[Link] Q Is Back and It’s Tearing the QAnon World Apart

Read: 4/7/2022 www.vice.com

Jim Watkins clearly doesn’t know how his own website works.

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[Link] A Poop Emoji NFT Shows That ‘Web3’ Is Actually Pretty Centralized

Read: 11/1/2022 www.vice.com

Last Friday, he published a blog post that went viral in which he explained some of web3’s early failing points—most notably the fact that some important aspects of this decentralized internet aren't really decentralized at all.

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[Link] Australia's largest bank is getting into cryptocurrency. Here's why its competitors aren't

Read: 4/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

After one major Australian bank this week announced it'll give customers the option of trading crypto currencies, such as Bitcoin, on its existing banking app, you might have expected others to follow. However, they have told the ABC they will not at this stage.

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[Link] Behind a Billboard of Bowe Bergdahl, Khost Maintains Anti-Taliban Ways

Read: 4/11/2021 coffeeordie.com

KHOST, Afghanistan — It’s one of few stretches of road among these winding hills and twisting valleys that remains paved and intact, untouched by the two-decade war that crippled most of Afghanistan’s land arteries.

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[Link] He escaped the Dark Web’s biggest bust. Now he’s back

Read: 29/9/2021 arstechnica.com

Just over four years ago, the US Department of Justice announced the takedown of AlphaBay, the biggest dark web market bust in history.

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