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Und jetzt die Wirtschaftsnachrichten: Es gab einen ... "IndyWatch Feed Allworld"
Und jetzt die Wirtschaftsnachrichten: Es gab einen berraschenden Schub in Produktivitt, Security und Jobzufriedenheit.
Dass so "Frauenzeitungen" und "Lifestyle-Magazine" ... "IndyWatch Feed Allworld"
Dass so "Frauenzeitungen" und "Lifestyle-Magazine" an der Supermarktkasse alles professionelle Lgner sind, ist ja hinlnglich bekannt. Was die schon alles fr Schlagzeilen verkndet hatten, die dann komplett Bullshit waren. Ich fasse sowas ja nicht mal im Wartezimmer des Zahnarztes an.
Aber neulich sah ich da eine Titelseite, die "das erste Interview mit Michael Schumacher" ankndigte. Habt ihr das auch gesehen?
Naja, haben sie mit Sicherheit einfach komplett erfunden. Case closed. Aber nein! Die Familie Schumacher will klagen, und sie sagen, das sei "KI"-generiert gewesen. War ja klar, dass die Trickbetrger als erste eine Anwendung fr "KI" finden. Trickbetrug und Trickbetrug gesellt sich gern.
Holt mal kurz eure Bullshit-Bingo-Karten raus. Ihr ... "IndyWatch Feed Allworld"
Holt mal kurz eure Bullshit-Bingo-Karten raus. Ihr werden sie brauchen.
IT-Sicherheit: EU-Kommission will Cyberschutzschild aufspannenOffensichtlich knnen die Regierungen nicht hinnehmen, dass die Ransomware-Industrie mehr Schaden als sie anrichtet, und haben schnell ein Notfall-Geldverbrennungsprogramm aufgelegt.Der Entwurf fr ein EU-Cybersolidarittsgesetz sieht den Aufbau einer Cybersicherheitsreserve mit Notfalldiensten vor. Das Budget betrgt 1,1 Milliarden Euro.
Wenn es nach mir ginge, wrden diese Leute alle in die Cyberarbeitslosigkeit geschickt, wo sie dann vom Arbeitsamt aufgezwungen kriegen, bis zu ihrem Lebensende Microsoft-Security-Advisories zu sortieren.
Warte, Fefe, irgendwie fehlt da noch was. Da war ja noch gar kein Big Data und kein "KI" am Start?!
Geplant ist dazu etwa der Einsatz Knstlicher Intelligenz (KI) und von Big-Data-Analysen.Never mind.
Fehlt nur noch, dass sie die Steuergelder beim Tter landen. Bei Microsoft.
Oh nein! Stiftung Warentest findet kritische Sicherheitslcken ... "IndyWatch Feed Allworld"
Oh nein! Stiftung Warentest findet kritische Sicherheitslcken in drei Plasteroutern!
Aber keine Sorge. TP-Link hat einen Patch zur Verfgung gestellt.
Die sind echt Helden der Arbeit, denn der betroffene Router ist End of Life (abgekndigt, Support eingestellt).
Wartet. Geht noch weiter. Die Sicherheitslcke ist ewig alt (von 2014).
Ja gut, denkt ihr euch jetzt. Der Router muss dann halt auch steinalt sein.
Nein. Der ist vom Juli 2022. Was ist das denn bitte fr eine bodenlose Frechheit!? Die sind bei mir direkt auf der schwarzen Liste gelandet. Ich kauf doch nicht von Firmen, die nur ein halbes Jahr Support fr brandneue Produkte anbieten! (via)
Karl Rove: Its a sign of weakness that Biden isnt taking questions "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Fox News contributor Karl Rove weighs in on a pro-Florida Gov. Ron
DeSantis super PAC hitting back at former President Donald Trump in
a series of ads and President Joe Biden coming under fire for his
lack of news conferences on The Story. #foxnews #fox
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FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service delivering breaking news as well as political and business news. The number one network in cable, FNC has been the most-watched television news channel for 18 consecutive years. According to a 2020 Brand Keys Consumer Loyalty Engagement Index report, FOX News is the top brand in the country for morning and evening news coverage. A 2019 Suffolk University poll named FOX News as the most trusted source for television news or commentary, while a 2019 Brand Keys Emotion Engagement Analysis survey found that FOX News was the most trusted cable news brand. A 2017 Gallup/Knight Foundation survey also found that among Americans who could name an objective news source, FOX News was the top-cited outlet. Owned by FOX Corporation, FNC is available in nearly 90 million homes and dominates the cable news landscape, routinely notching the top ten programs in the genre.
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Suspended Pods in the Sharjah Mountains Takes Glamping to a New Level "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Architect Omran Alowais of Ardh Architects has created a resort concept meant for adventurous thrillseekers. Floating Retreat is an experience inspired by cliff camping in the Sharjah Mountains in the United Arab Emirates. The daring design sees luxury tents, called hangers, suspended in the mountains. This gives guests all the comforts they're after while also providing a unique immersion into nature.
The project was developed with Shurooq, a Sharjah Investment and Development Authority, and would run from November to May in order to avoid the summer heat. If you have a taste for adventure, this might be the ultimate camping experience. From the renderings, it appears that some hangers sit on the bridge between the mountains. But, if you really want to ramp things up, you could decide to stay in one of the luxury tents that is suspended in mid-air.
From the location, the view is spectacular and there's no way to be more remote than to dangle in the air. One of the main goals of the project is to connect people with nature and take them away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Guests will be invited to partake in numerous activities that explore the landscape, including mountain climbing and Wadi treks.
The facility is designed to be family-friendly, with the aim of promoting environmental awareness and appreciation of the local environment among guests, states the firm. The tranquil and serene atmosphere of the Floating Retreat also provides guests with the opportunity to disconnect and to enjoy a sense of calmness and peace.
So, if you aren't afraid of heights and are looking for an unusual way to spend your next vacation, stay tuned to see if Floating Retreat becomes a reality.
In God We Trust One Nation Under God "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
In God We Trust One Nation Under God
The Government is keeping a tyrannical church from running the country just fine so why whine about church and state? Nobody is mandated to pray, OK?
The Texas Senate has approved a measure to display
the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.
Just The News
CLOSE CALL! French Skiers Camera Captures Terrifying Fall in the Alps "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
CLOSE CALL! A french skiers camera captured a terrifying fall into
a very deep crevasse in the Alps in La Grave, France, in a video
posted to social media recently. #shorts
This is exactly how AI will change your life in five years | Will Cain Podcast "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Today, Will is joined by Neil Sahota, an IBM Master Inventor and
United Nations A.I. Advisor, and Reid Blackman, Ph.D., Founder and
CEO of Virtue and author of Ethical Machines, to discuss the
potential benefits and dangers of A.I. They highlight the
opportunities for increased efficiency and productivity but also
emphasize the need for caution and ethical considerations.
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FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service delivering breaking news as well as political and business news. The number one network in cable, FNC has been the most-watched television news channel for 18 consecutive years. According to a 2020 Brand Keys Consumer Loyalty Engagement Index report, FOX News is the top brand in the country for morning and evening news coverage. A 2019 Suffolk University poll named FOX News as the most trusted source for television news or commentary, while a 2019 Brand Keys Emotion Engagement Analysis survey found that FOX News was the most trusted cable news brand. A 2017 Gallup/Knight Foundation survey also found that among Americans who could name an objective news source, FOX News was the top-cited outlet. Owned by FOX Corporation, FNC is available in nearly 90 million homes and dominates the cable news landscape, routinely notching the top ten programs in the genre.
Watch full episodes of your favorite shows
The Five: http://video.foxnews.com/playlist/longform-the-five/
Special Report with Bret Baier:
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Vintage Ephemera Is Given a Second Life With Exquisite Ballpoint Pen Drawings "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
When beginning a drawing, most creatives will naturally seek out a new sheet of paper. UK-based artist Mark Powell, however, finds materials that have lived once or twice before. His series Ephemera features exquisite pen and ink drawings that are rendered on top of vintage postcards, playing cards, and more to fuse the past with the present.
Powell carefully renders each of his subjects, which range from human figures to animals, using a ballpoint pen. These drawings often encompass multiple pieces of ephemera that have been arranged together to create one larger surface. The Ephemera series started when I found an envelope that was sent from the front line in World War I and it has been ongoing since, Powell tells My Modern Met. I find that the unconventional paper tells its own story with the signs of the passage of time upon it much like the faces I draw too. They both suggest a story that isn't told.
While the eye naturally gravitates toward the striking illustration, it is interesting to see the ways in which these drawings interact with their material. A pair of elephants, for example, intertwine trunks across a series of envelopes, while a large bird flies across a diagram of the solar system. From Powell's meticulous linework to the personal touches left on a deck of cards, there are innumerable details to discover in each piece.
You can purchase original art and prints via Powell's online shop, and keep up to date with his latest projects by following his Instagram.
AR15 hit piece fail. "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
I'm not saying the AR15 is the alpha and the omega of guns. The
best survival gun depends on your location. If semiautos are banned
where you are that kind of puts a damper on things. The best game
getting guns are likely a 22lr, a shotgun or big bolt action rifle
depending on where you are.
But there's a reason why the government uses them, politicians want
to take them and mom's looking for action want to ban them. Plus
after it hits the fan there's going to be a lot of them laying
about....
AR15 hit piece fail.
7-Year-Old Says He Was in 9/11 Plane Crash - The Ghost Inside My Child (S1 Flashback) | LMN "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
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Some Republican Politicians are Still Living in the 1930's "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Gotta love conservative politicians doggedly 'virtue'
signaling to their fundie Christian base.
MI GOPers Fight Repeal Of Law
Against Cohabitating Couples
Perhaps the MI State legal apparatus should start enforcing that
law, starting with Republican politicians who, unmarried, lewdly
and lasciviously cohabit together...lol...it actually has the
unintended...
Some Republican Politicians are Still Living in the 1930's
5 emerging trends in deep learning and artificial intelligence "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Explore five emerging trends in deep learning and artificial intelligence: federated learning, GANs, XAI, reinforcement learning and transfer learning.
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Economist to Tucker: Bidens reckless policy will put Americans underwater "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
MacroMavens CEO Stephanie Pomboy reacts to the Biden
administrations rule to force good-credit home buyers to pay more
for their mortgages to subsidize loans to higher-risk borrowers on
Tucker Carlson Tonight.
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FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service delivering breaking news as well as political and business news. The number one network in cable, FNC has been the most-watched television news channel for 18 consecutive years. According to a 2020 Brand Keys Consumer Loyalty Engagement Index report, FOX News is the top brand in the country for morning and evening news coverage. A 2019 Suffolk University poll named FOX News as the most trusted source for television news or commentary, while a 2019 Brand Keys Emotion Engagement Analysis survey found that FOX News was the most trusted cable news brand. A 2017 Gallup/Knight Foundation survey also found that among Americans who could name an objective news source, FOX News was the top-cited outlet. Owned by FOX Corporation, FNC is available in nearly 90 million homes and dominates the cable news landscape, routinely notching the top ten programs in the genre.
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Swirling Strips of Layered Paper Sculptures Explore Lifes Ephemerality "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Strips of paper are transformed into flowering forms through the art of Lyndi Sales. The Cape Town-based artist harnesses these flat materials, paints them, and arranges them in mesmerizing collages that spiral and fan out across the wallmimicking microscopic life, animal textures, and even distant nebulae.
Sales has crafted sculptural installations for over 20 years, usually exploring the theme of death in her work. Initially, this was centered around her father's death in the Helderberg airplane crash of 1987, but over time, it has translated into a broader exploration of life's ephemerality.
I look to nature for inspiration. The overlapping scales on a snake's skin or the way birds' feathers lay upon each other, Sales tells My Modern Met. For color and pattern, I often take my inspiration from visuals I see while in an altered space. Either through meditation, kundalini yoga, breathwork exercises, and plant medicine ceremonies.
When gazing at these large-scale pieces, the eye is immediately drawn to the numerous patterns that the interlocking pieces create. Enhanced by multiple different shades, these strips of paper stretch out like rays of light or blossom into spirals. There are many ways to interpret the designs that they make, which is part of the reason they are so captivating to look at time and again.
Scroll down to see more images of Sales' paper sculptures, and be sure to follow the artist's Instagram to keep up to date with her latest projects and upcoming exhibitions.
