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How Much Traffic Does Wikipedia Really Get?
Wikipedia is one of the most visited websites in the world, serving millions of users every day who search for information on virtually every topic imaginable. But have you ever wondered how many people visits wikipedia every month?
Wikipedia is one of the most visited websites in the world, serving millions of users every day who search for information on virtually every topic imaginable. But have you ever wondered how many people visits wikipedia every month?
According to online traffic estimation tool like Prostats, Wikipedia gets over 3 billion visits every month. .
Despite serving millions of people around the world every day, Wikipedia is free to use, ad-free, and focused on providing knowledge towikipedia.org.prostats.net
Despite serving millions of people around the world every day, Wikipedia is free to use, ad-free, and focused on providing knowledge towikipedia.org.prostats.net
everyone. Instead of relying on advertising, it is primarily supported by donations, allowing it to remain independent while continuing to grow and serve the public.
How to Create an Account on Any Website Using a Temporary Email
Many websites require an email address before you can create an account. If you’re trying a service for the first time or don’t want to share your personal email, using a temporary email can be a convenient option.
Many websites require an email address before you can create an account. If you’re trying a service for the first time or don’t want to share your personal email, using a temporary email can be a convenient option.
For instance if you want to create a Reddit account without using your personal email address, a temporary email can be a convenient option. It helps keep your primary inbox free from unnecessary emails.
Step 1: Visit and copy the temporary email address that is generated for you.
Step 2: Go to Reddit and click Sign Up. Enter your username, create a strong password, and paste the temporary email address into the email field.ghostinbox.net
Step 2: Go to Reddit and click Sign Up. Enter your username, create a strong password, and paste the temporary email address into the email field.ghostinbox.net
Why Temporary Email Services Like GhostInbox Are Worth Using
Every time you sign up for a new website, app, or online service, you’re often asked to provide an email address. While this is necessary in many cases, using your personal email for every registration can quickly lead
Every time you sign up for a new website, app, or online service, you’re often asked to provide an email address. While this is necessary in many cases, using your personal email for every registration can quickly lead
to an inbox filled with promotional messages, newsletters, and spam.
This is where temporary email services become useful.
GhostInbox provides disposable email addresses that can be used for one-time registrations, account verification, software testing, and situations where
This is where temporary email services become useful.
GhostInbox provides disposable email addresses that can be used for one-time registrations, account verification, software testing, and situations where
you don’t want to expose your primary email address. Instead of risking unwanted emails in your personal inbox, you can use a temporary address and keep your main account focused on the messages that matter.
Temporary email addresses are especially helpful for:
Temporary email addresses are especially helpful for:
🚨 BREAKING: Claude can get you hired at your Dream Company in 5 days
Here are 7 prompts that make it happen:”
Here are 7 prompts that make it happen:”
1. The Resume Bullet Transformer
“Act as a Fortune 500 hiring manager who has reviewed over 10,000 resumes. Here are my current resume bullets: [PASTE BULLETS]. Identify the single biggest mistake running through ALL of them, rewrite each one to lead with a MEASURABLE result rather than a task description, and make every bullet sound like I solved a critical problem rather than just filled a role.”
“Act as a Fortune 500 hiring manager who has reviewed over 10,000 resumes. Here are my current resume bullets: [PASTE BULLETS]. Identify the single biggest mistake running through ALL of them, rewrite each one to lead with a MEASURABLE result rather than a task description, and make every bullet sound like I solved a critical problem rather than just filled a role.”
2. The Job Description Decoder
“Act as a senior corporate recruiter. Here is a job description: [PASTE JD]. Tell me the 3 things this company ACTUALLY cares about beyond what is literally written, the red flags hidden in the language, and the EXACT words from this JD I should mirror in my application
“Act as a senior corporate recruiter. Here is a job description: [PASTE JD]. Tell me the 3 things this company ACTUALLY cares about beyond what is literally written, the red flags hidden in the language, and the EXACT words from this JD I should mirror in my application
Scotland's push to become a global centre for AI infrastructure is being built on planning foundations that predate it.
National Planning Framework 4 sets out no enforceable definition of a “green data centre.”
No national energy strategy has been published since 2017, despite one being ready for Cabinet since May 2024.
