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xNY.io - Bank.org | Memo #2 - JPMorgan Chase Board of Directors ESG Marketplace Manipulation
by Gunnar Larson 06 Mar '23

06 Mar '23

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bxERzXknAFfVW3YsDpNB-GPlVoiLAeeBXUrxwOF… May 1, 2022 BY ELECTRONIC MAIL Investor Relations Board of Directors, JPMorgan Chase & Co. 277 Park Avenue New York, NY 10172-0003 JPMCinvestorrelations(a)jpmchase.com Re: JPMorgan Chase Board of Directors ESG Marketplace Manipulation Dear Board of Directors: xNY.io - Bank.org recently contacted JPMorgan Chase’s board of directors to communicate our concern(s) that potentially JPMorgan Chase may be engaging in exploitation of more than $100B of ESG asset liabilities, across international regulatory arbitrage structures, while headquartered in Manhattan. Specifically, the duty to promote the success of the company is that a director must act in the way that she considers, in good faith, and would be most likely to promote the success of the company for the benefit of its members as a whole. - Failure by a board to adequately consider ESG-related risks, particularly entity-specific compliance risks such as breach of securities laws, could serve as the basis for liability of individual directors or officers for breach of their fiduciary duties. Given JPMorgan’s five cout felonies, xNY.io - Bank.org is concerned with your board of director governance in preventing ESG fraud. xNY.io - Bank.org’s assessment of JPMorgan’s board embraces fundamentals including liquidity risk and protecting New York ESG cross border innovation from marketplace manipulation. - According to JPMorgan’s August 2021 Sovereigns and ESG whitepaper, the bank states that governance carries the largest weight of the three ESG pillars across scores, as it is the most empirically relevant for asset prices. - JPMorgan notes that philosophically, the bank views good governance as a foundational pillar for positive ESG developments in other pillars. Today’s memo follows protocol suggested by the United States of America, in that JPMorgan Chase’s board of directors is responsible to xNY.io - Bank.org’s enterprise and the Department of the Interior, in connection with any action alleging a violation of the Endangered Species Act, by any person (“person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, trust, association, or any other private entity) claiming the benefit of any exemption or permit under the Act, who shall have the burden of proving that the exemption or permit is applicable, or has been granted, and was valid and in force at the time of alleged violation. xNY.io - Bank.org has made 91 highlights to the Department of Interior’s Endangered Species Act for JPMorgan Chase’s board of directors reference. 1. xNY.io - Bank.org has reason to believe in the JPMorgan Chase board of directors’ engagement of ESG marketplace manipulation, risking your ESG portfolio’s future at the cost of New York digital asset innovation. 2. xNY.io - Bank.org references your 2021 Environmental Social and Governance Report, totaling $117B of ESG “development funding” transferred from New York to Caribbean and Eastern European accounts. 3. xNY.io - Bank.org is concerned of JPMorgan Chase board directors leveraged marketplace manipulation techniques in allocating ESG funds to engage in potential harassment (the term "harassment" means any act of pursuit, torment, or annoyance) of some of the world’s most precious endangered species protected by domestic and international governance. 4. JPMorgan Chase’s $2.3B ESG “wind farm” facility is characterized by the Washington Post as a potential misuse of ESG assets (and board policies) to fund probable violation(s) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972. Looking internationally, xNY.io - Bank.org is concerned of further ESG marketplace manipulation structures, sacrificing endangered species, via JPMorgan Chase’s board directed ESG investments in the Caribbean (your largest ESG investment region). xNY.io - Bank.org signals that JPMorgan’s board of directors is party to the Convention on Nature Protection and Wild Life Preservation in the Western Hemisphere. Being clear, any violation of the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act and/or the Convention on Nature Protection and Wild Life Preservation in the Western Hemisphere … Requires xNY.io - Bank.org to consult JPMorgan Chase board members on ESG allocations that may be in conflict with construction, or other development projects, or other forms of economic activity. xNY.io - Bank.org asks JPMorgan Chase board directors to return the Secretary of Department of the Interior’s approval, confirming licensing and/or exclusion to the Endangered Species Act, with further authorization of “harassment” pursuant to exemption(s). Including (if available) a similar Environmental Protection Agency permit that is applicable and is valid and in force. - Due to the riskiness of