DID I Hear AI/VI is here to learn ?? off of me ?? "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
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People Raise $50k+ For Homeless Chef Who Was on Gordon Ramsays Show "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
A chef in Los Angeles who was featured on Gordon Ramsays TV show 24 Hours To Hell and Back was left homeless after his restaurant failed and now, a friend of his has set up a GoFundMe page to help the man get back on his feet.
Clive Jackson had a restaurant called The Brownstone Bistro and was featured on the TV show in 2018. Jackson told Ramsay that he dedicated all his time and energy into his restaurant after the m**der of his son but business was not taking off.
Ramsay and his staff attempted to turn the eatery around but the restaurant closed in 2019 and Jackson found himself homeless and eventually he ended up living in Los Angeles notorious Skid Row area.
How An Ordinals Collection Could Accelerate El Salvadors Bitcoin Progress "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
An official Ordinals collection by El Salvador could accelerate the progress its making with Bitcoin and confer unique benefits on investors.
This is an opinion editorial by Steven Hay, a writer, former trader and art dealer.
Im a long-time Bitcoiner, preparing to travel and hopefully relocate permanently to El Salvador in 2023. Like many Bitcoiners, I wish to be a part of the amazing changes happening in this country. And Id like to share an idea which I strongly believe has the potential to accelerate those changes.
Similar to the volcano bond concept, this idea employs Bitcoin-linked assets to raise funds for the building of Bitcoin City, or any other worthy project. Unlike bonds, however, these relatively-straightforward assets impose no legal or financial obligations upon the nation. They are simply created and then sold on the free market.
My idea revolves around something many of you have heard of: Bitcoin Ordinals. This new protocol, launched in January 2023, allows for the creation of Bitcoin NFTs linked to single satoshis. Known as inscriptions, these special satoshis are bound to data which is permanently embedded within Bitcoins blockchain. This data can take the form of images, text, video, etc.
Mere months after its creation, this new form of digital asset has already received considerable investment, with at least $21 million in volume traded over the six major marketplaces and additional trades conducted over the counter.. Galaxy Research estimates that the Ordinals market will grow to $4.5 billion in total value by 2025. This figure may well prove to be conservative especially if the government of El Salvador becomes an official participant in this space.
Already, renowned luxury goods makers like Bugatti and Asprey are involved in Ordinals. If private companies are expected to achieve millions of dollars in sales in this new market, how much more could a sovereign state achieve? As the Ordinals mark...
There is No Climate Emergency "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
God-like AI that could destroy the human race is nearly here and were not in control, machine learning expert warns "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
A Letter Mailed in 1916 Finally Reached Its Destination "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Better late than never, right?
How about 107 years late?
I bet you didnt see that coming, did you?
Well, neither did a man who lives in London, England named Findlay Glen, who received the letter at his residence in South London and immediately recognized that something seemed off about the letter.
Glen said he noticed the 16 on the postmark so he thought it was 2016, but Glen added, Then we noticed that the stamp was a king rather than a queen, so we felt that it couldnt have been 2016.
The man didnt want to open the letter because tampering with mail is a crime, but when he and his girlfriend figured out how old the letter was, they decided to see what was inside.
Glen took the letter to local historian Stephen Oxford who said the letter was written by a woman named Christabel Mennel, who was on vacation in Bath, England, to her friend Katie, who was married to a prominent stamp dealer named Oswald Marsh.
BONE Surges 8.3% As OKX Amasses 1.71 Million BONE Tokens In Single Day "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
While the crypto market appears to be in decline, Bone Shibaswap (BONE), the Shibaswap ecosystems governance token, has been on the rise. As of this writing, the price of Bone Shibaswap has ballooned to an impressive 8.3% in the past 24 hours, according to CoinGecko data.
However, a broader look at BONEs market performance indicates an underwhelming run in the past month. The meme token has experienced a 16.8% price drop in the last 30 days.
Without a doubt, the price rise of Bone Shibaswap is reflective of recent market activity. On-chain data from Etherscan.io reveals that OKX, a prominent cryptocurrency exchange, has acquired a staggering 1,900,736.16586897 BONE tokens (equivalent to $1,788,547.11 ) in the past 24 hours.
This acquisition, executed via multiple transactions, pushed OKX to 12th place on the list of largest BONE holders. OKX is not the only exchange on this list, as Singapore-based firms Crypto.com and MEXC Global are also members of the exclusive club.
The buying spree kicked off after OKX launched a voting event on Friday, April 21st, inviting users to vote for the meme project they would like to see listed on the exchange. The voting event features five of the most popular meme tokens, including AIDOGE, BONE, BONK, OPTI, and PEPE.
OKX also declared its intention to list the three tokens with the highest number of votes. The voting event will end at exactly 06:00 am UTC on April 24th, 2023. Results are to be announced on the same day at 10:00 am UTC.
If OKX does list BONE on its exchange, it will be the coins biggest exchange listing ever. Of course, as has been exhibited in the past 24 hours, this would have an impact on the value of Bone Shibaswap. Other prominent exchanges to have listed the token include Crypto.com, Gate.io, Bitget, Bing, and BTCEX.
Going by the coins movement in the past, BONE surged to new heights when listed by a crypto exchange. However, it is worth noting that these price increases were short-lived, as is often the case in the market these days.
For example, after the cryptocurrency was listed on Crypto.com in early March, it rallied a 14.8% increase in a few days. By the end of March, the token price had plummeted by a disappointing 30.9%.
According to CoinCodex price prediction, the current sentiment for Bone Shibaswap is bearish, with the token expected to lose 6.99% of its current value......
Weekend reads: Harvard groups work under scrutiny; editorial board resigns en masse; a concussion study hits a brick wall "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
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Cant Be Trusted: A Book Review Review "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
A review of my book, Cant Be Trusted, appears in the March 2023 issue of The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law: JAAPL Cant Be Trusted book review. I encourage everyone to read it.
My book is a memoir written around the denial of my medical certificate required to fly light aircraft for mental health reasons.
Inasmuch as I am critical of forensic psychiatry as practiced, I have been treated fairly by the AAPL and their journal. The reviewer, Kathryn Baselice, MD, was scrupulously correct in mentioning all of the important issues and was very evenhanded. I am not surprised by her minor objections to my writing style.
As she points out, the book can be jarring, alternating between my life in technology and mental health issues. I have training in photonics with a PhD from MIT. Today I design lasers for optical coherence tomography. One audience I am trying to capture is computer nerds. I browse the Slashdot and Hacker News websites. Very often mental health stories are featured between the usual digital fare. Computer professionals are very interested in mental health in my estimation. Programming is one of my earliest interests. I document that in my book, and it is a skill I make great use of in my work today.
Dr. Baselice points out that Dr. Johnson claims that an expert used the second edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-II) to diagnose him with schizophrenia. The author points out that the DSM-II was outdated at the time of his evaluation, thus leading to an erroneous diagnosis. That indeed is my claim. However, her description of this event is a little anodyne to my way of thinking. I also claim that this...
Celer Network (CELR) Soars 11% Amidst General Bearish Trend "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Celer Network (CELR) is currently experiencing a market pump amidst a general crypto fall. In a week in which several assets have bled with significant losses, CELR has repaid investors confidence gaining 10.8% in the last seven days.
According to more data from Coingecko, CELR has gained by 26.3% in the last two weeks representing a far better market performance than market giants Bitcoin (BTC), and Ethereum (ETH), within the same period.
However, it must be said that CELR is a long way from its market price as of this time last year, with a staggering 44.4% decline from its year-to-date value.
That said, much of CELRs price growth in the past week has been driven by a series of announcements by the project, sparking excitement among the user community and increasing traction on the network.
At press time, CELR is trading around $0.0264, having gone up by 3.2% in the last 24 hours. Based on more data from Coingecko, the ERC-20 token has a daily trading volume of $60.67 million and a total market cap of $149.65 million.
For most investors, it is little to no surprise that Celer has managed to stay above the waters during this crypto storm, as the blockchain network has recorded various exciting developments in the last few weeks.
On April 19, Celer Network announced the expansion of its support for the zkSync Network. According to Celers Twitter post, users can now utilize the cBridge, the networks multi-chain cross-layer asset bridge, to bridge ETH and USDC between the zkSync Era network and over 10 other blockchains, including Ethereum, BNB Chain, Avalanche, Polygon, etc.
The zkSync project is a layer-two scaling solution designed to scale operations on the Ethereum network using zero-knowledge (zk) technology. It is currently one of the nascent and most exciting technologies in the crypto space following the launch of its Alpha Mainnet last month.
In addition to the expansion of its zkSync coverage, Celer Network also unveiled its collaboration with Polygon as one of the initial launch partners of the projects zkEVM upgrade.
The developers team stated that the cBridge would provide support for bridging ETH between Polygon zkEVM and other networks, in...
How is artificial intelligence revolutionizing financial services? "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
This article explores how artificial intelligence is transforming the financial services industry, from fraud detection to customer service and beyond.
Bitcoin Price Analysis: Is A Retracement To $25,000 Likely? "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Despite the relative performance of altcoins in 2023, Bitcoin has seen a significant 75% bullish rally since the beginning of the year. However, Bitcoins price has been unable to surpass the resistance level of $30,000 for a week, and this has stirred a technical belief that there is a possibility of a retracement streak toward the medium-term support level of $25,000.
The annual upward movement in the price of Bitcoin, fueled by the banking crisis in March, may be hitting a roadblock at the $30,000 resistance level. To assess the underlying dynamics of BTC, we need to look at an extended chart, which provides a longer-term perspective spanning several weeks.
Historically, the bullish reversals in this time frame have shown a well-defined chart structure, with phases of bullish impulses followed by periods of sideways transitions.
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The recent bullish reversal in the last quarter of 2022, followed by the rebound from $20,000 that kickstarted the current rally, was preceded by a notable bullish momentum divergence (as indicated by the RSI technical indicator) from the oversold zone.
The RSI indicator has entered the technical overbought zone as BTC approached the $30,000 resistance level. The overall chart pattern resembles that of August 2020, which saw a retracement from $12,000 to $9,500 before the subsequent bull run starting in October 2020.
...Bitcoin traders call for calm as BTC price slips 10% in a week "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Bitcoin is seeing a "logical and healthy" pullback, commentary states, with $25,000 now a key BTC price line in the sand.
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Highs dont always have to be speedy or trippyor so Angela Heisch purports with her new body of paintings on view in the exhibition Low Speed Highs. These abstract, oil-on-linen canvases give rise
SafeMoon hacker agrees to return 80% of stolen funds: Finance Redefined "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
SafeMoon hacker said the exploit wasn't intentional plans to return majority of the exploited funds.
The Disappearance of Asha Degree, And Other Mysteries That Keep People Up At Night "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Theres something about unsolved murders that really gets peoples curiosity going. Not only that, but the longer they go unsolved, the more we all want to know what happened.
Im not sure whether or not well ever have answers for any or all of these, but I do know that wed collectively be a lot happier if we did.
I love unsolved mysteries but one that always gets me is the murder of Missy Bevers. She was killed in the early morning at a church that she taught yoga at.
Security footage from the church showed the murderer roaming the halls of the church all night but thats not whats weird. Whats weird is that the murderer was dressed head to toe in police riot gear. It is the weirdest and eeriest video footage and is just unsettling.
Theres lots of theories but her murder has never been solved and I believe there hasnt even been a real suspect in the case.
The Alps Murders.
To this day not only is there no suspect but seemingly absolutely no motive to the murders of the Al-Hilli family and a completely unrelated French cyclist. The police dont even know who the target was. The more you look at the case, the more questions there are. The victims were killed in the manner of a professional hit, but using a gun that no professional would use.
The gunman was experienced and calm enough to leave the scene quickly and efficiently, so much so that the cyclist on the scene minutes behind Mollier saw and heard absolutely nothing. The murders though were uncontrolled and carried out in broad daylight where anybody could have chanced upon the scene.
Indeed had Saad not beached his car trying to escape, most of the victims may have survived.
No suspect. No motive. No clear target. Weird mix of professional hit and complete novice. This case baffles me utt...
Oasis Reunion in the Works After Noel Gallagher Finally Venmoes Liam Gallagher the 8 He Owed Him "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
MANCHESTER, England An Oasis 2024 Reunion Tour is currently in the works after Noel Gallagher finally sent a Venmo payment to his brother Liam Gallagher for the 8 hes owed him since 2009, sources close to the brothers confirmed earlier this week.
It was the same old shit with him, man. I owed him a couple shekels for two vodka sodas and he let it blow up into this big huge thing, said the elder Gallagher brother. Hes always trying to be the martyr. Imagine all of the fucking music we could have been making if had just let this slide. I know for a fact that me mum gave him the 8 quid years ago, but the wanker said That doesnt count. He kept her money though, the right prick.
