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Wednesday, 15 March

02:09

Im britischen Wahlkampf geht es, genau wie anderswo, ... "IndyWatch Feed Europe"

Im britischen Wahlkampf geht es, genau wie anderswo, wenn Konservative antreten, hauptschlich um die bsen Auslnder, Immigranten, Migranten, Sozialbetrger (alles dasselbe msst ihr wissen), Hassprediger, Islamisten und Vergewaltiger. Nun hat ja Grobritannien eine relativ gnstige Geographie, wenn man potentielle Einwanderer abhalten will. Es gibt nur eine Bahnlinie, die Flughfen berwacht man eh, bleibt den fiesen Raubmordvergewaltigerterroristenasylanten blo die Einreise per Boot?

Ja, richtig gelesen! Die "konservative" Partei in Grobritannien arbeitet seit Jahren mit dem Zerrbild von Flottillen von "small boats" mit fiesen Kriminellen, die ber den rmelkanal kommen.

Da hilft nur mehr Geld frs Militr, denkt ihr euch jetzt bestimmt, und ihr habt Recht. berraschend ist lediglich, welches Militr das Geld kriegt. Die Briten zahlen Frankreich eine halbe Milliarde Pfund, damit sie kleine Boote aus dem rmelkanal ziehen.

The unprecedented package will help fund a new detention centre near Dunkirk, more drones and an extra 500 police officers to prevent migrants making the dangerous journey across the English Channel.

Das klingt fr mich wie der Deal zwischen der EU und Nordafrika / der Trkei. Das funktioniert ja auch super und hat kaum negative Nebenwirkungen.

Damit ihr mal seht, mit was fr Zahlen die da arbeiten:

More than 40,000 migrants arrived in the UK on small boats last year and the home secretary Suella Braverman has suggested this years figure could be twice that.

VIERZIG TAUSEND!!!! Das ist ja FURCHTBAR!!1! Oder wie man beim Bundesamt fr Migration und Flchtlinge sagen wrde: Zwei schwache Monate.

Die Fed ndert mal kurz die Regeln, damit nicht noch ... "IndyWatch Feed Europe"

Die Fed ndert mal kurz die Regeln, damit nicht noch alle anderen Banken platzen.

Under the new program, banks and other lenders will be able to pledge Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities for cash. Banks can pledge collateral at par, or face value, rather than marking the assets to their current market value.

ber Treasurys, also Staatsanleihen, kann man ja reden, aber mortgage-backed securities?! Das war der Klrschlamm hinter der letzten Krise, ihr erinnert euch vielleicht. Wenn sie DAS machen, dann ist da noch was ganz anderes gerade am Platzen.

Oha! US-Regierung schliet Rettung von Silicon Valley ... "IndyWatch Feed Europe"

Oha! US-Regierung schliet Rettung von Silicon Valley Bank aus.

Da werden unschne Erinnerungen an Lehman Brothers wach. Ich frchte, da wird die Brse Montag eher unentspannt reagieren.

Ob die sich gedacht haben: Hey, die Bankenkurse? Die sind alle schon abgestrzt! Da kann nichts mehr passieren!1!!

Wenn ihr wie ich noch nie von der Silicon Valley Bank gehrt habt, und euch jetzt denkt, dass wird so ne Art Ortssparkasse sein von der Gre her: Wikipedia meint:

SVB was the 16th-largest bank in the United States at the time of its failure on March 10, 2023, and was the largest bank by deposits in Silicon Valley.

Das ist kein kleines Familienunternehmen! Ist aber auch kein Lehman Brothers.

Die krasseste Statistik an der ganzen Nummer fand ich ja, dass die 40 Milliarden (!) Geldabfluss an nur einem Tag hatten. Bei Assets von sowas wie 200 Milliarden.

Tja, man darf halt keine Bank bei Libertren aufmachen, wo jeder nur an seinen pursuit of happiness denkt und keine Sau auch nur einen Gedanken an Solidaritt und Zusammenhalt in Krisenzeiten verschwendet.

Update: Oh, die Brsensorgen hatten auch andere! Die versuchen gerade den Laden noch vor Brsenstart wegzuauktionieren. Hinter den Kulissen wird es wahrscheinlich betrchtlichen Druck auf Grobanken geben, die beim letzten Mal gerettet wurden.

Biden's Chip War With China Is an Imperial Struggle for High-Tech Supremacy "IndyWatch Feed Pacific"

The rivalry between the U.S. and China has hit fever pitch. Despite their deep economic integration and record trade in goods of $690 billion in 2022, the two powers are at loggerheads over everything from military supremacy in the Indo-Pacific to Russia's imperialist invasion of Ukraine, to trade and investment in the Global South. The U.S., of course, remains the world's dominant imperialist power, but now China poses a threat to its hegemony. At the center of this conflict are microchips, which are as important to global capitalism today as oil. Washington put its high-tech weaponry on full display in the 1991 Gulf War. Triumphant, Washington adopted a new imperial strategy of superintending the world economy by incorporating states into a neoliberal world order of free trade globalization. The U.S. used the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, World Trade Organization and UN to enforce this order. The U.S. retained its lead in the design of chips, but increasingly fabrication was done by [Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company] in Taiwan. The Trump administration ... targeted Beijing's tech industry. Using national security as justification, the Commerce Department prohibited U.S. companies from selling chips, hardware and software to the company. The Biden administration doubled down on Trump's strategy of great power rivalry. [Author Chris] Miller argues, "Taiwan isn't simply the source of the advanced chips that both countries' militaries are betting on. It's also the most likely battleground."

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02:03

ALPHV ransomware gang claims it has hacked Amazons Ring "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

By Deeba Ahmed

ALPHV Ransomware group threatens to leak sensitive data stolen from amazon's ring security cameras unless demands are met.

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02:00

Development Release: Fedora 38 Beta "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

The Fedora project has published a beta snapshot of the distribution's upcoming Fedora 38 release. The new beta features GNOME 44, updtaed development tools, and strict compile flags to protect against common memory attacks. "Fedora 38 Workstation Beta includes GNOME 44. Its currently in beta, with a final....

02:00

Atiku Replies Wike, Says 40-Year-Old Whiskys Comment Confirms Youre Under Alcohol Influence "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the comments made by Governor Nyesom Wike that he was sipping a 40-year-old whisky while watching him, and others protested on national television confirmed that Wike spoke under the influence of alcohol. Wike had said, As they were protesting, I just []

01:58

Caluroso pero con lluvias, fuerte viento, descargas elctricas y granizo "IndyWatch Feed Noramerica"

21 entidades con temperaturas mayores a 30 C. Heladas en serranas. Pacfico norte sin precipitaciones, nublados y lluvias en el resto del pas Regeneracin, 14 []

La entrada Caluroso pero con lluvias, fuerte viento, descargas elctricas y granizo se public primero en RegeneracinMX.

01:56

Where Is Occupy Silicon Valley? "IndyWatch Feed War"

By Craig Pirrong | Brownstone Institute | March 13, 2023

Bank failures tend to come in waves, and we are experiencing at least a mini-wave now.

Banks fail for three basic reasons: 1. Credit transformation: deterioration in borrower creditworthiness, usually due to an adverse economic shock (e.g., a real estate bust). 2. Maturity transformation: borrowing short, lending long, and then getting hammered when interest rates rise. 3. Liquidity transformation combined with an exogenous liquidity shock, a la Diamond-Dybvig, where idiosyncratic depositor needs for cash lead to withdrawals that exceed liquid assets and therefore trigger fire sales of illiquid assets.

The two most notable failures of lateSilicon Valley Bank and Silvergateare examples of 2 and 3 respectively.

In some respects, SVB is the most astounding. Not because a bank failed in the old-fashioned way, but because it was funded primarily by the deposits of supposed financial sophisticatesand because of the disgusting policy response of the Treasury and the Fed.

SVB took in oodles of cash, especially in the past couple of years. The cashcade was so immense that SVB could not find enough traditional banking business (loans) to soak it up, so they bought lots of Treasuries. And long duration Treasuries to boot.

And then Powell and the Fed applied the boot, jacking up rates. Bonds have cratered in the last year, and took SVBs balance sheet with it.

Again, an old story. And hardly a harbinger of systemic riskunless such reckless maturity mismatches are systemic.

SVB was the Banker to the Silicon Valley Stars, notably VCs and tech firms. These firms are the ones that deposited immense sums in exchange for a pittance of return. Case in point, Roku, put almost $500 millionyes, you read that right, 9 figures led with a 5into SVB!!!

I mean: what the eff? Was the Treasurer a moron? For who other than a moron would hold that much in cash in a single institution? (Roku claims its devices make your home a smarter. Maybe they should have hired a smarter treasurer and CFO, or replaced them with one of its devices). Hell, why is a company holding that much in cash period?

A few of these alleged masters of the universe (like Palantir) saw the writing on the wall and yanked their deposits: deposits fell by a quarter on Friday alone, sealing the banks doom. Those who were slow to run howled to the high heavens over the weekend that if there was not a bailout there would be a holocaust in the tech sector.

Even though the systemic risk posed by SVBs failure is nil (or if not, then every bank is systemically important), the Treasury Department and the Fed responded to these howls and guaranteed all the depositseven thoug...

01:55

Conspiracy Theories Become Conspiracy Facts "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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01:51

BRANDENBURG CHORAL FESTIVAL OF LONDON "IndyWatch Feed Politics.eu"

BRANDENBURG CHOIR FESTIVAL OF LONDON

St. Stephens Church

Gloucester Road

London

SW7 4RL

Saturday, March 18^th 2023, 18.00 20.00

For more details and to book tickets, see: https://www.brandenburg.org.uk/bcf-concerts/2023/1/27/brandenburg-presents-the-rodolfus-choir-m8yz2-bck6y

Celebration of Opera

Programme:

Conductor: Jeremy Haneman

Soprano: Anita Wilson

Tenor: Luis Gomes

Repetiteurs: Ashley Beauchamp and Will Gardner

Thames Opera Company

Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Sweeney Todd) Sondheim

Salve Regina (Mefistofele) Boito

Anvil Chorus (Il Travtore) Verdi

London Phoenix Choir

Brightly Dawns Our Wedding Day (The Mikado) Sullivan

Sailors Chorus (Dido and Aeneas) Purcell

Not While Im Around (Sweeney Todd) Sondheim

(Interval)

Thames Opera Company

Sunday (Sunday in the Park with George) Sondheim

Gli arredi festivi (Nabucco) Verdi

Solos

Questa o quella(Rigoletto) Verdi

The trees on the Mountains (Susannah) Floyd

Thames Opera Company, London Phoenix Choir and Soloists

Chorus of the Wedding Guests (Lucia di Lammermoor) Donizetti

Placido il mar (Idomeneo) Mozart

Brindisi (La traviata) Verdi

Posted here by Glenn Rikowski

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THE LONDON PHEONIX CHOIR (Ruth Rikowski is on the second row, first from the right)

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01:48

Indonesia 2023: Nigerias nemesis, Portugal and Argentina, fail to reach World Cup finals "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Portugal, who got the better of Nigeria in a 2-0 in the Final of the FIFA U20 World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 1989, and Argentina, who beat the Flying Eagles to the trophy in The Netherlands in 2005, have both failed to make the cut as the field for this years []

01:45

ASUS Unveils The Tinker V As Their First RISC-V Board "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

For over a half-decade ASUS has been selling the Thinker Board devices as their line of Raspberry Pi alternatives. To date the ASUS Tinker Board single board computers have all been Arm-based while now they have launched their first RISC-V board, the Tinker V...

01:41

Geoengineering: Romanian General Emil Strainu on the Terrifying Possibilities of Geo-warfare "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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01:40

Military Situation In Bakhmut On March 14, 2023 (Map Update) "IndyWatch Feed War"

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Russian forces took control of the northern part of AZOM plant;
Russian forces took control of several quarters in the southern parts of Budenivka district;
Clashes between Russian forces and the AFU continue near the village of Orikhovo-Vasylivka.

01:35

Nigeria Becomes OPECs Most Increased Oil Supplier For February "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Nigeria has become the most increased oil supplier of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) for February 2023. According to OPECs Monthly Oil Market Report published on Tuesday, Nigeria increased its oil supply by 72,000 barrels per day, from that of January, using secondary sources. While Saudi Arabia, the second increased supplier, recorded 59,000 []

01:33

Currently 3rd snowiest winter ever recorded in Lake Tahoe, California with 651 inches of snow and there's more coming "IndyWatch Feed World"

According to the UC Berkeley Central Snow Laboratory at 6,900 on Donner Pass, CA, which has been keeping precise snowfall records since 1946, the Lake Tahoe area has officially reached the title of third snowiest winter in recorded history as of today, March 13. The UCB Snow Lab has seen 651 of snowfall this season so far. "Another 13.2" (33.5 cm) of #snow over the last 24 hours has taken us to the third snowiest winter on record at the lab! We now have 651 (1653 cm) from Oct 1 to present." - UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Laboratory, 3/13/23

01:30

Why Would Anyone Ever Assume Were Not Being Manipulated 24/7? "IndyWatch Feed War"

So many people I know get very defensive when I discuss the plandemic machinations. They either can not accept that manipulation is the standard operating procedure for those in charge or that they would ever be gullible enough to be tricked on a regular basis.

Thats when I tell them about the Gruen Transfer.

Victor Gruen was an Austrian architect who loved the cafes and public squares of Vienna. Upon starting work in the U.S., Gruen was responsible for something that came to be known as the Gruen Transfer (or Gruen Effect). As he aimed to re-create environments from his youth, he ended up inspiring a very insidious reality.

The Gruen Transfer manipulates people into losing track of...

