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"Projects like the New Deal, the Apollo program pale in comparison to what we're doing right now." 🆕 Greg Brockman (Greg Brockman) joins us to talk GPT-5, GPT-OSS, and what's next on OpenAI's road to crystallizing all of human intelligence! “Energy turns into compute, turns into intelligence… crystallizing compute into potential energy you can release again and again.” 0:00:04 - Introductions 0:01:04 - The Evolution of Reasoning at OpenAI 0:04:01 - Online vs Offline Learning in Language Models 0:06:44 - Sample Efficiency and Human Curation in Reinforcement Learning 0:08:16 - Scaling Compute and Supercritical Learning 0:13:21 - Wall clock time limitations in RL and real-world interactions 0:16:34 - Experience with ARC Institute and DNA neural networks 0:19:33 - Defining the GPT-5 Era 0:22:46 - Evaluating Model Intelligence and Task Difficulty 0:25:06 - Practical Advice for Developers Using GPT-5 0:31:48 - Model Specs 0:37:21 - Challenges in RL Preferences (e.g., try/catch) 0:39:13 - Model Routing and Hybrid Architectures in GPT-5 0:43:58 - GPT-5 pricing and compute efficiency improvements 0:46:04 - Self-Improving Coding Agents and Tool Usage 0:49:11 - On-Device Models and Local vs Remote Agent Systems 0:51:34 - Engineering at OpenAI and Leveraging LLMs 0:54:16 - Structuring Codebases and Teams for AI Optimization 0:55:27 - The Value of Engineers in the Age of AGI 0:58:42 - Current state of AI research and lab diversity 1:01:11 - OpenAI’s Prioritization and Focus Areas 1:03:05 - Advice for Founders - It's Not Too Late 1:04:20 - Future outlook and closing thoughts 1:04:33 - Time Capsule to 2045 - Future of Compute and Abundance 1:07:07 - Time Capsule to 2005 - More Problems Will Emerge
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Latent.Space

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Why AI Progress Suddenly Feels Real - my conversation with Yann Dubois, who co-leads the Post-Training Frontiers team at OpenAI 00:00 - Intro 01:30 - Why recent AI progress feels like a step function 04:13 - Model reliability & the emotional rollercoaster of shipping GPT-5.5 07:33 - How OpenAI structures vertical and horizontal teams 09:49 - Improving model efficiency and test-time compute 12:32 - Yann's journey from Switzerland to OpenAI 15:37 - Reasoning in 2026: Real-world utility vs verifiable rewards 18:34 - GPT-5.5 Thinking vs Pro: Scaling test-time compute 20:09 - How reasoning models become more efficient 23:23 - Pre-training scaling and overcoming the data wall 27:03 - Multimodal data, synthetic data, and embodied AI 31:05 - Demystifying mid-training and post-training 37:21 - Does RL create new capabilities in AI? 38:53 - The challenges and frontier of scaling RL 43:09 - Is building AI models a craft or a strict science 48:21 - How AI models generalize across different domains 54:18 - How reinforcement learning cures AI hallucinations 56:04 - Negative generalization and conflicting instructions 58:05 - Can RL scale to law, medicine, and the broader economy? 1:00:19 - The evaluation bottleneck and Model as a Judge 1:04:21 - Continuous AI progress & continual learning 1:08:49 - Will foundation models eat the agent harness 1:11:23 - Why startups should focus on the last mile of AI
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Matt Turck

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Chapter 1 Pre-Alpha "Explore. Craft. Survive." will be dropping this quarter welcoming the very first inhabitants to #E2V1 & introduce early mechanics that will form the foundation of life inside #Earth2🌍✌️ Read below for important details: This update is no longer a simple avatar release but a significant update to the entire foundation of the #E2V1 world. When I first talked about dropping avatars I was eager to keep things moving and referred to a very simple system to test skins and movement, then to subsequently implement the full version after that. While this approach would have brought new content out quickly, it could have turned into weeks of extra development time with little upside for the wider community, apart from testing the movement and appearance of the avatars, there would have been little else to do until another subsequent update. Therefore I made the decision to focus solely on implementing the core part of the full system we plan to use long term on the platform. I apologise that this release will take a little longer than originally anticipated, having moved away from the initial lower spec'd plan, but I'd like to get this right & ready for a wider audience to start using and enjoying. As much as I'd love to push out updates faster, I will be taking this approach to #E2V1 development in the future as well. The plan will still be to release to our testing group first after our internal QA, test and then stabilise. If all looks good and we're happy with how everything is performing, we will push forward with a public release. There will inevitably be ongoing adjustments, additions and tweaks to these type of systems over time. It may seem like a long time, but #E2V1 was only released to our testing group 7 weeks ago! How crazy is that? I know for me it feels like many months already. Nonetheless, during this short period of time we have not only released a couple of updated versions, and an updated version to the Earth 2 Launcher, but the team has also been working incredibly hard on the #E2V1 and #BE mechanics for the Chapter 1 systems - and there is a lot involved in this upcoming release. We will be dropping an article later this week, which I believe will help our community understand the extensive list of features planned for this release and in turn explain why it is taking a little longer. I'd rather not spoil all of the details, but the article contains a lot of information about the various systems we're developing including rules of life, avatar synthesisation, death, saving, skins, day/night cycles, free to play model, avatar vitals, how land ownership fits in with all of this and much more. It is important to keep in mind that each of these systems needed to be designed and implemented, which takes time. The article will also begin to reveal some of the design plans I have been working on to increase utility for T1 land, which will also include various T1 classes. I also intend to follow through and expand utility on T1 land into other upcoming mechanics on the platform, some of which will be revealed in a separate article in the near future and are also part of the Chapter 1 release. Ideally, all going well, we will be testing early multiplayer at some stage this quarter and as mentioned earlier this year #Hordes in Q3, #EggHunt in Q4 & maybe some early buildings on properties. In addition to these goals, we have a couple of wild card features floating around in between as well. I know I reiterate it from time to time, but the long term goal for #Earth2 has not changed. We are building a #geolocational #metaverse - a platform! We still want #Players building cities, providing more individualised experiences, advertising, trading, shopping, e-commerce, socialising and so forth. And I still have plans to link #E2V1 into #AR and support #VR, but we cannot do all of this at once. I am also looking at ways we can expand the team and setup a studio, probably in East Asia, to speed up development. The current features we're focusing on plan to expand utility for land on a wide scale & introduce various experiences inside #E2V1, providing potential benefits for land owners & #Players alike on a broader level, while at the same time allowing our team to introduce mechanics that will be used throughout the future of the platform, test limitations and work our way around challenges as they arise. Thanks for reading and don't forget to drop a like and comment on the video! We appreciate the love and support and it also helps with the algorithm! Keep an eye out for the article later this week - a lot of details incoming! I want life to have meaning inside Earth 2 and I believe my approach could change the way #Players consider each action on the platform.. possibly alter the overall dynamics in a number of ways. #Metaverse #E2V1 #OpenWorld #earlyaccess #Earth2 $ESS
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Chapter 1 Pre-Alpha "Explore. Craft. Survive." will be dropping this quarter welcoming the very first inhabitants to #E2V1 & introduce early mechanics that will form the foundation of life inside #Earth2🌍✌️ Read below for important details: This update is no longer a simple avatar release but a significant update to the entire foundation of the #E2V1 world. When I first talked about dropping avatars I was eager to keep things moving and referred to a very simple system to test skins and movement, then to subsequently implement the full version after that. While this approach would have brought new content out quickly, it could have turned into weeks of extra development time with little upside for the wider community, apart from testing the movement and appearance of the avatars, there would have been little else to do until another subsequent update. Therefore I made the decision to focus solely on implementing the core part of the full system we plan to use long term on the platform. I apologise that this release will take a little longer than originally anticipated, having moved away from the initial lower spec'd plan, but I'd like to get this right & ready for a wider audience to start using and enjoying. As much as I'd love to push out updates faster, I will be taking this approach to #E2V1 development in the future as well. The plan will still be to release to our testing group first after our internal QA, test and then stabilise. If all looks good and we're happy with how everything is performing, we will push forward with a public release. There will inevitably be ongoing adjustments, additions and tweaks to these type of systems over time. It may seem like a long time, but #E2V1 was only released to our testing group 7 weeks ago! How crazy is that? I know for me it feels like many months already. Nonetheless, during this short period of time we have not only released a couple of updated versions, and an updated version to the Earth 2 Launcher, but the team has also been working incredibly hard on the #E2V1 and #BE mechanics for the Chapter 1 systems - and there is a lot involved in this upcoming release. We will be dropping an article later this week, which I believe will help our community understand the extensive list of features planned for this release and in turn explain why it is taking a little longer. I'd rather not spoil all of the details, but the article contains a lot of information about the various systems we're developing including rules of life, avatar synthesisation, death, saving, skins, day/night cycles, free to play model, avatar vitals, how land ownership fits in with all of this and much more. It is important to keep in mind that each of these systems needed to be designed and implemented, which takes time. The article will also begin to reveal some of the design plans I have been working on to increase utility for T1 land, which will also include various T1 classes. I also intend to follow through and expand utility on T1 land into other upcoming mechanics on the platform, some of which will be revealed in a separate article in the near future and are also part of the Chapter 1 release. Ideally, all going well, we will be testing early multiplayer at some stage this quarter and as mentioned earlier this year #Hordes in Q3, #EggHunt in Q4 & maybe some early buildings on properties. In addition to these goals, we have a couple of wild card features floating around in between as well. I know I reiterate it from time to time, but the long term goal for #Earth2 has not changed. We are building a #geolocational #metaverse - a platform! We still want #Players building cities, providing more individualised experiences, advertising, trading, shopping, e-commerce, socialising and so forth. And I still have plans to link #E2V1 into #AR and support #VR, but we cannot do all of this at once. I am also looking at ways we can expand the team and setup a studio, probably in East Asia, to speed up development. The current features we're focusing on plan to expand utility for land on a wide scale & introduce various experiences inside #E2V1, providing potential benefits for land owners & #Players alike on a broader level, while at the same time allowing our team to introduce mechanics that will be used throughout the future of the platform, test limitations and work our way around challenges as they arise. Thanks for reading and don't forget to drop a like and comment on the video! We appreciate the love and support and it also helps with the algorithm! Keep an eye out for the article later this week - a lot of details incoming! I want life to have meaning inside Earth 2 and I believe my approach could change the way #Players consider each action on the platform.. possibly alter the overall dynamics in a number of ways. #Metaverse #E2V1 #OpenWorld #earlyaccess #Earth2 $ESS