Communities from Newarthill to Auchtertool report being told one story about jobs, renewables, and community benefit, while planning documents obtained under Freedom of Information show another.
Communities & voters generally are asking what we every candidate standing in the May 2027 council elections, and every sitting MSP and minister, to commit to make good the gaps in Energy Strategy.
It is not a call to reject data centre investment outright. It is a call for decisions to be made on an honest, evidenced, and accountable basis which is not what is happening now.
National Planning Framework 4 sets out no enforceable definition of a “green data centre.”
No national energy strategy has been published since 2017, despite one being ready for Cabinet since May 2024.
Communities from Newarthill to Auchtertool report being told one story about jobs, renewables, and community benefit, while planning documents obtained under Freedom of Information show another.
Communities & voters generally are asking what we every candidate standing in the May 2027 council elections, and every sitting MSP and minister, to commit to make good the gaps in Energy Strategy.
It is not a call to reject data centre investment outright. It is a call for decisions to be made on an honest, evidenced, and accountable basis which is not what is happening now.
Publish an enforceable definition of a “green data centre.”
NPF4 designates green data centres as a national development, but leaves planning authorities to interpret what “green” means case by case, with no binding criteria on renewable power sourcing, water consumption, or heat re-use.
We ask the Scottish Government to publish a fixed, enforceable definition before any further national development consent is granted.
Evidence: Scottish Parliament written answer S6W-41362 confirms no fixed criteria exist; planning authorities are left to “consider criteria” on a discretionary, case-by-case basis.
NPF4 designates green data centres as a national development, but leaves planning authorities to interpret what “green” means case by case, with no binding criteria on renewable power sourcing, water consumption, or heat re-use.
We ask the Scottish Government to publish a fixed, enforceable definition before any further national development consent is granted.
Evidence: Scottish Parliament written answer S6W-41362 confirms no fixed criteria exist; planning authorities are left to “consider criteria” on a discretionary, case-by-case basis.
Call a temporary moratorium on new data centre planning consent until that definition exists.
Decisions are being made now, without the guidance that is meant to inform them.
We ask for a pause on granting further consent until the green data centre definition above is published and in force.
Evidence: First Minister Swinney has stated he is “giving active consideration” to national planning guidance, without committing to a pause.
APRS and the Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland have jointly called for exactly this moratorium.
Decisions are being made now, without the guidance that is meant to inform them.
We ask for a pause on granting further consent until the green data centre definition above is published and in force.
Evidence: First Minister Swinney has stated he is “giving active consideration” to national planning guidance, without committing to a pause.
APRS and the Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland have jointly called for exactly this moratorium.
I need to tell you something that makes me angrier than anything else in medicine.
60 randomized controlled trials. 323,950 patients. Every cholesterol-lowering drug ever made. Statins. PCSK9 inhibitors. Ezetimibe.
One question. Did lowering LDL cholesterol make people live longer?
Look at the chart. Every dot is a trial. The red line is zero benefit. If these drugs saved lives, the dots would be above the line.
They are not. They reduced LDL by up to 80%. Nobody was saved.
But that is not what makes me angry.
What makes me angry is that millions of people believe they are safe because their LDL is low. Their doctor says "your numbers look great." They go home and never think about it again.
Meanwhile the 12 things that actually cause heart disease are silently building inside them. Nobody is checking. Nobody is testing. Because a cholesterol number gave everyone a false sense of security.
That is not a failure of medicine. That is a fraud.
Ennezat et al. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology. 2023.
60 randomized controlled trials. 323,950 patients. Every cholesterol-lowering drug ever made. Statins. PCSK9 inhibitors. Ezetimibe.
One question. Did lowering LDL cholesterol make people live longer?
Look at the chart. Every dot is a trial. The red line is zero benefit. If these drugs saved lives, the dots would be above the line.
They are not. They reduced LDL by up to 80%. Nobody was saved.
But that is not what makes me angry.
What makes me angry is that millions of people believe they are safe because their LDL is low. Their doctor says "your numbers look great." They go home and never think about it again.
Meanwhile the 12 things that actually cause heart disease are silently building inside them. Nobody is checking. Nobody is testing. Because a cholesterol number gave everyone a false sense of security.
