https://mobile.twitter.com/jeffreyatucker/status/1554585811995316227
Jeffrey A Tucker
@jeffreyatucker
Here is the CDC ordering a certain platform the name of which begins with T to ban Naomi Wolf for daring to mention certain things before the NYT confirmed them as true.
https://mobile.twitter.com/denisrancourt/status/1554643845735923712
Denis Rancourt
@denisrancourt
Here it is, maybe the most important article on "covid" and on the "vaccines", with co-authors Baudin and Mercier:
researchgate.net
(PDF) COVID-Period Mass Vaccination Campaign and Public Health Disaster in the USA From age/state…
PDF | All-cause mortality by time is the most reliable data for detecting and epidemiologically characterizing events causing death, and for gauging the… | Find, read and cite all the research you…
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Here are three key points from our paper re USA:
The vaccine program did not measurably avert any deaths.
The measures killed poor, obese, disabled, isolated individuals.
COVID-19 could not have caused the excess mortality, since young adults died more than elderly.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Togetherdec/status/1555090848030887937
Together
@Togetherdec
Patrick Vallance
@uksciencechief
is stepping down
He knew lockdowns would cause more harm than good
He told everyone this on
@BBC
He backed numerous lockdowns anyway
Was publicly criticised by
@UKStatsAuth
for hyped-up models
UK public deserve better
dailysceptic.org
Dr. Doom Steps Down
Sir Patrick Vallance, known as Dr. Doom thanks to his leadership of the always pessimistic SAGE during the pandemic, is
2:18 AM · Aug 4, 2022·Twitter Web App
https://mobile.twitter.com/EthicalSkeptic/status/1555043974401998850
Ethical Skeptic ☀
@EthicalSkeptic
Now, does this chart I made in May 2021 suddenly make sense?
https://anandamide.substack.com/p/nerfing-the-abstract-3?s=w
Undeniable safety = rapid cancer
Undeniable safety = blood cancer.
Everyone clear?
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35888593/
https://mobile.twitter.com/HansMahncke/status/1554950187591901184
Hans Mahncke
@HansMahncke
Game over for the Wuhan Seafood Market hoaxers. Really nicely explained by
@quay_dr
at today's hearing with
@RandPaul
.
(will you report this
@carlzimmer
@NYTimes
or will you just keep pushing the natural origin lie?)
https://mobile.twitter.com/backtolife_2023/status/1554948026313195521
https://internetofbusiness.com/wearable-tattoo-mit-microsoft/amp/
Microsoft, MIT partner for IoT-enabled wearable tattoo
Microsoft, MIT partner for IoT-enabled wearable tattoo
Microsoft, MIT partner for IoT-enabled wearable tattoo
PhD students have partnered with Microsoft Research to develop a new type of wearable.
At a time when wearables are becoming increasingly accepted as a useful part of our day to day lives, the challenge for developers is beginning to shift to the details, to making the user experience as seamless as possible.
The logical move is to take wearable technology one step further. The point at which wearables are no longer ‘worn’ and instead become integrated with the user, is when a real Internet of Things (IoT) revolution will have occurred. With this aim in mind, PhD researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have teamed up with Microsoft Research to develop temporary smart tattoos. This experimental form of wearable can be used to control electronics or send data through NFC.
DuoSkin wearable can conduct electricity
The technology developed has been named DuoSkin, and is essentially a “fabrication process”, through which anyone can create a custom device that can be attached to the skin to function as a user interface. The on-skin devices are made of gold leaf, a non-abrasive, relatively cheap material capable of withstanding day-to-day wear and tear and conducting electricity.
The design process begins with the creation of circuitry stencils, which are eventually used to form a gold leaf shell. Tiny electronic parts, including a communication chip, are added to the tattoo before the entire device is attached to the user’s skin via the kind of water transfer that will be familiar to anyone with a childhood experience of temporary tattoos.
Built into the metallic on-skin tattoos are elements found in many user interfaces, such as buttons, sliders, and 2D trackpads. The idea is that using DuoSkin should feel familiar. The technology has also been designed to change color based on skin temperature. This was made possible by including resistive heating elements underneath the thermochromic layer.
For many people the idea of a tattoo is the stuff of nightmares, but the creators of DuoSkin think their idea could combine aesthetics with functionality. A statement on the DuoSkin website reads:
“DuoSkin devices enable users to control their mobile devices, display information, and store information on their skin while serving as a statement of personal style. We believe that in the future, on-skin electronics will no longer be black-boxed and mystified; instead, they will converge towards the user friendliness, extensibility, and aesthetics of body decorations, forming a DuoSkin integrated to the extent that it has seemingly disappeared.”