Shane Isaac 🌍2️⃣

21,331 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

Day 6: What a glorious morning in the USA. We've only been in this beautiful country for 6 days and we absolutely love it. It's been a long time since I've seen my wife this happy and hopeful. The overwhelming kindness and real concern and care our community extends towards us pushes us upwards and pushes us forward. Today started slow after our meeting with our resettlement agency was rescheduled 1hr later. As updated previously someone from Spangler Restoration did come assess the mold and we're expecting a full clean by tomorrow. Will follow up, but will keep the mold updates separate from now on because it will not get us down or beat us down nor distract us from all the wonderful aspects of our journey. That said we'll give them hell should they stutter or falter. We will also conduct our own testing with a 5 minute mold test and sample kit that will get sent to a lab proudly gifted to us by American patriots who bought it for us in our Amazon wish list. We met with the resettlement agency and they went over information and asked us how we are doing and how the last 5 days have been. They are too keeping an eye on the mold issue and are also waiting for the next update from management. They explained our documentation and informed us again that we entered approved to work immediately. We have work authorization from day 1. However, some employers are too cautious employing illegals and as such people with our documentation face challenges getting employed before and EAD card and SSN card has been issued. We'll have to see them tomorrow again. This if for signing of consent forms apply as proxy for SSN etc. I informed the agency that I've applied with Rides for Refugees who could potentially hook us up with a donated vehicle which would make the world of difference to be able to travel with my son to appointments. There is still a big journey lying ahead for us. More medical assessments and SSA visits etc. My body is aching from the physical labor after doing the fibre trenches yesterday. I can hardly walk. 😂 I overdid It while shadowing with the ride along yesterday. Apparently it takes about 2 weeks to get work fit. If they contract me I will take the offer immediately and I'll start with training after two weeks of digging fibre trenches. I'm coming from journalism and web hosting office jobs into the sun and I'm totally game for it. Anything to start earning dollars and it's an industry I want to get into. So it's win win and I can't be more grateful for this opportunity. Back in South Africa I would've never have had this opportunity. I can't wait to find out if and when I start. One of you kind people gifted me work boots and cargo pants from ma Amazon wish list. So I'm ready on day one. And another wonderful person on X I'm forever grateful for, gifted me peace of mind, for when I have to go off to work leaving my wife and baby behind, we now have a ring doorbell camera installed this evening letting both of us know of any trouble or visitors while healing our angst and worry, PTSD, we undoubtedly brought with us from South Africa. We have also received the gifted Air purifier this afternoon and it's already doing wonders in our single bedroom where Nova sleeps with us, where it will help ease the odors, it's affects, albeit temporarily, and will help us have a proper rest during the night for the first time until the specialists clean the HVAC. I will be posting pictures and thanking individuals who opened their hearts. I will never forget what your doing for us, for my family, for my son. I have sacrificed my son's past, his Afrikaner culture and to a degree his Afrikaans language for a future in which he can reach his full potential, he will grow up American and we all including my family will fight to protect American values and the future of this great nation, & I am and will always be a proud Amerikaner dad. Thank everyone of you, members of my community, God bless all of us. 🇺🇸🙏
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Day 6: What a glorious morning in the USA. We've only been in this beautiful country for 6 days and we absolutely love it. It's been a long time since I've seen my wife this happy and hopeful. The overwhelming kindness and real concern and care our community extends towards us pushes us upwards and pushes us forward. Today started slow after our meeting with our resettlement agency was rescheduled 1hr later. As updated previously someone from Spangler Restoration did come assess the mold and we're expecting a full clean by tomorrow. Will follow up, but will keep the mold updates separate from now on because it will not get us down or beat us down nor distract us from all the wonderful aspects of our journey. That said we'll give them hell should they stutter or falter. We will also conduct our own testing with a 5 minute mold test and sample kit that will get sent to a lab proudly gifted to us by American patriots who bought it for us in our Amazon wish list. We met with the resettlement agency and they went over information and asked us how we are doing and how the last 5 days have been. They are too keeping an eye on the mold issue and are also waiting for the next update from management. They explained our documentation and informed us again that we entered approved to work immediately. We have work authorization from day 1. However, some employers are too cautious employing illegals and as such people with our documentation face challenges getting employed before and EAD card and SSN card has been issued. We'll have to see them tomorrow again. This if for signing of consent forms apply as proxy for SSN etc. I informed the agency that I've applied with Rides for Refugees who could potentially hook us up with a donated vehicle which would make the world of difference to be able to travel with my son to appointments. There is still a big journey lying ahead for us. More medical assessments and SSA visits etc. My body is aching from the physical labor after doing the fibre trenches yesterday. I can hardly walk. 😂 I overdid It while shadowing with the ride along yesterday. Apparently it takes about 2 weeks to get work fit. If they contract me I will take the offer immediately and I'll start with training after two weeks of digging fibre trenches. I'm coming from journalism and web hosting office jobs into the sun and I'm totally game for it. Anything to start earning dollars and it's an industry I want to get into. So it's win win and I can't be more grateful for this opportunity. Back in South Africa I would've never have had this opportunity. I can't wait to find out if and when I start. One of you kind people gifted me work boots and cargo pants from ma Amazon wish list. So I'm ready on day one. And another wonderful person on X I'm forever grateful for, gifted me peace of mind, for when I have to go off to work leaving my wife and baby behind, we now have a ring doorbell camera installed this evening letting both of us know of any trouble or visitors while healing our angst and worry, PTSD, we undoubtedly brought with us from South Africa. We have also received the gifted Air purifier this afternoon and it's already doing wonders in our single bedroom where Nova sleeps with us, where it will help ease the odors, it's affects, albeit temporarily, and will help us have a proper rest during the night for the first time until the specialists clean the HVAC. I will be posting pictures and thanking individuals who opened their hearts. I will never forget what your doing for us, for my family, for my son. I have sacrificed my son's past, his Afrikaner culture and to a degree his Afrikaans language for a future in which he can reach his full potential, he will grow up American and we all including my family will fight to protect American values and the future of this great nation, & I am and will always be a proud Amerikaner dad. Thank everyone of you, members of my community, God bless all of us. 🇺🇸🙏

Amerikaner Rising 🇺🇸

19,650 Aufrufe • vor 17 Tagen

Porter Stansberry turned $36,000 into $3,000,000,000 by writing financial research… after his future business partner fired him... Here's what I learned from Porter Stansberry about writing and selling financial research: 1. Hierarchy of Information Value: In the crowded financial information space, Porter stands out by providing clear, actionable advice, pushing against conventional views. “The news is free because it tells you what happened. Newsletters are expensive because they tell you what to do about it.” 2. Masterful Financial Storytelling: Porter's a master storyteller. He unearths captivating historical tales, dripping with human drama, and seamlessly melds them with modern investment concepts. A voracious reader, Porter often devours a book a day. These stories make his content addictive, easy to grasp, and unforgettable. 3. Creating 'Eureka Moments': Porter leads his readers to conclusions without explicitly stating them. For instance, consider his story about Shelby Davis, who transformed $50,000 into a billion dollars through passive investments in property and casualty insurance stocks. Porter doesn't tell you it's a fantastic business model; he shows you. These "Eureka Moments" are not only enjoyable to read but also encourage independent thinking, fostering loyal readership. 4. In-depth Research: Porter's best investment ideas come from his network of industry specialists he’s in constant contact with. These include a deep talent roster within his companies and a network of external contacts he shares ideas with. Porter strives to cover only topics where he’s had 3-4 conversations with industry insiders, adding depth and credibility to his work. 5. Clear and Simple Writing: To make his ideas more accessible, Porter writes to a novice reading level. He focuses on straightforward, active language (No passive voice), using short, simple sentences. Porter meticulously edits and rewrites. His epic 'End of America' went through 15 versions before selling over 500,000 subscriptions. Porter also prefers clear sentences over excessive visuals. 6. Effective Promotion: Porter’s marketing and research follow the same approach: every sentence engages and adds value. His campaigns tackle big, important issues that affect readers’ lives. Successful campaigns are amplified through collaboration with other publishers. 7. Ethical Standards: For Porter, having a great track record of recommendations is the ultimate skin-in-the-game. Not trading in the securities he covers helps him maintain objectivity, avoid conflicts, and lessen legal risk. 8. Full Tilt Dedication: Porter swears by one way of doing investment research: "Full tilt." His success is a testament to his intense work ethic and decades of relentless trial and error. Don't miss the full interview with Porter Stansberry below, where he delves into his personal journey, the challenges of Marketwise's IPO, and his perspective on current market dynamics. For past stories on Porter, a link to a YouTube interview, and a transcript, check out the replies. Follow me for more insights on finance and investing! TIMESTAMPS: Going Viral in Zimbabwe 01:50 Inflation Consequences 04:48 Writing "End of America" 10:46 Beginnings in Finance 3:02 Adoption Story 17:04 Agora Firing 22:16 Launching Newsletter 24:29 $3 Billion Handshake 28:25 Bill Bonner's Lesson 30:06 Marketwise's 'Ill-Begotten IPO' 34:13 Spooling Up Porter & Co 42:37 $MKTW Stock 44:19 Vision for Marketwise 46:27 Newsletter Business Model 48:40 Wall Street Talk 53:38 Writing Secrets 57:37 Screening Investments 1:03:13 Boston Blackout 1:07:34 History's Biggest Bubble 1:14:39 Finding Safe Haven 1:15:59 Jim Rogers 1:18:10 Commodities Outlook 1:20:58 Idiotic Taxation 1:28:04 Living in Baltimore 1:31:14 Barn-Work 1:32:43
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Porter Stansberry turned $36,000 into $3,000,000,000 by writing financial research… after his future business partner fired him... Here's what I learned from Porter Stansberry about writing and selling financial research: 1. Hierarchy of Information Value: In the crowded financial information space, Porter stands out by providing clear, actionable advice, pushing against conventional views. “The news is free because it tells you what happened. Newsletters are expensive because they tell you what to do about it.” 2. Masterful Financial Storytelling: Porter's a master storyteller. He unearths captivating historical tales, dripping with human drama, and seamlessly melds them with modern investment concepts. A voracious reader, Porter often devours a book a day. These stories make his content addictive, easy to grasp, and unforgettable. 3. Creating 'Eureka Moments': Porter leads his readers to conclusions without explicitly stating them. For instance, consider his story about Shelby Davis, who transformed $50,000 into a billion dollars through passive investments in property and casualty insurance stocks. Porter doesn't tell you it's a fantastic business model; he shows you. These "Eureka Moments" are not only enjoyable to read but also encourage independent thinking, fostering loyal readership. 4. In-depth Research: Porter's best investment ideas come from his network of industry specialists he’s in constant contact with. These include a deep talent roster within his companies and a network of external contacts he shares ideas with. Porter strives to cover only topics where he’s had 3-4 conversations with industry insiders, adding depth and credibility to his work. 5. Clear and Simple Writing: To make his ideas more accessible, Porter writes to a novice reading level. He focuses on straightforward, active language (No passive voice), using short, simple sentences. Porter meticulously edits and rewrites. His epic 'End of America' went through 15 versions before selling over 500,000 subscriptions. Porter also prefers clear sentences over excessive visuals. 6. Effective Promotion: Porter’s marketing and research follow the same approach: every sentence engages and adds value. His campaigns tackle big, important issues that affect readers’ lives. Successful campaigns are amplified through collaboration with other publishers. 7. Ethical Standards: For Porter, having a great track record of recommendations is the ultimate skin-in-the-game. Not trading in the securities he covers helps him maintain objectivity, avoid conflicts, and lessen legal risk. 8. Full Tilt Dedication: Porter swears by one way of doing investment research: "Full tilt." His success is a testament to his intense work ethic and decades of relentless trial and error. Don't miss the full interview with Porter Stansberry below, where he delves into his personal journey, the challenges of Marketwise's IPO, and his perspective on current market dynamics. For past stories on Porter, a link to a YouTube interview, and a transcript, check out the replies. Follow me for more insights on finance and investing! TIMESTAMPS: Going Viral in Zimbabwe 01:50 Inflation Consequences 04:48 Writing "End of America" 10:46 Beginnings in Finance 3:02 Adoption Story 17:04 Agora Firing 22:16 Launching Newsletter 24:29 $3 Billion Handshake 28:25 Bill Bonner's Lesson 30:06 Marketwise's 'Ill-Begotten IPO' 34:13 Spooling Up Porter & Co 42:37 $MKTW Stock 44:19 Vision for Marketwise 46:27 Newsletter Business Model 48:40 Wall Street Talk 53:38 Writing Secrets 57:37 Screening Investments 1:03:13 Boston Blackout 1:07:34 History's Biggest Bubble 1:14:39 Finding Safe Haven 1:15:59 Jim Rogers 1:18:10 Commodities Outlook 1:20:58 Idiotic Taxation 1:28:04 Living in Baltimore 1:31:14 Barn-Work 1:32:43

