Gentleman Johnny Burgoyne: Misadventures of an English General
in the Revolution (Garden City, NY: Garden City Pub. Co., c1927),
by Francis Josiah Hudleston (multiple formats at archive.org)
Milady at Arms: A Story of the Revolutionary Days (Garden City,
NY: Sun Dial Press, c1927), by Edith Bishop Sherman, illust. by
Marguerite De Angeli (multiple formats at archive.org)
An Oration, Delivered on Tuesday, the Fourth of July, 1826, It
Being the Fiftieth Anniversary of American Independence, Before the
Supreme Executive of the Commonwealth, and the City Council and
Inhabitants of the City of Boston (Boston: True and Greene, 1826),
by Josiah Quincy (stable link)
Poppy Ott and Co., Inferior Decorators (New York: Grosset and
Dunlap, c1937), by Leo Edwards, illust. by Myrtle Sheldon (multiple
formats at archive.org)
The Revolutionary Spirit in France and America: A Study of Moral
and Intellectual Relations Between France and the United States at
the End of the Eighteenth Century (New York: Harcourt, Brace and
Co., 1927), by Bernard Fa, trans. by Ramon Guthrie (page images at
HathiTrust)
The Cradle of the United States, 1765-1789: A Collection of
Contemporary Broadsides, Pamphlets, and a Few Books Pertaining to
the History of the Stamp Act, the Boston Massacre and other
Pre-Revolutionary Troubles, The War for Independence and the
Adoption of the Federal Constitution (2 volumes; 1922-1923), by
Charles F. Heartman (page images at HathiTrust)
Constitution and By-Laws of the National Society of the Children
of the American Revolution (1896), by National Society of the
Children of the American Revolution (page images at HathiTrust)
Constitution and By-Laws of the National Society of the Children
of the American Revolution (1929), by National Society of the
Children of the American Revolution (page images at HathiTrust; US
access only)
Forgotten Patriots: African American and American Indian
Patriots in the Revolutionary War, A Guide to Service, Sources and
Studies (second edition; Washington: National Society Daughters of
the American Revolution, c2008), ed. by Eric Grundset (PDF with
supplementand other commentary at dar.org)
Companies operating in the U.K. will have only four routes to
lawfully communicate cryptoasset promotions in order to be in
compliance with the FCA's regime.
The past few days have favored altcoins with incredible gains.
Among the soaring coins is MakerDAOs governance token Maker (MKR).
MKR witnessed impressive price performance in the last seven days,
outpacing top cryptocurrencies with over a 48% price increase on
the weekly top gainers chart.
CoinMarketCap data
shows that Maker (MKR) price recorded a significant gain of 46.78%
among top gainers over the past 30 days. As of the time of writing,
the token has recorded a 24-hour price increase of
12.96%.
Makers Price Movement in The Past Week
Makers bullish price action attracted the attention of market
participants after climbing to over $1,000 from a price of $677
recorded on June 28. Although it recorded pullbacks here and there,
MKR price still saw massive rallies within the past
seven days.
The token price experienced a slight dip after trading at $704
on June 25. However, it recovered momentum and rose from $677.88 on
June 28 to $834 on June 30, a 21% increase from the June 28 opening
price. Maker rode a consistent bullish wave to its current
price of $1,032, with a 49% gain over the past seven
days.
Since the start of June, MKR has recorded two major price
rallies. From July 1, MKRs price surged 21%, rising above $830 from
$687 on June 30. MKR tokens valuation increased by 8% in the early
hours of July 3, bringing the price to $929.87, a 3-month high
since March.
The tokens trading volume has also spiked, suggesting increased
market activity and buying pressure. At press time, Makers trading
volume is at $117 million, with a 71.53% increase in the last day.
Maker saw a sharp spike in trading volume from June 28. The trading
volume went from $25 million to $126 million on June 30 before
dipping below $70 million.
However, data shows the bulls are back as the uptick in trading
volume resumed on July 3 and now stands at $125 million.
Moreover, the overall protocol performance has improved.
MakerDAO is in second place in DefiLlamas protocol
rankings. It is trailing behind Lido with a TVL of $6.205
billion. The protocol recorded a 24-hour decline of 0.92% and
a 1-month increase of 0.97%.
Abandoned materials find new life in Mark Olivers charming sculptures. The UK-based artist
upcycles everything from scrap metal to playing cards, carefully
assembling different parts together until he creates amazing
figurines that resemble fantastical insects.
This ongoing series, titled Litter Bugs, features
collage sculptures of various shapes and sizes. Oliver credits his
father's collection of electrical and engineering components for
inspiring his interest in layering different elements together.
Urban entomology is my post-modern bow of respect to the Victorian
tradition of insect collecting, where the decaying and disposed
ofthe litter of modernityis assembled to create an illusory
collage, he tells My Modern Met. I intend the work to fascinate
from a distance, and reveal humor and beautiful art upon closer
inspection.
While random on their own, these foraged parts work harmoniously
together to depict a fictional insect. Not only that but by
assembling these scraps into new works of art, Oliver is returning
litter to nature. My work creatively employs these inorganic found'
items to mimic delicate, organic forms, which (if genuine) might,
themselves, employ the instinct of mimicry or disguise, he adds.
Litter Bugs have been exhibited internationally and in
various galleries across the UK.
You can purchase available art via Oliver's online shop, and keep up to date
with his latest work by following him on Instagram.
UK-based artist Mark Oliver upcycles scrap parts into small
sculptures of insects.
The latest updates to Googles privacy policy reveal that Google
may use any public information available to train its various AI
products and services.
<p>Data from Santiment shows XRP and Cardano, among other
altcoins, may be the ones worth keeping an eye on in the coming
days.</p> <h2>Social Dominance Of Altcoins Like XRP
& Cardano Has Remained Low Recently
According to data from the analytics firm Santiment, Bitcoin is
seeing the greatest attention in the market right now, while some
of the alts arent being talked about that much. The indicator of
interest here is <a href=
"https://www.newsbtc.com/altcoin/internet-computer-icp-social-dominance-hits-top-in/"
rel="noopener" target="_blank">social dominance</a>, to
understand which the social volume needs to be looked at
first.</p> <p>The <a href=
"https://www.newsbtc.com/altcoin/xrp-ethereum-increased-social-talk-bitcoin-loses-interest/"
rel="noopener" target="_blank">social volume</a> is a
metric that measures the total amount of unique social media
posts/threads that are making mentions of a given asset or term. By
unique, whats meant here is that the indicator only counts these
posts once regardless of how many times they mention the term
(obviously, as long as they make at least one mention).</p>
<p>If the metric counted the pure number of mentions instead,
then a thread with a large number of mentions could raise the count
by itself, even if mentions may be low everywhere else on social
media. Thus, to obtain a more accurate representation of the trend
in the wider market, the social volume only considers unique
posts.</p> <p>Now, social dominance is an indicator
that compares the social volume of a given cryptocurrency with the
combined social volume of the top 100 assets (by market cap) in the
sector.</p> <p>Here is a chart that shows the trend in
the social dominance of the five largest coins in the market:
Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), BNB (BNB), XRP (XRP), and Cardano
(ADA):<img alt= "XRP, Cardano Social Dominance" class="alignnone
aligncenter" height="1802" src=
"https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F0ItSimaMAYJnBt?format=jpg&name=4096x4096"
width="2836"></p> <p>As displayed in the above
graph, the social dominance of Bitcoin has been high since the
rally started around the start of the year. The asset has been
leading the price surge in these last few months, so its not
particularly surprising that the interest in the cryptocurrency has
been elevated during this period.</p> <p>Discussions
around BTC on social media had been dropping slightly last month
when FUD had been going around in the market, but with the <a
href=
"https://www.newsbtc.com/bitcoin-news/bitcoin-sharks-whales-strong-buying-rally-continue-july/"
rel="noopener" target="_blank">latest leg in the rally</a>
above the $30,000 level, interest has once again spiked in the
coin.</p> <p>While this has happe...
