"Child abuse imagery found within bitcoin's blockchain" - Samuel Gibbs, Guardian, 20MAR2018

>Researchers from the RWTH Aachen University, Germany found that around 1,600 files were currently stored in bitcoin’s blockchain. Of the files least eight were of sexual content, including one thought to be an image of child abuse and two that contain 274 links to child abuse content, 142 of which link to dark web services.

>“Our analysis shows that certain content, eg, illegal pornography, can render the mere possession of a blockchain illegal,” . “Although court rulings do not yet exist, legislative texts from countries such as Germany, the UK, or the USA suggest that illegal content such as [child abuse imagery] can make the blockchain illegal to possess for all users.”

>While the spending of bitcoin does not necessarily require a copy of the blockchain to facilitate, some processes, such as some mining techniques, require the downloading of the full blockchain or chunks of it.

https://archive.ph/P3NJG
(Tech L)

"Secret gay sex scandal explodes in Republican Party as 'closeted' congressman who's engaged to a woman is accused of sordid double life" - 19AUG2025

https://web.archive.org/web/20250819224758/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15003847/secret-gay-sex-republican-congressman-engaged.html

"Qubic Hits 52.72 % Of Monero’s Total Hashrate" - La Rédaction C., Cointribute, 12AUG2025

>Qubic briefly reached 52.72% of Monero’s hashrate with 3.01 GH/s, demonstrating exceptional computing power.

>The project aims to maintain more than 51% hashrate dominance between August 2 and 31, 2025 as part of a planned test.

>A technical collaboration between Sergey Ivancheglo and Shai documents results and addresses accusations of malicious attacks.

>Many Monero miners migrated to Qubic despite a DDoS attack temporarily reducing the pool’s power.

>The temporary reaching of the 51 % hashrate threshold represents a major event in the crypto ecosystem. Theoretically, this level of control allows the blockchain to be reorganized, double spends to be created, or transactions censored.

>However, Qubic claims this demonstration aims to strengthen Monero’s security rather than attack it.

https://archive.ph/rWyef
(Cryptocurrency)

This is sliding under the radar, so I need to break the news.

The Monero blockchain just experienced a deliberate 6 block reorg. Some say that's the result of a successful 51% attack. That's when an attacker can write whatever he wants to the blockchain, destroying the purpose of the cryptocurrency.

Bad news for the smaller Proof of Work blockchains. As bitcoin mining becomes less lucrative, the hardware will be repurposed to destroy other non-proof of stake chains.

Bitcoin itself is expected to see a similar crisis in a decade, unless they fork to increase the coin limit, or implement "tail emissions" like Monero. That might still not be enough long-term.

https://xcancel.com/P3b7_/status/1955173413992984988#m

"Eating this ultraprocessed food may be good for you and the planet, experts say" - Sandee LaMotte, CNN, 21JUL2025

>According to the Good Food Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting alternative proteins, replacing a beef burger with a plant-based patty can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 98% and land use by up to 97%.

>"Doctors and dietitians are reluctant to consider alternative proteins when advising patients on nutrition because they view these foods as ultraprocessed"

>Encouraging consumers to swap their beloved animal flesh for plant alternatives is increasingly critical, experts say. Global meat production and demand — a leading contributor to climate change — is projected to rise by up to 52% by 2050 compared with 2012 levels, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

https://archive.ph/PiQVF
(Climate?)

"Scientific fraud has become an ‘industry,’ alarming analysis finds" - Cathleen O'Grady, Science, 04AUG2025

>The paper, published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, paints an alarming picture. Northwestern University metascientist Reese Richardson and his colleagues identify networks of editors and authors colluding to publish shoddy or fraudulent papers, report that large organizations are placing batches of fake papers in journals, suggest brokers may serve as intermediaries between paper mills and intercepted journals, and find that the number of fake papers—though still relatively small—seems to be increasing at a rate far greater than the scientific literature generally.

>For instance, of the 79 papers that one editor had handled at PLOS ONE, 49 have been retracted. Flagged editors handled 1.3% of papers published in the journal by 2024, but nearly one-third of all retracted papers.

https://archive.ph/f7qjY
(Replication Crisis)

NEW - China to offer parents $500 annually per child under the age of three, in a move to boost birth rates. China is facing a "demographic crisis," with its population declining for the last three years.

https://www.disclose.tv/id/gxyflkt216/

@disclosetv

The resegregation folks are my personal heroes. They're making things happen.

Redditors are kvetching and oy veying on a level I haven't seen since the election.

https://www.reddit.com/r/missouri/comments/1m982b3/stop_the_whiteonly_community_in_springfield_mo/

"James Webb telescope confirms there is something seriously wrong with our understanding of the universe" - Ben Turner, Live Science, 14MAR2024

>Depending on where we look, the universe is expanding at different rates. Now, scientists using the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes have confirmed that the observation is not down to a measurement error.

>Now, a triple-check by both telescopes working together appears to have put the possibility of any measurement error to bed for good. The study, published February 6 in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, suggests that there may be something seriously wrong with our understanding of the universe.

>"With measurement errors negated, what remains is the real and exciting possibility we have misunderstood the universe," lead study author Adam Riess

>universe's expansion rate is around 74 km/s/Mpc: an impossibly high value when compared to Planck's measurements. Cosmology had been hurled into uncharted territory.

https://archive.ph/mf9Vd
(Physics?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIEC-PB9AyU
Watch Judeo-Peterstein squirm for 16 mins when confronted on whether or not he's Christian.

(He's a Christian, but he doesn't want to offend the Jews by claiming Jesus is the messiah.)

🇺🇸 - Former President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary have been subpoenaed to testify over Ghislaine Maxwell.

Follow: @ThermopylaeNews

JUST IN - U.S. DOJ told Trump in May that his name is "among many" in the Epstein files.

https://www.disclose.tv/id/qwc44krdxp/

@disclosetv

Never trust this fucking robot