Massively over crowded Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos has seen numbers grow from 5 to 20 thousand in a matter of months. Hundreds of people share taps and toilets, there is little chance to implement measures designed to stop the spread of covid 19. So far the camp has not been hit by the epidemic, but aid agencies fear for the most vulnerable in the camp.
Covid 19 jumped from bats to humans, possibly via another wild animal. A study of zoonotic diseases has identified many other viruses that could do the same.
The skies are clearer, levels of pollution from traffic have dropped by up to 50 percent but how long will cleaner air remain?
As host of the Pomp Podcast, author of the daily Off The Chain newsletter, and founder partner at Morgan Creek Digital Assets, Anthony Pompliano is one of the best known media personalities and investors in the crypto industry.
In this episode, he and @NLW discuss:
The Fed’s just announced $2.3 trillion stimulus package - including the authorization to buy junk bonds
Why media and trust have desiccated to their lowest levels ever
The lack of a plan to restart the economy
Why Bitcoin was sold in last months larger market sell off
Why smart institutional investors are looking to bitcoin as a hedge when the deflationary environment turns inflationary
Why companies have to be allowed to fail to increase resilience
Why the best way to build a resilience economy is to put money in the hands of entrepreneurs and small businesses
Three L.A. comedians are quarantined in a podcast studio during a global pandemic. There is literally nothing to be done EXCEPT make content. These are "The Corona Diaries" and this is Episode #16. Music is "Lake Marie" by John Prine (R.I.P.)
On April 6, 2020, the Supreme Court held by a vote of 8-1 that when a law enforcement officer lacks information negating an inference that a vehicle’s driver is the registered owner, an investigative traffic stop made after running the vehicle’s license plate and learning that the registered owner’s driver’s license has been revoked is reasonable under the Fourth Amendment. In an opinion written by Justice Thomas, the Court invoked its 1981 decision in United States v. Cortez (1981), which indicates that an officer may initiate a brief investigative traffic stop if he or she has a “particularized and objective basis” to suspect legal wrongdoing. Here the officer’s inference that the vehicle’s registered owner--whose license was revoked--was also the current driver was a commonsense one; even if not invariably true the inference was reasonable, and the officer possessed no information sufficient to rebut it. Justice Thomas’ majority opinion was joined by all other justices except Justice Sotomayor, who dissented. In addition, Justice Kagan filed a concurring opinion that was joined by Justice Breyer. To discuss the case, we have Brian Fish, Special Assistant, United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland. As always, the Federalist Society takes no particular legal or public policy positions. All opinions expressed are those of the speakers.
In part 4 of this six-part documentary podcast series about Bitcoin in Africa we'll join Anita as she speaks with a young woman from Harare, Zimbabwe. She calls herself a 'Digipreneur' and also works as a teacher. Working with her organization, they focus on the digitalization of Africa and aim to improve outcomes in Zimbabwe. With the use of Bitcoin outlawed and the state of human rights and free speech being rather poor in Zimbabwe, Anita and the guest agreed to not mention her name. In this episode they discuss:
The opportunities for Bitcoin adoption
The shutdown of Golix, the only Zimbabwean crypto exchange
The philosophy of Ubuntu and how it relates to Bitcoin
Hyper-inflation
The future of Bitcoin in Africa
How cryptocurrency feels like luxury in Zimbabwe
How to design Bitcoin for use in Africa
How Libra is a game changer
The most used social media tools
The need for even more accessibility and ease of use
"If I have a Bitcoin, I can send money to my relatives, who are in Malawi or in Namibia or in Ghana. Currently I can't with our own currency. I can't send money out freely and quickly, but if we can sit down as a community and say okay, we need to buy a new borehole and we can do that just by using our phone. That's an amazing thing. You know, if we look at it from a place of development, if you look at it from a place of helping the community and taking care of each other, if it allows us to take care of each other without having to create so many barriers and so much red tape to get stuff done with money, I feel like when you change that narrative, you speak to something very deep within an African." - Teacher and Digipreneur, Zimbabwe
"Cryptocurrency feels almost like luxury. It's sad because I don't think that's what it's supposed to be, but it was also bearing in mind cryptocurrency was designed in a functioning environment. It was designed by people who maybe haven't spent 12 hours in a fuel queue?" - Teacher and Digipreneur, Zimbabwe
"We need to start having more conversations about the future with the people who are actually affected by the future. Hold workshops under a tree in Binga and have someone who is there who can translate into the local language and have a conversation." - Teacher and Digipreneur, Zimbabwe
This podcast special and my trip to Africa would not have been possible without my sponsors and supporters. I want to thank my sponsors first: Thank you: LocalBitcoins.com a person-to-person bitcoin trading site, Peter McCormack and the whatbitcoindid podcast, Coinfinity and the Card Wallet, SHIFT Cryptosecurity, manufacturer of the hardware wallet BitBox02 and many thanks to several unknown private donors, who sent me Satoshis over the Lightning Network.
This special is edited by CoinDesk’s Podcasts Editor Adam B. Levine and published first on the CoinDesk Podcast Network. Thank you very much for supporting the Bitcoin in Africa series with your work.
Thanks goes also out to stakwork.com - stakwork is a great project that brings bitcoin into the world through earning. One can do microjobs on stakwork, earning Satoshis and cash them out without even having an understanding about the lightning network or bitcoin. I think we need more projects like that to spread the usage of bitcoin around the world.
Thank you also to GoTenna, for donating several GoTenna devices to set up a mesh network in Zimbabwe and to Team Satoshi, the decentralized sports team for supporting my work. This special is also brought to you by the Let's Talk Bitcoin Network.
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Edited by CoinDesk’s Podcasts Editor: Adam B. Levine
The slow process to get back to normal. More grim unemployment numbers. Dreams on hold with a pause in fertility treatments. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.
Under Hungary’s shape-shifting prime minister the country has essentially become a dictatorship—and it seems there is little the European Union can do about it. We examine the serious mental-health effects the covid-19 crisis is having—and will have in the future. And Japan’s #KuToo movement aims to reform some seriously sexist dress codes at work. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/radiooffer
Thanks to Judith Milgram and Ryan Stauffer for their questions. We cover how to shop safely, bring groceries home, and order takeout during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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In which the modern insurance industry is born when medieval Italian merchants form syndicates to manage risk, and Ken manages risk by making people order pancakes. Certificate #46598.
Away Luggage is sadly laying off staff because you’re not traveling right now (and don’t need their suitcases), but the extent of benefits and way they announced it reveal a major change in HR strategy. Airbnb is raising $1B debt and Slack's raising $750M to get through the corona-conomy, but the 2 different paths reflect 2 different situations. The stock market’s recovery could look like a “V”...or a “U”...or an “L” — we’re breaking down all the options alphabetically.
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