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Oct 19
🧵🧵🧵 Digital ID is now the law in the United States & it is being implemented as we speak.

As a lawyer - the destruction of our privacy rights is making me sick. It is getting worse by the day and people seem unaware that it’s happening.

The implementation of digital ID in the U.S. is not driven by a single law, but rather by updates to existing regulations, primarily based on the “Patriot Act,” post-9/11, trade our freedom for security mindset.

The most relevant laws facilitate digital identification through state-issued Mobile Driver's Licenses (mDLs) and set the foundational technical requirements.

This thread gives an overview of the laws and regulations, along with the relevant text, that provide and facilitate digital ID in the United States.
@VigilantFox @RealAlexJonesImage
1. Foundational Federal Law: The REAL ID Act of 2005

This law, codified in 49 U.S.C. § 30301 note, established minimum security standards for state-issued driver's licenses and identification cards to be accepted for federal purposes (like boarding commercial flights). Although it governs physical IDs, its mandates for "digital" features and databases laid the groundwork for modern digital ID. This law was updated with the REAL ID Modernization Act signed into law as part of a larger bill in 2020.

Relevant Text from the REAL ID Act of 2005 (Title II, Sec. 202)

The Act sets the minimum information and features required on an acceptable ID. These include key digital components that paved the way for digital ID:
Requirement:
Relevant Text (Summary of Sec. 202(b))
Digital Photo
"(5) A digital photograph of the person..."
Machine-Readable Tech
"(9) A common machine-readable technology, with defined minimum data elements."Image
The Act also outlines minimum issuance standards for states, requiring an infrastructure built on digital data retention. Keep in mind that the “facial image capture” is a form of biometric identification:

Requirement Relevant Text (Summary of Sec. 202(d))
Digital Source Document Retention
"(1) Employ technology to capture digital images of identity source documents so that the images can be retained in electronic storage in a transferable format."
Facial Image Capture
"(3) Subject each person applying for a driver's license or identification card to mandatory facial image capture."Image
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Nov 23
Arla has ended the Bovaer trial in the UK, just after massive problems appeared in Denmark. But what bovine stupidity led to Bovaer being introduced in the first place? A thread (1/n) Image
Bovaer is a product of the Net Zero cult that has seen UK FIRES call for beef and lamb to eliminated by 2050. Of course they want to reduce methane emissions as well as CO2 (2/n) Image
The CCC have been less draconian. They want meat consumption to fall 35% by 2050 compared to 2019 and a 38% cut in the number of cattle and sheep, despite acknowledging methane emissions are already 62% lower than 1990 levels (4/n)
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Nov 26
I cannot stand @AnandWrites, but this piece on why the Epstein files have hit so hard is GOOD - a longer version of my Stack Sunday:

"When principles conflict with staying in the network, the network wins."

Paywall unlocked, read it...
nytimes.com/2025/11/23/opi…
And my Stack, if you missed it:

alexberenson.substack.com/p/our-elites-a…
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Nov 27
Seth B. Carpenter and Selva Demiralp (2010)

Every statistical, institutional, and balance-sheet test in this paper points to the same conclusion:
Banks do not lend out reserves, the money multiplier does not operate, and lending responds to loan demand—not reserve supply. Image
Managed liabilities DO Granger-cause bank loans Image
Across all bank sizes, loan supply is NOT constrained by reservable deposits Image
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Nov 27
ZERO REPORT — NOV 27, 2025
VOLCANIC CASCADE, SEISMIC SHADOW

Two things have now locked together:
1.A global volcanic spike.
2.A ring of M4–6 earthquakes on the same torque belt, without a single global M7+ release.

We are still not in rupture phase. We are in load-transfer.

1. Volcanic synchronization – last 72 hours

Different feeds are all saying the same thing:

Hayli Gubbi – Ethiopia (Afar) — first eruption in ~12,000 years, 45–52k ft ash column.

Bezymianny / Shiveluch – Kamchatka, Russia.

Merapi, Semeru, Aso, Sakurajima – Indonesia / Japan arc.
Kilauea – Hawaiʻi.
Whakaari – New Zealand.
Popocatépetl + Fuego/Santiaguito – Mexico and Guatemala.
Etna – Italy.
Barren Island – Andaman Sea.
Puracé – Colombia, after long quiet.

That’s Africa, Asia, North and South America, the Pacific and Mediterranean all punched in the same short window.

