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originally posted by: Guyfriday
a reply to: Jorge1986s
Well try and have an intelligent discussion about the Shadow People and watch how fast it gets turned into a religion of demons killing our souls rather than an evidence-based discussion of fact and personal experiences.
it's the same here in this thread with expressing that the identity of "Qanon" was a creation by the media and based around a cult. While the topic of -Q- seems to be bled out from the discussion.
originally posted by: RelSciHistItSufi
a reply to: MetalThunder
Wrinkles also on the following coffin flags, if I remember correctly:
NoName
George HW Bush
QEII
Cheers bro!
originally posted by: Guyfriday
We haven't heard from -Q- for a long time, and again I will bring up the fact that there was going to be an information dump before the end. This dump never took place nor has there been anything as of late, which is concerning given the whole Biden-Exposure that is happening as of this writing. It might seem that -Q- may have only been a conjunction of both ideas and reality. A coincidence of events if one will. Though to be fair I have been wrong, and will probably be wrong again.
The information that has been brought forward by -Q- seems to have mostly been good, and the continued understanding and unfolding of event seems to be confirmation of this (even if loosely connected). It seems that -Q- provided information has aged much better than the hints and puzzles "Casper" tried to leave us (shortcuts that went nowhere, and keys to rooms that never existed it seems). It would seem that the legacy that is being left behind by the -Q-movement will be felt by certain groups for a very long time.
If we do have the final -Q-posts that were promised, then the entirety of the game might have to be reset, or at the very least expanded out from the current board of play.
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originally posted by: TheBadCabbie
originally posted by: Guyfriday
We haven't heard from -Q- for a long time, and again I will bring up the fact that there was going to be an information dump before the end. This dump never took place nor has there been anything as of late, which is concerning given the whole Biden-Exposure that is happening as of this writing. It might seem that -Q- may have only been a conjunction of both ideas and reality. A coincidence of events if one will. Though to be fair I have been wrong, and will probably be wrong again.
The information that has been brought forward by -Q- seems to have mostly been good, and the continued understanding and unfolding of event seems to be confirmation of this (even if loosely connected). It seems that -Q- provided information has aged much better than the hints and puzzles "Casper" tried to leave us (shortcuts that went nowhere, and keys to rooms that never existed it seems). It would seem that the legacy that is being left behind by the -Q-movement will be felt by certain groups for a very long time.
If we do have the final -Q-posts that were promised, then the entirety of the game might have to be reset, or at the very least expanded out from the current board of play.
That also brings to mind the issue of the other Wikileaks insurance files. 30GB or so at least. Assange is in some sort of custody. Does that mean passwords have been leaked for those files?
Jeffrey Epstein’s art-world connections have been well-documented ever since he was convicted on sex trafficking charges in 2019, the same year he died by suicide while in jail. But intrigue surrounding his social network has only deepened since then, and a Wall Street Journal investigation published Wednesday revealed that he had planned meetings with at least a few powerful members of the art world.
The report, which was based on thousands of emails and documents obtained by the Wall Street Journal, said that Epstein had scheduled visits with artist Jeff Koons and the auction house Sotheby’s, as well as meetings with mega-collector Leon Black, a financier whose ties to Epstein were already known.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Epstein had been particularly close with Woody Allen, the acclaimed filmmaker who has been accused of sexually abusing his daughter. Allen and Epstein had planned to visit Koons’s studio in 2013, the documents reviewed by the Wall Street Journal reveal.
Those documents also show that Epstein and Allen had planned a visit to Sotheby’s in 2017.
It’s not the first time that Epstein and Sotheby’s have been reported to have had a relationship. In 2020, prosecutors in the US Virgin Islands ordered Christie’s and Sotheby’s to turn over any documents related to their alleged dealings with Epstein.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Epstein had planned more than 100 meetings with Black between 2013 and 2017, when he was still with Apollo.
Representatives for Koons’s studio and Sotheby’s did not respond to requests for comment. An Apollo spokesperson forwarded ARTnews to a representative for Black, who has not responded to a request for comment.
Already freed from carrying wallets, Chinese citizens can now also leave their phones at home. On May 21, Tencent’s WeChat Pay rolled out a new “palm payment” method, whereby users can complete an entire transaction with a simple “wave” of their hand.
According to Tencent, the technology — developed by the YouTu artificial intelligence lab — relies on recognizing surface-level palm prints and the hands’ veins. In the statement, the company says that the latest payment method aims to improve efficiency and greatly simplify the user experience, which it notes could be helpful for the elderly and people living with disabilities.
The service is available only to residents in mainland China who have completed identity verification and it can be used in designated metro stations. But the tech giant has bigger ambitions — it is gradually rolling out palm payments at offices, campuses, retail outlets, and restaurants.