Tommy Humphreys

417,651 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren

Wikileaks released thousands of emails from Hillary Clinton Campaign Chairman John Podesta. Here are some of the most shocking revelations pushing the “Obama is a Muslim” narrative during the 2008 Primary season, the Hillary campaign outlined potential “negative facts” about then Senator Barack Obama. Email Date: 2008-01-09 negative fact #7: “Obama’s father was a Muslim and Obama grew up among Muslims in the world’s most populous Islamic country. A birthday gift from the funders of ISIS. In August 2014, Hillary sent an email to Podesta saying the countries of Saudi Arabia and Qatar are funding ISIS. Another email, written by staffers at the Clinton Foundation, shows that Qatar gave Bill Clinton $1 Million for his "birthday". Email Date: 2012-04-16 Qatar would like to see WJC for five minutes in NYC to present Qatar - $1 Million check that Qatar promised for WJC'S “birthday". The secret Wall Street speeches transcripts from Hillary’s paid Wall Street speeches reveal she has “both a public and private position” on issues. An example of this is Hillary’s stance on the controversial TPP trade agreement which she said she was against during the primary debates, but in private Email Date: 2015-03-25 her campaign says “She’s ultimately going to support both TPA and TPP” During a paid speech to Brazilian Banco Itaú, Hillary professed support for Global “Open Borders” Speech Date: 2013-05-16 “My dream is a Hemispheric common market with open trade and open borders” Speech Date: 2013-10-29 in a private paid speech to Goldman Sachs, Hillary said: “Would like to see more successful business people run for office.” Speech Date: 2013-10-29 She says this is because a business person has had certain level of freedom and could be maybe rented, but never bought.” Colluding with the Press. One email shows the New York Times gave the Hillary campaign stories ahead of time, so they could “veto” anything. Email Date: 2015-07-10 “Thought you told me that you wanted us to pick.” - Jennifer Palmieri, Clinton communications director. Email Date: 2015-07-10 “Wanted the option to use it all and you could veto what you didn’t want.” - Mark Leibovich, New York Times reporter Email Date: 2015-07-10 “Pleasure doing business!” - Jennifer Palmieri, Clinton communications director Memo Date: January 2015 An internal memo talks about having a “very good relationship” with Maggie Haberman, a current New York Times Writer. Memo Date: January 2015 We have had her tee up stories for us before and have never been disappointed. Colluding with the Press about Benghazi. When the Congressional committee on Benghazi requested information on Hillary’s “deleted” emails, the Clinton team said: Email Date: 2015-06-25 “Just spoke to State(U.S. State Department) a little more about this. A few updates…” Email Date: 2015-06-25 “They do not plan to release anything publicly… They are considering placing a story with a friendly at the AP(Associated Press)” Email Date: 2015-06-25 Before the majority on the (Benghazi) committee has a chance to realize what they have” Financial ties with Russia. A 2014 email attachment reveals Podesta owned 75,000 shares in Joule Unlimited, an Energy Company. In 2011, Podesta joined the Board of Directors for Joule Unlimited. Months later, Joule received up to $35 Million from Rusnano, a Russian state-established and funded company. Hillary Clinton will say anything to get elected!!!
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Wikileaks released thousands of emails from Hillary Clinton Campaign Chairman John Podesta. Here are some of the most shocking revelations pushing the “Obama is a Muslim” narrative during the 2008 Primary season, the Hillary campaign outlined potential “negative facts” about then Senator Barack Obama. Email Date: 2008-01-09 negative fact #7: “Obama’s father was a Muslim and Obama grew up among Muslims in the world’s most populous Islamic country. A birthday gift from the funders of ISIS. In August 2014, Hillary sent an email to Podesta saying the countries of Saudi Arabia and Qatar are funding ISIS. Another email, written by staffers at the Clinton Foundation, shows that Qatar gave Bill Clinton $1 Million for his "birthday". Email Date: 2012-04-16 Qatar would like to see WJC for five minutes in NYC to present Qatar - $1 Million check that Qatar promised for WJC'S “birthday". The secret Wall Street speeches transcripts from Hillary’s paid Wall Street speeches reveal she has “both a public and private position” on issues. An example of this is Hillary’s stance on the controversial TPP trade agreement which she said she was against during the primary debates, but in private Email Date: 2015-03-25 her campaign says “She’s ultimately going to support both TPA and TPP” During a paid speech to Brazilian Banco Itaú, Hillary professed support for Global “Open Borders” Speech Date: 2013-05-16 “My dream is a Hemispheric common market with open trade and open borders” Speech Date: 2013-10-29 in a private paid speech to Goldman Sachs, Hillary said: “Would like to see more successful business people run for office.” Speech Date: 2013-10-29 She says this is because a business person has had certain level of freedom and could be maybe rented, but never bought.” Colluding with the Press. One email shows the New York Times gave the Hillary campaign stories ahead of time, so they could “veto” anything. Email Date: 2015-07-10 “Thought you told me that you wanted us to pick.” - Jennifer Palmieri, Clinton communications director. Email Date: 2015-07-10 “Wanted the option to use it all and you could veto what you didn’t want.” - Mark Leibovich, New York Times reporter Email Date: 2015-07-10 “Pleasure doing business!” - Jennifer Palmieri, Clinton communications director Memo Date: January 2015 An internal memo talks about having a “very good relationship” with Maggie Haberman, a current New York Times Writer. Memo Date: January 2015 We have had her tee up stories for us before and have never been disappointed. Colluding with the Press about Benghazi. When the Congressional committee on Benghazi requested information on Hillary’s “deleted” emails, the Clinton team said: Email Date: 2015-06-25 “Just spoke to State(U.S. State Department) a little more about this. A few updates…” Email Date: 2015-06-25 “They do not plan to release anything publicly… They are considering placing a story with a friendly at the AP(Associated Press)” Email Date: 2015-06-25 Before the majority on the (Benghazi) committee has a chance to realize what they have” Financial ties with Russia. A 2014 email attachment reveals Podesta owned 75,000 shares in Joule Unlimited, an Energy Company. In 2011, Podesta joined the Board of Directors for Joule Unlimited. Months later, Joule received up to $35 Million from Rusnano, a Russian state-established and funded company. Hillary Clinton will say anything to get elected!!!

