Do Not Comply and more Republicans Die

#COVIDisNotOver IT IS ON THE RISE 14% ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH A NEW #EG5 VARIENT WHICH IS NOT MILD.
Hospitalizations are already soaring in many countries. Especially in New York where even ICUs are increasing alongside doubling hospitalizations for COVID, and surging #EG5 #Eris. US COVID levels in wastewater at a pretty sharp upturn. We are nearing the levels of #COVID19 wastewater signals that approach previous waves. And it’s only summer—not even winter time. This is a worrisome signal, given traditionally summer was usually not as bad.
August 17th update (Biobot): US community spread is back up to “high” with an estimated 610,000 daily new infections.
Similar levels in all 4 US regions.

🔸610,000 new infections/day⬆️
🔸1 in every 550 new people were infected today
🔸1 in every 55 people currently infected

CDC is tracking a new lineage of the virus that causes COVID-19. This lineage is named BA.2.86, and has been detected in the United States, Denmark and Israel. CDC is gathering more information and will share more about this lineage as we learn it.

The new booster is tailored to what we see now and the booster will be released in September. *There are millions of Joe Rogan followers who will refuse the booster and won’t wear a mask! They are screaming
“Do not comply” EX: We should reject the WEF “Great Reset” Reject the WHO “Pandemic Treaty” And reject the globalists Man made climate change hoax and reject the net zero green agenda nonsense. Resist,Defy do not comply. More Republicans will die.

The vaccine rollout that’s going to be happening in the fall… that’s going to be an Omicron subvariant-specific booster. There’s very good reason to believe there is going to be good protection.”

Nov. 29, 2021 Trump’s White House doctor calls omicron a midterm elections trick
Highly mutated COVID variant BA.2.86 has been detected in the U.S. Why the CDC and WHO are monitoring it

BucksCountyBeacon @BucksCoBeacon
According to the report, Pennsylvania’s high courts can ensure election results are respected, protect voting rights and ballot access, and uphold checks and balances, citing several examples in which the courts have already done so..
@protctdemocracy’s new report “Democracy on Trial: The Role of Pennsylvania’s High Courts in 2024 and Beyond” underscores why voting in our state’s judicial elections is so critical for protecting our democracy and voting rights, reports @cacarusoo
New Report Emphasizes Importance of Upcoming Judicial Elections in Pennsylvania
Democracy and voting rights can either be protected, or gutted, in the state’s high courts. Bucks County power struggle could hint at shifting suburban politics for 2024 | “As Bucks County goes, Pennsylvania will go.”
@politico covers #BucksCounty commissioners race.

Taylor Swift is concerned about climate change.
Taylor Swift private jet emits more carbon in a single trip than your car in your entire lifetime (and that jet flew more than 200 times last year), but it’s your car that’s causing climate change.

Brought to you by ZUCKER the next covid thing to focus on.
Charlie Chester CNN tech director talks about instilling the next fear – climate change – since Covid isn’t so scary and something that can control Americans anymore.
Project Veritas is a group affiliated with James O’Keefe, a right-wing provocateur known for a series of deceptive videos attacking targets like Planned Parenthood and ACORN, a community organizing group. As of 2017, Project Veritas’s main targets were the mainstream news media and left-leaning groups via “undercover ‘stings’ that involve using false cover stories and covert video recordings meant to expose what the group says is media bias.”

Trump has been found, by a Court of Law, to be a “sexual abuser/rapist”. He’s a vile man who belongs in a cell.
TRUMP RAPED 13 YEAR OLD KATIE JOHNSON 4 TIMES
Katie Johnson’s (aka Jane Doe) rape claims are supported by court documents, a witness (who worked for Epstein) and her own under oath affidavit.
“I understood that both Mr. Trump and Mr. Epstein knew that I was 13 years old. Defendant Trump had sexual contact with me at four different parties in the summer of 1994.”
Here is a link to the Jane Doe affidavit.
Here is a link to the Tiffany Doe under oath affidavit.

