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🖼️ 24 HOURS OF ART 📊 February 4, 2026 🌖 Living Aluminum Art Aluminum Background ‘Gazers #665’ by MattKane.eth 🎨 is acquired for $53,000 USDC by Jediwolf from Rodo via GONDI. In a November 19, 2025 interview with OpenSea , Jediwolf said this: “I would love to finally get the Aluminum Gazer by Matt Kane (there are 58 of them). I haven’t put in all the effort I could so far to get it, as my focus has been elsewhere - but it’s on my list, and the time will come!” Two-and-a-half months later, the time has come. The collector shares a recent post that underscores several of the artwork (and collection) attributes: “Art that’s in motion. Art that reveals itself slowly. Art that reflects years of passion. Art that can’t be printed without breaking. Art that forms a network around itself. Art that does more than just exist. Art that lives.” ✨ Reaching For Restoration The efforts of 𝙱å𝚛𝚍 𝙸𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚘𝚗 and Digital Rescue Lab deliver in a big way. Async Art, a sunset dynamic art platform, has been rebooted. The Lab says this: “It’s bare bones but the art is saved and a lot of the functionality restored. It’s a work in progress but we couldn’t be prouder!” On this day, Shortcut collects ‘Reaching For Myself’, a SuperRare 1-of-1 artwork by Ionson, for $1,500 USDC. The collector says: “Probably not a secret, that I support Bard for all the great work he’s doing in regards of the Digital Rescue Lab mission. Besides that, I really dig his work.” 🪟 Pictured: 24 Hour Art Market Highlights - 'HabiTextures #21' by Richard Nadler, collected by SiN~D - 'The Feed' by R.J - 'Prime Example' by ᗩᒪᎧTTᗩ ᗰᎧᑎEY❂, collected by 🎨Free-Hy🎼 - 'Gazers #665' by Matt Kane - 'SURVEILLANCE SUBWAY' by M I S S A L S I M P S O N, collected by Kaprekar.eth ❚ ❚ - 'Kek enriched with death' by Darkfarms㊙️ - 'Reaching For Myself' by Bard Ionson

24 Hours of Art

12,964 次观看 • 6 个月前

Summary 2025 🎨 This year has definitely been the most incredible, prolific in my artistic career! Won two official Art contest organized by PlayStation, had my art exhibited at the Fluctuart Galerie in Paris, I also had the honor and opportunity to be officially commissioned by some extremely talented people and studios that I admire, to create official illustrations for Control by Remedy Entertainment, Blades of Fire by 505 Games and MercurySteam, as well as by indie studios that I love with all my heart too, such as Digixart and Lowbirth Games to create special, festive goodies for their teams🖤many thanks to Juha, Antonela, Raphaelle and Chloe, Aicha, I appreciate you all a lot and I am so grateful for the trust. ✨️ The highlight for me was without a doubt being commissioned by the family of Guillaume Broche, creative director of the GOTY Clair Obscur Expedition 33, to create an unique piece for his birthday, a large 1-meter panoramic artwork 🖤 (A big thank you to his brother, Adrien, for his trust.) Then I had the opportunity to collaborate with all the voice actors of Expedition 33 and their agency. Even though the year started off in the best possible way with my work, I had a very difficult and painful year physically, with my health. I don't talk about it often, I'm not really recovered, and the daily pain is sometimes really, really hard to bear. To everyone, I hope you enjoyed this year of non-stop drawings, time lapses, paintings, cosplays, goodies, and I hope you'll still be here with me next year, because I have so many cool things planned for you all!🥰 Thank you for all the love, constant support, the kindness and all the encouragement I received every single day here and on every social media. You made my 2025 an amazing year and I will never forget it. Thank you to all the beautiful people who commissioned me and trusted me enough to let me draw your pets, your kids, your families. This means the world to me. Thank you for all the person who helped me every time my art was stoten, I am so, so grateful. For everything. 🙏🏻🖤

Krystine Art 🎨

38,925 次观看 • 8 个月前

HERE IT IS, VeeCon THE MOVIE 2023 QUOTE-TWEET/RE-TWEET with a comment of your favorite part of the movie to enter to win a “GIFT GOAT” VeeFriends Series 2 NFT. Winner gets chosen within 24 hours. Help us spread the word. Sponsored by my alcohol company: Use coupon code VEECON for 35% off. Help support my cousin and myself for growing organic sustainable myrtle berry liquor on our 23 acre farm in Fallbrook, California. Those who buy a bottle of Amati will get a special something in the mail from me :) Must be over 21+ in America to order alcohol. Please drink responsibly. TIMESTAMPS: DAY ONE [0:35] The Barbershop - shoutout to 💈Da Barbershop💈, veeconbarber.eth, and JustTwinn | Afakasi for getting my hair game on point. [1:49] Hangout Hawk Lunch - shoutout to laptoplaura for organizing it. KAWWWWW! [2:23] Leaders On Chain - shoutout to LeadHersOnChain ⁦Valerie | 📍San Diego, CA NattyWife💚VeeCon Alum Winchester VA REALTOR® Holly Roznowski @JapaneseNFTgirl Seema Alexander & Carly aka ComTar for organizing that…oh and meeting KATZ who organized the Veefriends event in Miami during Art Basil. [2:59] PreCon - Ran by @wellbeings_xyz x GentleTornado❤️🌪 [3:20] My first after-party. Shoutout to Jeremy Knows | VeeFriends for taking the time out of his insane schedule to say hi to everyone. DAY TWO [5:50] Spectacular Lunch - shoutout to Big Fish Benny and D8nger.eth for putting this together. It was getting a word in with drock & Dustin Not Justin here. [6:48] VeeCon Welcome Party - shoutout to Gentle Tornado and all the other community speakers. [7:49] Busta Rhymes Concert - Busta Rhymes DAY THREE [10:40] Gift Goat Signing Event - shoutout to danny cole from Creature World for literally signing people’s stuff with proper artwork. Insane dedication. [11:14] VEECON! Shoutout to Jesse Itzler Scott “Scooter” Braun Andrew Schulz 👑HEZI Jordin Sparks and more. [13:16] SHIV’S AFTER PARTY: Is it weird to give a shoutout to me on this one? Haha. Somehow got 800+ people to party together. Idk how we pulled it off. [15:56] SHIV’S AFTER AFTER PARTY: Did I mention I make alcohol called Amati. Buy a bottle. Help a brotha out. Kthx. DAY FOUR [16:31] Unboxing 10 C&C Boxes [18:48] Pulling a spectacular & talking to Gary Vaynerchuk! [19:25] My final farewell after after after party in the JW Lobby. Ends up Adam Ripps dad is super dope. Drink responsibly. Support me by buying a bottle of ‘Amati’: Use coupon code VEECON for 35% off. Help support my cousin and myself for growing organic sustainable myrtle berry liquor on our 23 acre farm in Fallbrook, California. Shout-out to @JassimJust for filming and editing this masterpiece and of course Gary Vaynerchuk, Andy Krainak and the entire Veefriends/Veecon team.