ꪻꫝể ꪻꫝể

111,478 Aufrufe • vor 3 Jahren

🚩Judith Collins shifts gear. Digital ID is coming, anyone with a half a brain will observe with great concern what we are seeing roll out in the UK. Closer to home, more Australians are slowly realising that they all will have a UN WEF Bill Gates backed global digital ID. Last night a Sky Australia panel critiqued a pathetic UK TV advert using convenience as the main driver for everyone to get on the digital ledger. They aren’t wrong, although it’s not convenient for us, it’s convenient for THEM, the control freaks, as we slip towards a global government. “Watching that ad confirms one thing, they are lying to you, they will track where-ever you are, your medical records what you buy, we will be living in a surveillance society, there’s another agenda” says one of the panelists. Unfortunately it’s probably too late for Australia, the digital framework is in place (as it is here in NZ) relevant digital legislation has been passed with the social media ban for under 16s requiring biometric verification for EVERYONE to use the internet, will provide the final piece needed. Then censorship, tracking and monitoring of what you do on a daily basis will begin. This week Judith Collins’ press release outlined what she says is NZ’s opportunity to “fully participate in society” (read that bit again) by having a digital ID and a digital wallet. She also, like the UK tv advert places emphasis on “convenience” - like having a plastic drivers licence in your wallet vs on your phone is so impractical right? What BS. She thinks we are that stupid. The nutty bag wants to digitise everything have a read : Highlights of her release : “It is a pleasure to be speaking to you as the Minister for Digitising Government here at the Digital Identity New Zealand Hui Taumata 2025. Who here has ever had to run to the bank on their lunch break, just to show them their passport or some other piece of paper? Who here would like it if they never had to do that again? I don’t need to convince you that a modern system using biometrics, verifiable credentials, and digital wallets is not only more user-friendly, but also more secure and private. I would like to thank In particular Andy Higgs as the new Executive Director of Digital Identity NZ, and Maria Robertson as the newly appointed President. I would also like to acknowledge my Ministerial Colleague, Scott Simpson, who is equally passionate about improving the way New Zealanders access services, whether public or private. This audience is well aware of the potential of digital identity to transform how New Zealanders share trusted information, whether online or in person. Our government is committed to delivering this and ensuring all New Zealanders have the tools to fully participate in a modern digital identity environment. Over the past twelve months the government has made significant steps towards turning digital identity into a reality. the NZ Transport Agency is actively working on the design and development of a digital driver licence, the Department of Internal Affairs has developed a proof of concept for a digital photo ID, and Immigration NZ is exploring opportunities for a digital visa ID. These are just some of the many digital credential opportunities that agencies are looking at. The secure digital wallet will be key to making a modern digital identity system accessible to everyone.” Ends. Luxon will be soon circling back around with his bunch of rich listers from B416 posing as a ‘grass roots’ concerned group of parents to push for age verification via the social media ban. Soon the big bucks will roll in for Cecilia Robinson and her online health outfit Tend (who the Nats have awarded coveted and highly lucrative PHO accreditation & govt contracts to) Tend, and these rich listers will commoditise your health data and laugh all the way to the bank with their digital money. YUCK. What’s going on with our country ? Full release here :
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🚩Judith Collins shifts gear. Digital ID is coming, anyone with a half a brain will observe with great concern what we are seeing roll out in the UK. Closer to home, more Australians are slowly realising that they all will have a UN WEF Bill Gates backed global digital ID. Last night a Sky Australia panel critiqued a pathetic UK TV advert using convenience as the main driver for everyone to get on the digital ledger. They aren’t wrong, although it’s not convenient for us, it’s convenient for THEM, the control freaks, as we slip towards a global government. “Watching that ad confirms one thing, they are lying to you, they will track where-ever you are, your medical records what you buy, we will be living in a surveillance society, there’s another agenda” says one of the panelists. Unfortunately it’s probably too late for Australia, the digital framework is in place (as it is here in NZ) relevant digital legislation has been passed with the social media ban for under 16s requiring biometric verification for EVERYONE to use the internet, will provide the final piece needed. Then censorship, tracking and monitoring of what you do on a daily basis will begin. This week Judith Collins’ press release outlined what she says is NZ’s opportunity to “fully participate in society” (read that bit again) by having a digital ID and a digital wallet. She also, like the UK tv advert places emphasis on “convenience” - like having a plastic drivers licence in your wallet vs on your phone is so impractical right? What BS. She thinks we are that stupid. The nutty bag wants to digitise everything have a read : Highlights of her release : “It is a pleasure to be speaking to you as the Minister for Digitising Government here at the Digital Identity New Zealand Hui Taumata 2025. Who here has ever had to run to the bank on their lunch break, just to show them their passport or some other piece of paper? Who here would like it if they never had to do that again? I don’t need to convince you that a modern system using biometrics, verifiable credentials, and digital wallets is not only more user-friendly, but also more secure and private. I would like to thank In particular Andy Higgs as the new Executive Director of Digital Identity NZ, and Maria Robertson as the newly appointed President. I would also like to acknowledge my Ministerial Colleague, Scott Simpson, who is equally passionate about improving the way New Zealanders access services, whether public or private. This audience is well aware of the potential of digital identity to transform how New Zealanders share trusted information, whether online or in person. Our government is committed to delivering this and ensuring all New Zealanders have the tools to fully participate in a modern digital identity environment. Over the past twelve months the government has made significant steps towards turning digital identity into a reality. the NZ Transport Agency is actively working on the design and development of a digital driver licence, the Department of Internal Affairs has developed a proof of concept for a digital photo ID, and Immigration NZ is exploring opportunities for a digital visa ID. These are just some of the many digital credential opportunities that agencies are looking at. The secure digital wallet will be key to making a modern digital identity system accessible to everyone.” Ends. Luxon will be soon circling back around with his bunch of rich listers from B416 posing as a ‘grass roots’ concerned group of parents to push for age verification via the social media ban. Soon the big bucks will roll in for Cecilia Robinson and her online health outfit Tend (who the Nats have awarded coveted and highly lucrative PHO accreditation & govt contracts to) Tend, and these rich listers will commoditise your health data and laugh all the way to the bank with their digital money. YUCK. What’s going on with our country ? Full release here :

Holyhekatuiteka

15,886 Aufrufe • vor 11 Monaten

When I was 8 years old, growing up in Taipei, I called my aunt in San Francisco and asked: What is the best science and technology school in the world? She said MIT. I went on the internet, found it, and decided that was where I was going. All because of a Steven Spielberg movie about a little robot boy who wanted to find his mom. I grew up as an only child. What stayed with me from that movie was not just the technology. It was the possibility that one day, an artificial companion could understand how I felt. That was the first time I remember being moved by a technology that could change how humans experience reality. Years later, I did get to MIT. I studied AI before it became obvious. I became a machine learning engineer, built my first company, joined a $3.5B VC fund, left to build again, failed, started again, moved to New York alone, and built through one of the hardest crypto markets as a solo founder after the collapse of FTX. I kept going because I have always been drawn to technologies that change how humans understand the world. AI was the first version of that. Crypto and prediction markets are the next. I believe the future I am building toward is inevitable. The only question is whether I get to be one of the people who helps realize it. That future is a world where markets become information-first. The old model of trading was asset-first. It rewarded people with capital, financial education, institutional access, and better tools. But the next generation of markets will be shaped by information flow, narrative, attention, politics, culture, sentiment, and collective belief. Prediction markets make this shift obvious. They are one of the first asset classes where the value is informational, not purely financial in the traditional sense. Your edge does not have to come from technical analysis or a traditional finance background. Your edge can come from knowing something before it becomes consensus. From seeing reality shift before the market prices it in. Someone with firsthand knowledge of an unfolding event can have more alpha than an institution with a much bigger balance sheet. They turn belief into price. But price alone is not enough. Polymarket shows what the market thinks will happen. ARES is built to understand why the market is changing. We are building an information-first trading platform for prediction markets and other narrative-driven assets. One that does not just show traders what is moving, but helps them understand why odds are shifting, why narratives are forming, and why the future is moving in a certain direction. But the bigger vision is not just a better trading terminal. We want to turn every trade into an information object. Every position can become a piece of content. Every market view can become a signal. Every trader can build a reputation around conviction and accuracy. Most feeds rank information by engagement. Who got the most likes. Who already has the biggest audience. Markets allow us to rank information differently. How much are you willing to stake on what you believe? How often have you been right? That creates a fundamentally different kind of media feed. One powered by conviction, track record, and market incentives. One that becomes harder to fake. One that can help people understand not just what the market thinks will happen, but why reality is changing. I also believe prediction markets are one of the few markets where humans can still have a real edge over AI. AI knows what is already on the internet. But humans experience reality before it becomes data. We see things before they become headlines. We hear things before they become reports. We feel shifts before they become consensus. If those signals can be priced, organized, and made legible, then more people can gain access to financial opportunity, information agency, and power. That is what Ares is building toward. I spent years watching founders from the VC side of the table, always thinking: I wish that was me. Now it is. I talked about this journey and the thesis behind Ares in my conversation with Dmitry on Predict Time If you are building, trading, investing, or thinking deeply about prediction markets and information markets, I would love for you to watch it. And if you want to collaborate on what we are building, contribute to the vision, or join the team, we are always open to exceptional people across functions. DMs are open.
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When I was 8 years old, growing up in Taipei, I called my aunt in San Francisco and asked: What is the best science and technology school in the world? She said MIT. I went on the internet, found it, and decided that was where I was going. All because of a Steven Spielberg movie about a little robot boy who wanted to find his mom. I grew up as an only child. What stayed with me from that movie was not just the technology. It was the possibility that one day, an artificial companion could understand how I felt. That was the first time I remember being moved by a technology that could change how humans experience reality. Years later, I did get to MIT. I studied AI before it became obvious. I became a machine learning engineer, built my first company, joined a $3.5B VC fund, left to build again, failed, started again, moved to New York alone, and built through one of the hardest crypto markets as a solo founder after the collapse of FTX. I kept going because I have always been drawn to technologies that change how humans understand the world. AI was the first version of that. Crypto and prediction markets are the next. I believe the future I am building toward is inevitable. The only question is whether I get to be one of the people who helps realize it. That future is a world where markets become information-first. The old model of trading was asset-first. It rewarded people with capital, financial education, institutional access, and better tools. But the next generation of markets will be shaped by information flow, narrative, attention, politics, culture, sentiment, and collective belief. Prediction markets make this shift obvious. They are one of the first asset classes where the value is informational, not purely financial in the traditional sense. Your edge does not have to come from technical analysis or a traditional finance background. Your edge can come from knowing something before it becomes consensus. From seeing reality shift before the market prices it in. Someone with firsthand knowledge of an unfolding event can have more alpha than an institution with a much bigger balance sheet. They turn belief into price. But price alone is not enough. Polymarket shows what the market thinks will happen. ARES is built to understand why the market is changing. We are building an information-first trading platform for prediction markets and other narrative-driven assets. One that does not just show traders what is moving, but helps them understand why odds are shifting, why narratives are forming, and why the future is moving in a certain direction. But the bigger vision is not just a better trading terminal. We want to turn every trade into an information object. Every position can become a piece of content. Every market view can become a signal. Every trader can build a reputation around conviction and accuracy. Most feeds rank information by engagement. Who got the most likes. Who already has the biggest audience. Markets allow us to rank information differently. How much are you willing to stake on what you believe? How often have you been right? That creates a fundamentally different kind of media feed. One powered by conviction, track record, and market incentives. One that becomes harder to fake. One that can help people understand not just what the market thinks will happen, but why reality is changing. I also believe prediction markets are one of the few markets where humans can still have a real edge over AI. AI knows what is already on the internet. But humans experience reality before it becomes data. We see things before they become headlines. We hear things before they become reports. We feel shifts before they become consensus. If those signals can be priced, organized, and made legible, then more people can gain access to financial opportunity, information agency, and power. That is what Ares is building toward. I spent years watching founders from the VC side of the table, always thinking: I wish that was me. Now it is. I talked about this journey and the thesis behind Ares in my conversation with Dmitry on Predict Time If you are building, trading, investing, or thinking deeply about prediction markets and information markets, I would love for you to watch it. And if you want to collaborate on what we are building, contribute to the vision, or join the team, we are always open to exceptional people across functions. DMs are open.