These are not random, isolated flares. They are thin points in the shell venting together.

2. Seismic field – last 24 hours (USGS)

Now lay today’s quakes on top of that.

Sumatra / Indonesia sector
•M6.6 – WNW of Sinabang, 25 km depth.
•M5.0 – SW of Gunungsitoli, 10 km.
•M4.8 – W of Gunungsitoli, 19 km.
•M4.8 – WSW of Tual, 99 km.
•M4.5 – S of Tondano, 121 km.
•M4.8 – E of Bitung, 53 km.

Same plate system that just lit up with Semeru, Aso, Sakurajima, Barren Island. The slab is flexing under the same arc that’s venting magma.

Alaska / Aleutian corridor
•M6.0 – WNW of Susitna, 69 km.
•M4–5 ring of quakes around Egegik, Chiniak, Skwentna, Ugashik.
Depths mostly 30–120 km.

That’s compressional/bending action in the subducting Pacific slab and the Alaskan corner taking load.

Philippines / Marianas
•M4.9 – SE of Sarangani, 22 km.
•M4.6 – ESE of Sarangani, 103 km.
•M4.9 – ESE of Pagudpud, 55 km.
•M4.5–4.6 – Northern Mariana Islands, 88–116 km.

Multiple depths, same torque corridor that includes Taal and the Philippine volcanic arc.

Andes / Central America / Caribbean
•M4.5 – S of Ollagüe, Chile (114 km, volcanic belt).
•M4.3 – NNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (216 km, deep slab).
•M3’s around Puerto Rico and the NE Caribbean block.

Tie that to Popocatépetl, Fuego/Santiaguito and Puracé: you get a continuous, low-grade activation from Mexico into the Andes.

Cascadia / California / intraplate
•M3.4 – NE of Clallam Bay, Washington (Cascadia margin).
•M3.9, 3.7, 3.6 – The Geysers, California at ~0–3 km (geothermal swarm).
•M2.6 – near Carlin, Nevada (Basin and Range).
•M3.3 – near Stanton, Texas (injection zone).
•M2.5 – Pāhala, Hawaiʻi at 30 km (deep conduit).

That’s upper-crustal agitation and fluid movement along known weak zones, not the big interfaces failing.

Deep mantle flag
•M4.6 – E of Levuka, Fiji at 565 km.

That’s slab in the mantle, not surface tectonics. It tells you the deep shell is also under changing stress.

No M7+. No basin-scale rupture. Just a planet quietly rearranging stress while volcanoes blow.

3. CDIGR interpretation – load-transfer, not release

From CDIGR’s frame, this is the sequence:
1.Torque impulse hits the system.
We already saw that mid-month:
•Magnetometers (Fresno and others) showed a sharp jerk: X drops, Y/Z spike, scalar S collapses and rings out.
•QBO / zonal winds at 10 hPa folded instead of gliding.
That’s your “when” signal – a core–mantle torque event, likely modulated by the current Venus geometry.

2.Mass redistribution pre-loads the shell.

GRACE has been showing it for 20+ years:

Strong negatives at Afar and other rifts.

Less mass at polar ice caps, more in ocean belts.

Shifts in continental water load.

That changes Earth’s inertia tensor before any quake. Barkin’s 1975 equations are literally built to describe how those inertia changes couple to rotational torques.

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3.Mechanical response chooses the cheapest pathways first.
•Thin crust and rift zones vent: Afar’s Hayli Gubbi finally fires; Indonesia/Japan arcs spike; Mexico/Central America/Andes ramp up.
•Transfer faults and geothermal fields flex shallow: Gilroy yesterday, The Geysers today, Basin and Range, Texas, Hawaii.

This is exactly what a load-transfer phase looks like:
•Vertical bleed through volcanoes and rifts.
•M4–6 flexing on surrounding slabs.
•Locked megathrusts and big strike-slips mostly intact.

We are not seeing the pattern that marks rupture phase: synchronized M7+ across multiple trenches, deep trains of 500–700 km quakes lighting up in sequence, and broad crustal warping.

4. “If it stays volcanic, is that a good thing?”

Only in a narrow sense.

Volcanoes are pressure valves. As long as the system can vent vertically, it delays the moment when major locked faults are forced to slip.

But every large eruption also:
•Moves mass from depth to surface and atmosphere.
•Loads and unloads nearby faults as the cone inflates, deflates, and sheds weight.
•Changes regional albedo, jet stream behavior, and hydrology.