SHIVALRY

36,363 次观看 • 3 年前

My app just hit $7k/m. I'll hit 10k/m before I quit my job & fly to vietnam 🇻🇳 This is how I did it. Part One: The App. 1. Built an iOS app. 2. Found a validated niche. 3. Improved upon existing apps. 4. Read reviews to see pain points. 5. Improved everything: UI, onboarding, features. 6. With AI and good taste it's so easy to win. 7. You can build beautiful & useful product in a week. 8. Stack: Native Swift & RevenueCat. 9. Pricing of 7.99/w, 14.99/m and 49.99/y. 10. Typically weekly + yearly combo is good. 11. Adding monthly increased my conversions. 12. This will vary by niche: see what competitors do! Part Two: Apple Ads to 1k/m. 1. Used the $100 free credits to get data! 2. Measured my onboarding & paywall with posthog. 3. Already had 70% onboarding completion. 4. Reduced all friction: got it to 85%. 5. Ran AB tests using remote paywalls. 6. Kept everything compliant with Apple guidelines. 7. Achieved 8% install to paid. 8. Split campaigns by territory groups: US, AU, TH etc. 9. Used competitor names as strict keywords. 10. User searches for competitor: • My app way better so they download mine instead. 11. This relies on a really good app store page. 12. Mock up screenshots in Figma then enhance with AI. 13. ChatGPT Image-2 is free with Codex. Part Three: Scaling to 7k/m with Tikslop. 1. Scrolled in my niche, found organic viral posts. 2. Remade them myself: film with friends or use AI. 3. Seedance 2 mini is the best ROI video model I think. 4. I made ~8 formats, ~15 creatives. 5. Give each creative $50 of spend. 6. After $50, if CPA LTV then stop spend. 8. LTV is hard to calculate. You can ask Rico. 9. Better for me: Aimed for profit on first transaction. 10. This is simpler & more ambitious. 11. Expect to burn at least $500! Part Four: Scaling Ad Spend (The Big Leagues) 1. If the CPA is staying consistent. 2. Increase spend by < 30% each time. 3. My advice: ~15% each time. 4. 50, 60, 70, 90 etc. 5. Performance can be volatile. • Yesterday I made ~$170, a small loss. • A few days ago I made ~$600, big profit. 6. Measure averages over time. Remember: there are infinite ways to win, this is mine. It took me about 3 years to make a successful app. Winning is simply losing on a long enough timeline.

Frederick James

106,027 次观看 • 1 个月前

TENDA VANOKUPEREKEDZA MURWENDO 🙏🙏🙏…CELEBRATING THE G.O.A.T🎉🎂🥳 Today marks yet ANOTHER YEAR in which I choose to celebrate the GREATEST OF ALL TIME…a CONSISTENT artist, an EXCEPTIONALLY gifted musician and a CREATIVE GENIUS whose talent continues to redefine Zimbabwean music…Today I wish the HAPPIEST BIRTHDAY to my young brother and favorite musician…Mukudzeyi “JAH PRAYZAH” Mukombe 🎉🎈🎊🎁 You have CONTINUED to masterfully fuse modern music with our rich AFRICAN HERITAGE, giving EVERY GENERATION a reason to be proud of who we are. Your music entertains, teaches, HEALS, inspires and, above all, constantly REMINDS us of the importance of preserving our culture and identity. Songs such as “Ndini Mukudzei”, “Mibvunzo” and “RUZHOWA” have become masterpieces, while “KUNO”, which is one of my favourite, constantly reminds me of my late BELOVED MOTHER. Every time I hear it, I find COMFORT in believing that she continues to watch over me, GUIDE me and SHINE her light upon every path I take. Beyond entertainment, you have shown unquestionable PATRIOTISM by performing at national events and lending your influential voice to important causes, including the fight against DRUG AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE and the campaign against GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE through songs such as “Hasha”. As I celebrate your birthday today, allow me to say a BIG CONGRATULATIONS, my brother. Please GO & SEE Victor on Monday at Exquisite Car Dealership and collect your brand new 2026 FORD RANGER PLATINUM, which is FULLY paid for and ready for COLLECTION. In addition, please collect US$`250,000 in CASH, as I promised, and spoil yourself on your special day. Please usasiye MAININI vangu, ndivo vanobata nekuchengeta MARI 🤣🤣🤣. RUMOUR has it that there may be WEDDING BELLS this coming August 💍😁. I am yet to receive my INVITATION, but whether I receive one or not, I have already decided that I will simply GATECRASH! 🤣🤣🤣 . After all the gifts you have received from me over the years, I will NOT SPOIL you too much on your wedding day. Wave MBADA paHARARE. Tichango kupai ma FRIDGE, microwave, a few plates and cups, neku PLEDGER mombe ne MBUDZI dziri kumusha. However, there is ONE wedding gift that would give me the GREATEST PLEASURE of all. If the wedding is there, I will be happy for you to invite the LEGENDARY Thomas “MUKANYA” Mapfumo, your MBIRA mentor and one of Africa’s greatest CHIMURENGA MUSIC icons, to perform on your special day. If he accepts this invitation, I will personally pay him US`$500,000 in CASH for that performance. If, for whatever reason, that performance does not happen, I will still GLADLY INVITE him to perform for me and my family in my own backyard on my birthday and pay him 1 million USD …🤑🤑🤑💰💵it woud be an honour for our CHIMURENGA icon to finally retire from music as a MILLIONAIRE, and perform his last BIRA in style ignoring opinions from all the broke and helpless social media celebrities !!! Happy Birthday, my brother JP !!!!! #Happy_Birthday_Jah_Prayzah #Tenda_Vanokuperekedza_Murwendo #Greatest_Of_All_Time #Mukudzei_Mukombe #MWM

