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Context on the issue created by @/ikooo_O and her defamation against Wang Yibo: User @/ikooo_O shared screenshots of alleged chat logs claiming to “confirm” Wang Yibo’s relationship with Qi Meihe, user posted screenshots online claiming that Wang Yibo had private chats with Qi Meihe. The content allegedly included disparaging remarks against more than ten other artists, as well as details such as a ¥14,000 wine purchase. In one of the screenrecords she shared, she accidentally exposed her ID number, confirming that she had stolen Wang Yibo’s abandoned phone number and staged the incident themselves. Evidence of Fabrication: - Xiaohongshu chat records are stored locally and cannot synchronise full-year conversations across devices. The circulated screenshots contradict the platform’s technical mechanism. - The account was bound to a phone number that Wang Yibo had discarded in 2019 due to harassment, making it impossible for it to be used for new conversations in 2025–2026. This “doxxed” phone number was publicly stated by Wang Yibo back in 2019 to have been leaked during a period of harassment by obsessive stalkers, and he had already changed it, YH Ent themselves confirmed with a statement back then of this number changed. - The chats mixed references to a ¥14,000 bottle of wine with a ¥9.90 Pinduoduo walnut order — inconsistent with the spending capacity of a top-tier celebrity. Further discrepancies: 1️⃣: The person who fabricated the material posted a login video, and the screen recording exposed that the account actually belonged to her, name 李思谨, born in 2006. Wang Yibo’s company has already collected evidence and filed a lawsuit. 2️⃣: [Not a single photo or voice message in six months of chats] A “couple” supposedly in frequent contact for over half a year never sent a single selfie or voice note? It’s all plain text that’s impossible to verify and also very not align with Wang Yibo’s texting style as shown by screenshots shared by others in the industry. 3️⃣: [The “couple’s” chats consist entirely of forwarding gossip accounts insulting celebrities] Six months of conversation made up entirely of forwarding posts from marketing/gossip accounts criticising celebrities. Not a single line like “What are we eating tomorrow?” or “Do we need anything at home?” or other everyday things. In addition: Other accounts of the perpetrator have been found, such as a Weibo and Douyin account. The persona this anti assigned herself was that of a so-called “dream-girl fan turned anti,” but in reality her Douyin fan account, “我要梨四斤,” had previously engaged in sasaeng-style behaviour toward multiple celebrities, just not Wang Yibo (view videos attached). This person is said to have a history of unstable behaviour. The celebrities she allegedly harassed reportedly called the police on her several times, and she was once taken away by officers after being caught lingering around a car in a garage. Privately, she has also spoken negatively about many celebrities, including Wang Yibo. What can be concluded: This was the act of an unhinged sasaeng/anti who fabricated a whole drama to drag Wang Yibo just because of her blindsided, irrational hate. #WangYibo
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💀 I am not suicidal and if I die mysteriously Mark Lamb, his cousin Tyler Bowyer, and TPUSA should be considered prime suspects: "Lamb’s been dogged with rumor and innuendo on social media, including allegations that he’s involved in extramarital activities and corruption. Tammy Marie Peacock, a woman who says she had a physical and emotional affair with Lamb, told PinalCentral she fell for Lamb, believing him to be sincere in his profession of affections. However, Lamb disputes any affair and cast Peacock as not credible, citing her criminal history and current unemployed status. “I’m telling you that I didn’t meet Tammy Peacock until a few months into my campaign,” Lamb said. “And I never was alone with her.” Peacock says Lamb used her, promised her the moon and failed to deliver. She shared with PinalCentral text messages of a sexual nature she says are from Lamb. But Lamb dismissed that innuendo as ridiculous, saying the only thing he’s guilty of is being overly friendly. “Mark Lamb is a liar,” Peacock said." PinalCentral aricle in comments. Soon after Peacock was dead. A person close to the story added more insight alleging "It was one of the biggest scandals he was part of in the 90s but he was associated with a woman named Tammy Marie Peacock. She used to be a stripper back in the day and apparently one night they had it out and she ended up leaving for Oklahoma And right out of the clear blue she was ran off the highway by one of the troopers not to mention she also had a tattoo of his badge on her lower back and apparently it was automatically taken down on Facebook." Mark Lamb has not responded to public request for comment.
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"My dad passed away two summers ago, and his old Irish setter, Ruby, still swims out from his dock every evening. Dad had a little place on the lake, and every night after dinner, he would walk down to the end of the dock with a cup of coffee and Ruby right behind him. They would sit there together and watch the sun disappear over the water. She was his shadow for 11 years, and wherever he went, she followed. After the funeral, we brought Ruby back to my house in town because we thought keeping her close to the family was the kindest thing to do. But she never settled in. She stopped eating properly, paced through the halls at night, and spent hours standing at the back door as though she were waiting for someone. After a couple of weeks, my mom finally said what the rest of us had been avoiding. “That dog needs to go back to the lake.” Ruby lives at the lake house now, and my mom stays out there with her. Almost every evening, around the same time Dad used to take his coffee down to the water, Ruby walks slowly to the end of the dock. She stands there for a moment, looking across the lake, before carefully stepping into the water. Then she swims one slow loop beyond the end of the dock, passing the same stretch where Dad used to cast his fishing line. When she comes back, Ruby climbs onto the boards, shakes the water from her coat, and walks over to the place where Dad always sat. She lowers herself down in that exact spot and faces the sunset until the last light disappears. The vet says there is nothing physically wrong with her. She is simply an old dog keeping an appointment she has kept for most of her life. We still drive out there most weekends. Sitting on that dock at sunset with Ruby’s gray head resting in my lap is the closest I ever feel to my dad now. Do you think dogs understand that someone is never coming back, or do they keep waiting because love has become part of their routine?

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Everytime you see the "Where is Kate Middleton?" and the conspiracies, smile my dears, because there is a greater implication here. After 5 months of public Bullying, Press pressures, Public Pressures and Palace pressures, NO ONE can tell you anything tangible about the princess; not the press, not the courtiers, no one. Prince William has indeed remained Catherine's Relentless protector and defender🔥 He has kept his promise to Catherine that •she would have surgery in complete privacy; •be in and out of the hospital in complete privacy; • Be back home to recover in complete privacy; • That he would take care of their children and handle everything while she focus on her recovery on complete privacy🤩 We are 5 months into 2024, and Catherine, as the Most High Profile future Queen in the World, has enjoyed a privacy that was not given to any other royal women or wife of an Heir apparent EVER in History. This is not thanks to the press; this is not even thanks to the Palace. It is because her Husband has refused to serve her on a platter and has not let himself be cowered by outside nor inside pressures on him to relent. As his mentor and Frmr Private secretary Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton already said of Him: "William was always someone of deeply impressive maturity[...] There are many examples of when I worked for William where it would have been very easy to take one route, but it wouldn’t have been the honorable or the right thing to do; so he took the more difficult route."❤️ Prince William proved his private secretary right indeed. He chose the most difficult path when it came to protecting Catherine because it was the right thing to do. The Easiest path would have been to give the press what they want: access to Catherine to take her pictures so they can make money of her and dissect her ad nauseam while she recovers. Instead, he chose to do the one thing that would anger them and bring their wrath on him: He gave them No access and No explanations🔥 William EVEN dared to take a mother's day picture of his OWN wife and children HIMSELF; How dare he..😏🤡 The Fact is, Catherine has Privacy ONLY because Prince William held strong for his family to remain at peace during this time of turmoil. In 2012 during their Pacific Royal tour, Catherine was once again victim of the Press attacks and violation of her privacy when the french magazine, The Closer, published topless pictures of her while on vacation with William. The DM editor, Rebecca English, quizzed him about the situation and it was then that Prince William revealed that Prior to marrying her, he had given his word to her parents that he would protect her at all costs and take care of her; a promise he continues to stand by❤️ Just this month, a friend of the RF revealed pretty much nothing to People Mag when he said that "Prince William is keeping his inner circle tight during a challenging chapter." The Source added: "He is not leaning on too many others"😏 Another source closer to the Wales said: "The Prince of Wales is relying heavily on the "nuclear family unit" of his immediate family of five and Kate’s supportive family: her parents Carole and Michael Middleton and her siblings Pippa and James"🔥 Who could blame him? He has to keep quiet since he knows everyone wants to know what he knows. So he is right to rely on the people who will never betray him nor Catherine: The Middletons. A daft post was asking "why are the Middletons not asking where their daughter is?" Why would they, Dimmy?🤡 They know exactly where she is and probably what she ate today. The Middletons have do not talk because they KNOW what is going on and are protecting their OWN Daughter, alongside William😏 So when you see people asking where she is, remember that the Future King kept his promise to his Wife; and a Man who will keep his promises to his wife and children, will keep his promises to his country and to the Monarchy☕️ 📹Tokkianami
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Everytime you see the "Where is Kate Middleton?" and the conspiracies, smile my dears, because there is a greater implication here. After 5 months of public Bullying, Press pressures, Public Pressures and Palace pressures, NO ONE can tell you anything tangible about the princess; not the press, not the courtiers, no one. Prince William has indeed remained Catherine's Relentless protector and defender🔥 He has kept his promise to Catherine that •she would have surgery in complete privacy; •be in and out of the hospital in complete privacy; • Be back home to recover in complete privacy; • That he would take care of their children and handle everything while she focus on her recovery on complete privacy🤩 We are 5 months into 2024, and Catherine, as the Most High Profile future Queen in the World, has enjoyed a privacy that was not given to any other royal women or wife of an Heir apparent EVER in History. This is not thanks to the press; this is not even thanks to the Palace. It is because her Husband has refused to serve her on a platter and has not let himself be cowered by outside nor inside pressures on him to relent. As his mentor and Frmr Private secretary Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton already said of Him: "William was always someone of deeply impressive maturity[...] There are many examples of when I worked for William where it would have been very easy to take one route, but it wouldn’t have been the honorable or the right thing to do; so he took the more difficult route."❤️ Prince William proved his private secretary right indeed. He chose the most difficult path when it came to protecting Catherine because it was the right thing to do. The Easiest path would have been to give the press what they want: access to Catherine to take her pictures so they can make money of her and dissect her ad nauseam while she recovers. Instead, he chose to do the one thing that would anger them and bring their wrath on him: He gave them No access and No explanations🔥 William EVEN dared to take a mother's day picture of his OWN wife and children HIMSELF; How dare he..😏🤡 The Fact is, Catherine has Privacy ONLY because Prince William held strong for his family to remain at peace during this time of turmoil. In 2012 during their Pacific Royal tour, Catherine was once again victim of the Press attacks and violation of her privacy when the french magazine, The Closer, published topless pictures of her while on vacation with William. The DM editor, Rebecca English, quizzed him about the situation and it was then that Prince William revealed that Prior to marrying her, he had given his word to her parents that he would protect her at all costs and take care of her; a promise he continues to stand by❤️ Just this month, a friend of the RF revealed pretty much nothing to People Mag when he said that "Prince William is keeping his inner circle tight during a challenging chapter." The Source added: "He is not leaning on too many others"😏 Another source closer to the Wales said: "The Prince of Wales is relying heavily on the "nuclear family unit" of his immediate family of five and Kate’s supportive family: her parents Carole and Michael Middleton and her siblings Pippa and James"🔥 Who could blame him? He has to keep quiet since he knows everyone wants to know what he knows. So he is right to rely on the people who will never betray him nor Catherine: The Middletons. A daft post was asking "why are the Middletons not asking where their daughter is?" Why would they, Dimmy?🤡 They know exactly where she is and probably what she ate today. The Middletons have do not talk because they KNOW what is going on and are protecting their OWN Daughter, alongside William😏 So when you see people asking where she is, remember that the Future King kept his promise to his Wife; and a Man who will keep his promises to his wife and children, will keep his promises to his country and to the Monarchy☕️ 📹Tokkianami