LET’S GO GEN Z

Citizens under the age of 35 cannot run for or become President, but there are no specific age limits for serving in the House of Representatives or the Senate. Many members of Congress have been younger than 35 when they were elected to the House or the Senate.

Absolutely critical piece by Laurence Tribe and Michael Luttig:
“If the public record is accurate, the case is not even close. [Trump] is no longer eligible to the office of Presidency, or any other state or federal office covered by the Constitution.”

Bitcoin is not up against commercial banking, credit cards, PayPal or any other private/public company.
Bitcoin is up against the most powerful institution in the history of mankind, Central Banking.

“Rich Men North Of Richmond,” @AintGottaDollar
Compilation of tons of the reaction videos of Rich Men North of Richmond. It’s real easy to think we are divided by race or group or age or whatever nonsense the media is pushing… but we aren’t. It simply serves DC if we hate each other, instead of them.

A succinct explanation of inflation by @TheGuySwann, inspired by the music of @AintGottaDollar
VIDEO https://twitter.com/saylor/status/1692974409852617040

Anything is legal if you can afford to pay the fines of Human greed. It’s been clouded and protected under the corporate umbrella for far too long. It’s destroying the middle class.

CNBC News anchor for 30 years, @JoeSquawk ‘half joking’ says the younger generation should buy bitcoin instead of bonds.
https://twitter.com/DocumentingBTC/status/1691159397311926273

People in Turkey learning about #Bitcoin
– Inflation = 47%
– Interest rates = 17.5%
Buy #Bitcoin before you need it.

“Are US Treasury Bonds Still Safe to Invest In?”
Watch till the end.
Goolsbee’s face expresses the exact moment he realizes he needs to buy #Bitcoin and a lot of it.

FYI Yes Folks there is such a thing…..
@projectpayphone
646-869-7538 Weird and wonderful number to call. It rings up an ELEVATOR somewhere in Midtown Manhattan. Your voice booms out over a security speaker, phreaking out whoever is on the elevator. Luck is key. I just had some fun tormenting elevator passengers.

Bill Pascrell Jr. I‘ve signed onto a motion to force a vote to make Roe v. Wade the set law of the land. Let’s put it on the floor and put all republicans on the record if they support women’s freedom.

Robert Reich @RBReich Aug 18
Never forget this: The GOP’s manufactured crises are meant to distract you from obscene wealth consolidation, climate annihilation, and the subversion of our democracy.

3 years ago, the average 30-year mortgage rate was 2.98%, per Charlie Bilello. The median existing home price in the US was $294,000 .
Currently, the 30-year mortgage rate is 7.23% and the median home price is $440,000.

The Biden administration is attempting to prevent youth-led climate lawsuits from going to trial — just like Obama and Trump’s admins did before them.
We spoke with the lead attorney for this case to understand their obstacles.
In an attempt to block kids’ climate lawsuit during a deadly heatwave, the Biden administration insisted that Americans have “no constitutional right to a stable climate” that supports human life, according to court records reviewed by @LeverNews

After the election, Georgia officials began a recount of the results in that state. We obtained two sets of records that provided additional details of Trump’s attempt to use the recount to overturn Georgia’s election results.

A nursing agency in Mississippi has to pay $314,211 after stealing wages from 91 nurses.
Emry Oxford is the CEO of Prime Care Nursing.
He violated the Fair Labor Standards Act and robbed his workers, but he won’t go to jail for it and the media doesn’t give a shit.
“The agency required the firm to pay back wages and damages to a total of 91 nurses, some of whom had worked as many as 84 hours in a single week. The agency, based in Greenville, MS, also agreed to pay overtime moving forward.”
The agency required the firm to pay back wages and damages to a total of 91 nurses, some of whom had worked as many as 84 hours in a single week. The agency, based in Greenville, MS, also agreed to pay overtime moving forward.