Morgan Lai

302,663 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten

EXCLUSIVE: Whistleblowers Seeking $50 Million ‘Reward For Justice’ After Capture of Venezuelan Dictator Nicolas Maduro Give First Interview and Release 2026 Affidavit Detailing Specific Intelligence They Say Led To Successful Raid This week on Straight to the Point, I sat down for an exclusive first interview with two former DEA agents with more than 40 years of combined experience in the global drug wars. Wesley Tabor, and an undercover agent we agreed to call “Mack,” revealed how their source network infiltrated “every node” of the Maduro regime and delivered vital intelligence to DEA, Delta Operators and others that, they say, directly contributed to the dictator’s capture. The Rewards for Justice Program falls under the U.S. State Department. Affidavits and other records independently reviewed by our team detail how sources provided the US government with bunker schematics, underground tunnels, convoy photographs, offensive military bases, escape aircraft tail numbers, gold stockpiles, and even key movements of Maduro and his spiritual advisor. Wesley and “Mack” say this information was extracted from Venezuela using unconventional methods such as commercial “entertainment” platforms and at great risk to their sources. Now four months since the historic raid in Venezuela, they say they have received no response on their $50 million ‘Rewards for Justice’ claim which would help their sources begin new lives. Currently, Wes and “Mack” said the sources, and their families, including children are being hunted down and their lives threatened. If the Rewards for Justice Program does not pay for credible leads and tips, Wes and Mack said it will discourage other sources from cooperating and supporting future US operations. We reached out to six government agencies directly involved in the Maduro raid. We heard back from two. A spokesperson for the CIA and a spokesperson for the Department of War referred our questions to either the Justice Department, State Department or White House. 00:35 Sources “100% Confident” intelligence led to successful capture of Nicolas Maduro and saved lives 01:20 Former undercover DEA operative 'Mack' 02:00 Decision to Come Forward 02:23 Intel on Maduro’s convoy, security detail, routes, weapons, military, maps, underground tunnels and bunkers 03:14 Underground tunnels: schematics for plumbing, water grid and dimensions, thickness bunker as well as concrete reinforcement 03:55 Source network saw opportunity to take their country back 04:18 Motivated by patriotism and US promise of $50 million dollar reward 05:10 Sources in “every node” Maduro government 05:55 September 2025 meeting brokered with DEA Administrator who assigned DEA agents, contact established with Delta Force representative 06:30 Source information filled “gaps” in US intelligence gathering 07:18 Unconventional methods such as “entertainment” platforms used to get information out of Venezuela 07:48 October 2025 major development in DEA's role 10:09 Key intelligence: Maduro’s spiritual advisor and underground tunnel network 11:35 Maduro’s escape plan: Moving dollars, euros and gold 12:50 Whistleblowers: Some sources killed in Delta raid 14:03 President Trump and Secretary Rubio on who gets $50 million reward 14:48 Team and sources seek $50 million reward: “We heard nothing” from US government 14:58 Retired General Mike Flynn was told the DEA Administrator “would look into it,” but no response since 15:45 Whistleblowers deny it's a money grab 16:15 Rewards for Justice program concerns 17:33 Maduro sources and their families are being “hunted down” 17:48 For US military, it's a "ground ball" to ensure the safety of the sources 18:14 Response from US government agencies LA Times Media Group LA Times Studios
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EXCLUSIVE: Whistleblowers Seeking $50 Million ‘Reward For Justice’ After Capture of Venezuelan Dictator Nicolas Maduro Give First Interview and Release 2026 Affidavit Detailing Specific Intelligence They Say Led To Successful Raid This week on Straight to the Point, I sat down for an exclusive first interview with two former DEA agents with more than 40 years of combined experience in the global drug wars. Wesley Tabor, and an undercover agent we agreed to call “Mack,” revealed how their source network infiltrated “every node” of the Maduro regime and delivered vital intelligence to DEA, Delta Operators and others that, they say, directly contributed to the dictator’s capture. The Rewards for Justice Program falls under the U.S. State Department. Affidavits and other records independently reviewed by our team detail how sources provided the US government with bunker schematics, underground tunnels, convoy photographs, offensive military bases, escape aircraft tail numbers, gold stockpiles, and even key movements of Maduro and his spiritual advisor. Wesley and “Mack” say this information was extracted from Venezuela using unconventional methods such as commercial “entertainment” platforms and at great risk to their sources. Now four months since the historic raid in Venezuela, they say they have received no response on their $50 million ‘Rewards for Justice’ claim which would help their sources begin new lives. Currently, Wes and “Mack” said the sources, and their families, including children are being hunted down and their lives threatened. If the Rewards for Justice Program does not pay for credible leads and tips, Wes and Mack said it will discourage other sources from cooperating and supporting future US operations. We reached out to six government agencies directly involved in the Maduro raid. We heard back from two. A spokesperson for the CIA and a spokesperson for the Department of War referred our questions to either the Justice Department, State Department or White House. 00:35 Sources “100% Confident” intelligence led to successful capture of Nicolas Maduro and saved lives 01:20 Former undercover DEA operative 'Mack' 02:00 Decision to Come Forward 02:23 Intel on Maduro’s convoy, security detail, routes, weapons, military, maps, underground tunnels and bunkers 03:14 Underground tunnels: schematics for plumbing, water grid and dimensions, thickness bunker as well as concrete reinforcement 03:55 Source network saw opportunity to take their country back 04:18 Motivated by patriotism and US promise of $50 million dollar reward 05:10 Sources in “every node” Maduro government 05:55 September 2025 meeting brokered with DEA Administrator who assigned DEA agents, contact established with Delta Force representative 06:30 Source information filled “gaps” in US intelligence gathering 07:18 Unconventional methods such as “entertainment” platforms used to get information out of Venezuela 07:48 October 2025 major development in DEA's role 10:09 Key intelligence: Maduro’s spiritual advisor and underground tunnel network 11:35 Maduro’s escape plan: Moving dollars, euros and gold 12:50 Whistleblowers: Some sources killed in Delta raid 14:03 President Trump and Secretary Rubio on who gets $50 million reward 14:48 Team and sources seek $50 million reward: “We heard nothing” from US government 14:58 Retired General Mike Flynn was told the DEA Administrator “would look into it,” but no response since 15:45 Whistleblowers deny it's a money grab 16:15 Rewards for Justice program concerns 17:33 Maduro sources and their families are being “hunted down” 17:48 For US military, it's a "ground ball" to ensure the safety of the sources 18:14 Response from US government agencies LA Times Media Group LA Times Studios