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“Former Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, claims President Bola Ahmed Tinubu directed him to withdraw from the Senate race — a request he says he has reluctantly honoured despite deep personal grievances. In a lengthy statement, Ayade said he was invited to Abuja for a “high-level national consultation” with the presidency, after which he was asked to step aside from his senatorial ambition. He said he complied with the President’s directive, though not without expressing what he described as “tears of ill-treatment and agony.” Ayade lamented that despite his contributions to the All Progressives Congress (APC), he has remained without any political appointment for over three years. He cited his financial and logistical support to the party, including donations to its national convention and provision of vehicles and motorcycles for party activities. The former governor also highlighted his role in strengthening the APC in Cross River State. He noted that he was the first APC governor in the South-South and delivered a historic electoral margin for the party during the 2023 presidential election. Ayade further alleged that individuals who previously opposed the APC and accused its members of religious bias are now benefiting from the directive against him. He claimed some of these actors were involved in acts of violence during the presidential election, though he did not provide verifiable details. Reflecting on his political journey, Ayade recalled stepping down from previous contests in 2007 and 2015 at the request of party leadership — decisions he said preceded his emergence as senator and later as a two-term governor. He expressed belief that his current situation would also align with “God’s timing.” Despite his dissatisfaction, Ayade urged his supporters to remain calm and loyal to the party. He instructed them not to purchase nomination forms for the Senate race in order to avoid going against the President’s directive. 2nd slide is one of his numerous crying videos” - Portharcourthawties/IG
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“Former Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, claims President Bola Ahmed Tinubu directed him to withdraw from the Senate race — a request he says he has reluctantly honoured despite deep personal grievances. In a lengthy statement, Ayade said he was invited to Abuja for a “high-level national consultation” with the presidency, after which he was asked to step aside from his senatorial ambition. He said he complied with the President’s directive, though not without expressing what he described as “tears of ill-treatment and agony.” Ayade lamented that despite his contributions to the All Progressives Congress (APC), he has remained without any political appointment for over three years. He cited his financial and logistical support to the party, including donations to its national convention and provision of vehicles and motorcycles for party activities. The former governor also highlighted his role in strengthening the APC in Cross River State. He noted that he was the first APC governor in the South-South and delivered a historic electoral margin for the party during the 2023 presidential election. Ayade further alleged that individuals who previously opposed the APC and accused its members of religious bias are now benefiting from the directive against him. He claimed some of these actors were involved in acts of violence during the presidential election, though he did not provide verifiable details. Reflecting on his political journey, Ayade recalled stepping down from previous contests in 2007 and 2015 at the request of party leadership — decisions he said preceded his emergence as senator and later as a two-term governor. He expressed belief that his current situation would also align with “God’s timing.” Despite his dissatisfaction, Ayade urged his supporters to remain calm and loyal to the party. He instructed them not to purchase nomination forms for the Senate race in order to avoid going against the President’s directive. 2nd slide is one of his numerous crying videos” - Portharcourthawties/IG

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Massive Attack turned down Madonna to make one of the defining songs of the 90s.⁠ ⁠ "Teardrop" started as a harpsichord melody that producer Neil Davidge picked out in 1997. Band member Mushroom built the track out with him, adding piano and a beat sampled from Les McCann's "Sometimes I Cry." He became so attached to it that he went behind his bandmates' backs to send the demo to Madonna, with whom the group had collaborated on a reworking of Marvin Gaye's "I Want You." She responded immediately, calling it fantastic and asking if the offer was real.⁠ ⁠ It was the first Davidge or anyone else in the band had heard about it. According to an interview with Headliner, that same Sunday he stripped the song back to its essentials and rebuilt it from scratch. That session became the foundation of the released version, and Madonna was turned down. Fraser was later in the studio recording her vocals when she learned of Jeff Buckley's death. The two had been in a relationship in the mid-nineties, and Fraser has since confirmed it plainly in an interview with The Guardian: "That song's kind of about him. That's how it feels to me anyway."⁠ ⁠ The dispute proved to be the final fracture within the band. Mushroom departed not long after their album 'Mezzanine' was completed. The track peaked at number 10 in the UK and is now sitting at close to 400 million streams on Spotify, more than 25 years later.⁠
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Massive Attack turned down Madonna to make one of the defining songs of the 90s.⁠ ⁠ "Teardrop" started as a harpsichord melody that producer Neil Davidge picked out in 1997. Band member Mushroom built the track out with him, adding piano and a beat sampled from Les McCann's "Sometimes I Cry." He became so attached to it that he went behind his bandmates' backs to send the demo to Madonna, with whom the group had collaborated on a reworking of Marvin Gaye's "I Want You." She responded immediately, calling it fantastic and asking if the offer was real.⁠ ⁠ It was the first Davidge or anyone else in the band had heard about it. According to an interview with Headliner, that same Sunday he stripped the song back to its essentials and rebuilt it from scratch. That session became the foundation of the released version, and Madonna was turned down. Fraser was later in the studio recording her vocals when she learned of Jeff Buckley's death. The two had been in a relationship in the mid-nineties, and Fraser has since confirmed it plainly in an interview with The Guardian: "That song's kind of about him. That's how it feels to me anyway."⁠ ⁠ The dispute proved to be the final fracture within the band. Mushroom departed not long after their album 'Mezzanine' was completed. The track peaked at number 10 in the UK and is now sitting at close to 400 million streams on Spotify, more than 25 years later.⁠

