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JACK MALLERS: Trump’s Strategic #Bitcoin Reserve would be the biggest economic announcement in American history. VIDEO
Bitcoin challenges the state’s monopoly over money while championing free and decentralized markets. It embodies a union of economic freedom and moral integrity, offering a bold vision of financial autonomy and respect for individual rights. Sixteen years after its inception, Satoshi’s invention continues to push boundaries and inspire change.
READ Saifedean Ammous – Essay: “Bitcoin has now been working and trading for 15 full calendar years. It’s time to see how it’s doing and run some numbers…”
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1874529178843848784.html
“During the years that Powell worked for Treasury, the think tank, and the Federal Reserve, he was closely involved in six financial embarrassments or crises…Powell has faced six such situations in his career and has recommended, advised, or chosen the bailout every time.”
If you use AI-generated code, what’s your liability exposure?
In the event of a catastrophic outcome, who owns the failure — the product maker, the library coder, or the company that chose the product? We look at the sticky issue of liability.
10 things you should never tell an AI chatbot
China’s new AI model breakthrough video
Non-Human Identities Gain Momentum, Requires Both Management, Security
The number of Non-Human Identities (NHIs) in many organizations has exploded. Key trends, drivers, and market landscape in this fast-developing area are explored.
Last month, Walmart became the largest company to announce massive cuts to all of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives launched in the wake of Floyd’s murder.
https://newrepublic.com/article/189806/well-miss-dei-its-gone
ATTACKING THE RICH IS NOT ENVY, IT IS SELF DEFENSE. THE HOARDING OF WEALTH IS THE CAUSE OF POVERTY. THE RICH AREN’T JUST INDIFFERENT TO POVERTY; THEY CREATE IT & MAINTAIN IT.
~ JODIE FOSTER
Elon Musk stopped paying into Social Security on January 1st at 12:15am
The CEO of Palantir at 12:19am
The CEOs of Broadcom and Coinbase at 12:30am
and at least 225 more before New Years Day was done.
Scrap the cap on Social Security.
Musk received $4.9B in gov aid, yet he’ll be the one lecturing us on how more efficient to let people go hungry, cut healthcare for seniors, and skip out on the social security we all contributed to.
How Billionaires Sidestepped the Net Investment Income Tax — ProPublica
The middle class ends up shouldering the cost of Social Security. The so-called “employer contribution” is mostly an illusion—companies make up for their share of payroll taxes through lower wages or by passing costs along, which ultimately drives inflation that the middle class.
10 Essential Items Every 1930s Hobo Carried: A Survival Guide VIDEO
Column: “Dark money” is tainting Washington think tanks — and a new report shows it’s worse than you think.
The Murdoch family waged a secret court battle over succession. A voting machine company is trying to pry the case open
HEALTH
Meal Prep Done Safely:
Cooked meals are only safe for up to 4 days in the refrigerator.
USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service
Researchers detect elevated levels of PFAS in some fitness tracker and smartwatch bands
NYT I Was a Health Insurance Executive. What I Saw Made Me Quit.
BURN NURSE
SKIN CARE RECOMENDATIONS
EQUATE FEMININE CLEANSING WASH
This is the absolute finest, gentlest cleanser I have ever used. It works great as a face wash (I’ve been using it that way for almost 10 years). It takes off most makeup and is appropriate for babies. It’s also cheap as sand.
If you have chapped or very dry skin, Bag Balm is the absolute gold standard. Bag Balm is great on hands and feet at night, put on natural fiber socks and gloves and wake up to new skin.
Sensicare is zinc and Vaseline, so it theoretically can be used as high octane sunblock.
EQUATE SUNBURN RELIEF GEL 5.18
For burns, cold water followed by aloe is outstanding. After Sun Gel -that’s mostly aloe, but with lidocaine- is extremely effective pain relief and appropriate treatment for first degree burns. It’s cheap, widely available, and good to have on hand.
