. And finding cleaner alternatives often means paying
more.
As
an epidemiologist who has fought my own fertility battles, I
study exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals found in everyday
products, such as cosmetics, shampoos, lotions and plastics. I have
been working to raise awareness of the health risks to young people
and encourage prudent use of cosmetic products.
This is an opinion editorial by Michael Matulef, an
electrician, independent student of Austrian economics and member
of the Mises Institute.
Bitcoin needs to change! In the realm of Bitcoin heresy, before
you prepare to hang me from the gallows for that statement, permit
me to express my final thoughts. Allow me to provide a brief
introduction I am not a galaxy-brained, shadowy super coder. I must
admit to my relative ignorance in the fields of computer science
and cryptography. I do not work within the Bitcoin industry.
Instead, I am an ordinary pleb, toiling away in construction to
make ends meet, striving to maintain humility and gain a
comprehensive understanding of the true nature of Bitcoin. So, why
do I say that Bitcoin must change?
Let us commence by reflecting upon the adage, "Not your keys,
not your coins," which resounds as one of the loudest mantras in
the Bitcoin community, and rightfully so. When your private keys
are held by a centralized exchange or custodian on your behalf, you
effectively surrender control over your funds. This situation
introduces counterparty risk, as you become reliant on the security
practices and integrity of the third party entrusted with your
keys.
The philosophy underlying "not your keys, not your coins" aligns
with the broader principles of decentralization and censorship
resistance. These principles seek to empower individuals with
financial sovereignty and eliminate the necessity for
intermediaries. It underscores the significance of personal
responsibility, security and self-reliance in this digital era
where governments increasingly employ technology as a tool for
controlling individuals.
Now, you may ask, what is the issue at hand? Well, the truth of
the matter is that, under the current implementation of the Bitcoin
protocol, self custody does not scale. Many Bitcoin enthusiasts
choose not to critically analyze this reality. However, we cannot
ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.
Recently, the
BRC-20 minting issue thrust this challenge into the spotlight
within the community. The event triggered an explosion in the base
layer fee market, resulting in exorbitant costs to confirm
transactions. Regardless of your opinion on BRC-20, the incident
provided us with a glimpse of the future if the network continues
to expand. Try to envision, in all honesty, the exacerbation of
this situation with 8 billion users. As activist Anita Posch
pointed out
in this tweet, custodial solutions would become the only means
of onboarding new network participants. While there are
federated protocols aiming to disintermediate custodial risk by
spr...
Conflux (CFX) has had a positive run so far in 2023, placing
itself amongst the best-performing altcoins in the first half of
the year. However, the Chinese Ethereum has been trading in the red
in the past few days. According to data from CoinGecko, CFX lost
nearly 16% of its value in the past week.
DWF Labs Acquires $18 Million Worth Of CFX
Tokens
This CFX price fall comes despite the acquisition made by DWF
Labs in the past week. On Wednesday, June 28, the Conflux network
announced that the multi-stage Web3 investment firm purchased $18
million worth of its token.
DWF Labs backs Conflux with $18M!
DWF Labs, a global digital asset market maker and multi-stage
Web3 investment firm, has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting
the growth of Conflux.https://t.co/ogOLJHvbQH
Demonstrating their commitment, DWF Labs purchased $18M worth
of
Conflux Network Official (@Conflux_Network) June 28, 2023
This latest investment is a follow-up to the initial $10 million
purchase of CFX tokens in March. It is understood to be a
demonstration of DWF Labs commitment to supporting the growth of
Conflux.
In a tweet, the head of DWF labs, Andrei Grachev, emphasized how
the network is an excellent technology and his firms willingness to
increase its CFX holdings.
@Conflux_Network is a bright example how a great
team, technology, BD, GR and PR should perform. We know each other
since ages and Im more than happy to increase our $CFX holdings and support the guys with
everything. Long East, Long HK, Long Web3 LFG! pic.twitter.com/hSzb3VYjfP
Conflux has built a reputation as a cutting-edge technology
thanks to its Tree-Graph consensus algorithm, which enables the
blockchain to achieve a high transaction throughput (tps) of up to
6,000 transactions.
As inferred earlier, the Conflux ecosystem has been experiencing
steady growth since the turn of the year. Recently, the blockchain
disclosed a partnership with dappOS, which
promises mutual benefits for both entities.
Avert your eyes! My Sunday morning look at
incompetency, corruption and policy failures:
The Military Recruiting Crisis: Even Veterans Dont Want
Their Children to Join: Pentagon scrambles to retain the
main pipeline for new service members as disillusioned families
steer young people away. (Wall Street Journal)
Middle Americas doom loop Work from home is
crushing Midwestern downtowns (Business Insider) see
alsoSt. Louis Is the Struggling Downtown You Havent
Heard Of and Right-Wing Policies Are Making Things Worse.
Empty storefronts dot most of the blocks around my downtown
neighborhood these days and have overtaken some of them. Once a
buzzy destination for shoppers and diners, downtown today
frequently looks deserted, its visitors presumably repelled by
reports of violent crime, homelessness and blight. Upper-floor
offices, once packed with white-collar workers eager to hit the
bars at quitting time, now sit mostly empty. The comforting sounds
of sidewalk diners and live music that used to hum along with the
traffic on summer nights has been replaced by sirens, or silence.
(New York Times)
The Low-Tech, High-Stakes World of Ripping Off Benefits
Recipients: The technology that secures EBT cards is
woefully outdated, allowing criminals to drain millions of dollars
from accounts before the neediest people see a dime. (Businessweek)
The Acceleration of the Age of the Idiot: The
Main Question History Will Ask About Us Is: How Did Everything Get
So Stupid, So Fast? (Eudaimonia)
How Plastics Are Poisoning Us: They both
release and attract toxic chemicals, and appear everywhere from
human placentas to chasms thirty-six thousand feet beneath the sea.
Will we ever be rid of them? (New Yorker)
Rightwingers say pink-haired liberals are killing New
York pizza. Heres whats really happening: That...
They have a new get rich quick scheme every second week.
Once a taxi driver offered to tell about his terrific business
idea, apparently he wanted me to be part of it.
He was unkempt and a bit smelly. Normally, if that were an
ordinary taxi ride, I wouldnt mind. But dude
Oof!
I know I should hold on to it because Ill need it for bills, but
if there is money in my account I just spend it on things.
~From a 35 year old woman with 2 college degrees.
Uh oh
I had a coworker who explained how smart he was buy rotating
credit cards to pay off other credit cards when the grace period of
no interest for 6 months.
I told him Stop buying things and pay the card off, idiot.
Fox News host Lawrence Jones heads to Los Angeles to witness the
homeless crisis up-close and its impact on local businesses on
Cross Country. #foxnews #fox #crosscountry
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service delivering breaking news as well as political and business
news. The number one network in cable, FNC has been the
most-watched television news channel for 18 consecutive years.
According to a 2020 Brand Keys Consumer Loyalty Engagement Index
report, FOX News is the top brand in the country for morning and
evening news coverage. A 2019 Suffolk University poll named FOX
News as the most trusted source for television news or commentary,
while a 2019 Brand Keys Emotion Engagement Analysis survey found
that FOX News was the most trusted cable news brand. A 2017
Gallup/Knight Foundation survey also found that among Americans who
could name an objective news source, FOX News was the top-cited
outlet. Owned by FOX Corporation, FNC is available in nearly 90
million homes and dominates the cable news landscape, routinely
notching the top ten programs in the genre.