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Most of us are used to carrying our phones in our hands or in
our pockets at most hours of the day, but sometimes it's nice to
give your device a place to sit. At My Modern Met Store, we carry a
selection of unique smartphone holders that are as helpful as they
are decorative. This way you can watch videos, scroll, and read
while being hands-free.
The Bird Beechwood Phone Stand, for
instance, is a minimalistic helper that has been cleverly carved so
that the swoop of the bird's tail will hold any phone or tablet at
a slight angle. Simply prop your device on the back of the birdy
and enjoy browsing or streaming without worrying about your tech
falling over.
If you want your phone stand to have a more humorous touch,
Artori Design has you covered.
Their playful phone holders feature silhouettes of people who are
just as attached to their devices as we are. For example,
Chatty Patty, features a
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standing up. This way, you can continue using your device with
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Scroll down to see more phone stands, and head over to My Modern Met Store when you're
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Go hands-free with one of these nifty phone stands.
This dual exhibition of Cecilia Bjartmar Hylta and Sarah
Rosengarten showcases the compelling formal affinities of two
otherwise disparate bodies of work. Housed in a former courtroom,
the gallery
Seven institutional firms have filed for a spot Bitcoin ETF in
the U.S., including the worlds largest asset manager BlackRock,
driving optimism and higher Bitcoin prices.
The Solana (SOL) price is currently at a crucial turning point,
which will be of decisive importance for the coming weeks. If the
SOL bulls manage to leap above the currently most important
resistance, a rally of up to 40% could be on the cards. If the
bulls lose the upper hand, another plunge of up to 21% could be
imminent.
Crucial Moment For The SOL Price
An analysis of the 1-day chart using Fibonacci retracements
shows that the SOL price is at a pivotal point for the coming
weeks. At the time of writing, SOL was trading at $19.19, just
below the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement level. So far, SOL bulls have
failed to break above this level at $19.72.
If successful, the price level above $21, at which SOL was
trading before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
classification of the Solana token was announced, would again be
within reach. A bit further up, the 200-day Exponential Moving
Average (EMA) awaits the SOL price at $22.05 an indicator often
described as a bull line that SOL investors have been unable to
break above since April 2022.
In this bullish scenario, the 200-day EMA can be considered as
the second most important challenge for SOL bulls. An upside break
could allow the price to rise to the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement
level at $27.00, which also marked the year-to-date high,
potentially marking a 40% rally. At this level at the latest, a
preliminary pause in the rally is to be expected.
In a bearish case, SOL fails to capture the 38.2% Fibonacci
retracement level. In this case, a drop towards $15.30 is
conceivable, which would represent a price loss of around 21%.
Solana Displays Strong Fundamentals
The renewed momentum in Solanas price can also be attributed to
strong fundamentals. Last Friday, June 30, Solana surpassed...
In FFFF, his third solo show at Galera Erhardt Flrez, painter
Guillermo Pfaff shows a clear shift in strategy. In previous
exhibitions, the artist explored the pictorial possibilities of
imperfection
A recent analysis by EuroMOMO, an organization entrusted with
official statistical data from European countries, revealed that
there was a direct correlation between the approval of Pfizers
Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine for kids and a
surge in excess deaths among children. It showed a staggering
63,060 percent surge in excess deaths among children aged zero to
14 by the 22nd week of 2023 from when
the vaccine had been given emergency
use authorization (EUA) by drug regulator European
Medicines Agency (EMA). The data covers 26 out of the 44
countries in Europe. A report by independent news outlet
Expose provided a chart that covered the period from
January 3 to March 27, 2022, and concluded a total number
of SARS-CoV-2 cases categorized by vaccination status and
age group in England. The data, extracted from the U.K. Health
Security Agency (UKHSA) Week 5, (page 43), Week 9 (page 41)
and Week 13 (page 41)
COVID-19 Vaccine Surveillance report painted a vivid picture of
the disconcerting reality, reported Expose. Another
revealing chart indicated the case rates per 100,000 people, also
segregated by vaccination status and age group in the country. The
chart showed an alarming disparity, with case rates skyrocketing
among the triple-vaccinated population in every age group. During
week 21 of 2021, EMA extended the EUA of Pfizers COVID-19
vaccine, first to
children aged 12 to 15 and later to the five
to 11 age group. From then on, a shocking rise in excess deaths
among children was observed. Between weeks 22...
Greetings from Thoughtcriminal
231Js1736/23! Thats my official Thoughtcrime Case Number, which my
attorney needs to reference in all our official correspondence with
the New Normal Thoughtpolice. I think Im going to silk-screen it on
a T-shirt and wear it on my first day in Moabit
Criminal Court, the largest criminal court in Europe with 340
judges and 360 prosecutors. Thats right, the Berlin State
Prosecutors office is pursuing its criminal
investigation of me for allegedly disseminating propaganda, the
content of which is intended to further the aims of a former
National Socialist organization, which according to Germanys
Grundgesetz
could send me to prison for up to three years. My attorney wrote to
them and politely explained how ridiculous their investigation is
and why they should summarily drop the charges, but New Normal
Germany has a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to Thoughtcrime,
especially Thoughtcrime involving any kind of Covid-denying
propaganda. The propaganda in question is these two Tweets.
They used symbolism in every aspect of their control. Just as
you connect all the street markers Via Executive Order 13818,
symbolism connecting the massive pedophilia running throughout the
underworld. Continue
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Coinbase, a prominent United States cryptocurrency exchange, has
recently witnessed an upswing in its COIN share prices. This surge
comes on the heels of the worlds largest asset manager, BlackRock,
choosing Coinbase as a surveillance partner for its re-filed
Bitcoin ETF application.
In the limelight of this crypto-mainstream finance crossover,
Coinbases shares have soared by a nearly 12% over the past day.
Nasdaq disclosed on July 3 that BlackRock, the eminent entity in
worldwide asset management, had updated its proposal for a spot
Bitcoin ETF, incorporating new specifics about a
surveillance-sharing agreement with Coinbase.
This news triggered a bullish response in the market, and
Coinbase shares skyrocketed, marking a significant day in the
crypto market landscape. The details in the application outline an
agreement between Nasdaq and Coinbase forged last month.
The pact, intended to supplement the exchanges market
surveillance program, provides Nasdaq access to spot BTC trade
data. The report revealed that should
BlackRocks Bitcoin ETF gain approval, Nasdaq expects to leverage
the data obtained from Coinbase in surveilling the trading.
Notably, the regulatory landscape around cryptocurrencies in the US
remains a hotbed of speculation and anticipation. While the
Security and Exchange Commission
(SEC) has granted approval to a number of futures-based ETFs, a
spot-based one, physically backed by the asset as opposed to CME
contracts, has not yet been given the green light.
Refiled
applications for multiple companies looking to launch spot BTC
funds emerged last week, facilitated by Cboe. This includes
Fidelity, WisdomTree, VanEck,
and Invesco, all of which
have listed Coinbase as a surveillance-sharing partner, further
amplifying Coinbases critical role in the process.
Nate
Geraci, the President of ETF Store, believes that the
launch of a spot Bitcoin ETF will shatter previous ETF launch
r...
This is an opinion editorial by Jesse Shrader, the
co-founder and CEO of Amboss, a Lightning Network explorer and
analytics tool.
For years, you could basically only do two things on the Bitcoin
network: You could save BTC or you could spend it. Then,
a late 2021 privacy upgrade had the unintended consequence of
allowing data storage on the Bitcoin blockchain, resulting in
NFT-like inscriptions and BRC-20 tokens, both applying Ordinal
Theory for asset tracking.
The popularity of NFT-like Ordinal inscriptions and the
experimental BRC-20 token standard has
driven up transaction costs across the Bitcoin network. The
frothy demand for stamping limited block space with new data pushed
transaction costs so high that in May 2023, Binance twice
had to pause BTC withdrawals, a risky and undesirable step for
a global exchange. To help manage the transaction costs, Binance
announced it
would start using the Lightning Network a decentralized, Layer
2 network designed for fast transactions bypassing the underlying
Bitcoin blockchain to process BTC withdrawals.