The legendary rift between the two brothers was solidified in 2009 after an argument over a bar tab, but according to Liam, the argument went much deeper than a few measly drinks.
Listen, when we got to the bar me, and Noel both agreed that we would each have our own separate tabs. He looked me in the eye and told me that he would, Liam said. Then when it came time to close out I saw that this bloke put five vodka sodas on my tab. When I confronted him about it he only paid me for three. Arent we brothers? Im supposed to play for tens of thousands of people every night knowing that he owes me for two drinks? Its about so much more than just the two drinks, its about trust. Im happy to put this behind us, but Ill always have both of my eyes on him from now until the day I die
David Waterman, a top Manchester therapist for treatment, was hired by the duos mother Peggy Gallagher in hopes of having her sons finally on good terms.
This was one of the most severe cases of emotional avoidance I have ever seen, said Waterman. First off the session started late because Liam didnt bother to show up, when we finally started the session it was just two hours of complete silence with the two men staring at each other menacingly. I finally suggested that Noel just Venmo Liam the money he owes him. The transfer went through, they shook hands, kissed each other on the cheek, and then left. They both need some serious help .
At press time, the Gallagher brothers were apparently in another argument about guitar strings Noel borrowed from Liam without asking.
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Every My Chemical Romance Album Ranked "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
My Chemical Romance proved to the world just how far an oversexed MySpace profile could take you in this world. Sex it up right and youll play shows sold out stadiums, look cool in a marching band uniform and have access to all of the eyeliner you could ever possibly eat. MCR did what we all should have been focusing on while instead, we curated our Top 8. Heres our definitive ranking of every My Chemical Romance album.
Lets just get this one out of the way awhile. I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love is a fine album. For a first record it is quite strong and all the other things youre supposed to say about a good band thats still developing. My only real complaint it smells. Like the actual CD that I had as a kid, it was stinky. I dont know what the hell that was about and MCR, if youre reading this (yeah, youre reading this), Im glad you were able to avoid that literal disc stench for future releases. Christ, that CD really did smell like Jersey.
Play on repeat: Skylines and Turnstiles
Skip it: Our Lady of Sorrows
What is it with really successful punk bands that feel they need to change up their image or style and so they do and it works really well and then for the next thing they do after that they pretty much do the same fucking shtick over again. I get that growth is hard but cmon! Wasnt this exactly what you were just trying to avoid? Probably the dumbest part is that we all buy into it all the same. Like we have some sort of cultural amnesia that just takes us over and we stand, dumbfound...
Greek Orthodox Punk Celebrates Record Store Day Thirteen Days Later "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
NEW YORK Local Greek Orthodox punk Roland Lee admits he regularly misses out on limited edition Record Store Day releases due to the fact he and his fellow practitioners celebrate the occasion 13 days later than most.
Our scene runs on the Julian calendar, said Lee, a self-described Archpunk who has led the Greek Orthodox scene since before you were even fucking born, pal. Which is a thing my Greek friend Julian made up to explain why he wasnt actually behind on rent one month. The whole house kinda ran with it, it grew and grew, and now a bunch of us celebrate Record Store Day two weeks after the rest of the world. It just sucks that last year we missed out on the Wipers reissue, so the only thing I was able to get was a copy of Kirk Hammets solo project, which I never even bothered opening.
Sean Booger Howell, the owner of a local independent record store Boogers Picks, lamented the Greek Orthodox punks and their effect on the store during the spring holiday season.
Record Store Day used to be this big unifying thing, said Howell. Everyone in the scene came by, shot the shit, maybe bought an exclusive reissue or something. Now I gotta hold some of my best stuff for these weirdos or they get pissed, which in turn pisses off everyone else. And its not just Record Store Day that causes problems its all the big holidays. Ive had Orthodox employees showing up absolutely baked on May 3rd claiming thats their 4/20.
Other scenes in the tri-state area have taken notice of the Greek Orthodox punks and are said to be developing their own calendars, number systems and even variations in recording noise albums in suburban basements.
Were super inspired by what theyve done over there, said a member of a nearby scene, granted anonymity due to ongoing inter-scene drama. The Greek Orthodox Punks are groundbreaking the culture hacking, messing with the temporal bedrock of capitalism itself. Were thinking of going even harder in that direction. Maybe well celebrate Record Store Day zero times. I mean, who can afford that shit anyway?
As of press time, Lee began stockpiling nicotine gum to prepare for his biannual 40-day cigarette fast.
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Opinion: Its Not Too Late for Kiss To Start Making Good Music "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
I know Kiss gets a pretty bad rep. Yeah, they have legions of fans who probably only like them for being a real-life Saturday morning cartoon show or because theyre suckers for drama, or whatever. But one thing is certain: people dont claim to like Kiss because they have some amazing discography or anything like that.
But I say, its not too late. Its not too late for a band that has been around for 50 years to start writing music they can be proud of! I mean, 5 decades of practice is more than enough time to hone their chops to finally write some bangers. Look at it like this: the last 50 years can sorta be like that of a prize fighters amateur fights. Now its time to start getting into the professional big leagues.
All of the elements are there. Their branding is on point. They have cool make-up and crazy outfits. They have millions of fans and experience playing in arenas. All thats missing is a halfway-decent song.
Lets face it: what Kiss has become is just sad. Between the drama with Ace and Paul, Gene Simmons being Gene Simmons, and not releasing music since 2012, theyve gotten stale. I think Kiss should capitalize on the fact they arent raking in all that cash anymore to focus on writing good stuff. No more crazy distractions.
I would think that if Kiss were to do their 8th farewell tour, they would at least want to have a couple of full-fledged bangers to leave a lasting impression on folks. I just dont think Heavens on Fire is going to really wow the younger generations into the Kiss Army life.
They say age is just a number, and when it comes to 70s rock bands, theres no time like the present for Kiss to shock the world and prove that beyond all the ridiculous signature theatrics, nonsensical band drama, and prerecorded live backing tracks, they can actually write some music to be proud of.
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9 Names to Consider Before Naming Your Child Aiden "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
So, youre expectingthats amazing! I just know youre going to be such a great parent and youll love and nurture that perfect little angel. So why the fuck are you going to give him a played-out name like Aiden?
We can trace the current popularity of Aiden back to Sex and The City, though the name has ancient Irish roots. Thats cool and allbut enoughs enough. Playgrounds are chock-a-block with Aidens these days. Here are 9 other names to consider for your beautiful little boy.
Its really cute to give babies old-person names. Besides, you can almost guarantee your child will have a lucrative career as a CPA with a name like Norman.
If youre going to name your kid based on a character from a popular TV show, you could do worse than the mass murderer with a heart of gold from The Last of Us, right? Joel is a tough, rugged name. Can you imagine how much the show would suck if Ellie were running around shouting for Aiden all the time?
Biblical names have been popular for thousands of years. However, people tend to choose safe, boring names like David, John or Paul. Dont be a cowardgo with a deep cut thats bound to make your special little one stand out from the crowd.
How cute would it be to dress your baby Lemmy in a little black hat and shades? You could get a custom pacifier that makes it look like hes smoking a tiny Marlboro Red.
Simply adding the letter R transforms the lame, uninspired name Aiden to Raiden, the cool, lightning badass from Mortal Kombat who slices people in half with his razor-hat.
Okay, I know Varg Vikernes is a horrible racist and murderer, but how cool a name is Varg? You can be sure with a name like that,...
Ethereum (ETH) Drops 11%, Sheds All Gains From Shanghai Rally "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Ethereum, the worlds second-largest cryptocurrency, has seen its recent rally come to a screeching halt as Ethereum (ETH) has erased all of its gains in the wake of the highly anticipated Shanghai upgrade.
While many had high hopes for this upgrade, which promised to improve the networks speed and scalability, the market seems to have reacted negatively to the news.
This sudden drop in price has left investors wondering what the future holds for Ethereum, and whether or not it can recover from this setback.
At the time of writing, the price of Ethereum stands at $1,860.72 according to CoinMarketCap, but the past 24 hours have not been kind to the cryptocurrency, as it has seen a slump of 4.05%.
The past week has been even more unforgiving, with Ethereum experiencing a significant drop of 11.02%. The once high-flying cryptocurrency is now left to wonder what caused this downturn and whether it can regain its vigor in the days and weeks ahead.
In recent days, the cryptocurrency markets have been displaying signs of fragility, largely due to anxieties about persistently high inflation, fluctuations in the stock market, and the looming threat of an economic recession, which have all contributed to dragging prices downward.
Against this backdrop, Ethereum has been experiencing a steady decline since Tuesday, a trend that has been mirrored in the wider cryptocurrency market.
Bitcoin, for instance, has suffered a drop of over 3% in the past 24 hours alone and has fallen by more than 10% from its recent peak above $30,000, currently trading at just around $27,346.
Despite a recent fall, the price of ETH experienced a false breakout of the local support level at $1,896. However, a daily closure far from the $1,900 mark may trigger a bounce back toward the $1,920-$1,930 zone tomorrow.
On a larger time frame, the situation for Ethereum remains bearish, with the bar on the verge of closing below yesterdays low at $1,913.60. If this happens, there is a high likelihood of further decline towards the next significant support level at $1,846, a scenario that may play out until the end of the week.
Looking ahead from a midterm perspective, Ethereums price has retreated to the middle of a wide cha...
Nifty News: Yuga Labs scores court battle win, Mandala Metaverse to drop on Polkadot and more "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
A Metaverse/AR story game is coming to Polkadot, Square Enix has made another Web3 gaming play, and an NFT esports cricket game has launched on Tezos.
Do Kwon lawyers reportedly dismiss SEC's securities fraud allegation "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Kwon's lawyers claimed that the SEC failed to prove the alleged defrauding of US investors in connection with Terras $40 billion collapse of TerraUSD (UST) and Luna (LUNA).
CoinDesk Had a 'Stash' of Bitcoin, and Other Stories Told by Consensus OG Joon Ian Wong "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Joon Ian Wong interviews Debra Brackeen, at the time the global head at Citi's Innovation Center, at the first Consensus conference. (CoinDesk)
Over 30% TikTok videos on crypto investments are misleading: Research "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
TikTok videos sporting popular crypto-related hashtags such as crypto, cryptok, cryptoadvice, cryptocurrency, cryptotrading and cryptoinvesting have cumulatively churned over 6 billion views.
A Customer Discovered a Card Skimmer at a Shell Gas Station Pump and Warned People to Be Careful "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Youve probably seen warnings from time to time about credit card skimmers that people have discreetly placed on ATM machines and gas station pumps.
And for those of you that think those warnings might just be urban legends, this story might change your mind
A man named Milan posted a video on TikTok where he claimed to have found not one, but two credit card skimmers at a Shell gas station.
Take a look at his video.
@milandhanju0 Be careful when filling up gas yall. This is some crazy stuff. #gasstation #bayarea #california #fraud original sound Milan Dhanju
Heres how some folks who saw the video on TikTok responded.
One viewer suggested turning on your Bluetooth.
...10 Signs of a Spiritually Profound Deep Thinker "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
From heightened intuition and connection with higher consciousness, to contemplation of existence and inner exploration, being a deep thinker from a metaphysical and spiritual perspective is about embracing the complexities and mysteries of the universe, and delving into the depths of your inner being.
The post 10 Signs of a Spiritually Profound Deep Thinker first appeared on In5D .
Australian Dollar and Bitcoin "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
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A Woman Shared a Hack for Taking Popcorn Butter Flavoring Home From Movie Theaters "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
For those of you out there who desperately want to recreate that special buttered popcorn experience that you get when you go to the moviestoday is your lucky day!
A woman shared a video on TikTok where she offered up a life hack where she described how to load up on that buttery goodness that you can only seem to get when you go to see a flick on the big screen.
Are yall ready to have your life changed in a big way?
Check out her video and see what you think about her method.
@torquegirl Jokes; but serious with the cost of food these days. #lifehacks #popcorn #cineplex #grandeprairie #costoflivingcrisis 20th Century Fox Fanfare Geek Music
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BREAKING NEWS BREAKING Just 0.3% of Scientists agree Humanity is causing Climate Change; NOT 97% as falsely spread by the UN "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
You have likely heard that 97% of scientists agree on human-driven climate change. The overwhelming majority of scientists take no view on the question of whether climate change is man-made, for it is beyond our present knowledge to answer.