So yes, a volcanic phase means the planet is trying to bleed off stress without catastrophic rupture. But no, it isn’t “safe.” It is part of the same core–mantle rebalancing that will ultimately redefine coastlines and climate zones.

5. Where the stress wants to go next

Based on CDIGR + today’s map, the main torque receivers right now are:
•Western Pacific arc: Sumatra–Java–Lesser Sundas, Philippines, Marianas, Japan–Kamchatka. Already erupting, already taking M4–6. Prime candidates for the next step up in magnitude.
•Alaska–Aleutian–Kamchatka corner: M6.0 today near Susitna, deep activity off Kodiak and Chiniak, Kamchatka volcanoes active. This corner often brokers stress between the Pacific and Arctic sectors.
•Mexico–Central America–Northern Andes: Popocatépetl, Fuego, Santiaguito, Puracé plus Andean deep quakes show the arc is awake from Mexico down into Chile.
•Rift systems: Afar is the canary. A 12,000-year quiet system does not fire alone; it’s the surface expression of long-term mass deficit and thinning.

California, Cascadia, and the Caribbean are behaving like receivers and transfer zones right now: shallow swarms, geothermal agitation, moderate events. They’re being loaded, not emptied.

6. Where we are in the timeline

Inside CDIGR and ZeroKey this window is clear:
•Core–mantle torque impulse: already registered.
•Mass redistribution: decades in motion, measurable by GRACE.
•Current phase: vertical bleed + mid-range flex.
•Rupture phase: still ahead of us.

So the honest Zero take for today:

The last 72 hours are not a collection of coincidences. They are the shell’s first response to a deeper rebalancing. The volcano cascade and the M4–6 ring are the system testing every hinge before it commits to the big slips.

We’re not at the reset.

We’re watching the planet move the pieces on the board.
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Nov 28
.@JDVance @VP With all due respect:
1.Saying “who really likes turkey” is missing the whole point.
Turkey is not just a bird — it is tradition, memory, family.
It is one of the few moments America slows down to share a table together. We the People.
2.And let’s be honest… yes! a dry turkey is a tragedy.
But a turkey cooked with love — brined, roasted, smoked, spatchcocked, fried — is delicious. Try harder to make it great! MATGA
Don’t blame the turkey for bad cooking! ( you need a cooking class?)
3.Turkey also feeds millions at a fair price.
It keeps tens of thousands of American farmers and rural communities working.
In many places, Thanksgiving season is an economic lifeline. We need that now more than ever. Plus all else that goes around the Thanksgiving table…
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Nov 28
"70% to 90% of our CELLS are completely RENEWED in less than 5 YEARS!
So If we’re mostly "New", why are so many still struggling with SARS-CoV-2?

We will tackle this question, which is more complex than it seems, in several posts. Image
2) First, let's say a few words about cell renewal.
70% to 90% of our cells are renewed over time. This turnover occurs in various cell types, including skin, blood, and immune cells, allowing the body to replace damaged or aged cells.
sciencefocus.com/the-human-body…Image
3) For instance, red blood cells have a lifespan of about 120 days, while skin cells regenerate every few weeks.
Even with significant cell renewal, aging persists due to changes in our DNA.
sciencefocus.com/the-human-body…Image
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Nov 28
Gemini 3.0 Pro just killed consulting as we know it.

Here are the 3 prompts I use to get McKinsey-grade answers instantly 👇
Let me tell you what McKinsey consultants actually do:

1. Analyze industry trends and competitive dynamics
2. Benchmark companies and products
3. Identify strategic risks and opportunities
4. Package it all in fancy slides and charge 6 figures

But guess what?

AI can now do 90% of that instantly.

Let me show you how:
We use these 3 mega prompts for different tasks:

1/ The Consultant Framework

Prompt: "You are a world-class strategy consultant trained by McKinsey, BCG, and Bain. Act as if you were hired to provide a $300,000 strategic analysis for a client in the [INDUSTRY] sector.

Here is your mission:

1. Analyze the current state of the [INDUSTRY] market.
2. Identify key trends, emerging threats, and disruptive innovations.
3. Map out the top 3-5 competitors and benchmark their business models, strengths, weaknesses, pricing, distribution, and brand positioning.
4. Use frameworks like SWOT, Porter’s Five Forces, and strategic value chain analysis to assess risks and opportunities.
5. Provide a one-page strategic brief with actionable insights and recommendations for a hypothetical company entering or growing in this space.