While some argue that Bitcoin should stick to being digital
gold, I dont see it that way.
As a store of value, bitcoin will continue to provide a
trustless alternative to central banking; other uses of its
immutable blockchain dont diminish this function. On the contrary,
emergent uses of the Bitcoin blockchain will drive more efficient
use of the limited block space, leading to broad adoption of
Lightning Network as a scaling solution for bitcoin as a global
currency. The Lightning Networks growth will provide a trustless
alternative to centralized payment processors, expanding Bitcoins
utility.
Challenges Faced By BRC-20 Tokens
The BRC-20 token standard is extremely new
created in March 2023. If its name sounds familiar, thats
because its somewhat akin to
ERC-20 tokens such as Shiba Inu and MakerDAO that run atop the
Ethereum network. Whereas Bitcoin has traditionally been about
storing and transmitting value, BRC-20s allow for other assets to
be minted in an Ordinal inscription. Now, a slew of BRC-20s have
popped up for trading and speculation, many in the form of meme
tokens, from...
USDC experienced a notable decrease in its circulating supply
during the weekend, causing ripples of concern within the
cryptocurrency market. According to data from CoinGecko, the
stablecoins circulating supply dwindled by over 2%, falling from
$27.9 billion on June 30 to $27.3 billion in less than 48
hours.
This sudden drop has intensified existing worries regarding the
stability and long-term viability of stablecoins in the volatile
world of cryptocurrencies. Since the beginning of the year, the
total supply of USDC has exhibited a downward trajectory, plunging
by a staggering 38%.
This continuous decline raises questions about the underlying
factors contributing to the diminishing supply of USDC and its
potential impact on the broader cryptocurrency ecosystem.
Declining Circulating Supply And Its Impact On USDCs
Price
The decrease in USDCs circulating supply
can have significant implications for its price and overall value.
As the supply of a stablecoin decreases, its scarcity may result in
increased demand from investors and traders. If the demand for USDC
remains steady or rises, the reduced supply could potentially push
its price higher, following the basic principles of supply and
demand economics.
However, this effect may not be linear, as other factors such as
market sentiment, regulatory developments, and the overall
performance of the broader cryptocurrency market can also influence
USDCs price movements.
Market Perception And Trust Concerns
The declining circulating supply of USDC might also trigger
questions regarding the underlying reasons behind the reduction.
Investors and users may question the transparency and credibility
of the stablecoins issuer or the overall health of its backing
reserves.
Any perceived lack of clarity or
uncertainty could lead to reduced trust in USDC, causing some
participants to seek alternative stablecoin options or ev...
Koha,
Manike the Maniac, and Lomba.All images Kumkum Fernando, shared
with permission
At once totemic and automaton-like, the deities built in Studio
REBORN in Saigon are bound by mystique. The characters are scions
of the Vietnamese city, emerging from doors, windows, tabletops,
and abandoned architecture that Kumkum
Fernando collects, cleans, and repurposes as figurative
sculptures. While the found materials may have lost their original
paint or patterns, the artist faithfully honors this history, often
recreating motifs and color palettes reflected on the final
forms.
Born in Sri Lanka to an antique collector, Fernando incorporates
this background into his pieces, both through the act of scouring
construction sites, resale shops, and streetside trash bins for
wood and other items used in his practice and through adornment.
Many of his sculptures include elements of folkloric tales and
temple paintings that infuse the pieces with a spiritual, mythical
quality and reference Sri Lankan culture.
Fernandos latest body of work abandons the sleek, boldly vibrant
forms of recent years to instead focus on a gritty,
post-apocalyptic narrative. I started out by making notebooks and
toy cars using old Vietnamese building parts before transitioning
to glossy figurative pieces, he tells Colossal of his evolution. I
began to miss the textures and colors I used to work with. Thats
when I decided to go back and incorporate aspects I loved from the
beginning into this series.
On view now at Jonathan Levine Projects, the
characters of Post Colonial Rainbow Punks are
intergalactic swashbucklerspart gangsters, part mythical
beings.”...
Is it just me, or has customer service gotten significantly
worse over the past few years since we all went through the horrors
of Covid?
You know Im right about this one!
And with Covid came a lot of changes in how we shop at stores,
some good and some bad. And it seems like some people arent too
crazy about self-checkout.
The guy who posted the video youre about to see on TikTok seemed
to be pretty miffed about the lack of open registers at a Walmart
store and he decided to talk to an employee about it.
The man said that customer service has gone away at Walmart and
that hell never spend any money there ever again.
He then proceeds to have a discussion with a Walmart employee
about his unhappiness with the situation and the employee handles
it the best way he can.
Animoca Brands founder Yat Siu believes Hong Kongs efforts to
foster the Web3 ecosystem are in stark contrast to regulatory
uncertainty hampering development in the United States.
In 1939, Igor
Stravinsky emigrated to the United States, first arriving in
New York City, before settling in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where
he delivered the Charles Eliot
Norton lectures at Harvard during the 1939-40 academic year.
While living in Boston, the composer conducted the Boston Symphony
and, on one famous occasion, he decided to conduct his
own arrangement of the The Star-Spangled Banner, which he made
out a desire to do my bit in these grievous times toward
fostering and preserving the spirit of patriotism in this country.
The date was January, 1944. And he was, of course, referring
to Americas role in World War II.
As you might expect, Stravinskys version on The
Star-Spangled Banner wasnt entirely conventional, seeing that
it added a dominant seventh chord to the arrangement. And the
Boston police, not exactly an organization with avant-garde
sensibilities, issued Stravinsky a warning, claiming there was a
law against tampering with the national anthem. (They were
misreading the statute.) Grudgingly, Stravinsky pulled it from the
bill.
PEPE has recently made a stunning comeback by surpassing its
local highs with a remarkable 20% weekly surge. This unexpected
turn of events have provided some relief to investors who thought
the frog-themed coin will never be able to get back on its feet
again.
What has propelled this sudden comeback, and what does it
signify for the future of this meme coin?
PEPE Maintains Bullish Pace As Open Interest
Rises
PEPE, currently priced at $0.00000185 according to CoinGecko, has recently experienced a
remarkable surge in its value. Over the course of 24 hours, the
asset witnessed a notable rally of 16%, and within the span of just
seven days, it soared by an impressive 20%.
Upon analyzing the OI (Open Interest) chart from Coinglass, it becomes
evident that the surge in PEPE prices was accompanied by a
simultaneous increase in Open Interest. This indicates that
speculators in the Futures market were not only convinced of a
bullish move but were also willing to bid on the asset, expressing
their confidence in its potential.
Furthermore, a PEPE price report
revealed that the Relative Strength Index (RSI) displayed bullish
momentum. Prior to the rally, PEPE came close to testing the 50%
retracement level at $0.00000135.
This observation suggests that the asset is likely to approach
and potentially...
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toiletartikelen en wasmiddel. Tijdens de asielprocedure ontvangt
een asielzoeker maximaal ongeveer 60 per week
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In the world of financial markets, Bitcoin and crypto, fear and
uncertainty often dominate the headlines. Over the past few months,
there has been growing speculation about an impending recession and
the possibility of a major crash in risk assets. Theses such as
Bitcoin will rise to $40,000 and then crash are currently in
abundance.
While the majority of analysts expect a recessionary crash, with
the timing being hotly disputed, macro analyst Alex Krueger
presents a compelling
case for why such fears may be unfounded. In his research report,
Krger debunks prevalent bearish theses and sheds light on why he
remains bullish on risk assets, including Bitcoin and
cryptocurrencies.
1/ A recession is imminent, risk assets are
expensive, and stocks always bottom during deleveraging driven
recessions.
Is a major crash inevitable?