Catherine Herridge

1,867,939 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten

Every week, the average person ingests up to the equivalent of a 5-gram credit card in plastic. Microplastics are now thought to accumulate in the brain at 10 to 20 times the rate as other organs and, worse still, are 10-times higher in the brains of people who died from dementia. Most major organ systems are impacted. While the consequences of the pervasive presence of microplastics are still being understood, the microplastics themselves are carriers of harmful chemicals like BPA, phthalates, and PFAS. These harms are less ambiguous. Acting as a xenoestrogen, BPA, for example, has strong evidence that it affects multiple dimensions of child development ranging from the neurological to sexual and behavioral. Pregnant women with high BPA levels are six times more likely to have a child diagnosed with autism by age 11 compared to those with lower levels. Multiple lines of converging evidence demonstrate both reproducibility and even mechanism: BPA suppresses the aromatase enzyme, leading to anatomical, neurological, and behavioral changes in male mice that mirror aspects of autism spectrum disorder. In a study of 40 healthy young men, all were found to have microplastics present to some degree in their semen. Men with elevated BPA levels have lower sperm quality, reduced testosterone, and abnormal sperm morphology. The cardiovascular system is not spared. Microplastics have been found embedded in arterial plaques, and their presence correlates with a 4.5-fold increase in the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Cancer risk is another alarming aspect. Childhood exposure to phthalates is associated with a 20% increase in overall cancer risk and nearly a threefold increase in specific cancers like osteosarcoma and lymphoma. BPA's estrogen-mimicking properties have been linked to breast cancer development, promoting the growth of estrogen-sensitive cells and disrupting normal hormonal regulation. My latest episode will no doubt stir some anxieties, but were not powerless. Also discussed are actionable ways to minimize exposure by avoiding the worst offenders. Episode 95 is available on X, YouTube, Spotify, and everywhere else. Links in comment. Timestamps: 0:00 - The extent of the problem 2:12 - Top sources of exposure 4:01 - Contamination of our water 5:03 - BPA, phthalates, & PFAS (forever chemicals) 7:05 - How heating plastic affects BPA exposure 9:20 - Our unfortunate habit of eating credit cards 11:32 - Microplastics in major organs 14:04 - Crossing the blood-brain barrier 15:00 - How microplastics affect a developing fetus 15:54 - The bloodstream is a highway for microplastics 18:11 - Endocrine and hormonal effects 18:34 - Mimicking of estrogen 23:08 - Consequences in pregnant women 25:34 - How phthalates affect reproductive health 26:35 - Involvement in autism 29:57 - Side effects of prenatal BPA exposure 32:17 - The brain may be a super-accumulator of plastic 34:50 - Human brain microplastic levels are rising 36:06 - Lost fertility in women 38:07 - Changes in sperm quality 39:23 - Microplastics in sperm 40:59 - Why the heart suffers 42:51 - Microplastics in arterial plaque 43:56 - How BPA affects blood pressure 45:58 - Risk of cancer 50:31 - Forever chemicals in sparkling water 53:02 - Reverse osmosis filtration 54:56 - Food-based strategies for limiting microplastics 56:30 - The "myth" of BPA-free plastics 58:14 - Is salt a source of microplastics? 59:18 - HEPA filters 1:00:52 - Choose your clothing wisely 1:01:47 - How to prevent release of microplastics (from laundry) 1:02:32 - Receipts and thermal paper 1:04:17 - Excretion and breakdown 1:06:28 - Sulforaphane for detoxifying 1:08:38 - Can dietary fiber increase microplastic excretion? 1:10:15 - Are plastic chemicals excreted through sweat? 1:11:22 - Do excretion strategies work for "forever chemicals"?
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Every week, the average person ingests up to the equivalent of a 5-gram credit card in plastic. Microplastics are now thought to accumulate in the brain at 10 to 20 times the rate as other organs and, worse still, are 10-times higher in the brains of people who died from dementia. Most major organ systems are impacted. While the consequences of the pervasive presence of microplastics are still being understood, the microplastics themselves are carriers of harmful chemicals like BPA, phthalates, and PFAS. These harms are less ambiguous. Acting as a xenoestrogen, BPA, for example, has strong evidence that it affects multiple dimensions of child development ranging from the neurological to sexual and behavioral. Pregnant women with high BPA levels are six times more likely to have a child diagnosed with autism by age 11 compared to those with lower levels. Multiple lines of converging evidence demonstrate both reproducibility and even mechanism: BPA suppresses the aromatase enzyme, leading to anatomical, neurological, and behavioral changes in male mice that mirror aspects of autism spectrum disorder. In a study of 40 healthy young men, all were found to have microplastics present to some degree in their semen. Men with elevated BPA levels have lower sperm quality, reduced testosterone, and abnormal sperm morphology. The cardiovascular system is not spared. Microplastics have been found embedded in arterial plaques, and their presence correlates with a 4.5-fold increase in the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Cancer risk is another alarming aspect. Childhood exposure to phthalates is associated with a 20% increase in overall cancer risk and nearly a threefold increase in specific cancers like osteosarcoma and lymphoma. BPA's estrogen-mimicking properties have been linked to breast cancer development, promoting the growth of estrogen-sensitive cells and disrupting normal hormonal regulation. My latest episode will no doubt stir some anxieties, but were not powerless. Also discussed are actionable ways to minimize exposure by avoiding the worst offenders. Episode 95 is available on X, YouTube, Spotify, and everywhere else. Links in comment. Timestamps: 0:00 - The extent of the problem 2:12 - Top sources of exposure 4:01 - Contamination of our water 5:03 - BPA, phthalates, & PFAS (forever chemicals) 7:05 - How heating plastic affects BPA exposure 9:20 - Our unfortunate habit of eating credit cards 11:32 - Microplastics in major organs 14:04 - Crossing the blood-brain barrier 15:00 - How microplastics affect a developing fetus 15:54 - The bloodstream is a highway for microplastics 18:11 - Endocrine and hormonal effects 18:34 - Mimicking of estrogen 23:08 - Consequences in pregnant women 25:34 - How phthalates affect reproductive health 26:35 - Involvement in autism 29:57 - Side effects of prenatal BPA exposure 32:17 - The brain may be a super-accumulator of plastic 34:50 - Human brain microplastic levels are rising 36:06 - Lost fertility in women 38:07 - Changes in sperm quality 39:23 - Microplastics in sperm 40:59 - Why the heart suffers 42:51 - Microplastics in arterial plaque 43:56 - How BPA affects blood pressure 45:58 - Risk of cancer 50:31 - Forever chemicals in sparkling water 53:02 - Reverse osmosis filtration 54:56 - Food-based strategies for limiting microplastics 56:30 - The "myth" of BPA-free plastics 58:14 - Is salt a source of microplastics? 59:18 - HEPA filters 1:00:52 - Choose your clothing wisely 1:01:47 - How to prevent release of microplastics (from laundry) 1:02:32 - Receipts and thermal paper 1:04:17 - Excretion and breakdown 1:06:28 - Sulforaphane for detoxifying 1:08:38 - Can dietary fiber increase microplastic excretion? 1:10:15 - Are plastic chemicals excreted through sweat? 1:11:22 - Do excretion strategies work for "forever chemicals"?

Dr. Rhonda Patrick

402,611 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

When poor Liesel (pronounced 'leezel', like the girl in The Sound of Music) was spotted, the finder thought she was dead. She was so weak, so terribly deathly sick that she had collapsed crossing a path and lay there, helpless, unable to move, out in the open. The finder rushed her to the nearest vet (luckily it was mine!), who immediately called me for advice. They had grave concerns, and they were right. Liesel is a victim of casual cruelty and overriding conceit. Liesel has been 'treated' by a small start-up 'rescue' and then abused, by being tagged, before being released. A hedgehog's coat of spines is their everything - their insulation and their suit of armour. They spend a lot of time grooming, scratching and shaking their coat to ensure all the spines are unhindered and can be aligned perfectly. The stress of not being able to do that, and feeling vulnerable, is overwhelming to these little animals. And stress stops the immune system from working efficiently, leaving the tagged victim open to every parasite and disease. Three rescues, a veterinary practice, and several members of the public have voiced their concerns to me recently about this spate of tagging. I have been collating the evidence. Every single tagged hedgehog found has died, despite treatment, because they were so terribly ill and stressed. To be clear: it's illegal to tag a wild animal without a licence. There's a very good reason why it's illegal to tag a wild animal - it causes them such terrible, constant, and unbearable stress. And stress kills wildlife. Under Section 14 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and Schedule 2 of The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017, "You need a licence to take a species from the wild.... to mark or tag. For example, to monitor, sample or manage the species after release." And a licence is only granted when the information likely to be obtained is so important that it outweighs the risk of death to the animal. Our hedgehogs have very little legal protection, yet they are protected from unauthorised tagging because it's well established that this activity places such a strain on the animal that they are likely to die from the stress. Yet you'll see perpetrators trying to claim that it's nothing, and they are "collecting vital information". No, they're not. They are playing scientist. Using the vulnerable animals entrusted into their care as disposable vehicles upon which to enact their expansive delusions. Super gluing a bit of plastic containing your phone number onto a hedgehog's spines, and then releasing him, is not 'research'. It's torture. It's abuse of trust. It's an ego trip. It's not gathering information - they aren't transmitters. They are bits of plastic. They'll never see that hedgehog again, or retrieve any information. All that will be learned from anyone finding that poor victim is that some irresponsible person with no real understanding of how hedgehogs work has contributed to their death. So make no mistake, if you are an inexperienced rescue and have copied one of these delusional rescues who have been applying these tags illegally, you too are breaking the law. More importantly, you are harming a gentle, defenceless animal who already has more than enough disadvantages to deal with. Liesel is still alive. Barely. After suffering at the hands of her would-be rescuer she has been slowly starving to death, and every parasite around has taken advantage of her weakened state. Believe it or not Liesel is a full grown adult, yet she weighs just 400g; the weight of a 5 week old hoglet. As you can see, her bones carry no fat at all. Each vertebrae is clearly visible and she is flat and frail. Even the effort of eating exhausts her. Her outlook is poor, but you can save others like Liesel. Just a dish of dry cat food put out each night is all it takes. That tiny effort, that small mercy, would mean hardly anything to you, but would mean the difference between life and death to them.
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When poor Liesel (pronounced 'leezel', like the girl in The Sound of Music) was spotted, the finder thought she was dead. She was so weak, so terribly deathly sick that she had collapsed crossing a path and lay there, helpless, unable to move, out in the open. The finder rushed her to the nearest vet (luckily it was mine!), who immediately called me for advice. They had grave concerns, and they were right. Liesel is a victim of casual cruelty and overriding conceit. Liesel has been 'treated' by a small start-up 'rescue' and then abused, by being tagged, before being released. A hedgehog's coat of spines is their everything - their insulation and their suit of armour. They spend a lot of time grooming, scratching and shaking their coat to ensure all the spines are unhindered and can be aligned perfectly. The stress of not being able to do that, and feeling vulnerable, is overwhelming to these little animals. And stress stops the immune system from working efficiently, leaving the tagged victim open to every parasite and disease. Three rescues, a veterinary practice, and several members of the public have voiced their concerns to me recently about this spate of tagging. I have been collating the evidence. Every single tagged hedgehog found has died, despite treatment, because they were so terribly ill and stressed. To be clear: it's illegal to tag a wild animal without a licence. There's a very good reason why it's illegal to tag a wild animal - it causes them such terrible, constant, and unbearable stress. And stress kills wildlife. Under Section 14 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and Schedule 2 of The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017, "You need a licence to take a species from the wild.... to mark or tag. For example, to monitor, sample or manage the species after release." And a licence is only granted when the information likely to be obtained is so important that it outweighs the risk of death to the animal. Our hedgehogs have very little legal protection, yet they are protected from unauthorised tagging because it's well established that this activity places such a strain on the animal that they are likely to die from the stress. Yet you'll see perpetrators trying to claim that it's nothing, and they are "collecting vital information". No, they're not. They are playing scientist. Using the vulnerable animals entrusted into their care as disposable vehicles upon which to enact their expansive delusions. Super gluing a bit of plastic containing your phone number onto a hedgehog's spines, and then releasing him, is not 'research'. It's torture. It's abuse of trust. It's an ego trip. It's not gathering information - they aren't transmitters. They are bits of plastic. They'll never see that hedgehog again, or retrieve any information. All that will be learned from anyone finding that poor victim is that some irresponsible person with no real understanding of how hedgehogs work has contributed to their death. So make no mistake, if you are an inexperienced rescue and have copied one of these delusional rescues who have been applying these tags illegally, you too are breaking the law. More importantly, you are harming a gentle, defenceless animal who already has more than enough disadvantages to deal with. Liesel is still alive. Barely. After suffering at the hands of her would-be rescuer she has been slowly starving to death, and every parasite around has taken advantage of her weakened state. Believe it or not Liesel is a full grown adult, yet she weighs just 400g; the weight of a 5 week old hoglet. As you can see, her bones carry no fat at all. Each vertebrae is clearly visible and she is flat and frail. Even the effort of eating exhausts her. Her outlook is poor, but you can save others like Liesel. Just a dish of dry cat food put out each night is all it takes. That tiny effort, that small mercy, would mean hardly anything to you, but would mean the difference between life and death to them.