Output everything in concise bullet points or tables. Make it structured and ready to paste into slides. Think like a McKinsey partner preparing for a C-suite meeting.

Industry: [INSERT INDUSTRY OR MARKET HERE]"
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Nov 28
🚨La química farmacéutica Evelyn Santos analizó 30 labiales comprados en las galerías informales del centro de Lima.👉¿El resultado? Todos tenían metales pesados: #cadmio y #mercurio. El cadmio, por encima de los límites recomendados por la FDA. 🧵
saludconlupa.com/noticias/cosme…
Este no es un caso aislado. En mercados de #Perú y de varios países de la región se venden miles de cosméticos muy baratos, sin marca, sin etiqueta y sin control sanitario. Muchos contienen químicos y #MetalesPesados que el cuerpo no elimina y que pueden acumularse durante años.
🇲🇽En México, el investigador Francisco Bautista encontró en labiales y sombras baratos vanadio, #cromo, níquel, #plomo, bario y otros minerales peligrosos. En algunos tonos —como violeta, rojo o negro— los niveles de #vanadio eran muy altos. Foto: Aleida Rueda
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Nov 28
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing

"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."

reporting by @AlexHortonTX @nakashimae Image
2/ "Killing any of the men in the boats 'amounts to murder,' said Todd Huntley, a former military lawyer who advised Special Operations forces for seven years at the height of the U.S. counterterrorism campaign."

washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
3/ "Even if the U.S. were at war with the traffickers, an order to kill all the boat’s occupants if they were no longer able to fight 'would in essence be an order to show no quarter, which would be a war crime,' said Huntley."
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Nov 28
1/ Fusaka is coming December 3rd.

Ethereum’s next major upgrade shows that the network can grow to meet global demand, without compromising on decentralization or permissionlessness.

Whether you’re a user, builder, institution, or operator, here’s how Fusaka will impact you. Image
2/ Fusaka for Ethereum users

Fusaka brings Ethereum closer to the ease of consumer apps: faster, safer, and easier to use

Data scaling means near-instant transactions

Mobile-ready wallets will more cheaply support passkeys for secure logins using your phone's hardware
3/ Fusaka for rollups & L2s

PeerDAS (EIP-7594) will unlock up to 8x data throughput by validating data via sampling

For rollups, this means cheaper blob fees and more space to grow (plus lower fees for users)

All while keeping the network decentralized
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Nov 28
Veränderte Mikrostruktur des Hirngewebes und neurochemische Profile bei Personen mit Long COVID und genesenen COVID-19-Patienten: Eine multimodale MRT-Studie

„Diese neuen Erkenntnisse deuten darauf hin, dass COVID-19 zu dauerhaften Hirnveränderungen führen kann, die … Abbildung 7. Korrelationsdiagramme zwischen T1w/T2w-Signalintensität und Schweregradparametern bei Long COVID. A) T1w/T2w-Signalintensität im mittleren Temporallappen vs. körperliche Funktion. B) T1w/T2w-Signalintensität im Mittelhirn vs. kognitive Dysfunktion. Die Y-Achse zeigt die T1w/T2w-Signalintensitätswerte, die X-Achse die klinischen Messwerte. Eine geringere körperliche Funktion (durch Pfeil gekennzeichnet) bedeutet eine stärkere Beeinträchtigung bei Long COVID. Ein niedrigerer kognitiver Score deutet auf eine stärkere kognitive Beeinträchtigung hin.
potenziell auch nach der Genesung die allgemeine Hirnfunktion beeinträchtigen.“