Not at all
In this research report we explore how prevalent bearish theses
are flawed and why we are bullish on risk assets. pic.twitter.com/6b456Pvz2l
Debunking Bearish Theses For Risk Assets Like Bitcoin
According to Krger, the upcoming recession, if any, has been one
of the most widely anticipated in history. This anticipation has
led to market participants and economic actors preparing
themselves, thereby reducing the probability and potential
magnitude of the recession. As Krger astutely points out, What
truly matters is not if data comes in positive or negative, but if
data comes in better or worse than what is priced in.
One flawed notion often associated with recessions is the belief
that risk assets must bottom out when a recession occurs. Krger
highlights the limited sample size of US recessions and provides a
counterexample from Germany, where the DAX has reached all-time
highs despite the country being in a recession. This serves as a
reminder that the relationship between recessions and risk assets
is not as straightforward as some might assume.
Valuations, another key aspect of market analysis, can be
subjective and dependent on various factors. The analyst emphasizes
that biases in data and timeframe selection can significantly
impact valuations. While some metrics might suggest overvaluation,
Krger suggests looking closer at fair pricing indicators, such as
the forward price-to-earnings ratio for the S&P 500 ex FAANG.
By taking a nuanced approach, investors can gain a more accurate
understanding of the market landscape.
Furthermore, the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI)
presents a revolutionary opportunity. Krger highlights...
De Elite wil dat we ons openlijk verzetten tegen het systeem,
zodat ze de staat van beleg kunnen afkondigen. Deze
verdeel-en-heersstrategie was bedacht. Kom niet in opstand met
geweld of
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Being a trucker is not one of those jobs that I would think
could be micromanaged on some levels, but this story has me
thinking a little bit differently.
A female truck driver shared a video on TikTok where she talked
about how her employers installed surveillance measures that no
employee should have to endure.
As she puts it
I used to love this company because I knew that they have my
best interest at heart. However, that completely changed and went
out the window when they installed cameras into our trucks.
Now she seems to be pretty p**sed off about it, because the
cameras are only supposed to be on for a short period of time after
the truck shuts down.
So far, Curve DAO has been seeing enormous gains at the start of
the month as CRVUSD, Curves native stablecoin, gains significant
traction in users.
According to recent data posted by
Curve DAOs official Twitter page, the stablecoin has reached a
supply and debt level of over $50 million, which indicates that the
stablecoin is being used heavily just after two months after its
launch.
CRVUSD now joins the growing number of stablecoins available in
the industry. However, another tense moment in the crypto market
occurred last month.
Just last month, Tethers USDT depegged, prompting serious fears
of another collapse on the horizon. According to some sources, it
was mostly caused by an imbalance within Curve DAOs Curve 3Pool.
This small imbalance caused a 70% surge in USDTs balance which
indicated a significant sell-off.
In an interview with Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino, he emphasized
Tethers role as a gateway to liquidity and how Tether is solid. He
also puts confidence in USDT by saying that these events are a good
test for us.
Meanwhile, there is virtually no fear, uncertainty, or
doubt surrounding CRVUSD, thanks to the ecosystems innovative
utilization of LLAMMAan exclusive algorithm designed specifically
for CRVUSD.
LLAMMA: How Does It Work?
In a Twitter thread created by
Poopman
DeFi, LLAMMA uses a concept known as soft liquidation. The user
must first deposit sfrxETH as collateral to borrow CRVUSD at an
overcollatelrized ratio of 117%. LLAMMA then uses the price fluctuations of the
two assets to rebalance the ratio between the two.
crvUSD is the most hard-core stablecoin to
ever exist.
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crvUSD introduced LLAMMA , an
algo that use soft liquidation to reduce impermanent loss during
huge liqu...
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You know things are pretty bad when family members sue each otherand its something
that none of us like to see or hear about.
And the woman who wrote this story seems to be pretty broken up
about if shes an a**hole because she told her brother and his wife
that she will be suing them.
Did she go too far?
Check out her story and see what you think.
AITA for telling my brother and his wife that I will be suing
them for selling the nursery I gave them?
I (f36) lost my 3 year old son from a chronic condition that he
was born with. I struggled a lot with his illness and received a
lot of support from my family when my ex husband was too busy with
work than care for his son.
When my brother and his wife found out they were expecting (they
suffered from a miscarriage after a miscarriage) and because of
their financial situation I decided to lend them my sons nursery to
use for their baby under the condition they give it back when they
no longer need it. Its an expensive nursery and the process of
shipping (I live in another country) took me time and money and of
course not to mention its sentimental value.
They were so grateful for my help and appreciated it a lot but
my sister in law unfortunately lost her baby at 5 months in the
pregnancy and I heard from my mother since my brother and sister in
law went low contact with everyone to be able to grieve. I waited
few months before asking for the nursery back since they no longer
need it.
Oh, good gosh, I have enough history/nonfiction recommendations
to last you a lifetime. Is there a particular geographic area or
period of history youre most interested in? (Also, Im glad you
enjoy the blog!)
In an open letter, Cameron Winklevoss slammed DCGs Barry Silbert
for allegedly playing the victim card while owing $1.2 billion to
Geminis 232,000 Earn customers.
MATIC price is recovering from the $0.60 support zone.
Polygon might rise further toward the $0.75 and $0.80 resistance
levels.
MATIC price is attempting a recovery wave above the $0.68
resistance against the US dollar.
The price is trading above $0.70 and the 100 simple moving
average (4 hours).
There was a break above a key declining channel with resistance
near $0.650 on the 4-hour chart of the MATIC/USD pair (data source
from Kraken).
The pair could continue to rise if it clears the $0.720
resistance zone.
Polygons MATIC Price Starts Recovery
After a major decline, Polygons price found support near the
$0.60 zone. MATIC traded as low as $0.600 and recently started a
recovery wave.
The recent gains in Ethereum and Bitcoin also helped altcoins
such as MATIC and ADA. MATIC was able to climb above the $0.65 and
$0.68 resistance levels. Besides, there was a break above a key
declining channel with resistance near $0.650 on the 4-hour chart
of the MATIC/USD pair.
The price is now trading above $0.70 and the 100 simple moving
average (4 hours). A high is formed near $0.7205 and the price is
now consolidating gains.
It is well above the 23.6% trading above $0.70 and the 100
simple moving average (4 hours).. Immediate resistance is near the
$0.720 level. The first major resistance is near the $0.75 level.
If there is an upside break above the $0.750 resistance level, the
price could continue to rise.
The next major resistance is near $0.78. A clear move above the
$0.78 resistance could start a steady increase. In the stated case,
the price could even attempt a move toward the $0.80 level or
$0.82.
Downside Correction in MATIC?
If MATICs price fails to rise above the $0.720 resistance...
We all know how fast food customers can be from time to time and
it sounds like this Subway employee who shared a video on TikTok
about a particular unruly person had to deal with some serious
bulls**t.
The woman said that it all started when a customer placed an
online order for three sandwiches but one sandwich wasnt made the
right way because her store was out of a particular ingredient.
She said her co-worker was new on the job and their online
ordering system doesnt allow them to give refunds, so things took a
turn for the worse.
She offered the customer a different sandwich for free, but she
became irate and said that she was going to send her boyfriend to
the Subway store to confront her.
In the video, she says, You really gonna bring your boyfriend up
here to argue with a teenage girl?
This is what I love about the internet, yall they get to the
bottom of things and answer the important questions plaguing
society today.
Like, for instance, whether Robert De Niro or Al Pacino
was hotter back in their youth.
with less than 2 hours to go till polls
close this race is still too close to call. Pacino was the obvious
forerunner, but in a shock to all, De Niro stans have come out to
vote in overwhelming numbers. we havent seen this kind of
disconnect in poll in decades https://t.co/4T5zjTnkNmpic.twitter.com/cNl7vpuDGi
Ashley Reese started the conversation (and resulting poll) in a
tweet after getting into an argument at a wedding, and whoo boy, I
have to think she did not imagine what would happen.
