Month: June 2023

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The Daily Signal - TOP NEWS | Sen. Tim Scott Hits Back at Obama on Race, Sen. Mike Lee Rips Fox News, University to Shut Down Confucius Institute | June 16

On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:


  • Republican South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott is pushing back against former President Barack Obama. 
  • Sen. Scott Scott defended the parental rights group Moms for Liberty and condemned the Southern Poverty Law Center for using "race as a weapon" in putting the parental rights group on a map with Ku Klux Klan chapters.
  • The man who shot and killed 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been found guilty of federal hate crime charges. 
  • The Iowa Supreme Court has blocked a 6-week abortion ban. Iowa currently allows abortions up to 20-weeks of pregnancy. 
  • Fox News is reportedly celebrating Pride month. 


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CrowdScience - Why can’t I see images in my head?

CrowdScience listener Eileen cannot see images in her head of her memories. She only discovered by chance that most other people can do this. She wants to know why she can’t see them and if it is something she can learn to do.

Anand Jagatia finds out what mental images are for and whether scientists know why some people can’t create them.

Three per cent of the world’s population cannot see mental images like Eileen. And it is only recently been given a name – aphantasia.

Anand discovers why mental images are useful, why they are sometimes traumatic and how people who are blind or visually impaired can also create images of the world around them.

Contributors:

Emily Holmes, professor of clinical psychology, Uppsala University, Sweden Adam Zeman, professor of cognitive and behavioural psychology, Exeter University, UK Joel Pearson, professor of cognitive neuroscience, University of New South Wales, Australia Paul Gabias, associate professor, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Canada Marijke Peters, Hannah Fisher and Jo Glanville, CrowdScience producers

Presenter: Anand Jagatia Producer: Jo Glanville Editor: Richard Collings Production co-ordinator: Jonathan Harris Sound: Jackie Margerum

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE HASH: Abra Insolvent for Months: Regulators; Tether’s Banking Relationships Detailed in Legal Documents

The most valuable crypto stories Friday, June 16, 2023.


"The Hash" hosts unpack today's top stories: Binance's French unit undergoes investigation by local authorities for the "illegal" provision of digital asset services and "acts of aggravated money laundering". The exchange is also leaving the Netherlands after failing to acquire a license from the Dutch regulator. Separately, crypto lender Abra has been insolvent since at least March 31, 2023, state securities regulators alleged on Thursday. Plus, new documents obtained by CoinDesk under a Freedom of Information Law request, offer a rare but limited window into the reserves behind USDT. And, the latest on former President Donald Trump's NFT project.


See also:

Binance Under Investigation in France for 'Aggravated' Money Laundering

Binance to Quit Netherlands After Failing to Acquire License

Crypto Lender Abra Has Been Insolvent for Months, State Regulators Say

Tether’s Banking Relationships, Commercial Paper Exposure Detailed in Newly Released Legal Documents


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The Bulwark Podcast - Tim Miller: A Season of Grifters and Crackpots

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has found the sweet spot in the horseshoe— between QAnon-ers waiting for JFK, Jr. and the weirdo, anti-vaxxers in the Dems. Plus, grifting tech bros, the likely malice behind No Labels, and Marco's relief that Trump is (probably) not a spy. Tim Miller joins Charlie Sykes for the weekend pod. 

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Planet Money - The 60-day job race

People come from all over the world to work in U.S. tech. And during the tech boom years, the industry relied heavily on foreign workers. This is how we built Silicon Valley – with great minds coming from everywhere to work in the U.S.

But when the industry started to shrink, all of these people who moved here for work are finding that linking their jobs to their residency is really complicated. That was the case for Aashka and Nilanjan. Aashka was a product engineer at Amazon, and Nilanjan worked in digital advertising for Google. They both lost their jobs in the layoffs each company announced earlier this year.

When Aashka and Nilanjan got the news, a clock started ticking. Because they are both H-1B recipients, they only have 60 days to find new jobs before they risk being sent home. And they can't get just any job – they need new employers in their field willing to sponsor their visa.

On today's show, we followed two tech workers as they tried to find jobs before their visas expired, and what they went through as H-1B recipients trying to stay in the country.

This episode was hosted by Alyssa Jeong Perry and Amanda Aronczyk, produced by Sam Yellowhorse Kesler, engineered by James Willetts, fact-checked by Sierra Juarez, and edited by Molly Messick and Jess Jiang.

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - MARKETS DAILY: Crypto Update | BlackRock’s Spot Bitcoin ETF Application Spurs Green Markets

Plus, “Markets Daily” takes a look at the future of commercial real estate, with San Francisco as a case study.

Today's Stories: 

Park Hotels stops payments on $725M CMBS loan, plans to cut San Francisco exposure 

San Francisco hit again as large mall owner walks away | Reuters 

Central Banks Successfully Test Over 30 CBDC Use Cases, Including Offline Payments 


Markets Links: 

BRN00 | Brent Crude Oil Continuous Contract Overview | MarketWatch 

First Mover Americas: BlackRock Files for a Spot Bitcoin ETF

Bitcoin Correlations Continue On-Again, Off-Again Relationship With Traditional Finance


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Federalist Radio Hour - Inside The Effort To Record Communism’s Dark History

On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Elizabeth Spalding, chairman of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and founding director of the Victims of Communism Museum, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to share the importance of educating current and future generations on the pitfalls of communism and the evils plaguing regimes that adopt it.