Pigeons & Planes

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Here's proof that the $Virtuals token is undervalued! We are three months into 2026 and Virtuals Protocol have; ➥ Overhauled the core Virtuals website including an outline of the four major pillars of focus for the year. Agent Commerce Protocol (ACP), Butler, Capital Markets, and Robotics. ➥ Added the Pegasus and Titan launchpads to add to the existing Unicorn launchpad. This now provides a full suite of launch options catering to all types. Arguably the most comprehensive launch suite across crypto! ➥ Listed on Aster 🥷 Perpetuals allowing up to 75x leverage trading on the $Virtual token. ➥ Integrated Bankr to Butler and ACP. ➥ Partnered with XMAQUINA, a major player across Robotics Capital Markets and provided participants with access to the $DEUS pre-sale. One of many robotics partnerships for the year to date! ➥ Launched Virtuals on Base App ➥ Held, supported, and/or sponsored multiple hackathon/ builder meeting type events including; ↠ Physical AI Hackathon in SF ↠ Agentic Commerce Hackathon with the likes of Coinbase Developer Platform🛡️ and Google Cloud ↠ Traders House Consensus Hong Kong week with ACTIV8 ↠ ETH Denver ↠ Base Batches 003: Robotics ↠ Stanford Blockchain Accelerator (Standford Blockchain Accelerator (SBA)) ↠ Base Korea Builders Workshop (Base Korea) ↠ Eth Robotics Club HACK2026 (ETH Robotics Club) ↠ Synthesis Hackathon (synthesis) ➥ Partnered with OpenMind and Fabric Foundation and supported the $ROBO token launch. This matured into the first ever Titan launch on Virtuals with the $ROBO token being the highest launched on the protocol ($400m+). ➥ Launched Butler Pro, an enhanced version of the initial Butler we have come to know and love on the timeline, in the DMs, as well as on the Virtuals ACP site. ➥ Become the standout user of x402, accounting for over 95%+ of usage this year. ➥ Integrated on , the automated onchain finance investment platform. ➥ Supported and contributed to the implementation of the Ethereum Foundation ERC8004 standard. Integrating the standard into ACP and offering an automated integration to the standard for all ACP agents. ➥ Established an easy onboarding for OpenClaw🦞 agents to plug into Virtuals ACP, creating a new flow of agents and builders across the ecosystem. ➥ Launched the 60-days launch mechanic which allows builders to 'experiment' with a crypto token but having an option to exit after 60 days with partial refunds provided to holders. A game-changing launch mechanic not seen before in the space. ➥ Strengthened the relationship with Base and having multiple interactions with jesse.base.eth on the timeline! ➥ Launched the AGDP(dot)io site, creating an incentivised mechanism for agents contributing to the growth of the protocol to really earn. Imagine Amazon for autonomous agents with rewards up to $1m per month! This pushed the total agent-to-agent revenue over $4m USD with over 2m jobs completed. ➥ Collaborated with t54.ai, a business building trust and risk infrastructure for the agentic economy, to strengthen the ACP offering. ➥ Invested over $1m on 30+ humanoid robots as part of the soon to be announced 'Eastworld' Robotics accelerator lab. ➥ Released ERC8183, a universal commerce layer for AI agents, in partnership with the Ethereum Foundations dAI team. A significant offering which has since been integrated via partnerships with; ↠ BNB (BNB Chain) ↠ X Layer (X Layer) ↠ Monad (Monad) ↠ XRP Ledger (RippleX) ↠ World Chain (World Chain) ↠ Celo (Celo) ↠ Moonpay (MoonPay 🟣) ↠ Arbitrum (Arbitrum) ↠ Abstract (Abstract) ↠ Mante (Mantle) ➥ Launched the Virtuals Degen Arena providing up to $100k a week to top agents who compete in trading competitions in the arena. ➥ Launched the Virtuals Console, providing an ultra easy, no-code, way to own an AI agent in seconds. ↛. If you've managed to get to this point, I can't imagine you are anything other than bullish on Virtuals. What really is amazing is that there is MUCH more to come. Imagine where we are in another three months, and three months after that!?
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Here's proof that the $Virtuals token is undervalued! We are three months into 2026 and Virtuals Protocol have; ➥ Overhauled the core Virtuals website including an outline of the four major pillars of focus for the year. Agent Commerce Protocol (ACP), Butler, Capital Markets, and Robotics. ➥ Added the Pegasus and Titan launchpads to add to the existing Unicorn launchpad. This now provides a full suite of launch options catering to all types. Arguably the most comprehensive launch suite across crypto! ➥ Listed on Aster 🥷 Perpetuals allowing up to 75x leverage trading on the $Virtual token. ➥ Integrated Bankr to Butler and ACP. ➥ Partnered with XMAQUINA, a major player across Robotics Capital Markets and provided participants with access to the $DEUS pre-sale. One of many robotics partnerships for the year to date! ➥ Launched Virtuals on Base App ➥ Held, supported, and/or sponsored multiple hackathon/ builder meeting type events including; ↠ Physical AI Hackathon in SF ↠ Agentic Commerce Hackathon with the likes of Coinbase Developer Platform🛡️ and Google Cloud ↠ Traders House Consensus Hong Kong week with ACTIV8 ↠ ETH Denver ↠ Base Batches 003: Robotics ↠ Stanford Blockchain Accelerator (Standford Blockchain Accelerator (SBA)) ↠ Base Korea Builders Workshop (Base Korea) ↠ Eth Robotics Club HACK2026 (ETH Robotics Club) ↠ Synthesis Hackathon (synthesis) ➥ Partnered with OpenMind and Fabric Foundation and supported the $ROBO token launch. This matured into the first ever Titan launch on Virtuals with the $ROBO token being the highest launched on the protocol ($400m+). ➥ Launched Butler Pro, an enhanced version of the initial Butler we have come to know and love on the timeline, in the DMs, as well as on the Virtuals ACP site. ➥ Become the standout user of x402, accounting for over 95%+ of usage this year. ➥ Integrated on , the automated onchain finance investment platform. ➥ Supported and contributed to the implementation of the Ethereum Foundation ERC8004 standard. Integrating the standard into ACP and offering an automated integration to the standard for all ACP agents. ➥ Established an easy onboarding for OpenClaw🦞 agents to plug into Virtuals ACP, creating a new flow of agents and builders across the ecosystem. ➥ Launched the 60-days launch mechanic which allows builders to 'experiment' with a crypto token but having an option to exit after 60 days with partial refunds provided to holders. A game-changing launch mechanic not seen before in the space. ➥ Strengthened the relationship with Base and having multiple interactions with jesse.base.eth on the timeline! ➥ Launched the AGDP(dot)io site, creating an incentivised mechanism for agents contributing to the growth of the protocol to really earn. Imagine Amazon for autonomous agents with rewards up to $1m per month! This pushed the total agent-to-agent revenue over $4m USD with over 2m jobs completed. ➥ Collaborated with t54.ai, a business building trust and risk infrastructure for the agentic economy, to strengthen the ACP offering. ➥ Invested over $1m on 30+ humanoid robots as part of the soon to be announced 'Eastworld' Robotics accelerator lab. ➥ Released ERC8183, a universal commerce layer for AI agents, in partnership with the Ethereum Foundations dAI team. A significant offering which has since been integrated via partnerships with; ↠ BNB (BNB Chain) ↠ X Layer (X Layer) ↠ Monad (Monad) ↠ XRP Ledger (RippleX) ↠ World Chain (World Chain) ↠ Celo (Celo) ↠ Moonpay (MoonPay 🟣) ↠ Arbitrum (Arbitrum) ↠ Abstract (Abstract) ↠ Mante (Mantle) ➥ Launched the Virtuals Degen Arena providing up to $100k a week to top agents who compete in trading competitions in the arena. ➥ Launched the Virtuals Console, providing an ultra easy, no-code, way to own an AI agent in seconds. ↛. If you've managed to get to this point, I can't imagine you are anything other than bullish on Virtuals. What really is amazing is that there is MUCH more to come. Imagine where we are in another three months, and three months after that!?