That is not a failure of medicine. That is a fraud.
Ennezat et al. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology. 2023.
So how did they sell it?
The statin industry uses a statistical illusion called relative risk reduction.
Out of 100 people who take a placebo for five years, about 3 have a heart event. Out of 100 people who take a statin, about 2 have a heart event.
The difference is 1 person out of 100. A 1% absolute risk reduction.
But compare 2 to 3 and the "reduction" is 33%. That is the number on the commercial. That is the number your doctor was taught. That is the number in the guidelines.
1 person helped out of 100. Repackaged as a 33% miracle.
Meanwhile, roughly 1 in 100 develops diabetes from the drug itself. The same odds as the benefit.
The statin industry uses a statistical illusion called relative risk reduction.
Out of 100 people who take a placebo for five years, about 3 have a heart event. Out of 100 people who take a statin, about 2 have a heart event.
The difference is 1 person out of 100. A 1% absolute risk reduction.
But compare 2 to 3 and the "reduction" is 33%. That is the number on the commercial. That is the number your doctor was taught. That is the number in the guidelines.
1 person helped out of 100. Repackaged as a 33% miracle.
Meanwhile, roughly 1 in 100 develops diabetes from the drug itself. The same odds as the benefit.
But here is the part that should terrify you.
The person who is told "your LDL is 80, you are doing great" stops asking questions. They stop looking. They stop testing. They believe they are protected.
They are not.
Their fasting insulin could be 18. Their hs-CRP could be 4.5. Their HOMA-IR could be 3.0. Their homocysteine could be elevated. Their thyroid could be failing. Their gut could be in crisis.
None of those are being tested. Because the LDL number is "great."
A low LDL on a statin is not a clean bill of health. It is a single number on a single test that tells you almost nothing about whether you are going to have a heart attack.
The person who is told "your LDL is 80, you are doing great" stops asking questions. They stop looking. They stop testing. They believe they are protected.
They are not.
Their fasting insulin could be 18. Their hs-CRP could be 4.5. Their HOMA-IR could be 3.0. Their homocysteine could be elevated. Their thyroid could be failing. Their gut could be in crisis.
None of those are being tested. Because the LDL number is "great."
A low LDL on a statin is not a clean bill of health. It is a single number on a single test that tells you almost nothing about whether you are going to have a heart attack.
In our trawl of news reports of sexual crimes in leisure centre changing rooms we’ve noticed that some leisure centres crop up more than once, and some several times.
To have one sexual crime on your premises is ‘unfortunate’, to have more than one is completely unacceptable and avoidable. What are local authorities and leisure providers doing to keep women and girls safe? The answer seems to be… not much.
In Northern Ireland, at least TWELVE incidents of voyeurism were reported in the mixed-sex changing rooms at Omagh Leisure Centre between 2014 and 2020. During the centre refurbishment in 2013-14, single-sex changing rooms were converted to mixed-sex and lo and behold…more sexual crimes as predatory males made the most of easy access to their victims. 1/6
To have one sexual crime on your premises is ‘unfortunate’, to have more than one is completely unacceptable and avoidable. What are local authorities and leisure providers doing to keep women and girls safe? The answer seems to be… not much.
In Northern Ireland, at least TWELVE incidents of voyeurism were reported in the mixed-sex changing rooms at Omagh Leisure Centre between 2014 and 2020. During the centre refurbishment in 2013-14, single-sex changing rooms were converted to mixed-sex and lo and behold…more sexual crimes as predatory males made the most of easy access to their victims. 1/6
In Dundee’s Olympia Centre, at least two sexual assaults have occurred in the mixed-sex changing rooms. In May this year, 44-year-old Craig Ellingwood was in court after filming a woman in the showers. In 2023, a paedophile was found guilty of a string of sexual offences including assaults in the Olympia changing rooms. Alexander Scott died before he could be sentenced. 2/6
Also in Scotland, Perth Leisure Centre’s mixed-sex changing rooms have been the scene of at least two sexual crimes. In April 2026, Mohammed Mirzai, 24, was jailed for 10 months for a string of sexual offences including voyeurism in the mixed-sex changing room. In December 2015, three girls were sexually abused in the pool and one girl raped in the changing rooms by Paul White, who was jailed for 10 years. 3/6
LAWSUIT: We’re suing DHS after agents tracked down a Rochester, NY, man for sending a critical email to ICE’s director.