ESG portfolio mismanagement in violation of the Endangered Species Act, ESG marketplace manipulation risk(s) may trigger causal shocks to New York State monetary and regulatory innovation. - According to JPMorgan’s sovereign fund ESG research, “A common complaint about ESG analysis is that data can be difficult to source. Some sovereign data is in fact more readily available than corporate data given the multitude of multinational organizations and NGOs – including the World Bank, the IMF and the United Nations.” - The European Central Bank provides support to the eurozone sovereign debt market but has more restrictions on what and how much it can buy, so eurozone bonds can trade with more credit risk premium compared to other major developed market bonds. - Whatever the case may be, JPMorgan disclosures detail significant concern of lapse in board governance and ESG portfolio risk with potential violation of the Endangered Species Act, risking ESG portfolio default(s) in Europe and the United States risking ESG customer financial abuse. Forbes recently profiles JPMorgan Chase ESG investments as problematic, highlighting that your board of directors potentially are allocating ESG proceeds in competition with human rights at the expense of customers’ best interests while investing heavily in fossil fuels. A letter to JPMorgan Chase’s board of directors from ESG scholars (including, The Sierra Club, Public Citizen, Greenpeace, Amazon Watch, Revolving Door Project, Rainforest Action Network and the Center for International Environmental Law) suggests the bank would “...lock us into energy sources that are overly expensive and subject to wild price swings, and that exacerbate rather than ease global conflict.” xNY.io - Bank.org aims to protect ESG digital asset innovation and JPMorgan’s board should understand your proprietary ESG scoring matrix should signal seismic marketplace manipulation risk if directors are in potential violation of any Endangered Species Act covenant. - Head of Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) distribution at JP Morgan Asset Management says, “In Europe, we do not have a semi-transparent product – like the US and Australia – which would add further complexity to the trading. For example, the US has several models which make it harder for the AP to guess what the actual fund looks like and therefore the costs might be higher accordingly.” - Given, JPMorgan may potentially be in breach of United States Endangered Species Act provisions, similar risk of ESG asset failure(s) may include Europe, Middle East, Africa and Australia international law, as ratified by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. While directors and officers are likely to be particularly focused on the risk that they may be found personally liable for a breach of their duties, proper ESG compliance with fiduciary obligations requires acting to a higher standard. Given the defenses available to fiduciaries, and the difficulty in bringing claims for breach of fiduciary duty, a director or officer found to be liable for such ESG breaches will generally have acted egregiously. This ‘sliding scale’ of the standards to which directors and officers should adhere. Following the Endangered Species Act, xNY.io - Bank.org kindly petitions JPMorgan’s board of directors, in connection with all ESG investments, claiming the benefit of any exemption or permit under the United States Department of the Interior’s Endangered Species Act … Shall have the burden of proving that an exemption or permit is applicable, or has been granted, and is valid and in force. - At JPMorgan’s earliest convenience (within 60 days of receipt of this memo) xNY.io - Bank.org kindly requests a certified copy of JPMorgan Chase’s approval by the Department of the Interior, being a license and/or exclusion to the Endangered Species Act and/or the Marine Mammal Protection Act. - JPMorgan Chase suggests a commitment to anti-corruption compliance is central to the success of its business. Your board of directors stand to maintain that trust by promoting a corporate culture that encourages ethical business practices and compliance with both the letter and the spirit of the laws of the countries in which the JPMorgan conducts business. xNY.io - Bank.org’s research guidance from the United States Securities and Exchange Commision, supports the international community in taking actions to address ESG issues on a global basis, and those actions that can have a material impact on companies. Future correspondence concerning ESG innovation is at your board’s leisure. Respectfully yours with appreciation, Gunnar Larson | xNY.io <http://www.xny.io> - Bank.org <http://bank.org>, PBC MSc <https://www.unic.ac.cy/blockchain/msc-digital-currency/?utm_source=Google&u…> - Digital Currency MBA <https://www.unic.ac.cy/business-administration-entrepreneurship-and-innovat…> - Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ip) G(a)xNY.io +1-646-454-9107