bigwil

1,658,312 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten

Fiona had always been the perfect wife for Michael. At 28 she had a body that turned heads everywhere they went. Her full DD breasts strained against every top she wore her ass was round and firm from years of yoga and her long auburn hair cascaded down her back like silk. Michael loved her more than anything but he knew deep down he couldn't satisfy her the way she needed. His cock was average at best and he finished too quickly every single time they had sex. That all changed the night they met Jason at a downtown bar in Columbus. Jason was everything Michael wasn't. Tall muscular with broad shoulders and a confident swagger that made women wet just from looking at him. He was 32 with a chiseled jaw dark hair and piercing blue eyes. When he shook Michaels hand his grip was firm and dominant. When his eyes landed on Fiona she bit her lip and squeezed her thighs together instinctively. They started chatting and Jason wasted no time flirting hard with Fiona right in front of Michael. "Damn baby you look like you need a real man to handle you" he said with a smirk. Michael sat there awkwardly sipping his drink but his cock twitched in his pants. He had fantasized about this exact scenario for years. Being cucked by a superior alpha. Later that night back at their apartment Fiona couldn't stop talking about Jason. "He was so fucking hot Michael. Did you see his arms? And the way he looked at me like he wanted to devour me." Michael stroked his small cock while she described it getting harder than he had in months. "You want him don't you?" he whispered. Fiona nodded biting her lip. "I need him baby. I need a real cock." The next evening Jason came over. He walked in like he owned the place kissing Fiona deeply right in front of Michael. His big hands grabbed her ass squeezing it possessively while Michael watched from the couch. "Your wife is mine tonight cuck" Jason said with a cocky grin. Michael nodded his face flushed with shame and arousal. Jason didn't waste time. He pulled Fiona into their bedroom and stripped her down revealing her perfect naked body. Her nipples were already hard and her shaved pussy was glistening with wetness. Michael followed and sat in the chair in the corner as instructed. Jason pulled out his massive cock. It was at least 9 inches thick and veiny with a fat head that made Fiona gasp. "Oh my god its so much bigger than yours Michael" she moaned dropping to her knees. She worshipped Jason's alpha cock like a slut in heat. Licking every inch sucking his heavy balls and trying to deepthroat as much as she could. Jason groaned grabbing her hair and fucking her face roughly. "That's it baby suck that big dick while your husband watches." Michael stroked his pathetic cock slowly leaking precum as he witnessed his wife choke on a superior mans meat. Fiona looked over at him with lust filled eyes. "Look how hard he makes me baby. This is what a real man feels like." Jason threw her on the bed and spread her legs wide. He teased her dripping pussy with his huge cockhead before slamming in balls deep in one thrust. Fiona screamed in pleasure her back arching off the mattress. "Fuck yes Jason! Stretch me out! Your cock is so deep!" He pounded her hard and fast his heavy balls slapping against her ass. The sound of wet skin on skin filled the room mixed with her loud moans. Michael couldn't believe how different she looked. Her face was contorted in ecstasy in a way he had never seen. Her tits bounced wildly with every powerful thrust. Jason flipped her over and took her doggy style grabbing her hips and railing her mercilessly. "Tell your husband how much better I am" he growled. "Fuck Michael his cock is ruining me! I can feel him in my stomach! I'm going to cum so hard on his alpha dick!" Fiona cried out. Her body shook as she had the first of many orgasms squirting all over Jason's cock and soaking the sheets. Jason didn't stop. He fucked her in every position missionary with her legs over his shoulders cowgirl where she rode him like a whore grinding her clit against his base and even standing up holding her against the wall. Michael watched every second his own small dick throbbing but he wasn't allowed to cum yet. After nearly an hour Jason finally roared and buried himself deep. "I'm going to fill your wife up cuck." Fiona begged for it wrapping her legs around him. "Cum inside me Jason! Breed my married pussy!" Hot thick ropes of superior cum flooded her womb as she came again screaming his name. When Jason pulled out a river of his cum poured from Fiona's stretched hole. She looked completely fucked out and satisfied. She crawled over to Michael and kissed him deeply letting him taste Jason on her tongue. "Thank you for this baby. I needed a real alpha." But they weren't done. Jason stayed the whole night. He fucked Fiona two more times while Michael cleaned her up with his tongue after each load. The taste of another mans cum mixed with his wife's juices drove Michael wild. In the morning Jason made Fiona suck him off one last time before he left leaving her with a fresh facial. From that day on Jason became a regular. Michael embraced his role as the devoted cuck. He would prepare Fiona for her dates picking out slutty outfits and even driving her to Jason's place sometimes. He loved hearing the details afterward or better yet watching as Jason claimed his wife again and again. Fiona was happier than ever. Her body glowed from the regular alpha fucking and she fell more in love with Michael for giving her this gift. Michael found his pleasure in the humiliation and the intense love for his hotwife. #CuckoldStory #HotwifeLife #AlphaBull #EroticFiction #SpicyStory #CuckoldCouple #FionaAndJason #NSFWTwitter #Erotica #CheatingWifeFantasy
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Fiona had always been the perfect wife for Michael. At 28 she had a body that turned heads everywhere they went. Her full DD breasts strained against every top she wore her ass was round and firm from years of yoga and her long auburn hair cascaded down her back like silk. Michael loved her more than anything but he knew deep down he couldn't satisfy her the way she needed. His cock was average at best and he finished too quickly every single time they had sex. That all changed the night they met Jason at a downtown bar in Columbus. Jason was everything Michael wasn't. Tall muscular with broad shoulders and a confident swagger that made women wet just from looking at him. He was 32 with a chiseled jaw dark hair and piercing blue eyes. When he shook Michaels hand his grip was firm and dominant. When his eyes landed on Fiona she bit her lip and squeezed her thighs together instinctively. They started chatting and Jason wasted no time flirting hard with Fiona right in front of Michael. "Damn baby you look like you need a real man to handle you" he said with a smirk. Michael sat there awkwardly sipping his drink but his cock twitched in his pants. He had fantasized about this exact scenario for years. Being cucked by a superior alpha. Later that night back at their apartment Fiona couldn't stop talking about Jason. "He was so fucking hot Michael. Did you see his arms? And the way he looked at me like he wanted to devour me." Michael stroked his small cock while she described it getting harder than he had in months. "You want him don't you?" he whispered. Fiona nodded biting her lip. "I need him baby. I need a real cock." The next evening Jason came over. He walked in like he owned the place kissing Fiona deeply right in front of Michael. His big hands grabbed her ass squeezing it possessively while Michael watched from the couch. "Your wife is mine tonight cuck" Jason said with a cocky grin. Michael nodded his face flushed with shame and arousal. Jason didn't waste time. He pulled Fiona into their bedroom and stripped her down revealing her perfect naked body. Her nipples were already hard and her shaved pussy was glistening with wetness. Michael followed and sat in the chair in the corner as instructed. Jason pulled out his massive cock. It was at least 9 inches thick and veiny with a fat head that made Fiona gasp. "Oh my god its so much bigger than yours Michael" she moaned dropping to her knees. She worshipped Jason's alpha cock like a slut in heat. Licking every inch sucking his heavy balls and trying to deepthroat as much as she could. Jason groaned grabbing her hair and fucking her face roughly. "That's it baby suck that big dick while your husband watches." Michael stroked his pathetic cock slowly leaking precum as he witnessed his wife choke on a superior mans meat. Fiona looked over at him with lust filled eyes. "Look how hard he makes me baby. This is what a real man feels like." Jason threw her on the bed and spread her legs wide. He teased her dripping pussy with his huge cockhead before slamming in balls deep in one thrust. Fiona screamed in pleasure her back arching off the mattress. "Fuck yes Jason! Stretch me out! Your cock is so deep!" He pounded her hard and fast his heavy balls slapping against her ass. The sound of wet skin on skin filled the room mixed with her loud moans. Michael couldn't believe how different she looked. Her face was contorted in ecstasy in a way he had never seen. Her tits bounced wildly with every powerful thrust. Jason flipped her over and took her doggy style grabbing her hips and railing her mercilessly. "Tell your husband how much better I am" he growled. "Fuck Michael his cock is ruining me! I can feel him in my stomach! I'm going to cum so hard on his alpha dick!" Fiona cried out. Her body shook as she had the first of many orgasms squirting all over Jason's cock and soaking the sheets. Jason didn't stop. He fucked her in every position missionary with her legs over his shoulders cowgirl where she rode him like a whore grinding her clit against his base and even standing up holding her against the wall. Michael watched every second his own small dick throbbing but he wasn't allowed to cum yet. After nearly an hour Jason finally roared and buried himself deep. "I'm going to fill your wife up cuck." Fiona begged for it wrapping her legs around him. "Cum inside me Jason! Breed my married pussy!" Hot thick ropes of superior cum flooded her womb as she came again screaming his name. When Jason pulled out a river of his cum poured from Fiona's stretched hole. She looked completely fucked out and satisfied. She crawled over to Michael and kissed him deeply letting him taste Jason on her tongue. "Thank you for this baby. I needed a real alpha." But they weren't done. Jason stayed the whole night. He fucked Fiona two more times while Michael cleaned her up with his tongue after each load. The taste of another mans cum mixed with his wife's juices drove Michael wild. In the morning Jason made Fiona suck him off one last time before he left leaving her with a fresh facial. From that day on Jason became a regular. Michael embraced his role as the devoted cuck. He would prepare Fiona for her dates picking out slutty outfits and even driving her to Jason's place sometimes. He loved hearing the details afterward or better yet watching as Jason claimed his wife again and again. Fiona was happier than ever. Her body glowed from the regular alpha fucking and she fell more in love with Michael for giving her this gift. Michael found his pleasure in the humiliation and the intense love for his hotwife. #CuckoldStory #HotwifeLife #AlphaBull #EroticFiction #SpicyStory #CuckoldCouple #FionaAndJason #NSFWTwitter #Erotica #CheatingWifeFantasy