This is America at 250. Dispatching federal agents to your doorstep because you criticized a public official is an insult to the First Amendment.
This is America at 250. Dispatching federal agents to your doorstep because you criticized a public official is an insult to the First Amendment.
2/ After federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti in Minnesota, David Streever emailed ICE’s then-director, Todd Lyons, calling him a “monstrous human being” whose conscience would never be at peace if he kept defending the shooting.
3/ Fast-forward five months, David was on an overseas vacation with his 7-year-old daughter when his home camera flagged two federal officers at his door.
They delivered a “WARNING NOTICE” to his wife, suggesting David’s email violated federal law.
They delivered a “WARNING NOTICE” to his wife, suggesting David’s email violated federal law.
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Cristiano Ronaldo 🇵🇹's stage is running out. Spain 🇪🇸 haven't conceded all tournament.
The system doesn't split this into favorite and underdog -> it splits it into thirds.
The alphλ Read on Portugal vs Spain 👇
Cristiano Ronaldo 🇵🇹's stage is running out. Spain 🇪🇸 haven't conceded all tournament.
The system doesn't split this into favorite and underdog -> it splits it into thirds.
The alphλ Read on Portugal vs Spain 👇
Spain gains ground here, Portugal loses it -> both move away from a coin flip in the same direction the market already sees.
No disagreement on the lean. The question is how far it goes.
No disagreement on the lean. The question is how far it goes.
Both defenses sit in the top 3% of the dataset.
Attack is where the gap opens, and even there it's not a canyon.
Elite doesn't cancel elite. It just makes goals expensive.
Attack is where the gap opens, and even there it's not a canyon.
Elite doesn't cancel elite. It just makes goals expensive.
Why does Allah use two Names in the Qur’an: Ar-Rahman and Ar-Rahim?
Why not just one?
Why not just one?
At first glance, they seem to mean the same thing.
But the Qur’an chooses its words with perfect precision.
Both Ar-Raḥmān (الرَّحْمَٰن) and Ar-Raḥīm (الرَّحِيم) come from the same Arabic root:
But the Qur’an chooses its words with perfect precision.
Both Ar-Raḥmān (الرَّحْمَٰن) and Ar-Raḥīm (الرَّحِيم) come from the same Arabic root:
ر ح م (R-Ḥ-M)
The root carries the meaning of mercy, compassion, and loving care.
Yet each Name highlights a different aspect of Allah’s mercy.
The root carries the meaning of mercy, compassion, and loving care.
Yet each Name highlights a different aspect of Allah’s mercy.
If you're a Muslim watching p*rn.. Don’t expect Allah to put barakah in your life & money.
Here are 5 things it’s silently destroying
Here are 5 things it’s silently destroying
1. Your barakah.
The money comes - but it disappears.
The work happens - but nothing adds up.
Unexpected expenses. Constant pressure. No peace in what you have.
Barakah isn't about how much you earn.
It's about whether Allah blesses what you have. And sins quietly remove that blessing.
The money comes - but it disappears.
The work happens - but nothing adds up.
Unexpected expenses. Constant pressure. No peace in what you have.
Barakah isn't about how much you earn.
It's about whether Allah blesses what you have. And sins quietly remove that blessing.
2. Your discipline.
Every relapse trains the brain to choose easy over hard.
So when it's time to focus, build, grind,
the brain wants the easy exit instead.
That's not laziness.
That's a nafs that was never trained.
3 and 4 are the ones most people never connect.
Every relapse trains the brain to choose easy over hard.
So when it's time to focus, build, grind,
the brain wants the easy exit instead.
That's not laziness.
That's a nafs that was never trained.
3 and 4 are the ones most people never connect.
6 July, second session of the afternoon, in Tempest v DEFRA & Rural Payments Agency will begin not before 3:15. Background, link to substack, abbreviations are linked below.
Apologies. SD was used to identify Steve Moore's evidence. It should have been SM. Hopefully, it was possible to distinguish between barristers, J and witness.
Participants and observers returning to the hearing room.