sir_wicknell.

276,209 次观看 • 1 个月前

This record changed my life and it has not a single musical instrument on it. I have had this record just about my entire life. It was released on November 19, 1956, but I was not the first owner, he gifted it to me. It changed his life to astonishing success and he knew it would change mine, I was at a very low point as a poor kid and there seemed little hope for my future. This is the original copy of The Strangest Secret by the amazing, the most consequentially important and life changing Mr. Earl Nightingale. There is a record player with this record on it all the time, in fact I purchased this record player just to have this available in my Library all the times. I play it often. This is the story of The Strangest Secret: On November 19, 1956 a record was released that would change countless lives forever. It didn’t come from a famous musician, nor did it contain melodies or beats to dance to. Instead, it carried a message—a message so profound, so transformative, that it earned a Golden Record for selling over a million copies, becoming the first spoken-word recording to achieve such success. That message was The Strangest Secret by Earl Nightingale. Earl Nightingale wasn’t just a man with a voice that could captivate; he was a thinker, a visionary, and a pioneer in the realm of self-development. His words, delivered with warmth and conviction, cut through the noise of everyday life and struck a chord deep within the human spirit. He dared to ask the big questions: What makes people successful? Why do so many settle for mediocrity? And, most importantly, What is the secret to a fulfilling and meaningful life? In The Strangest Secret, Earl distilled his answer into one unforgettable sentence: "We become what we think about." It sounds so simple, doesn’t it? And yet, these six words carry the weight of universal truth. Earl Nightingale’s insight laid the foundation for modern personal development and positive psychology. His message was revolutionary in a world still recovering from the scars of war and economic hardship—a world where many felt trapped in routines and despair. Earl reminded us that we hold the power to shape our lives through our thoughts, decisions, and actions. He gave us permission to dream again, to believe that success wasn’t reserved for the lucky few but was attainable for anyone willing to focus, work, and persist. The impact of The Strangest Secret is immeasurable. It sparked a movement, inspiring millions to take control of their destinies. Earl’s teachings influenced some of the greatest thought leaders of our time, from Zig Ziglar to Tony Robbins, and his message continues to echo in books, seminars, podcasts, and speeches around the world. But beyond the accolades and the records, Earl Nightingale’s true gift was his ability to speak to the soul. Listening to his voice feels like sitting down with a wise mentor who sees the greatness within you, even when you can’t see it yourself. As I reflect on the legacy of The Strangest Secret, let us honor Earl Nightingale not just as a speaker or an author, but as a beacon of hope and possibility. His work reminds us that no matter how dark the path may seem, we have the power to think a new thought, take a new step, and create a new life. So, if you’ve never listened to The Strangest Secret do yourself a favor. Take 30 minutes, sit in a quiet place, and let Earl’s words wash over you. It might just change your life. Thank you, Earl Nightingale, for reminding me of the extraordinary potential within me and each of us. Gratitude.