Hedgehog Cabin

78,591 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren

The rise of the disinformation-for-hire industry The emergence of a global, large-scale disinformation industry has privatised influence operations, granting states strategic reach with plausible deniability. A quiet revolution has taken place in the world of propaganda. Operations that used to be run by authoritarian governments and intelligence agencies are now outsourced to private firms that sell disinformation and deception as a service. From fake social-media armies to AI-driven smear campaigns, disinformation and Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) have become a global business, giving authoritarian regimes new ways to influence others – and to deny everything. From state propaganda to disinformation for hire For decades, information operations were tightly controlled by states. The Soviet Union perfected the craft of dezinformatsiya; later, Russia institutionalised it through modern digital operations such as the Internet Research Agency (IRA)(opens in a new tab). But over the past decade, this model has commercialised. Disinformation and deception have become a for-profit service offered by companies with intelligence, military, or marketing backgrounds. These firms, operating around the world, sell complete FIMI campaign packages that include fake social-media campaigns, hacking, data leaks, and ‘narrative management’ in order to spread false and manipulated content in democratic countries. Outsourcing as a shield This outsourcing provides both efficiency and deniability. Authoritarian states are now actively trying to externalise information operations to private intermediaries, while shielding themselves from diplomatic and legal consequences. Through this model, malign actors can also experiment with risky tactics such as AI-generated content, hacking, or deepfakes – operations that would be politically or diplomatically explosive if carried out directly by state institutions. In doing so, they can target foreign populations through tailored influence campaigns while maintaining plausible deniability by claiming no connection to the private entities running them. Outsourcing also enables information laundering — hiding the true origin of disinformation by passing it through private firms, fake accounts, and proxy media. As these actors repeat and amplify the message, it begins to look organic and locally produced. This lets malign actors spread targeted narratives while denying any involvement. All this is the informational equivalent of using mercenaries: the client enjoys the results without bearing the blame. Team Jorge and the commercialisation of deception The 2023 Forbidden Stories investigation(opens in a new tab) into an entity called ‘Team Jorge’ exposed the inner workings of this new influence-for-hire ecosystem. The firm claimed to have interfered in 33 presidential elections, winning 27 of them. Its clients included political parties, corporations, and, allegedly, state-linked actors. At the heart of Team Jorge’s system was Advanced Impact Media Solutions (AIMS), software capable of creating and coordinating thousands of fake social-media accounts, complete with synthetic photos, biographies, and backstories. These avatars could be mobilised to flood debates, spread narratives, or harass opponents. Russia continues to be a major player in this outsourced ecosystem. Privately owned companies such as the Social Design Agency (SDA)(opens in a new tab) and Structura(opens in a new tab) now run large-scale influence operations that mirror, and in many ways replace, the functions of the old St. Petersburg troll factories. These firms manage covert online assets, push state-aligned narratives, and provide the Kremlin with an additional layer of deniability. Undercover journalists recorded the firm demonstrating hacking techniques, media infiltration, and the planting of fabricated news stories. The scale of these operations and their accessibility to paying clients revealed how disinformation has become a global commodity. Hybrid operations: where online meets offline Modern influence campaigns no longer live solely online but operate in the hybrid space between digital and physical realities. The Internet Research Agency (IRA)(opens in a new tab) demonstrated this during the 2016 US election when Russian operatives posing as American activists organised real-world rallies, paid participants, and coordinated online amplification around them. What began as meme warfare ended as physical mobilisation.(opens in a new tab) Today’s hybrid operations blend hacking(opens in a new tab), covertly funded local influencers(opens in a new tab), and covert media fronts. Campaign operators build credible-seeming news sites(opens in a new tab) and influencer personas(opens in a new tab) to insert tailored narratives into the public sphere. Once in circulation, these narratives mix with authentic content and spread across both digital and traditional media, making manipulation difficult to detect. Automation and AI: the new force multiplier The original troll-farm model – hundreds of young workers posting manually in shifts – is being replaced by AI-driven automation(opens in a new tab). Systems like Team Jorge’s AIMS, or newer tools powered by large language models, can now manage thousands of fake accounts and generate multilingual content tailored to target audiences in real time(opens in a new tab). AI allows campaigns that once required hundreds of people to be run by a handful of operators or even a single individual. What once took a troll farm and a whole building in St. Petersburg now takes a laptop. Asymmetrical information warfare The emergence of these influence-for-hire firms has created a new strategic imbalance – asymmetrical information warfare. In this asymmetry, autocracies enjoy maximum reach with minimal risk. At home, they are protected by censorship, control, and deniability. Democracies, however, are more exposed. Bound by transparency and law, they face maximum vulnerability with limited defences. This imbalance is not just political, but structural. Authoritarian regimes can use disinformation and AI tools to shape global narratives, influence elections abroad, and undermine trust while trying to avoid direct accountability. Democracies, meanwhile, must play defence on open networks designed for free expression. The stakes for democracy and the road ahead These operations are already reshaping political realities. Influence-for-hire firms have targeted elections in Africa, Europe, and Latin America(opens in a new tab). Disinformation campaigns amplify polarisation, delegitimise media institutions, and exploit social divisions to weaken democratic cohesion. The marketisation of disinformation risks creating a global grey zone where truth is optional and accountability elusive. As AI tools become cheaper and more capable, these operations will likely only grow in scale and sophistication. Recognising this asymmetry and responding with resilience and regulation is the only way to prevent truth itself from becoming a commodity.
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The rise of the disinformation-for-hire industry The emergence of a global, large-scale disinformation industry has privatised influence operations, granting states strategic reach with plausible deniability. A quiet revolution has taken place in the world of propaganda. Operations that used to be run by authoritarian governments and intelligence agencies are now outsourced to private firms that sell disinformation and deception as a service. From fake social-media armies to AI-driven smear campaigns, disinformation and Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) have become a global business, giving authoritarian regimes new ways to influence others – and to deny everything. From state propaganda to disinformation for hire For decades, information operations were tightly controlled by states. The Soviet Union perfected the craft of dezinformatsiya; later, Russia institutionalised it through modern digital operations such as the Internet Research Agency (IRA)(opens in a new tab). But over the past decade, this model has commercialised. Disinformation and deception have become a for-profit service offered by companies with intelligence, military, or marketing backgrounds. These firms, operating around the world, sell complete FIMI campaign packages that include fake social-media campaigns, hacking, data leaks, and ‘narrative management’ in order to spread false and manipulated content in democratic countries. Outsourcing as a shield This outsourcing provides both efficiency and deniability. Authoritarian states are now actively trying to externalise information operations to private intermediaries, while shielding themselves from diplomatic and legal consequences. Through this model, malign actors can also experiment with risky tactics such as AI-generated content, hacking, or deepfakes – operations that would be politically or diplomatically explosive if carried out directly by state institutions. In doing so, they can target foreign populations through tailored influence campaigns while maintaining plausible deniability by claiming no connection to the private entities running them. Outsourcing also enables information laundering — hiding the true origin of disinformation by passing it through private firms, fake accounts, and proxy media. As these actors repeat and amplify the message, it begins to look organic and locally produced. This lets malign actors spread targeted narratives while denying any involvement. All this is the informational equivalent of using mercenaries: the client enjoys the results without bearing the blame. Team Jorge and the commercialisation of deception The 2023 Forbidden Stories investigation(opens in a new tab) into an entity called ‘Team Jorge’ exposed the inner workings of this new influence-for-hire ecosystem. The firm claimed to have interfered in 33 presidential elections, winning 27 of them. Its clients included political parties, corporations, and, allegedly, state-linked actors. At the heart of Team Jorge’s system was Advanced Impact Media Solutions (AIMS), software capable of creating and coordinating thousands of fake social-media accounts, complete with synthetic photos, biographies, and backstories. These avatars could be mobilised to flood debates, spread narratives, or harass opponents. Russia continues to be a major player in this outsourced ecosystem. Privately owned companies such as the Social Design Agency (SDA)(opens in a new tab) and Structura(opens in a new tab) now run large-scale influence operations that mirror, and in many ways replace, the functions of the old St. Petersburg troll factories. These firms manage covert online assets, push state-aligned narratives, and provide the Kremlin with an additional layer of deniability. Undercover journalists recorded the firm demonstrating hacking techniques, media infiltration, and the planting of fabricated news stories. The scale of these operations and their accessibility to paying clients revealed how disinformation has become a global commodity. Hybrid operations: where online meets offline Modern influence campaigns no longer live solely online but operate in the hybrid space between digital and physical realities. The Internet Research Agency (IRA)(opens in a new tab) demonstrated this during the 2016 US election when Russian operatives posing as American activists organised real-world rallies, paid participants, and coordinated online amplification around them. What began as meme warfare ended as physical mobilisation.(opens in a new tab) Today’s hybrid operations blend hacking(opens in a new tab), covertly funded local influencers(opens in a new tab), and covert media fronts. Campaign operators build credible-seeming news sites(opens in a new tab) and influencer personas(opens in a new tab) to insert tailored narratives into the public sphere. Once in circulation, these narratives mix with authentic content and spread across both digital and traditional media, making manipulation difficult to detect. Automation and AI: the new force multiplier The original troll-farm model – hundreds of young workers posting manually in shifts – is being replaced by AI-driven automation(opens in a new tab). Systems like Team Jorge’s AIMS, or newer tools powered by large language models, can now manage thousands of fake accounts and generate multilingual content tailored to target audiences in real time(opens in a new tab). AI allows campaigns that once required hundreds of people to be run by a handful of operators or even a single individual. What once took a troll farm and a whole building in St. Petersburg now takes a laptop. Asymmetrical information warfare The emergence of these influence-for-hire firms has created a new strategic imbalance – asymmetrical information warfare. In this asymmetry, autocracies enjoy maximum reach with minimal risk. At home, they are protected by censorship, control, and deniability. Democracies, however, are more exposed. Bound by transparency and law, they face maximum vulnerability with limited defences. This imbalance is not just political, but structural. Authoritarian regimes can use disinformation and AI tools to shape global narratives, influence elections abroad, and undermine trust while trying to avoid direct accountability. Democracies, meanwhile, must play defence on open networks designed for free expression. The stakes for democracy and the road ahead These operations are already reshaping political realities. Influence-for-hire firms have targeted elections in Africa, Europe, and Latin America(opens in a new tab). Disinformation campaigns amplify polarisation, delegitimise media institutions, and exploit social divisions to weaken democratic cohesion. The marketisation of disinformation risks creating a global grey zone where truth is optional and accountability elusive. As AI tools become cheaper and more capable, these operations will likely only grow in scale and sophistication. Recognising this asymmetry and responding with resilience and regulation is the only way to prevent truth itself from becoming a commodity.