DEADBEAT: Green Party presidential candidate Cornel West currently owes more than half a million dollars between unpaid taxes and unpaid child support, according to tax records.
Records show West owes nearly $466,000 in federal income taxes from 2013 until 2017. And Cornel West’s campaign is being run by Russian asset, Jill Stein. What else do you need to know?

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Sweden set to join NATO after Turkey agreed to their membership.

Clarence Thomas has been taking gifts from the ultra rich for decades and not disclosing it. NYT Excellent story:

Corporate greed is suffocating the working class.

CEO-to-worker pay ratio:
1965: 20-to-1
1978: 30-to-1
1989: 58-to-1
1995: 121-to-1
2020: 351-to-1
Now: 399-to-1

 

Your periodic reminder that Medicare For All would save $450 billion in health care costs and 68,000 lives per year.

Business daddy needs you back in the office so his commercial real estate holds its value, but it would cost him too much to make it safe for you to be there, so if you get long Covid and are too sick to continue working, he’ll just replace you and never think of you again.
A California man caught covid at work. He infected his wife who ended up in ICU. So he sued his bosses. The largest lobbying group in the US got involved. The court ruled against the man because a victory would mean “dire financial consequences for employers.” Is it clear yet?

Anna Muzychuk is champion & queen of chess. She refused to play in Saudi Arabia.”I refuse to play with special rules, like wearing an Abaya, being accompanied by a man to leave the hotel. Will lose 2 world titles. It’s unfortunate, but I can’t feel like I’m a 2nd class person.

In a major blow to BRICS,  India declares they are not interested in creating a common gold-backed currency.
India does not wish to hurt trade deals with the 🇺🇸 US and 🇪🇺 EU, desires to strengthen the Rupee, and sees 🇨🇳 China using BRICS to their own benefit

So Much For “Protecting Children”

Reminder:
“The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that the Church of Jesus Christ of LatterDay Saints can refuse to answer questions or turn over documents under a state law that exempts religious officials from having to report child sex abuse.”

The Arizona Supreme Court upheld “clergy privilege,” ruling that the Mormon Church doesn’t have to report sexual abuse. What the hell kind of law protects pedophiles? Oh, right. A Republican one.

Ohio republican representative, Bob Young, has been arrested for domestic violence against a family member that caused a judge to issue a temporary protection order against him. Young’s campaign ran ads claiming his Dem opponent committed domestic violence 20 years earlier.

#PA #Bucks Because destroying one school district isn’t enough.
“Donors to Common Sense Solutions included venture capitalist Paul Martino of Doylestown, the founder of what is now Back to School PAC who gave $3,000”

Facts

Magats! Former White House national security pick Monica Crowley is now reportedly working for a pro-Russian oligarch!

Journalists shouldn’t have to choose between protecting their confidential sources or going to prison. Thankfully, if Congress passes the #PRESSAct, they won’t have to, at least in federal cases.
Tell Congress: Pass the PRESS Act now!

Were the First Laws Sung? I make some radical claims in this extract from my new book ‘Music to Raise the Dead’.

Craigslist destroyed newspaper revenue and, in turn, polarized & nationalized American politics

Alleged CIA armorer Paris Theodore was from a show business family. His aunt was Cyd Charisse. He appeared in NBC’s 1955 broadcast of Peter Pan as lost boy Nibs, which starred the Mary Martin Paris Theodore (January 9, 1943 – November 16, 2006) was an American inventor of gun holsters and firearms and shooting techniques used by government agents and police departments in the U.S. and abroad, as well as by the fictional James Bond. Dancer/choreographer Lee Becker, who played Anybodys in the original cast of West Side Story, was the wife of alleged CIA armorer, Paris Theodore credited with creation of ASP 9mm handgun, among other things.