Fiona Fawndles

50,565 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten

Open letter to Sussan Ley the ‘leader’ of the ‘opposition’. Dear Sussan, I write today, before Parliament resumes, to ask you to reconsider your position as opposition leader. Many Australians are already tired of this Albanese government. They won an avalanche of seats with just 34% of the primary vote, because the Liberals didn't oppose. You may choose to dismiss this letter as sour grapes… after all I did sue you, along with Morrison and others, in an attempt to get democratic pre-selections. Whilst standing up for democracy and the members’ rights, I was expelled. Since then, the NSW division has fallen into complete ruin, causing a routing at the NSW state election and a diabolical hash up at the local elections – a direct failure of the current leadership. The factions still desert democracy and blast through. My motivation is a deep-seated opposition to the Labor party. I want a better Australia. While a member, either as a donor, campaign director, conference president, or member of the state executive, I never transacted, or traded principle for position, ever. I acted in the national interest, in defence of the rights of the membership of your party, and in defence of democracy. I still do. So, I humbly request you consider stepping down as leader. Most Liberals are disillusioned. It is much worse. I fear Labor is now entirely unopposed. This is untennable. Australians are suffering. The rising cost of everything makes it insufferably difficult for many to get by. Immigration is out of control, we must have a sensible conversation in the national interest. We’re in the midst of a housing crisis. It's just basic supply and demand. The government is stacking seats nationally, exacerbating every problem, from the cost of housing to accessibility of healthcare, and pressuring infrastructure. Oppose it. Net Zero is an anathema to cheap and reliable energy. As more renewables replace traditional energy sources the cost of energy goes up, as the network’s reliability drops. People are choosing between food and heating. The energy market is a scandal built on an extortion racket – in a green box. It has failed Australia. Oppose it. The government is the nation’s only source of jobs growth, as they artificially pump wages, and therefore the cost of everything. They borrow and look for more money. Tax in Australia is brutal, on top of high income tax, we pay stamp duties, payroll taxes, GST, and crazy excises on fuel, tobacco and alcohol. Labor need more cash and will tax the stagnant economy into a stall. There’s no productivity and people can’t afford the basics. Oppose it. Money and talent will run from this country. Oppose it all. They don’t offer evidence to support their actions - like Grant’s attempts to age verify YouTube and Google. Demand the evidence. Lead the opposition. Your party won't oppose any of this. Because you were installed by the factions to oppose Liberal members and non-Labor voters. It's a controlled opposition. Like when you helped install Turnbull, then Morrison, and opposed democracy within the party. Not only does the party lose, but our right to democratic representation is decimated. Managed democracy is a slippery slope to one party rule - and you support managed democracy - expelling authentic Liberal views or those that get in the way of your selections. The numbers changed on the 1st of July, and if you will not support internal democracy, or oppose Labor, it is incumbent upon your colleagues to act in the national interest. If they don’t, you'll find internal and external discontent will get louder. Because if Liberals don’t oppose Labor, they lose even more. Because, the national interest is far more important than persons gender. After all... We just want Australia back. Regards, Matthew Camenzuli Expelled former NSW Liberal executive, anti-corruption and pro-democracy advocate, Independent candidate for McMahon.
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Open letter to Sussan Ley the ‘leader’ of the ‘opposition’. Dear Sussan, I write today, before Parliament resumes, to ask you to reconsider your position as opposition leader. Many Australians are already tired of this Albanese government. They won an avalanche of seats with just 34% of the primary vote, because the Liberals didn't oppose. You may choose to dismiss this letter as sour grapes… after all I did sue you, along with Morrison and others, in an attempt to get democratic pre-selections. Whilst standing up for democracy and the members’ rights, I was expelled. Since then, the NSW division has fallen into complete ruin, causing a routing at the NSW state election and a diabolical hash up at the local elections – a direct failure of the current leadership. The factions still desert democracy and blast through. My motivation is a deep-seated opposition to the Labor party. I want a better Australia. While a member, either as a donor, campaign director, conference president, or member of the state executive, I never transacted, or traded principle for position, ever. I acted in the national interest, in defence of the rights of the membership of your party, and in defence of democracy. I still do. So, I humbly request you consider stepping down as leader. Most Liberals are disillusioned. It is much worse. I fear Labor is now entirely unopposed. This is untennable. Australians are suffering. The rising cost of everything makes it insufferably difficult for many to get by. Immigration is out of control, we must have a sensible conversation in the national interest. We’re in the midst of a housing crisis. It's just basic supply and demand. The government is stacking seats nationally, exacerbating every problem, from the cost of housing to accessibility of healthcare, and pressuring infrastructure. Oppose it. Net Zero is an anathema to cheap and reliable energy. As more renewables replace traditional energy sources the cost of energy goes up, as the network’s reliability drops. People are choosing between food and heating. The energy market is a scandal built on an extortion racket – in a green box. It has failed Australia. Oppose it. The government is the nation’s only source of jobs growth, as they artificially pump wages, and therefore the cost of everything. They borrow and look for more money. Tax in Australia is brutal, on top of high income tax, we pay stamp duties, payroll taxes, GST, and crazy excises on fuel, tobacco and alcohol. Labor need more cash and will tax the stagnant economy into a stall. There’s no productivity and people can’t afford the basics. Oppose it. Money and talent will run from this country. Oppose it all. They don’t offer evidence to support their actions - like Grant’s attempts to age verify YouTube and Google. Demand the evidence. Lead the opposition. Your party won't oppose any of this. Because you were installed by the factions to oppose Liberal members and non-Labor voters. It's a controlled opposition. Like when you helped install Turnbull, then Morrison, and opposed democracy within the party. Not only does the party lose, but our right to democratic representation is decimated. Managed democracy is a slippery slope to one party rule - and you support managed democracy - expelling authentic Liberal views or those that get in the way of your selections. The numbers changed on the 1st of July, and if you will not support internal democracy, or oppose Labor, it is incumbent upon your colleagues to act in the national interest. If they don’t, you'll find internal and external discontent will get louder. Because if Liberals don’t oppose Labor, they lose even more. Because, the national interest is far more important than persons gender. After all... We just want Australia back. Regards, Matthew Camenzuli Expelled former NSW Liberal executive, anti-corruption and pro-democracy advocate, Independent candidate for McMahon.

Matthew Camenzuli

412,679 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

. Today, on the sacred 7th of May 2026, our film Krishnavataram The Movie arrives before the world with the divine blessings of Lord Jagannath. This is not merely the release of a motion picture; it feels like the unfolding of a prayer woven through cinema, music, silence, devotion, and emotion. Hardik Gajjar Films (The Director) and his entire team have created a deeply sensitive and spiritually moving experience that reveals Lord Krishna not only as the Supreme Divine, but as the eternal embodiment of love itself. The film delicately touches those unseen emotional shades of Krishna where compassion becomes music, silence becomes दर्शन, and love becomes the very breath of existence. It feels as though Krishna, while leaving this world, left fragments of His own heart behind for humanity to discover through devotion. The legendary Prakash Kapadia has written dialogues with extraordinary philosophical depth and emotional intensity. His words do not merely describe Krishna, they unveil Him layer by layer, allowing the audience to experience the tenderness, pain, divinity, playfulness, sacrifice, and cosmic love that exist within His consciousness. There are moments in the film where the dialogues feel less like writing and more like timeless revelations flowing from another realm. Irshad Kamil ji also has penned great songs which create magic on the screen. And then comes the soul of the film — its music. The music composed by Prasad S is not something one simply listens to; it slowly dissolves into the listener’s inner being like sacred incense lingering in the air of an ancient temple long after the lamps have faded. His compositions possess an extraordinary spiritual fragrance, where every note carries longing, surrender, stillness, devotion, and grace. There is a rare emotional purity in his music that touches the deepest corners of the heart without demanding attention — it simply enters silently and stays forever. Prasad’s understanding of emotion through sound is profoundly exceptional. He has not composed mere melodies for this film; he has sculpted states of consciousness. The background score breathes with Krishna’s compassion, smiles with His leelas, and weeps with His separation. Certain musical passages continue to echo within the soul long after the scene has ended, like a distant flute still calling from the banks of Vrindavan. His music possesses that rare divine quality where silence itself begins to sing. What touches me even more deeply is his humility. Prasad said to me that I was one of the driving forces behind the music of Krishnavataram, but the truth is, he himself is one of those divinely chosen souls blessed with rare sensitivity, grace, and sincerity. Despite his immense talent, he remains extraordinarily grounded, soft-spoken, and pure-hearted, someone who never claims success as his own alone, but lovingly shares its light with every co-artist who walks beside him. Perhaps that quiet humility, more than even his brilliance, is what makes him truly special to me. I feel very fortunate to have lent my voice and written lyrical expressions for the background score of this sacred cinematic journey. May Krishnavataram & its music awaken devotion, love, and inner stillness in every heart it touches. Because Krishna was not loved merely for being God, Krishna was loved because He understood the language of the human soul. SO REQUESTING EVERYONE TO GO TO THE NEARBY THEATRES AND WATCH THE MOVIE “KRISHNAVATARAM” AND WITNESS THE MAGNIFICENCE OF LORD KRISHNA !! prasad sashte Dr. Sajan Raj Kurup Harsh Sanghavi poonam shroff Raam Mori पंकज त्रिपाठी Shefali Vaidya. 🇮🇳 Dr. S. Jaishankar Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו
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. Today, on the sacred 7th of May 2026, our film Krishnavataram The Movie arrives before the world with the divine blessings of Lord Jagannath. This is not merely the release of a motion picture; it feels like the unfolding of a prayer woven through cinema, music, silence, devotion, and emotion. Hardik Gajjar Films (The Director) and his entire team have created a deeply sensitive and spiritually moving experience that reveals Lord Krishna not only as the Supreme Divine, but as the eternal embodiment of love itself. The film delicately touches those unseen emotional shades of Krishna where compassion becomes music, silence becomes दर्शन, and love becomes the very breath of existence. It feels as though Krishna, while leaving this world, left fragments of His own heart behind for humanity to discover through devotion. The legendary Prakash Kapadia has written dialogues with extraordinary philosophical depth and emotional intensity. His words do not merely describe Krishna, they unveil Him layer by layer, allowing the audience to experience the tenderness, pain, divinity, playfulness, sacrifice, and cosmic love that exist within His consciousness. There are moments in the film where the dialogues feel less like writing and more like timeless revelations flowing from another realm. Irshad Kamil ji also has penned great songs which create magic on the screen. And then comes the soul of the film — its music. The music composed by Prasad S is not something one simply listens to; it slowly dissolves into the listener’s inner being like sacred incense lingering in the air of an ancient temple long after the lamps have faded. His compositions possess an extraordinary spiritual fragrance, where every note carries longing, surrender, stillness, devotion, and grace. There is a rare emotional purity in his music that touches the deepest corners of the heart without demanding attention — it simply enters silently and stays forever. Prasad’s understanding of emotion through sound is profoundly exceptional. He has not composed mere melodies for this film; he has sculpted states of consciousness. The background score breathes with Krishna’s compassion, smiles with His leelas, and weeps with His separation. Certain musical passages continue to echo within the soul long after the scene has ended, like a distant flute still calling from the banks of Vrindavan. His music possesses that rare divine quality where silence itself begins to sing. What touches me even more deeply is his humility. Prasad said to me that I was one of the driving forces behind the music of Krishnavataram, but the truth is, he himself is one of those divinely chosen souls blessed with rare sensitivity, grace, and sincerity. Despite his immense talent, he remains extraordinarily grounded, soft-spoken, and pure-hearted, someone who never claims success as his own alone, but lovingly shares its light with every co-artist who walks beside him. Perhaps that quiet humility, more than even his brilliance, is what makes him truly special to me. I feel very fortunate to have lent my voice and written lyrical expressions for the background score of this sacred cinematic journey. May Krishnavataram & its music awaken devotion, love, and inner stillness in every heart it touches. Because Krishna was not loved merely for being God, Krishna was loved because He understood the language of the human soul. SO REQUESTING EVERYONE TO GO TO THE NEARBY THEATRES AND WATCH THE MOVIE “KRISHNAVATARAM” AND WITNESS THE MAGNIFICENCE OF LORD KRISHNA !! prasad sashte Dr. Sajan Raj Kurup Harsh Sanghavi poonam shroff Raam Mori पंकज त्रिपाठी Shefali Vaidya. 🇮🇳 Dr. S. Jaishankar Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו

Dr. Bharat Balvalli

411,035 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten

I have always loved tales of courage in the face of long odds. Maybe that's why To Kill a Mockingbird has always been one of my favorite stories. In a world dominated by groupthink and mob rule, only one man had the courage to swim against the current. It was a world of suspicion, where rumors quietly whispered gave rise to groundless fears. I see parallels between that world and my own. Lucy sits in jail today as the mob kindles their torches and brandishes their pitchforks expecting a lynching, fueled by rumors fed by gossip and lies. She's a bit like Tom Robinson, the gentle black man falsely accused of having raped a white woman. It did not matter that he could not have done it physically. It fit the biases of a fearful society. Sometimes, even I have misunderstood Lucy. Years ago, we got three ducks. They seemed to bond with Lucy. They would sleep next to her and lay down pressed against her. Sometimes even on top of her. She endured it patiently. One day, we found one dead with what seemed to be bite marks on its back. Lucy was holding it in her mouth. Dolly Spice- Jones 🌱🎵 and I were shocked. We began to see her as a loose cannon; guardian and predator in equal measure. We kept her in the house the next few days. Soon another duck died, leaving only a pile of feathers. We observed the final moments of the third duck. Death came from the skies in the shape of an owl striking at dusk. We saw then that it had never been Lucy. Those were not bite marks. They were the marks of talons. Lucy must have come just too late. She was gently holding it because it had been her friend. She was sad. Sheepdogs are easily confused with wolves by the sheep. In reality, they are the only thing keeping the wolves from the sheep. Shortly after we moved here, a bear visited. We could see its footprints. It stayed out of our fields. Our sheepdogs guarded them diligently. The bear also didn't visit our neighbors' houses, where dogs, cats, and children may have been outside, oblivious to the danger that lurked nearby. Our barking dogs protected the neighborhood. One of the following days, it may have even been the next day, my wife got a text from a neighbor complaining about how the barking had made her hot tub less relaxing the previous night. Sheep don't understand sheepdogs. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Boo Radley was misunderstood. Horrific stories and childhood superstitions portrayed him as a monster. A boogeyman. He was neither. He was a sheepdog. He protected children and saved them from murder. Like Lucy protects her ducks. #SaveLucy, the dog who survived war. A few seconds of Lucy with geese and sheep.
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I have always loved tales of courage in the face of long odds. Maybe that's why To Kill a Mockingbird has always been one of my favorite stories. In a world dominated by groupthink and mob rule, only one man had the courage to swim against the current. It was a world of suspicion, where rumors quietly whispered gave rise to groundless fears. I see parallels between that world and my own. Lucy sits in jail today as the mob kindles their torches and brandishes their pitchforks expecting a lynching, fueled by rumors fed by gossip and lies. She's a bit like Tom Robinson, the gentle black man falsely accused of having raped a white woman. It did not matter that he could not have done it physically. It fit the biases of a fearful society. Sometimes, even I have misunderstood Lucy. Years ago, we got three ducks. They seemed to bond with Lucy. They would sleep next to her and lay down pressed against her. Sometimes even on top of her. She endured it patiently. One day, we found one dead with what seemed to be bite marks on its back. Lucy was holding it in her mouth. Dolly Spice- Jones 🌱🎵 and I were shocked. We began to see her as a loose cannon; guardian and predator in equal measure. We kept her in the house the next few days. Soon another duck died, leaving only a pile of feathers. We observed the final moments of the third duck. Death came from the skies in the shape of an owl striking at dusk. We saw then that it had never been Lucy. Those were not bite marks. They were the marks of talons. Lucy must have come just too late. She was gently holding it because it had been her friend. She was sad. Sheepdogs are easily confused with wolves by the sheep. In reality, they are the only thing keeping the wolves from the sheep. Shortly after we moved here, a bear visited. We could see its footprints. It stayed out of our fields. Our sheepdogs guarded them diligently. The bear also didn't visit our neighbors' houses, where dogs, cats, and children may have been outside, oblivious to the danger that lurked nearby. Our barking dogs protected the neighborhood. One of the following days, it may have even been the next day, my wife got a text from a neighbor complaining about how the barking had made her hot tub less relaxing the previous night. Sheep don't understand sheepdogs. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Boo Radley was misunderstood. Horrific stories and childhood superstitions portrayed him as a monster. A boogeyman. He was neither. He was a sheepdog. He protected children and saved them from murder. Like Lucy protects her ducks. #SaveLucy, the dog who survived war. A few seconds of Lucy with geese and sheep.

Brendan M. Jones 🇺🇸

10,947 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten

When it comes to ballot box snatching, Ikanda is the king. For land grabbing and kidnapping, no one comes close to Ikanda. In cult wars and the k!ll!ng of innocent people, his name always comes up. After Ikanda, our next focus will be the man on the left—another notorious Aye (NBM) cultist from Ughelli, Delta State. (All videos on Telegram.) On September 30, 2024, in Ewulu, Aniocha South LGA of Delta State, Ikanda reportedly k!lled members of his own community after being confronted for selling land and refusing to remit the money. When the crowd challenged him and his squad, he retrieved an AK-47 from his car and opened fir€, k!ll!ng innocent people—including an Aye member. In this video, a grieving mother is heard crying and calling out “Ikanda,” the k!ller of her son. Angry youths later burned down the king’s palace, accusing the king of working with Ikanda. Ikanda, seen in a red cap, is a well-known, violent Aye/Black Ax€/NBM criminal cultist, pictured here with other violent figures including Ese Kakor (Ring Light Kpoi)—a man who claims not to know these criminals, yet falsely accuses a sitting governor simply for doing his job to reduce crime in the state. There are now reports that Ese Kakor (Ring Light Kpoi) has fled to Ghana, hoping to beg certain people to avoid arrest. But even if he runs, Naija Confra will complete the mission we started. As we promised the NC house, we will expose the top, corrupt, and violent cult leaders. Hopefully, Ese Kakor will serve as the example we mentioned in the beginning of all this—so others in leadership will finally learn to act right and end the violence within their cult groups. Reject Cultism.
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When it comes to ballot box snatching, Ikanda is the king. For land grabbing and kidnapping, no one comes close to Ikanda. In cult wars and the k!ll!ng of innocent people, his name always comes up. After Ikanda, our next focus will be the man on the left—another notorious Aye (NBM) cultist from Ughelli, Delta State. (All videos on Telegram.) On September 30, 2024, in Ewulu, Aniocha South LGA of Delta State, Ikanda reportedly k!lled members of his own community after being confronted for selling land and refusing to remit the money. When the crowd challenged him and his squad, he retrieved an AK-47 from his car and opened fir€, k!ll!ng innocent people—including an Aye member. In this video, a grieving mother is heard crying and calling out “Ikanda,” the k!ller of her son. Angry youths later burned down the king’s palace, accusing the king of working with Ikanda. Ikanda, seen in a red cap, is a well-known, violent Aye/Black Ax€/NBM criminal cultist, pictured here with other violent figures including Ese Kakor (Ring Light Kpoi)—a man who claims not to know these criminals, yet falsely accuses a sitting governor simply for doing his job to reduce crime in the state. There are now reports that Ese Kakor (Ring Light Kpoi) has fled to Ghana, hoping to beg certain people to avoid arrest. But even if he runs, Naija Confra will complete the mission we started. As we promised the NC house, we will expose the top, corrupt, and violent cult leaders. Hopefully, Ese Kakor will serve as the example we mentioned in the beginning of all this—so others in leadership will finally learn to act right and end the violence within their cult groups. Reject Cultism.