01:26

'Strange metals' operate outside normal rules of electricity "IndyWatch Feed World"

UC physicist explores mysteries of strange metals. International team finds unusual electrical behavior in experiments. Physicists at the University of Cincinnati are learning more about the bizarre behavior of "strange metals," which operate outside the normal rules of electricity. Theoretical physicist Yashar Komijani, an assistant professor in UC's College of Arts and Sciences, contributed to an international experiment using a strange metal made from an alloy of ytterbium, a rare earth metal. Physicists in a lab in Hyogo, Japan, fired radioactive gamma rays at the strange metal to observe its unusual electrical behavior. Led by Hisao Kobayashi with the University of Hyogo and RIKEN, the study was published in the journal Science. The experiment revealed unusual fluctuations in the strange metal's electrical charge. "The idea is that in a metal, you have a sea of electrons moving in the background on a lattice of ions," Komijani said. "But a marvelous thing happens with quantum...

01:26

Lagos Indigenes Endorse Rhodes-Vivour For Governor "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

The prominent indigenes of Lagos State under the auspices of Eko Forum have endorsed the Governorship candidate, of the Labour Party (LP) Architect Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour for March 18 election. This is coming just as the forum used the platform to urge all Lagos indigenes and residents to vote for Rhodes-Vivour whom it described as a []

01:23

DUP panel could do worse than seek defend NIs place in the UK from a point of view of economic strength "IndyWatch Feed Politics.eu"

As we wait for the DUP to decide on the Windsor Framework, and Rishi Sunak runs off with the sword of Damocles to cut the rights of creature who has the misfortune to be caught as they wash up on Englands southern shore, heres Graham Gudgeon:

Some unionists may insist that Northern Ireland be treated identically with GB, but the fact is that this has never been the case. NI had devolved government more than half a century before Scotland and Wales and for the last quarter century has had an almost unique form of involuntary coalition government which has proved inoperable for over a third of its existence. Northern Ireland was established in 1921 with too large a territory, incorporating too many Irish nationalists, and has proved close to ungovernable for significant parts of its history. It is to the credit of the UK that it has survived as part of the UK for a century and is likely to continue to do so indefinitely. The recent ARINS poll found that a lower proportion of Catholics in the North (40%) favoured Irish unity than Catholics in the South. For many Northern Catholics, British rule has proved a positive experience.

Brexit and Protocol can be viewed as just another turn of the screw in the difficult task of managing the unstable polity that is Northern Ireland. In this case, the UK has badly mismanaged the consequences of Brexit in Ireland, but has had to face the reality that the EU is a major economic power with initially antagonistic intent. The UK should have persisted with proposals for the fully electronic border which the EUs own advisors and even Irish customs officials agreed was possible. More recently the idea of mutual enforcement, with each jurisdiction having legally-based export controls, should have been pushed harder. The reasons for not pursuing these alternatives has been a fear of the consequences for trade and cooperation with the EU. There is little point in opponents of the protocol focussing solely on its local consequences without a consideration of the potential consequences for GB of a failure to reach an agreement with the EU.

Indeed. His conclusion

The reality now is that British public opinion wants the Protocol issue put to bed and believes that Sunak has achieved this. They welcome a normalisation of relations with the EU and even if this amounts to little in practice, they appreciate a warmer tone. An alliance between the DUP and the ERG exercised real influence as long as a Tory government remained in power, but key members of the ERG have accepted the WF, and DUP influence has thus waned.

The DUP are not now in a position to prevent the WF from being implemented and even if they were, the EU could sit and wait for a Labour Government to implement the arrangements. One advantage of a settlement on the Protocol is...
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01:23

Defense Secretary Lloyd AustinFormer Member of Raytheon Board of DirectorsHas Awarded Over $30 Billion in Contracts to Raytheon Since His Confirmation in January 2021 "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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01:22

Russian Navy to upgrade vessels with Kalibr cruise missiles "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

In total, there will be 80 attack missiles on the vessel a record number for the Russian surface fleet, according to the naval expert.

01:22

Israel kills three Lions Den fighters days after Dizengoff shooting "IndyWatch Feed War"

In the last year, Israeli forces and armed settlers have killed more than 310 Palestinians, while Palestinian attacks have killed more than 30 Israelis.

01:20

Six War Mongering Think Tanks and the Military Contractors that Fund Them "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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01:13

Crisis in Middle East and North Africa: US-UK Encroaching on Conduct of Elections in Libya. Interview with Journalist Martin Jay "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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01:12

SSD Reliability is Only Slightly Better Than HDD, Backblaze Says "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

SSD Reliability is Only Slightly Better Than HDD, Backblaze Says

upstart writes:

A surprising outcome for the first SSD-based AFR report:

Backblaze is a California-based company dealing with cloud storage and data backup services. Every year, the organization provides some interesting reliability data about the large fleet of storage units employed in its five data centers around the world.

For the first time, Backblaze's latest report on storage drive reliability is focusing on Solid State Drives (SSD) rather than HDD units alone. The company started using SSDs in the fourth quarter of 2018, employing the NAND Flash-based units as boot drives rather than data-storing drives. Backblaze uses consumer-grade drives, providing Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) information about 13 different models from five different manufacturers.

The 2022 Drive States review is based on data recorded from 2,906 SSD boot units, Backblaze states, and it is essentially confirming what the company was saying in its 2022 mid-year report. SSDs are more reliable than HDDs, Backblaze says, as they show a lower AFR rate (0.98%) compared to HDDs (1.64%).

The fact that the difference in reliability level isn't exactly staggering (0.66% AFR) is rather surprising, however, as SSDs are essentially just moving electrons through memory chips while hard drives have to deal with a complex (and failure-prone) mechanism employing spinning platters and extremely sensitive read/write magnetic heads.

The reasons behind failing drives aren't known, as only an SSD manufacturer would have the equipment needed to make a reliable diagnose. For 2022, Backblaze says that seven of the 13 drive models had no failure at all. Six of those seven models had a limited number of "drive days" (less than 10,000), the company concedes, meaning that there is not enough data to make a reliable projection about their failure rates.

An interesting tidbit about Backblaze's report is that the company hasn't used a single SSD unit made by Samsung, which is a major player in the SSD consumer market. One possible explanation is that Samsung drives aren't cheap, and Backblaze is essentially using the cheapest drives they can buy in bulk quantities.

01:08

Security updates for Tuesday "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Security updates have been issued by Debian (redis), Fedora (cairo, freetype, harfbuzz, and qt6-qtwebengine), Red Hat (kpatch-patch), SUSE (chromium, java-1_8_0-openj9, and nodejs18), and Ubuntu (chromium-browser, libxstream-java, php-twig, twig, protobuf, and python-werkzeug).

01:07

US Still Trying to Bury Collateral Murder Video That WikiLeaks Released "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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01:04

Dodge Ridge Mountain Resort, California breaks all-time season snowfall record with 654 inches of snow "IndyWatch Feed World"

This is a winter we'll all be talking about for a long time to come. Dodge Ridge Mountain Resort located near Pinecrest, CA, broke its all-time season snowfall record today on March 13 with 654 of snow this season so far.

01:04

Software supply chain attacks are on the rise are you at risk? "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Graham Cluley Security News is sponsored this week by the folks at Sysdig. Thanks to the great team there for their support! Attacks targeting the software supply chain are on the rise and splashed across the news. SolarWinds raised awareness about the risk. More recent events, like the Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agency breach, Continue reading "Software supply chain attacks are on the rise are you at risk?"

01:03

PDP, APC In Battle Of Words Over Alleged Plot To Rig Guber Election In Gombe "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Ahead of the governorship and House of Assembly elections, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) are in a war of words over an alleged plot to rig the March 18 elections in Gombe State. In its accusation, the PDP said it uncovered an orchestrated plot by the ruling APC to []

01:00

PCIe For Hackers: The Diffpair Prelude "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

PCIe, also known as PCI-Express, is a highly powerful interface. So lets see what it takes to hack on something that powerful. PCIe is be a bit intimidating at first, however it is reasonably simple to start building PCIe stuff, and the interface is quite resilient for hobbyist-level technology. There will come a time when we want to use a PCIe chip in our designs, or perhaps, make use of the PCIe connection available on a certain Compute Module, and its good to make sure that were ready for that.

PCIe is everywhere now. Every modern computer has a bunch of PCIe devices performing crucial functions, and even iPhones use PCIe internally to connect the CPU with the flash and WiFi chips. You can get all kinds of PCIe devices: Ethernet controllers, high-throughput WiFi cards, graphics, and all the cheap NVMe drives that gladly provide you with heaps of storage when connected over PCIe. If youre hacking on a laptop or a single-board computer and youd like to add a PCIe device, you can get some PCIe from one of the PCIe-carrying sockets, or just tap into an existing PCIe link if theres no socket to connect to. Its been two decades since weve started getting PCIe devices now, PCIe is on its 5.0 revision, and its clear that its here to stay.

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01:00

After New Accord, Saudis Will Watch Irans Behavior Closely "IndyWatch Feed War"

The renewal of diplomatic relations, after seven years, between Saudi Arabia and Iran, brokered by China, is cause for alarm in the West for several reasons. It shows that China is moving to replace the United States as the chief outside power in the region. China hopes for greater economic ties to the fabulously rich []

01:00

The Art of Solitude: 7 Lessons For Modern Times "IndyWatch Feed World"

March 15th, 2022 By Mateo Sol Guest writer for Wake Up World A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free. ~ A. Schopenhauer There are supposedly []

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00:58

Lets Compare Chinas Agents in Canada to Israels "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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00:52

Chinas Xi to Speak with Zelensky, Meet with Putin "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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00:51

3,000 Women Shut Down Anambra Community Over Murder Of 72-Year-Old Woman "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Commercial activities in the Umunze Community in the Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State were shut down on Tuesday when over 3, 000 women took to the streets protesting the murder of a 72-year-old woman, Mrs Charity Okoli by three suspected ritualists alleged to have been indigenes of Abakaliki in Ebony State. New []

00:50

House Democrats Attack Messengers in Politicization of Government Hearing "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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00:48

Link "IndyWatch Feed World"

Today, Lee Camp, the host of Behind the Headlines, speaks with two journalists, Taya Graham and Stephen Janis, about their ongoing show, The Police Accountability Report. Running for four years, the show is focused on shining a light on police misdeeds. Although based in Baltimore, it covers law enforcement abuse across the country. The journalists, who between them have been covering the subject for two decades, share their experiences reporting on police brutality, corruption, and the need for police reform.

Despite the lack of coverage in the corporate press, Taya notes that there is a whole subculture of cop watchers and auditors who film the police and test their first amendment rights in a public space. She grew up in Baltimore, a majority-black city, and was no stranger to police brutality. However, in her younger days, she assumed it was largely a local problem. Yet as they expanded their coverage, it became clear that this is a systemic issue across the entire United States.

Stephen adds that police corruption is a reflection of the values of the community it serves. He believes that policing only reflects the people who have the power, money, and capital to impose it on underprivileged communities. He says that when they talk about police corruption, they are really talking about the corruption of inequality in a community desiring to police itself. Stephen believes that the underlying conditions in the community the police serve do not change, and that is why police brutality is prevalent across the country.

The interview sheds light on the ongoing problem of police abuse and the need for police reform. Taya and Stephens show, The Police Accountability Report, is an important step towards taking law enforcement to task for their actions. The lack of interest from the likes of Fox News and CNN in truly scrutinizing the power of the police means Stephen and Tayas work is all the more important.

Watch the full interview exclusively at MintPress News.

Lee Camp is an American stand-up comedian, writer, actor and activist. Camp is the host of Behind The Headlines new series: The Most Censored News With Lee Camp. He is a former comedy writer for the Onion and the Huffington Post and has been a touring stand-up comic for 20 years.

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00:47

New Twitter Files Discuss State Sponsored Blacklists "IndyWatch Feed War"

According to the latest Twitter Files report, U.S. government-funded research from the State Departments Global Engagement Center (GEC) aimed at getting Twitter users banned for allegedly spreading foreign disinformation, targeted innocent Americans.
A former intelligence source described the GEC as an incubator for the domestic disinformation complex. Read More

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00:47

Oceanic Surprise: Pushing Europas Ice "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Getting Europa Clipper to its target to analyze the surface of Jupiters most interesting moon (in terms of possible life, at least) sets up a whole range of comparative studies. We have been mining data for many years from the Galileo mission and will soon be able at last! to compare its results to new images pulled in by Europa Clippers flybys. Out of this comes an interesting question recently addressed by a new paper in JGR Planets: Is Europas ice shell changing in position with time?

An answer here would establish whether we are dealing with a free-floating shell moving at a different rate than the salty ocean beneath. Computer modeling has previously suggested that the oceans effects on the shell may affect its movement, but this is evidently the first study that calculates the amount of drag involved in this scenario. Ocean flow may explain surface features Galileo revealed, with ridges and cracks as evidence of the stretching and straining effects of currents below.

Hamish Hay (University of Oxford) is lead author of the paper on this work, which was performed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory during his postdoctoral tenure there. The study reveals a net torque on the ice shell from ocean currents moving as alternating east-west jets, sometimes spinning up the shell and at other times spinning it down as convection is altered by the evolution of the moons interior. Says Hay:

Before this, it was known through laboratory experiments and modeling that heating and cooling of Europas ocean may drive currents. Now our results highlight a coupling between the ocean and the rotation of the icy shell that was never previously considered.