Both De Niro and Pacino have been Hollywood icons for years, and
as it turns out, during that time they have inspired nearly an
equal number of fans.
Literally, the poll landed at 50/50, even after 300k votes.
At a wedding and having a big debate rn.
Please vote. Who was hotter?
Some folks think theyre really getting one over on a corporation
or a business when they pull stunts like this, but one DoorDash
drivers viral TikTok video shows that what theyre really doing is
screwing over the little guy.
This driver shared a video where he talked about how people who
lie about food not getting delivered end up messing with folks like
him who are just trying to make an honest living.
So lets take a look at this guys story so we can see if he was
totally out of line with his behavior.
AITA for wanting my girlfriend and my brother to take turns on
the bed while theyre staying with me?
Basically my little brother [19M] is going to be staying with me
[25M] and my girlfriend [24F] for a little while.
We have one bed thats pretty big and comfy and a s**tty pull-out
in the living room that no one wants to sleep in.
I said to be fair she and him should take turns on the pull-out
every other night, and the other one can sleep in the bed with
me.
My girlfriend doesnt like this idea and says since she actually
lives here she shouldnt have to sleep on the pull-out when my
brother is just a guest, but since its my house I think its
perfectly fair of me to decide on the sleeping arrangements.
Hmmmmnow check out what Reddit users had to say about this
story.
This reader thinks this guy sounds awfulno doubt about it.
Hey all, Check out this crack lickin painted up bimbo on
it's way to get CAT FOOD try to disparage country/nation lovin
muricans for displaying our flag. Why don't these wastes of air go
to a country better suited to encourage their HATE WHITEY
programing. Also get this it declares we are weird.
Theres been a lot of hoopla recently over the announcement that
Netflix was going to put an end to password sharing.
People have been sharing their info with friends and family
members for years, but it seems like the streaming service finally
had enough and decided to crack down on their customers once and
for all.
The bigwigs at Netflix said that if people want to share their
passwords with other people outside of their household, it will now
cost them an additional $8 per month, and there are some additional
restrictions on how many folks you can add. Some people were so
fired up about the announcement that they reportedly cancel their
subscriptions.
But dont throw in the towel yet, folks!
There are still ways to get around the new rules so you can
share your password with people who you deem worthy of that
honor.
The Supreme Court (SCOTUS) effectively struck down affirmative
action last Thursday, June 29, therefore barring universities from
considering an applicants racial background during college
admissions. The decision didnt come as a surprise to many across
the nation, which had long foreseen the conservative-skewed courts
bias against policies meant to afford those of underrepresented and
marginalized racial backgrounds equal opportunities and
education.
Online through social media posts and in real life via in-person
protests, countless artists, activists, students, scholars, and
others expressed that their commitments to racial equity will not
be thwarted in light of this disappointing news. But many noted
that this will be an uphill battle. Last week, SCOTUS also ruled
that the United States government has no obligation to
assi...
In todays currently distorted political atmosphere our Founding
Fathers have been characterized as anything from rum runners to
marijuana smokers, from slave owners to assassins of British office
holders so that they were domestic terrorists as was taught by
federal orientation of new federal employees under the Obama
Administration. Just part of the disinformation campaign conducted
by the left who, as Yuri Bezmenov, former KGB defector pointed out
is part of the demoralization of a society under Soviet asymmetric
warfare. When a society disinherits its own past and culture
it is rife for takeover.
Many people in the midst of their hot dogs, burgers, and beer on
the 4th of July, dont even realize that the
2nd Continental Congress drafted the Declaration of
Independence more than a year after the battles that took place at
Lexington and Concord the previous April. So, the 13 Colonies had
been at war with the King George government for more than a year
prior to the founding document of the new nation. Each man who
signed the Declaration of Independence knew that he would be found
guilty of treason by the British government and hanged if
caught.
When King George received the Declaration of Independence sealed
with a wax seal his legal staff quickly examined the document and
were impressed as it was completely legal. The 13 Colonies were not
as uneducated as the kings court thought. It appeared that all was
in order. Little do people know today the sacrifices suffered by
many of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. At least 5
of those members of the 2nd Continental Congress lost
their entire estates burned down by British soldiers and
confiscated by the Royal Crown. Every one of them lost family
members to the fighting or who would be captured and executed. In a
war that saw 2 million British infantry on American shores with
only 2.2 hundred thousand Continental Army in opposition, odds were
not in favor of the colonists though initially they did win several
important victories.
The problem for the British was that they were in hostile
territory wit...
I am so excited to finally launch my Magical Mama Circle! I
talked all about it after a quick webinar this week called How to
Raise Magical Children. If you couldnt attend live, and (like me)
you prefer to listen to podcasts over watching videos, this is for
you! I talk first about who this []
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width="780"></figure> <p>PHILADELPHIA If you couldnt
make it to Henry Taylors <a href=
"https://www.moca.org/exhibition/henry-taylor" rel= "noreferrer
noopener" target="_blank">major retrospective</a> at the
Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art
<strong>(</strong>MOCA<strong>)</strong>,
which ran through April 30, and dont want to wait until that
exhibition wends its way east to the <a href=
"https://whitney.org/exhibitions/henry-taylor" rel= "noreferrer
noopener" target="_blank">Whitney</a> in October, or just
want to see a different facet of the artists work, head on over to
the <a href=
"https://fabricworkshopandmuseum.org/exhibition/nothing-change-nothing-strange/"
rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Fabric Museum &
Workshop (FM&W) in Philadelphia, where the results of Taylors
18-month residency are on view on the second floor. </p>
<p>These are not the large, lush figurative works for which
Taylor is most known, but they share the hunting and gathering
process he describes...</p>
The application included a Nasdaq-Coinbase agreement intended to
supplement the exchanges market surveillance program following the
SEC reportedly saying the filing was unclear.
This months selection includes several artists who are driven by
material curiosity. They include the late Kenzi Shiokava, whose
constructions of organic and industrial materials drew on his
Brazilian-Japanese heritage as much as the Assemblage Art Movement
he was a part of. Drops of glaze seem to provocatively pour off
Amia Yokoyamas ceramic figures, which Candace Thatcher
painstakingly creates analog representations of invisible data.
Alison Saars command of wood and metal is on display in her
two-person show with late Brazilian painter Hlio Melo, while
Mexican artist Pedro Reyes intertwines his countys pre-Columbian
and histories through volcanic rock sculptures and paintings on
amate bark paper.
Where do you keep your ketchup? Some keep it in their kitchen
cupboards, and some place it in their fridge. But what's the right
answer? For such a common condiment, the cupboard vs. fridge debate
has many raising their voices and defending their choice of
placement. Now, Heinz, the top-selling ketchup brand in the
U.S., has finally settled the debate.
On June 27, 2023, Heinz UK tweeted, FYI: Ketchup. goes. in.
the. fridge!!! Actually, the answer has been on the product
information found on the bottle all along. The Heinz ketchup label
reads: For best results, refrigerate
after opening. Shake well before first use.
A day later, the company launched a poll about ketchup-keeping, and most
people already aligned with their vision. 63.2% of users answered
that they keep their ketchup in the fridge, while 36.8% stuck to
their old ways and expressed that it lives in their cupboards.
Understandably, users raised some questions. So why is it on the
shelves in supermarkets & shops then? a user named Dave asked the company. To that,
Heinz UK replied, Where do you keep your soft
drinks, Dave? They also replied to some customers with a cheeky
image of a box of Heinz sitting in a
supermarket fridge, ri...
European Union lawmakers have agreed to move ahead with the
controversial European Data Act, which has previously drawn
criticism from the crypto community.