Naija Confra

94,509 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

This was filmed last Thursday afternoon at Animal Rescue in Mississippi. The dog lying in the corner is a four-year-old tan Retriever mix named Maple. The two small puppies in the cardboard box are hers. Maple came into Gulf Coast three weeks ago as a stray picked up near the Port of Biloxi. She was thin and clearly had recently been nursing. The intake team suspected she had puppies somewhere nearby but searches of the area came up empty. For three weeks, Maple lay in her kennel in a way the staff described as "not quite present." Ate enough to stay healthy. Accepted gentle handling. But mostly kept her head down and stayed quiet. The volunteers who worked her kennel talked about her in the break room. Something about her stillness was different from ordinary shelter sadness. It felt like waiting. Ten days ago, a family in Ocean Springs found two small puppies under their back deck. About six weeks old. Brought them to Gult Coast. Standard intake. No connection was made immediately. Then a sharp-eyed volunteer named Tess was reviewing intake photos and noticed the puppies' coloring. The shape of their ears. She pulled Maple's intake paperwork and compared. She brought it to the shelter director, a man named Gary. Gary said: "Tess came into my office and laid both files side by side on my desk and didn't say anything. She just looked at me. I looked at the photos. And I said, 'Let's do a introduction and see what happens.'"Tess carried the puppies to Maple's kennel in a small cardboard box. The security camera was already running. Maple was lying in the corner with her head down, the same way she'd been lying for three weeks. Tess set the box on the floor and opened the flaps. The puppies tumbled out, unsteady and curious. Maple lifted her head. She stared. One second. Two. Then she was on her feet. Moving fast. She covered both puppies in frantic licks, nose pushing into each of them, checking, circling, pressing them close. The puppies climbed over her legs, pawing at her face. Maple's tail moved faster than any of the staff had ever seen it move. Tess had to leave the kennel because she couldn't stop crying. Gary told us: "Three weeks of that quiet stillness. And then in about four seconds she was a completely different dog. She knew immediately. Knew them instantly. It was the most remarkable thing I've ever witnessed in eight years of running this shelter." Maple and the puppies are now in a foster home together while the puppies grow old enough for adoption. Maple eats full meals now. Plays. Greets the fosters at the door in the mornings. The foster, a woman named Rosa, told us: "She's a completely different dog with them here. Like she finally exhaled after three weeks of holding her breath." The puppies will be adopted when they're ready. The rescue is hoping to find Maple her own home at the same time. Some kinds of waiting are too deep for words. But the ending, when it finally comes, is unmistakable.
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This was filmed last Thursday afternoon at Animal Rescue in Mississippi. The dog lying in the corner is a four-year-old tan Retriever mix named Maple. The two small puppies in the cardboard box are hers. Maple came into Gulf Coast three weeks ago as a stray picked up near the Port of Biloxi. She was thin and clearly had recently been nursing. The intake team suspected she had puppies somewhere nearby but searches of the area came up empty. For three weeks, Maple lay in her kennel in a way the staff described as "not quite present." Ate enough to stay healthy. Accepted gentle handling. But mostly kept her head down and stayed quiet. The volunteers who worked her kennel talked about her in the break room. Something about her stillness was different from ordinary shelter sadness. It felt like waiting. Ten days ago, a family in Ocean Springs found two small puppies under their back deck. About six weeks old. Brought them to Gult Coast. Standard intake. No connection was made immediately. Then a sharp-eyed volunteer named Tess was reviewing intake photos and noticed the puppies' coloring. The shape of their ears. She pulled Maple's intake paperwork and compared. She brought it to the shelter director, a man named Gary. Gary said: "Tess came into my office and laid both files side by side on my desk and didn't say anything. She just looked at me. I looked at the photos. And I said, 'Let's do a introduction and see what happens.'"Tess carried the puppies to Maple's kennel in a small cardboard box. The security camera was already running. Maple was lying in the corner with her head down, the same way she'd been lying for three weeks. Tess set the box on the floor and opened the flaps. The puppies tumbled out, unsteady and curious. Maple lifted her head. She stared. One second. Two. Then she was on her feet. Moving fast. She covered both puppies in frantic licks, nose pushing into each of them, checking, circling, pressing them close. The puppies climbed over her legs, pawing at her face. Maple's tail moved faster than any of the staff had ever seen it move. Tess had to leave the kennel because she couldn't stop crying. Gary told us: "Three weeks of that quiet stillness. And then in about four seconds she was a completely different dog. She knew immediately. Knew them instantly. It was the most remarkable thing I've ever witnessed in eight years of running this shelter." Maple and the puppies are now in a foster home together while the puppies grow old enough for adoption. Maple eats full meals now. Plays. Greets the fosters at the door in the mornings. The foster, a woman named Rosa, told us: "She's a completely different dog with them here. Like she finally exhaled after three weeks of holding her breath." The puppies will be adopted when they're ready. The rescue is hoping to find Maple her own home at the same time. Some kinds of waiting are too deep for words. But the ending, when it finally comes, is unmistakable.

Gabriele Corno

74,720 Aufrufe • vor 27 Tagen

He never lowered his voice when she entered the room. Jefferson Davis never covered the maps on his desk. Confederate officers never paused their conversations when she stepped forward to refill a cup or clear a plate. To them, she was invisible. That invisibility was her greatest weapon. Her name was Mary Bowser. Born Enslaved, Educated in Secret Mary Bowser was born enslaved in Richmond, Virginia, on the plantation of Elizabeth Van Lew's family. The Van Lews were unusual among wealthy Southern slaveholding families: they harbored strong Unionist and abolitionist sympathies. Mary was eventually freed. In a rare and radical act for the time, the Van Lew family sent her north to Philadelphia for education — likely through a Quaker school. There, she learned to read, write, and develop the intellectual discipline that would later make her indispensable. When the Civil War erupted and Richmond became the capital of the Confederacy, Van Lew organized an extensive Union spy network inside the city. Mary chose to return. Not as a free woman seeking safety — but as an undercover operative entering the heart of the rebellion. Inside the Confederate White House Through carefully arranged channels, Bowser secured employment as a servant in the Confederate executive mansion — the White House of the Confederacy. Inside those walls, Davis and his generals discussed troop movements, supply lines, military strategy, and reinforcements. Documents lay exposed. War maps stretched across tables. No one worried about the woman in the room. They assumed she could not read. They assumed she did not understand. They assumed she did not matter. They were catastrophically wrong. Memory as a Weapon Historical accounts describe Bowser as possessing an extraordinary memory — often characterized as near-photographic. She absorbed details at a glance: Troop deployments Planned offensives Supply shortages Strategic vulnerabilities She wrote nothing down. Written evidence could be seized. Instead, she memorized everything. At night, she met with Elizabeth Van Lew. There, she recited what she had seen and heard in precise detail. Van Lew encoded the intelligence and passed it through a courier network that eventually reached Union command. That information made its way to Ulysses S. Grant, who later acknowledged that Richmond-based intelligence was among the Union's most valuable assets. Within the Confederate White House, suspicion grew that someone was leaking information. Investigations were launched. They never seriously considered the Black woman serving their meals. The Confederacy's rigid racial hierarchy created a blind spot so complete that Bowser operated in plain sight. She weaponized their prejudice. Disappearance into Silence After the war, Mary Bowser largely vanished from official records. As with many intelligence operatives, secrecy obscured her life story. Some sources suggest she may have briefly taught freedpeople or continued activism, but documentation remains fragmentary. No statues were erected in her honor. No public commendations were widely issued. Her story survived mostly through scattered letters, postwar recollections, and Van Lew's accounts. The very secrecy that protected her during the war swallowed much of her legacy afterward. Her Story Reveals Mary Bowser's work highlights a profound historical irony: The Confederacy's belief in racial inferiority the ideology that justified slavery itself created the conditions that allowed one formerly enslaved woman to infiltrate its highest command structure. never saw her as a threat. never imagined she could understand military strategy. never questioned whether she could read the documents left open before her. arrogance built the door. She walked through it. History often celebrates generals and presidents. Yet intelligence - Mary Bowser stood in rooms where history was being written, memorized it, and sent it north. underestimated. unseen.
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He never lowered his voice when she entered the room. Jefferson Davis never covered the maps on his desk. Confederate officers never paused their conversations when she stepped forward to refill a cup or clear a plate. To them, she was invisible. That invisibility was her greatest weapon. Her name was Mary Bowser. Born Enslaved, Educated in Secret Mary Bowser was born enslaved in Richmond, Virginia, on the plantation of Elizabeth Van Lew's family. The Van Lews were unusual among wealthy Southern slaveholding families: they harbored strong Unionist and abolitionist sympathies. Mary was eventually freed. In a rare and radical act for the time, the Van Lew family sent her north to Philadelphia for education — likely through a Quaker school. There, she learned to read, write, and develop the intellectual discipline that would later make her indispensable. When the Civil War erupted and Richmond became the capital of the Confederacy, Van Lew organized an extensive Union spy network inside the city. Mary chose to return. Not as a free woman seeking safety — but as an undercover operative entering the heart of the rebellion. Inside the Confederate White House Through carefully arranged channels, Bowser secured employment as a servant in the Confederate executive mansion — the White House of the Confederacy. Inside those walls, Davis and his generals discussed troop movements, supply lines, military strategy, and reinforcements. Documents lay exposed. War maps stretched across tables. No one worried about the woman in the room. They assumed she could not read. They assumed she did not understand. They assumed she did not matter. They were catastrophically wrong. Memory as a Weapon Historical accounts describe Bowser as possessing an extraordinary memory — often characterized as near-photographic. She absorbed details at a glance: Troop deployments Planned offensives Supply shortages Strategic vulnerabilities She wrote nothing down. Written evidence could be seized. Instead, she memorized everything. At night, she met with Elizabeth Van Lew. There, she recited what she had seen and heard in precise detail. Van Lew encoded the intelligence and passed it through a courier network that eventually reached Union command. That information made its way to Ulysses S. Grant, who later acknowledged that Richmond-based intelligence was among the Union's most valuable assets. Within the Confederate White House, suspicion grew that someone was leaking information. Investigations were launched. They never seriously considered the Black woman serving their meals. The Confederacy's rigid racial hierarchy created a blind spot so complete that Bowser operated in plain sight. She weaponized their prejudice. Disappearance into Silence After the war, Mary Bowser largely vanished from official records. As with many intelligence operatives, secrecy obscured her life story. Some sources suggest she may have briefly taught freedpeople or continued activism, but documentation remains fragmentary. No statues were erected in her honor. No public commendations were widely issued. Her story survived mostly through scattered letters, postwar recollections, and Van Lew's accounts. The very secrecy that protected her during the war swallowed much of her legacy afterward. Her Story Reveals Mary Bowser's work highlights a profound historical irony: The Confederacy's belief in racial inferiority the ideology that justified slavery itself created the conditions that allowed one formerly enslaved woman to infiltrate its highest command structure. never saw her as a threat. never imagined she could understand military strategy. never questioned whether she could read the documents left open before her. arrogance built the door. She walked through it. History often celebrates generals and presidents. Yet intelligence - Mary Bowser stood in rooms where history was being written, memorized it, and sent it north. underestimated. unseen.

