Above Photo: Derek Read. In the mid-2000s, when the documentary featuring former Vice President Al Gore, “An Inconvenient Truth,” first alerted viewers that human activity was drastically altering the environment, and global warming would insidiously thaw the North and South poles and raise the sea levels, urban organizers like Mateo Nube heard the warning loud and clear. Nube quickly banded together with other activists in the San Francisco Bay Area to educate their communities about humanity’s devastating impacts on the environment and what needed to be done to try to abate the eventual irreparable changes by shifting people’s views about the economy, which […]
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Peer-to-peer commerce company Origin is announcing Origin Dollars, or OUSD, a stablecoin whose reserves leverage decentralized finance (DeFi) so that balances grow wherever it resides, no staking or account required. “One thing we’ve all seen in DeFi is a much smaller audience gets it. The barrier to entry is much higher,” Matthew Liu, Origin’s cofounder, told CoinDesk in a phone call. “We want to make DeFi much more accessible.” OUSD will be backed one-for-one by the three big stablecoins on Ethereum: Tether’s USDT, Circle and Coinbase’s USDC and MakerDAO’s DAI. Users can mint OUSD by depositing any of those three into […]
Over a million dollars worth of paintings, sculptures and artistic ephemera vanished from The Colony Room, an elite counter-culture private drinking club, according to a writer and artist whose new book chronicles the history of the legendary London venue. Darren Coffield, who has a new exhibition about The Colony Room opening at the Dellasposa gallery in London this week, tells the amazing story of the missing art works in his new oral history of the club, Tales from The Colony Room. He told The Daily Beast that, while interviewing dozens of England’s most celebrated artists to gather their recollections of the […]
A scientist at work on a COVID-19 vaccine candidate at Bogazici University in Istanbul in August. Onur Coban/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Onur Coban/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images A scientist at work on a COVID-19 vaccine candidate at Bogazici University in Istanbul in August. Onur Coban/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Several vaccines are currently in large-scale studies to see if they can prevent COVID-19, and more are on the way. President Trump has been hinting that a vaccine could be ready before the end of October, but Moncef Slaoui, chief scientific adviser to the administration’s Operation Warp […]
Chris Hedges: How Corporate Tyranny Works By Chris Hedges, ScheerPost.com. August 26, 2020 | Educate!, Featured Campaign Chris Hedges: How Corporate Tyranny Works2020-08-262020-08-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/ecuador-e1598473285702.jpg200px200px Above photo: A citizen of Guanta, Ecuador, shows a butterfly killed by oil pollution, in 2003. AP/Dolores Ochoa. Those, like environmental lawyer Steven Donziger, who fight the corporate control of our society on behalf of the vulnerable find the institutions of power unite to crucify them. The persecution of the attorney Steven Donziger is a grim illustration of what happens when we confront the real centers of power, masked and unacknowledged by the divisive cant from the Trump White […]
Maria Sharapova may be retired from the professional tennis circuit, but that hasn’t stopped her from training hard as she keeps her body in top shape in the Florida sun. The former world No. 1, who won all four of tennis’ Grand Slam tournaments – including two French Open titles – during her glittering career on court, announced her retirement after her exit from the Australian Open in February. READ MORE: ‘I always said I would put my health at the heart of my decision’: Simona Halep confirms she WILL NOT play at US Open But the 33-year-old, who now resides […]
It’s hard to participate in the influencer economy from Cuba, but YouTuber Erich García Cruz is making it work. “We do not have access to Visa cards or Mastercard products because of the [U.S. trade] embargo,” Cruz explained. “We are monetized through YouTube.” Bitcoin is one of many tools he uses to turn those dollar earnings, in foreign bank accounts, into rent and grocery money in Cuba. Most of the freelancers around the world using bitcoin as borderless money appear to be programmers or other types of technical workers. However, Cruz is among the slowly growing number of content creators relying […]
Amanda Milius, daughter of legendary screenwriter-director John Milius, has directed The Plot Against the President, based on Lee Smith’s 2019 best-seller of the same name. The documentary has been filmed in private and includes such conservative luminaries as Rudy Giuliani, John Solomon, Corey Lewandowski, Roger Stone, Sidney Powell, Mike Cernovich, Kim Guilfoyle and Donald Trump Jr. The film, the first of its kind, exposes and explains the attempted coup against President Donald Trump by Democrats, the fake news media, James Comey’s FBI and the Obama deep state. The trailer was released and it is INCREDIBLE! TRENDING: Dem Convention Dumpster Fire: Michigan […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/art_living/202008101080120463-vip-protection-israeli-jeweller-works-on-15-mln-gold-diamond-encrusted-face-mask/ According to a designer, this will be an 18-karat white gold mask decorated with 3,600 diamonds and fitted with top-rated N99 filters. An Israeli jewellery company has been working on what it says will be the world’s most expensive coronavirus mask, Haaretz reported. The mask will be made of gold and will have more than 3,500 white and black diamonds encrusted in it. Its price is estimated at $1.5 million. The weight of such a luxurious face covering will be 270 grams, which is about 100 times that of an ordinary surgical mask. REAL […]
Ethereum 2.0 is coming. The yearslong upgrade – intended to radically transform the world’s largest smart-contract platform – is inching closer to deployment. The Ethereum Foundation recently announced “Medalla,” a final testnet before the mainnet launch of the Eth 2.0 beacon chain. As of July 10, some developers, including Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin, estimate the oft-delayed Eth 2.0 will launch by the end of this year. To mark the fifth anniversary of the network’s launch, CoinDesk is producing Ethereum at Five – a cross-platform series featuring special coverage, a limited-run newsletter and live-streamed discussions on Twitter. New issues and sessions launch daily from […]