@allenanalysis The fact that the Supreme Court allegedly violated Article III of the Constitution by deciding a case based on hypotheticals and a fabricated name and we are barely hearing anything in the media regarding this anymore is beyond comprehension. This goes against the principle that the Court’s jurisdiction is limited to actual cases and controversies.
Recently, the Court ruled in favor of a Christian graphic artist, Lorie Smith, who claimed her freedom of speech allowed her to refuse to design wedding websites for same-sex couples.
The case included a reference to a supposed request made by an individual named Stewart, which turned out to be fabricated. Stewart, who is not gay and has been married to a woman for 15 years, was surprised to see his name used in this context.
https://twitter.com/allenanalysis/status/1678107484542697478

Gerrymandering is still at play says we have not made progress since the grandfather clause.

Artificial General Intelligence (#AGI ): The Next Frontier In Technology

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis talks about the future of AI and competing with ChatGPT

The Game-Changing Global And Regional Navigation Satellite Systems – IBT Graphics

Imagine a world in which the headline was, “Tommy Tuberville makes the country less safe to force his political will”?
Commandant Gen. David Berger stepped down today without a permanent replacement in place due to @TTuberville’s hold on military promotions. This leaves the Marine Corps without a Senate-confirmed leader for the first time in 100 years.

New Law Protects EU Citizens From Trans-Atlantic Data Collection in the US

The fact that Donald Trump sided with Vladimir Putin over U.S. officials is an important problem. The fact that Trump keeps siding with Putin makes the problem much worse.

This interview is devastating. Kennedy comes across as vain, narcissistic, ignorant, boastful, stupid, voraciously unread, with the certainties of an over-privileged ex-heroin junkie who is fatally addicted to himself. The Democratic Presidential candidate talks about his right-wing admirers, his distrust of scientists and the media, and his belief that the C.I.A. was involved in J.F.K.’s death. The Alternative Facts of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. By David Remnick

One month after the Saudi-backed LIV Golf league announced a merger with the PGA Tour, they’ve moved their championship tournament to Trump’s Doral resort. Stunningly blatant corruption. The Saudis are funneling billions to the Trump family.

A Jan. 6 “Moms” Group Funded by Big Lie Donors Is Stoking Voter Suppression
The right-wing extremist group “Moms for America” has been flying under the radar as it works to undermine our rights.

From 1945 to 2022, the total amount of debt (public and private) in the US increased from $363 billion to $93,497 billion ($93.5 trillion).
That was a 7.5% annualized increase. And it was very smooth- there was only ever one time where it decreased slightly: 2009.

INDEPENDENCE FROM CENSORSHIP DAY
Replying to @Free_Speech_1A
That’s why the 1st amendment is unqualified. The rights of the press, speech, religion, assembly, and, most importantly; redress are absolute. This is why the sanctions in election cases are blatantly unconstitutional. We have the absolute right to question any government action.

Less than a few months after having to settle a MASSIVE defamation lawsuit for $787 million with Smartmatic Voting Systems, Fox News may have to dig deep for another defamation lawsuit by Trump-supporting January 6th protester Ray Epps. And they will have Tucker Carlson to thank for it. Again.

Crypto / ETFs

If the Bitcoin experiment is successful, it undermines the parasitic practice of unbacked credit creation & usury; tools used to completely control the populace & siphon the fruits of their labor in perpetuity.

BarnBridge DAO has ceased all operations, and is now under investigation by the SEC, per Axios.

Just like Gen Z uses Instagram now and aren’t excited about Facebook anymore, cryptocurrencies are like Instagram. Stocks, bonds, and other investments are like Facebook to us.” – Autumn Domingo of Generation Bitcoin

Last Bitcoin ETF decision deadline: 3/19/24
Bitcoin halving estimate: 4/16/24

Standard Chartered is expecting a meteoric rise for Bitcoin. $50,000 in 2023 and $120,000 next year. The British bank believes miners will soon begin hoarding their coins and choking off available market supply.

Former SEC Chairman Jay Clayton says Spot #Bitcoin ETFs should be approved.

