Signs in the sun

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EnochWalked: www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/21/australia-proposes-32m-fine-for-social-media-firms-flouting-under-16s-ban "The country plans to trial an age-verification system that may include biometrics or government identification". Which applies to everyone. Nov 21, 2024 5:55:20 GMT -6

EnochWalked: "And in Florida, in the United States, children under 14 will be banned from opening social media accounts under a new law due to come into force in January." Only banned from registering? So a child just has to use a VPN once, at registration time? Nov 21, 2024 5:59:47 GMT -6

EnochWalked: www.ynetnews.com/article/sym6v45gjg "'Water is more precious than gold here': Turkey's strikes on Syria's Kurds cut water supply to 1 million" "leaders accuse Turkey of attempted 'genocide' while legal experts suggest strikes may constitute crime" Nov 21, 2024 6:35:35 GMT -6

EnochWalked: x.com/uapjames/status/1859390108627238950 'Rep. Nancy Mace has discussed UFO Disclosure with incoming Trump Administration officials. "Some kind of controlled disclosure, you don’t have to say everything, but the American people... deserve answers"' Nov 21, 2024 6:43:00 GMT -6

EnochWalked: data.bls.gov/timeseries/JTS000000000000000LDR Since the start of 2021, the "Layoffs and discharges" rate has hit 1.2 on only 3 occasions: Jan-2023, Mar-2023, and Sep-2024 (which is the most recent month for which there are data). 3/45 months. Nov 21, 2024 7:37:27 GMT -6

EnochWalked: So next month we may see if 1.2 is the "new normal" (actually a reversion to the levels seen before the pandemic), or if the numbers are starting to creep up. Ignoring 2020, the level only reached 1.4 twice in the past 10 years (both in 2015). Nov 21, 2024 7:42:04 GMT -6

EnochWalked: www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-says-russia-fired-hypersonic-ballistic-missile-ukraine-warning-west-2024-11-21/ "Putin says Ukraine war is going global". The actual quote is: "a regional conflict ... has acquired elements of a global character" Nov 22, 2024 1:51:29 GMT -6

EnochWalked: english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2024/11/21/italian-official-says-netanyahu-would-be-arrested-if-he-came-to-italy “Prime Minister Netanyahu is now officially a wanted man,” "The unprecedented move drew a furious reaction from Netanyahu" Nov 22, 2024 2:00:57 GMT -6

EnochWalked: 'The court said it had found “reasonable grounds” to believe Netanyahu & Gallant bore “criminal responsibility” for the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare, as well as the crimes against humanity of murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts' Nov 22, 2024 2:01:37 GMT -6

EnochWalked: 'ICC said the pair were also criminally responsible “for the war crime of intentionally directing an attack against the civilian population.”' 'intentionally & knowingly deprived the civilian population in Gaza of objects indispensable to their survival' Nov 22, 2024 2:03:22 GMT -6

EnochWalked: www.ynetnews.com/culture/article/s1wsmdlgyg "The Bibi Files to air around the world: 'Netanyahu is the architect of chaos'" "Although banned in Israel, the movie set to premiere in New York on Thursday and later be available in worldwide theaters" Nov 22, 2024 2:04:35 GMT -6

EnochWalked: www.rte.ie/news/2024/1019/1476245-eu-israel-trade/ "Game-changer? Ireland's gambit on EU-Israel trade sanctions". This article is from last month, before the ICC warrants were issued. It lays out how some EU nations might refuse some Israeli exports Nov 22, 2024 6:02:39 GMT -6

EnochWalked: www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/19/bird-flu-cases-mutation-canada "Bird flu in Canada may have mutated to become more transmissible to humans" "Scientists are racing to understand what a hospitalized teen’s case of bird flu may mean" Nov 22, 2024 6:52:32 GMT -6

EnochWalked: www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2313892 "Currently licensed and approved malaria subunit vaccines provide modest, short-lived protection against malaria. Immunization with live ... malaria parasites is an alternative vaccination strategy" Nov 22, 2024 11:03:44 GMT -6

EnochWalked: Now think back to this: www.cnbc.com/2017/11/28/bill-gates-released-swarming-mosquitoes-to-make-a-point-about-malaria.html "Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates released a swarm of mosquitoes on an unsuspecting audience at a TED conference in 2009." Nov 22, 2024 11:05:02 GMT -6

EnochWalked: Maybe this is his plan to get everyone to accept his next (patented) vaccine. There probably aren't any laws about infecting mosquitoes, or releasing them. All he would need is a way to release millions of them at scale. Oh wait, that exists too: Nov 22, 2024 11:07:42 GMT -6

EnochWalked: www.forbes.com/sites/scotttravers/2024/07/17/dropping-millions-of-special-flies-into-us-airspace-was-one-of-the-best-decisions-we-ever-made-heres-why/ The program is still active in Central America, funded by the US tax payer. Nov 22, 2024 11:12:27 GMT -6

EnochWalked: www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/534519/new-zealand-declares-whooping-cough-epidemic "Our last major outbreak of pertussis was in 2017, but they can last for months and potentially for a year or more, so this will be a marathon, not a sprint." Nov 22, 2024 11:33:19 GMT -6

EnochWalked: edition.cnn.com/2024/11/22/world/iran-iaea-centrifuges-censure-intl-hnk/index.html "Iran says it is activating new centrifuges after being condemned by UN nuclear watchdog". Presumably also timed to show that Israel's strikes haven't stopped them. Nov 22, 2024 11:37:14 GMT -6

EnochWalked: 'Earlier this year ... Blinken said that Iran’s breakout time – the amount of time needed to produce enough weapons grade material for a nuclear weapon – “is now probably one or two weeks,” the shortest breakout time that US officials have ever referenced' Nov 22, 2024 11:37:59 GMT -6