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The National Congress of American Indians Resolution #ECWS-23-005 TITLE: Offshore Wind Moratorium
by Gunnar Larson 06 Mar '23

06 Mar '23

https://assets.bwbx.io/documents/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/r2DmaqtznhvU/v0 The National Congress of American Indians Resolution #ECWS-23-005 TITLE: Offshore Wind Moratorium WHEREAS, we, the members of the National Congress of American Indians of the United States, invoking the divine blessing of the Creator upon our efforts and purposes, in order to preserve for ourselves and our descendants the inherent sovereign rights of our Indian nations, rights secured under Indian treaties and agreements with the United States, and all other rights and benefits to which we are entitled under the laws and Constitution of the United States and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, to enlighten the public toward a better understanding of the Indian people, to preserve Indian cultural values, and otherwise promote the health, safety and welfare of the Indian people, do hereby establish and submit the following resolution; and WHEREAS, the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) was established in 1944 and is the oldest and largest national organization of American Indian and Alaska Native tribal governments; and WHEREAS, the government has a legal obligation to consult with Tribal Nations on any activities that may affect their lands or resources; and WHEREAS, the Biden administration encourages through the January 26, 2021 Memorandum, “Tribal Consultation and Strengthening Nation-to-Nation Relationships” to improve tribal engagements; and WHEREAS, the Biden administration in the November 30, 2022 Memorandum requires “Uniform Standards for Tribal Consultation”; and WHEREAS, the Biden Administration has embraced the need to expand tribal consultation to incorporate the essential importance of tribal co-stewardship and co- managment of traditional tribal lands and waters as recently as Assistant Secretary Bryan Newland’s statement before the General Assembly of NCAI on February 22, 2023; and WHEREAS, President Biden issued a Memorandum on December 1, 2022, titled, “Implementation of Guidance for Federal Departments and Agencies on Indigenous Knowledge,” requires federal agencies to integrate Indigenous Knowledge as a line of evidence in federal decision-making; and WHEREAS, incorporating tribal Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge, through co-management of traditional lands and the associated life forms is critical to protecting tribal environment and is essential to Biden Administrations’ stated goal of respecting and including Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge in decision making; and WHEREAS, these policies must apply to energy development projects that may impact their traditional territories, cultural resources, or sacred sites; and WHEREAS, Tribal Nations must be included in the management, permitting and development of power purchase agreements and both consulted and included in determining the terms and conditions of the agreements; and WHEREAS, this includes negotiating fair compensation for the use of their lands and resources, inclusion in any revenues associated with such development of their traditional resources as well as ensuring that the development does not harm their environment or cultural heritage. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, NCAI resolves to support shared tribal jurisdictional authority over and tribal management of offshore renewable energy activities, aimed at empowering Native communities through socio-economic benefits such as job opportunities, revenue sharing, and support for tribal energy development projects; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that NCAI strongly urges the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to halt all scoping and permitting for offshore wind projects until completion of a comprehensive and transparent procedure adequately protecting tribal environmental and sovereign interests is developed and implemented; and BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that this resolution shall be the policy of NCAI until it is withdrawn or modified by subsequent resolution. CERTIFICATION The foregoing resolution was adopted by the General Assembly at the 2023 Executive Council Winter Session of the National Congress of American Indians, held February 20-23, 2023, in Washington, D.C., with a quorum present. Fawn Sharp, President ATTEST: _________________________________ Stephen Roe Lewis, Recording Secretary

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The $100 Billion Offshore Wind Industry Has a Whale Problem
by Gunnar Larson 05 Mar '23

05 Mar '23

The $100 Billion Offshore Wind Industry Has a Whale Problem https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-18/why-are-whales-dying-in-…

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Cryptocurrency: Blockchains As Global Code Repositories?
by grarpamp 05 Mar '23

05 Mar '23

Any blockchain, graph, etc based networks designed for use as global code repositories in operation yet?

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JOHN " Cryptome " Young suspect in guns and dildo's case
by professor rat 28 Feb '23

28 Feb '23

>>> emptywheel · 9h As a reminder, one Alex Jones employee is awaiting sentencing. Another -- Owen Shroyer -- decided to postpone pleading long enough that this trial could make that plea more costly. Jones, meanwhile, is keeping their guns "safe." <<< Reposts not anonymous tip-offs to LEO's about dangerous anti-social criminals that need to be executed

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[oss][sass] Chatbot Replica of Amjad Massad
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 28 Feb '23

