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Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Crypto vertigo: Uber leak reveals how company lobbied governments to help its global rise

 Uber leak reveals how company lobbied governments to help its global rise


Shinzo Abe Made the World Better.


 

In the weird world of cryptocurrencies, and particularly the wild west of social media investment schemes, things aren’t always what they seem.

Take the incredible story of Australian man Michael Daher.

Speaking to The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald from an undisclosed location in Perth, Daher insists he isn’t the mastermind of an alleged cryptocurrency ponzi scheme that fleeced $200 million from 7000 investors, including in Australia, in two quick months.

Crypto vertigo: Dizzying tale of an Aussie ‘scammer’ who says he was set up


Auditor re-sets sights on Australia's digital ID scheme



Australia May Audit Digital myGovID System



Big news in the UK and media news in the US, including a major hire at The Washington Post

A resignation for Boris Johnson, a Post gig for ​​David Shipley, a White House Correspondents’ Association presidency for Kaitlan Collins, and more.


NAZI HOLOCAUST ARCHITECT ADOLF EICHMANN IS HEARD ADMITTING TO DEVISING FINAL SOLUTION IN NEWLY UNEARTHED TAPES: ‘If we had killed 10.3 million Jews, I would say with satisfaction, ‘Good, we destroyed an enemy.’”

Audio recordings of the architect of the Holocaust boasting about his actions have been made public for the first time, 60 years after his execution for crimes against humanity.

Adolf Eichmann recorded 70 hours of interviews in Argentina, having fled to Buenos Aires after the war. The audio has remained under lock and key and is only being broadcast now thanks to the dogged efforts of a team of Israeli documentary makers.



NY TimesComey And McCabe, Who Infuriated Trump, Both Faced Intensive IRS Audits

Graduates with a master’s degree in cybersecurity are landing starting pay of $214,000 and up


Halifax pronouns scandal: MORE customers close accounts after social media manager told them to | Daily Mail Online.


 'My entire family have now transferred their accounts to Nationwide, cards etc. Loss to Halifax is in excess of 450K in investment accounts and savings'. Another said: 'I closed my credit card account today, after fifteen years of being a customer', while one exiting customer who is now changing ISAs containing more than £11,000 and said: 'If they politely said try to use the pronouns on the badge - I would have done my best', but left because he perceived their threat meant 'there would be hell to pay if I got it wrong'


At the age of 16, June Huh dropped out to write poetry. Now a Princeton mathematician, he’s just won the Fields Medal  Hub 



Why is Viktor Shklovsky’s On the Theory of Prose, nearly a century old, still avidly read and discussed in MFA  circles?