Watch full episodes of your favorite shows
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Special Report with Bret Baier:
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Jesse Watters Primetime:
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Hannity: https://www.foxnews.com/video/shows/hannity
The Ingraham Angle:
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A Mexican restaurant in California is in hot water for allegedly
hiring a fake priest to extract confessions from its workers. It
has also received a court order to pay $140,000 to its workers as
compensation.
This is W I L D labor violation case:
A California restaurant had someone impersonate a priest and hear
workers confessions.
Then the restaurant used that information to retaliate against
workers https://t.co/vOrFao5p8Q
Crystal Fincher (finchfrii on all platforms) (@finchfrii)
June 18, 2023
The US Department of Labor stated that an employee testified in
court that Che Garibaldi, owner of Taqueria Garibaldi, which
operates two branches in California, offered a person who
identified as a priest to hear their confessions during work
hours.
"The priest urged workers to 'get their sins out,' and asked
employees if they had stolen from the employer, been late for work,
had done anything to harm their employer or if they had bad
intentions toward their employer," a statement from the US
Department of Labor said.
This is some shit Gordon Ramsey would do on
Kitchen Nightmares
The Department of Labor did not identify the fake priest hired
by Garibaldi.
Taqueria Garibaldi and its owners and operators did not respond to
requests for comment. In response to the incident, a spokesperson
for the Catholic Diocese of Sacramento told the Catholic News
Agency that their investigation "found no evidence of any
connection" with the alleged priest.
Authorities uncovered more findings during their investigation
into the restaurant and its owner. They found that Taqueria
Garibaldi denied employees overtime pay while managers illegally
received bonuses from the employee tip pool. Investigators also
found that the restaurant threatened to retaliate against its
employees and "adverse immigration consequences" for
cooperating with the Department of Labor. According to the
statement, Taqueria Garibaldi even fired one worker they
suspected...
A new, eye-opening study revealed that the majorities of
Americans across different ethnic, religious, and political lines
oppose religious-based discrimination against members of the
LGBTQIA+ community, which came at a time when Christian
conservatives have introduced over 400 anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation in
different state legislatures nationwide.
Large majorities of U.S. adults oppose
denying medical care, employment, and other services to LGBTQ+
people based on the provider or employers religious beliefs,
according to a new report. https://t.co/ME0Xj86gXb
This data came from a September 2022 survey conducted by the
Williams Institute, a public policy research institute based at the
University of California, Los Angeles School of Law. The report,
Public Attitudes Toward the Use of Religious Beliefs to
Discriminate Against LGBTQ People, was published this June
2023 and had a nationally representative sample of 1,003 American
adults.
In the study, around 84% of the survey respondents said they
opposed denying healthcare to LGBTQIA+ community members on
religious grounds. 74% opposed religious-based, anti-LGBTQIA+
employment discrimination, while 71% were against business
employees refusing to provide service to LGBTQIA+ customers or
clients based on the employer or employees religious beliefs.
Among non-white racial and ethnic groups in the United States,
over 80% of respondents opposed using religious beliefs as a basis
for denying LGBTQIA+ individuals or services, healthcare, or
employment. Approximately 70% of the studys whi...
Six months after a far-right Swedish-Danish activist and
politician enraged the entire Muslim community by publicly burning
the Quran in front of the Turkish embassy in Swedens capital,
Stockholm, another Quran-burning stunt occurred in the capital,
this time during the celebration of Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of
Sacrifice.
The person responsible for this latest Quran-burning publicity
stunt was not a far-right provocateur like Rasmus Paludan but a
refugee from Iraq identified as Salwan Momika. He performed the act
outside the Stockholm Central Mosque on June 28th while Muslims
were celebrating the Feast of Sacrifice, which commemorates the
willingness of Abraham to follow Gods command by attempting to
sacrifice his son.
Momika began the stunt by walking near the mosque behind rows of
police officers outside the building, waving two Swedish flags
while blasting the countrys national anthem through a speaker
system. He then started desecrating the Quran by tearing it up and
lighting it on fire with the cigarette he was holding.
Swedish police authorised another
Quran-burning protest in Stockholm yesterday, on the day of Eid
al-Adha in front of the main central mosque in the Swedish
capital.
The provocative and hateful protest was attended by two men, one of
whom is an Iraqi national, who pic.twitter.com/sZ581MAXcK
The Iraqi refugee also laid a strip of bacon on the Quran and
began stomping on it. Another man with Momika spoke to the crowd
with a megaphone. Momika has been pushing for the Islamic holy book
to be banned in Sweden.
While the display was supposed to antagonize the Muslim
community in Sweden and rile them up, especially during a very
important holiday like Eid al-Adha, the Quran-burning publicity
stunt was mostly mocked, dismissed, or even ignored by the 200
people that gathered outside.
<p><a href=
"https://www.atheistrepublic.com/news/human-trafficking-youtube-ban-odd-case-filipino-pastor">
<img alt="" class="image-style-none" height="720" src=
"https://www.atheistrepublic.com/sites/default/files/Copy%20of%20Ali%20Dawah%20Defends%20Andrew%20Tate%20against%20Just%20Pearly%20Things.png"
width="1280"></a></p> <p>Filipino pastor and
self-proclaimed Appointed Son of God Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy
couldnt stop YouTube from terminating his channel for alleged
violations of the platforms community guidelines on June
21st.</p> <p>Quiboloys YouTube channel was taken down
after Canadian YouTuber Mutahar Anas, also known on the platform as
SomeOrdinaryGamers, flagged YouTubes support team on Twitter on
June 20th and informed them about the pastors prior cases of human
trafficking and his FBI warrant.</p> <p><em>Yo,
someone at @TeamYouTube has to help the feds or shut this account
down. Actual human trafficking priest is running a channel still
reaching out to victims less than 12 hours ago.</em> Mutahar
said on Twitter, mentioning YouTubes official support account on
Twitter. <em>Dude has an FBI warrant out
rn.</em></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Yo someone at <a href=
"https://twitter.com/TeamYouTube?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TeamYouTube</a>
has to help the feds or shut this account down. Actual human
trafficking priest is running a channel still reaching out to
victims less than 12 hours ago.<br> <br> Dude has an
FBI warrant out rn. <a href=
"https://t.co/7f98oFpzws">pic.twitter.com/7f98oFpzws</a></p>
<p> Mutahar (@OrdinaryGamers) <a href=
"https://twitter.com/OrdinaryGamers/status/1670904369397616642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">
June 19, 2023</a></p> </blockquote>
<p>YouTube promptly granted Mutahars request to review
Quiboloys channel and announced a day after he notified the
platform that they had taken down Quiboloys channel.</p>
<p>"<em>Hey, update here: upon review, we've determined
that the channel is in violation of Community Guidelines & has
been terminated," YouTubes verified Twitter account said.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr"
lang="en">hey, update here: upon review, we've determined that
the channel is in violation of Community Guidelines & has been
terminated
TeamYouTube (@TeamYouTube) <a href=
"https://twitter.com/TeamYouTube/status/1671293791624478720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">
June 20, 2023</a></p> </blockquote>
<p>Before the suspension of Quiboloys channel, it had over
47,000 subscribers. His lawyer, Atty. Ferdinand Topacio said "[N]o
comment after GMA News, a local news outlet, asked him for comment
on the issue.</p> <p>Since February 2022, Quiboloy, who
also serves as the leader of the religious...
Before Elon Musk broke it, two of the biggest things on
Twitter were cat photos and celebrities. We recently spotted actor
and Scouse royalty, Stephen McGann, giving the seal of
approval to an account that expertly combines those two things
Stephen Mcgann as Cats.
The brainchild of @Empxthize_ couldnt have been
given a better endorsement than one from Stephen McGann himself
unless he also got his cat to give it the claws up.