Arch WeChat Pay rival Alibaba Alipay is also working on palm payments, media outlet Tech Planet reports. As the two combined account for more than 90 percent of Mainland China’s mobile payments market, palm payments are likely to become a transaction fixture.
Chinese healthcare and energy sector providers will allow patients and customers to pay with the digital yuan, in new breakthroughs for the nation’s central bank digital currency (CBDC).
Employees explained that the CBDC would allow hospitals to push ahead with “medical reform” and “digitize.”
The news agency Xinhua reported that the payment was a “national first” for public institutions.
Last week, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) cleared the CBDC for use in the securities market.
Please wear clothes in your Georgia digital driver's license photo, officials said Tuesday.
The Georgia Department of Drivers’ Services reminded people to take pictures with their clothes on when submitting a Georgia Digital ID – a new system introduced this month.
Users must unlock and hold their phone or watch near the identity reader for the device to display information that is being requested by the TSA. Once users authorize the information with Face ID or Touch ID, the information will be shared digitally, the GDDS said on its website.
“Information is all shared digitally, so you do not need to show or hand over your iPhone or Apple Watch to present your Georgia Digital ID,” the GDDS said.
Russia’s Finance Minister Anton Siluanov spoke about a new payment system that will enable the use of crypto for international payments. According to his statement on Monday, shared by Russian news outlet Tass, there will be no restrictions on the use of cryptocurrencies with this new payment system.
The Russian finance minister elaborated that they are launching a payment system based on digital financial assets. He said the payment system would enable two parties to reach an agreement, make payments, and prevent any national interference.
It was stated by Aksakov that the crypto exchanges would be utilized for cross-border settlements. According to the statement, these include bypassing sanctions while at the same time complying with the rules. As stated by Aksakov, the central bank will oversee these crypto exchanges. Additionally, the draft law on experimental legal regimes will include the regulations.
Pioneering the cryptocurrency world, Bybit, the third most visited cryptocurrency exchange globally, has made a significant leap. The Astana Financial Services Authority (AFSA) has granted preliminary approval, marking Bybit’s acceleration towards a formidable presence in emerging markets worldwide.
This initial endorsement from AFSA is not merely a regulatory formality. Instead, it sets the stage for Bybit’s potential to establish a Digital Asset Trading Facility and provide Custody Services within the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) premises.
Kazakhstan serves as a crucial access point to the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), a burgeoning market that is swiftly adopting cryptocurrencies.
The recent move by Bybit is a significant step forward in the ongoing global expansion of the cryptocurrency industry.
Nvidia took the wraps off a slew of new AI-centric products on Monday, as the chipmaker continues to ride the generative-AI wave.
The lineup includes a high-powered supercomputer called the Nvidia DGX GH200 and a platform called Nvidia ACE that will put generative AI to work in video game development.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on a recent earnings call that he believes data center operators are looking to inject AI computing prowess into their gear. That in turn in powering a shift to graphics chips like those his companies makes, and away from the central processing units that underpinned Intel's previous dominance in data centers.
Generative AI, large language models and recommender systems are the digital engines of the modern economy,” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said in a statement. DGX GH200 AI supercomputers integrate NVIDIA’s most advanced accelerated computing and networking technologies to expand the frontier of AI.”
Nvidia also unveiled its ACE generative AI model for video games. The service will let game companies use generative AI for large games with multiple nonplayer characters, giving them unique lines of dialogue and ways to interact with players that would normally need to be programmed by developers individually.
The New Development Bank (NDB), also known as the "BRICS bank," is in talks with Saudi Arabia on admitting the Middle Eastern nation as its ninth member, which would strengthen the NDB's funding options amid the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, according to media reports.
The NDB has a major role to prevent financial crises in BRICS countries and will be more efficient in crisis assistance, Pan Helin, joint director of the Research Center for Digital Economics and Financial Innovation affiliated with Zhejiang University's International Business School, told the Global Times on Sunday.
Pan added that Saudi Arabia is in stable financial condition with a relatively small risk potential, so its inclusion in the NDB would enhance the financial strength of the BRICS fund pool, while elevating the nations' capability for crisis management and response.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says he believes a group of five nations collectively known as BRICS should create its own common currency to compete on the global stage.
After attending the G7 meeting in Hiroshima, President Lula hosted a press conference touting the benefits of a common currency that does does not depend on the US dollar,
Late last month, a top Russian lawmaker said that BRICS is already in the process of creating an alternative currency that would bypass the US dollar.
The proposal for a Brics common currency envisaged that such a currency would over time become similar to that of the euro, the common currency of the EU, and would be used in transactions by countries outside Brics.
A Brics common currency will require a central bank, which will require commonality in monetary policy, alignment of fiscal policies and synergy between political regimes across the trade bloc.