Brian Roemmele

43,436 次观看 • 1 年前

AGI? One day, but not yet. The only AI that works well right now is the one behind the screen [12-17]. But passing the Turing Test [9] behind a screen is easy compared to Real AI for real robots in the real world. No current AI-driven robot could be certified as a plumber [13-17]. Hence, the Turing Test isn't a good measure of intelligence (and neither is IQ). And AGI without mastery of the physical world is no AGI. That’s why I created the TUM CogBotLab for learning robots in 2004 [5], co-founded a company for AI in the physical world in 2014 [6], and had teams at TUM, IDSIA, and now KAUST work towards baby robots [4,10-11,18]. Such soft robots don't just slavishly imitate humans and they don't work by just downloading the web like LLMs/VLMs. No. Instead, they exploit the principles of Artificial Curiosity to improve their neural World Models (two terms I used back in 1990 [1-4]). These robots work with lots of sensors, but only weak actuators, such that they cannot easily harm themselves [18] when they collect useful data by devising and running their own self-invented experiments. Remarkably, since the 1970s, many have made fun of my old goal to build a self-improving AGI smarter than myself and then retire. Recently, however, many have finally started to take this seriously, and now some of them are suddenly TOO optimistic. These people are often blissfully unaware of the remaining challenges we have to solve to achieve Real AI. My 2024 TED talk [15] summarises some of that. REFERENCES (easy to find on the web): [1] J. Schmidhuber. Making the world differentiable: On using fully recurrent self-supervised neural networks (NNs) for dynamic reinforcement learning and planning in non-stationary environments. TR FKI-126-90, TUM, Feb 1990, revised Nov 1990. This paper also introduced artificial curiosity and intrinsic motivation through generative adversarial networks where a generator NN is fighting a predictor NN in a minimax game. [2] J. S. A possibility for implementing curiosity and boredom in model-building neural controllers. In J. A. Meyer and S. W. Wilson, editors, Proc. of the International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior: From Animals to Animats, pages 222-227. MIT Press/Bradford Books, 1991. Based on [1]. [3] J.S. AI Blog (2020). 1990: Planning & Reinforcement Learning with Recurrent World Models and Artificial Curiosity. Summarising aspects of [1][2] and lots of later papers including [7][8]. [4] J.S. AI Blog (2021): Artificial Curiosity & Creativity Since 1990. Summarising aspects of [1][2] and lots of later papers including [7][8]. [5] J.S. TU Munich CogBotLab for learning robots (2004-2009) [6] NNAISENSE, founded in 2014, for AI in the physical world [7] J.S. (2015). On Learning to Think: Algorithmic Information Theory for Novel Combinations of Reinforcement Learning (RL) Controllers and Recurrent Neural World Models. arXiv 1210.0118. Sec. 5.3 describes an RL prompt engineer which learns to query its model for abstract reasoning and planning and decision making. Today this is called "chain of thought." [8] J.S. (2018). One Big Net For Everything. arXiv 1802.08864. See also patent US11853886B2 and my DeepSeek tweet: DeepSeek uses elements of the 2015 reinforcement learning prompt engineer [7] and its 2018 refinement [8] which collapses the RL machine and world model of [7] into a single net. This uses my neural net distillation procedure of 1991: a distilled chain of thought system. [9] J.S. Turing Oversold. It's not Turing's fault, though. AI Blog (2021, was #1 on Hacker News) [10] J.S. Intelligente Roboter werden vom Leben fasziniert sein. (Intelligent robots will be fascinated by life.) F.A.Z., 2015 [11] J.S. at Falling Walls: The Past, Present and Future of Artificial Intelligence. Scientific American, Observations, 2017. [12] J.S. KI ist eine Riesenchance für Deutschland. (AI is a huge chance for Germany.) F.A.Z., 2018 [13] H. Jones. J.S. Says His Life's Work Won't Lead To Dystopia. Forbes Magazine, 2023. [14] Interview with J.S. Jazzyear, Shanghai, 2024. [15] J.S. TED talk at TED AI Vienna (2024): Why 2042 will be a big year for AI. See the attached video clip. [16] J.S. Baut den KI-gesteuerten Allzweckroboter! (Build the AI-controlled all-purpose robot!) F.A.Z., 2024 [17] J.S. 1995-2025: The Decline of Germany & Japan vs US & China. Can All-Purpose Robots Fuel a Comeback? AI Blog, Jan 2025, based on [16]. [18] M. Alhakami, D. R. Ashley, J. Dunham, Y. Dai, F. Faccio, E. Feron, J. Schmidhuber. Towards an Extremely Robust Baby Robot With Rich Interaction Ability for Advanced Machine Learning Algorithms. Preprint arxiv 2404.08093, 2024.

Jürgen Schmidhuber

72,331 次观看 • 1 年前

If you ever wondered what level of desperation the british press is at when it comes to seeing Prince William acknowledge Harry publicly, look no further than how they are salivating and extrapolating at a simple mention of the name "Harry" by William🤭🤦🏽‍♀️ In a new trailer for his Homeward documentary which will air this Wednesday on ITV, Prince William mentioned how his mother inspired his work on homelessness saying: "My mother took me to the Passage, she took Harry and I both there. I'd never been to anything like that before and I was a bit anxious as to what to expect"🔥 "My mother went about her usual part of making everyone feel relaxed and having a joke with everyone...I remember having some good conversation, playing chess and chatting. You meet people, like I did then, who put a different perspective in your head."❤️ A beautiful quote that has now been hijacked by the press who latched onto the name "harry" mentioned publicly for the first time in 6 years. And now an olive tree somewhere seem to have lost a branch🤡 And now the ex royal butler is on TV wondering how long they have been facetiming behind doors🤡 Soon, we will hear how Harry has moved to adelaide cottage with W&C🤡 What is very interesting here, is how effective William's silence has been. By refusing to engage in any sort of way in the drama, William has starved both H&m and the british press of the drama they craved😏 The question here is Why would William airbrush Harry out of his past? He has proven he does not hold any grudge against Harry. In fact, we saw that He still has pictures of him and harry is still the brother who went to the homeless charity with Diana and William. That is an actual fact. So it would be extremely small to airbrush Harry out of a story that involved him. It is rather Harry who is small and petty and who wiped William out of Invictus when William helped set it up and was involved in more pertinent ways than Harry, simply out of Jealousy🤷🏽‍♀️ However, the Homeward Doc is not about Harry but rather about contextualising how Diana influenced BOTH of her sons toward being sensitive to Homelessness. Yet, out of both sons, ONLY WILLIAM decided to do something about it🔥 THAT is the big reveal here. Diana exposed both sons but Only one was impacted enough and cared enough to decide to make a difference toward Homelessness❤️ This is the work that the documentary will highlight. Not any brotherly relationship or olive branch or facetiming between H and W🤡 A rather interesting highlight was learning how George, Charlotte and Louis are already aware of the problem of homelessness the UK faces. Prince William introduced the topic saying that when he was younger and Diana took his brother and him on school runs, he would wonder about the homeless on the streets: "When you are that small, you are just curious and trying to work out what's going on," "You ask the question 'why are they sitting there?' My mother would talk to us a bit about why they were there and it definitely made a really big impact."❤️ Indeed, it made a big impact enough to galvanise him into working with the homeless charity for 19 years and today, creating housing and a rehabilitation system, supported by local agencies, to help solve the issue🥺 In 1993, his mother introduced him to a cause he will carry in life. Today, 31 years later and a father himself, it is William's turn to teach his children about who the people sleeping on the side of the streets are: "The first few times I thought 'do I bring this up or should I wait to see if they notice? Sure enough, they did. They were sort of in silence when I said what was going on."🔥 Our first teachers in life are our Parents. Children look up to parents for guidance in life. Thus, It is reassuring to know that W&C are raising well balanced children taught to show care and compassion to others and above all, to help and serve the british public❤️☕️ 📹ITVx