Compound (COMP), the governance token of the Compound protocol,
has experienced a remarkable surge in value over the past week,
positioning itself as one of the top gainers in the cryptocurrency
market. The tokens price has risen by an impressive 33% within a
span of just seven days.
Whale Activity Behind Price Increase
The recent surge in COMPs price can be attributed to several
factors. One significant catalyst is the presence of whale activity
and potential institutional investors. Blockchain analytics firm
Lookonchain shed some light on this phenomenon,
revealing that a notable wallet identified as 0x0D5 has been
involved in substantial transactions involving COMP.
The wallet transferred 3 million USDT to Binance and extracted
50,000 COMP, equivalent to around $2.26 million, just two days ago.
Shortly after, the same entity withdrew an additional 120,000 COMP,
valued at approximately $5.53 million, from Binance. This also
followed the activities of other whales who moved significant
volumes of COMP during this period. These significant transfers
often indicate bullish behavior and can have an impact on the
tokens supply and demand dynamics, thus influencing its price.
COMP Current Price And Future Prospects
The recent price surge and increased trading activity indicate
growing investor interest in COMP. The token has surpassed multiple
resistance levels and is currently trading above $54.68, boasting a
market capitalization of $424 million.
Moreover, COMP has added over $200 million to its market cap in
recent weeks, surging from less than $200 million to its current
valuation. The tokens daily trading volume has also witnessed a
significant surge, indicating heightened market participation. Over
the past two weeks, COMP has exhibited a substantial growth
patter...
Fox News host Lawrence Jones sits down with veterans to discuss
what it means to fight for the nations freedom on Cross Country.
#foxnews #fox #crosscountry
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FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news
service delivering breaking news as well as political and business
news. The number one network in cable, FNC has been the
most-watched television news channel for 18 consecutive years.
According to a 2020 Brand Keys Consumer Loyalty Engagement Index
report, FOX News is the top brand in the country for morning and
evening news coverage. A 2019 Suffolk University poll named FOX
News as the most trusted source for television news or commentary,
while a 2019 Brand Keys Emotion Engagement Analysis survey found
that FOX News was the most trusted cable news brand. A 2017
Gallup/Knight Foundation survey also found that among Americans who
could name an objective news source, FOX News was the top-cited
outlet. Owned by FOX Corporation, FNC is available in nearly 90
million homes and dominates the cable news landscape, routinely
notching the top ten programs in the genre.
Watch full episodes of your favorite shows
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Special Report with Bret Baier:
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Jesse Watters Primetime:
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Hannity: https://www.foxnews.com/video/shows/hannity
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Barnes & Noble CEO James Daunt shares how the bookseller is
defying the digital age on One Nation. #foxnews #fox #onenation
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FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news
service delivering breaking news as well as political and business
news. The number one network in cable, FNC has been the
most-watched television news channel for 18 consecutive years.
According to a 2020 Brand Keys Consumer Loyalty Engagement Index
report, FOX News is the top brand in the country for morning and
evening news coverage. A 2019 Suffolk University poll named FOX
News as the most trusted source for television news or commentary,
while a 2019 Brand Keys Emotion Engagement Analysis survey found
that FOX News was the most trusted cable news brand. A 2017
Gallup/Knight Foundation survey also found that among Americans who
could name an objective news source, FOX News was the top-cited
outlet. Owned by FOX Corporation, FNC is available in nearly 90
million homes and dominates the cable news landscape, routinely
notching the top ten programs in the genre.
Watch full episodes of your favorite shows
The Five: https://www.foxnews.com/video/shows/the-five
Special Report with Bret Baier:
https://www.foxnews.com/video/shows/special-report
Jesse Watters Primetime:
https://www.foxnews.com/video/shows/jesse-watters-primetime
Hannity: https://www.foxnews.com/video/shows/hannity
The Ingraham Angle:
https://www.foxnews.com/video/shows/ingraham-angle
Gutfeld!: https://www.foxnews.com/video/shows/gutfeld
Fox News @ Night:
https://www.foxnews.com/video/shows/fox-news-night
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Barry Silbert is a well-known entrepreneur as well as investor
who has made significant contributions to the world of
cryptocurrency and also owns Gensis Trading and Grayscale
investments. He tends also to be the founder and CEO of Foundry
and Digital Currency Group, venture capital companies that
specializes in funding businesses operating in the blockchain and
digital currency sectors. Barry Silbert has become a prominent
figure in the cryptocurrency community over the years as his
efforts have helped promote positive changes for BTC. This has made
him to be a key figure in the development of a number of
advantageous improvements in the sector. The following are some
major efforts he has impacted in the Bitcoin sector of its growth
and shaping it today.
The first one is founding of the Bitcoin Investment Trust.
Silbert contributed greatly to the Bitcoin industry with this
effort. It was such a great fund that was introduced in 2013
thereby helping investors be exposed to Bitcoin without having to
buy as well as hold the digital currency themselves. This move
helped legitimize Bitcoin as an investment asset and it helped pave
the way for the development of other Bitcoin investment
vehicles.
Silbert has also been a vocal advocate for Bitcoin regulation.
He recognizes the need for governments to regulate the
cryptocurrency industry to protect consumers and prevent fraud.
Excessive regulation can as well stifle innovation and hinder this
industry growth according to Barry. To better grasp the potential
advantages of cryptocurrencies, Silbert has engaged with
regulators. He has also assisted in developing regulations that
encourage innovation while safeguarding customer interests.
The other major contribution is being a strong advocate for
Bitcoin scaling solutions in addition to his work with regulators.
Segregated Witness (SegWit) a scaling solution that expands the
capacity of the Bitcoin network by segregating transaction data
from signature data has been adopted with his backing. The capacity
of the Bitcoin network has been boosted as a result of such
expansion. This has been beneficial in the sense that it has
assisted resolve some of the scalability challenges that Bitcoin
has encountered.
Silbert has also been a strong proponent of Bitcoin as a store
of value. He thinks that the restricted supply and decentralized
features of Bitcoin make it a compelling alternative to established
reserves of value like gold. Flat currencies are intrinsically
prone to inflation and manipulable by the governme...
A video shows
a man being torn apart and eaten alive
by zombies,
caught on tape by Russian military night vision.
Night Vision Video of Man Eaten by
Zombies
A video shows a man being torn apart and eaten alive by zombies,
caught on tape by Russian military night vision. pic.twitter.com/kBn3URQhu9
<div><a href=
"https://twistedsifter.com/2023/07/people-talk-about-the-celebrities-they-think-everyone-loves/">
<img alt="" class= "attachment-sifter-rss size-sifter-rss
wp-post-image" height="307" src=
"https://twistedsifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Celebrity-Everybody-Likes.jpg?w=586"
width="586"></a></div> <p><img alt=
"Celebrity Everybody Likes People Talk About the Celebrities They
Think Everyone Loves" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-182357"
height="537" src=
"https://twistedsifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Celebrity-Everybody-Likes.jpg?w=1024"
title="People Talk About the Celebrities They Think Everyone Loves"
width="800"></p> <p>I think Im gonna have to go with
Paul Rudd on this one</p> <p>You never hear a bad word
spoken about him and he seems like a genuinely good personwhich is
pretty rare in Hollywood!</p> <p>Now lets hear what
<a href=
"https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/wl0s0j/whos_a_celebrity_no_one_can_hate/"
rel="noopener" target="_blank">AskReddit users</a> said
about this.</p> <h1><span style="text-decoration:
underline;">A great one.</span></h1>
<blockquote> <p>Steve Buscemi.</p>
<p>During 9/11 the man went down to his old firehouse and
volunteered.</p> <p>A fu**ing hero! No one can h**e
him.</p> </blockquote> <h1><span
style="text-decoration: underline;">Remember
him?</span></h1> <blockquote> <p>Brendan
Fraser.</p> <p>Dude went through hell both physically
& emotionally from back injuries & being s**ually violated
and is finally coming back to Hollywood.