Thus we are forced to reconsider some old assumptions, one of them being that the primary force acting on Europas surface is the gravitational pull of Jupiter. The paper calculates that an average jet speed of at least ~1 cm s^-1 produces enough ice-ocean torque to be comparable to tidal torque. Calling these results a huge surprise, Europa Clipper project scientist Robert Pappalardo (JPL) notes that thinking about ocean circulation as the driver of surface cracks and ridges takes scientists in a new direction: [G]eologists dont usually think, Maybe its the ocean doing that.

Image: This view of Jupiter&#...

00:44

Foreign Devils on the Road to Afghanistan "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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00:42

Silicon Valley Bank crisis: The liquidity crunch we predicted has now begun and the FED is largely to blame "IndyWatch Feed World"

There has been an avalanche of information and numerous theories circulating the past few days about the fate of a bank in California know as SVB (Silicon Valley Bank). SVB was the 16th largest bank in the US until it abruptly failed and went into insolvency on March 10th. The impetus for the collapse of the bank is tied to a $2 billion liquidity loss on bond sales which caused the institution's stock value to plummet over 60%, triggering a bank run by customers fearful of losing some or most of their deposits. There are many fine articles out there covering the details of the SVB situation, but what I want to talk about more is the root of it all. The bank's shortfalls are not really the cause of the crisis, they are a symptom of a wider liquidity drought that I predicted here at Alt-Market months ago, including the timing of the event. First, though, let's discuss the core issue, which is fiscal tightening and the Federal Reserve. In my article 'The Fed's Catch-22 Taper Is A...

00:35

Report: Iran is Behind BDS Mapping Project "IndyWatch Feed War"

A new report by U.S.-based Zachor Legal Institute outlines what it says are Iranian threats against U.S. targets that include the Boston Police Department, the FBI, and other government and law enforcement agencies.
The report claims there is considerable evidence that Iranian elements may be involved in creating the Mapping Project, a website that serves to pinpoint locations of Jewish or Zionist communal spaces and organizations as well as law enforcement agencies in Massachusetts in an attempt to expose and isolate supporters of Israel. Read More

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00:29

Is the US Funding an Experiment in Digital Control in Ukraine? "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

By Marie Hawthorne Fighting between Russia and Ukraine has been going on for a little over a year now, ending the lives of hundreds of...

Is the US Funding an Experiment in Digital Control in Ukraine?

00:29

STALKER 2 hacker demands Ukrainian game developer reinstates Russian language support, or else "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

A Ukrainian video game developer has revealed that a hacker has leaked development material stolen from the company's systems, and is threatening to release tens of gigabytes more if their unorthodox ransom demands are not met.

00:28

Russias hypersonic response to latest NATO and Kiev regime escalation "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

By Drago Bosnic March 14, 2023

In the last several days, multiple sources have published information regarding the Kiev regimes usage of a number of NATO weapons and munitions, including the JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition) bombs. JDAMs are standard unguided freefall/gravity bombs (so-called dumb bombs) equipped with a guidance kit that converts them into all-weather PGMs (precision-guided munitions). Guided by an integrated inertial guidance system combined with a GPS receiver, JDAMs have a declared range of up to 30 km, although this has been extended with newer versions, such as the JDAM-ER (up to 70 km). Precisely this type was given to the Neo-Nazi junta in recent weeks, according to the US Air Force Europe (USAFE) command.

According to The War Zone, USAF General James Hecker, head of USAFE, as well as NATOs Allied Air Command and US Air Forces Africa (AFAFRICA), confirmed this during last weeks media roundtable.

Recently, weve just gotten some precision munitions [to Ukraine] that had some extended range and go a little bit further than the gravity drop bomb and has precision [guidance], Hecker said, adding: Thats a recent capability that we were able to give them probably in the last three weeks.

The exact type of the JDAM-ER provided to the Kiev regime is not entirely clear, although General Hecker himself used the designation GBU-62. The original weapon is used exclusively in naval warfare, but this one seems to have been modified for use against ground targets. And while its not entirely clear what platform the Neo-Nazi junta forces are using to deploy these weapons, General Hecker hinted that they were most likely integrated on existing Soviet-era jets in the same way as the US-made AGM-88 HARM (High-speed Anti-Radiation Missiles). Since last year, HARMs have been used by the Kiev regime forces MiG-29 and Su-27 fighter jets to target Russian air defenses. Its very likely that this is the case, although its not impossible that the Su-24 and even Su-25 jets could be used for this purpose.

Local sources have reported the use of JDAMs on March 10, specifically in the vicinity of Bakhmut (Artyomovsk). It should be noted that such weapons require extensive ISR (intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance) assets, which the Kiev regime simply doesnt have. This only leaves NATO as the side directly providing targeting data. And while this is nothing new,...

00:27

Controversy over claims of room temperature superconductors "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

Superconductivity is the phenomenon where the resistance to current flow in a material drops to zero. This means that there will be no loss of energy due to heat generation when current flows through the superconductor. Since resistive heat losses are one of the main limitations associated with any current-generated devices, superconductors open up enormous possibilities for technology that could revolutionize our lives. Unfortunately this phenomenon, first discovered by Heike Kamerlingh Onnes in 1911, only seemed to work at extremely low temperatures close to absolute zero that required cooling with liquid helium, making it impractical for everyday use.

Creating materials that would be superconducting at room temperatures became the Holy Grail of this area of research and a big breakthrough came in 1986 when materials were found that were superconducting at around 90K (-183C) which could be reached using liquid nitrogen. Even higher temperature superconducting materials at about 203K (-77C) have been found but that required enormous pressures, of about 10⁶ times atmospheric pressure.

Recent papers by a research team headed by Ranga Dias and Ahskan Salamat at the University of Rochester have claimed that they have found materials that are superconducting at temperature of 294K (17C) and at a pressure of 10 kbar or ten times atmospheric pressure. This is big news.

This article explains what was found.

The only superconducting materials previously discovered require extreme conditions to function, which makes them impractical for many real-world applications. The first known superconductors had to be cooled with liquid helium to temperatures only a few degrees above absolute zero. In the 1980s researchers found superconductivity in a category of materials called cuprates, which work at higher temperatures yet still require cooling with liquid nitrogen. Since 2015 scientists have measured room-temperature superconductive behavior in hydrogen-rich materials called hydrides. but they have to be pressed in a sophisticated viselike instrument called a diamond anvil cell until they reach a pressure of about a quarter to half of that found near the center of Earth.

The new material, called nitrogen-doped lutetium hydride, is a blend of hydrogen, the rare-earth metal lutetium and nitrogen. Although this material also relies on a diamond anvil cell, the study found that it begins exhibiting superconductive behavior at a pressure of about 10,000 atmospheresroughly 100 times lower than the pressures that other hydrides require. The new material is much closer to ambient pressure than previous materials, says David Ceperley, a condensed matter physicist at University of Ill...
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00:27

Homes in Flood Zones Are Overvalued By Billions, Study Finds "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

Failure to account for climate change means low-income homeowners could see their home values plunge.

By Zoya Teirstein

American homes in flood zones are overvalued by hundreds of billions of dollars, according to a study published in February in the journal Nature Climate Change. Low-income homeowners in states controlled by Republicans are especially at risk of seeing their home values deflate as global warming accelerates.

Flooding is a costly and deadly natural hazard across the United States. For decades, the Federal Emergency Management Agency offered flood insurance at discounted rates, incentivizing developers to build houses in flood-prone areas. The agencys flood maps are also notoriously outdated. That has led to a dangerous situation for homeowners as they grapple with year after year of debilitating floods.

The study, published by a group of academic, nonprofit, and government organizations that include the Environmental Defense Fund and the Federal Reserve, revealed that homes in flood zones are overvalued by as much as $237 billion.

The researchers found that coastal property owners and homeowners in states that have inadequate or nonexistent flood disclosure laws, such as Florida, where there are no disclosure laws and homes are overvalued by $50 billion, were particularly vulnerable to overvaluation. They also found that a large share of overvalued homes are in areas that FEMA says arent currently at significant risk of flooding, a signal that flood maps need updating. The studys authors told Grist that states need to gauge and clearly communicate flood risk to homeowners regardless of whether their home is located in one of the agencys special flood hazard areas, where flood insurance is mandatory for most mortgages.

According to the study, low-income homeowners could see up to 10 percent of their market value disappear in coming years, a blow for those least able to withstand one. What we find is that lower-income households are more exposed to risk of price deflation in the housing market, Jesse Gourevitch, a fellow at the Environmental Defense Fund and a co-author of the study, told Grist. If that bubble were to burst those households could be at risk of losing home equity.

The fallout from climate-fueled flood risk extends beyond individual homeowners to their larger communities. The study showed that cities in no...

00:25

The Israel Prison Service is delaying life-saving medical treatment to Abdul-Razeq Farraj "IndyWatch Feed War"

Abdul-Razeq Farraj's treatment for a malignant tumor is being delayed by the Israel Prison Services part of a broader systematic Israeli policy of medical negligence of Palestinian prisoners.

00:25

Confucius Institute in Alabama Closes "IndyWatch Feed War"

Troy University in Alabama has closed its Confucius Institute and ended the agreement with its sponsoring institution in China, a month after the universitys board of trustees voted to shutter the center.
Confucius Institutes are under the supervision of the Chinese Communist Party and are a key component to Chinas influence campaigns at American Universities. Read More
For more information on this topic, see Clarion Projects documentary exposing massive foreign influence on U.S. universities.

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00:24

How Will The World End? "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

End of World Scenarios what are they? what is likely and what is not?

Posted on Big Think, direct link at.

Posted on Big Think.

00:24

I appreciate a short, simple summary of the current banking chaos "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

Im not a money person, so I like an 8-minute description of whats going on this week. Let me know if any of this is wrong!

When will we learn that big money needs to be more tightly regulated, not less, and that the advocates for deregulation are worse than bank robbers?

00:23

Joel Greshock VP, Oncology, Data Science & Digital Health "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

<img src= "https://lifeboat.com/blog.images/joel-greshock-vp-oncology-data-science-digital-health-janssen-research-development2.jpg" style="display: none;"> Driving Toward the Elimination of Cancer Joel Greshock VP, Oncology, Data Science & Digital Health, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson.

Joel Greshock is VP, Oncology, Data Science & Digital Health, Janssen Research & Development (https://www.janssen.com/oncology/leadership-team). In this position, he is responsible for creating unique and actionable medical insights using large and increasingly available datasets. The focus of this research includes discovering novel therapeutic targets, identifying areas of unmet medical need, and enhancing clinical trial recruitment and execution.

Prior to joining Janssen R&D, Joel served as Vice President of Bioinformatics at Neon Therapeutics, Inc., where he built and managed the Data Sciences organization. At Neon, he was responsible for the design and deployment of personalized cancer therapies now under clinical evaluation. Prior to joining Neon, Joel served as Head of Oncology Translational Informatics for Novartis, where he was responsible for the correlation of patient outcomes with molecular biomarkers, identification of mechanisms of clinical resistance and computational research for assets approaching or being evaluated in early phases of development. Before joining Novartis, Joel assumed numerous roles for GlaxoSmithKline Oncology, which included Head of Bioinformatics. Earlier in his career, Joel was a Data Analyst at Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute at the University of Pennsylvania, where he built early generation microarray platforms and developed widely used predictive models for cancer predisposition mutations. Joel holds a Bachelor of Science in Comprehensive Science and a Master of Science in Biology/Biostatistics, both from Villanova University. He also completed studies at the University of Pennsylvania and Temple University in Statistics and Computer Science. <div style="clear: both;"><a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMFAJ1-0q-A">Read more</a></div>

00:22

An AI Learned to Play Atari 6,000 Times Faster "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

We dont learn by brute force repetition. AI shouldnt either.

Despite impressive progress, todays AI models are very inefficient learners, taking huge amounts of time and data to solve problems humans pick up almost instantaneously. A new approach could drastically speed things up by getting AI to read instruction manuals before attempting a challenge.

One of the most promising approaches to creating AI that can solve a diverse range of problems is reinforcement learning, which involves setting a goal and rewarding the AI for taking actions that work towards that goal. This is the approach behind most of the major breakthroughs in game-playing AI, such as DeepMinds AlphaGo.

As powerful as the technique is, it essentially relies on trial and error to find an effective strategy. This means these algorithms can spend the equivalent of several years blundering through video and board games until they hit on a winning formula.

00:21

10,000 Dutch Farmers Protest Govts Crippling Nitrogen Emissions Target In The Hague "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

By Thomas Brooke Protesters claim the Dutch government is lying about the extent of the emissions problem in order to grab privately owned land Thousands...

10,000 Dutch Farmers Protest Govts Crippling Nitrogen Emissions Target In The Hague

00:21

"IndyWatch Feed World" "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Adults and children in a room of a library with bookshelves, an orange light in the ceiling and an orange wall.

The Adams Street Library in Dumbo, Brooklyn, has a childrens space with hues reminiscent of a Creamsicle. Justin Kaneps for The New York Times

The name Michael Kimmelman is rare in these pages, but in covering one of our favorite topics he gets our full attention again today:

As New York Weighs Library Cuts, Three New Branches Show Their Value

Facing a giant budget deficit, Mayor Eric Adams proposed cuts to New York libraries. But they play an outsize role in the city, offering services and safety.

The childrens room at the Macombs Bridge branch in Upper Manhattan; below, the entrance and canopy outside refer to the original landmarked architecture. Justin Kaneps for The New York Times Image

A city is only as good as its public spaces. The Covid-19 pandemic was another reminder: For quarantined New Yorkers, parks, outdoor dining sheds and reopened libraries became lifelines.

But now Mayor Eric Adams wants to slash funds for parks (...