Canellecitadelle

104,953 次观看 • 1 年前

What does the Pain Cave look like? It looks like Powerline Climb at mile 80 of Leadville, with pitches over 20% grade at nearly 11,000 feet altitude. What does it sound like? For me, it sounds like Megan saying “I am so proud of you” over and over. Before last year, every Leadville record attempt was scuttled around Powerline. It’s just so hard to run that high for that long, and the GOATs of the past are the GOATs for a reason (even if they didn’t have our advantages of high carb, bicarb, and plated shoes). In 2024, I barely survived the climb, almost passing out at the top. In 2025, though, I had a not-so-secret secret: Megan is the best coach in the world. She started pacing me at mile 77, and I went silent. I knew the Pain Cave was coming. It’s dark. It’s scary. It’s where I failed so emphatically at Western States. Megan’s voice filled the silence. “I’m so proud of you.” “I love you.” “We’re making history.” “I”m just talking, don’t respond.” I went stealth mode before the race, only telling a few loved ones that I was doing it. My goal was to absolutely obliterate myself, and to share love while doing it. Or, as Megan told me before the start line: “time to redecorate the Pain Cave.” So what does the Pain Cave feel like? The easiest way to describe it is a deep part of your brain screams STOP STOP STOP, a signal from billions of years of evolution. It feels more reptile than human. Megan countered that screaming with love. She bedazzled the the Pain Cave. We put 7+ minutes on my 2024 ghost in the final 23 miles (and infinity minutes on my Western States ghost, who is still panicking somewhere outside Foresthill). 100 milers will always be a trip into the Pain Cave. Megan helped me rediscover that the blood and tears that inevitably splatter all over the walls can be used to paint a big, bright heart ❤️ Coach Vince Lombardi famously said that “Winning isn’t everything. It’s the only thing.” Utter BS. I have the best coach in the world, and she taught me the truth: “Love isn’t everything. It’s the only thing.” ♥️💜💙🧡 Video by brilliant Director Cody Bare! Full documentary coming in September!