Digital PerspectivesPermaBull @DigPerspectives
According to former #CFTC chairman @timmassad if there are #Futures on the asset, it’s a #commodity. If there is a Yield earned its a #security. Well then, by his own words,#XRP + #FUTURES =CFTC regulated/Commodity.
VIDEO https://twitter.com/DigPerspectives/status/1678357687690571777

SANTANDER #ripple #XRP Fam The Future Of Banking 2030 – “2 Billion people will have Digital Bank account on Digital Platforms Facilitated by Open Banking fueled by data stored and share on the cloud and made faster and safer by Blockchain Technology.” @bancosantander https://twitter.com/801_XRP/status/1678265987060334592

Ex-SEC Director Says It’s “Reasonable” for Judge Torres to Lock Ripple’s #XRP Escrow Accounts Forever
At that point what happens to price if the escrow is locked forever? Can it be destroyed? What will happen to #Ripple’s business model? This brings upon a lot of questions…

Crypto Twitter won’t let you forget Brian Armstrong’s deleted tweets
Crypto Twitter has been charged with tracking down and preserving ‘spicy’ deleted tweets from Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong after the tech mogul apparently wiped all of his messages from the site. It appears that The Wayback Machine — the trusted internet archive — has also scrubbed all evidence of Armstrong’s tweets.
Among the highlights so far are Armstrong’s complaints about Coinbase’s removal from bitcoin.org, his suggestion for a for-profit Bitcoin fork, his claims that “altcoins are a distraction,” and his hyping of a 4% ETH pump after Coinbase listed it.

Tether’s ties to China explained in two minutes

Time for the #FacebookFiles
When he took over, @ElonMusk provided access to Twitter’s archives to journalists to reveal the censorship activities of the previous regime. But Facebook’s censorship activities have been kept largely hidden from users and the public—until now.
Prior to Musk purchasing Twitter, Twitter had an algorithmic far-right bias. It was biased toward far-right persons, entities, and posts. This wasn’t opinion; this was what the data showed. The data was *so clear* that Twitter had to admit what it was. Conservatives love —*anecdotes*—and Democrats tend to focus on history. Public and private reports confirmed that social media (including Twitter) helped elect Trump.

Twitter’s traffic is plummeting as Threads hits 100M downloads.

NetHappenings Internet Ethics

Internet Ethics

Back in 2016, the American Philosophical Association hosted a meeting titled “#AI Automation and the Good Life.” The event intro reads like it could have been written yesterday (just changing one name): https://apaonline.org/general/custom.asp?page=AIAuto #ethics #tech #highered

“Stable Diffusion kickstarted an era of rapid development in image-synthesis technology… [&] strong backlash among artists and corporate entities, some of which have sued Stability AI. Stability’s move into language models could inspire similar results”:
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/04/stable-diffusion-for-language-stability-launches-open-source-ai-chatbot/

“Today’s #AI breakthroughs couldn’t happen without the availability of the digital stockpiles and landfills of info, ideas and feelings that the #internet prompted people to produce.
But we produced all that stuff for one another, not for AI.” #ethics #tech #data

Congress gets 40 ChatGPT Plus licenses to start experimenting with generative AI

The House of Representatives’ digital service has already distributed the licenses among lawmakers’ offices.

NetHappenings Newsletter Headlines, AI – Social Media – Health – Privacy – Crypto Regulation

NetHappenings Newsletter Headlines
#AI – #SocialMedia – #Health – #Privacy – #CryptoRegulation

George Santos

AI

RIP Remembering Carl Hewitt January 18, 2023

Conservatives Are Panicking About AI Bias, Think ChatGPT Has Gone ‘Woke’

How ChatGPT Hijacks Democracy ChatGPT is already threatening to upend how we draft everyday communications like emails, college essays and myriad other forms of writing.
Created by the company OpenAI, ChatGPT is a chatbot that can automatically respond to written prompts in a manner that is sometimes eerily close to human.

Social Media

What the Jan. 6 probe found out about social media, but didn’t report

Google Didn’t Show Bias in Filtering Campaign-Ad Pitches, FEC Says
GOP committees cited an academic article to claim Google’s spam filters were designed to benefit Democrats

Hockenberry: The The Sh*t Show
Well, it happened.
We knew it was coming.