00:13

Why is Emi lokan afraid of Awa lokan in Lagos? "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Someone staked his claim to the presidency of Nigeria with the audacious slogan of Emi Lokan (it is my turn). And he seems to have got it using the Hausa/Fulani/ Kanuri alliance to drive his claim. The real owners of Lagos are on the street now demanding their right to rule themselves. They seem to []

00:12

Middle School Students Arrested Over Threat "IndyWatch Feed War"

An 11-year-old was arrested and a 12-year-old was cited after a text message about taking a gun to Cascade Junior High School in Turner, Ore., was sent to police.
Authorities said no weapons were found in the boys possession. Both children were booked for 2nd-degree disorderly conduct. Read More

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00:11

Withdraw From Syria Should Have Been a Slam Dunk "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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00:10

Protest at the White House, March 18, Against US Proxy War In Ukraine "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

By John V. Walsh On March 18 protesters will gather at the White House to call for an end to Joe Bidens cruel proxy war....

Protest at the White House, March 18, Against US Proxy War In Ukraine

00:08

Why would Tim White and UC Berkeley hoard old bones? "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

I organize spiders better than this

Berkeley has a bit of an unsavory reputation as the premiere grave-robbing institution in the US. Theyve got an impressive collection of looted remains.

More than three decades ago, Congress ordered museums, universities and government agencies that receive federal funding to publicly report any human remains in their collections that they believed to be Native American and then return them to tribal nations.

UC Berkeley has been slow to do so. The university estimates that it still holds the remains of 9,000 Indigenous people in the campus Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology more than any other U.S. institution bound by the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, or NAGPRA, according to a ProPublica analysis of federal data.

Tim White, the esteemed anthropologist, was in charge of repatriation decisions for many years, and basically stonewalled the process.

White said the collection did not need to be reported under NAGPRA because there is no way to determine the origin of the bones and therefore the law does not apply.

The collection has exposed deep rifts at UC Berkeley, pitting a prominent professor who said hes done nothing wrong against university administrators who have apologized to tribes for not sharing information about the remains sooner.

Im looking at this as someone who is sympathetic to both educational and research needs, and I have to ask: why do you want these old bones anyway, Berkeley? Theyre used to teach anthropology students, and I can understand why you want variations represented one old mounted skeleton is not enough but why do you need thousands of specimens for teaching the basics, and why do you need Native American skeletons shoveled out of their graves by the thousands? This makes no sense. Its more like maintaining a dragons hoard then an actual, useful teaching collection. Thats especially clear when the collection is described.

By then, the teaching collection that anthropology professors used had grown to thousands of bones and teeth that White said in his report to university administrators had been commingled with others donated by amateur gravediggers, dentists, anatomists, physicians, law enforcement and biological supply companies.

The remains were unceremoniously sorted by body part...

00:08

How U.S. Military Spending Works "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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00:08

The Urbanity of Evil: 20 Years After the Invasion of Iraq "IndyWatch Feed War"

By Norman Solomon, World BEYOND War, March 14, 2023

Vast quantities of lies from top U.S. government officials led up to the Iraq invasion. Now, marking its 20th anniversary, the same media outlets that eagerly boosted those lies are offering retrospectives. Dont expect them to shed light on the most difficult truths, including their own complicity in pushing for war.

What propelled the United States to start the war on Iraq in March 2003 were dynamics of media and politics that are still very much with us today.

Soon after 9/11, one of the rhetorical whips brandished by President George W. Bush was an unequivocal assertion while speaking to a joint session of Congress on Sept. 20, 2001: Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists. Thrown down, that gauntlet received adulation and scant criticism in the United States. Mainstream media and members of Congress were almost all enthralled with a Manichean worldview that has evolved and persisted.

Our cu...

00:04

Storm Freddy kills more than 100 on return to Mozambique, Malawi "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Mozambique and Malawi on Monday were counting the cost of Tropical Storm Freddy, which killed more than 100 people, injured scores and left a trail of destruction as it ripped through southern Africa for the second time in a month over the weekend. Freddy is one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the southern hemisphere and could be the longest-lasting tropical cyclone, according to the World Meteorological Organization. It pummelled central Mozambique on Saturday, ripping roofs off buildings and bringing widespread flooding around the port of Quelimane, before moving inland towards Malawi with torrential rains that caused landslides.

00:01

2 Arrested for Threat Against North Carolina High School "IndyWatch Feed War"

Miriam Angel-Hernandez, 18, and a juvenile were arrested in connection to a threat made against Maiden High School in North Carolina.
The two individuals are both facing a felony charge of communicating a threat of mass violence on educational property. Read More

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00:00

Cultural heritage is an essential resource for climate change science, reports say "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

Many of the people archaeologist Dulma Karunarathna interviews in rural Sri Lanka have never been interviewed before. And many of them, representing a variety of religions and languages, tell her of the mee tree (Madhuca longifolia). The trees roots balance water levels and share underground nutrients with rice fields. Its flowers, seeds and bark can be used to treat surface wounds, and its leaves provides shade for farmers watch huts to avoid wild animals at night while they exchange call-and-response pel kavi songs across their fields. But most importantly, its nectar attracts bats, which deposit their droppings across the rice fields. For locals, the trees offer a cheap alternative or supplement to nitrogen synthetic fertilizers and improve their resilience to disaster. For this reason, the mee tree is often called the fertilizer tree. Many of Karunarathnas interviewees are elderly, and some face a worrying epidemic of unidentified kidney disease that some researchers link with agrochemicals and heavy metals in drinking water. After an Indigenous doctor who she interviewed died recently, Karunarathna was in shock. That was his first and last interview, she tells Mongabay. An Indigenous man in Peru. Image by Rhett A. Butler. Karunarathnas work to highlight traditional ecological knowledge crystallizes what climate scientists have increasingly begun publishing. Indigenous people and local communities (IPLCs) who benefit from centuries of knowledge by working closely with the land often interact with their environment in ways that reveal profound innovations and ecological tools that can benefit climate resilience and mitigation initiatives. At theThis article was originally published on Mongabay

00:00

Somalia: Jihadis open fire at busy cafe, murder five people, injure three others, cops search for motive "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Make ready for them all that you can of force and of warhorses, so that by them you may strike terror in the enemy of Allah and your enemy (Quran 8:60) The Mogadishu police are picking up that searching for motive business from their counterparts in the West. Five killed, 3 hurt in a shooting []

00:00

Power Transformer Shortage is Wreaking Havoc in the U.S. "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

DOE and Commerce also warned that transformer supply is a national security issue even without the added pressure of a clean energy transition.

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Odesa and World Heritage Politics "IndyWatch Feed World"

The Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage (The World Heritage Convention) entered into force in 1975. The world heritage regime, in effect, produces the shared heritage of humanity. States use their right, as set by the Convention, to nominate sites within their borders; the files accompanying the nomination make the case for the sites outstanding universal value. The relevant Advisory Bodyfor cultural heritage sites, the International Council of Museums and Sites (ICOMOS) evaluates the site and its file. The intergovernmental World Heritage Committee, composed of twenty-one rotating members, discusses the site, the file, and the ICOMOS recommendation during its annual meeting; it makes the final decision on additions to the World Heritage List.

The Convention requires the World Heritage Committee to meet annually to take the regimes implementing decisions. The Russian Federation was supposed to host last years meeting during June. But Russias war on Ukraine led to strong pressures for a change in location; in the end, the session was indefinitely postponed.

In October 2022, Ukrainian President Zelensky officially nominated the Historic Centre of Odesa for inscription on the World Heritage List. He did so under the emergency procedure for sites facing immediate danger. Thus, if the nomination succeeded Odesa would also be placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger, which designates sites for which major operations are necessary and for which assistance has been requested under the Convention.

To fulfill its obligations under the Convention, the Committee held an extraordinary session at UNESCOs Paris headquarters in December 2022. During this meeting, the Committee decided to convene a second extraordinary session in January 2023.

The agenda for the January 2023 meeting had three substantive items; the third item read any other matter. Italy, Belgium, Japan, Greece and Bulgaria advanced Odesas nomination by placing the evaluation of nominations to be processed on an emergency basis under that third item.

The Russian Federation responded with a series of procedural moves aimed at preventing the nomination from moving forward. The debate grew heated enough for the Saudi Arabian chair of the meeting to make m...

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23:56

What You Need to Know to Create a Winning Hybrid Workplace "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

By Owais Sultan

The global epidemic prompted enterprises to operationalize their businesses by switching to remote work. According to numerous surveys,

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23:55

Fedora 38 Beta Released With Many Exciting Updates "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

The beta of Fedora 38 is out and on-time this morning for those wanting to test this latest major update to Fedora Linux...

23:55

NEDC Has Done Well Within Budgetary Allocation Release Group "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

A pressure group, North East Progressive Youth Forum, has commended the leadership of the North East Development Commission (NEDC), stating that the commission has done well within the budgetary allocation released to them. The group stated this in defense of the Commission and the leadership on the allegations of mismanagement of resources. The group, in []

23:53

Boy dies after stray dog's attack in Jordan "IndyWatch Feed World"

A 12-year-old boy died of a dog bite in Amman a few weeks ago. The child's family said that their son was bitten by a dog in the head around 25 days ago in the Qweismeh area, east of the capital, Amman. In a previous statement, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Local Administration Tawfiq Krishan said that the rising issue of stray dogs will be solved in coordination with administrative governors and mayors. Notably, Jordan has seen a rise in stray dogs' attacks during the past few months which caused great controversy regarding the manner in which the issue should be solved.

23:52

With AUKUS, Australia Has Wedded Itself to a Risky US Policy on China And Turned a Deaf Ear to the Region "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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23:50

Moveable Multipolarity in Moscow: Ridin the Newcoin Train "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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23:50

Five-year-old child dies in stray dog attack in Telangana, India "IndyWatch Feed World"

In yet another incident of a stray dog attack in Telangana, a five-year-old child died on Sunday. Though he was rushed to hospital, he succumbed to the injuries. As per the details of the incident that took place in Khammam district, Telangana, the child Banoth Bharath become a victim of a stray dog attack when he was playing with his friends on Sunday evening. Despite the efforts of his parents, B Ravinder and Sandhya, Bharath sustained severe injuries before being taken to a private hospital in Khammam. Doctors advised shifting him to NIMS in Hyderabad, but the child passed away en route near Suryapet, Telangana. The grieving parents of the child have returned to Putani thanda of Raghunathapalem Mandal, Khammam, and performed the last rites on Monday.

23:49

Apple: Forced Labor in India with Foxconn. Hourly Wage 88 Cents "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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23:48

Interfering in Elections? Israel Uses High-technology to Influence Results "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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23:46

Blood Does Not Wash Away Blood "IndyWatch Feed War"

By Kathy Kelly, World BEYOND War, March 14, 2023

The extraordinary March 10, 2023 announcement that Chinas top diplomat, Mr. Wang Yi, helped broker a rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran suggests that major powers can benefit from believing that, as Albert Camus once put it, words are more powerful than munitions.

This concept was also acknowledged by General Mark Milley, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff who said on January 20^th, 2023, that he believes Russias war in Ukraine will conclude with negotiations rather than on the battlefield. In November of 2022, asked about prospects for diplomacy in Ukraine, Milley noted that the early refusal to negotiate in World War One compounded human suffering and led to millions more casualties.

So when theres an opportunity to negotiate, when peace can be achieved seize the moment, Milley told the Economic Club of New York.

Twenty years ago, in Baghdad, I shared quarters with Iraqis and internationals in a small hotel, the Al-Fanar, which had been home base for numerous Voices in the Wilderness delegations acting in open defiance of the economic sanctions against Iraq. U.S. government officials charged us as criminals for delivering medicines to Iraqi hospitals. In response, we told them we understood the penalties they threatened us with (twelve years in prison and a $1 million fine), but we couldnt be governed by unjust laws primarily punishing children. And we invited...

23:39

History: The Three Partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. 1772, 1793 and 1795 "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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23:38

NDIGBO AS ENDANGERED SPECIES: THE LAGOS STATE EXAMPLE "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

A foremost Nigerian novelist, Professor Chinua Achebe once said: I have written in my small book entitled The Trouble with Nigeria that Nigerians will probably achieve consensus on no other matter than their common resentment of the Igbo. Ndigbo have gone through a lot and still go through a lot in Nigeria since the foundation []

23:37

The CO2 Narrative: The Truth About Net Zero: A Diabolical Agenda Sold as a Saviour Formula "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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23:37

Meteor fireball over Connecticut and nearby states on March 12 "IndyWatch Feed World"

We received 103 reports about a fireball seen over CT, DE, MA, MD, NH, NY, PA, RI and VT on Sunday, March 12th 2023 around 01:01 UT. For this event, we received one video and one photo.

23:32

Alberta, Canada Is Now Giving COVID-19 Vaccines to Minors Without Parental Consent. Doctors Are Now a Hazard to Your Childs Health "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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23:30

The Warring Peace: The AUKUS Submarine Announcement "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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23:29

Militarizing the Police. Activist Had Hands Up When Killed by Georgia Police? "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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23:25

Nigerian brothers paid $3,500 by US actor to attack him break their silence "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

The brothers paid by actor Jussie Smollett to carry out a staged attack on him have broken their silence in a bombshell interview set to air days after the Empire star sought to clear his name by appealing a guilty verdict arrived in 2021. Smollett paid Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo $3,500 to stage the January []

23:24

Lightning kills 2 football players in western Kenya "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Local media reports say two football players died after being struck by lightning while playing a match in Kisii county in western Kenya. Two other players were taken to the hospital for emergency treatment after they got injuries during the tournament over the weekend. A football federation official (Evans Akang'a - chairman of the Kitutu Chache North Football Kenya Federation) was quoted by the Daily Nation saying the teams were playing a friendly match when it started raining. Akang'a said, "it is quite unfortunate that they lost their lives while playing a game that they loved most. As federation officials, we send our condolences to the affected families." Akang'a urged the authorities to install lightning arrestors on public buildings including schools and churches to reduce the occurrence of such incidents.

