An oil and commodities expert breaks down how the shale revolution reshaped global energy power and why oil went below $0 earlier this year. Today on the Brief: PayPal and Venmo reportedly adding crypto buying and selling Trump executive order temporarily suspends H1-B visa program Continued growth in bitcoin derivatives Our main […]
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U.K.-based cryptocurrency platform Ziglu has launched, following a £5.25 million (US$6.6 million) seed round. As a starting point, the platform aims to painlessly put crypto in the hands of consumers. Announced Monday, Ziglu allows users to exchange GBP for bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH), litecoin (LTC) and bitcoin cash (BCH), with […]
Activists who established a commune around an abandoned police precinct in Seattle are finding out the hard way it’s not easy to run a revolution, dealing with food supply issues, internal squabbling and even a wannabe strongman. After Seattle PD vacated the East Precinct in the Capitol Hill neighborhood on […]
At the end of the day, a rug can really tie the room together. But we all know what happened to Lebowski’s rug at the end of the day. He literally spent an entire movie trying to get it replaced. When a rug is simple, light, and airy, it can […]
When I walked into Budapest’s Metropolitan Ervin Szabo Library, I thought I might have come to the wrong place. I was looking for a palace, and it was supposed to be right here, but besides a grand yellow entrance hall, it looked like a normal city library branch. Metal stacks, […]
A nurse and National Guard medic interview a patient before taking a swab for a coronavirus test last month at Gallatin High School in Gallatin, Tenn. The state of Tennessee started picking up the tab for testing in April. Blake Farmer/WPLN hide caption toggle caption Blake Farmer/WPLN A nurse and […]
Big Oil Fears Keystone XL Ruling Means End Of Easy Pipeline Permits By Steve Horn, DeSmog Blog. May 5, 2020 Big Oil Fears Keystone XL Ruling Means End Of Easy Pipeline Permits2020-05-052020-05-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/keystone-xl-pipeline-in-texas42_credit-julie-dermansky-e1588702492962.jpg200px200px Above photo: Construction of the southern leg of the Keystone XL, now called the Gulf Coast Pipeline, under a road in Texas in […]