Baguazhang (Airbending)
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The Internet Is Rotting - By Jonathan Zittrain (theatlantic)
"The glue that holds humanity’s knowledge together is coming undone."
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Alien Dreams: An Emerging Art Scene - by Charlie Snell
In recent months there has been a bit of an explosion in the AI generated art scene.
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How 37 US banks merged into 4 over the years:
How the oligarchic finance monopoly is doing:
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The YouTube Revolution in Knowledge Transfer - by Samo Burja (2019)
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1933: The Vatican and Nazi Germany Sign an Agreement - that effectively removed Vatican opposition to the Nazis, in exchange for restored control over religious affairs.
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Excerpt from "Rogue Agent - The Cercle and the 6I in the Private Cold War 1951 - 1991" - by David Teacher
“In August 1959, ['Cees'] Van den Heuvel set up a foundation for research into human ecology based in the Hague. The title is indicative, if not conclusive: in 1955, the CIA had founded a Society for the Study of Human Ecology which changed name in 1961 to become the Human Ecology Fund. Both American organizations were funding conduits for the CIA's MK-ULTRA programme of research into mind control and brainwashing. Van den Heuvel's human ecology foundation would soon change titles to the Oost-West Stichting (East-West Foundation), which received funding from the BVD. According to an Italian secret service (SIFAR) report dated October 1963, the BVD funded a meeting in Barbizon near Paris on 5th - 8th October 1961 where "the participants decided to unite all efforts and initiatives of the struggle against Communism within a new organization and place these on a serious and expert footing."
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Photos from the celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, in Beijing on July 1, 2021.
Excerpt from the speech party chairman Xi Jinping held on the CPC's 100th anniversary:
The Chinese nation has fostered a splendid civilization over more than 5,000 years of history. The Party has also acquired a wealth of experience through its endeavors over the past 100 years and during more than 70 years of governance. At the same time, we are also eager to learn what lessons we can from the achievements of other cultures, and welcome helpful suggestions and constructive criticism. We will not, however, accept sanctimonious preaching from those who feel they have the right to lecture us. The Party and the Chinese people will keep moving confidently forward in broad strides along the path that we have chosen for ourselves, and we will make sure the destiny of China's development and progress remains firmly in our own hands. ... We will continue to champion cooperation over confrontation, to open up rather than closing our doors, and to focus on mutual benefits instead of zero-sum games. We will oppose hegemony and power politics, and strive to keep the wheels of history rolling toward bright horizons.
We Chinese are a people who uphold justice and are not intimidated by threats of force. As a nation, we have a strong sense of pride and confidence. We have never bullied, oppressed, or subjugated the people of any other country, and we never will. By the same token, we will never allow any foreign force to bully, oppress, or subjugate us. Anyone who would attempt to do so will find themselves on a collision course with a great wall of steel forged by over 1.4 billion Chinese people.
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Google updates Passes API to store COVID vaccination and testing infos on Android devices
"Google has updated its Passes API to enable a simple and secure way to store and access COVID vaccination and test cards on Android devices. Starting today, developers from healthcare organizations, government agencies and organizations authorized by public health authorities to distribute COVID vaccines and/or tests will have access to these APIs to create a digital version of COVID vaccination or test information. This will roll out initially in the United States followed by other countries."
“Sir! I have a plan! [standing up from his wheelchair] Mein Führer! I can walk!” - Peter Sellers - Dr. Strangelove
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Sky: Children of the Light - Launch Trailer - Nintendo Switch
#Comment: Fun work by Jenova Chen and team, remixing and adapting the Studio Ghibli look'n'feel for interactive media. I wonder why digital content creators keep fetishizing nature in their works? Isn't it bit oxymoronic to be sitting in-front of a glowing rectangle (screen) for countless hours, immersed in a poor simulation of being in nature - instead of actually being in nature?