Dude is as friendly and humble as he ever was and I wish him the
best.</p> </blockquote> <h1><span
style="text-decoration: underline;">Class
act.</span></h1> <blockquote> <p>Julie
Andrews.</p> <p>Ive met her, had a cup of tea with her
in her house. Every bit as charming and as personable as you could
ever imagine.</p> <p>The definition of a class
act.</p> </blockquote> <h1><span
style="text-decoration:
underline;">Legend!</span></h1> <blockquote>
<p>Christopher Lee.</p> <p>Fought in WWII, played
Dracula, a wizard, a Sith Lord, and many other roles.</p>
<p>He also was in a metal band.</p> </blockquote>
<h1><span style="text-decoration: underline;">We all
miss him.</span></h1> <blockquote> <p>John
Candy.</p> <p>The warmth, love, and honesty he brought
to all of his roles was second to none...</p>
</blockquote>
In a recent community call, the team behind the Ethereum Name Service (ENS)
revealed plans to adopt a Layer-2 platform in light of increasing
gas fees on the mainnet. In response to this planned move, ENS
prices climbed roughly 10%, floating higher with increasing trading
volumes, evident in the daily chart.
The Ethereum Name Service
ENS is a decentralized naming system on Ethereum. It provides an
easy-to-use and human-readable naming system that allows users to
rename mainnet addresses, smart contracts, and other resources.
This system permits users to create and employ memorable domain
names instead of complicated addresses.
The team behind the ENS believes their solution makes it easier
for everyone to interact with the pioneer smart contracting
platform, and is handy, especially in sending and receiving
transactions. In this arrangement, the platform maps a users
domain, the human-readable address, with their original address or
deployed smart contract on the Ethereum mainnet.
However, since ENS maps all addresses on the Ethereum mainnet,
transaction fees apply, a concern considering the fluctuating gas
fees on Ethereum. In Ethereum, all transactions, including
transfers or smart contract deployment, must be paid for. The
amount paid depends on the level of demand in the network, and the
value tends to be volatile. Over the past few weeks, Ethereum gas
fees have been rising.
Fluctuating Gas Fees
According to YCharts data on June 30, the
average gas fee for sending a transaction stood at $34.62, down
from $42.77 recorded on June 5. As of May 12, it stood at $77.88.
The only time gas fees on Ethereum fell was on June 25, when it was
at $16.58. At this level, the gas fee is relatively high compared
to other networks. For example, the average transaction fee in
Bitcoin was $2.383 on June 30, down from $9.018 on May 12.
Meanwhile, in layer-2 platforms, transaction fees and smart
contract deployment costs are relatively lower, according to
trackers. As an illustration, gas fees on Optimism, a popular Ethereum
layer-2, is $0.03 as of July 2.
Considering the high gas fees on Ethereum, ENS, via two
improvement proposals, ENSIP-10 and EIP-3668, will further expand
to a Layer-2 platform as a relief for users sensitive to high gas
fees on Ethereum as part enhancing interoperability. During the
call, the team said this would scale the platform and open the
service to more people...
This should be shared everywhere... And remember, this is a main
stream politician speaking to mainstream people so there are some
flaws. But as long as the WW2 revisionists, therapeutic purists and
flat earthers aren't too triggered into nitpicking over details
they disagree with and can look at a bigger picture, this speech
stands alone as one of the greatest speeches ever to be heard in
any parliament. Pay special attention to the final section....
It appears that the co-founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin,
doesnt trust the security of infrastructure allowing ETH staking.
Consequently, in a recent interview, Buterin stated that he would
only stake a limited amount of coins to ensure the network is
distributed and remain robust against malicious agents who might
try to take over the platform, reversing transactions.
Vitalik Buterin Has Doubts On Ethereum
Staking
Buterin has raised concerns about the potential risks of ETH
staking through third-party infrastructure, specifically regarding
the exposure of private keys and the danger it poses to his entire
stake. He believes that implementing a multi-signature system could
provide better protection. However, the current process is more
difficult to set up, leading to his increased caution.
In a multi-sig system, users have their private key to sign
transactions. A specific number of signatures must be provided to
approve a transaction, which varies based on the Ethereum wallets
configuration. This setup boosts security and reduces the risk of
unauthorized access to funds.
Probably the biggest reason why I personally am not just staking
all of my ETH, that Im instead staking a fairly small portion, is
because if you stake your ETH, it has to be all out, like the keys
that access it have to be public on some system thats online, and
for safety, it has to be a multi-sig, and multi-sigs for staking
are still fairly difficult to set up, and it gets complicated in a
bunch of ways.
ETH Prices Stable Below $2,000
His remarks have generated a lot of discussion. Most critics are
concerned about the entire security framework of Ethereum. After
shifting from a proof-of-work to a proof-of-stake system, Ethereum
relies on a network of validators who have to stake at least 32 ETH
for a chance to approve a block of transactions and earn block
rewards and transaction fees. These validators are also needed to
secure the network; without them, the blockchain will be
susceptible to attacks.
According to on-chain data, there are over 643,000 validators spread across
the globe who have staked over 20.5 million ETH. On average, each
validator has staked 32.17 ETH. Notably, the validator count has
steadily risen over the years, and the number of ETH staked has
sharply increased despite the recent upgrade permitting stakers to
unlock their coins.
Charles Hoskinson, the founder of Cardano and one of the
original co-founders of Ethereum, said he was lost for
words,...
Okay, have you ever told someones GRANDMOTHER to EFF off?
Yeah, you dont see that every day
And now this guy wants to know if he was wrong for not sticking
up for his grandma.
Check out his story and see what you think.
AITA for not sticking up for my grandmother after my wife told
her to f- off out of her hospital room?
About 3 weeks ago my Wife-33 went into premature labor with our
daughter at 31 weeks. It was entirely unexpected and both my wife
and our daughter had a horrible time and it became quite dangerous
for the both of them.
My wife became preeclamptic among other serious complications
and for the first week we werent even sure if either my wife or our
daughter would make it. Luckily they both survived but our daughter
is still in the nicu after 3 weeks and probably will be in for
another 3, and my wife is still in the hospital as well.
It has been a horrible struggle for my wife. Before this she was
a very healthy and active person and even during most of her
pregnancy she was able to maintain a somewhat active lifestyle, but
because of the trauma her body went through she is basically
starting back from square one and hasnt even been able to hold our
daughter yet. My wife has had a lot of struggles so far with her
birth trauma and feels so confused and hurt by her experienc...
Have you ever said that after you saw something that you
DEFINITELY werent supposed to see?
These AskReddit users sure did and
they shared their stories.
Take a look!
This just made me laugh.
Grandma naked repeatedly.
My room is across the hall from the bathroom and I would do
homework a lot with headphones on. I heard my grandma holler
something to me from the bathroom.
Took my headphones off and look to the bathroom door right as
she opened it to go to the guest bedroom.
Turns out she was saying dont look! Naked grandma!
Slow clap.
My companys entire payroll on a spreadsheet. Someone left it on
the printer.
Used the info to get a way past due raise.
What on earth?!
I guess not me but my dad. He stepped outside a bar one night on
a rainy day to get more smokes from his car (this was back when you
could smoke inside) and saw one guy kneeling on the ground holding
another dude face down in a pothole puddle and the other guy
thrashing wildly.