David Roche

30,013 次观看 • 1 年前

The speech that I could not deliver because German police burst into our Berlin venue to disband our Palestine Congress (1930s style). Judge for yourselves the kind of society Germany is becoming when its police bans the following words: Friends, Congratulations, and heartfelt thanks, for being here, despite the threats, despite the ironclad police outside this venue, despite the panoply of the German press, despite the German state, despite the German political system that demonises you for being here. “Why a Palestinian Congress, Mr Varoufakis?”, a German journalist asked me recently? Because, as Hanan Asrawi once said: “We cannot rely on the silenced to tell us about their suffering.” Today, Asrawi’s reason has grown depressingly stronger: Because we cannot rely on the silenced who are also massacred and starved to tell us about the massacres and the starvation. But there is another reason too: Because a proud, a decent people, the people of Germany, are led down a perilous road to a heartless society by being made to associate themselves with another genocide carried out in their name, with their complicity. I am neither Jewish nor Palestinian. But I am incredibly proud to be here amongst Jews and Palestinians – to blend my voice for Peace and Universal Human Rights with Jewish Voices for Peace and Universal Human Rights – with Palestinian Voices for Peace and Universal Human Rights. Being together, here, today, is proof that Coexistence is Not Only Possible – but that it is here! Already. “Why not a Jewish Congress, Mr Varoufakis?”, the same German journalist asked me, imagining that he was being smart. I welcomed his question. For if a single Jew is threatened, anywhere, just because she or he is Jewish, I shall wear the star of David on my lapel and offer my solidarity - whatever the cost, whatever it takes. So, let’s be clear: If Jews were under attack, anywhere in the world, I would be the first to canvass for a Jewish Congress in which to register our solidarity. Similarly, when Palestinians are massacred because they are Palestinians – under a dogma that to be dead they must have been Hamas – I shall wear my keffiyeh and offer my solidarity whatever the cost, whatever it takes. Universal Human Rights are either universal or they mean nothing. With this in mind, I answered the German journalist’s question with a few of my own: · Are 2 million Israeli Jews, who were thrown out of their homes and into an open air prison 80 years ago, still being kept in that open air prison, without access to the outside world, with minimal food and water, no chance of a normal life, of travelling anywhere, and bombed periodically for 80 years? No. · Are Israeli Jews being starved intentionally by an army of occupation, their children writhing on the floor, screaming from hunger? No. · Are there thousands of Jewish injured children no surviving parents crawling through the rubble of what used to be their homes? No. · Are Israeli Jews being bombed by the world’s most sophisticated planes and bombs today? No. · Are Israeli Jews experiencing complete ecocide of what little land they can still call their own, not one tree left under which to seek shade or whose fruit to taste? No. · Are Israeli Jewish children killed by snipers today at the orders of a member-state of the UN? No. · Are Israeli Jews driven out of their homes by armed gangs today? No. · Is Israel fighting for its existence today? No. If the answer to any of these questions was yes, I would be participating in a Jewish Solidarity Congress today. Friends, Today, we would have loved to have a decent, democratic, mutually-respectful debate on how to bring Peace and Universal Human Rights for everyone, Jews and Palestinians, Bedouins and Christians, from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea with people who think differently to us. Sadly, the whole of the German political system has decided not to allow this. In a joint statement including not just the CDU-CSU or the FDP but also the SPD, the Greens and, remarkably, two leaders of Die Linke, joined forces to ensure that such a civilised debate, in which we may disagree agreeably, never takes place in Germany. I say to them: You want to silence us. To ban us. To demonise us. To accuse us. You, therefore, leave us with no choice but to meet your accusations with our accusations. You chose this. Not us. · You accuse us of anti-Semitic hatred o We accuse you of being the antisemite’s best friend by equating the right of Israel to commit war crimes with the right of Israeli Jews to defend themselves. · You accuse us of supporting terrorism o We accuse you of equating legitimate resistance to an Apartheid State with atrocities against civilians which I have always and will always condemn, whomever commits them – Palestinians, Jewish Settlers, my own family, whomever. o We accuse you of not recognising the duty of the people of Gaza to tear down the Wall of the open prison they have been encased in for 80 years – and of equating this act of tearing down the Wall of Shame – which is no more defensible than the Berlin Wall was – with acts of terror. · You accuse us of trivialising Hamas’ October 7th terror o We accuse you of trivialising the 80 years of Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians and the erection of an ironclad Apartheid system across Israel-Palestine. o We accuse you of trivialising Netanyahu’s long-term support of Hamas as a means of destroying the 2-State Solution that you claim to favour. o We accuse you of trivialising the unprecedented terror unleashed by the Israeli army on the people of Gaza, W. Bank and E. Jerusalem. · You accuse the organisers of today’s Congress that we are, and I quote, “not interested in talking about possibilities for peaceful coexistence in the Middle East against the background of the war in Gaza”. Are you serious? Have you lost your mind? o We accuse you of supporting a German state that is, after the United States, the largest supplier of the weapons that the Netanyahu government uses to massacre Palestinians as part of a Grand Plan to make a 2-State solution, and peaceful coexistence between Jews and Palestinians, impossible. o We accuse you of never answering the pertinent question that every German must answer: How much Palestinian blood must flow before your, justified, guilt over the Holocaust is washed away? So, let’ s be clear: We are here, in Berlin, with our Palestinian Congress because, unlike the German political system and the German media, we condemn genocide and war crimes regardless of who is perpetrating them. Because we oppose Apartheid in the land of Israel-Palestine no matter who has the upper hand – just as we opposed Apartheid in the American South or in South Africa. Because we stand for universal human rights, freedom and equality among Jews, Palestinians, Bedouins and Christians in the Ancient Land of Palestine. And so that we are even clearer on the questions, legitimate and malignant, that we must always be ready to answer: Do I condemn Hamas’ atrocities? I condemn every single atrocity, whomever is the perpetrator or the victim. What I do notcondemn is armed resistance to an Apartheid system designed as part of a slow-burning, but inexorable, ethnic cleansing program. Put differently, I condemn every attack on civilians while, at the same time, I celebrate anyone who risks their life to TEAR DOWN THE WALL. Is Israel not engaged in a war for its very existence? No, it is not. Israel is a nuclear-armed state with perhaps the most technologically advanced army in the world and the panoply of the US military machine having its back. There is no symmetry with Hamas, a group which can cause serious damage to Israelis but which has no capacity whatsoever to defeat Israel’s military, or even to prevent Israel from continuing to implement the slow genocide of Palestinians under the system of Apartheid that has been erected with long-standing US and EU support. Are Israelis not justified to fear that Hamas wants to exterminate them? Of course they are! Jews have suffered a Holocaust that was preceded with pogroms and a deep-seated antisemitism permeating Europe and the Americas for centuries. It is only natural that Israelis live in fear of a new pogrom if the Israeli army folds. However, by imposing Apartheid on their neighbours, by treating them like sub-humans, the Israeli state is stoking the fires of antisemitism, is strengthening Palestinians and Israelis who just want to annihilate each other and, in the end, contributes to the awful insecurity consuming Jews in Israel and the Diaspora. Apartheid against the Palestinians is the Israelis’ worst self-defence. What about antisemitism? It is always a clear and present danger. And it must be eradicated, especially amongst the ranks of the Global Left and the Palestinians fighting for Palestinian civil liberties –around the world. Why don’t Palestinians pursue their objectives by peaceful means? They did. The PLO recognised Israel and renounced armed struggle. And what did they get for it? Absolute humiliation and systematic ethnic cleansing. That is what nurtured Hamas and elevated it the eyes of many Palestinians as the only alternative to a slow genocide under Israel’s Apartheid. What should be done now? What might bring Peace to Israel-Palestine? · An immediate ceasefire. · The release of all hostages: Hamas’ and the thousands held by Israel. · A Peace Process, under the UN, supported by a commitment by the International Community to end Apartheid and to safeguard Equal Civil Liberties for All. · As for what must replace Apartheid, it is up to Israelis and Palestinians to decide between the 2-state solution and the solution of a Single Federal Secular State. Friends, We are here because vengeance is a lazy form of grief. We are here to promote not vengeance but Peace and Coexistence across Israel-Palestine. We are here to tell German democrats, including our former comrades of Die Linke, that they have covered themselves in shame long enough – that two wrongs do not one right make – that allowing Israel to get away with war crimes is not going to ameliorate the legacy of Germany’s crimes against the Jewish People. Beyond today’s Congress, we have a duty, in Germany, to change the conversation. We have a duty to persuade the vast majority of decent Germans out there that universal human rights is what matters. That Never Again means Never Again. For anyone, Jew, Palestinian, Ukrainian, Russian, Yemeni, Sudanese, Rwandan – for everyone, everywhere. In this context, I am pleased to announce that DiEM25’s German political party MERA25 will be on the ballot paper in the European Parliament election this coming June – seeking the vote of German humanists who crave a Member of European Parliament representing Germany and calling out the EU’s complicity in genocide – a complicity that is Europe’s greatest gift to the antisemites in Europe and beyond. I salute you all and suggest we never forget that none of us are free if one of us is in chains.