Only 0.3% of science papers state humans are the cause of climate change. And when surveyed, only 18% of scientists believed that a large amount or all of additional climate change could be averted.
There is no scientific evidence or method that can determine how much of the temperature change since 1900 was caused by humans. We know that temperature has varied greatly over the millennia. We also know that for virtually all of that time, global warming and cooling were driven entirely by natural forces.
VC funding into Web3 start-ups down 82% year-over-year: Crunchbase "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Crunchbase noted that while it has been a bearish start for Web3 start-up funding in 2023, venture funding is down in almost every sector.
New Upcycle Ideas 674 "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Visit 20+ New Upcycle Ideas 674 Sweater flower pots, wooden bead dragonfly, paper wreath, faux cactus garden, plus more repurposed projects with full tutorials! New Upcycle Ideas 674 Every Friday, 7 PM through Wednesday 11 PM Pacific Greetings! This past week weve had rain.But I did manage one day of pressure washing right []
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The U.S. Senate Passed a Big Cat Public Safety Act "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
<p><div><a href= "https://twistedsifter.com/2023/04/the-u-s-senate-passed-a-big-cat-public-safety-act/"> <img alt="" class= "attachment-sifter-rss size-sifter-rss wp-post-image" height="307" src= "https://twistedsifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Three-Images-Without-Border-6-1.jpg?w=586" width="586"></a></div> <p>For all of you animal lovers out there, this is a <a href= "https://www.iflscience.com/the-end-of-tiger-king-us-senate-passes-big-cat-public-safety-act-66550" rel="noopener" target="_blank">time to celebrate</a>.</p> <p>Because the United States Senate passed a bill in December 2022 called the Big Cat Public Safety Act that was <a href="https://aldf.org/article/big-cat-public-safety-act-signed-into-law/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">signed into law</a> by President Biden.</p> <p>The new law protects these animals by requiring establishments to obtain federal permits for big cat ownership. The new bill also prohibits the public from petting and posing for photos with cat cubs.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">BREAKING: Soon, there will be NO more cub petting in the U.S.</p> <p>Tonight, the Senate passed the Big Cat Public Safety Act. The bill is headed to Bidens desk for signature. This law will end Tiger King-style cub petting in the U.S., and ban big cat breeding & selling.
Natasha Daly (@natashaldaly) <a href= "https://twitter.com/natashaldaly/status/1600290202219528192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"> December 7, 2022</a></p> </blockquote> <p>The 2020 documentary <em>Tiger King</em> brought a lot of attention to the plight of big cats kept in captivity throughout the United States in places like roadside zoos and even in peoples homes. And in some instances, like the story in <em>Tiger King</em>, people are charged to be able to pet baby cats.</p> <div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_172975" style= "width: 1034px;">...</div></p>
The War Waging Against Financial Freedom "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
In The Last American Vagabond video above, you can watch Agustn Carstens, general manager for the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), spell out exactly why globalists are promoting central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs, so heavily.
"[With] cash we don't know, for example, who's using a $100 bill today," he says. "We don't know who is using a 1,000-peso bill today. A key difference with the CBDC is that Central Bank will have absolute control on the rules and regulations that will determine the use of that expression of Central Bank liability and also we will have the technology to enforce that."1
The video features an interview with finance guru Catherine Austin Fitts publisher of The Solari Report2 who has warned that CBDCs are part of a plan to end all currencies. If that happens, a slavery system, steeped in the ideologies of transhumanism and technocracy, will be ushered in.
"We're watching events that are within a framework, which is very engineered and planned," Fitts says. "At the root of what's going on today is there is a group of people who are trying to totally centralize control of all financial transactions on the planet 100% using digital technology."3
"It's a very rare moment when a central bank is telling you the truth," Fitts notes, but Carstens' statements did just that, detailing how central banks can enforce rules centrally "because it's no longer your money, it's our money and we can set the rules on how you can use 'our' money," she says.4
CBDCs will rapidly usher in an era of taxation without representation, leading to the end of liberty. By granting complete control of individuals' financial transactions to central bankers, CBDCs allow the government to maintain complete control.
Without financial transaction freedom the ability to transact with whoever you want, for any purpose there will be no freedom, Fitts says. This is a key reason why we need to preserve cash. Right now, there's a war going on between decentralizers, who are trying to preserve financial transaction freedom, and centralizers, who are fighting among themselves over who will be in control of the system.
"And, of course, every effort is being made by the corporate media to turn the rest of us who are trying to fight for transaction freedom to divide and conquer. And so it can be very confusing to watch this if you don't s...
Artificial Sweeteners Are Toxic to Gut Bacteria "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Editors Note: This article is a reprint. It was originally published October 16, 2018.
Recent research into the health effects of artificial sweeteners deliver yet another blow to safety claims. The animal study,1,2,3,4,5 published in the journal Molecules, found all artificial sweeteners currently approved and deemed safe by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cause DNA damage in, and interfere with the normal and healthy activity of gut bacteria. The artificial sweeteners included in this study included:
Artificial sweetener | Brand name(s) |
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Aspartame | NutraSweet, Spoonful, Canderel, Equal, NatraTaste Blue |
Sucralose | Splenda, Zerocal, Sukrana, SucraPlus, Candys, Cukren and Nevella |
Saccharin | Sweet 'N Low, Sweet Twin, Sugar Twin, Necta Sweet |
Neotame | Newtame |
Advantame | (No brand names) |
Acesulfame potassium-k | Sunnette, Sweet One, ACE, ACE K, Sweet 'N Safe |
As reported by Business Insider,6 the research team concluded that all of these sweeteners "had a toxic, stressing effect, making it difficult for gut microbes to grow and reproduce." While the authors do not directly refer to them as having antibiotic effects, when something is killing bacteria, that's essentially what's happening.
According to the researchers, the effects on your gut health may in turn affect your body's ability to process regular sugar and other carbohydrates. According to this study, the toxic limit for these artificial sweeteners appears to be around 1 milligram per milliliter (mg/mL).
Ariel Kushmaro, Ph.D., professor of microbial biotechnology at Ben-Gurion University and lead author, told Business Insider, "We are not claiming that it's toxic to human beings. We're cla...
Are AI Lawyers Coming for Us? What We Need to Know "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
This story is about the implications of the latest developments in legal tech. Before we get to it, I want to ask a question and just leave it there for us to keep it in mind as we plough through the latest wonders of the AI world. The question is, what is point of our existence as human beings on Earth?
Word on the street is that the latest Microsoft-backed AI has passed the universal bar exam, an exam that lawyers in the United States have to pass in order to get licensed to practice law. Not only did it pass it but its score fell in the top 10% of test takers.
The AI software, made by the Microsoft partner OpenAI, is called GPT-4. It is an upgrade from GPT-3.5, which is what the recently famous ChatGPT program is based on. In case you are curious, GPT stands for Generative Pre-trained Transformer, which is a computer language model that uses deep learning to produce text.
Deep learning stands roughly for combing through vast amounts of data, algorithmically extracting meaningful characteristics of different types, and then summing them up in a way that makes it look like the computer understands.
This software falls under the definition of generative AI, which is the type of AI that goes beyond analyzing large amounts of data and producing a summary and that is capable of generating its own creative output based on the data is has analyzed.
Per OpenAIs GPT-4 Technical Report, the program was tested on a diverse set of benchmarks, including simulating exams that were originally designed for humans.
Can I please use this opportunity to express my annoyance with the popularization of the hipster use of the word humans instead of people, as if there is ever going to be a point in time when robots grow sentient and start participating in society not as a type of technology at the hands of whoever is in charge but as living beings in their own right?
This is of course never going to happen (although the patent owners may pretend). This is nonsense and fiction. But calling people humans introduces a new of viewing ourselves through externalized mechanical eyes. It is yet another magical trick by the crazies in high chairs to disconnect us from our innate personality and our souls. It also helps the tyrants to bring about robot citizens and give them rights.
The robot citizens may even include financial actors, to justify the fraud! And when the actual people complain about the absurdity of it based on the fact that robots arent actually human, theyll be accused of having a phobia of some sort.
Using humans instead of people when describing us all just makes the trickery a tad easier beca...
As U.S. Bank Deposits Resume Outflows, How Quickly Will The U.S. Dollar Collapse? "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Comments by Brian Shilhavy
Editor, Health Impact News
While it has been a relatively quiet week in the financial sector, it may not be long before the economy takes over headline news again.
ZeroHedge News reported today that U.S. banks are experiencing more runs on deposits.
US Bank Deposits Resume Outflows, Led By Large Institutions; Small Bank Loan Growth Slumped
Its late on a Friday afternoon, but theres still more things to worry about as The Feds H.8 (commercial bank deposit data) just dropped.
After yesterdays report showed the Fed balance sheet shrinking but bank bailout facility usage higher, US commercial bank deposits (ex-large time deposits) unexpectedly resumed their freefall (during the week-ending 4/12), tumbling $68.66 billion to the lowest since April 2021
Pam Martens of Wall Street on Parade addressed the current credit crunch that was revealed this week with the release of the Federal Reserves Beige Book report.
Feds Beige Book: The Credit Crunch Has Arrived in New York, California and Texas
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As U.S. Bank Deposits Resume Outflows, How Quickly Will The U.S. Dollar Collapse? "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Comments by Brian Shilhavy
Editor, Health Impact News
While it has been a relatively quiet week in the financial sector, it may not be long before the economy takes over headline news again.
ZeroHedge News reported today that U.S. banks are experiencing more runs on deposits.
US Bank Deposits Resume Outflows, Led By Large Institutions; Small Bank Loan Growth Slumped
Its late on a Friday afternoon, but theres still more things to worry about as The Feds H.8 (commercial bank deposit data) just dropped.
After yesterdays report showed the Fed balance sheet shrinking but bank bailout facility usage higher, US commercial bank deposits (ex-large time deposits) unexpectedly resumed their freefall (during the week-ending 4/12), tumbling $68.66 billion to the lowest since April 2021
Pam Martens of Wall Street on Parade addressed the current credit crunch that was revealed this week with the release of the Federal Reserves Beige Book report.
Feds Beige Book: The Credit Crunch Has Arrived in New York, California and Texas
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As U.S. Bank Deposits Resume Outflows, How Quickly Will The U.S. Dollar Collapse? "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Comments by Brian Shilhavy
Editor, Health Impact News
While it has been a relatively quiet week in the financial sector, it may not be long before the economy takes over headline news again.
ZeroHedge News reported today that U.S. banks are experiencing more runs on deposits.
US Bank Deposits Resume Outflows, Led By Large Institutions; Small Bank Loan Growth Slumped
Its late on a Friday afternoon, but theres still more things to worry about as The Feds H.8 (commercial bank deposit data) just dropped.
After yesterdays report showed the Fed balance sheet shrinking but bank bailout facility usage higher, US commercial bank deposits (ex-large time deposits) unexpectedly resumed their freefall (during the week-ending 4/12), tumbling $68.66 billion to the lowest since April 2021
Pam Martens of Wall Street on Parade addressed the current credit crunch tha...
Would You Ban A Family Member From Your Home If They Got Frisky In Your Bed? "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Listen, we all know what grown adult people do in their homes and in hotel rooms with their chosen partners, long-term or otherwisebut that doesnt mean we want to know all about it, right?
Especially when those grown adult people are our family, and definitely especially when theyve been staying in our house.
OP had to travel for work and told her sister she could stay at her house to get out of the dorms and to keep an eye on things.
I (28M) had to travel overseas for a couple weeks for work related reasons. My sisters (19F) college is nearby, and she offered to feed my cats and water my plants while I was gone.
I said sure thanks, and told her she was welcome to stay there while I was gone, since she lives in a dorm.
Everything went fine, but when OP arrived home she found her sheets in the wash.
Instead of just saying I wanted to clean them for you like a normal human being, the sister informed her it was because she and her boyfriend were using them while OP was away.
Anyway the day I got home, my sister was there with her boyfriend. That was fine, hes always seemed like a cool guy, but one thing I noticed was that my sheets were still in my washer.
I didnt think much of it, I just assumed my sister waited to wash them, since she was using my bed while she was there.
But she tells me, sorry, my boyfriend and I were using the bed last night.
OP got upset, the sister called her a prude, OP tossed her out, and now the latter is wondering whether or not she overreacted.
That grossed me out. I dont think Im being unreasonable to not want people screwing in my bed. My sister told me to relax, and said I was being a prude American (her boyfriend is from Ireland).
She said that we (meaning Americans) stigmatize sex, and that she washed the...