23:16

6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes eastern Papua New Guinea "IndyWatch Feed World"

An earthquake measuring 6.3 magnitude on the Richter scale has struck eastern Papua New Guinea. The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said that the epicentre of the earthquake occurred at a depth of 211 km, 456 km northwest of the capital, Port Moresby. There were no reports of casualties or material damage due to the earthquake. Papua New Guinea is located along the Pacific Ring of Fire, a region that extends along the coasts of the Pacific Ocean, and is characterised by high activity of earthquakes and volcanoes. The last earthquake struck northwest of the Kimbe town in Papua New Guinea on Mar 1, with a magnitude of 6.5 without causing material damage or human losses.

23:11

Todays weather forecast "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

Enjoy this.

Susan Hassol and Michael Mann say, Enjoy the weather. Worry about the climate.. No. I refuse to enjoy this weather. Warm in Minnesota means hovering around freezing, and weve got deep piles of snow everywhere, and another storm on the way thatll dump more snow on us. Im not looking forward to what other parts of the country call Spring, because for us itll be the time everything melts producing seas of mud and slush, with sheets of ice lurking underneath. Theres nothing enjoyable about this season.

Its going to get worse before it gets better is my feeling.

This week sees a meteorological battleground setting up across the continental U.S., pitting a massive winter storm from the West against far-too-early Spring heat in the East. This major winter storm is dumping heavy snow and ice across the northern U.S. from the West Coast to the Northeast. Widespread very strong, gusty winds are expected across the West and High Plains while heavy rain with the potential for flash floods and severe weather are predicted for the Midwest and Plains. Meanwhile, historic heat is building across the Southeast and mid-Atlantic states, with record-breaking February temperatures soaring into the 80s. Almost the entire country is experiencing some form of extreme weather this week.

Its miserable here in the upper Midwest, so dont try to tell me to enjoy the weather, which has been nothing but bad news all winter long. Maybe theres good news about the climate?

The good news is that clean energy and other climate solutions are abundant and available. Although there is much work that remains to be done, recent U.S. legislation makes it increasingly profitable to tap into natural flows of renewable energy, such as from the sun and the wind, and to use that clean electricity to power our buildings, transportation and more. We do not have to simply accept an ever-worsening torrent of tempestuous weather. We can act with urgency to rein in the climate emergency and remake our civilization into one that respects the gift of a stable climate we inherited one that we can pass on to our children.

What, thats the good news? We can hope that the US government acts with urgency to switch to clean renewable energy sources? Right. Or we can pray that a host of fairies shows up with magic w...

23:11

Christian Nationalism Isnt Cultural Coercion, Its A Moral Imperative "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

For motivation and courage in your public faith, read Stephen Wolfe's book, 'The Case for Christian Nationalism.'

23:09

The Truth About Net Zero A Diabolical Agenda Sold as a Saviour Formula "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

By Julian Rose Net Zero, what does it mean? Does anyone know? Who dreamt up this slogan? Put together, these two words dont actually have...

The Truth About Net Zero A Diabolical Agenda Sold as a Saviour Formula

23:02

GoBruteforcer: New Golang-Based Malware Breaches Web Servers Via Brute-Force Attacks "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

A new Golang-based malware dubbed GoBruteforcer has been found targeting web servers running phpMyAdmin, MySQL, FTP, and Postgres to corral the devices into a botnet. "GoBruteforcer chose a Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) block for scanning the network during the attack, and it targeted all IP addresses within that CIDR range," Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers said. "The threat actor

23:01

Lebanese lira reaches record low of 100,000 to the dollar "IndyWatch Feed War"

Lebanese lira reaches record low of 100,000 to the dollar

Largest bill in circulation in Lebanon plummets from pre-crisis rate of $66 to $1 on the black market, as banks continue indefinite strike

MEE staff Tue, 03/14/2023 - 12:01

In this file photo taken on 19 January 2023, two women exchange a one US dollar bill against a 50 thousand Lebanese lira banknote, in Beirut (AFP)

Two women exchange a one US dollar bill for a 50,000 Lebanese lira banknote, in Beirut on 19 January 2023 (AFP)

The Lebanese lira has plummeted to a new historic low, trading at 100,000 against the US dollar on the black market.

While the currency is still officially pegged at 15,000 liras to the dollar by Lebanons central bank, private dealers reported a new record low in the shadow economy on Tuesday.

This means that Lebanons largest bill in circulation is worth just $1, a staggering decline from $66 before the financial crisis hit in 2019 when the lira was traded at 1,507 to the dollar.

The Lebanese currency is the worst performing in the world this year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Lebanese banks have imposed strict restrictions on withdrawals for several months, leading to public outrage and even armed raids by depositors.

Lebanon's 'zombie' banks are broke, but no one wants to admit it

...

23:00

Syria: Muslims murder three truffle hunters, kidnap 26 others "IndyWatch Feed War"

Why the truffle hunters are being targeted remains unclear. It could be because the hunting involves dogs, which are unclean in Islam, although an exception is made in the relevant hadith for hunting dogs: Ibn Mughaffal reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) ordered killing of the dogs, and then said: What []

22:52

The Silicon Valley Bank Bailout Is The Latest Reason The Uniparty Needs To Go "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

The politically connected received immediate relief, and everyone else is left to deal with the incoming wave of economic instability.

22:52

The Prolificacy of LockBit Ransomware "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Today, the LockBit ransomware is the most active and successful cybercrime organization in the world. Attributed to a Russian Threat Actor, LockBit has stepped out from the shadows of the Conti ransomware group, who were disbanded in early 2022. LockBit ransomware was first discovered in September 2019 and was previously known as ABCD ransomware because of the ".abcd virus" extension first

22:50

Advanced actor targets Fortinet FortiOS in attacks on govt entities "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

An unknown threat actor is targeting Government entities and large organizations by exploiting a security flaw in Fortinet FortiOS.

Fortinet researchers are warning of an advanced threat actor and is targeting governmental or government-related entities.

The unknown threat actor is exploiting a vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS software, tracked as CVE-2022-41328, that may allow a privileged attacker to read and write arbitrary files via crafted CLI commands.

The CVE-2022-41328 vulnerability (CVSS score: 6.5) is a path traversal issue in FortiOS can can result in arbitrary code execution.

A improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory vulnerability (path traversal) [CWE-22] in FortiOS may allow a privileged attacker to read and write arbitrary files via crafted CLI commands. reads the advisory published by Fortinet.

The vulnerability impacts FortiOS versions 6.0, 6.2, 6.4.0 through 6.4.11, 7.0.0 through 7.0.9, and 7.2.0 through 7.2.3. The company addressed the vulnerability with the release of versions 6.4.12, 7.0.10, and 7.2.4 respectively.

Fortinet launched an investigation into the attacks after the FortiGate devices of one customer suddenly halted and failed to reboot. The devices halted displaying the following error message:

System enters error-mode due to FIPS error: Firmware Integrity self-test failed

The failure of the integrity test blocks the re-boot of the device to protect the integrity of the network.

The researchers discovered that the attackers modified the /sbin/init folder in the firmware image, they noticed the presence of a new file /bin/fgfm. The modification aims at providing a persistent access to the attacker.

The modification to /sbin/init ensures that /bin/fgfm, which may provide an attacker with persistent access and control, runs before proceeding with regular boot-up actions. reads the analysis published by Fortinet.

Upon executing the fgfm malware, it contacts a remote server (C2) and awaits for commands to execute.

The malicious code can perform various actions depending on the commands it receives from the C&C server, including exit program, exfiltrate data, download/write files, establish a remote shell.

The security firm pointed out that the exploit requires a deep understanding of FortiOS and the underlying hardware, a circumstance that suggests t...

22:45

Two Native Hawaiian Men Sentenced for Racially Motivated Attack "IndyWatch Feed War"

Two men from the Hawaiian island of Maui were sentenced for their racially motivated attack on a white man who was attempting to move into their neighborhood of Kahakuloa.
Kaulana Alo-Kaonohi, 33, was sentenced to 78 months in prison. Levi Aki Jr., 33, was sentenced to 50 months in prison. Read More

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22:45

PODCAST Unlocking The Doors Of Perception With David Parker "IndyWatch Feed World"

David Parker joins me for a chat on the podcast tonight 14/03/23 to discuss his latest work and to break down the nature of reality and why we are really here. Read More

22:43

CISA warns CI operators about vulnerabilities on their networks exploited by ransomware gangs "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Organizations in critical infrastructure sectors whose information systems contain security vulnerabilities associated with ransomware attacks are being notified by the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and urged to implement a fix. A pilot program to strengthen critical infrastructure against ransomware CISA leverages multiple open-source and internal tools to research and detect vulnerabilities within U.S. critical infrastructure, the agency explained in the formal announcement of its Ransomware Vulnerability Warning Pilot (RVWP). CISA additionally leverages More

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22:43

Security issue in Hotspot elevate_perf_privileges.sh (CVE-2023-28144) "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Posted by Matthias Gerstner on Mar 14

Hello list,

this report is about a possible security vulnerability I found in the Hotspot
[1] project.

An openSUSE packager for hotspot requested a review of a Hotspot update to
and Polkit
authentication. During the review I found a vulnerability in the helper script
`elevate_perf_privileges.sh` that is likely not exploitable by default, but
could easily become a local root...

22:41

China and US clash over Uyghurs at UN Islamophobia event "IndyWatch Feed War"

China and US clash over Uyghurs at UN Islamophobia event

US accuses China of 'genocide' ahead of UN's first International Day to Combat Islamophobia - which has been co-sponsored with Muslim nations by Beijing

Simon Hooper Tue, 03/14/2023 - 11:41

Linda Thomas-Greenfield said the US had formally recognised that Muslims are increasingly subject to discrimination and violence (UNTV)

China has accused the US of abusing a United Nations event to mark an international day against Islamophobia after the American ambassador in New York used it to draw attention to Beijings persecution of its Uyghur minority.

In a special event at the General Assembly on Friday, the Chinese ambassador to the UN also accused the US of seeking to sow discord between China and Muslim nations.

The event was being held ahead of the first International Day to Combat Islamophobia on Wednesday, which the General Assembly last year voted to observe annually on 15 March, the anniversary of the 2019 attack on two mosques in New Zealand which left 51 people dead.

'The Chinese government has committed genocide and crimes against humanity against the predominantly Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang'

- Linda Thomas-Greenfield, US ambassador to UN

Speaking at the event, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US ambassador to the UN, said that the US had formally recognised that Muslims are increasingly subject to discrimination and violence, and cited the treatment of the Uyghurs in China and the Rohingya in Myanmar.

Thomas-Greenfield said: We have also determined that the Chinese government has committed genocide and crimes against humanity against the pred...

22:39

Governments Reckless Monetary And Fiscal Policies Led To Silicon Valley Banks Failure "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

SVB invested too much of its capital in U.S. government-backed bonds and then became a victim of the governments irresponsible policies.

22:38

EMA lsst 1.7 Millionen Nebenwirkungen und 22.000 Tote aus Eudravigilance streichen "IndyWatch Feed World"

https://report24.news/ema-laesst-1-7-millionen-nebenwirkungen-und-22-000-tote-aus-eudravigilance-streichen/

22:38

Re: sox: patches for old vulnerabilities "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Posted by Helmut Grohne on Mar 14

The original fix for this issue would cause a regression. After applying
it, sox would be unable to decode WAV GSM files. This has been reported
as https://bugs.debian.org/1032082. I am attaching an updated patch that
fixes this regression. It is meant to replace the previous patch. The
updated patch includes a regression test case to avoid repeating the
mistake.

I see that most distributions (e.g. RedHat, SUSE, Gentoo, etc.) have not
picked up...

22:38

Trkiye earthquake: Lack of healthcare leaves pregnant women living in fear "IndyWatch Feed Politics.eu"

Pregnant women, mothers and children are among the most vulnerable earthquake victims in Trkiye. But access to health care is sparse

22:38

Most Hate Crime Charges in NYC Get Dropped Before Conviction "IndyWatch Feed War"

According to data from the NY Division of Criminal Justice Services, only 15 percent of hate crime arrests between 2015 and 202 resulted in a hate crime conviction.
According to Brooklyn District attorney, Eric Gonzales, the low conviction rate is due to the challenge of proving a defendants motivation.
A hate crime conviction lengthens the range of potential sentencing by several years. Read More

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22:36

Geschichtsrevisionismus: Er ist wieder da "IndyWatch Feed World"

https://overton-magazin.de/kolumnen/kohlhaas-unchained/geschichtsrevisionismus-er-ist-wieder-da/

22:34

FBI reveals that more money is lost to investment fraud than ransomware and business email compromise combined "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

The latest annual FBI report on the state of cybercrime has shown a massive increase in the amount of money stolen through investment scams. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

22:34

True Story About Human and Elephant Friendship Wins Historic Oscar "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

Amidst the glitz and glamor of the Oscars Sunday night came a surprisingly earnest reminder of the importance of protecting the natural world and Indigenous rights.

This reminder came when The Elephant Whisperers, a moving true story about the relationship between an Indigenous Indian couple and two orphaned elephants, won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short.

I stand here today to speak for the sacred bond between us and our natural world, for the respect of Indigenous communities and empathy towards other living beings we share space with and finally, coexistence, the films director Kartiki Gonsalves said as she accepted the award.