He said that instinct took over and he just ran up and kicked
the attacker in the head as hard as he could, knocking him out. He
sat with the victim until he left to make sure the dude was ok and
didnt try to murder the now unconscious attacker. Then he made an
anonymous 911 call so that someone would tend to the unconscious
guy and left.
You know, I generally like my jobit pays well and is reasonably
satisfyingbut man, sometimes I wish I could afford to chuck it all
and just wander around the Mediterranean for the rest of my
life.
7. What advice would you give your childhood self? Dont
stick your fork in the electrical outlet. No good will come of
it.
9. What is your favorite environmental season? Why?
Definitely fall. Cool but not yet cold, with an invigorating
crispness in the air and the changing of the leaves. Plus, apple
cider. (And 4,000 pumpkin spice products, but we dont talk about
that.)
27. Your latest obsession? And why? Prehistory. I never fail
to be amazed by the ingenuity and resourcefulness of people living
tens of millennia ago.
47. Least favorite music genre? Ill be honest here: I cannot
stand Tejano. In every other genre known to me, theres at
least some music I can enjoy. Not so here.
28. If you could domesticate any animal as your pet, what
would you choose? An Ankylosaurus. I could train it to whack
the lawn with its tail-club every hour on the hour, and then Id
have no need for a grandfather clock. (WHAP WHAP WHAP Oh,
its just gone three. Time for a lemonade.)
40. How do you choose to cope when youre upset? I take a
deep breath, count to three, and then pronounce an ancient
Phoenician curse against my enemies and their descendants.
Effective and therapeutic.
by AuthorRyan Cristin, As always, take the information
discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come
to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what
the truth is, or claiming they have the answer, is
likely leading you astray, for one reason or another. Stay
Vigilant. (https://www.rokfin.com/TLAVagabond)
(https://www.bitchute.com/channel/24yVcta8zEjY/)
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Gender Transformation: The Untold Realities | A Documentary
Every Parent Needs to Watch (Link to documentary on website
below) The transgender movement has recently gained
national attention; from the recent controversy of big corporations
like Budweiser and Target over their support for the transgender
movement, to transgender competitors outperforming female athletes
and male prisoners identifying as trans to transfer into female
prisons. A new trend has emerged among children who are being
taught at young ages that they can choose their own gender. What is
behind the rise of transgender movement today? And what are the
implications on our children and youth? Gender Transformation:
The...
by Martin Armstrong, [video width="500" height="280"
mp4="https://prepareforchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Biden-Woke-Administration.mp4"][/video]
I previously wrote that WOKE is by no means establishing EQUALITY
it is creating racism which is unconstitutional. This entire agenda
is total nonsense. Gays are now being discriminated against as part
of this propaganda movement behind Transgenderism. When companies
make targeted racial composition goals for their employees, they
have to engage in discrimination to achieve those goals. That is
discrimination not to hire a white person who is more qualified
because, like the White House, which wants a black girl not even a
black man as its spokesperson to appear WOKE. Biden promised to appoint a black woman to the Supreme
Court regardless of her qualification. Even if a black man would be
better, it did not matter do not apply. I watched the prosecutions
in New York with amazement. They would put a black kid on trial,
and he would magically get a black judge and a nearly full black
jury where they would select the older blacks who were prejudiced
against the young blacks shooting up the neighborhood. The judge
would hand out a harsh sentence for these young...
If youre a loyal customer to a store or a brand, you should
expect to be rewardedso its gotta be a big blow when your rewards
points get wiped away out of nowhere.
And a woman took to TikTok to talk about how a hacker wiped out
her 4,000 reward points at Sephora.
In this video, I interview repeat guest Dr. Dale Bredesen, a
neurologist specializing in the treatment of Alzheimers. In 2014,
he published a paper1
demonstrating the power of lifestyle choices for the prevention and
treatment of this tragic condition. By leveraging 36 healthy
lifestyle parameters, he was able to reverse Alzheimers in 9 out of
10 patients.
This included the use of exercise, ketogenic diet, optimizing
vitamin D and other hormones, increasing sleep, meditation,
detoxification and eliminating gluten and processed foods. Its been
several years since we spoke last, so hes got quite a few updates
to share.
Randomized Trial Launch
For starters, his team has published another proof-of-concept
paper and are now launching a randomized, controlled trial at six
sites: Hollywood, Florida; Nashville, Tennessee; Cleveland, Ohio;
and Sacramento, Oakland and San Francisco in California.
Biological aging, brain aging and epigenetics will be assessed
in this trial, using newer blood tests that werent available even a
few years ago, including phospho-tau 181, phospho-tau 217, A-beta
42 to 40 ratio, glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and
neurofilament light polypeptide (NF-L).
A couple of these are not commercially available yet, so
we're doing these as research, but they will all become
commercially available, Bredesen says. Currently,
phospho-tau 181 is commercially available and so is the A-beta 42
to 40 ratio. So now, for the first time, you can get an idea,
without necessarily having a PET scan, where you stand.
More importantly, you can follow it as you improve.
Prevention is key, but also reversing cognitive decline, which we
were the first to do ... We've seen it again and again, when you're
doing the right things, when you're attacking the important drivers
of the process, you see [reversal].
Valuable Tests
The GFAP test, while nonspecific, can be a valuable tool. This
test basically looks at brain changes associated with astrocytosis.
Astrocytes respond when theres a problem in the brain, so it can
give you a heads-up that something is afoot up to 10 years before
symptoms become apparent. The good news is if it's normal, you're
in pretty good shape. So you want to know that going forward, he
says.
The phospho-tau 181 and phospho-tau 217 are specific tests for
Alzheimer's changes related to the death of neurons. Genetic
testing is also important to ascertain how many copies of the APOE
4 gene you might have. That's a critical piece, Bredesen says.
Everybody should know their APOE status. Hormone testing and
testing for toxin...
Editor's Note: This article is a reprint. It was
originally published October 14, 2018.
Mark Sisson, a former elite endurance athlete that qualified for
the 1980 U.S. Olympic marathon trials, founder of the popular
website Mark's Daily Apple and a leader in the paleo movement, was
one of the first to help me understand the importance of burning
fat for fuel.
Here after we cover some of the basic benefits of high-intensity
interval training and strength training, we segue to the topic at
hand, namely the use of collagen for soft tissue injuries and
repair, along with a few other useful fitness tips.
"How I came to [learn about collagen] was how I arrived at a
lot of my epiphanies I had a life crisis. I play ultimate Frisbee
once a week, every week for the last 15 years now. But about five
or six years ago, I started to develop severe Achilles' heel
tendinosis.
Ultimate Frisbee is a very fast-paced game There's lots of
running [and it] requires a lot of agility, a lot of side-to-side
quick movement, as well as raw speed
I found over a couple of years, in my late 50s, that I was
starting to get these real severe Achilles' problems. I couldn't
sprint. My Achilles' were really tender. They were getting thick. I
went to see an orthopedic surgeon [who] said, 'You have severe
Achilles' tendinosis.' I go, 'What does that mean?' 'Well, you're
screwed, basically. You can't play sports again'
An orthopedist in Southern California said, 'Well, here's
what we're going to do. We're going to take the back of your heel,
slit it open and scrape the Achilles' down to the raw meat. We're
going to pack it up in a cast for three months, then you'll do nine
months of rehab and you'll be 85% of where you were.' I'm like,
'No. That's not going to happen, Doc '
I went back to my house and said, 'You know, there's
something I was doing wrong here.' I started to do the analysis and
I thought, 'Here I am stressing my Achilles', which is attached to
the calves, so I'm really stressing the calves, the plantar fascia
and everything around it, on a regular basis. I'm not giving my
body the raw materials it needs to recover from that stress. It is
that simple.'"