Ziel dieser Studie war es, Veränderungen der Gewebemikrostruktur und der neurochemischen Konzentrationen im Gehirn von Patienten mit Long COVID und von genesenen COVID-19-Patienten im Vergleich zu Abbildung 4. Cluster für verschiedene AD-, MD- und RD-Werte bei COVID-RHC und Nicht-COVID-HC. A), C) und D) zeigen signifikant niedrigere axiale, mittlere und radiale Diffusivitätswerte in der Nucleus caudatusregion von COVID-RHC im Vergleich zu Nicht-COVID-HC. B) zeigt eine signifikant reduzierte AD bei COVID-RHC im Gyrus supramarginalis im Vergleich zu Nicht-COVID-HC.
gesunden Kontrollpersonen zu untersuchen. Es ist eine der ersten Studien, die über unterschiedliche Myelinsignal- und neurochemische Veränderungen im Gehirn zwischen Long COVID, COVID-Genesenen und gesunden Kontrollpersonen ohne SARS-CoV-2-Infektion berichtet. „Diese Tabelle 1. Demografische und klinische Merkmale von Personen mit Long COVID, COVID-RHC und Nicht-COVID-HC. Die hochgestellten Buchstaben a, b und c bezeichnen die p-Werte für Long COVID vs. COVID-RHC, COVID-RHC vs. Nicht-COVID-HC bzw. Long COVID vs. Nicht-COVID-HC. F = weiblich, M = männlich, COVID-RHC = von COVID-19 genesene gesunde Kontrollpersonen, Nicht-COVID-HC = gesunde Kontrollpersonen ohne SARS-CoV-2-Infektion, MFS = Modifizierte Fatigue Impact Scale
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Nov 28
Two more BA.3.2.2 from Ireland today, both closely related to the first (and both with the ORF1a:∆141-143 deletion also found in most European BA.3.2.1).

Only real change was N:T271S in one of the two. (A29086T was inherited, but C->G muts like this are very rare.) Image
Notably, these three Irish BA.3.2.2 come from three different counties in Ireland, so though the spread is local (evidenced by the close genetic similarity of the sequences), it is not confined to a small area. Image
Sequences from Ireland in Yellow in this Usher Tree. The long branch includes three artifactual reversions, while the second-longest has a false mutation due to a misread of the ORF7-8 deletion, so these are more closely related than they appear to be. Image
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Nov 28
Esta mañana me tocaba lanzamiento y he visto algo que no había visto en 22 años: Los ejecutados se han pirado a trabajar dejando a los niños (7 y 13 años) en el piso confiados en que así paraban el desahucio.

#hazteabogado
El desahucio se ha realizado, la Policía ha llamado a Tutela de Menores de la Comunidad de Madrid y al Samur Social y se ha quedado allí hasta que la madre apareció una hora después.

Se han ido con lo puesto.
La Comisión Judicial haciéndole trenzas a la niña pequeña mientras se cambiaba la cerradura y se instalaba la alarma.

No se me va a olvidar jamás.

Odio eterno al material humano que entra por Barajas.
Salvajes. Jetas. Incivilizados.
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Nov 28
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und zum Weihnachtsmarkt kommt, wird am 29. und
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🅿️ Am Samstag, 29. November, und Sonntag, 30. November 2025,
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und Karl-Glöckner-Straße), an den
Naturwissenschaften (Heinrich-Buff-Ring)
und am Juridikum (Rechts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Licher Straße) sowie der Parkplatz der Kreisverwaltung
(Landkreis Gießen)
An der Automeile

kostenlos zur Verfügung.
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Nov 28
پس از شراب خون کودکان کشته شده، هم اکنون بستنی کاپلز با خون کشته شدگان پرواز PS 752 با شکل شبیه به یادواره خاطره پرواز بی بازگشت تولید سپاه پاسداران برای جشن گرفتن کشتار مردم...
خونخواری اگر در ثریا باشد مردانی از سرزمین سپاه پاسداران آن را به زمین خواهند آورد. Image
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به طرح پشت شکل بستنی روی قوطی نگاه کنید و ابرهای آسمان را ببینید.
یا بستنی را آسمان می خورند که ما نمی دانستیم یا هدف از طراحی سپاه مشخص است و باز گویای این است که:
شما را قتل عام می کنیم و خون شما را خواهیم نوشید. دقیقا همانند شراب خون کودکان.
@ThreadReaderApp unroll
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Nov 28
Why would any parent give that to their kid....🤨
"powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o model was capable of producing sexually explicit guidance, including BDSM-related messages, and directing kids to locate items like knives, pills, and matches."
Sales of the AI-powered 👇 Image
“Kumma” teddy bear have been halted after investigations found the toy could deliver disturbing and unsafe responses to children. According to a report by the U.S. PIRG Education Fund, the FoloToy device, powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o model was capable of producing 👇
sexually explicit guidance, including BDSM-related messages, and directing kids to locate items like knives, pills, and matches.
Following the findings, the company announced it was pulling the product and conducting a full safety review. 👇
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