China Is Fast Losing Money: Their Bitcoin Stash Just Fell By $388 Million "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
When Bitcoin prices fell from $31,000 to below $29,000, the total value of BTC held by China fell by over $388 million to around $5,4 billion.
Bitcoin is trading below $28,500 and looks likely to edge even lower, considering the formation in the daily chart. With every tick lower, China and other countries, including Ukraine and Georgia, are losing money.
The loss could even be bigger for the Chinese considering their big stash of BTC, which translates to around 0.924% of the total fixed supply of 21 million, according to Bitcoin Treasuries data.
Records show that China holds 194,000 BTC, 833,000 ETH, and a variety of other unnamed cryptocurrencies. These digital assets were confiscated from the PlusToken scam in 2019 and were worth over $3 billion.
FUN FACT: Government of China is a crypto whale.
Chinese authorities seized 194k BTC, 833k ETH, and others from the PlusToken scam in 2019. They forfeited these $6 billion-worth assets to the national treasury.
FWIW, MicroStrategy has 130k $BTC. pic.twitter.com/Ilqp7EnenL
Ki Young Ju (@ki_young_ju) November 2, 2022
According to reports, these assets were tied to the countrys national treasury. Still, some funds associated with the scam are reportedly being regularly sent to mixers and liquidated at spot rates, impacting prices.
However, whether the Chinese government still holds these assets remain unknown. There is no official Bitcoin address to verify the status of these coins.
PlusToken Scam was a global Ponzi scheme targeting Chinese and South Korean investors. It started in April 2018, taking advantage of unsuspecting people who thought they could make quick money from an investment opportunity.
All users had to pay for registration using cryptocurrencies, mainly BTC, before investing. Perpetrators said they were developing cryptocurrency products.
Six Chinese nationals were arrested in Vanuatu and extradited to China to face the law in June 2019. A...
Intuitive Astrology: Pluto Retrograde 2023 "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Pluto is the planet of death and rebirth. Known as the Lord of the Underworld, Plutos retrograde hits us on a psychic level, working on the deeper layers of our being.
Beginning on May 1st, 2023, the Lord of the Underworld will enter his own Underworld, emerging on October 10, 2023, with deeper insights and wisdom.
Pluto Retrograde guides us to look over the transformations of the past, what has fallen away, what has risen, and what is still lingering in the shadows.
Pluto enters its retrograde journey in the sign of Aquarius. This is the first retrograde Pluto has made in Aquarius in our lifetime, making it extra significant.
Pluto will only remain retrograde in Aquarius until June 11, when it will backtrack into Capricorn, so this is a rare window to dig deeper into the Pluto-Aquarius themes.
Plutos entrance into Aquarius began a powerful and new cycle. Some even feel it is the beginning of our transition into the Age of Aquarius.
Pluto in Aquarius is said to bring more power to technology, a greater focus on community and humanitarianism, and spiritual advancement.
Every element of what Pluto brings has a light side and a dark side. Every element of what Pluto brings is set to create some deaths, some rebirths, and deep transformations.
Pluto is the process of everything burning and the rise that comes when the ashes are ready to be transformed.
During a Pluto Retrograde, we feel guided to reflect on the cycles of death and rebirth in our own lives.
There are two time periods we may find ourselves drawn to look at. The first is from March 23, 2023. What transformations have unfolded since this time? How have we changed and evolved? How have we rebirthed ourselves?
The next period to look back over is since October 8, 2022. This was the last day that Pluto was in Retrograde. Since this date, how has your life transformed? What death and rebirths have taken place? What transformations have you moved through?
Pluto is subtle in its approach, so sometimes it is hard to glean how it has been moving through our lives. Even posing these questions may not give us the clarity we need to understand the journey of this planet.
Pluto works on the deeper layers, and its really only when its finished its journey in a zodiac sign that we can truly understand the wisdom, lessons, and transformations it was destined to bring.
Pluto is nearing the end of its journey in Capricorn, but as this retrograde shows, we still have some work to do as Pluto will continu...
Former US Secret Service asst. director: Keep personal info of FTX users private "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Jeremy Sheridan claimed FTX users could become the targets of physical harm as well as attacks through online scams if their information was disclosed.
Ethereum is going to transform investing "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Expect to see tokenized securities proliferate in the years ahead along with heavy investments in Ethereum staking pools.
Innovate some compliance mechanisms, US Treasury official tells DeFi community "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Assistant Treasury Secretary Elizabeth Rosenberg said the Treasury was enhancing its regulatory regime and that DeFi should program in some compliance.
The Echo Machine "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
The Echo Machine
Turn on the echo machine
You didnt have to be so mean
After all the pain Ive seen
We all live in a world unseen,
Have just enough to live on
Somehow I feel like a chessboard pawn
Theres a dying crow on my lawn
The tragedies go on and on,
You didnt realize you were on a radar screen
Far from help and somewhere in between
Just another lost submarine
Just another case of mutated genes,
Turn on the echo machine
You didnt have to be so mean
After all the pain Ive seen
We all live in a world unseen,
...
Investigating the evidence for ancient Celtic tattooing "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
SianLuc Heart discusses the possible sources and scholarship for an ancient Celtic practicing of tattooing.
Continue reading Investigating the evidence for ancient Celtic tattooing at The Wild Hunt.
XRP Correction Continues: Elliott Waves Theory Predicts Wave 2 At $0.38 "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Since reaching its yearly high of $0.5842 on March 29th, XRP has experienced a significant price drop. The token has lost its bullish momentum and failed to breach higher levels, disappointing investors who were optimistic about the uptrend of one of the largest cryptocurrencies in the market.
It is worth noting that XRPs recent price drop is part of a wider market correction affecting the entire cryptocurrency market. Despite this, trader and crypto analyst Dark Defender believes that there is still further correction ahead for XRP.
On April 1st, Dark Defender made a bold prediction for the price of XRP based on Elliott Waves theory. According to Dark Defender, the token completed its first wave (W1) at around $0.59 and is expected to enter a second wave (W2) that will find support between $0.48 and $0.38.
As of now, there have been no changes to Dark Defenders prediction, and XRP remains in correction unless it breaks its resistance level of $0.59 and stays above it for three consecutive days. Dark Defender has provided a list of support levels for XRP, including $0.4812, $0.45544, $0.42044, and $0.38813. The analyst believes that XRP will finish this last correction at one of these levels before targeting the $3 mark.
Furthermore, the analyst has provided a bullish prediction for XRPs future, stating that the third wave (W3) of this structure is expected to reach between $2 and $3.47 by the end of this year. However, this wave 3 above $1.33 will be the predecessor of the Grand Wave 3. In scenario 2, Dark Defender predicts that XRP will continue to rise in value.
As of this writing, XRP is currently trading at $0.4582, which represents a drop of over 2.6% in the last 24 hours. On wider time frames, the token has recorded significant drops of 11% and 9.2% in the seven and fourteen-day time frames, respectively. This means that if Dark Defenders prediction is correct, XRP may still have plenty of downtrends to experience, potentially reaching the lower lows of March 21st at $0.3...
IRS Delivers Dire News to US Taxpayers "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Van Gogh Still Life Renamed After Chef Catches Mistake "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
When Utrecht-based chef Ernst de Witte visited the van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam last year, he noticed something wasnt quite right on one of the wall labels. De Witte found that van Goghs still-life painting Red Cabbages and Onions (1887) was erroneously named; the onions represented, he observed, were actually heads of garlic.
Determined to set the record straight, de...
What Does a Post-Hurricane World Look Like? "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Long before Hurricane Joaqun began to brew, its warm vapors hovering menacingly along the Atlantic in a slow, furtive murmur, SS El Faro was doomed. In October 2015, the cargo vessel carrying food, medicine, and other critical supplies was caught in the swells of Joaqun on its journey from Florida to San Juan; subsequent investigations uncovered troubling safety violations, including outdated lifeboats, that contributed to the deaths of the ships entire crew of 33. Collapsed Soul (202021) by Gamaliel Rodrguez, part of an exhibition of works by contemporary Puerto Rican artists at the Whitney Museum of American Art, portrays the ships ghostl...
Crypto Biz: EU looks under the hood of Big Tech algorithms, Musks TruthGPT and more "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
This weeks Crypto Biz explores the fast-growing AI market, MicroStrategys integration with Bitcoin Lightning Network, and Microsoft's efforts to power AI development.
Court rules Mississippi needs religious exemption to vaccine mandates "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle.
A Federal court ruled that the state of Mississippi must provide religious exemptions for the public school vaccine mandates.
Ava Labs CEO Calls for Crypto Regulators Who Can Read and Audit Code "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Ava Labs CEO Emin Gn Sirer (Ian Allison/CoinDesk)
A Labor Lawyer Talked About a Big Mistake With Contracts That Workers Make When Quitting a Job "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Leaving a job is never easy. There are a lot of rules, regulations, and red tape you have to sort through and thats why its important to know ALL your rights as an employeeand you should know the mistakes that you should avoid when you leave.
A labor lawyer named Ryan shared a video on TikTok where he talked about a mistake that a lot of employees make when they quit a job.
Take a look at what he had to say and remember to LISTEN CAREFULLYthis advice might help you out someday.
@attorneyryan PSA Dont sign anything you dont understand! #knowyourrights original sound The Labor Lawyer
But Ryan wasnt done yet
In a statement, Ryan added,
It is common for employers to request signatures on various documents upon separation. Often its harmless, other times the employer is trying to pull a fast one. You should not sign documents you do not understand, and you should not take the...
Consensus Pitchfest 2023: Finance for the Unbanked "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
(Dylan Johnson/CoinDesk)
The Sky Song "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
The Sky Song
Never thought it would turn out this way
Being alone for forever and a day
Opinions are so easy to sway
Easier to run than it is to stay!
What have I done to bring down the sky?
Think I just got something in my eye,
All those dreams just disappointments now
Not quite sure or just exactly how
Cant find a bride who will honor her vows
The worlds too full of sacred cows,
I got on this bridge that goes nowhere
Ill be damned if anybody cares
Is this what you get helping a lady in despair?
They take everything you got and call it fair,
What have I done to bring down the sky?
Think I just got something in my eye,
The voyage of life can be a rough road
You get so tired of doing what youre told
...U.S. SEC Warns Advisers They Need to Know Crypto Before Recommending to Clients "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Falls to $28K "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Bitcoin continued its downward trend on Friday. (Getty Images)
Major Crypto Firms Deny Investing in OPNX, Distancing From 3AC Founders' Claims About Their Exchange's Backing "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
OPNX's Kyle Davies (left) and Su Zhu (middle) (Kyle Davies/Twitter)
Time To Pay Attention: Bitcoin Reaches Logical Level "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Bitcoin price is experiencing one of its more significant corrections since the trend began to change directions.
According to the creator of the Bollinger Bands, its once again time to pay attention this time because BTCUSD has pulled back to a logical level.
Bitcoin reached almost double from current bear market lows, nearly convincing the crypto community a new bullish trend had begun. With BTCUSD now down more than 10% from local highs, fear is already back on the air in a major way.
Bulls are now all but silent, after just recently declaring the bull market has returned. Bears are already celebrating the correction as continuation of the bearish trend getting underway.
More tactical technicians, like John Bollinger, simply believe its time to pay attention, and havent yet taken a side. The quote has become a bit of a catchphrase for the creator of the Bollinger Bands. But what exactly is he talking about?
The Bollinger Bands are a volatility measuring tool. The tools creator recently pointed out an expansion after a lengthy phase or narrowing. This behavior is referred to as a squeeze and suggests an uptick in volatility is ahead. Which is precisely what we are witnessing now.
Volatility is the measure of price dispersion across a timeframe, and after very little movement, BTCUSD is like a rollercoaster once again. Ups and downs are par for the course.
The Bollinger Bands are made up of a 20-period simple moving average (SMA), to where price pulled back to and has now broken below. The upper and lower bands are set at two standard deviations of the SMA.
The next logical level to look for support would be the lower band, located at around $27,000. Once Bitcoin hits the level it could continue downward with strength or snap back to the top of the band.
One...
Crypto Trading Legends Next Move Is Bringing U.S. Treasurys to Blockchains, With Plans for Corporate Bonds, Too "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Maxime Boonen, co-founder of B2C2 and PV01 (PV01)
Tornado Cash Suffers 13% Bear Hit, Will Parole Save Price? "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Tornado Cash token (TORN) is trading on a negative 13% in todays trade session, canceling its previous days gains and rally, which saw the token rise close to the $12 mark. Coinmarketcap data reveals the token to be trading at $8.77 at the time of writing, a significant drop from where it was in price yesterday.