Collagen for Soft Tissue Repair
Collagen-based tissue includes tendons, ligaments, cartilage and
fascia basically connective tissue all of which tend to get weaker
and less elastic with age. Injuries are also worsened by the fact
that there's very little blood supply in connective tissue, which
slows down recovery.
This interview features repeat guest Georgi Dinkov who is a
virtual firehose of information and an expert on the work of the
late Ray Peat,1,2 Ph.D., an author and pioneer in nutrition,
bioenergetic medicine, environmental factors and regenerative
processes.
Some of the information in this interview will challenge some of
your long held views as it did mine. We all have conformational
biases and I encourage you to let yours go for awhile and consider
the possibility that some of this information might be true for you
and others.
This is among the best interviews Ive done in years, and we take
deep dives into a wide variety of topics. The full interview is
over three hours long, so Im dividing it into two parts. This is
Part 1.
This year, on a near-daily basis, Ive been listening to Dinkovs
podcast for two to three hours at a stretch, and I sometimes repeat
them two or three times, because each episode is just so chockful
of information. If you want to get a deep understanding of
biochemistry and bioenergetic medicine, his podcasts on his YouTube channel and blog contain a treasure
trove of information that is well worth your time exploring.
The good news is that you dont have to pay anything to learn
this information. No books to purchase, no membership sites to
join; it is free for the taking, at least for the time being.
Georgi doesnt have his own channel, but merely is a guest on other
peoples channels, which makes him hard to deplatform.
But who knows what the future holds? If this material interests
you even a bit I would encourage you to start listening while you
can before it disappears. And, as mentioned, I would also strongly
recommend that you listen to my podcast with Georgi multiple times
as I am sure that 99.9% of listeners will not understand or fully
understand this information unless you are exposed to it multiple
times.
How Does Cortisol Work?
Most of us think of cortisol as the stress hormone, but that is
not its primary purpose in your body, which is to make sure your
glucose level never drops too low, as that could result in a
hypoglycemic coma which could kill you prematurely.
Both low-carb and fasting are great interventions in the
short-term for those who are overweight and metabolically
inflexible, but when used chronically they can damage your
metabolism and lead to health complications because they tend to
cause chronic elevations in cortisol resulting in inflammation and
catabolic lean muscle loss.
From The Natural Child Project/Robin Grille: One of the
most commonly heard parental laments is about how children try to
get attention. So many behaviors that adults dont like are brushed
off as merely attention-seeking devices. Dont worry about him, we
say, he is just doing it to get attention.
When children use oblique ways to get attention, such as causing
a ruckus, exaggerating or feigning their hurts, picking on other
children, showing off, being coquettish they risk being ignored or
put down, as nearby adults roll their eyes in exasperation.
Sometimes, this also happens to children even when they directly
and openly call for the attention they crave. Instead of scorning
the child, why dont we ask these questions: When a child is being
manipulative, instead of direct, how did he learn to do this? How
did he come to feel that he shouldnt openly ask for a hug, an
answer to his question, sympathy or just to be noticed or played
with?
All children begin their lives with complete frankness about
their needs. Babies and toddlers reveal their longings with no
compunction: what you see is what you get. If a child reaches out
for attention and for warmth and she gets it, her ability to be
open and directly assertive is reinforced. By begrudging our
childrens healthy attention-seeking behaviors, we unwittingly train
them to be indirect. We leave them little room for much else, so
they go for the attention they need and deserve through the back
door.
Our society tends to consider childrens needs for attention as a
bother. No wonder children become indirect attention seekers, some
even going to great lengths to fall ill or get injured in order to
be noticed. Children who have too often been denied attention can
become insatiable, as if no amount of limelight ever fills their
cup. Attention is life-giving, a basic need and a human right.
Children deserve all the attention they want.
When you wholeheartedly give a child the attention she asks for
from the beginning, she soon has her fill. This is precisely what
helps her to become more autonomous. As she grows, she asks for
less of your attention (research shows that well-attached babies
grow into children who are more independent), and when she does
want attention, she asks directly, boldly and clearly.
Punished for feeling
Time and time again children are heavily reprimanded for
committing the offence of crying or being angry. Lets get this
straight: emotions are not bad behavior. Emotions dont hurt anyone.
Suppressing childrens emotions does, on the other hand, cause them
harm: over time, if done repeatedly, it unbalances their brain
chemistry, it stresses their immune and digestive systems, and it
undermines their ability to relate to others.
Emotional censorship starts early. One of the most common
thin...
But, as we all know, people are weird and they do what they
think is best for them and dont consider other peopleeven their own
children.
Are you ready to hear from AskReddit users about what they
can never forgive their parents for?
Take a look at what they had to say.
Hard upbringing.
My mother was a pr**titute when I was a child. When I turned 4
and my sister was 5 she decided she wanted to earn even better
money by pimping out her kids, us.
This was a part of my life for a few years until I went into
foster care. Im a grown adult and I accept what happened in my
childhood and Ive done the work to heal.
But Ill never forgive her. Some things are unforgivable.
Awful.
They beat the s**t out of me. Sent me to school with
bruises.
Threatened to have my sisters split from me if I ever told
anyone what they did to us. Now my bio mom tries to guilt trip my
sisters into convincing me to let her and her shitty husband back
in my life.
Aside from that they also stabbed our dog, poisoned my squirrel
and cut my sisters guinea pigs head off.
But Im the unhinged and unstable person.
Some people should never have children.
Liar.
My mom left my bro and I behind to go be a m**hhead while
lyin...
This leather and fabric handbag is the perfect project for those
who are starting to sew with leather and for those who are
bored with fabric-only handbags. You can make this with a
normal domestic sewing machine so don't be afraid to give it a try!
I am not yet an
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Hello everyone! Just earlier this year we passed 200K
subscribers on YouTube. This celebration post is a little late, but
for some reason, the first half of this year has just flown by.
Aside from giving a huge thank-you to all our readers and
subscribers I want to talk a
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Here's a great article on sharpening knives. Joe Talmadge lays
out a great process to keep and maintain your edge. I spent a few
months tracking him down for permission to post this and finally
received it tonight. by Joe Talmadge
This FAQ has been improved immeasureably through the tests and
discussions on rec.knives. I thank everyone who has engaged in
sharpening debates over the years, I've grabbed ideas here and
there from many of you.
I have typically skipped getting the road hazard tire insurance
over the years. The tire shops generally repair punctures for free
(Discount Tire, Belle Tire, maybe others), plus I can do the rope
patch basically in the dark due to experience. Also, I was pretty
good at dodging potholes, obstructions in the road and curbs.
But when Miss VT and VT jr. Started driving to college classes or
living away from home for college it decided that maybe I'll get
the hazard insurance on their tires....
It always sucks BAD when you get into a fight with your significant other on
vacation.
Heck, its bad enough to clash on a regular day but when youre on
a trip and things go south, its a major bummer.
And this guy wants to know if hes an a**hole because his wife
got mad at him on vacation.
Check out his story and see what you think.
AITA On vacation less then an hour before my wife flips
out.
Today has been a day
Dropped our kids off with my parents earlier today and drove to
our rental house a few hours away for a long weekend away without
the kids.
Drive goes well, and arrive and unpack when my wife realizes she
forgot her probiotics. She starts freaking out, I tell her Im sure
shell be fine for two nights, and she starts yelling at me because
I just done understand how important these probiotics are to her
health.
I suggest that I can run to the vitamin shoppe tomorrow morning,
and thats not acceptable because they wont have the right
brand.
She then states that she just wants to go home and our vacation
is ruined
I am now beyond exasperated and go to take a shower.