Old time implants and unconscious programs installed in your being
are now being deactivated, neutralized and removed. The event happens in the middle
of your life, so you dont notice it at first. GOD intervenes
imperceptibly in the lives of people who have given their consent
to this on a soul level. The time for this healing, for this
blessing and for this grace has truly come. Traditional implants
still affect how people think and feel. Implants are invisible
ethereal grids that create specific vibration patterns and separate
people from the light-filled cosmic vibration. These were installed
in the human being eons ago to allow incarnated angels on earth to
have this type of experience.
Permitted interference, unauthorized
assault!
This interference with your DNA is due to extraterrestrial powers
and their technology. In this way you did not have access to the
intrinsic divine self-consciousness. For thousands of years
you were little more than a plaything for those who knew how to
wield your power. This intervention was originally foreseen
and also allowed. This intervention only became an encroachment
when the dark entities decided to continue this manipulation far
beyond the permitted time and this state of affairs is now being
cleaned up, lifted and ended. Is it possible to find your way to
freedom from a deeply manipulative world? This was the
challenge you set yourself. Thus, these implants were taken
from life to life as a cellular heritage and activated upon entry
into a new life. Stressed in this way, it was difficult to see
through things or to escape the Matrix throughout ones
life. Over the millennia this was reserved for only a few
initiates, masters and adepts. It takes the nature of a
CHRIST, KRISHNAS, or BUDDHAS to penetrate the thicket of delusion
and find the true self in this all-encompassing illusion. Today
this situation has changed fundamentally. Today the time has
irrevocably come when this cosm...
Bitvo president and CEO Pamela Draper spoke with Cointelegraph
at the Collision conference in Toronto on the firm almost being
acquired by FTX and Canada's regulatory environment.
Despite being so often deemed a Conceptual artist, Trisha
Donnelly is notorious for her disinclination to provide viewers
with any hermeneutic parameters for navigating her work. As always,
there is no
How a brilliant woman rose against the tide of her time to
fathom the mysteries of space.
Long before they could vote, the women known as the
Harvard Computers shaped our understanding of the universe with
their prolific and precise astronomical calculations. Among them
was Henrietta Swan Leavitt (July 4, 1868December
12, 1921), who singlehandedly measured and catalogued more than
2,000 variable stars stars that pulsate like lighthouse beacons.
Along the way, she discerned a correlation between their brightness
and their blinking pattern that soon allowed astronomers to measure
the distance of stars for the first time, furnishing the yardstick
of the cosmos. Her insight made it possible to determine the size
of the Milky Way and the age of the universe. It was foundational
to
Edwin Hubbles groundbreaking discovery of the existence of
other galaxies and the expansion of the universe.
According to AI, most professionals look like models or actors.
Or, at least, that's what it seems like in the new series of
Midjourney-generated images by BuzzFeed writer Angelica
Martinez. She asked the AI image generator what an average person
looks like based on a variety of careers, from astronauts and
doctors to influencers and baristas.
Unsurprisingly, AI has a very polished vision of what an average
professional looks like. Everyone appears to be their best selves,
fit and trim without a hair out of place. At first glance, AI
appears to have gotten things right. The firefighters have their
gear on, the dentists are flashing their beautiful smiles, and the
news anchors give smoldering glances at the camera.
But, when you really dive in, it seems like the technology made
some odd choices that spark questions about what source material
humans used to train it. For instance, the astronauts are quite
intense. And in particular, the female astronaut looks like
something has spooked her. The actors appear dressed for a period
piece set in the 1930s, while the authors look like fairly generic
hipsters except for the glasses that give a vague air of literary
greatness. The morticians are also quite interesting, seeming like
a pair from the late 19th century rather than someone who provides
funeral services today.
The overall feel is quite youthful. Only in some of the
science-based professions, as well as teaching, do we find older
employees. In fact, the female teacher is the only woman in the
selection who looks as though she's over 50. Apparently, in AI's
eyes, once you reach middle age, there's little space left in your
career.
Of course, we all know by now that AI plays on stereotypes.
These types of series only serve to reinforce that and to remind us
to take the AI visuals we see with a grain of salt. Keep scrolling
down for all 36 images and see how well you think the technology
managed to capture the spirit of each job.
See what AI thinks professionals in 36 common ca...
In this week's Pagan Community Notes, Rev. Selena Fox and Circle
Sanctuary help resist attacks on LGBTQI+ rights including an event
tonight, July's supermoon, dolphin baby talk (what more do you
want?), upcoming events and more news.
Every month, Colossal shares a selection of opportunities for
artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships,
and residencies. If youd like to list an opportunity here, please
get in touch at hello@colossal.art. You can also
join our monthly Opportunities
Newsletter.
Open Calls
Franklin Furnace 2023 XENO Prize for
Artists Books(International)
This prize offers $5,000 to one artist to publish an artists book
centered around book banning/burning in an edition of at least 120
copies. Franklin Furnace will make three copies of the book freely
available to the public via its Artists Books Collection and will
give one copy to the Library of Congress, each of the 50 State
Libraries in the United States of America, and the Pratt Institute
Libraries. Deadline: July 4, 2023.
1708 Gallerys InLight 2023 Call
for Proposals(International)
For this years exhibition, 1708 invites regional, national, and
international artists working in all media and disciplines to
submit entries that engage with and respond to Reflection and
Refraction for the InLIght festival. Artists are invited to
propose projects that engage with and expand upon the histories and
activities that comprise InLight, as well as Broad Streets past,
present, and future. Chosen applicants receive a $1,000
stipend. Deadline: Midnight ET on July 5,
2023. ...
Intricate geometric patterns and rich hues distinguish the
woven textiles of Chinas Tujia people, who call the Wuling Mountains home in
western Hunan. In the nearby city of Zhangjiajie, the new China
Tujia Brocade Museum will be dedicated to the art of Xilan Kapu, or
Tujia brocade, to celebrate the cultures distinctive creativity and
preserve an endangered craft. In a remarkable architectonic
installation called The Flower of Tujia, 150,000 meters of red
brocade thread creates an awe-inspiring centerpiece for the main
space.
Designed by Yi Chen and Muchen Zhang of Beijing-based design
studio YI+MU, the artwork spans more than 1,000 square meters
along a grid of 20 beams, allowing the fiber to alternately reveal
and conceal the geometry of stairwells and windows as one moves
around. The diamond-shape structure inspired by the iconic pattern
of the Tujia brocade is clearly visible from all angles, the studio
says. Symbolically interpreting the 30-step process of Xilan Kapu
into a three-dimensional piece, the design unifies and highlights
the museums interior and sparks a sense of wonder that verges on
the spiritual, a key aspect of YI+MUs philosophy.
The museum building was completed in 2022 and an opening date is
yet to be announced. Find more of YI+MUs projects on the studios
website. (via...
Martina and Hans at Nerdforge really keep upping the quality and
scale of their work and theyve really blown us away with this one.
The concept sketch looks very incredible. If someone showed me that
concept, Id probably recommend they scale back their expectations.
Nerdforge, however, delivers absolutely. The spiral staircase and
fire place stand []
Lately, Twitter has become a cesspool of the worst humans
spreading the worst misinformation. Except for one bright spot: The
Real Truther. We invited The Real Truther to our podcast to discuss
his noble pursuit of The Real Truth and to talk with RFK Jr. (or a
proxy for RFK Jr.) See what we are talking about...
Here we go again. After a very successful hip replacement in
March of this year I had a total knee replacement (knee
arthroplasty) today. I also got a new knee cap, whatever that's
called.
This knee had been going down hill slowly since I had the leg
crushed in 1982. I haven't been able to straighten the knee since
then, and the doctor measured the angle at 19 degrees. The new knee
has only a 1 degree bend. The muscles and tendons are all
accustomed to the old bend and they'll need...
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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...
Buried beneath its South
Pole-Aitken basin one of the largest preserved craters in
the Solar System is a structure which weighs at least
2.18 billion kilogrammes and measures more than 300km (186 miles)
in depth and 2,000km (1,243 miles) in length.
The researchers who made the discovery, all based in the
US, posited that the anomaly could be made out of
metal from the core of an asteroid or oxides from the
crystallisation of a magma ocean.