EUvsDisinfo

35,180 Aufrufe • vor 7 Monaten

DarkFi's goal is to create an agorist parallel economy completely free of state power using anonymous crypto and p2p tech. Our future vision is a confederation of autonomous sovereign nations. Nations often overlap and solve their needs locally. We can even have cyber nations. Politics is not voting every 5 years for a political pageant. It is a core human activity for our freedom, security and needs. DarkFi removes the state and middle men from politics. The DarkFi blockchain is fully programmable with ZK smart contracts, and a very advanced base layer tech stack. We have spent years polishing it. We aim to create parallel markets for agorists. The DarkFi tech stack We went further. We created our own stack to organize community. We are on a mission to conquer cyberspace. To wrest power from the state. To mobilize freedom movements by activating revolutionaries. We created the world's strongest anonymous p2p chat, and an anonymous task manager. In 2021, people thought DAOs would change the world and usher in the post-corporate crypto governance. But it never had strength to change anything. Instead it devolved into wagmi nihilism. People lost belief. Why didn't DAOs change anything? DAOs didn't change anything because they were transparent. DAOs must be strongly anon otherwise your movement will go to jail. The status quo does not tolerate competition. Every cell in nature has a cell wall. Defense is integral to organism's survival. We are not hippy pacifists who want to degrow out of existence. We are here to expand. As Satoshi said: "we can win a major battle in the arms race and gain a new territory of freedom for several years." We created the world's first fully anonymous DAO. Nobody has done this yet. That means a token weighted anon treasury with all participants, proposals and activity completely hidden. Nations require sovereignty and the people should be in charge. It won't happen naturally. We have to use tech to exit and form parallel society. DarkFi is now in the final phase of the release cycle. After mainnet, we will begin the next phase of products. Our vision is to revolutionize society/culture, law, education, economy, governance and self-defense. For society and culture we have built the strongest uncensored p2p tech, and we will continue to iterate and double down here. It's essential for humanity, freedom and nature. We have to rethink law without the state. Contracts between individuals, and decentralized polycentric law. This was the original reason why smart contracts were invented. Yet this has not yet emerged. We cannot mobilize at scale without thinking how to enable new forms of human association and bottom-up non-coercive opt-in organizations. Imagine markets where you can opt into legal codes and digital jurisdictions. The education system is broken. Schools create uncreative thinker drones. University is a groupthink institution. We need to go back to the ancient greek ideal of the academy. Students self-learn under the guidance of a mentor. Education is a mix of math, dev, philosophy and sports. DarkFi already is training hacker devs, and in the future will create the first academies to train the next generation of tech leaders. For economy, we need decentralized markets, distributed reputation, private asset issuance, encrypted shopfronts, uncensorable crowdfunding platforms, stock platforms and information markets. It's incredible that in over a decade, nobody has built this yet. DarkFi is going to do it, just wait. Self-defense comes from freedom of information, by giving people the means to defend their community such as 3D printed guns. Lastly governance. We need information markets for decentralized anon discovery. This is how you ensure transparency of governance - by having full protection for individuals to get the word out. Everyone else in crypto is too afraid and incompetent. No other project will build the tools humanity needs. It's why DarkFi exists. DarkFi will come and grow day by day. It is unstoppable and will ultimately win. Post mainnet we will start working on v2 of DarkFi which will be the next gen in super scalable ZK succinct & anonymous blockchain. So we're not worried for scaling either. With smart contracts, arbitration & escrow, decentralized reputation (not identity!), we can pioneer alternative ownership models. The UK ultimately won over spain in the 1500s going on to conquer the world because of inventing the central bank model where the state was fiscalized. Imagine now we about to again overturn the logic of violence with parallel economies where the money will flow. Nothing can stop this. With this new ownership models where communities own their infra and economy can flourish. For example agricultural coops and small farmers can create their own tax-free internal economies with anon token issuance linking up into confederations outside the state. The burden of tax is ultimately highest on small producers. Imagine how powerful this section of the market can be. We then have true sovereignty outside the state. This is more than "numba go up", it's the true real innovation community. It is strong and steady. Other projects want this, but they cannot have this because they are captured ideologically. Mark these words. We are in the turning of a new era where crypto changes the logic of violence. Zoom out and see the big picture. We are destined to win, yet we have to start fighting. ⚔️ Let there be dark.
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DarkFi's goal is to create an agorist parallel economy completely free of state power using anonymous crypto and p2p tech. Our future vision is a confederation of autonomous sovereign nations. Nations often overlap and solve their needs locally. We can even have cyber nations. Politics is not voting every 5 years for a political pageant. It is a core human activity for our freedom, security and needs. DarkFi removes the state and middle men from politics. The DarkFi blockchain is fully programmable with ZK smart contracts, and a very advanced base layer tech stack. We have spent years polishing it. We aim to create parallel markets for agorists. The DarkFi tech stack We went further. We created our own stack to organize community. We are on a mission to conquer cyberspace. To wrest power from the state. To mobilize freedom movements by activating revolutionaries. We created the world's strongest anonymous p2p chat, and an anonymous task manager. In 2021, people thought DAOs would change the world and usher in the post-corporate crypto governance. But it never had strength to change anything. Instead it devolved into wagmi nihilism. People lost belief. Why didn't DAOs change anything? DAOs didn't change anything because they were transparent. DAOs must be strongly anon otherwise your movement will go to jail. The status quo does not tolerate competition. Every cell in nature has a cell wall. Defense is integral to organism's survival. We are not hippy pacifists who want to degrow out of existence. We are here to expand. As Satoshi said: "we can win a major battle in the arms race and gain a new territory of freedom for several years." We created the world's first fully anonymous DAO. Nobody has done this yet. That means a token weighted anon treasury with all participants, proposals and activity completely hidden. Nations require sovereignty and the people should be in charge. It won't happen naturally. We have to use tech to exit and form parallel society. DarkFi is now in the final phase of the release cycle. After mainnet, we will begin the next phase of products. Our vision is to revolutionize society/culture, law, education, economy, governance and self-defense. For society and culture we have built the strongest uncensored p2p tech, and we will continue to iterate and double down here. It's essential for humanity, freedom and nature. We have to rethink law without the state. Contracts between individuals, and decentralized polycentric law. This was the original reason why smart contracts were invented. Yet this has not yet emerged. We cannot mobilize at scale without thinking how to enable new forms of human association and bottom-up non-coercive opt-in organizations. Imagine markets where you can opt into legal codes and digital jurisdictions. The education system is broken. Schools create uncreative thinker drones. University is a groupthink institution. We need to go back to the ancient greek ideal of the academy. Students self-learn under the guidance of a mentor. Education is a mix of math, dev, philosophy and sports. DarkFi already is training hacker devs, and in the future will create the first academies to train the next generation of tech leaders. For economy, we need decentralized markets, distributed reputation, private asset issuance, encrypted shopfronts, uncensorable crowdfunding platforms, stock platforms and information markets. It's incredible that in over a decade, nobody has built this yet. DarkFi is going to do it, just wait. Self-defense comes from freedom of information, by giving people the means to defend their community such as 3D printed guns. Lastly governance. We need information markets for decentralized anon discovery. This is how you ensure transparency of governance - by having full protection for individuals to get the word out. Everyone else in crypto is too afraid and incompetent. No other project will build the tools humanity needs. It's why DarkFi exists. DarkFi will come and grow day by day. It is unstoppable and will ultimately win. Post mainnet we will start working on v2 of DarkFi which will be the next gen in super scalable ZK succinct & anonymous blockchain. So we're not worried for scaling either. With smart contracts, arbitration & escrow, decentralized reputation (not identity!), we can pioneer alternative ownership models. The UK ultimately won over spain in the 1500s going on to conquer the world because of inventing the central bank model where the state was fiscalized. Imagine now we about to again overturn the logic of violence with parallel economies where the money will flow. Nothing can stop this. With this new ownership models where communities own their infra and economy can flourish. For example agricultural coops and small farmers can create their own tax-free internal economies with anon token issuance linking up into confederations outside the state. The burden of tax is ultimately highest on small producers. Imagine how powerful this section of the market can be. We then have true sovereignty outside the state. This is more than "numba go up", it's the true real innovation community. It is strong and steady. Other projects want this, but they cannot have this because they are captured ideologically. Mark these words. We are in the turning of a new era where crypto changes the logic of violence. Zoom out and see the big picture. We are destined to win, yet we have to start fighting. ⚔️ Let there be dark.

Amir Taaki ⛛

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