The Oscar for Best Documentary Short Film goes to 'The Elephant Whisperers' #Oscars #Oscars95 pic.twitter.com/jLG0aqAg3j
The Academy (@TheAcademy) March 13, 2023

The film, which marks Gonsalvess directorial debut, tells the story of what happened when a family from the Tamil Nadus Mudumalai Tiger Reserve adopted two orphaned Asian elephants, according to The Indian Express. However, while the film is a career first for Gonsalves, her love of the natural world was instilled in her from a young age.

My family explored streams and beaches, natural history museums and aquariums. My parents would bundle us up my sister and I and would take us out to state parks and camping sites, she told NPR.

22:33

The Making and Unmaking of Whiteness in the Balkans "IndyWatch Feed World"

Piro Rexhepis book White Enclosures: Racial Capitalism and Coloniality along the Balkan Route (Duke University Press 2022) is a refreshing study that goes beyond current global queerphobic and racist tendencies and focuses on largely overlooked Bosnian, Albanian, and Roma Muslim lived experiences.

In 2015, Balkan route became a buzzword for war refugees predominantly from Syria who set out on the deadly path to Fortress Europe. The Visegrd group made up of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia was only marginally affected, but it was in these states that perhaps the most vocal representatives of an anti-migrant stance could be found.

22:27

Biden Is Trying To Have It Both Ways On Arctic Drilling "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

President Joe Biden paired his approval of Alaska's Willow Project with a preemptive ban on extraction for nearly 16 million acres.

22:27

Far-Left Agitators Set Fire to Cop City in Atlanta "IndyWatch Feed War"

Antifa-affiliated leftists set fire to the construction site of Atlantas future Public Safety Training Facility, often referred to as Cop City.
According to the reports, protestors clashed with law enforcement officials and threw a Molotov cocktail.
Since December, at least 19 people have been arrested and charged with domestic terrorism in connection to protesting the training facility for Atlantas police and fire department. Read More

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22:26

Barnum and Bailey's Favorite (financial) Circus "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

Book Review of: "Robert Maxwell, Israel's Superspy," by Gordon Thomas and Martin Dillon

22:26

How We Navigate Through Crowds "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

hubie writes:

Our brain has its own GPS and it helps us navigate by detecting the movements of the people around us:

Whether you are making your way through a crowded pedestrian zone or striving towards the goal in a team game, in both situations it is important to think not only about your own movements but also those of others. These navigation and orientation processes are carried out by brain cells that register our current position, where we are coming from, where we are moving towards and in which direction we are looking. Through their joint activity, they create a "map" of our surroundings. A special type of these cells are the so-called grid cells in the entorhinal cortex, a small brain region in the middle temporal lobe. They function like the brain's own GPS, because they not only represent our position in space, but can also put it in relation to other points in the same space.

[...] They found that the brain activity recorded while watching others was comparable to the activity of grid cells. In addition, the team was able to show that this activity was part of a larger network of brain regions that are associated with navigation processes. Interestingly, however, it turned out that the better a subject was at following the path of others, the less active this network was. "We interpret this as greater efficiency of the grid cells, which might make it less necessary to engage the larger brain network," Wagner explains.

The results of the study thus suggest that grid cells belong to a larger network of brain regions that, among other aspects, coordinates navigation processes. However, this network is particularly affected by ageing processes and especially by dementia. Wagner explains: "The function of grid cells decreases with age and dementia. As a result, people can no longer find their way around and their orientation is impaired." The group's further research is now dedicated to the question of whether grid cells are also involved in recognising other people - an aspect that is often impaired in advanced dementia.

Journal Reference:
Wagner, I.C., Graichen, L.P., Todorova, B. et al. Entorhinal grid-like codes and time-locked network dynamics track others navigating through space. Nat Commun 14, 231 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-35819-3

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22:25

The Future of VPNs "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

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According to a report done by Surfshark VPN, out of the approximately 5 billion of internet users, over 1.6 billion of them (31% of users) use a VPN. Thats close to a fifth of the worlds population.

A VPN, or a Virtual Private Network, is a mechanism for creating a secure connection between a computing device and a computer network, or between two networks, using an insecure communication medium such as the public Internet. A VPN can extend a private network (one that disallows or restricts public access), enabling users to send and receive data across public networks as if their devices were directly connected to the private network.

22:24

6 Theories About What Lies Outside The Observable Universe! "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

22:20

Saudi Arabia executed Jordanian man day after UK minister raised concerns "IndyWatch Feed War"

Saudi Arabia executed Jordanian man day after UK minister raised concerns

UK Middle East Minister Lord Ahmad talked to Saudi ministers about Hussein Abo al-Kheir's case hours before his execution over charges he said he was tortured into confessing

Dania Akkad Tue, 03/14/2023 - 11:20

Before his arrest in 2014, Hussein Abo al-Kheir, 57, made a living driving for a Saudi Arabian family (Reprieve)

Saudi Arabia executed a Jordanian man, who said he was tortured into signing a false confession, a day after the UK's Middle East minister raised his case with Saudi ministers, the Foreign Office has said.

Lord Ahmad discussed Hussein Abo al-Kheir, who was convicted in 2015 on drug charges but had long maintained his innocence, with Saudi ministers on Saturday.

It was the final effort of what MEE understands to have been multiple interventions by the minister on al-Kheir's behalf.

'Now the main thing, to get his family the least possible justice, is to get his body back'

- Duaa Dhainy, European-Saudi Organisation for Human Rights

On Sunday, al-Kheir was executed. The 57-year-old father of eight was not given an opportunity to call his family to say goodbye.

He was among 11 people executed this month, which were the first executions in the kingdom this year.

Rights groups said al-Kheir's execution signalled how comfortable the kingdom is ignoring allied governments and the UN, which had also intervened, with a British MP calling the failure of ministers to stop it "very distressing".

"His name was mentioned many, many times, but they just ignored this," said Du...

22:17

Aryan Brotherhood Member Arrested "IndyWatch Feed War"

James Pavlichko, 37, of Carbondale, Ill., was caught selling crystal methamphetamine wrapped in a fast-food receipt.
A member of the white supremacist prison gang Aryan Brotherhood, Pavlichko was arrested on two sets of charges, including strangulation, simple assault and drug offenses. Read More

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22:10

Heavy rainfall from New Zealands Cyclone Gabrielle more common on warmer planet "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

Heavy rainfall events comparable to the intense downpour that hit New Zealand in February 2023 during Cyclone Gabrielle are four times more frequent in todays climate, a new rapid-attribution study finds.

Cyclone Gabrielle made history as the costliest tropical cyclone in the southern hemisphere, causing more than $8bn in damages. At least 11 people died when the cyclone swept across New Zealand in February 2023.

Te Tairwhiti (Gisborne) and Te Matau-a-Mui (Hawkes Bay) were the epicentre of devastation. The World Weather Attribution service investigates the extreme rainfall that hit this region over 13-14 February. Their scientists could not determine how much more likely or intense this particular extreme rainfall event was as a result of climate change.

However, the authors conclude that such extreme rainfall events now produce 30% more rain than they used to. Furthermore, they find that rainfall events on this scale are four times more likely to happen in todays climate than before humans warmed the planet, with a roughly 3% chance of happening in a given year.

Cyclone Gabrielle

In early February 2023, a tropical low pressure system formed in the Pacific Ocean and began moving westwards, where warm temperatures and favourable atmospheric conditions allowed it to intensify. On 8 February 2023, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology named the system Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle.

Dr Luke Harrington a senior lecturer in environmental science at the University of Waikato and an author on the study described the path of the cyclone to a press briefing. He notes that the system was category 2 when it was named and reached category 3 status by 10 February.

Tropical #CycloneGabrielle (Category 2) remains well off the #Qld coast and is moving towards Norfolk Island.
Tropical Cyclone Watch current for...

22:09

Proud Boy Activist Tiny Found Guilty of Assault "IndyWatch Feed War"

Proud Boy member Tusitala Tiny Toese, 25, was found guilty on 10 counts including assault with a weapon, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon, two counts of riot and two counts of criminal mischief.
Toese was a leader and regular participant at violent protests in the Pacific Northwest region of the U.S. Read More

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22:05

Mike Pence Pandering To D.C. Media Is Pathetic And Disqualifying "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

Any candidate who is playing footsie with the propaganda press, in an incomprehensible ploy to curry favor with them, disqualifies himself from contention.

22:02

How the government went to war on refugee charities "IndyWatch Feed Politics.eu"

Fears that backlash will intensify as government presses on with its widely condemned Illegal Migration Bill

22:00

Feudal Florida: DeSantiss Demesne "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

It is hardly a secret that, since his election in 2018, the Republican governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, has been consolidating power. It is also known that the constitutionality of this consolidation, along with that of many of the sweeping policies implemented under his administration, is in question. What may be less apparent to the general public, and even to political junkies, is the extent of this power grab, how completely Florida is now DeSantiss Demesne.

An anonymous Florida legislator put it succinctly: Ron DeSantis is essentially the speaker of the House, the president of the Senate, and the chief justice of the Supreme Court right now. Tom Lee, the former Florida Senate president, described him more colorfully as the proverbial 1100-pound gorilla. For those not familiar, the joke is: Where does an 1100-pound gorilla sit? the answer being: Wherever the hell he wants.

This is of broad national concern because DeSantis is considered by many to be the main rival to Donald Trump in 2024, his prospects boosted by the many conservative donors uneasy with Trumps instability and further enhanced by a widely shared wish, among those who believe the GOP has become a Trump cult, to see a return to sanity. But DeSantiss accretion of power in Florida shows he may be a quieter but more effective authoritarian threat to democracy than Trump.

Ominously, it is not just the state government that bends the knee to Floridas headman. During the 2022 election, DeSantis (along with the governor of Missouri, Mike Parson) did not allow federal election monitors inside polling places in Florida. The federal government chose not to fight him on this, instead meekly agreeing not to go inside the polling places and to observe only from outside. This is especially concerning in light of the fact that a 2022 election that was ...

Of Course: Nancy Pelosi Is Still Pushing the Jan. 6 Insurrection Hoax "IndyWatch Feed War"

New in PJ Media: Former (yes, its still a great feeling to write that) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Absolut) was in Austin, Texas, on Sunday for a South By Southwest (SXSW) conference entitled The Future of Global Democracy, which was a joke, since if Pelosi and her allies get their way, global democracy in any []

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Road to Ruin "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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Arbeidsrechten pamflet Workers Rights pamflet "IndyWatch Feed Politics.eu"

Arbeidsrechten pamflet - Workers' Rights pamflet out now Continue reading

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21:52

Ogun: Woman Kills Landlord After Dragging His Manhood "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 33-year-old woman, Ifeoma Ossai for allegedly killing her 50-year-old landlord, Monday Surulere Oladele in Sango, Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area of the State. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi who disclosed this to journalists in Abeokuta on Tuesday, said the suspect was []

21:45

10th Assembly: Tinubu Has No Preferred Candidates Shettima "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

The Vice Presidential-elect, Sen Kashim Shettima has said that the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has no preferred candidates for the leadership of both the Senate and the House of Representatives in the 10th National Assembly. Shettima who disclosed this at the meeting with new members-elect to the National Assembly in Abuja said that consultations are []

21:42

How The US Banking Crisis Could Lead to The Collapse of The Western Financial System "IndyWatch Feed War"

The growing number of institutional failures is a signal that the entire economic system is under pressure. The US banking industry is reeling from a string of bank failures, which kicked off last week and continue to rattle both domestic and global markets. Economists spell doom and gloom, despite efforts to stem the fallout. Heres Continue reading How The US Banking Crisis Could Lead to The Collapse of The Western Financial System

21:35

How the China-brokered Saudi-Iran Deal will Change the Middle East "IndyWatch Feed War"

Last week, Saudi Arabia and Iran announced a landmark deal, brokered by China in Beijing, to formally restore diplomatic relations. The agreement saw the two sectarian arch rivals in the Middle East agree to put aside their differences and to normalize ties. It was the first ever deal of its kind overseen by China, framing Continue reading How the China-brokered Saudi-Iran Deal will Change the Middle East

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UAE suspends Israeli arms deals until far-right govt brought under control: Report "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

March 13 2023 Tel Aviv and Abu Dhabi have developed deep economic and security ties since the signing of the Abraham Accords in 2020 By News Desk The UAE has temporarily suspended the purchase of Israeli defense systems due to the chaotic actions of Jewish supremacist officials belonging to the far-right coalition government of Prime []

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Ukraine - Media Start To Acknowledge Reality "IndyWatch Feed War"

Finally some truth about the real state of the Ukrainian military is sneaking into main stream media. It is as bad, still not fully disclosed, as we have described it again and again. As the Washington Post provides: Ukraine short...