"One of the explanations
of this extra mass is that the metal from the asteroid that formed
this crater is still embedded in the Moon's mantle,lead author Peter B. James, from Houstons Baylor
University, said in a statement shared
with IFLScience. Illustrating just how gigantic this thing is, he
went on: "Imagine taking a pile of metal five times larger
than the Big Island of Hawaii and burying it underground. That's
roughly how much unexpected mass we detected.
Source: https://www.iflscience.com/there-is-something-unexpected-under-the-surface-of-the-moon-52752
France, Great Britain, Germany, most European countries have had
a very liberal open border policy for years. Taking in tens of
thousands of "refugees". Mostly from middle eastern countries. Now
they are seeing the consequences of thier "humanitarian"
policies.
Is this a warning to the US?
When he walked into my bedroom for the first time,
he pointed at the top right corner of the room. What is that?
The answer was a hole. Directly above my closet and
several inches below the start of my ceiling is an obvious nooka
deep-set crawl space suspended inside my wall. If that werent fun
enoughfun said through gritted teeth, like how the realtor said
Now, this is fun when he showed me the nooktheres another feature:
a bolted door within the nook. A dusty, intrusive, and creaky
wooden door that points up to the sky. Between the bolts that
secure the door is a sliver of light, slim enough that you cant see
whats on the other side.
My building is an old Boerum Hill brownstone with a
criminal exterior renovation. Inside my bedroom, though, the floors
slant and the ceiling droops. Its a beautiful princess bedroom, if
the princess never got saved and lived forever unmedicated in her
virginal bedroom. Its a room of illusions, and the nook is its most
illusive element. The nook is the last thing I see every night
before I go to sleep. Goodnight Moon, good night dollhouse room,
good night nook.
He was the first person I dated after a catastrophic
college relationship. He was sweet. He reminded me of a portrait of
a medieval saint or a beautiful lesbian. He asked questions.
What are your dreams for the future? Dont know. What
did you want to be when you were small? Taller. Where does the door
in the nook go? Not sure. Have you ever opened it? Never. Never?
Never ever. From my bed he would stare at it, and the more I tried
to ignore it, the more he pushed. What if theres something amazing
up there? And what if there isnt. Here we are in my bed, I thought,
no point in fantasy.
He believed doors were made to be opened. I
believed, firmly, that some doors should not be. Locked basement
doors, closed bedroom doors,...
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.
You dont have to know Liz Jones to appreciate this. Well,
appreciate might be the wrong word, but anyway.
The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday writer is famously
confessional and for her latest piece met up with her ex-husband to
see if it could bring closure to her toxic divorce.
Her marriage to Nirpal Dhaliwal was a memorably public one and
their reunion no less so, with the pair of them each writing for
the Mail about what happened when they met up.
Surely the most savage thing youll read this week, this bit in
particular stood out (no mean feat).
stop what you're doing and read what this
woman's ex husband wrote about her in the Mail. I am truly having
trouble breathing pic.twitter.com/8XAufSiGet
Former President and current 2024 candidate Donald Trump recently
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Dylan Mulvaney is FINALLY addressing the Bud Light controversy,
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backlash to bullying. Glenn says he does feel bad for what Mulvaney
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One of the biggest questions yet to be answered concerns the 2022
Nord Stream pipeline bombing and WHO was responsible for it all.
For some strange reason, the United States and other world
governments too doesnt seem to care about finding the truth,
leaving private enthusiasts to do investigations instead. The Biden
Administration has since placed blame on a group of pro-Ukrainian
individuals working alonebut some other investigations hint
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all purposeful? And WHY doesnt our mainstream media or our U.S.
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Former President and current 2024 candidate Donald Trump recently
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Dylan Mulvaney is FINALLY addressing the Bud Light controversy,
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One of the biggest questions yet to be answered concerns the 2022
Nord Stream pipeline bombing and WHO was responsible for it all.
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governments too doesnt seem to care about finding the truth,
leaving private enthusiasts to do investigations instead. The Biden
Administration has since placed blame on a group of pro-Ukrainian
individuals working alonebut some other investigations hint
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all purposeful? And WHY doesnt our mainstream media or our U.S.
government seem to care about uncovering the REAL answer?
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When we started Mad in America more than a decade ago, we never
envisioned that our webzine would one day bloom into a global
network of Mad sites. Mad in Denmark, which is newly launched, is
the 11th affiliate in that network, and three others are expected
to launch later this year.
Personally, I have been waiting for a Mad in Denmark for a number of
years. Olga Runciman is a long-time board member of Mad in America,
and so it makes for a particularly happy moment that she and her
Danish colleagues have launched this site.
I can no longer remember when I first met Olga, but we have been
fellow travelers now for at least a decade, spending time together
at conferences held in countries that now have a Mad site. I
mention this because our friendship is emblematic of the spirit
that unites the growing network of global Mad sitesthere is a
commonality of purpose and a shared joy at pursuing radical change
together.
Photo of Denmark forrest by Mad in Denmarks Olga
Runciman
Here is Mad in Americas mission statement:
Mad in Americas mission is to serve as a catalyst for rethinking
psychiatric care in the United States (and abroad). We believe that
the current drug-based paradigm of care has failed our society, and
that scientific research, as well as the lived exp...
Picture this. Walking down 135th street in Harlem, you spot a
park in the distance. As you walk closer, you hear a basketball
bouncing and kids yelling. Its a small, outdoor court,
well-maintained with fresh paint and a sturdy chain-link fence
surrounding it. The ball is constantly in motion, being passed,
dribbled, and shot from all angles. As the game progresses, the
excitement draws in more kids around the court.
New York City is synonymous with basketball. From Harlem to
Brooklyn, basketball has been a part of the citys culture for
decades. But why has basketball become such a staple of African
American culture in cities? The answer is complex, but the roots of
its popularity among minority groups stem from discriminatory
practices like redlining and segregation.
A White Mans Sport
Basketball was originally invented as a white mans
game
Micheal Novack, The Joy of Sports
(1946)
Basketball was founded in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith, a Canadian
physical education instructor seeking a way to keep his students
active. By the early 1900s, it was being played in colleges and
high schools across the nation. Colleges like Harvard, Yale,
Cornell and Princeton began to play games against each other as
early as 1901. The first
professional basketball league, the National Basketball League
(NBL), was founded in 1937. It was later merged with the
Basketball Association of America (BAA) to form the National
Basketball Association (NBA) in 1949.
The 1950 Minneapolis
Lakers basketball team, Wikimedia Commons
A recentreviewreveals
thatgut
microbiotaand itsmetabolitesare
implicated inpesticide-induced symptoms of
autism. However, the role of specific
microbiota strains and mechanisms in pesticide-related autism still
needs to be studied. The authors suggest upcoming epidemiological
studies on this subject should be based on actual exposure patterns
and dosage.
Traditional methods of tracking
sleep via polysomnography can be uncomfortable and
anxiety-provoking for those on the spectrum who may already have
sensory, communication, or behavioral difficulties. A newarticleshowcases how
multiple labs are working on developing minimally invasive
sleep-tracking devices, such as theDreemheadband, smartwatches like
theEmbracePlus, and theEmeraldsleep tracker. These
devices can track sleep stages and specific aspects of a sleepers
physiology and brain activity, offering a more ecologically valid
way to observe sleep oscillations of people sleeping in their own
beds. Researchers hope these devices will help increase the number
of patients with autism in sleep studies and potentially lead to
new interventions to improve sleep and ease other spectrum-linked
traits.
Arbaclofen, a drug that dampens
neuronal activity, has been found to alleviate atypical behaviors
in multiple mouse models of an autism-linked genetic condition
(16p11.2 deletion), according to a new ...
