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An analysis of the human condition and a call to action for the unhoused.

"On the difference between stable and depleted."

Comedian and actor Kevin James shared a brutal story from early in his career when he drove 16 hours for a low-paying gig — finding an unwelcome surprise in a cheap motel room.

Building AI Trust at Scale — Series Part 5 By DIF Ambassador Misha Deville (https://www.linkedin.com/in/misha-deville/?ref=blog.identity.foundation)

Fifty-nine Palestinian journalists shared their stories of torture and abuse at the hands of the Israeli military

The integration between cryptocurrency technology and traditional banking is inevitable.

Elon Musk’s social media platform X has filed an appeal at the European Union’s General Court challenging a €120 million ($141 million) fine imposed by the European Commission.

This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with Colorado State Trooper Tye Simcox and discuss the day he was finishing up some paperwork in his patrol car when out of nowhere he came

در این روز ها که صبح بیدار میشیم و خبر نداریم عمرمان آنقدر قد میدهد که ستاره های شب یا ابر های زیبای آسمان صبح فردا را ببینیم، ما ایرانیان چاره ای نداریم جز اینکه هم اکنون یک متن از خود منتشر کنیم تا نشانی از تفکرات و عقاید ما باشد تا بعداً دیگران نتوانند سو استفاده نکنند

America's gross domestic product -- the nation's output of goods and services -- increased at an 1.4% annual rate in the fourth quarter, the Commerce Department reported Friday, down from 4.4% in the July-September quarter and 3.8% in the quarter before that.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news (https://www.racket.news?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7) Inside Vinay Prasad's standoff with Moderna By Emily

Russia’s intensifying cyberattacks, sabotage and covert influence operations across Europe show the Kremlin is preparing for a prolonged confrontation with the West, Dutch intelligence agencies

Narrated Version | Inside Vinay Prasad's standoff with Moderna

A new study of bonobos shows that they grin during vigorous socio-sexual interactions The post Grinning During Sex Isn’t Contagious, But It Does Require Tempo

Poland will use antipersonnel as well as anti-tank land mines to defend its eastern border against the growing threat from Russia, Poland's deputy defense minister told The Associated Press on Friday, as the country officially left an international convention banning the use of the controversial weapons.

Agibot stages live televised gala with over 200 humanoid robots in Shanghai, featuring synchronized dancing, martial arts and acrobatic performances.

Kritik am Staat Israel muss auch möglich sein! Teil 1 von 2

This week’s newsletter summarizes a discussion about recent OP_RETURN usage and describes a protocol to enforce covenant-like spending conditions without consensus changes. Also included are our

Joe Rogan agreed with Michael Malice that birthright citizenship is at fault for many of America's immigration issues, arguing it is a "crazy law" that has been exploited.

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This is a curious and mostly charming book about therapy. It is presented as a (somewhat contrived) Socratic dialogue between Skynner the teacher and Cleese the pupil. Skynner lectures on while

Even now, safely in her new home of Estonia, Inna Vnukova says she can't purge the terrifying memory of living under Russian occupation in eastern Ukraine early in the war and her family's harrowing escape.

The National Bank of Ukraine announced that attackers may have gained access to users’ personal data, including names, phone numbers, email addresses and delivery addresses, in a recent cyberattack.

Tens of thousands of Muslims gathered under heavy security at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem for the first Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan, among them Palestinians who crossed into Israel from the West Bank.

The economy is changing fast. Democrats need to be a rock in the storm.

Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode:  • Crypto VC funds have some dry powder • CFTC chair Mike Selig asserts jurisdiction over prediction markets

This journey was not about comfort. It was about continuing forward, even when the road was rough, the weather unfriendly, and energy low.

> *"Thus says the Lord Almighty: 'The fourth-month fast, and the fifth-month fast, and the seventh-month fast, and the tenth-month fast shall be for joy and gladness and in good feasts to the house of

En komplet guide til røgelsespinde — typer, historie, sundhed og brug.

Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Tish Rabe (@tishrabebooks) the New York Times bestselling author of more than 200 children’s books, with more than 11 million copies sold. She has

If you’ve decided to cut back on or eliminate seed oils from your diet, chances are you’re constantly checking labels of your favorite store-bought items, only to be hit with one disappointment after another. From potato chips to hummus to salad dressings, it seems like everything is made with seed oils. One of my (and my family’s) long-time obsessions has been with Goddess tahini salad dressing. This is different than “Green Goddess” which I’ve never been a fan of. It’s sold under both the Ann...

Notes from a morning where nothing happened

The Bitcoin fear and greed index hit 9. Blue Owl Capital permanently froze investor redemptions. The Fed flagged private credit vulnerabilities. Something is breaking beneath the surface, and the on-chain data says smart money is accumulating.

Artificial intelligence amplifies existing infrastructure concentration. Training large-scale models requires capital, data aggregation, and specialized hardware — conditions that naturally consolidate power. When AI inference is delivered exclusively via cloud APIs, access to cognition becomes mediated by identity and billing systems. This chapter explores how AI intensifies dependency dynamics, why the issue is structural rather than conspiratorial, and why identity portability becomes more cr...

Local-first architecture introduces friction by design. It limits seamlessness, slows certain workflows, and requires user awareness. These limitations are not regressions. They are constraints. This chapter explores how constraint functions as formative structure, why convenience culture erodes agency over time, and how local-first systems preserve dignity by requiring participation rather than passive tenancy.

Every digital system encodes an answer to a quiet question: who ultimately decides? Decisions about access, identity, publication, and record permanence are often treated as policy issues, but they are architectural first. This chapter explores how authority is embedded in infrastructure, how moderation and account systems concentrate control, and why custody redistributes baseline power without collapsing social order. Sovereignty here is defined not as isolation, but as structural dignity.

Exit is often misunderstood as disloyalty or rebellion. In architectural terms, exit is the proof of voluntary participation. Systems that allow full data export, identity portability, and independent archival demonstrate confidence. Systems that complicate departure reveal dependency. This chapter explores exit as structural dignity — not hostility — and why portability must be embedded in design rather than promised in policy.

Cloud infrastructure reshaped modern computing by abstracting complexity and enabling rapid scale. Its advantages are real. But abstraction concentrates authority. This chapter examines how subscription economics, remote hosting, and accumulated data gravity create structural dependency — not through malice, but through architecture — and why local-first design seeks to rebalance that asymmetry without rejecting the cloud entirely.