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As Himalayas thaw, snow leopards scramble for habitat: Q&A with Bikram Shrestha "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

KATHMANDU When researchers last year confirmed the presence of the manul, the worlds grumpiest cat, on the worlds highest mountain, they immediately looked at past records of the elusive feline in Nepal. And they found that the first person to confirm the cats presence in the country was one Bikram Shrestha. It seemed fitting, given that Shrestha who recently completed his Ph.D. at the Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Charles University has extensive research experience in the Himalayas. But his cat of concern is of a heftier pedigree than the manul (Otocolobus manul): its the king of the mountains itself, the snow leopard (Panthera uncia). Shrestha studied zoology at Tribhuvan University in Kathmandu and began his research career in 2004 by studying the Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus) on Sagarmatha (also known as Mount Everest), a wild goat considered a key prey species for snow leopards. He went on to work for various organizations such as the U.S.-based Snow Leopard Conservancy and WWF before pursuing his doctorate in 2014. His team was also the first to confirm the presence of three snow leopards in lower-elevation areas in western Nepals Mustang district. During his doctorate studies, Shrestha carried out extensive fieldwork using scat analysis and camera traps in the Annapurna and Sagarmatha regions of Nepal. It was his team that found, nearly 17 years after the confirmation of the big cat in the Sagarmatha region, that the population of snow leopards there has beenThis article was originally published on Mongabay

21:00

Americas Teens Are Dumber Than Theyve Been In 100 Years "IndyWatch Feed War"

New in PJ Media: Yes, its hard to believe, but after years of being told that boys who think theyre girls and girls who think theyre boys are brave and courageous instead of mentally ill, and that the Founding Fathers were all racist white supremacist slave owners who did nothing good in the world, and []

20:58

The ultimate get-woke-go-broke: Fed-seized Silicon Valley Bank focused on DEI, 'safe spaces' before collapse "IndyWatch Feed World"

Silicon Valley Bank, the second-largest U.S. bank to collapse, had recently been putting effort into multiple LGBTQ diversity programs, including a "safe space," just before the institution folded. As reported by the New York Post, the company spent money on a month-long LGBTQ pride campaign and a new online resource for LGBTQ youth spearheaded by Jay Ersapah, head of Financial Risk Management at the bank's UK branch. "As a queer person of color and a first-generation immigrant from a working-class background, there were not many role models for me to 'see' growing up," said Ersapah of the diversity and inclusion initiatives. Comment: This is definitely where you want the focus to be for your bank.

20:56

Regional Banks Struggle, SVB CEO Blamed For Collapse, And Agenda 2030 With Digital Wallets Marches On "IndyWatch Feed World"

Regional Banks Struggle, SVB CEO Blamed For Collapse, And Agenda 2030 With Digital Wallets Marches On

By Joachim Bartoll

Will 2023 be the beginning of the end for the current banking system?

20:54

Israel: Netanyahu moves a step closer with judicial coup bill in parliament "IndyWatch Feed War"

Israel: Netanyahu moves a step closer with judicial coup bill in parliament

Netanyahu's right-wing government moves ahead with a blitz of bills to curb court powers and expand settlements

MEE staff Tue, 03/14/2023 - 09:54

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushes ahead with legislation aimed at curbing the the powers of the judiciary (File Photo/AFP)

Israels parliament on Tuesday moved a step closer to passing a bill that would allow politicians to overturn High Court judgements with a simple majority, as well as appoint judges.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's planned legislation to overhaul the countrys judiciary has been described as a judicial coup.

In an overnight session that stretched into the early morning, the Knesset also approved several other pieces of legislation, including legislation that would prevent the countrys attorney general from declaring Netanyahu unfit for office.

The prime minister would only be declared unfit for office due to physical or mental inability and then only by the prime minister himself or by the vote of three-quarters of cabinet members.

The parliament also passed a piece of legislation that would expand settlements in the West Bank.

In a further potential blow to the judiciary, the Israel...

20:42

BuzzFeed sees $106.4M net loss in Q4company had majority of funds at Silicon Valley Bank "IndyWatch Feed World"

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Link "IndyWatch Feed World"

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Its hard to know where to start. So much has been done. So many have suffered. Read More

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Locations Of US Carrier Strike Groups March 14, 2023 "IndyWatch Feed War"

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British/Swiss citizen files lawsuit against Pfizer in America for profiteering from covid mandates "IndyWatch Feed World"

READ MORE AT THE EXPOSE

On 6 March, retired Swiss banker Pascal Najadi filed a civil suit against Pfizer. Currently, he said, he is the only person in the world who has successfully filed a lawsuit to sue Pfizer in America. Read More

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Equal Pay Day: These are the best companies for pay equity disclosures in 2023 "IndyWatch Feed World"

Only one company in America received an A+ rating.

Today is Equal Pay Day. Its date differs every year and is dependent upon how far into the new year women must keep working just to earn what their male counterparts earned in the previous calendar year, according to the National Committee on Pay Equity.

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Okowa Cautions Omo-Agege Against Scoring Cheap Political Points With Lies "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

LAGOS MARCH 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the just concluded presidential election, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa on Monday cautioned the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege to stop deceiving Deltans with lies in order score cheap political points.

The governor of Delta state who criticised Omo-Agege at the media interaction with journalists shortly after the inauguration of the new Press Centre, Government House, Asaba, said Deputy Senate President has no moral justification to talk about loan in the state.

Okowa said APC led government has failed woefully and had borrowed trillions of naira, even to pay salaries.

He said his non availability at the partys protest at the INECs headquarter in Abuja was because he got the Information about the protest within a short time frame.

He said that the PDP in unwavered by the antics of the ruling party to malign democracy.

Dr. Okowa noted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will adopt a different strategy against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) while seeking redress over what he described as an elections with infringement of the electoral process.

According to him, there are different strategies but I know some part of electoral acts has been infringed upon. We will file in at the Tribunals this week.

There has been infringement of electoral process by INEC as they did not follow their rules as it ought to be.

He further rebuked claims of limiting the spread of infrastructural development to a particular part of Warri, saying that we have spent N20 billion on the storm water drainage in Asaba and Warri.

It is unfair for anyone who is aspiring to lead the state to begin to deceive Deltans. There is no moral justification for APC to tell such lies to score cheap political points he said.

When asked on partys division in the state over the choice of, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, Okowa maintained that Sheriff is the will of Deltans having been elected in a free, fair and credible primaries.

There was no mistake in the choice, there was a primary election which was free and fair. Could it have been a wrong choice? No. He was a choice...

20:06

'Big Short' investor Michael Burry blames SVB crisis on 'hubris and greed' "IndyWatch Feed World"

Famed investor Michael Burry shredded the executives formerly in charge of Silicon Valley Bank on Sunday as the tech lender's sudden collapse prompted fears of a systemic meltdown. Burry, the hedge fund boss made famous in the 2015 film "The Big Short," likened the current banking sector crisis to conditions the market experienced when the dotcom bubble burst in 2000 and the US housing market imploded in 2008. "2000, 2008, 2023. It is always the same," Burry said in a now-deleted tweet on Sunday. "People full of hubris and greed take stupid risks, and fail. Money is then printed. Because it works so well."

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Former FEMA Heads Warn EV Manufacturers are Compromising Safety "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

AM radios are long range, resilient means for FEMA to communicate federal disaster alerts. But EV manufacturers are removing them, because EV motors generate radio noise which impedes reception.

The post Former FEMA Heads Warn EV Manufacturers are Compromising Safety first appeared on Watts Up With That?.

Google Workspace is about to put generative AI to work "IndyWatch Feed World"

Gmail and Google Docs will offer to compose text for youor rewrite stuff youve already written. And theres lots more to come.

The venerable category of software known as the office suite has always been about creating stuff, from text documents to spreadsheets to presentations. Thanks to the rapid deployment of generative AI, suites are about to volunteer to handle a sizable percentage of that creation themselves. And today, Google is getting a head start on this trend by previewing an array of new AI-powered features its building into its Google Workspace suite.

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eBay just created a shortcut for building accessible websites "IndyWatch Feed World"

Include is a Figma plugin that helps designers build more accessible digital tools from the start.

Digital technology has become more or less essential to participate in society, yet people with disabilities often say simple online tasks can still be more of a struggle than they should be. Much of that comes down to the way digital tools and websites are designedits estimated that upwards of 98% of websites dont offer accessible experiences for people with disabilities.

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19:58

Clip of murder suspect fleeing Oregon courthouse before trial goes viral "IndyWatch Feed World"

An Oregon man accused of murder is going viral after footage posted to social media showed him fleeing police and escaping the courthouse. Edi Villalobos, 28, who is charged with murdering 33-year-old Artemio Guzman-Olvera, fled the Washington County Courthouse on Feb. 27 during the pretrial jury selection, according to a report. Footage from security cameras shows Villalobos being escorted into a courtroom by two officers who placed him in a chair and removed his handcuffs and leg shackles in accordance with state law.

19:45

Gustavo de Hoyos alza la mano para el 2024; La oposicin est en el hoyo, le dicen "IndyWatch Feed Noramerica"

El empresario, Gustavo de Hoyos, alz la mano para competir por la presidencia en el 2024, pero usuarios de redes lo tundieron y vincularon al []

La entrada Gustavo de Hoyos alza la mano para el 2024; La oposicin est en el hoyo, le dicen se public primero en RegeneracinMX.

19:43

Heavily Criticised Pro-lockdown Paper Cited Far More Than Anti-lockdown Papers "IndyWatch Feed World"

Formal scientific institutions took a battering during the pandemic, and deservedly so. From the wildly inaccurate predictions of SAGE modellers to the denial of natural immunity by signatories of the John Snow Memorandum, 'Science' (uppercase 's') has not had a good three years. A particularly striking illustration of this is citation patterns in the scientific literature. If things were working well, the best studies would get cited the most. Unfortunately, that appears not to be the case: citations have flowed disproportionately to studies that uphold The Narrative. In June, 2020, researchers from Imperial College London (including our old friend Neil Ferguson) published a paper in the prestigious journal Nature titled 'Estimating the effects of non-pharmaceutical interventions on COVID-19 in Europe'. They concluded - on the basis of a complex model-fitting exercise - that lockdowns had saved the lives of 3.1 million people across 11 European countries. That's right, 3.1 million...

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DIE SACHE MIT DEM RCKGRAT "IndyWatch Feed World"

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'We were wrong': Pioneer in child gender dysphoria treatment says trans medical industry is harming kids "IndyWatch Feed World"

Dr. Susan Bradley, a Canadian psychiatrist and pioneer in child gender dysphoria treatment, came out against the popular model of affirming children's transgender identities and putting them on puberty blockers a practice she was once involved in in an interview with the Daily Caller News Foundation. Bradley started a pediatric gender clinic in 1975 aimed at treating children with gender dysphoria a deep sense of discomfort with one's body and biological sex in which she offered a therapy-focused approach; most patients outgrew their feelings of being transgender over time, she told the DCNF. Around 2000, the clinic began prescribing puberty blockers to gender-dysphoric children as a way to alleviate their distress, a model which has since become widely adopted by medical establishments around the world, including in the U.S. Bradley, who is now in her early eighties, expressed regret that the clinic had participated in the administration of puberty blockers for gender...

19:36

Lutet das neue Nordstream-Mrchen das Ende des Kiew-Regimes ein? "IndyWatch Feed World"

https://www.anderweltonline.com/klartext/klartext-20231/laeutet-das-neue-nordstream-maerchen-das-ende-des-kiew-regimes-ein/

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Delta Guber: Ibori Is Free To Vote For Any Candidate -Okowa "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

LAGOS MARCH 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has said that it was the choice of the political godfather and former governor of the state, Chief James Ibori to support any candidate in the next Saturdays gubernatorial election.

Answering questions from newsmen shortly after inaugurating the new press centre in the government house, Asaba on Monday, Okowa said Ibori has the choice following his rumoured support of the former governor and staunch member of PDP for the governorship of APC and deputy Senate president, Ovie Omo Agege.

According to him, just like many people in APC have defected to PDP to support the governorship candidate of PDP, Sheriff Oborevwori, it is the choice of anyone to support any candidate.

Some PDP chieftains in the state including members of Delta Unity group (DUG) who supported Olorogun David Edevie, candidate of Chief Ibori during the primary election of the party have dumped the party while pitching tents with Omo Agege.

Publicity Secretary of the PDP in Sapele, Delta State, Comrade Benson Okorodudu recently said the former Delta State Governor, Chief James Ibori was quoted as directing Deltans to vote for the state PDP gubernatorial candidate, Rt Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori even as he also agreed it was the turn of Okpe, Sapele, and Uvwie constituency where Sheriff comes from to produce the next governor of the state.

On the Obedient movement, Okowa described it as complex, saying it was influenced by the need for Southern presidency, stand of Christians, the issue of Ibos who felt it was their turn to produce the president and the belief by many people that change they needed lies on Peter Obi, adding that everyone has the right to make a choice.

The PDP vice presidential candidate gave insight why he could not attend the partys protest at the national headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Abuja last week over the electoral body allegedly contravension of the provision of the Electoral laws during the Presidential and national assembly election.

The Atiku, Chairman of the PDP, Iyorchia Ayu, other party leaders and supporters were present during the protest except Governor Okowa and few others.

According to him, he received the information about the protest late and that he took permission from Alhaji...

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Global ecosystems are at risk of losing carbon storage ability, study says "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

Several regions of the world are at risk of losing their ability to store carbon, which could result in the drastic transformation of ecosystems and accelerated climate change, one recent study has found. Across the globe, landscapes are showing signs of losing their ability to absorb the amount of carbon they once could, according to a study called Diagnosing destabilization risk in global land carbon sinks, published in Nature last month. That would pose serious obstacles to the fight against climate change, as carbon storage in forests, peatlands and other ecosystems is key to keeping the global temperature below 1.5 Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit). For the first time, weve demonstrated that for certain regions of the world, the land might be reaching a tipping point in terms of its ability to host significantly forested land and absorb significant amounts of carbon, said co-author Patrick McGuire, a staff meteorologist at the University of Reading and the National Centre for Atmospheric Science in the UK. The study reviewed the productivity of carbon storage of global ecosystems between 1981 and 2018, finding that many fluctuated greatly from year to year. So much fluctuation means that some parts of the world are at risk of turning into scrubland thats unable to host forests and other ecosystems that act as carbon sinks. Looking up at the rainforest canopy in Costa Rica. (Photo by Rhett Butler) One reason for this, the researchers said, is that landscapes have a memory of which years had high carbon storage andThis article was originally published on Mongabay

The ex-Google CEO tells Fast Company why he worked with Henry Kissinger and MITs Daniel Huttenlocher to create a new video centered on AI.

Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt, ex-Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, and MIT College of Computing dean Daniel Huttenlocher released a video today encouraging global leaders to take seriously the promiseand potential threatof AI on nearly every element of society. In the video, the three men explain why they believe AI to be the most powerful foundational technology in history, and describe how the technology could change everything from industries, war, global relations, and even our experience as reasoning beings.

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18:58

Link "IndyWatch Feed World"

https://thekylebecker.substack.com/p/fda-and-cdc-blast-florida-surgeon?r=16zqp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

18:57

mRNA vaccine contamination much worse than thought: Jabs "up to 35%" DNA that turns human cells into long-term spike protein factories "IndyWatch Feed World"

The contamination of mRNA vaccines with DNA is far greater than initially thought at up to 35%, and the DNA's role in inducing human cells to produce the spike protein long term has been confirmed, according to the latest research. Earlier this month, the Daily Sceptic reported on the work of Dr. Kevin McKernan and his team who had subjected the mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna to deep sequencing analysis and found alarming levels of DNA contaminants known as plasmids. These are small circular DNA molecules that in principle can self-replicate in bacterial and human cells and induce the cell to produce the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein long term. Each vaccine dose was found to contain billions of these plasmids. The Moderna vaccine appeared to contain DNA contamination at around the 'safe' level set by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) at the equivalent of one part per 3,000 mRNA molecules, though it's not clear how safe this level really is. The Pfizer vaccine, on the other...

18:56

Russiagate Hoax Tricked Dems into Pushing for WWIII "IndyWatch Feed World"

https://newspunch.com/greenwald-drops-bombshell-russiagate-hoax-tricked-dems-into-pushing-for-wwiii/

18:38

Greta Thunberg Deletes Tweet Claiming "Climate Change Will Wipe Humanity" By 2023 "IndyWatch Feed World"

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/greta-thunberg-deletes-tweet-claiming-climate-change-will-wipe-humanity-2023

18:37

Delta Gov: E.K.Clark Blesses LP Candidate, Pela, Says His Boys Working For Him "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

LAGOS MARCH 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Ahead of Saturdays governorship election scheduled for March 18, Elder statesman and leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Edwin Clark has declared his blessing for Ken Pella, the Labour Party candidate in Delta state.

This is even as Pela said that the chances of the Labour Party winning Delta state on Saturday is very bright, adding that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) acted with impunity for not transmitting presidential election results as it was supposed to do.

Clark, who gave his blessing to Pela when he paid a courtesy call on him on Monday in Abuja, said, you will have my blessings and my sons are in the field, whoever follows the process and wins is my governor.

My hope is whoever becomes the governor of Delta State, my home state, should be a straightforward person, competent, respected and of good character, not a person that will eat our money at the expense of the state. Nothing can prevent me from giving my blessing, so God will therefore guide you.

Fielding questions from newsmen after the visit, Pela said that this election circle is different, as power resides with the people, adding that the chances of the Labour Party are bright because the people are solidly behind them.

The Delta Labour Party governorship candidate, who said that their blessing of Clark to him is more than words, mocked the ruling party in the state, which was beaten by his party during the presidential election.

He said: The chances of the Labour Party are very bright in Delta and I am sure that we are all aware that in the last election, the PDP, the ruling party in Delta was beaten for the first time by an opposition party.

This election circle is different, the power resides with the people. Our chances are very bright because we believe the people are solidly behind us. We will win this election fair and square.

We did not have any fear going into the last election, we felt with the new electoral Act, BVAS there was no fear and INEC promised us severally, but they did certain things that we did not expect, they acted with impunity, against the law they did not transmit the results as they were supposed to, we will not let that happen again. We are prepared for them this time.

You heard what he said, he has given his words to someone else, but he gave hi...

18:25

Suspected Herdsmen Kill Three, Abduct Others In Their Farms In Ijaw Community "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

LAGOS MARCH 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-At least three persons have been allegedly killed and some others abducted by suspected herdsmen in Patani community of Delta State

The suspected herdsmen were said to have invaded Toru-Angiama, a community in Patani Local Government Area, and killed one Mr Dennis, his son and one other person who were working on their farm, while an unspecified number of farmers were also said to have been abducted.

Sources in the community said the Late Mr Dennis and the others killed were attacked on their farmland while trying to fend off the herders and their cattle from grazing and destroying crops on their farm.

A former president of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Dr Chris Ekiyor, who hails from Patani Local Government Area, has however appealed for calm, calling on the government and security agencies to fish out the killers.

He urged the state government to address the issue of insecurity in the area so as to forestall any further crisis in area.

The indigenes of the local government area, particularly parents, have continually expressed their concern over the level of security risk on farmers, posed by the influx of herders into the community.

Delta Bulletin

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Delta Residents React As Banks Reject Withdrawn Old Naira Notes "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

LAGOS MARCH 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Some residents of Agbor, Owa, Umunede and environs have reacted to the circumstances surrounding the rejection of old naira notes given by banks and rejected by same banks for deposit in the locality.

The issue has been described as the height of complications and confusion.

Some of the residents argued that the redesign of Naira was a class conflict being suffered by the masses.

One Mr. Kennedy Ngbeken said I have never seen a situation were a bank will give money after withdrawal and rejects same for deposit.

When I asked the cashier what I should do with the old naira notes after rejecting it, he told me to go and spend it. What kind of confusion are we facing in Nigeria ?

We are currently experiencing system failure. This is weeks after the Supreme Court judgement that the old naira notes be used till December 31 and the President and CBN Governor are still mute over the issue.

On his part, Mr. Stanley Mobuokwu, said we have been going through a very difficult time since the issue of Naira swap came up. It got so worse that people are compelled to

buy naira with naira.

For over a month, what commercial banks are giving to customers is between N5000 and N3000 withdraw. How can a family of five or six survive with such an amount with the high cost of living ?

To make it worse, POS operators have been selling cash at very high charges and the network is very poor.

Mr. Mobuokwu frowned at the ill-treatment meted to the masses by banks.

It is very unfortunate that after wasting several hours, they will tell you that you can only withdraw N3,000. Some customers come to the bank as early as 6am to pick numbers that enable them have access to the banking hall.

The staff of banks were irrational in their attitudes to customers. We are treated as if we dont have rights to be at the premises of the banks. Tomorrow, they will start begging us to come open account with them.

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18:00

Rolex Prices to Drop Further as Supply Surges "IndyWatch Feed World"

We are talking about the pre owned models here as the makers can control the new supply. The second hand market is not deep enough.

There are still plenty of pools of cash out there and it strikes me that securing an inventory is a handy way of protecting cash. So a heavy uptick in new buys could flood the market with used product.

Can you imagine what the value of a container of used rolexs might be? It is still a lot with a usuable fifty percent discount..

Rolex Prices to Drop Further as Supply Surges

Rolex. (Shutterstock)

By BLOOMBERG

14 October 2022

https://www.businessoffashion.com/news/luxury/rolex-prices-to-drop-further-as-supply-surges/

Prices for the most popular pre-owned Rolex, Patek Philippe and Audemars Piguet watches will fall further as the market has been flooded with supply, analysts at Morgan Stanley said in a report.

After surging in 2021 and during the first quarter of 2022, an index of the most popular models from Daytona chronograph maker Rolex tracked by WatchCharts has fallen by 21 percent since the market peak in April. Prices for the most popular Nautilus-maker Patek Philippe references are down an average of 19 percent on the secondary market while those for Audemars Piguet, the maker of the Royal Oak, have declined 15 percent since the peak.

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Naomi Wolf - Dear Conservatives, I Apologize "IndyWatch Feed World"

Here we are, a full two years later seeing a key reporter do a full on recantation. I do not think that MSM can do this until their leaders have been formally removed with full disclosure.

We are getting close and certainly the silance keeps growing. From the entertainment crowd, it is the silencing of the publicity machines all over.

Naoni can at least get on with salvaging her reputation somewhat. Who was she listening to?

Dear Conservatives, I Apologize

My "Team" was Taken in By Full-Spectrum Propaganda

Dr Naomi Wolf

Mar 9

https://naomiwolf.substack.com/p/dear-conservatives-i-am-sorry

There is no way to avoid this moment. The formal letter of apology. From me. To Conservatives and to those who put America first everywhere.

Its tempting to sweep this confrontation with my own gullibility under the rug to move on without ever acknowledging that I was duped, and that as a result I made mistakes in judgement, and that these mistakes, multiplied by the tens of thousands and millions on the part of people just like me, hurt millions of other people like you all, in existential ways.

But that erasure of personal and public history would be wrong.

I owe you a full-throated apology.

I believed a farrago of lies. And, as a result of these lies, and my credulity and the credulity of people similarly situated to me - many conservatives r...

Ontario MPP Leaves PC Caucus After Report Alleges He Funnelled CCP Money to Candidates "IndyWatch Feed World"

It goes without saying tat exactly this method has been repeated globally using CCP loyal students. That is how a Chinese dumbass makes it into our universities. Not a lot but sufficient to staff networks everywhere.

Of course the hunt is on, and not just in Canada..

The best solution is a pronounce automatic banding for all CCP cadres and let them all have time to flee the country. Their own fears will take thhem out of play.

Ontario MPP Leaves PC Caucus After Report Alleges He Funnelled CCP Money to Candidates

The Ontario legislature in Toronto on Feb. 20, 2023. (The Canadian Press/Frank Gunn)

By Andrew Chen

March 11, 2023Updated: March 11, 2023

https://www.theepochtimes.com/ontario-mpp-leaves-pc-caucus-after-report-alleges-he-funnelled-ccp-money-to-candidates_5115520.html

Ontario MPP Vincent Ke says he is resigning from the governing Progressive Conservative caucus after allegations that he is part of Chinas election interference network in Canada, which he denies.

A March 10 report by Global News citing intelligence reports and unnamed sources says that Ke served as a financial intermediary in Chinas interference network in Canada.

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Room-Temperature Superconductor Discovery Meets With Resistance "IndyWatch Feed World"

Every single discovery of a long sought research target recieves the same nonsense from even informed folk because thhey simply cannot know yet. These are experts and have been also bit. I do not see them getting it wrong.

Now turning all this into useful tools will come along quickly, simply because we are in the temperature sweet spot and can eschew a massive infrastructure build.

This is also good news.

Room-Temperature Superconductor Discovery Meets With Resistance

A paper in Nature reports the discovery of a superconductor that operates at room temperatures and near-room pressures. The claim has divided the research community.

One hallmark of superconductivity is the Meissner effect, which expels all magnetic fields from a material a property that allows a superconductor to levitate, as seen here. The researchers claim to observe the Meissner effect in their new material.

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Warri Keke Rider In Trouble As Fleeing Armed Robbers Abandoned 3 Guns Concealed In Bag of Rice In His Tricycle "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Intercepted arms

LAGOS MARCH 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Warri Keke Rider 26-Years-Old Ahmed Umaru from Ayingbe Local Governent Area of Kogi state is presently telling Delta State police operatives what he knew about three locally made guns and a bullet concealed in a bag of rice abandoned by fleeing suspected armed robbers.

Urhobotoday.com gathered that on the 12/03/2023 at about 0900hrs, operatives of Eagle-Net Special Squad, while on intensive Aberdeen system of patrol, sighted a tricycle with reg. no. RRU 773 QK conveying three male occupants.

The report made available by Delta State Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO) DSP Bright Edafe said the three suspects were intercepted and subjected to a search during which a bag containing rice was thoroughly searched, and three (3) locally made guns, one live cartridge, concealed in the bag of rice were recovered.

According him, Two of the suspects took to their heels and escaped into the bush, abandoning the tricycle, and the rider named Ahmed Umaru m 26yrs of Ayingba LGA Kogi state. The tricycle rider was arrested, and the exhibit recovered. Efforts to arrest the fleeing suspects are ongoing.

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Ukraine Is Lying About Casualty Ratios To Justify Holding Of Bakhmut "IndyWatch Feed World"

https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/03/ukraine-is-lying-about-casualty-ratios-to-justify-holding-of-bakhmut.html#more

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Death of a Myth "IndyWatch Feed World"

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/death-of-a-myth/

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Andrew Tate Incriminating Jail Calls? Why You Should Always STAY OFF the Jail Phones "IndyWatch Feed World"

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Scholz macht Windkraftausbau zur Chefsache warum der Ausbauplan eine Luftnummer ist "IndyWatch Feed World"

https://blackout-news.de/aktuelles/scholz-macht-windkraftausbau-zur-chefsache-warum-der-ausbauplan-eine-luftnummer-ist/

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10,000 Dutch Farmers Protest Governments Crippling Nitrogen Emissions Target in The Hague "IndyWatch Feed World"

Famine is a common result of maniac big state policies. Via: ReMix: Thousands of Dutch farmers protested on Saturday against the governments policies to reduce nitrogen emissions, warning they will put farms out of business and affect food production. Hundreds of tractors from across the Netherlands could be seen driving to the event in The []

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Niemand wehrt sich Das ist das eigentlich Erschreckende "IndyWatch Feed World"

https://www.alexander-wallasch.de/gastbeitraege/niemand-wehrt-sich-das-ist-das-eigentlich-erschreckende

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Wie eine autokratische Bundesregierung ihre Auskunftspflicht unterluft "IndyWatch Feed World"

https://sciencefiles.org/2023/03/13/parlamentarier-ver-albern-wie-eine-autokratische-bundesregierung-ihre-auskunftspflicht-unterlaeuft/

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