Advanced wearable keeps hands free
Ian Hughes, an Internet of Things analyst at 451 Research, suggested that DuoSkin is the latest in a line of technologies helping user interfaces blend with the physical world.
“We have already seen the rapid shift from keyboards and mice to touch screens in a few short years”, he said. Gesture, touch, location, and voice are all becoming practical and usable as our technology fragments physically but remains network connected – this input form of augmented reality is another example.”
“In B2C it becomes not only functional but fashionable, like in the early days of Apple Ipod when the white headphone leads indicated your technology choice. In B2B these interfaces may fit more with health and safety needs, making it easier and safer to report in while in a risky situation, or as a panic button for staff out in the community.”
User interface fragmentation a challenge for developers
Although the increasing fragmentation of interfaces offers many challenges for developers, Hughes hinted that the more integrated we become with our devices, the less chance there will be of security issues.
“For developers, the fragmentation of user interfaces is a challenge, they will have to deal with multiple types of interface and work out how to inform the user of what multi-function buttons and sliders might mean,” he said. “Security may be difficult, though the closer to human augmentation we get the more biometrics signals can be read without the user needing to login or unlock applications.
https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/germanys-uniper-warns-irregular-operation-power-plant-rhine-river-dries
Germany's Uniper Warns Of Possible "Irregular Operation" At Major Power Plant As Rhine River Runs Dry
https://scitechdaily.com/death-by-napping-the-frightening-link-to-high-blood-pressure-and-increased-stroke-risk/
Death by Napping? The Frightening Link to High Blood Pressure and Increased Stroke Risk
According to new research, napping on a regular basis is associated with higher risks for high blood pressure and stroke.
American Heart Association study shows link between frequent naps and high blood pressure.
Frequent or usual daytime napping in adults was associated with a 24% high risk of having a stroke and a 12% higher risk of developing high blood pressure compared to never napping.
Experts say napping, though not unhealthy, could be a sign of poor sleep quality.
A higher percentage of frequent nappers were men, had lower education and income levels, and reported daily drinking, cigarette smoking, insomnia, snoring, and being an evening person compared to people who reported napping sometimes or never.
The Mendelian randomization result shows that if napping frequency increased by one category (from never to sometimes or sometimes to usually) high blood pressure risk increased by 40%.
According to new research published on July 25, 2022, in Hypertension, an American Heart Association journal, napping on a regular basis is associated with higher risks for high blood pressure and stroke.
For the research, scientists in China investigated whether frequent naps could be a potential causal risk factor for high blood pressure and/or stroke. It is the first study to investigate whether frequent napping was associated with high blood pressure and ischemic stroke using both observational analyses of participants over a long period of time and Mendelian randomization – a genetic risk validation.
“These results are especially interesting since millions of people might enjoy a regular, or even daily nap,” says E Wang, Ph.D., M.D., a professor and chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at Xiangya Hospital Central South University, and the study’s corresponding author.
pt1
For the study, researchers used information from UK Biobank. This large biomedical database and research resource contains anonymized genetic, lifestyle, and health information from half a million UK participants. Between 2006 and 2010, UK Biobank recruited more than 500,000 participants between the ages of 40 and 69 who lived in the United Kingdom. The participants regularly provided blood, urine, and saliva samples, as well as detailed information about their lifestyles. The daytime napping frequency survey occurred 4 times from 2006 – 2019 in a small proportion of UK Biobank participants.
Wang’s team excluded records of people who had already had a stroke or had high blood pressure before the start of the study. This left about 360,000 participants to analyze the association between napping and first-time reports of stroke or high blood pressure, with an average follow-up of about 11 years. Participants were divided into three groups based on self-reported napping frequency: “never/rarely,” “sometimes,” or “usually.”
The study found:
A higher percentage of usual-nappers were men, had lower education and income levels, and reported daily drinking, cigarette smoking, snoring, insomnia, and being an evening person compared to never- or sometimes-nappers;
People who usually nap had a 12% higher likelihood of developing high blood pressure and 24% higher likelihood of having a stroke compared to people who reported never taking a nap;
Participants younger than age 60 who usually napped had a 20% higher risk of developing high blood pressure compared to people the same age who never napped. After age 60, usual napping was associated with a 10% higher risk of high blood pressure compared to those who reported never napping;
About three-fourths of participants remained in the same napping category throughout the study;
The Mendelian randomization result showed that if napping frequency increased by one category (from never to sometimes or sometimes to usually) high blood pressure risk increased 40%. Higher napping frequency was related to the genetic propensity for high blood pressure risk.