The TORN token and its decentralized mixing service platform became controversial when its developer, Alexey Pertev, was arrested mid-last year allegedly for money laundering. However, news about the possible jail release of Alexey circulated the industry yesterday, April 20, and created a rally for the TORN token.
According to a recent report, the developer of the TORN token, Alexey Pertev, is expected to be released on April 26, 2023, after spending nine months in detention without trial.
The news of his potential release came yesterday when the crypto markets were declining. However, the Tornado Cash token reacted to the news of Alexeys release and defied market conditions by displaying bullish price action.
While the rally drew investors attention, the token could not continue its upward movements today despite positive price speculations by crypto experts and analysts.
Alexey Pertev, who is set to be released next Wednesday, will await trial from his home as ruled by a court in the Netherlands.
Upon his release, electronic monitoring devices such as an ankle bracelet will be installed on him and other monitoring devices in his home, according to the report.
At the time of writing, the TORN token is currently ranked among the top 3 losers in the cryptocurrency market. Alexey Pertevs release date is approaching, and we may witness Tornado Cash reacting in price as it did with the news about his release.
Bitcoin is on its 3-day bearish candle, failing to break the resistance slightly above the $30,000 price region. BTC price lost momentum after its previous weeks rally and failed to hold the key support level at $29,200.
Todays trading session saw Bitcoin falling below $28,000 after it failed to hold $28,600 key support. BTC price fell to a 24-hour low of $27,815 but is now slightly back above the $28,000 price r...
Dogecoin price limps below a key support after Dogeday turns into a sell-the-news event "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Dogeday turns into a sell-the-hype type event for DOGE after a SpaceX rocket test fails and Bitcoin price drops.
Lack of regulatory clarity on payment solutions could undermine US sanctions, says expert "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Anja Manuel said U.S. sanctions generally work with responsible blockchain firms but not when there are fintech solutions available to individuals looking to circumvent them.
North Carolina House Introduces Bill That Would Prohibit Payment To The State In Bitcoin "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
House Bill 690, No Cryptocurrency Payments to State, would stop citizens of North Carolina from paying the state using bitcoin.
The General Assembly of North Carolina has introduced a bill that would ban the usage of bitcoin as payment to the state or state agencies.
According to a source familiar with the matter, the original intent of the introduction of the bill was to prevent the usage of CBDCs in the state however, the wording in the bill encompasses cryptocurrencies and bitcoin instead of CBDCs, and appears to be a direct anti-bitcoin and cryptocurrency usage bill.
The
bill, which carries the short title of No Cryptocurrencies
Payments to State, and is sponsored by House Representatives
Warren
and Brody, provides
two definitions.
It defines cryptocurrency as, digital or virtual currency that
relies on cryptography to effect transfers and a decentralized
network to record transactions, and a state agency as any
institution, bureau, board, commission, officer or political
subdivision of the State.
The bill then proclaims that no State agency shall accept a payment using cryptocurrency, and that the act is effective when it becomes law.
Although short, the bill would be a step in the wrong direction
for the state, which just recently saw other legislation pushed
forward
to halt bitcoin mining operations in the county encompassing
the city of Asheville.
The source familiar with the matter stated that it is likely that
this bill will be contested and that efforts to educate legislators
will likely take place.
Aptos Introduces Delegated Staking to Increase Participation in Staking on Network "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
An Aptos-branded hat. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
10 Phoebe Bridgers Songs You Can Mention to Impress Your Hinge Date "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Dating can be tough. Do you ever find yourself wondering how to be less of a dweeb and feel more hip around prospective partners? Youve come to the right place. Unless you have abysmal taste in music or have been living under a rock for the past six years, were sure youve heard of the universally acclaimed indie-rock angel, Phoebe Bridgers. Weve scoured her excellent solo works, side projects, and one-off covers to present a list of songs that are sure to help you stay relevant and seem cool when you finally meet up with your latest Hinge match.
Disclaimer: If youre only reading this article for tips on how to get laid, please refer to our upcoming podcast: The Hard Times Guide to Fucking Your Way Through Tinder. Hinge dates are more about feeling seen.
Were no gossip hounds here, but rumor has it that Bridgers and comedian Bo Burnham just might be friends IRL. If your date seems to be the type that likes to dish that hot goss about two strangers minding their own business in steamy settings like public airports, be sure to work this fantastic Burnham cover into your conversation.
If you happen to be a drummer and somehow find yourself with enough spare time or charm to date anybody, you already have the perfect excuse to spring this one. Thanks to lines like you said its too much shit to carry, youll be provided with the opportunity to mention your Phoebe phandom as well as your questionable instrument choice. You might be thinking that youll lose points by bringing up one of her most popular songs, but esoteric doesnt always equal intriguing. Chances are, your date will love the fact that you arent too cool for one of Bridgers top five tracks on Spotify.
boygenius is the first and only project that granted Bridgers the opportunity to work with equally talented songwriters. Having the knowledge of this supergroup is not only mandatory for your eardrums, but is essential to mention if you dont want your date to think youre a total fucking dud. Bringing this song up will almost certainly lead to a conversation about how much of a total piece of shit singer/songwriter Ryan Adams is. If you fancy yourself a fan of his and start feeling the ick, politely excuse yourself from the table and go fuck yourself, because thats the only action your...
X-Ray Photo Series Shows Everyday Objects in an Incredible, Unique Way "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Commercial photographer Andrei Duman has been chipping away at his X-ray series for about a year now. When not doing work for clients, Duman likes to experiment with personal projects and this one aims to showcase the products people use in daily life in a fresh, new way and show what's beneath their "skin."
The Most Intense Consensus Ever Seeks Everyones Voice "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
(Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
3AC founders OPNX exchange claims to be funded by AppWorks, SIG, MIAX Group "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
DeFi firm Nascent was also claimed as a backer, but it has clarified that it only bought FLEX tokens from the companys previous incarnation.
United Nations Climate change quotes not often heard in media "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
The common enemy of humanity is man. In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came up with the idea that pollution, the threat of global warming, water shortages, famine and the like would fit the bill. All these dangers are caused by human intervention, and it is only through changed attitudes and behavior that they can be overcome. The real enemy then, is humanity itself. Club of Rome, premier environmental think-tank, consultants to the United Nations.
We need to get some broad based support, to capture the publics imagination So we have to offer up scary scenarios, make simplified, dramatic statements and make little mention of any doubts Each of us has to decide what the right balance is between being effective and being honest. Prof. Stephen Schneider, Stanford Professor of Climatology, lead author of many IPCC reports.
Weve got to ride this global warming issue. Even if the theory of global warming is wrong, we will be doing the right thing in terms of economic and environmental policy. Timothy Wirth, president of the UN Foundation.
No matter if the science of global warming is all phony. climate change provides the greatest opportunity to bring about justice and equality in the world. Christine Stewart, former Canadian Minister of the Environment
The data doesnt matter. Were not basing our recommendations on the data. Were basing them on the climate models. Professor Chris Folland, Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research.
The models are convenient fictions that provide something very useful. Dr David Frame, climate modeler, Oxford University.
It doesnt matter what is true, it only matters what people believe is true. Paul Watson, co-founder of Greenpeace.
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Warning Over Antidepressants as Top Experts Say They May Raise Risk of Suicide "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
From The Daily Mail: Antidepressants can raise the risk of suicide, researchers have warned today. The powerful drugs taken by millions can even be the means of death among patients battling the mental disorder, experts said today.
Academics at the University of East London examined almost 8,000 inquests over the last two decades which mentioned the drugs. Around half were definitively ruled to be suicides, demonstrating antidepressants clearly did not work for thousands of Brits. One in eight deaths involved an overdose of antidepressants themselves, showing they can give the mechanism for killing oneself, according to lead author Dr. John Read. Psychiatrists said the findings do nothing to tackle concerns that depression treatments may not be having the intended effect on suicide outcomes. It comes after a landmark study last year called into question societys ever-growing reliance on drugs like Prozac.
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Woman Posing for Photo is Screamed at by the Kings Guard "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
A member of the King's Guard in London screamed at a tourist after she got too close to him while trying to take a photo.
Family Adopts Unicorn Dog With Bump On Her Head "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
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Build Your Own Arduino-Powered Robotic Pan-Tilt Camera Slider "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Italian builder Giovanni Aggiustatutto built a mechanized pan-tilt system to capture smooth, stable video without requiring hand movements. The build uses 3D-printed parts, wood, aluminum, and an Arduino Uno.
NFT.NYC: Games and tokenization are driving NFT industry maturation "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
At NFT.NYC 2023, Cointelegraphs team learned firsthand how nonfungible tokens are shaping the digital world of tomorrow.
Newly Discovered Hydrothermal Vents are Surrounded by Deep-Sea Life "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
An international team of scientists has discovered three new underwater hydrothermal vents over a 434-mile-long stretch of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge that showcases a fascinating "city" that is teeming with life.
Price analysis 4/21: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, DOGE, MATIC, SOL, DOT, LTC "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Bitcoin and select altcoins have fallen below their respective support levels a worrying sign that the bulls could be losing their grip.
Fluoridation Weekly Review #22 "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
The Common Council in Oneida, NY voted unanimously at their March 7th meeting not to study the possibility of introducing fluoridation chemicals to their water system.
The Citys Water Board wanted approval to apply for a state grant to study the economic and technical feasibility of starting fluoridation, but councilors noted that residents had twice previously voted against the policy, overwhelmingly.
We didnt want to spend money and time to look at this for a third time, when we know residents are opposed, Councillor Tom Simchik said. Even though it would be a state-funded study, its still taxpayer money so why waste it? he said, according to a March 9 report in the Daily Sentinel.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has announced that 69 community water systems have received the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) Water Fluoridation Quality Award, but this represents less than 5 percent of all the water systems in the state.
According to the department, The award recognizes those communities that maintain a consistent level of opt...
Have You Tried The Trader Joes Customer Hack of Sampling an Item Before Buying It? "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Okay, this is a new one
I feel like Ive been living in a cave for years because this one blew my mind!
A customer at Trader Joes shared a video where he wanted to try an item before he purchased it because hes heard thats something ANYONE is allowed to do at the grocery store chain.
Check out what happened when he tried out this alleged policy at the store. We think youll be surprised!
@emiliano_2_33 Finally tried out that #traderjoes hack where you can try anything BEFORE you buy. And surprised that it DID work but more surprised that even their own employees dont know about it. SO Andrew and trader joes for a great shopping experience. #tiktok #tiktoker #fyp #hack...
Is The Final Shakeout Moment Coming For Bitcoin? Expert Weighs In "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
In January of this year, Bitcoin broke above its 200-day MA for the first time since the end of 2021. This was a significant milestone for the cryptocurrency, as it had not seen such a signal in over a year. This breakout was a clear indication of Bitcoins bullish momentum and its potential for further growth in the future.
Additionally, Bitcoin retested the 200-day moving average in March and remained well above it, demonstrating its robust behavior. However, the leading cryptocurrency is approaching a lower-level retest at $28,000. Whether Bitcoin will withstand further price decline and continue its bullish trend or if a final shakeout is imminent.
Recently, there has been speculation that Bitcoins price might be poised for a significant rally as spring arrives. However, the situation is not quite simple as with many things in the crypto world.
According to the expert in the cryptocurrency industry, Mr. Ben Lily, the current halving cycle is an important factor to consider when evaluating Bitcoins price movements. When BTC comes off halving cycle lows, it commonly does not immediately clear the 200-day moving average (MA) and stays above it.
Instead, it tends to return below the 200-day MA before ultimately moving on to form all-time highs. This pattern can be observed in the chart below, which shows the 200-day MA (represented by the dark red line) and the orange circles, which indicate when the price dipped below the 200-day MA.
Furthermore, Lily argues that nothing suggests that the market should expect anything different this time. He believes a catalyst coming this summer will coincide with Bitcoins price dipping below the 200-day MA.
FedNow Rollout And Bitcoin: A Tale Of Two TimingAdditionally, Ben Lily has provided further analysis on the poten...
Solana launches emissions dashboard to spur blockchain carbon footprint transparency "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
The Solana Foundation has launched a real-time carbon emissions tracker to monitor the Solana blockchain.