Yanis Varoufakis

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🎵My Dolly Parton Story🎶 - (Video and additional photos in 🧵 below) Exactly one year before the government shut down the world because of the #CommieVirus — especially killing the live entertainment industry — my bands were firing on all cylinders. My private event band, Bull City Syndicate, was doing especially well. We’d been the headlining entertainment for the past two North Carolina Governor’s Inaugural Balls, and played hundreds of high-end corporate events, charity balls, and top-shelf weddings. On March 2, 2019, we were especially excited to be hired as the featured entertainment for a charity event where Dolly Parton would be the main attraction. Not as a musical performer herself, but to promote her own charity, Imagination Library (Imagination Library), and to do a live poetry reading from her own work. The event was the 25th Anniversary Smart Start Gala. Raleigh’s mayor, the governor of NC, and many other VIPs would be in attendance. While the event planner never suggested that we perform or back up Dolly on any of her tunes, it was, in the back of my mind, something I thought would have been really cool. But not something I’d dare suggest or insinuate on my own. My only preshow contact with Dolly’s organization was with her head of security. The Marble’s Kids Museum in Raleigh, NC is a fabulous venue for fun charity events, but it has only one “green room” next to the staging area. Security informed me that the band would have to completely evacuate that shared space at least 30-minutes before Dolly arrived for her portion of the evening’s proceedings. (Not an unusual or inappropriate request, given her enormous superstar status.) The entire 10-piece band was on stage when Dolly was escorted through the back entrance and into the green room. There was some back-and-forth between VIP speeches and live music, so the band stayed in place throughout. Since the event was completely sold out and standing room only, we knew we’d have the best vantage of Dolly if we just stayed on the stage. Dolly’s presentation was scheduled to be only about 10-15 minutes. While the governor and mayor were delivering remarks just in advance of Dolly taking the stage, I looked back at the green room door, off stage left, and I saw my son, Duncan, in full-on, intense conversation with Dolly! (WHAT?!) Duncan, who was only 20 years old at the time and already a freak-of-nature musician himself, was working on my stage crew that night. I’m the band leader, so I’m having to give full attention to the event host and what’s happening on the speaker’s side of the stage … but only 20 feet away, Duncan and Dolly are chatting away like long-lost friends. Finally, at one of my many glances in their direction, Dolly and Duncan catch my eye and both start waving me over to them. I silently point at my chest, then mouth, “Me?” They both nod, say yes, and wave more insistently. I dart off the stage, over to the dimly lit green room entrance corridor. Duncan, who is much taller than I am, puts his hand on my shoulder and introduces me to “Dolly Parton.” (You can imagine the look on my face. Ha!) He tells me that Dolly has a request. I lean down to put my ear close to Dolly, so that she wouldn’t have to speak too loudly while the governor was talking to the audience. (I can imitate her voice, and I wish you could hear it in her voice and Tennessee mountain accent right now.) She says to me: “I didn’t know there was going to be a band here tonight. If I’d known there would be a band, I’d have had you learn some of my songs.” Then she came right out with it. “Do y’all know any of my songs?” I straightened back up, and over the course of less than five seconds my mind raced through every Top-40 solo and duet hit single of hers I’d ever heard on the radio. Country, pop, and otherwise. I made an immediate band leader decision … and lied my ass off. “Yes, we can play ‘Jolene.’” We’d never performed or rehearsed “Jolene,” or any other Dolly Parton tune, in the 20 years I’d led that band. The conversation continued: DOLLY: “Y’all know ‘Jolene?!’” ME: “Yes, ma’am.” DOLLY: “That’s great! When I finish reading my poem, I’ll tell everyone we’re going to sing ‘Jolene.’” ME: “We’ll be ready. What key do you do ‘Jolene’ in?” DOLLY: “I don’t know.” Dolly’s personal assistant leaned over to me and whispered in my ear, “C minor.” (Cm) The original key for “Jolene” was C-sharp minor (C#m), but I assume at 73 years old she might be lowering keys, as many aging vocalists tend to do. I gave Dolly an assuring look and said, “Thank you.” I looked at Duncan with an eye-raised, “Oh, sh-t” look on my face, then ran to the stage and called an emergency huddle of my rhythm section as Governor Cooper droned on in the background. In whispered, panicked tones, I told them, “Guys, you have 10 minutes to learn ‘Jolene’ … Key of C minor … GO!” The guys immediately took out their phones and pulled up the song, each listening privately through their in-ear monitors or holding the phone speaker close to their heads. They started silently fingering around on the guitar and bass guitar frets, and the keyboards. Our drummer sat quietly and listened to the track on his phone. I darted over to our female lead singer, Danie Ward, and asked her if she knew the words and background harmonies to “Jolene.” She gave me “The Look.” Back story … Danie was with my band for over ten years. She was my all-time favorite female lead vocalist, and we became great friends. She and her husband were very active in their church as pastor and she as worship leader. She and her sisters also performed for many years as a family Gospel group. But Danie, as a Black gospel artist, was immensely versatile, able to sing anything from Aretha Franklin to Lady Gaga and leaving you wanting more. And although a Black Gospel artist, her secret desire and ambition was to be a Country music artist. (I kid you not.) So, when I asked her if she knew the words and harmonies to “Jolene,” THE LOOK she gave me was … “Seriously? You dare ask ME that question?” All I needed in response from Danie was “The Look.” No words spoken, and I slinked away appropriately chastised. My band members were all world-class pros, at every position. Especially that rhythm section. Most of whom had been with me for many years at this point. They ended up with more than 10 minutes to quietly and individually—with no rehearsal—learn “Jolene.” A few more minutes passed before Dolly was introduced and brought onstage; then she took another 20 minutes to deliver her remarks and poetry reading. The guys were ready. Dolly finished her poem to a round of applause and immediately announced she’d be performing “Jolene” for them. They cheered in approval. My drummer clicked a four count with his drumsticks, and they were off. As soon as Dolly began to sing the first words of the song, you can see me — in the video below — walking across the front of the stage with a huge smile on my face. Danie then got the thrill of her life. As soon as she’d finished singing the first round of harmonies behind Dolly’s lead, Dolly turned and looked toward Danie and said loudly into the mic, “Good job!” No one knew how or when Dolly wanted to end the song, so there was no real conclusion. They all just kinda stopped. But the audience was enthusiastically grateful they’d gotten more than what they paid for that night. I do wish the event planner had informed Dolly and her team that a band was at the event. I’d have loved to have learned a handful of her songs for the show. Maybe I’d have even been able to sing with her one of her chart-topping duets that she recorded with Kenny Rogers. Even though I never personally sang or performed a single musical note with Dolly, I’ll always be able to say “My band” performed with Dolly Parton. —— Postscript: A few days after that event, I received a call from Dolly’s personal assistant. (The same guy who whispered “C minor” into my ear.) He said he needed my son's address because Dolly had a gift she wanted to send him. Dolly’s PA explained that Duncan reminded her so much of her late brother, Floyd, when he was Duncan’s age. She wanted to send Duncan something special. For whatever reason, the package never arrived. Whether lost in the shuffle of Dolly’s or her staff’s busy life, or because some porch pirate pilfered it, Duncan never received that gift. But the very thought that was conveyed shows you what kind of person Dolly was. (Photos in thread below.) —— Post Postscript: Later that same year, I was attending the W.C. Handy Music Festival in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. At the time, I was managing a renowned Shoals songwriter and his band, James LeBlanc & The Winchesters. Some members of James’ band were performing a lunchtime show at one of the local Shoals area eateries as part of the 10-day festival’s scheduled events. I arrived a few minutes late, and the place was packed. Seated alone at a table near the stage was a woman with bleached Big Hair. She saw me looking for a spot and waved me over. Before I got to the table, I knew she had to be related to Dolly. Sure enough, it was Stella Parton, Dolly’s sister. Stella has had her own far less notable career in music, so I made sure not to gush over Dolly (just in case, and not knowing the family dynamics), but I did tell her about my band performing with Dolly earlier that year. I will forever and always have that story to tell. ⬇️