Gary Garrels, one of the top art curators in the nation, resigned this week after refusing to exclude works of white male artists. Garrels was the chief curator at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art since 2008. Gary Garrels said not presenting art by white male artists was reverse discrimination.This statement was very offensive to staff and community members who accused him of “white supremacist” language. He was out within a month. TRENDING: NOT MAKING NATIONAL HEADLINES: Black Mass Shooter Kills Two Random Men in Indiana Before Being Gunned Down by CCW Holder (VIDEO) The Washington Examiner reported: An art […]
According to professor Anders Fomsgaard, the vaccine boosts cell immunity, which safeguards against the virus by eliminating infected cells. As scientists worldwide are working to develop a way to protect people against the coronavirus, Denmark’s State Serum Institute (SSI) has presented a new candidate for a COVID-19 vaccine. The candidate vaccine – known as CoVAXIX – is a so-called DNA vaccine. It is not contagious and is seen as “very safe”. So far it has been successful on mice. After a handful of trials, the SSI called the project “promising”. Trials revealed that the SSI vaccine helps develop antibodies that neutralise […]
Thousands Of Workers Strike Bath Iron Works By Joe Piette, Workers.org. July 15, 2020 Thousands Of Workers Strike Bath Iron Works2020-07-152020-07-14https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/bath-strike071320-1080×1300-e1594774680481.jpeg200px200px Over 4,300 production workers — represented by Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) Local S6 — walked off the job at the Bath Iron Works shipyard June 23 after unsuccessful contract negotiations. Workers had made concessions in their last contract, but are reluctant to agree to attacks on seniority rights, increased health care costs and subcontracting which threatens current workers’ jobs. Bath Iron Works is one of the U.S. Navy’s largest shipbuilders and a major employer in Maine, with a total of […]
A Scottsdale, AZ Bath & Body Works manager is no longer working at the company after cursing at a customer wearing a ‘Trump 2020’ face mask. Bath & Body Works is a retailer under the L Brands umbrella that sells body lotions, body wash, candles and other personal care products. Jeremiah Cota, a Director of Strategic Initiatives for AZ Trump Victory, said he was accosted by a Bath & Body Works manager on Thursday simply for wearing a Trump face mask. “She yelled at me “F—- Donald Trump” while I was simply walking by the store,” Jeremiah said. TRENDING: Young White […]
The Status Keycard now works with Android smartphones to make mobile apps more secure. Status, the Ethereum-based messaging company, has expanded the use case for its Keycard, a hardware wallet first announced in February 2019. It now works with Android mobile devices using much the same security technology as that found in modern credit cards. It also enables a user to both authorize the spending of crypto either online or using a point-of-sale device and, with this new functionality, it acts as a form of two-factor authentication (2FA) for logging into applications like the Status messaging app and Ethereum wallet. “If […]
Debbie Sorensen, an infectious disease nurse with Salt Lake County Public Health Department in Salt Lake City, talks by phone with a woman who recently tested positive for the coronavirus. Sorensen is one of the county’s 130 contact tracers aiming to slow the spread of COVID-19. Andrew Becker/ KUER hide caption toggle caption Andrew Becker/ KUER Debbie Sorensen, an infectious disease nurse with Salt Lake County Public Health Department in Salt Lake City, talks by phone with a woman who recently tested positive for the coronavirus. Sorensen is one of the county’s 130 contact tracers aiming to slow the spread of […]
Artist Christo Vladimirov Javacheff attends the presentation of his installation The Floating Piers on June 16, 2016, in Sulzano, Italy. He died Sunday at age 84. Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images Artist Christo Vladimirov Javacheff attends the presentation of his installation The Floating Piers on June 16, 2016, in Sulzano, Italy. He died Sunday at age 84. Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images Artist Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, who was known for creating monumental works of art that played off of their environment in cities across the world, died Sunday at his home in New York City, […]
Rep. Steve King at a townhall in Hampton, Iowa, in Summer 2019. Clay Masters/Iowa Public Radio hide caption toggle caption Clay Masters/Iowa Public Radio Rep. Steve King at a townhall in Hampton, Iowa, in Summer 2019. Clay Masters/Iowa Public Radio Weeks before the 2018 midterm, President Trump stood before a packed arena in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and singled out Rep. Steve King — then running for his ninth term. “[King] may be the world’s most conservative human being,” Trump said to a crowd of cheering supporters. Now, Republican Rep. Steve King is fighting to hang onto his seat. Republican leaders stripped […]
Automated ventilators are expensive. Hand-operated ventilators require a lot of labor. So these teens are on a quest to create a mechanized bag-valve-mask that’ll do the job. (Image credit: The Digital Citizen Fund) Source link
Jose de los Rios works at a Procter & Gamble plant in Mehoopany, Pa., that makes Charmin toilet paper and other products. The factory has been running nonstop in recent weeks. Procter & Gamble hide caption toggle caption Procter & Gamble Jose de los Rios works at a Procter & Gamble plant in Mehoopany, Pa., that makes Charmin toilet paper and other products. The factory has been running nonstop in recent weeks. Procter & Gamble Jose de los Rios has worked at a Procter & Gamble toilet paper factory for almost three decades. And he’s never been busier. “We’re making more […]