What Taylor Swift Can Teach You About Investing "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
(Raph_PH/Flickr, modified by CoinDesk)
Susquehanna, DRW Are Among Backers of Bankruptcy Claims Exchange OPNX, the Firm Tweets "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
OPNX's Kyle Davies (left) and Su Zhu (middle) (Kyle Davies/Twitter)
Bitcoin's Move Below 20-DMA Possible Short-Term Bearish Signal, Analysts Say "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
BTC 24-hour price chart (CoinDesk)
"IndyWatch Feed Arts" "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
On May 6, join the festivities for the second annual Smack Mellon Gravity Racers Benefit Party & Art Auction! Come watch the races, bet on cars, and go home with a unique work of art all in support of Smack Mellon.
Funds raised at the benefit will support Smack Mellons mission to serve a diverse group of emerging, under-recognized, mid-career, and women artists through Smack Mellons free exhibitions, artist studio program, and artist mentorship program for high school students.
...
Could Bitcoin be part of the $120T mutual fund industry? "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Cointelegraph analyst and writer Marcel Pechman explains how Bitcoin could become a part of the $120-trillion mutual fund industry.
1inch, Aggregator of Decentralized Crypto Exchanges, to Launch on Ethereum Rollup zkSync Era "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
(Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)
eToro On Their Partnership With Twitter To Bring Bitcoin Investing To The Platform "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
The synergies present in the partnership demonstrate how integrations can bring bitcoin investing to entirely new audiences.
Through a partnership with exchange eToro, Twitter recently added the ability for users to invest into assets with $Cashtags, which also expanded the number of financial assets that users can see real-time prices for when using the feature. The partnership covered $Cashtags representing a wide range of instruments on the eToro platform, including bitcoin. Users can now click through to the eToro platform to see more information on the asset and have the option to invest. The $Cashtags feature has seen widespread adoption with reportedly more than 420 million searches for $Cashtags since the start of the year. $BTC (bitcoin) ranked in the top five most-searched for $Cashtags.
In an interview with a spokesperson for eToro, when asked about
the vision and goal behind this partnership, they stated that the
goal of the partnership is to help people feel comfortable taking
ownership of their financial futures by increasing engagement with
and the accessibility of financial news and education.
Twitter has become a crucial part of the retail investing community
its where millions of ordinary investors go every day to access
financial news, share knowledge and converse, the individual
speaking on behalf of the company said.
Keeping in mind the goal of providing access to financial
information and education, we hope were able to introduce investors
to new and/or different tactics to diversify their portfolios, the
spokesperson explained.
According to eToros spokesperson, Twitter users have a young
demographic, who typically have a longer investing timeline,
similar to the user makeup of eToro's platform.
When asked about further integration with Twitter and bitcoin
acceptance for Twitter Blue, eToros spokesperson did not provide
any specifics but mentioned that they are always looking for ways
to innovate and develop new products and partnerships. They
confirmed that in partnership with Twitter, they hope to introduce
more educational resources about bitcoin and other financial assets
to their users through this partnership, but for now, eToro is
focused on making the $Cashtags partnership a success.
eToros spokesperson said that the company believes that the future
of investing is social investing and fostering dialogue in large
networks, and that the inherent short form and ease of messaging on
Twitter appeals to todays inves...
With MiCA Past the Finish Line, UK's Crypto Industry Calls for Rules of Its Own "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
(Bloomberg Creative Photos/GettyImages)
This Optical Illusion Photo Was Not Taken from Space "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
A viral photo has internet users scratching their heads as an apparent image of Earth taken from space isn't what it seems.
"Starvation as a Path to Jesus": Kenyan Pastor Arrested After Followers Die "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Authorities in Kenya found 15 thin and malnourished followers of a Kenyan church on the property of the organizations pastor. Four of these 15 devotees died after the group was rescued and taken to the hospital for treatment.
Four people have been found dead in Kilifi, Kenya while fasting to meet Jesus.
Nearly a dozen others have been hospitalised after being rescued while awaiting the imminent end of the world.https://t.co/zYiOERLlZR pic.twitter.com/Qe4DlfiKiHBBC News Africa (@BBCAfrica) April 14, 2023
According to Kenyan police, investigators received tips from informants about more than a dozen Good News International Church followers starving themselves to death after their pastor, Paul Makenzi, told them it was a way for them to meet Jesus Christ.
But was he wrong?
Gerhard (@GerhardPetzer) April 15, 2023
When authorities rescued the devotees, most were too weak to walk or talk to the officers who found them. On April 14th, Makenzi surrendered to the Kenyan police in the southeastern town of Malindi.
It wouldnt be the first time the pastor would be in trouble with authorities. Last month, Makenzi was charged with the deaths of two children whose parents were members of his church. Makenzi pleaded not guilty to the case and was released on bond while the proceedings continued.
Oh my, I thought we arrested this guy
ChelcieSPorter.Art (@laartistagitana) April 14, 2023
Residents had co...
Crying Virgin Mary Statue Exposed as Fraud, Italian Woman Flees In Response "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
An Italian woman given the moniker The Saint mysteriously left a lakeside town near Rome after a private investigator opened a judicial investigation against her after claiming that the Virgin Mary statue she brought shed tears of blood.
The Saint leaves Italian town after case opened into statues tears of blood https://t.co/L43YZZaXOi
The Guardian (@guardian) April 11, 2023
Originally from Sicily, Maria Giuseppe Scarpulla and her husband left the town of Trevignano Romano around two weeks ago after an investigator allegedly found the blood stains on the Virgin Mary statue she brought from Bosnia came from pigs blood.
The strange story began in 2016 when Scarpulla, known to her followers as Gisella Cardia, purchased the Virgin Mary statue at a Catholic pilgrimage site in Medjugorje, Bosnia. After returning to Italy, Scarpulla claimed the Madonna statue was weeping tears of blood and communicating messages to her.
Lol, imagine believing this
All.Hail.Lord.Revan. (@AllRevan) April 11, 2023
The Virgin Mary statue was then enclosed in a glass case and placed in a park overlooking Lake Bracciano. Every third day of each month, hundreds of devotees would flock to Trevignano Romano to pray before the statue and receive divine messages from Scarpulla. Many of these pilgrims were searching for cures for their illnesses.
Being accused of bankruptcy fraud in the past, Scarpulla created a foundation where she collected donations. She claimed the donations would go to setting up a center for sick children.
With locals complaining over the monthly surge of devotees and an area in the park reportedly purchased with the collected donations, the Virgin Mary statue generated considerable interest from the media. This attention pushed the towns local bishop, Marco Salvi, to announce last March that the church would investigate the phenomenon surrounding the blood-weeping Madonna statue.
...
Waking From the Nightmare: Is Recovery From Akathisia Possible? "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Is recovery from akathisia possible? Seven years ago, my answer to this question would have been no because I still had a blind belief in the medical system despite being utterly betrayed by it. The medical professionals with whom I had been working had told me that once someones conditions (meaning the drug-induced movement disorders Id developed) had deteriorated to the level mine had, the damage was permanent, and full recovery was unlikely.
That sentiment was reflected in the piece I wrote for Mad in America four years ago. Id made the short film about akathisia, How Bad Can Good Be?, from a hopeless state of mind. My hopelessness seemed reasonable at the time because I was told it was hopeless. Everything I read, everywhere I searched, everyone with whom I spoke either reinforced that narrative or had no hope to offer because they claimed theyd never seen anyone who had been so damaged by medications. In fact, my neuropsychologist called me the Lucy of Akathisia. As if I didnt feel isolated and freakish enough.
But what was there to feel hopeful about? I had been broken by a system Id been taught to trust with my actual life, and in turn, that system blamed what it could on me, the patient, while shirking any responsibility for what had happened to me with the callous disregard of a sociopath.
For those who havent read my first article, Ill summarize briefl...
Tech Industry or Caste System? Legal Case Sheds Light on Discrimination "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Almost three years after a Dalit engineer in California filed a case against Cisco and his two supervisors for caste discrimination, the states Civil Rights Department voluntarily dismissed the case against the two Cisco engineers but decided to keep the lawsuit against the tech giant.
Case against Cisco engineers alleging caste discrimination dismissed but probe continues | WRAL TechWire https://t.co/QOxAl0p2Co
WRAL NEWS in NC (@WRAL) April 11, 2023
The action comes as awareness of caste discrimination increases in the United States. Last February, Seattle became the first-ever city in the US to outlaw caste-based discrimination.
California also made history when state Senator Aisha Wahab introduced a law prohibiting caste discrimination. If passed, it would be the first state in the US to ban caste discrimination.
Sundar Iyer and Ramana Kompella, the two higher-caste Cisco engineers involved in the case, allegedly discriminated against and harassed an employee because of caste, a division based on birth and descent.
The Dalit engineer who filed the lawsuit in July 2020 recalled how he received less pay and fewer opportunities and how the defendants retaliated against him when he called out the unlawful practices, contrary to the traditional order between the Dalit and higher castes in the company.
The lawsuit reminded a Dalit techie I spoke to, of all the cases of caste discrimination he had faced over 20 years in the US. I never documented these instances, because I never thought caste discrimination would be taken seriously, he says.
Anahita Mukherji (@Newspaperwalli) July 9, 2020
The lawsuit also stated that the Dalit engineer worked with a team in Ciscos San Jose headquarters with Indians who immigrated to the US as adults, and all belonged to higher castes.
Last week, the lawsuit was scrapped upon the Santa Clara Superior County Court orders. The employee who filed the lawsuit belonged to the Dalit community, located at the bottom-most part of the Indian caste s...
ProGrade Digitals Latest Software Lets You Update a Memory Cards Firmware "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
ProGrade Digital has updated its Refresh Pro computer software -- a tool for maximizing the performance of a card and monitoring product health -- with the ability to update the firmware of its memory cards.
Scientists Have Finally Cracked the Code on How the Mayan Calendar Works "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Despite being one of the most venerated and prolific ancient cultures, the Maya civilization is still surrounded by a veil of mystery. There are many aspects about the Mayans that have kept scientists and archeologists busy throughout the years, from their architectural wonders to the complexity of their deities. Overall, one of the most elusive elements of this civilization was a 819-day calendaruntil now. The centuries-long enigma is now over thanks to two scholars from Tulane University, who have finally figured out how the Mayan calendar works.
John H. Linden and Victoria R. Bricker published their findings in the journal Ancient Mesoamerica. They explain that though previous examinations were onto something by thinking it related to the synodic periodsthe time it takes for a planet to appear and then return to the same spot in the sky in relation to the Sun, as seen from Earth the key was in viewing it across a much larger time period for it to be fully understood.
How much larger? Forty-five years to be precise. Although prior research has sought to show planetary connections for the 819-day count, its four-part, color-directional scheme is too short to fit well with the synodic periods of visible planets, the authors write. The key to the mystery was in the number at the heart of the Mayan numeral system, which is base-20. By increasing the calendar length to 20 periods of 819-days, a pattern emerges in which the synodic periods of all the visible planets commensurate with station points in the larger 819-day calendar.
In other words, the Mayans traced a 45-year view (20 periods of 819 days) of planetary alignment and turned it into a calendar. The confusing part about the 819-day period was ma...
The Winners of the GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2023 "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
The German Society for Nature Photography (GDT) has announced the winners of its annual member's competition, the GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2023.
Hands-on with the Cyber Acoustics CA Essential Webcam Flex: A New Angle "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
When you set up a webcam, you usually park it in one ideal spot and leave it. The Cyber Acoustics CA Essential Webcam Flex looks to change that by changing all the angles.
RFK Jr. Launches Presidential Campaign, Vows to Reduce Chronic Disease in Children "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Originally published on www.childrenshealthdefense.org
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday officially launched his campaign for the Democratic nomination for president, telling an overflow crowd in Boston that if he has not "significantly dropped the level of chronic disease in our children by the end of my first term, I do not want you to reelect me."
People Reveal How They Handle Nosy Neighbors "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Whether you live in an apartment, a condo, or a house, theres a good chance youre going to encounter a nosy neighbor at one point in your life. I mean, unless you live out in the country, I guess, but small towns have their own issues.
If youre dealing with a neighbor right now who just cant mind their own business, the internet has a few suggestions!
I had an old neighbor like this once.
It was back when I lived in a small conservative town in the US midwest, still pretty freshly married and also freshly out my own with my wife.
Anyway, my wife and I would always be sitting on the front porch of the place we lived (upper\lower styler duplex) we both worked a lot. Seeing as how we were working minimum wage jobs at the time we had to work a lot so we could pay bills, and eat, and put some money back. So the little time we had to relax and unwind together was pretty precious to us, (still is tbh).