For seborrheic dermatitis (aka dandruff or cradle cap), use regular old school Head and Shoulders, work it into the scalp or other affected area, wrap it and let it sit for 20 minutes, then rinse thoroughly.
Manuka honey is irradiated and sold as Medihoney ($$$), but raw honey is better.
Honey is a miracle – a living food that never rots.
I have three different friends who have cleared up mild psoriasis with honey. It’s got an absolutely beautiful microbiome and is one of the few natural humectants- that is, it draws moisture from the air into your skin, rather than just disallowing your body’s own moisture to escape.
Admittedly, it is a sticky pain in the ass to use- The best method I have found is to mix it with hot green tea until it has a liquid consistency, apply it to the affected area for 10 to 20 minutes and then rinse off, essentially like a face mask that can be used anywhere.
It’s wonderful for deep cuts and shallow puncture wounds, too- pack it in and cover it.
Kersasel is ideal for callouses as it is non-painful and urea based.
As nurses, we were not allowed to file or cut callouses, even painful, dry cracked ones. Removing them is a long process, even at a podiatry office. This stuff works amazingly well on calloused skin anywhere on the body, and on areas of skin around fingernails and toenails.
Moderately cracked, deeply calloused skin will often heal with minimal physical exfoliation used regularly.
Sunblock: you want zinc oxide or titanium dioxide, and NO OTHER active ingredients. All things being equal, zinc is preferable over titanium. They are gentle and healing, and create a physical rather than chemical barrier on the skin. These are often marketed as “organic”, “kid and baby”, or “mineral” sunscreens. Conveniently, physical sunblock does not expire.
Under no circumstances buy sunblock with oxybenzone or avobenzone in it. If you have some, throw it away. They are perishable , highly irritating, allergenic, painful in eyes or open areas of skin, and should not be legal.
For seborrheic dermatitis (aka dandruff or cradle cap), use regular old school Head and Shoulders, work it into the scalp or other affected area, wrap it and let it sit for 20 minutes, then rinse thoroughly.
Hydrocolloid bandages:
These are tiny little wound vacs. I would describe them as water resistant rather than waterproof.
They create negative pressure that sucks out pus, fluid, and infection.
They work great on blisters, bug bites and stings, stubborn splinters, and pimples.
Epsom salt. An epsom salt bath, or even just a foot and hand soak, restores fluid balance to the skin acting as an internal moisturizer, and, much like zinc, is both healing and drying to exterior skin. The change in lymphatic pressure is often pain relieving.
On triple antibiotic ointment and hydrocortisone cream:
These work well, but they are DRUGS. Do not use these for more than three days in a row without giving yourself a break. Too much tantibiotic ointment can upset your skin flora and cause cellulitis, and too much cortisone will thin your skin like any steroid
On recognizing strep: A large minority of people have streptococcus colonized as part of their skin flora. Strep is halophilic, meaning that unlike most bacteria, it drives and grows in a salty environment (like human skin). Puncture wounds can become dangerous because our salty exterior skin has been pushed down into a region that is unused to our solute-filled sweat. If you cover something, especially with a non-breathable dressing, and it becomes more wet rather than drying out, that’s a sign of strep. At that point you want to switch to an antibiotic cream, put a fan on it, and make sure that you don’t have any spreading pink sign around the wound.
On cosmetics:
Mineral sunblock, salt in your diet, lots of water, and occlusives rather than moisturizers work well for most people.
Stridex does the same thing that Lume and other super expensive “whole body”, antibacterial deodorants do.
Adapalene is over the counter and is very effective acne cream, even for body acne.
Finally, if you want to fight wrinkles, Retin A and Botox are both proven safe and effective, but you need VERY LITTLE of either. They are probably a better use of your money than anything that’s over the counter but expensive.
Please PLEASE do not get fillers. We still don’t know how they work in the body, nor the long-term effects of them.
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