“This may be because, although taking a nap itself is not harmful, many people who take naps may do so because of poor sleep at night. Poor sleep at night is associated with poorer health, and naps are not enough to make up for that,” said Michael A. Grandner, Ph.D., MTR, a sleep expert and co-author of the American Heart Association’s new Life’s Essential 8 cardiovascular health score, which added sleep duration in June 2022 as the 8th metric for measuring optimal heart and brain health. “This study echoes other findings that generally show that taking more naps seems to reflect increased risk for problems with heart health and other issues.” Grander is director of the Sleep Health Research Program and the Behavioral Sleep Medicine Clinic and associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Arizona in Tucson.
The researchers recommend further examination of the associations between a healthy sleep pattern, including daytime napping, and heart health.
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Several important limitations of the study should be considered. Scientists only collected daytime napping frequency, not duration, so there is no information on how or whether the length of nap affects blood pressure or stroke risks. In addition, nap frequency was self-reported without any objective measurements, making estimates nonquantifiable. Furthermore, the research participants were mostly middle-aged and elderly with European ancestry, so the results may not be generalizable. Finally, scientists have not yet discovered the biological mechanism for the effect of daytime napping on blood pressure regulation or stroke.
Reference: “Association of Nap Frequency With Hypertension or Ischemic Stroke Supported by Prospective Cohort Data and Mendelian Randomization in Predominantly Middle-Aged European Subjects” by Min-jing Yang, Zhong Zhang, Yi-jing Wang, Jin-chen Li, Qu-Lian Guo, Xiang Chen and E. Wang, 25 July 2022, Hypertension.
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.122.19120
Co-authors are Min-jing Yang, M.D.; Zhong Zhang, Ph.D., M.D.; Yi-jing Wang; M.D.; Jin-chen Li, Ph.D.; Qu-lian Guo, Ph.D., M.D.; Xiang Chen, Ph.D., M.D.
The National Key Research and Development Program of China financially support this research.
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https://twitter.com/UnofficialZnet/status/1552970177184251904
ZNet
@UnofficialZnet
Putin appears to have decided to escalate the crisis with Israel
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220727-israel-fears-a-nightmare-scenario-as-the-crisis-with-russia-escalates/
Israel fears a nightmare scenario as the crisis with Russia escalates
https://www.rt.com/russia/560186-zelensky-china-talks-russia/
Zelensky wants talks with China
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said on Thursday he would like to speak “directly” with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, as he urged Beijing to use its economic and political leverage to stop the conflict in his country.
In an exclusive interview with the South China Morning Post, Zelensky noted that he had not spoken to the Chinese leader since the start of Russia’s military offensive in Ukraine.
“I would like to talk directly. I had one conversation with [President] Xi Jinping that was a year ago,” he said. “Since the beginning of the large-scale aggression on February 24, we have asked officially for a conversation, but we (haven’t had) any conversation with China even though I believe that would be helpful.”
According to Zelensky, Xi is one of a handful of world leaders who have been to Ukraine “at least once,” adding that the Chinese president warmly recalled his ties with Kiev during a call between the two leaders last year.
Zelensky stressed that he wants to see China redefine its stance on Russia, but understands why Beijing is seeking a “balanced” approach.
“This is a war on our territory, they [Russia] came to invade. China, as a big and powerful country, could come down and sort of put the Russian Federation [in] a certain place,” he said. “Of course, I would really like China to review its attitude towards the Russian Federation.”
Zelensky said he believes China has the means to make Russia stop its offensive.
“I’m sure that without the Chinese market for the Russian Federation, Russia would be feeling complete economic isolation,” he said. “That’s something that China can do – to limit the trade [with Russia] until the war is over.”
The Ukrainian president also warned of the long-term global consequences of the conflict, which he predicted will harm food and energy security and also slash Chinese exports. According to Zelensky, due to the ongoing hostilities, many countries are spending more on food, fuel and weapons rather than other goods.
“The people would have to pay for energy resources rather than for products coming from China … Exports from China would be decreasing. That’s 100 per cent,” he reiterated.