So a few months pass of us living at this place and one day this very tall, very bald, black man just walked up onto the porch while were sitting there relaxing. Weve had a pretty good amount of sketchy people see us on the porch and either ask us to bum smokes, or if they can have some loose change, or if we know where to get any good drugs
(I only mention his race because this is very conservative town in the pretty rural midwest)
We kinda look at each other and him as hes walking up, and say Hi how are you? Not knowing what what to expect.
He replies, haaaaayyyyyyy, how yall doing tonight? My name is Thomas but yall can just call me T. I just wanted to stop by and introduce myself, I live in that house right over...
Audio Design Desk Software Uses AI to Know Where to Add Sound Effects "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Audio Design Desk (ADD) is a program that combines a massive library of royalty-free sounds and music with artificial intelligence (AI) to quickly and accurately add sound to a video edit.
Researchers Develop mRNA Treatment That Could Combat a Peanut Allergy "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Peanut allergies are at the very least inconvenient and at the worst deadly. Over 4.6 million adults in the U.S. are allergic to the legumes. For young children, discovering one's allergy can be a dangerous time. A new study published in ACS Nano might offer a potential cure for peanut allergies by using mRNA lipid nanoparticles to train the body out of an allergy.
Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) were inspired by the use of mRNA in the creation of the COVID vaccine. As far as we can find, mRNA has never been used for an allergic disease, paper co-author Dr. Andr Nel said to New Atlas. Weve shown that our platform can work to calm peanut allergies, and we believe it may be able to do the same for other allergens, in food and drugs, as well as autoimmune conditions. Trials have already shown the procedure to reduce allergic reactions to peanuts in mice.
What is the mechanism behind this exciting advance? According to MD/PhD scholar Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn, Food allergy is defined as an immune system-mediated adverse reaction to food proteins. In the case of peanut...
Solanas Annual Carbon Footprint Equals 8 Flights From London to New York "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
A trash installation at a Solana hacker house. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Traders Are Tired of Trump NFTs "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
(Trump Series 2 NFT)
Spreading misinformation about Changpeng Zhao 'was the norm' for SBF, says Binance CSO "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Binance chief strategy officer Patrick Hillmann claimed former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was constantly using his platform to disparage CZ without considering the FTX Token sale.
The future of crypto taxes: Understanding the ever-changing landscape "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Crypto taxation remains to be a controversial space, though some transparency is expected.
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Mans "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
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Hovertext:
English would be so much funnier, for generations, if we made a
one-time switch from men to mans.
Shiba Inu Whales On Buying Spree, Add 311 Billion Tokens During Price Dip "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Whales have resumed their Shiba Inu buying spree as the meme coin price declined alongside the global crypto market. According to the WhaleStats report, a top ETH whale picked up $3.22 million worth of SHIB tokens over the past 24 hours.
The Ethereum whale performed the purchase in two transactions, scooping over 311 billion Siba Inu tokens within minutes.
Shiba Inu has been on the list of preferred assets among top Ethereum whales over the past few months. The whales actively packed large chunks of SHIB tokens between January and February. However, it appears the whales went on break, waiting for another opportunity to strike.
Related Reading: Cardano In Strong Demand Zone, Breaking Through Key Level Crucial
A recent alert from the crypto tracking platform, WhaleStats, shows the 254th-biggest Ethereum whale purchased 311,998,734,794 SHIB tokens on April 20. The whale performed the transaction in two consecutive transactions.
The whale bought 194,114,774,578 Shiba Inu tokens worth $2,069,263 before initiating another transaction for 117,883,216 SHIB worth $1,256,643. The unexpected token accumulation comes as Shiba Inus price fell from its critical support level at $0.0000107.
The recent price decline comes after several days of massive SHIB token burn by the Shiba Inu community to boost the meme coins price. In the days following the Shibarium PuppyNet launch, large chunks of Shiba Inu coins went into the dead wallets.
On April 20, the Shiba Inu token...
Warren Buffett was wrong about a rat poison Bitcoin portfolio, data shows "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Warren Buffett is not a big fan of Bitcoin, and this position has cost his investment portfolio at least a 320,000% potential gain.
The Pentax K-3 III Monochrome is so Popular, Ricoh Cant Keep it in Stock "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Ricoh has already sold out of its Japanese allocation of Pentax K-3 Mark III Monochrome cameras twice. Clearly, the company's latest DSLR is extremely popular.
Dressed in Soft Cushions and Bulbous Garb, Colorful Personas Emerge from Frode Bolhuis Daily Sculpture Project "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Bound with colorful cushions and twine, draped in chains of spheres, or sprouting a single leaf from their head, the characters that originate in Frode Bolhuiss Almere studio embody the Dutch artists playful imagination and desire for experimentation. Part of an ongoing sculpture project, the expressive cast is currently comprised of 117 miniature figures made primarily of polymer clay with wood, fiber, and metal additions, each of which has a distinctive personality.
Bolhuis (previously) began the project with the intention of creating a new work each day, although he shares that in order to refine the characters features and fashion their garments, hes more likely to complete two per week. While much of his process remains the same as when he began the project in February 2022, the artist is currently branching into textile design in collaboration with the studio Byborre and a loom in his studio. He shares about the evolution of the collection:
I dont know if they get better but they continually find new forms, forms I didnt know of before I started. Its like Im getting to know myself through the sculptures. Its a wonderful paradox that the set form, size, and discipline give so much freedom. It really feels as if I can continue this forever and continually develop. Its...
Photographer Captures Once in a Lifetime Photo of a Wolverine "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
A photographer attempting to shoot ospreys in the wild was not having much luck when suddenly an ultra-rare wolverine appeared.
How to stake Polygon (MATIC) "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Staking MATIC helps one to generate passive income. Find how to stake MATIC via MetaMask, Binance, Coinbase Wallet and Trust Wallet.
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Struggles as U.S. Regulators Fumble: Analyst "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
U.S. Securities and Exchange building (Shutterstock)
This PC Mouse from 2013 is Bizarrely Also a Camera "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
In his latest video, Michael MJD, who YouTube focuses on vintage computers and tech history, showcases the Cam Mouse, which delivers an interesting cross-section of vintage computer equipment and photography. It also leaves viewers wondering, "Why does this product exist?"
EU Crypto Industry Applauds MiCA But Looks to Whats Next "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
The crypto industry welcomes the EU's MiCA regime following Parliament approval. (John Madere/Getty images)
Unleashing the Green Economy: How Blockchain Can Transform Climate-Friendly Investment Opportunities "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
A digital tree (Daniel Kuhn/CoinDesk)
A Good Cartoon "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
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What the fuck does this mean?
Also can we appreciate this gem from the comments:
A Good Cartoon "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
...I fucking want a shirt that just says Crime on it
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What the fuck does this mean?
Frankensteins monster here has good fashion sense and, as you can see by the ironic crime t-shirt, a great subtle sense of humor and probably some punk-adjacent political views at the least. The question even implies that hes volunteering to patrol the streets to keep people safe and reduce peoples reliance on cops
Not only do I want him patrolling my neighborhood, I want to ask him out
likethe crime frankenstein looks lovely and the cop looks like hes gonna murder you if you breathe too loud
Crime Frank knows what its like to be prejudged based on appearance, so you know hes gonna take a little time to think about what hes seeing when he arrives on the scene.
No question about it, Crime Frank for me!
Now I want fanart of Crime Frankenstein. I want him to come to represent community-run conflict resolution/crisis response programs. Images of Crime Frankenstein driving intoxicated people home, calmly talking people through mental health crises, breaking up fights nonviolently, supervising safe injection sites for people who suffer from drug addiction, etc.
We stan a king
Abu Dhabi's Financial Free Zone Proposes Legal Framework for Decentralized Economy "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Abu Dhabi (Nick Fewings/Unsplash)
AXS Nurses Losses as Axie Infinity's $156M Token Unlock Looms "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Axie's price chart (CoinDesk, Highcharts.com)
9-Year-Old Discovers 200-Million-Year-Old Ammonite Fossil in Beach Cliff "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Imagine strolling down a beautiful beach, enjoying the crisp sea breeze, when all of a sudden you look up and see something strange embedded in a towering rock cliff lining the shore. On closer inspection, it's a large spiral, a shell. In fact, it's the fossil of a 200-year-old ammonite, a mollusk from the Jurassic period. This is exactly how a day at Llantwit Major beach turned into an extraordinary discovery for 9-year-old Eli and his dad Glenn Morris. The Welsh boy's find is rare in that area and exciting for researchers.
Eli lives with his family in Birchgrove, Swansea, in Wales. He is not new to fossil hunting, even at such a young age. He usually goes fossil hunting with his dad. We're always on the coast somewhere, usually down Gower way, but this was our first time here, so it was beginner's luck really, Morris told the BBC. I was a bit of a nerd growing up and liked dinosaurs and rocks and the same things he's into to be honest and I think I've passed it onto him. Eli has gathered some fossil samples for his own collection through these expeditions. He told the BBC, They're just interesting and I like their shape and the texture. It's just cool.
This day, the family had traveled slightly further afield to the charming rocky, cliffside beach. Eli said, I was just sitting here and looked up and thought Oh my God, that's big!' He had spotted a spiral-shaped shell peaking from the cliff, a blue lias formation. Dr. Nick Felstead of Swansea University commented on the fossil: The fossil Eli found is an ammonite, which was a type of mollusk closely related to octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish, which is a rare find at Llantwit Major. We can see that the inner chambers that would have been u...
Heavy Demand for Madlads NFT Breaks Internet, Delays Mint "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Armani Ferrante (left) with tech support at Breakpoint 2023 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
On Earth Day, Lets Actually Protect Our Planet By Investing in It "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Each year, Earth Day provides an opportunity to reflect on the natural world and the benefits it confers to humanity. Conservation and preservation typically dominate the conversation. Well-meaning, these can unwittingly create a narrative that we can only protect wild spaces by keeping humans out; and we wonder why this doesnt inspire sufficient action to address our pressing environmental challenges.
This years Earth Day theme Invest in our Planet is different.
We view it as an invitation to take an active role in shaping our planet. It offers economic solutions to our environmental problems, and we put a blue lens on that approach by focusing on our oceans.
According to Nerd Wallet, sustainable investing considers a company or investments impact on the environment and society in addition to financial returns. Thats a shift from the mandate of traditional investing that places profit first and supreme.
From the environmentalists point of view, investing in our planet financially means championing solutions that bring a financial return while helping solve (insert big, scary environmental challenge like biodiversity loss, climate change, ocean acidification, plastic pollution, etc.). Its understanding that eco-actions dont have to be altruistic that humans and the planet can and should thrive, together.
In fact, by aligning monetary green with planetary blue and green, we incentivize the right kinds of mindset shifts, innovations and actions. Used appropriately, finance can act as a catalyst and lever for necessary ocean and climate action.
Of course, investment can also come in time or resources (think participating in beach clean-ups, citizen science, etc.) in addition to finances. Regardless, all of these two-handed approaches position humans as part of the solution by virtue of their participation. It gives us the power and agency to create, steward and fund the future we want to see.
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Tall Wood Cake Stand "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
To build this cake stand start by cutting and prefinishing your boards, sand any rough edges.
To assemble, you will glue and nail the first side piece.
Next glue and nail the other side piece.Finally add the 3rd and 4th sides, they will span across the exposed ends, nail and glue here too.
Such an easy way to make...
Cupcake Tiered Display Stand "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
Make an easy and inexpensive cupcake display in just a couple of hours!
I recommend prefinishing all of the boards.
After letting them dry time to assemble.
Using a nailer and glue repeat this process for all 4 "U" shaped pieces.
Once all the pieces are nailed, it's time to glue and stack them.
I recommend taking the extra step of further securing the stacked boards with a scrap 1x2, it made it much stronger and secure.
Now add the treads with more glue along the side and back. If you need to secure it more, nail to side edges.
I touched up the paint after assembly and love how it turned out! I think it would also work...
Wood Lantern Tutorial "IndyWatch Feed Allcommunity"
To build these wood lanterns, you'll need pine or "whitewood" boards for the base, in 1x6, 1x8 or 1x10 sizes (depending on the size of lantern you are building).
For the 3/4" x 3/4" pieces, you can buy 3/4" square dowels online or at most home improvement stores. If you are building in bulk, it is much less expensive to take a wider width board, like a 1x8 or 1x12, and rip it into 3/4" strips. Ripping is not easy for this small of a piece, do not attempt without experience using a table saw.
This plan include three different style bases, for your personal preference. Use the cut list that matches your base to build your lantern.
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