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Are NFTs Really Dead And Buried? All Signs Point To 'Yes' | John Hawkins

Various Bored Ape. By Yuga Labs - https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/why-bored-ape-avatars-are-taking-over-twitter/amp, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=70061171 John Hawkins -- The Conversation Oct. 1, 2023 Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are in dire straits. With the market in a severe downturn, it's safe to assume the NFT bubble has well and truly burst. It was ...

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BOOKS: ‘Capitalism Is Dead. Now We Have Something Much Worse’ | Carole Cadwalladr

In his new book, Technofeudalism, the maverick Greek economist says we are witnessing an epochal shift. At his island home of Aegina, he argues it’s no longer the global finance system that shapes ...

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Artificial intelligence (AI) | Wikipedia

By Prompt by JPxG, model by Boris Dayma, upscaler by Xintao Wang, Liangbin Xie et al. - https://github.com/borisdayma/dalle-mini/ BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License])., Apache License 2.0, ...

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Notes On The Lemurian Deviation | John Michael Greer

Dec. 29, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- It’s been more or less standard practice on this blog for a while now that, whenever there are five Wednesdays in a month, I ask my readers what they want to hear ...

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Blockchain and NFTs: Power to the Creators | Adrian Pennington

Dec. 13, 2021 (Streaming Media Europe) -- Some say NFTs (non-fungible tokens) are a novelty, a status symbol for the crypto rich, and a bubble that's bound to burst. Others argue that NFTs will ...

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An Empire of Dreams | John Michael Greer

Dec. 1, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- There’s a fond belief among the comfortable classes of our time, and for that matter every other time, that the future can be arranged in advance through reasonable ...

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Human DNA Tweaks & the Prime Directive — Mickey Z.

Still photo of William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy from “A Piece of the Action,” a Star Trek episode — first broadcast on January 12, 1968 Mickey Z. — World News Trust August 22, 2021 As you can ...

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The Wars of the Roses | John Michael Greer

July 21, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- At this point in our survey of the magical history of America, we’ve reached the period that can fairly be called the golden age of American occultism. It’s a little ...

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The REAL First Rule of Fight Club — Mickey Z.

(credit unknown) Mickey Z. — World News Trust July 23, 2021 Life in the United States of Algorithms has me thinking about Fight Club again — reading snippets, posting quotes, and watching YouTube ...

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What Keith Haring taught us about life, loss, and death — Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust June 30, 2021 Recently, when I asked my Facebook friends for article suggestions, two requests were “life, death, and aging” and “the illusion of control.” I let those ...

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That time I became the “Underground Poet” (or did I?) — Mickey Z.

Doing my thing at the Bowery Poetry Club: December 2009 Mickey Z. — World News Trust June 25, 2021 Before the interwebs, I believe it required more ingenuity to get noticed. That’s why I conjured up ...

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www.niemanlab.org/2023/10/if-google-suddenly-had-r…

If Google suddenly had real competition in search, how would news publishers’ world change? | Nieman Journalism Lab The tech giant's ongoing antitrust trial raises the possibility of the federal government, Apple, or both giving Google its first meaningful search competition in decades. www.niemanlab.org/2023/10/if-google-suddenly-had-real-competition-in-search-how-would-news-publishers-world-change/

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How creatives can stop AI from stealing their work - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Organizations can manipulate how their data contributions flow to AI systems to ensure more democratic governance. thebulletin.org/2023/10/how-creatives-can-stop-ai-from-stealing-their-work/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=TwitterPost102023&utm_content=DisruptiveTechnologies_Creatives_1003023

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Molecular knots, left and right: How molecules form knots

www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/10/02/bankman-fried-s…

FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried Saw Missing Billions as ‘Rounding Error,’ Biographer Michael Lewis Says Michael Lewis revealed management failings at crypto exchange FTX and a multi-billion-dollar plan to keep Donald Trump from running for office again, in an interview… www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/10/02/bankman-fried-saw-missing-ftx-billions-as-rounding-error-biographer-says/

medicalxpress.com/news/2023-10-katalin-karik-drew-…

Nobel in medicine goes to two scientists whose work enabled creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19

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‘Flashing Red Warning’—$33 Trillion U.S. ‘Debt Death Spiral’ Could Suddenly Trigger A Bitcoin Price ‘Vicious Circle’ www-forbes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2023/10/01/flashing-red-warning-33-trillion-us-debt-death-spiral-could-suddenly-trigger-a-bitcoin-price-vicious-circle/amp/?amp_js_v=0.1#webview=1&cap=swipe

www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/09/29/whe…

Where Liquid Staking Meets Tokenization The crypto industry is changing rapidly, and liquid staking stands at the forefront of this transformation. www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/09/29/where-liquid-staking-meets-tokenization/

Sonny Saul Trio: Intergalactic Suite, recorded...

www.niemanlab.org/2023/07/openai-will-give-local-n…

OpenAI will give local news millions to experiment with AI | Nieman Journalism Lab Some of the funding will go to form a "studio" within the American Journalism Project; the rest will go to about 10 of AJP's grantees. www.niemanlab.org/2023/07/openai-will-give-local-news-millions-to-experiment-with-ai/

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Mouthwash for dogs: Water additive with pomegranate helps to keep canine teeth healthy

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