Online safety bill threatens tech CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg with jail

Journalists (And Others) Should Leave Twitter. Here’s How They Can Get Started | Techdirt
Summary: Elon Musk has demonstrated contempt for free speech in general, and journalism in particular, with his behavior at Twitter. He is also demonstrating why it is foolhardy for anyone to rely on centralized platforms to create and distribute vital information. Journalists — among many information providers and users — should move to decentralized systems where they have control of what they say and how they distribute it. And philanthropic organizations have a major

Health

EWG study: Eating one freshwater fish equals a month of drinking ‘forever chemicals’ water
PFAS found at high levels in freshwater fish, with most concern for vulnerable communities

Matt Schlapp Sued for $9.4 Million by Herschel Walker Aide Who Accused Him of Sexual Assault

Moderna CEO: 400% price hike on COVID vaccine “consistent with the value” Lawmakers have already called Pfizer’s similar plan “pure and deadly greed.”
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/01/moderna-may-match-pfizers-400-price-hike-on-covid-vaccines-report-says/

PRIVACY

Websites Selling Abortion Pills Are Sharing Sensitive Data With Google
Some sites selling abortion pills use technology that shares information with third parties like Google. Law enforcement can potentially use this data to prosecute people who end their pregnancies with medication.
https://www.propublica.org/article/websites-selling-abortion-pills-share-sensitive-data-with-google

Is Worldcoin a Crypto-currency for the Masses or Your Digital ID?
IN A COLLEGE classroom in the Indian city of Bangalore last August, Moiz Ahmed held up a volleyball-size chrome globe with a glass-covered opening at its center. Ahmed explained to the students that if they had their irises scanned with the device, known as the Orb, they would be rewarded with 25 Worldcoins, a soon-to-be released cryptocurrency. The scan, he said, was to make sure they hadn’t signed up before. That’s because Worldcoin, the company behind the project, wants to create the most widely and evenly distributed cryptocurrency ever by giving every person on the planet the same small allocation of coins. Some listeners were enthusiastic, considering the meteoric rise in value that cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin since they launched. “I found it to be a very unique opportunity,” said Diksha Rustagi. “You can probably earn a lot from Worldcoin in the future.” Others were more cautious, including a woman who goes by Chaitra R, who hung at the back of the classroom as her fellow students signed up. “I have a lot of doubts,” she said. “We would like to know how it’s going to help us.”

The Federal Communications Commission’s Friday, the 13th Fabric challenge deadline nightmare: Some states want a delay, others urge the administration on. Commerce: We need to “meet the urgency of the moment.”

 

REGULATION

Congress’ FTX Problem: 1 in 3 Members Got Cash From Crypto Exchange’s Bosses

America’s slow-moving, confused crypto regulation is driving industry out of US and is likely to end another year without clear guidance on digital assets.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/11/americas-slow-moving-confused-crypto-regulation-is-driving-industry-out-of-us/

Four Crypto-Friendly Banks Are Being Bailed Out with Billions from a Federal Housing Program
https://wallstreetonparade.com/2023/01/four-crypto-friendly-banks-are-being-bailed-out-with-billions-from-a-federal-housing-program/

A Sam Bankman-Fried Company Loaned or Invested More than $1 Billion in Clients of its Law Firm, Sullivan & Cromwell
https://wallstreetonparade.com/2023/01/a-sam-bankman-fried-company-loaned-or-invested-more-than-1-billion-in-clients-of-its-law-firm-sullivan-cromwell/

FTX Bankruptcy Proceedings Thus Far Show a Shocking Miscarriage of Justice
https://wallstreetonparade.com/2023/01/ftx-bankruptcy-proceedings-thus-far-show-a-shocking-miscarriage-of-justice/

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2022 Reviews
Review of Victoria Lindsay Levine and Dylan Robinson, Music and Modernity Among First Peoples of North America