28 Feb '23

not a replica yet note that this could be done just as easily without openai on a local machine, by feeding the data into any example finetuning script . you could even use a larger model with peft. [preferably on a storage chain] https://ai.repl.page/ # Amjad GPT A chatbot trained to act like [Amjad Masad](https://twitter.com/amasad), built with [LangChain](https://twitter.com/langchainai) and Next.js. This is only the frontend part of this project; The OpenAI model with Langchain is hosted in another Repl. The OpenAI model being used is `text-davinci-003`, trained with: - Major parts of the [Replit docs](https://docs.replit.com) - The [Replit blog](https://blog.replit.com) - The Replit [landing page](https://replit.com) - The Replit Employee Organization Chart - Amjad's [personal blog](https://amasad.me) - Amjad's [AmA Repl](https://replit.com/@amasad/AmA?v=1) - Amjad's Podcasts - Some of [Amjad's Tweets](https://twitter.com/amasad) - Replit's [Terms of Service](https://replit.com/site/terms) and [Community guidelines](https://welcome.moderation.repl.co) - Some random facts the AI should be aware of All of this data was compiled into a `.index` file. [Zahid Khawaja](https://twitter.com/chillzaza_) has an [Awesome Tutorial](https://replit.com/@zahidkhawaja/Replit-Assistant?v=1) on how to do this if you want to make your own. Speaking of which, Thanks a lot Zahid, I couldn't have done this without you 🙏 - [Model Source Code](https://github.com/Conner1115/Amjad-GPT-Langchain) - [Frontend Source Code](https://github.com/Conner1115/Amjad-GPT) # Quota & Limits By default, all users get a total of 10 responses. After you've used up the ten responses, you must add your own OpenAI API key (Open the settings tab) or [tip this Repl](https://ai.repl.page/__repl) to increase your quota. One response is one question asked followed by one answer from the chatbot. Your quota will not be measured in tokens or response length. - **100 Cycles tip 🍬** - Quota increased by 20 responses - **500 Cycles tip 🍕** - Quota increased by 100 responses - **1000 Cycles tip 🌯** - Quota increased by 200 responses --- Made with 🧠 & 🔥 by [@IroncladDev](https://twitter.com/IroncladDev)

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[ot][personal] coreboot progress
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 28 Feb '23

28 Feb '23

i’m (somewhat sadly) no longer presently working on my coreboot port (although observing coding is getting easier and easier in some places) but yesterday i finally got spi flashing going which is great. i was discouraged months ago when i failed to acquire and troubleshoot working flash chips this morning i’ve flashed a chip last night and am looking forward to trying to POST the old board for the first time, which will mean wiring it up with my dc power supply https://matrix.to/#/!orFwLtOAmHWlvoSoQn%3Athe-apothecary.club/%24dKehdGijzB… i’ve been trying for a year or two to get a server board running coreboot as my first foray into coreboot [photo of half-disassembled flashing parts on a breadboard] this is the last flasher i was using. i stalled when it turned out i was using toasted spi chips (spi not pictured, socket is lpc), lots of troubleshooting, contacted the manufacturer etc [photo of arduino next to prototype shield with small wiring of components on one end] this is my finally today working arduino spi flasher. after the last frustration with unsteady hands i bought a general purpose arduino shield to wire it on. it’s finally flashing the pictured flash adapter reliably, big celebration the lpc isn’t wired yet obv i make so many mistakes i actually patched the flasher firmware to add commands to perform voltage tests for each wire, to verify it is correctly wired, which really helps me troubleshoot. my patch is at https://github.com/urjaman/frser-m328lpcspi/pull/2 […] dissociative disorder and fervent self sabotage

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Americans Are Saving $500 Million Monthly on Internet Fees
by Gunnar Larson 28 Feb '23

28 Feb '23

Americans Are Saving $500 Million Monthly on Internet Fees https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-27/americans-save-500-milli…

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Goldman Turns to ‘Make-or-Break’ Unit as Solomon Put to Test
by Gunnar Larson 28 Feb '23

28 Feb '23

Goldman Turns to ‘Make-or-Break’ Unit as Solomon Put to Test https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-26/goldman-turns-to-make-or… Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS)’s leaders take the stage this week hoping to turn the page on a forgettable 2022, lay out new reasons for investors to rally around the stock and quell dissatisfaction within the firm’s ranks.

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Goldman Sachs Kicks Off Investor Day With Report Card on CEO Solomon
by Gunnar Larson 28 Feb '23

28 Feb '23

Goldman Sachs Kicks Off Investor Day With Report Card on CEO Solomon https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-28/goldman-kicks-off-invest…

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