ECP NetHappenings News Headlines1/26/23
#Education
Chet Steadman~ “It goes without saying that these layoffs aren’t about the economy or fiscal responsibility, it’s a shot at the revived workers’ rights movement and reigning in an era where, for a brief moment, the labor class was moving the job market, not the capital class”
Yuga Labs Admits to Having No Copyright Over Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs
“Currently, Yuga Labs terms of service have been modified so that it no longer suggests that copyright is granted alongside ownership, but there is copious evidence that Yuga Labs once advertised copyright as a benefit of collecting their NFTs.”
Gov. Whitmer plans tax cuts, stricter gun laws, free pre-K
Florida teachers told to remove books from classroom libraries or risk felony prosecution
Anti-semitic Evangelical Trumpers Bucks County PA
23% of Dutch under-40s think the Holocaust was a myth or exaggerated
Ad spending on Twitter falls by over 70% in Dec – data
#AI #ChatGPT #Law #Plagiarism
#1 remember ChatGPT can be and sometimes is totally wrong. The better you are at googling, the better you will be at chat gpt.
The reason you want to be a Windows admin is job security. ChatGPT can write bash scripts but it doesn’t know how to use a mouse.
ChatGPT bot passes US law school exam
FYI:AI and licensed. and you can’t record anything inside a courtroom in real time.
ChatGPT CEO Responds to Plagiarism Concerns Amid School Bans
It’s time for California bar to discipline John Eastman, Trump’s coup lawyer
NY AG wants answers on Madison Square Garden’s use of facial recognition against legal opponents
Sen. Kennedy stumps Biden judicial nominee with basic questions about Constitution
Judge Charnelle Bjelkengren was nominated by the president to be the U.S. district judge for the Eastern District of Washington.
#FTX #Securities
FTX Creditors Include Apple, Netflix and Coinbase, Court Documents Reveal
Silvergate Bank loaded up on $4.3 billion in Home Loan bank advances
Class-Action Lawsuit Against Sam Bankman-Fried and Celebrity FTX Promoters Gets a New Judge in Miami
SEC Is ‘Asleep at the Wheel,’ Rep. Davidson of Ohio Says
Regulators at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission aren’t doing enough when it comes to crypto regulation, Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) told CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover” on Tuesday.
“You’ve got people that are engaging in overt pump-and-dump scams and getting away with it because the SEC is asleep at the wheel,” Davidson said. “Some seem to get a free pass, and others seem to get their business models killed.”
#BTC
America’s first nuclear-powered Bitcoin mining center to open in Pennsylvania
Excellent Video What is bitcoins ultimate price target?
https://youtu.be/1ugK2waqCqM
Tesla is hodling $184 million of #bitcoin.
SEC rejects #Bitcoin ETF application by Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest and 21Shares – Coindesk
Bitcoin is up +39% in 2023
Last decade:
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Bitcoin: +132,941%
NVIDIA: +6,743%
Tesla: +5,735%
AMD: +2,577%
Netflix: +1,634%
Microsoft: +962%
Apple: +931%
Amazon: +606%
Google: +418%
S&P 500: +223%
Gold: +12%
Chairman of U.S. Congress subcommittee, @RepFrenchHill says, “America is the place for innovation and fintech. Blockchain and distributed ledger technology is part of that fintech future
“New record #bitcoin hashrate!
Three hundred quintillion hashes are computed every second to secure the network!
300,000,000,000,000,000,000x per second
ZERO capital gains tax on #Bitcoin in Panama!
#Russians
Bill Barr asked Italian officials to discredit Russia probe — they responded with evidence linking Trump to crimes
Former Special Agent in Charge of the FBI New York Counterintelligence
Division Charged with Violating U.S. Sanctions on Russia
A Russian Court and Government Interpreter Also Charged with Violating U.S. Sanctions on Russia
HEALTH
Chelsea Handler ‘didn’t know’ she was on Ozempic: My doctor ‘hands it out’ By Riley Cardoza
Chelsea Handler claims she “didn’t know” she used to be on the diabetes drug Ozempic.
During her guest appearance on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast Wednesday, the comedian alleged that her anti-aging doctor “just hands” the medication “out to anybody … to drop five pounds.”
The 47-year-old joked, “Obviously, now I can’t say her name.”
First the VA used negotiations to lower prescription drug costs for veterans by 50%. Now, thanks to Biden and Democrats in Congress, Medicare can negotiate lower costs for seniors, too. That is taxpayer money we are saving.