Assuming this is real… I don’t know whether to be impressed or disturbed. Probably both. Unreal.
Decoding brain scans to images:
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Apparently “globalist” is now hate speech. Don’t believe me just google the word and this is the first result 
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UK chancellor is just mashing up the economy… pity they bombed the pipeline that put pressure on the energy price. Idiocracy…
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Is this a criminal investigation?
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Google fucking discusts me. This is so wrong on so many levels. Hurry up safe.
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I think it’s exploratory and will create offshoot criminal investigations and likely an independent prosecutor at some stage - as republican’s don’t trust the Biden admin DoJ.
Edit: Creating a special prosecutor would most likely have to take place after the next election assuming republican’s take control as to create this position congress would have to pass a law to do so. The house can create commissions to investigate though - but unless the DoJ decides to prosecute, nothing could happen I think.
This will also, almost definitely lead to the House impeaching Biden … however they don’t control the Senate, so won’t be a full congressional impeachment.
further research: Who Can Appoint a Special Counsel
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Many details are coming out via the liquidators research.
1st world problems…
How long until she has a fatal “accident” ?
Interesting take. How many, left to right, to you regularly peruse?
@lexfridman
The media is a self-organizing division-creating machine. Shown is the political lean of various media organization. A good way to combat division is to read multiple sources across this spectrum, steelmanning perspective you don’t agree with, seeking to understand not deride.
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A bit extreme!
This kind of criticism from Italy towards France already happened in the past and only lead to a temporary diplomatic clash between the two.
Notes:
- The video isn’t dated, and it’s certainly not while she is prime minister because it would have been more largely in the news!
- What she said is oversimplification: 50% of the member foreign reserve assets must be held in the country account at the French Treasury. The account is interest-bearing and countries are free to quit or adhere and some have done this in the past and in both directions. Even non former French colonies adhere to it because it brings macroeconomic stability.
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“We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.” — Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis
12 Apr 2022 – In a recent Twitter survey I conducted, nearly 90% of people rated their trust in mainstream media as either “very low” or “low.” And is it any surprise? Ever-mounting media consolidation has narrowed the perspectives the public is privy to, ownership and funding of these corporations are riddled with conflicts of interest, crucial stories keep suspiciously getting buried and big tech companies are outright censoring and demonetizing independent outlets trying to break through the noise.
The media is supposed to function as a power check — and a means of arming us with vital information for shaping the society we want to live in. It’s never been a more important industry. And it’s never been more at risk. In this series, I’ll tackle each factor threatening the media’s ability to serve our democracy — with input from journalists, media critics, professors and other experts.
- As regulations around ownership have continued to loosen over the last 40 years, the power over the media has become increasingly concentrated. A major culprit is the Telecommunications Act signed by then-President Bill Clinton in 1996, which 72% of the public didn’t even know about and no one voted on.
- Today, Comcast, Disney, AT&T, Sony, Fox, and Paramount Global control 90% of what you watch, read, or listen to. These companies spend millions on lobbying each year to sway legislation in their favor.
- Local news is dying out, with more than 2,000 U.S. counties (63.6%) now lacking a daily newspaper.
- Interlocking directorates — which describe situations in which a board member at a media company also sits on the board at other companies, also create conflicts of interest. Publicly traded American newspapers are interlocked by 1,276 connections to 530 organizations, including advertisers, financial institutions, tech firms, and government/political entities. These interlocks are only disclosed to readers about half the time.
- More than 30% of editors report experiencing some form of pressure on the newsroom from their parent company or its board of directors. Pressured editors admit to taking a more relaxed approach in reporting practices when covering interlocked individuals or organizations in the news.
- Half of investigative journalists say newsworthy stories often or sometimes go unreported because they could hurt the financial interests of their organization, and 61% believe corporate owners exert at least a fair amount of influence on decisions about which stories to cover.
1 min. Corporate media across the spectrum reading the same lines.
12 min.
We’ve talked about how broad a concept “the media” really is – and given that, it can be hard to keep track of all the different forces that constitute “the media.” It can be tough, but it’s not impossible. Today we’re talking about how all those big players fit together and why all those mergers and acquisitions matter to being a media literate citizen.
Resources:
NEW ERA FOR THE TELEPHONE: OWNERSHIP REPLACING RENTAL
AT&T BREAKUP II : Highlights in the History of a Telecommunications Giant
BELL SYSTEM BREAKUP OPENS ERA OF GREAT EXPECTATIONS AND GREAT CONCERN
The Federal Communications Commission and the Bell System: Abdication of Regulatory Responsibility
The Knight Foundation: How Youth Navigate the News Landscape
# Experimental evidence of massive-scale emotional contagion through social networks
Facebook and Twitter are being used to manipulate public opinion – report
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Well, he’s back … but he’s not. Trump has been reinstated on Twitter, but apparently says he won’t be using it and will continue on his “Truth Social” platform. – I’m skeptical that Trump can resist - I imagine he would at least cross-post or set up an automation for it.
Great macro discussion with two professional traders - one of the best of the year for me and I listen to a lot of them.
Not just about bitcoin, but on the general economy, bonds and government runaway debt.
If you want a big picture understanding of what’s going on globally and in the US economy, have a listen to these guys.
Macro discussion starts about 30 minutes into the interview.
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Interesting article about Dale Vince who started Ecotricity with a caravan and a wind turbine, and among many other ventures makes carbon negative ‘Skydiamonds’ from air, and wait for it… is a regular on (populist TV channel) GBNews where he says they, including Nigel Farage are nice people but stuck in myths so he gives them facts.
Trigger warning: he’s not a fan of Musk or Tesla’s business practices.
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This site is acting as an archiver and collecter of all the world’s books. It’s popped up very recently (apparently) after the US DOJ shut down library genesis / z books.
Downloading free books is of course a heinous and unforgivable crime, so please, this link is for educational purposes only - so that you will know not to ever go there.
I repeat: do not download any free books, and definitely do not share with friends and family!
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People who download free books make my blood boil. Just wait til I catch up with them. My initial research suggests that sadly the process of obtaining such a novel is so easy that even non-criminals could do it.
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I don’t use windows, but since many do, thought this little mod I learned about today might be of interest:
- Classic style Start Menu for Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10
- Toolbar for Windows Explorer
- Classic copy UI (Windows 7 only)
- Show file size in Explorer status bar
- Title bar and status bar for Internet Explorer
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Tempted to give this a try, although generally with these kind of apps performance turns out to be a let-down.
The Berty Protocol is based on IPFS, a peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol to make the web faster, safer, and more open
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