Window
Shopping. All images Daniel Rueda and Anna Devs, shared with
permission
Whether interacting with architecture or crafting their own
sets, photography duo Daniel Rueda and Anna Devs (previously)
find endless inspiration in the built environment. Grounded in
their training as architects, the Valencia-based pair conceive of
visual puns and whimsical ways to augment existing structures and
spaces by adding new design elements and donning garments that
blend in with the scenery.
Happytecture, a new book published by
Counterprint, celebrates the last several years of
their joy-filled practice of transforming ordinary locations into
eye-catching, witty works of art. Saturated hues and exquisitely
produced props characterize Devs and Ruedas compositions, the
result of scouting unique locations and finding imaginative ways to
incorporate new shapes, palettes, and clothing. By precisely
matching patterns or embellishing with bows, they add new meaning
to existing designs and challenge us to see our surroundings
differently.
Follow both Devs and Ruedas Instagrams for updates, and on their website, you can purchase a signed copy of the
bo...
Research Finds the Number of Autistic Traits Is the Strongest
Predictor of Better Life Outcomes
British researchers recently set out to examine
whether learning about an individuals autism diagnosis earlier in
childhood predicts a better quality of life and well-being in
adulthood. Unlikeprevious research,
their study did not find evidence for this relationship, suggesting
that the age one receives an autism diagnosis is not a robust,
independent predictor of adult life outcomes. Instead, the authors
discovered that having more autistic traits was the strongest
predictor of all quality of life and well-being outcomes. At the
same time, they discovered that other variables, such as sex and
additional mental health conditions, emerged as unique predictors
of several outcomes. This new research highlights the need for more
concrete, objective terminology to measure the different components
of the process of coming to know about ones autism diagnosis in
future research. It also advocates for a heightened focus on how a
diagnosis is disclosed and the social-emotional support the
individual receives during and following the recognition process.
Additionally, the authors revealed several other factors that were
significant predictors of quality of life and well-being, including
being male, having additional mental health conditions, and having
more autistic traits. It is important to point out that this study
makes clear that getting a timely diagnosis remains critical for
individuals with autism and their families to access appropriate
support.
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.
Ron DeSantis has been criticised after the Republican
presidential candidates campaign posted an anti-LGBTQ video on
Twitter.
The account, called @DeSantisWarRoom, highlighted his
rival Donald Trumps past statements in support of gay rights and,
really, dont feel the need to watch any of it.
To wrap up Pride Month, lets hear from the
politician who did more than any other Republican to celebrate
it
Because we mention it because of this response from Pete
Buttigieg, the transportation secretary and first openly gay
Cabinet member in the US, which went viral because, well,
watch.
Buttigieg on DeSantis video: Im going to
leave aside the strangeness of trying to prove your manhood by
putting up a video that splices images of you in between oiled up
shirtless body builders.. pic.twitter.com/fbDpoEBrg7
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92% had a Transition Plan in their IEP by Age 16, Less than
Half Included Adult Living Arrangments
A new longitudinal population-based
surveillance study by theCenters for Disease Control
and Prevention(CDC) has found that
while the vast majority of teens with autism (92%) have transition
plans in their
individualized education programs(IEPs), these plans often neglect to include goals related to
post-high school living arrangements. The authors came to this
finding by reviewing health and education records for 322 teens,
ages 1516 years, with autism. They discovered that only 41%
had a goal related to post-high school living arrangements. The
researchers noted that although these goals are not required
components of transition planning, they are essential as only a
minority of young adults with autism live independently without
support. The study used data collected through the CDCsAutism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring
Networkfrom 2002 to 2018 in 3
catchment areas throughout the country. The authors determined that
working with education partners, families, and the adolescents
themselves is essential to identify what challenges contribute to
these findings and what supports are needed to improve the
transition planning process for individuals with autism to have an
appropriate living arrangement placement prepared for
adulthood.
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...
The facility, to be set up in the suburb of Hamilton in
Brisbane, Queensland, supposedly seeks to simplify the complex
process and the exceptional costs associated with traditional
vaccine delivery methods. The Australian government
further said that this new manufacturing facility will better
position the country to tackle future disease outbreaks more
effectively.
Spanning an expansive 5,500 square meters (60,000 square
feet), the facility will function as both a global headquarters and
a biomedical center. The state government of Queensland is
providing generous subsidies for biotech company Vaxxas to operate
the facility.
Vaxxas plans to manufacture and distribute its first
commercially available vaccine patches from the facility within the
next three to five years. The company and the Queensland government
claim that these patches will enhance accessibility to vaccines,
particularly in areas within Australia that do not have as
readily-available access to trained medical professionals and
proper storage facilities for vaccines.
This world-renowned technology has the potential to play a vital
role in pandemic preparedness because it allows vaccines to be
deployed quickly and easily to our communities, said left-wing
Queensland Deputy Premier Stevel Miles at the facilitys
inauguration.
The potential of this world-renowned technology to play a
crucial role in pandemic preparedness cannot be overstated. The
ease and speed with which vaccines can be deployed to our
communities using these patches are remarkable, Miles
added.
Australia claiming microneedle vaccines more convenient than
traditional vaccines
The vaccine patches being developed by Vaxxas are part of an
emerging technology known as microneedle vaccines. This
technology offers the convenience of
self-administration, enabling vaccine
manufacturers to deposit their vaccinations through the surface of
the skin in mere seconds. Moreover, the patches can remain stable
at room temperature, eliminating the need for cold chain
storage.
<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...
Latest in a (very) occasional series, its time for tattoo of the
week.
Not just the tattoo, but the question the womans mother had for
her fellow moms, which went viral after it was shared by Redditor
LiteratureOk5964 who said: Scissors of Satan.
And here are just a few of the many comments it prompted.
Im not sure Mums ready yet.
Yeah lets just go with, they both like Etsy and Pinterest. FluffyDiscipline
Its two women cuddling while praying. All good. MicrowaveEye
Shes crafty with her best friend huh? Zealousideal-Log536
Your daughter is doing fine, this is indeed an ancient symbol
for women calling upon the lord together. And also you dont have to
worry about her getting an abortion. startst5
Your little girl is old enough to get a tattoo. I think you can
probably leave her to fight satan by herself now. No-Stable-6319
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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.
Becoming a parent is an enriching and exhilarating journey,
filled with innumerable rewards. Its an occupation thats
challenging, but every bit of effort invested in it offers a
multitude of returns. Children possess an unconditional affection
for their parents; however, there are specific phrases they yearn
to hear, which often go unsaid.
Childhood and adolescence are critical phases of life when
individuals develop their sense of self-esteem. Recent statistics
reveal some alarming trends, underscoring the urgent need for
proactive measures.
According to a study by
Dove, 52% of girls globally feel societal pressures
significantly impact their self-esteem. A Common Sense Media report
indicates that by the age of 13, approximately 80% of girls have
had concerns about their body image.
Boys are not immune either; the
Journal of Adolescent Health found that nearly 18% of boys are
highly concerned about their weight and physique. These concerns
can result in reduced self-esteem and increased susceptibility to
mental health disorders.
In terms of mental health, the numbers are startling. According
to the National Alliance on
Mental Illness, approximately 1 in 6 U.S. youth (ages 6-17)
experience a mental health disorder each year. The World Health
Organization reports that half of all mental health conditions
start by 14 years of age, but most cases are undetected and
untreated.
The Crucial Role of a Strong Foundation at Home
Given these alarming statistics, the importance of fostering
strong self-esteem at home cannot be o...
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.
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When will pranksters learn that being smug, obnoxious and
annoying is painfully unfunny? Ambitioso
Shop owner was spitting facts. Lucky_Guarantee_2363
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I said it once and ill say it again. 90% of influencers
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Good for the store owner for calling him out. The day
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Annoying people for views from their preteen followers is a
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Federal District Court in Texas vacated the ATFs recent
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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.
Fourth of July is a holiday that is synonymous with barbeques,
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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.
Weve all turned the phone camera on, only to be horrified by the
reverse-facing camera, but this poor guy didnt realise what was
happening and missed out on some top bird content by the sound of
things.
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...
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