China has refused to condemn Russia for the Ukraine conflict and has opposed sweeping economic sanctions that the West has slapped on Moscow. Beijing has also blamed NATO expansion for the tensions between Western powers and Russia, adding that the West has to “understand Russia’s legitimate security concerns” and “build a sustainable European security system through negotiation.”
Russia sent troops into Ukraine on February 24, citing Kiev’s failure to implement the Minsk agreements, designed to give the regions of Donetsk and Lugansk special status within the Ukrainian state. The protocols, brokered by Germany and France, were first signed in 2014. Former Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko has since admitted that Kiev’s main goal was to use the ceasefire to buy time and “create powerful armed forces.”
In February 2022, the Kremlin recognized the Donbass republics as independent states and demanded that Ukraine officially declare itself a neutral country that will never join any Western military bloc. Kiev insists the Russian offensive was completely unprovoked.
https://twitter.com/theinformantofc/status/1555061801917861889
The informant
@theinformantofc
🇨🇳❌🇹🇼 Taiwanese Media: About 10 #Chinese People's Liberation Army's Navy (PLA-N) ships crossed the #Taiwan Strait Median line and remain close in the area from Wednesday night to Thursday Midday.
https://www.projectveritas.com/news/fbi-whistleblower-leaks-bureaus-domestic-terrorism-symbols-guide-on-militia/
FBI Whistleblower LEAKS Bureau’s ‘Domestic Terrorism Symbols Guide’ on ‘Militia Violent Extremists’ Citing Ashli Babbitt as MVE Martyr
FBI leaked doc thumb
Leaked document is labelled as “Unclassified/Law Enforcement Sensitive” that is for “FBI Internal Use Only.”
Under the “Symbols” category of the document, “2A” is listed with the following explanation: “MVEs justify their existence with the Second Amendment, due to the mention of a ‘well regulated Militia,’ as well as the right to bear arms.”
“Revolutionary War imagery” such as the “Gadsden Flag” and the “Betsy Ross Flag” are cited in the document under “Commonly Referenced Historical Imagery or Quotes.”
[WASHINGTON, D.C. – Aug. 2, 2022] Project Veritas released a newly leaked document today provided by an FBI whistleblower, which shows how the Bureau classifies American citizens it deems to be potential “Militia Violent Extremists” [MVEs].
In the document, the FBI cites symbols, images, phrases, events, and individuals that agents should look out for when identifying alleged domestic terrorists.
The “Unclassified/Law Enforcement Sensitive” document says it is for “FBI Internal Use Only.”
Of note, under the “Symbols” section, is a prominent citation of the Second Amendment, where it explains that “MVEs justify their existence with the Second Amendment, due to the mention of a ‘well regulated Militia,’ as well as the right to bear arms.”
Right below that, under the “Commonly Referenced Historical Imagery and Quotes” section, Revolutionary War images such as the Gadsden Flag and the Betsy Ross Flag are listed. Each flag displayed in the document comes with a brief description of what it means.
Under the “Common Phrases and References” section of the leaked document, Ashli Babbitt is cited as a person that MVEs consider to be a Martyr.
The same document also refers to Ruby Ridge, Waco, and even Timothy McVeigh, tying in traditional American ideas and symbols with radical and/or violent events in the past.
About Project Veritas
James O'Keefe established Project Veritas in 2010 as a non-profit journalism enterprise to continue his undercover reporting work. Today, Project Veritas investigates and exposes corruption, dishonesty, self-dealing, waste, fraud, and other misconduct in both public and private institutions to achieve a more ethical and transparent society and to engage in litigation to: protect, defend and expand human and civil rights secured by law, specifically First Amendment rights including promoting the free exchange of ideas in a digital world; combat and defeat censorship of any ideology; promote truthful reporting; and defend freedom of speech and association issues including the right to anonymity. O'Keefe serves as the CEO and Chairman of the Board so that he can continue to lead and teach his fellow journalists, as well as protect and nurture the Project Veritas culture.
Project Veritas is a registered 501(c)3 organization. Project Veritas does not advocate specific resolutions to the issues raised through its investigations.
https://twitter.com/WatcherGuru/status/1555183432581484544
Watcher.Guru
@WatcherGuru
JUST IN:BlackRock, $BLK has partnered with Coinbaseto offer #Bitcoin and cryptocurrency trading services for institutional investors.