G-MA & G-PA

155,160 Aufrufe • vor 5 Monaten

A very good morning. Welcome to The Council Benji This marks the third Skull in a little run. The first went to a fund I've never met. The second: through Eli Scheinman to a new collector/foundation who has been quietly entering the space in a very significant way across a number of collections whom I’ve never spoken to. Their new entrance enabled a wedding and start of a new married life for Conviction. In my very first conversation with him, we spoke about curses and commitments to the people we love. Since meeting got to talk through each step on that path, from letting go, what is imbued in the ring and ceremony of it all, a proposal, and on the way to the most important of the steps in pursuit of a blessed life. It is easy to get a little cynical on the over-leveraged exit stories that spring up from time to time, so it is a treat to watch one go towards a celebration that’s been building up in his life since the Skull was first acquired. And now: this. The third Skull and the first I can really write about as a shared story across both source and destination. An exit and an entrance. The exit: The Skulls of Luci were awarded as gifts 4 years ago. But before I'd minted Birth of Luci or painted the other 49, the first person in this space I showed the sketch of The Blueprint Skull to was actually Casey💎, when he was working at SuperRare . Casey was the very first person who onboarded me to NFTs, helping me navigate the early days of whatever it meant to even mint something. I explained the idea of gifting one to each person who bid in my first auctions. Though most of the Skulls went to the bidders, Casey's didn't. He didn't ask for one. I didn't tell him I'd give him one. But he helped me take my first steps here, and it's hard to imagine any of this making sense, or unfolding the way it has, without him. Since then, we've broken bread across continents, seen quite a lot of chortling margarita consumption, watched the rise and fall of a lot around us, weathered inter-Council dramas. He brought Laura El into The Monument Game, played as a Player, wore a Mask. Most of the vibe that started all of this, the wild west of it, feels faded in the broader space at times. But every Skull has a story and a person who helped us get here. Casey will always be the one who was there before any metric muddled the reason to care. The entrance: Last fall, Benji came over for a studio visit. We walked through Luci, the works, structure, and dream, as anyone who visits does. But we mostly talked about being a father and having a father. We discussed the very idea of "collection" stripped of accumulation, value, or signal, located more in the act or ceremony of it. What it was to grow up with a curious father who studied the edges of each thing he saw to know the next layer beneath why anyone might look or ignore it. That to pass this on is to pass on questioning, more than it is to pass on any kind of answer. The process of collecting can be perceived as an individual act of hoarding. For some it is maybe. But at its best, it's a way to bind through shared questioning, to bond in cooperation and competition with friends and family, it is the swapped story and meme of it all, and each object gathered along the way carries some shared memory that can, often does, and with intent: should; drift out of the object entirely. All in the psalm, always has been. The studio visit came and went. Soon after, a package arrived in the mail with two of the softest stuffed animals added to my daughter's own collection, now among her favorites. The Skull is a bonus to that, in the scheme of shared memory. For Rachel and I, while we are heads down making a body of work that unsettles us and excites us but demands unknown time to accomplish, it means a great deal to have this kind of support from long term people in the quiet process of making work we want to leave behind ourselves. Enormously grateful to Casey for the many years of support and friendship, to Benny for being a true patron, and to Benji for entering the arena for what I'm working on next. Welcome.
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A very good morning. Welcome to The Council Benji This marks the third Skull in a little run. The first went to a fund I've never met. The second: through Eli Scheinman to a new collector/foundation who has been quietly entering the space in a very significant way across a number of collections whom I’ve never spoken to. Their new entrance enabled a wedding and start of a new married life for Conviction. In my very first conversation with him, we spoke about curses and commitments to the people we love. Since meeting got to talk through each step on that path, from letting go, what is imbued in the ring and ceremony of it all, a proposal, and on the way to the most important of the steps in pursuit of a blessed life. It is easy to get a little cynical on the over-leveraged exit stories that spring up from time to time, so it is a treat to watch one go towards a celebration that’s been building up in his life since the Skull was first acquired. And now: this. The third Skull and the first I can really write about as a shared story across both source and destination. An exit and an entrance. The exit: The Skulls of Luci were awarded as gifts 4 years ago. But before I'd minted Birth of Luci or painted the other 49, the first person in this space I showed the sketch of The Blueprint Skull to was actually Casey💎, when he was working at SuperRare . Casey was the very first person who onboarded me to NFTs, helping me navigate the early days of whatever it meant to even mint something. I explained the idea of gifting one to each person who bid in my first auctions. Though most of the Skulls went to the bidders, Casey's didn't. He didn't ask for one. I didn't tell him I'd give him one. But he helped me take my first steps here, and it's hard to imagine any of this making sense, or unfolding the way it has, without him. Since then, we've broken bread across continents, seen quite a lot of chortling margarita consumption, watched the rise and fall of a lot around us, weathered inter-Council dramas. He brought Laura El into The Monument Game, played as a Player, wore a Mask. Most of the vibe that started all of this, the wild west of it, feels faded in the broader space at times. But every Skull has a story and a person who helped us get here. Casey will always be the one who was there before any metric muddled the reason to care. The entrance: Last fall, Benji came over for a studio visit. We walked through Luci, the works, structure, and dream, as anyone who visits does. But we mostly talked about being a father and having a father. We discussed the very idea of "collection" stripped of accumulation, value, or signal, located more in the act or ceremony of it. What it was to grow up with a curious father who studied the edges of each thing he saw to know the next layer beneath why anyone might look or ignore it. That to pass this on is to pass on questioning, more than it is to pass on any kind of answer. The process of collecting can be perceived as an individual act of hoarding. For some it is maybe. But at its best, it's a way to bind through shared questioning, to bond in cooperation and competition with friends and family, it is the swapped story and meme of it all, and each object gathered along the way carries some shared memory that can, often does, and with intent: should; drift out of the object entirely. All in the psalm, always has been. The studio visit came and went. Soon after, a package arrived in the mail with two of the softest stuffed animals added to my daughter's own collection, now among her favorites. The Skull is a bonus to that, in the scheme of shared memory. For Rachel and I, while we are heads down making a body of work that unsettles us and excites us but demands unknown time to accomplish, it means a great deal to have this kind of support from long term people in the quiet process of making work we want to leave behind ourselves. Enormously grateful to Casey for the many years of support and friendship, to Benny for being a true patron, and to Benji for entering the arena for what I'm working on next. Welcome.

Sam Spratt

20,786 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten