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Comment on How to stop negative thoughts and reset your mind for positive thinking in ~health.mental
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How to stop negative thoughts and reset your mind for positive thinking
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Comment on Gang involved in arson attack on London warehouse for Wagner Group jailed in ~society
brews_hairy_cats LinkThe attack was carried out at the behest of the Wagner Group - a private military organisation that acts on behalf of the Russian state - and caused around £1m of damage.
Dylan Earl, along with Jake Reeves and four others, were sentenced for espionage, terrorism offences and arson at the Old Bailey on Friday for their involvement.
Earl, 21, admitted planning the arson attack on industrial units in Leyton, east London, in March last year while working under the instruction of the Wagner group, proscribed as a terror group in the UK.
It took eight fire crews, with 60 firefighters, to get the fire under control.
The gang had plotted further arson attacks on a restaurant and wine shop in Mayfair, central London and planned the attempted kidnapping of the owner, a wealthy Russian dissident, Evgeny Chichvarkin.
"This case is about the efforts of the Russian Federation to gain pernicious global influence using social media to enlist saboteurs vast distances from Moscow," she added.
Paul Hynes KC, said in mitigation for Earl, said he was "easy meat for the very sophisticated operatives of the Wagner Group acting as proxies for the Russian Federation".
He described Earl as an "easy puppet in the hands of others" who sought "praise, importance and significance" and saw the world through the "prism of online gaming".
Henry Blaxland KC said in mitigation for Reeves that the evidence showed "the extent to which the Russian state and agents of the Russian state have managed to penetrate the UK through taking advantage of adolescents buried in their computers".
He said Reeves' judgment was "distorted" by his excessive use of the drug ketamine.
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Gang involved in arson attack on London warehouse for Wagner Group jailed
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Comment on Chainsaw Man movie releases in North America on October 24, with early screenings on October 22 for some Crunchyroll membership tiers in ~anime
brews_hairy_cats Link ParentThis comment gave me some extra motivation I needed to catch up on Demon Slayer and watch the movie, so thanks for that! It was really good, and I know exactly what you mean by the 20 minutes...This comment gave me some extra motivation I needed to catch up on Demon Slayer and watch the movie, so thanks for that! It was really good, and I know exactly what you mean by the 20 minutes shorter
I'm also replying as an excuse to bump the topic, Chainsaw Man is officially out tomorrow!
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Comment on What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga) in ~anime
brews_hairy_cats LinkWe no-lifed our way through a ton of Demon Slayer TV series and then saw the movie! It's a really good shonen anime experience! I'm happy how minimal the filler was. The action was superb, and I...We no-lifed our way through a ton of Demon Slayer TV series and then saw the movie! It's a really good shonen anime experience! I'm happy how minimal the filler was. The action was superb, and I liked the background stories. Some of the obstacles were resolved in a very anime way though, what did I expect, lol
Now I'm not sure if we're going to see the Chainsaw Man movie right away, I'm a bit anime'd out right now tbh
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Comment on Chinese criminals made more than $1 billion from those annoying texts in ~news
brews_hairy_cats LinkSo, one thing about this article, it goes on to talk about SIM farms that are used as part of the fraud. Remember those illegal SIM farms the feds busted in New York City a few weeks ago? I...Your highway toll payment is now past due, one text warns. You have U.S. Postal Service fees to pay, another threatens. You owe the New York City Department of Finance for unpaid traffic violations.
The texts are ploys to get unsuspecting victims to fork over their credit-card details. The gangs behind the scams take advantage of this information to buy iPhones, gift cards, clothing and cosmetics.
Criminal organizations operating out of China, which investigators blame for the toll and postage messages, have used them to make more than $1 billion over the last three years, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Behind the con, investigators say, is a black market connecting foreign criminal networks to server farms that blast scam texts to victims. The scammers use phishing websites to collect credit-card information. They then find gig workers in the U.S. who will max out the stolen cards for a small fee.
Making the fraud possible: an ingenious trick allowing criminals to install stolen card numbers in Google and Apple Wallets in Asia, then share the cards with the people in the U.S. making purchases half a world away.
So, one thing about this article, it goes on to talk about SIM farms that are used as part of the fraud. Remember those illegal SIM farms the feds busted in New York City a few weeks ago? I thought it was a farfetched claim they made that it had something to do with terrorism, doesn't it seem more likely those were examples of these SIM farms used for fraud? I mean, I imagine it could be used for both purposes, but...
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Chinese criminals made more than $1 billion from those annoying texts
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Comment on Financial collapse? in ~finance
brews_hairy_cats Link ParentThat's really creative, I hadn't heard about the ammo shortages, it's hard to wrap my head around that. It makes it sound like a shady industry with conspiracy theories fueling prices, lolThat's really creative, I hadn't heard about the ammo shortages, it's hard to wrap my head around that. It makes it sound like a shady industry with conspiracy theories fueling prices, lol
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Comment on Financial collapse? in ~finance
brews_hairy_cats LinkWhat are safer investments if this came to pass? Gold for sure, Are bonds safer than cash? What about other currencies, or are all those currencies valuations linked together? What about crypto, ugh?What are safer investments if this came to pass? Gold for sure, Are bonds safer than cash? What about other currencies, or are all those currencies valuations linked together? What about crypto, ugh?
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Comment on Some protein powders and shakes may contain high levels of lead in ~health
brews_hairy_cats LinkI recommend looking at the article to see their charts of which brands are safer or less safeProtein supplements are wildly popular, but CR’s tests of 23 products found that more than two-thirds of them contain more lead in a single serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day
I recommend looking at the article to see their charts of which brands are safer or less safe
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Some protein powders and shakes may contain high levels of lead
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Comment on Chainsaw Man movie releases in North America on October 24, with early screenings on October 22 for some Crunchyroll membership tiers in ~anime
brews_hairy_cats LinkSo hyyyyped!! We rotated off our Crunchyroll membership for now, so no early screenings here I definitely want to see the Demon Slayer movie too, but we haven't caught up with the story after the...Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc is currently dominating the Japan box office, refusing to relinquish its number one spot for three weeks and counting, and seemingly bringing in more revenue each new day than it did the one before. The film has become a phenomenon, and is set to land in U.S. theaters in just over two weeks.
For members of Crunchyroll's various tiered memberships, select theaters in the U.S. will be holding early screenings of the upcoming Chainsaw Man movie on October 22nd, two days before its North American release. Initially, the film was set to begin screening on October 29th, before being pushed up to the 24th for a proper weekend premiere.
After a strong opening weekend in Japan, the intensely high quality of Chainsaw Man's first theatrical movie spread by word of mouth, causing earnings to balloon in the weeks following its premiere. Fans are dubbing the Reze Arc this year's best anime film, and with the recent success of Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle, that's a major endorsement.
So hyyyyped!! We rotated off our Crunchyroll membership for now, so no early screenings here
I definitely want to see the Demon Slayer movie too, but we haven't caught up with the story after the first movie, we can't keep up with everything
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Chainsaw Man movie releases in North America on October 24, with early screenings on October 22 for some Crunchyroll membership tiers
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What are some good influences for kids today, both online and offline?
I don't have kids, but I'm wondering about success stories parents have had with raising theirs in this sometimes scary world. Online, we hear about brainrot and inappropriate Youtube videos, and...
I don't have kids, but I'm wondering about success stories parents have had with raising theirs in this sometimes scary world. Online, we hear about brainrot and inappropriate Youtube videos, and social media horror stories, and some of that could be massively overblown, I have no idea
So to flip that around, what are some good ways people have found comfortable having their kids spend their time?
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Comment on Chinese doctors report 71-year-old man lived thirty-eight days with genetically modified pig liver in ~health
brews_hairy_cats LinkThis hits a bit close to home, there have been cases of liver disease in my extended family, such as Hepatitis B. I'm grateful that progress is being made in these areas of medical researchWith more than 100,000 people on organ transplant waiting lists in the U.S. alone and more than 9,000 waiting for a liver transplant, the demand for human organs far outpaces the supply. Livers are the second biggest need after kidneys, according to the U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration. Scientists have been exploring alternatives for decades, including using pig organs because of their similarity to human organs.
This hits a bit close to home, there have been cases of liver disease in my extended family, such as Hepatitis B. I'm grateful that progress is being made in these areas of medical research
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Chinese doctors report 71-year-old man lived thirty-eight days with genetically modified pig liver
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Comment on Israel and Hamas agree to first phase of peace plan to pause fighting and release hostages in ~society
brews_hairy_cats LinkU.S. President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the “first phase” of his peace plan to pause fighting and release at least some hostages and prisoners, in a major breakthrough in the two-year-old war.
Hamas plans to release all 20 living hostages in the coming days, people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press, while the Israeli military will begin a withdrawal from the majority of Gaza.
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Israel and Hamas agree to first phase of peace plan to pause fighting and release hostages
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Comment on House of South Carolina judge criticized by Donald Trump Administration burns down in ~society
brews_hairy_cats LinkPolice are investigating the cause of a fire that burned down the home of South Carolina Circuit Court judge Diane Goodstein, who had reportedly received death threats for weeks related to her work.
State law enforcement is investigating the house fire on Edisto Beach, which began at around 11:30 a.m. E.T. on Saturday, sources told local news outlet FITSNews. Goodstein was reportedly not at home at the time of the fire, but at least three members of her family, including her husband, former Democratic state senator Arnold Goodstein, and their son, have been hospitalized with serious injuries.
In addition to Kirk’s murder last month, the murder of Democratic Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives Melissa Hortman and her husband in June, and an arson attack at Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s residence in April, a number of judges who have ruled against Trump have also received attacks and threats from his supporters.
I've been feeling overly negative and anxious, without even necessarily a specific reason, and I communicated that with my partner, and we went through a number of Youtube videos looking for explanations, not necessarily solutions. This is the video that impacted me the most, mainly because it has actual SOLUTIONS and not just clarifying the underlying problems, which, don't get me wrong, is helpful and important too
And equally important is the way they presented the problems and simple daily life solutions, they make it feel within reach, it's not complicated at all, and the best solutions are things everyone has probably already heard about, or already practice, like journaling, positive self-encouragement, and other such tools. I think they key is having structure around when to use it.
I'm not going to pretend this will solve everyone's anxiety issues, there are definitely going to be skeptics out there pointing out these are gimmicks, or whatever. Anyway, I've already started planning my days around some of these tools though, and I'm also aiming for less screen time. Again, it's the presentation that makes the problems feel solvable, to me. It's exactly what I personally needed to hear right now.