Steve Baker

48,605 次观看 • 5 天前

1️⃣ I did everything I could for Ritual I made all kinds of contributions. For 8 months, I contributed to Ritual, but I am extremely disappointed with their system. I made 181 contributions on X, bought Canva Premium to design infographics, and sent almost 17,000 messages. Despite all this, I have been permanently ignored for 8 months. Two of my friends, Ashish.Base.eth (❖,❖) (230 contributions) and KUNDAN (150 contributions), are facing the same treatment. Because of this unfair and favoritism based system, I decided to post on Twitter to expose it. When we raised our voice after 6 months of hard work and 150+ contributions, the so called Indian community handlers and famous team members labeled it as FUD and continued ignoring us. 2️⃣ When we asked the Indian community handlers why we were not given roles after 8 months, they said: “We can’t do anything, the team decides.” But when we contacted the team or mods, they said: “Go back to the Indian community handlers, they will help you.” If these handlers and big mods really can’t do anything, then why are they even here? They are here to build connections This system has been making fun of me and other hard working contributors. 3️⃣ Now look at the people who received roles based on “quality contributions.” Everything is available with proof. One person (Yaneul) got a role with only 15 very low quality contributions (mostly food and event screenshots). He even got Ritualist with just 25 contributions. This clearly shows either connections were used or it could be a mod’s second account. Another person (placboeffect) got a role with just 9 contributions. Many people received roles at 35, 40, 50, 55, 60 contributions, while I had 181 contributions. This is what they call “quality contributions.” 4️⃣ Now decide yourself: Who contributed more? Who worked harder? People contributing for 8 months to 1 year are ignored, while others get roles at 9 or 25 contributions. Yes, we may have wasted our time, but we did work hard. 5️⃣ I didn’t want to come to X. but after contributing like a mad person and getting ignored, I don’t want to waste my time anymore. 6️⃣ I don’t know if the Josh (❖,❖) admin is aware of how mods and team are damaging this project Claire (❖,❖) she just help her country mates doesn't care about other people. 7️⃣ What’s the worst that can happen? They will ban me, and my 8 months of contributions will be wasted. There was never respect for real contributors anyway. If I had good connections with mods, I wouldn’t have struggled this much. It’s not like Ritual is my life, or Web3 has only Ritual, or they gave me any role to take back. Now I will openly speak on X without fear. 8️⃣ Some fearful people will read this post. They know everything that’s happening, but they won’t comment because they are scared. I understand their fear. --- 9️⃣ Best of luck to those who keep working blindly despite seeing all this. And special luck to those who have roles because of good connections with mods. --- 🔟 Last The so called Indian community handlers are only mods by name. One of them is a paid event manager, doing the job only for money. Another handler sends one message after 10 days. These are the people leading us in Ritual, who don’t even know what they’re doing. Jez ritual/acc (❖,❖) dunken(ritual/acc) (❖,❖) Stefan | Mad Scientist (❖,❖) Hinata Sir W A R D E N you are mod in Donut and Dhillon saab π² you are mod at data haven, Choudhary (Ø,G) ꧁IP꧂ you are mod at Capx and sir Botsan (capx arc) you are Admin of Capx You should learn from ritual mods how to ignore real contributors and how to promote favourtism

Legend

12,873 次观看 • 6 个月前