I get out, and she wants me to drive over an hour away (each
direction) to get the probiotics shes missing. Our house is 1.5
hours away so I might as well just be driving home and avoid
spending money on the probiotics she is expecting me to find.
26. Which of the Seven Deadly Sins do you struggle with the
most? Which the least? Mostprobably wrath. Leastgreed. Whatever
else one may say about me, Im not a person who cares much about
acquiring wealth.
36. Your favorite mantra to live by?Audentes Fortuna
iuvatFortune favors the bold. (Justtry not to think too hard
about the fact that its Turnus who says this.)
The rejection of ETF applications by the SEC caused a knee-jerk
reaction, but the shallow fall in Bitcoin and several altcoins
suggests that lower levels are attracting buyers.
15. Name one musical album that greatly impacted your life.
Why? Miles Davis Round Midnight. It was one of the first
(maybe the first) jazz albums I ever bought, and it
introduced me to the infinite expressive palette of jazz, as well
as its ability to speak directly to the soul.
17. Whats your favorite painting? How does it make you
feel? Many to choose from here, but I might have to go with the
Crucifixion
by Francisco de Zurbaran in the Art Institute of Chicago. In its
stark simplicity, its masterful control of light and shadow, its
unswerving, remorseless presentation of the fact of Christ
crucified, it moves me as no other painting Ive seen has done.
They dress the wound of my people as though it were not
serious. Peace, peace, they say, when there is no peace. Are they
ashamed of their loathsome conduct? No, they have no shame at all;
they do not even know how to blush.
So they will fall among the fallen; they will be brought
down when I punish them, says the LORD.
This is what the LORD says: Stand at the crossroads and
look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is,
and walk in it, and you will find rest for your
souls.
But you said, We will not walk in it.
I appointed watchmen over you and said, Listen to the sound
of the trumpet!
But you said, We will not listen.
Therefore hear, O nations; observe, O witnesses, what will
happen to them.
Hear, O earth: I am bringing disaster on this
people, the fruit of their schemes, because they have not listened
to my words and have rejected my law. (Jeremiah
6:14-19)
by Brian Shilhavy
Two years ago I wrote and published an article about how the
United States of America is in the same moral state today as the
nations God judged and destroyed in 722 B.C. See:
God called Jeremiah to testify to the truth about what was about
to happen, that Jerusalem and many of the surrounding nations were
about to be destroyed, and he warned Jeremiah that the opposition
would fight back hard against him.
But God promised to be with him during those difficult times and
rescue him.
He was told that the days were so evil, that he was not to take
a wife and raise a family.
You must not marry and have sons or daughters in this place.
(Jeremiah 16:2)
When Jeremiah began to tell people the truth, he was opposed by
his own family, and by the religious leaders of his time, including
other prophets, who tried to silence him.
Your brothers, your own family even they have betrayed you; they
have raised a loud cry against you. Do not trust them, though they
speak well of you. (Jeremiah 12:6)
I will smash them one against the other, fathers and sons alike,
declares the...
They dress the wound of my people as though it were not
serious. Peace, peace, they say, when there is no peace. Are they
ashamed of their loathsome conduct? No, they have no shame at all;
they do not even know how to blush.
So they will fall among the fallen; they will be brought
down when I punish them, says the LORD.
This is what the LORD says: Stand at the crossroads and
look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is,
and walk in it, and you will find rest for your
souls.
But you said, We will not walk in it.
I appointed watchmen over you and said, Listen to the sound
of the trumpet!
But you said, We will not listen.
Therefore hear, O nations; observe, O witnesses, what will
happen to them.
Hear, O earth: I am bringing disaster on this
people, the fruit of their schemes, because they have not listened
to my words and have rejected my law. (Jeremiah
6:14-19)
by Brian Shilhavy
Two years ago I wrote and published an article about how the
United States of America is in the same moral state today as the
nations God judged and destroyed in 722 B.C. See:
God called Jeremiah to testify to the truth about what was about
to happen, that Jerusalem and many of the surrounding nations were
about to be destroyed, and he warned Jeremiah that the opposition
would fight back hard against him.
But God promised to be with him during those difficult times and
rescue him.
He was told that the days were so evil, that he was not to take
a wife and raise a family.
You must not marry and have sons or daughters in this place.
(Jeremiah 16:2)
When Jeremiah began to tell people the truth, he was opposed by
his own family, and by the religious leaders of his time, including
other prophets, who tried to silence him.
Your brothers, your own family even they have betrayed you; they
have raised a loud cry against you. Do not trust them, though they
speak well of you. (Jeremiah 12:6)
I will smash them one against the other, fathers and sons alike,
declares the...
Does anyone have any knowledge why the hell ammo prices are
still so damn high?
I went to purchase a new firearm (Tavor X95), one that I have given
a lot of thought and research and even sold my favorite AR to
obtain approval from the Finance Ministry for the purchase. I had
green lights across the board, everything was a "Go" then I
thought, "I'll pick up a thousand rounds (5.56) so I am ready for
new rifle" as I didn't want to touch my ammo stash, which is around
8000 rounds of M193 and a...
1.) describe yourself through the eyes of a stranger?
2.) what is a quality youd like to change about yourself?
3.) what is your worst potential fear for the future?
4.) which television series do you use as a form of escapism?
5.) share a secret about yourself?
6.) if you could choose any place in the world to visit, where
would it be? why?
7.) what advice would you give your childhood self?
8.) describe how you envision your ideal life partner?
9.) what is your favorite environmental season? why?
10.) whats one book youd suggest every person should read?
11.) what is one song thats able to bring you to tears?
12.) describe your best friend?
13.) what was the premise of your last dream?
14.) whats your favorite warm beverage?
15.) name one musical album that greatly impacted your life?
why?
16.) whats your favorite form of flattery?
17.) whats your favorite painting? and describe how it makes you
feel?
18.) describe your personal style?
19.) what was the last concept that inspired you?
20.) who was your very first artistic inspiration?
21.) how long have you used tumblr for? how has your style changed
over the years?
22.) what was your first cell phone?
23.) what is your favorite fruit flavor?
24.) whom would you resurrect from the afterlife? which 3 questions
would you ask them?
25.) if you could choose only one meal to eat for the remainder of
your life, which would you choose?
26.) which of the 7 deadly sins do you struggle with the most? and
which the least?
27.) your latest obsession? and why?
28.) if you could domesticate any animal as your pet, which would
you choose?
29.) whats your least favorite smell?
30.) favorite mythological creature? and why?
31.) name a scene from a movie that makes you cringe?
32.) favorite piece of memorabilia you own?
33.) your personal favorite oddity about yourself?
34.) favorite concert/show youve attended?
35.) whats one thing you would tell to the last person who betrayed
you?
36.) your favorite mantra to live by?
37.) do you have any strange habits?
38.) whats your favorite white-noise to fall asleep to?
39.) what is your favorite gemstone? why?
40.) how do you choose to cope when youre upset?
41.) what are you currently trying to accomplish?
42.) whats your favorite item youve purchased secondhand?
43.) describe your personality is only 3 words?
44.) how is your relationship with your parents?
45.) an instrument you aspire to learn how to play?
46.) relate yourself to one movie character?
47.) least favorite music genre? why?
48.) which animal would you be the most terrified to encounter?
49.) name a public figure you find to be overrated? why?
50.) what purpose do you get ou...
Picture this: its the end of the school year. Its
the first day of summer vacation. Its the first day in a long
time that I do not have to write or complete a To Do list. I
can sleep in, as long as Ronan sleeps in. I can go wherever I
want to go. I can do whatever I want to do.
Freedom. After a successful and very long school year, I can
finally get a little taste of freedom.
An Irish anthology of cozy mysteries featuring a
trio of today's top cozy mystery authors that will make other cozy
anthologies green with envy.
IRISH MILKSHAKE MURDER by CARLENE
O'CONNOR
In advance of their St. Patrick's Day wedding, Tara
Meehan and Danny O'Donnel are off to the Aran Islands with their
bridesmaids and groomsmen for a joint hen and stag party. The
weekend kicks off with the ferry trip to Inishmore, as the
passengers enjoy boozy milkshakes on booard and entertainment from
a pair of famous Irish-dancing twin brothers. But faster than
Tara can say, "Oh, Danny Boy," a murder shamrocks the boat as
someone's spied shake turns out to be their final round.
Stuck in a rural island cottage, while a storm rages outside, Tara
must find the Celtic killer before her luck runs
out...
MURDER MOST IRISH by PEGGY EHRHART
St. Patrick's Day is drawing near in Arborville, New Jersey
and the folks at Hyler's Luncheonette are getting into the holiday
spirit with a new, limited-time Irish-themed menu item -- a festive
green milkshake appropriately named, "The
Leprechaun."&nb...
They dress the wound of my people as though it were not
serious. Peace, peace, they say, when there is no peace. Are they
ashamed of their loathsome conduct? No, they have no shame at all;
they do not even know how to blush.
So they will fall among the fallen; they will be brought
down when I punish them, says the LORD.
This is what the LORD says: Stand at the crossroads and
look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is,
and walk in it, and you will find rest for your
souls.
But you said, We will not walk in it.
I appointed watchmen over you and said, Listen to the sound
of the trumpet!
But you said, We will not listen.
Therefore hear, O nations; observe, O witnesses, what will
happen to them.
Hear, O earth: I am bringing disaster on this
people, the fruit of their schemes, because they have not listened
to my words and have rejected my law. (Jeremiah
6:14-19)
by Brian Shilhavy
Two years ago I wrote and published an article about how the
United States of America is in the same moral state today as the
nations God judged and destroyed in 722 B.C. See:
God called Jeremiah to testify to the truth about what was about
to happen, that Jerusalem and many of the surrounding nations were
about to be destroyed, and he warned Jeremiah that the opposition
would fight back hard against him.
But God promised to be with him during those difficult times and
rescue him.
He was told that the days were so evil, that he was not to take
a wife and raise a family.
You must not marry and have sons or daughters in this place.
(Jeremiah 16:2)
When Jeremiah began to tell people the truth, he was opposed by
his own family,...
The Divje Babe flute, a wind instrument made from the femur of a
cave bear and found in a cave near Carkno in Slovenia Thought to be
the oldest known musical instrument at 40,000 years old.
Stone block from the prehistoric temple at Buibba, Malta,
bearing a carved image of fish. The temple was excavated by the
Maltese archaeologist Themistocles Zammit in the early 1920s and
dates to the Tarxien phase of Maltese prehistory (ca. 3100-2500
BCE), the last phase prior to the Bronze Age. This block, along
with an altar from the temple, is now located in the National
Museum of Archaeology, Valletta.
Non tangible retirement is a bit of a double edge sword.
Lets just write off social security, unless you are going to start
drawing with in the next 10 years. The SS day of reconciliation
will be here before we know it.
For most of these plans you get matched funds, or partial matched
funds. Except for military and other .gov employees who get nothing
extra for paying in.
So right off the bat, from day 1 I doubled my money. For some
people like my wife she pays in 7% of her pay and they...
Search the internet for "race war" and get lots of links into
"news" about white terrorists who are fomenting a war, a race war.
The link here is a rare piece of common sense. The masses burning
and looting are all but white. It's the same on both sides of the
Atlantic. A small time criminal and violent thug drug addict was
lifted into sainthood by the BLM and used to fuel devastation and
death on the streets. The same is happening in France right now.
But is it really a race war or just an expression of the
frustration of the downtrodden? What do you think those asylum
seekers coming from war torn middle east and Africa think about the
western "coalition" that has murdered their countrymen, family
members and devastated their country. That "coalition" mostly
coming from a one country, has a white face. Therefore the
demonstrators loath white people. It is war against the white, a
race war.
"Though the riots center around the suburb of Nanterre, the
entire city is on fire, in what can no longer be called riots. The
immigrants are killing cops and seizing their weapons. This is now
a war."
Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org Why
does wildfire smoke smell like burnt plastic? Why are atmospheric
aerosol spraying operations routinely conducted directly over
wildfire smoke canopies? "The European Union is getting nervous
about atmosphere altering geoengineering". Texas is in meltdown
mode, Florida is now superheating, California is being baked and
more massive hail hammered Colorado. Warnings are being
An antidote to the civilizational compulsions that rob human
nature of nature.
When Kurt Vonnegut
reflected on the secret of happiness, he distilled it to the
knowledge that Ive got enough. And yet, both as a species and as
individuals in an industrialist, materialistic, mechanistic
culture, we are living under the tyranny of more a civilizational
cult we call progress. We have forgotten who we would be, and what
our world would look like, if instead we lived under the
benediction of enough.
How we got here, and what we might do about it, is what
photographer, writer, illustrator, and wilderness guide
Miriam Krner explores in Fox and Bear (public library) a love letter to nature
disguised as a modern fable of ecological grief and hope, partway
between The Iron Giant and The Forest, yet entirely and consummately original,
painstakingly illustrated in cut-out dioramas from reused and
recycled cardboard, narrated with poetic tenderness and a passion
for possibility.
Long gone are the days of people sticking it out at one company
for years and years.
And a woman who lives in Chicago shared a video on TikTok where
she talked about how she switches jobs every three months and
showed where shes worked and how much money shes made at each
place.
The Fourth of July is coming up, and many proud Americans will
be celebrating with fireworks. An unlucky (careless?) few will wind
up running afoul of their own pyrotechnics. Just ask my old buddy
Three-Fingered Fred. Hell tell you. Lets face it, the safest way to
enjoy fireworks is as a spectator at your hometowns[Read More]
One who is afraid of emptiness, of being nothing, is attached. ~
Jiddu Krishnamurti As someone who loves driving, and going on road
trips, I have always had a strong attachment to my car. I usually
never give it to people to drive, I would wait at the garage if the
car is being serviced, []
Recherches sur les Fonctions Inverses des Fonctions Mromorphes
(dissertation in French; Helsinki: Imp. de la Socit de Littrature
finnoise, 1914), by Felix Iversen (stable link)
The Improvement of Human Reason, Exhibited in the Life of Hai
ebn Yokdhan (London: E. Powell and J. Morphew, 1708), by Muammad
ibn Abd al-Malik Ibn ufayl, trans. by Simon Ockley (page images at
HathiTrust)
The Conquest of Syria, Persia, and AEgypt, by the Saracens:
Containing the Lives of Abubeker, Omar and Othman, the Immediate
Successors of Mahomet (London: Printed for R. Knaplock et al.,
1708), by Simon Ockley (page images at HathiTrust)
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Biden promised to appoint a black woman to the Supreme
Court regardless of her qualification. Even if a black man would be
better, it did not matter do not apply. I watched the prosecutions
in New York with amazement. They would put a black kid on trial,
and he would magically get a black judge and a nearly full black
jury where they would select the older blacks who were prejudiced
against the young blacks shooting up the neighborhood. The judge
would hand out a harsh sentence for these young...
Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org Why
does wildfire smoke smell like burnt plastic? Why are atmospheric
aerosol spraying operations routinely conducted directly over
wildfire smoke canopies? "The European Union is getting nervous
about atmosphere altering geoengineering". Texas is in meltdown
mode, Florida is now superheating, California is being baked and
more massive hail hammered Colorado. Warnings are being
